This Beast Taming battle brought new inspiration to Jiang Xing.
After the fight ended, he couldn't wait to share the ideas he had just come up with Dr. Xu and Su Muli, and received their approval—
"Using 'Leaping the Dragon Gate' alone as the method of evolution is indeed somewhat crude."
"The core idea of this research topic is to use powerful willpower to trigger the dormant dragon power within the Golden-Patterned Koi, thereby enabling them to evolve into dragons."
"However, the requirement of leaping over the Dragon Gate has nothing to do with willpower—it is instead tied to proficiency in the Water Leap move."
"This is clearly somewhat disconnected."
"After all, the Fish King successfully evolved into the Rainbow Dragon Hatchling not because it was the first to leap over the Dragon Gate, but because its willpower had reached the standard required for evolution—even the process of it leaping over the Dragon Gate actually involved some trickery, rather than being achieved purely through strength."
"If it were replaced with a Golden-Patterned Koi that had maxed out Water Leap proficiency, it could easily jump over the Dragon Gate, yet might not necessarily complete evolution."
"However…"
"If the Dragon Might move is integrated into the Dragon Gate, then this issue would be changed!"
"In that case, the process of 'Leaping the Dragon Gate' would no longer test jumping ability, but instead test the koi's willpower."
"Only koi that can overcome fear and possess a heart comparable to a true dragon would be able to leap over the Dragon Gate and become a true dragon!"
In fact, due to Jiang Xing updating too slowly, and because the videos circulating online had recorded the entire evolution process of the Rainbow Dragon Hatchling—
Many impatient Beast Tamers had already begun imitating the content of the video, collecting Golden-Patterned Koi, finding wild waterfalls, and constructing Rainbow Dragon Gates…
Attempting to replicate the evolution process of the carp leaping the Dragon Gate.
However, just as Jiang Xing had emphasized in his paper—
"Leaping the Dragon Gate" had never been the core condition for the evolution of the Golden-Patterned Koi.
Even the Fish King had undergone day-and-night nurturing by Jiang Xing—playing it Azure Dragon videos, telling it stories, planting within its heart the seed of "transforming into a dragon"—only then did it complete its metamorphosis.
Those Beast Tamers who attempted to replicate the carp leaping the Dragon Gate had clearly only imitated the outward form, without understanding the true essence.
Thus, they all failed—not a single successful replication.
And precisely because of this, people believed that Jiang Xing's Golden-Patterned Koi's ability to evolve must contain some unknown mystery, which was why enthusiasm remained high.
At this moment, after discussing with his mentors, Jiang Xing also obtained a more refined evolution plan—
Not only could Dragon Might be added as a test when constructing the Rainbow Dragon Gate, but during the training process of the Golden-Patterned Koi, Dragon Might could also be used to temper their will, allowing them to gradually overcome fear.
This was true willpower training—a man-made Fish King!
To that end, Dr. Xu also gave Jiang Xing a set of materials on the move [Dragon Might], allowing him to teach the Rainbow Dragon Hatchling to learn and use it—
This move was very similar to the [Intimidate] used by the Spiny Sea Lizard. It could stimulate the latent power of Pet Beasts, intimidate opponents, cause them to retreat, or even lose their will to fight.
In fact, once the Spiny Sea Lizard evolved into the Storm Sea Lizard and became a Dragon-type, the Intimidate move it possessed would automatically transform into Dragon Might.
For the Rainbow Dragon Hatchling to learn Dragon Might would take at least several days.
Before that, Su Muli's Storm Sea Lizard would handle the training.
As the training plan was adjusted, in less than a single day, the school of Golden-Patterned Koi already began to show changes.
Under the suppression of Dragon Might, the gentle-natured Golden-Patterned Koi—like most weak Pet Beasts—quickly lost their will to fight, even giving up all resistance and actively submitting under the Dragon Might.
On the other hand, those Golden-Patterned Koi with brave personalities, while feeling fear, were still able to barely maintain a trace of fighting spirit, at least not collapsing immediately.
This kind of performance, even among all low-level Pet Beasts, was extremely rare.
Seeing this scene, even Su Muli couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.
"Just Awakening Level Pet Beasts, yet they can withstand Dragon Might… even if it's only the bare minimum, it's still incredibly outrageous."
"They might really be able to prove the personality hypothesis."
Jiang Xing also nodded in agreement, inwardly astonished.
Pet Beasts with such resilient willpower—how had no one discovered them before?
Well, Golden-Patterned Koi with brave personalities were already rare, and they weren't suitable as ornamental Pet Beasts, so very few people raised them…
Even if someone did, no one would think to use Dragon Might to scare these Awakening Level little fish.
As a result, they had become a classic case of something overlooked right under one's nose.
After discovering the extraordinary nature of these brave little fish, Jiang Xing's enthusiasm for research grew even stronger, and he threw himself wholeheartedly into their training and development.
During this process, Li Lingyin also learned quite a lot.
Although Jiang Xing wasn't skilled in Beast Taming battles and his command was rather poor, his knowledge of training and breeding—especially regarding Golden-Patterned Koi—was genuinely extensive.
A truly powerful Beast Tamer could not only know how to fight, but must also know how to train and raise Pet Beasts.
Not to mention, there was also a true King-Class Beast Tamer right beside him.
Therefore, for Li Lingyin, her experience as an assistant in Jiang Xing's research institute was an even more valuable gain than her initial Pet Beast.
Time passed in the blink of an eye—two days went by.
Su Muli fought Jiang Xing twice more, and, fully satisfied, secured victory both times.
After all, she was experienced. Once she understood the principle of the Unceasing Heart, she quickly came up with new countermeasures—
The things that could reduce fighting spirit were not limited to intimidation—there was also cuteness. (The Auspicious Cloud Qilin gave a thumbs-up.)
Su Muli switched her Pet Beast to the Ice Sea Rabbit and used the Pacify move, successfully lowering the Rainbow Dragon Hatchling's fighting spirit and reducing its revival count to fewer than two times.
In that case, she only needed to defeat it two to three times to win…
Just recalling it, Su Muli felt that this Pet Beast talent was absurdly overpowered—even with such targeted tactics, it still guaranteed at least two lives, and with luck, three. It was simply merciless.
Fortunately, she had also raised one herself—just waiting to bring it into play.
Just as Su Muli was looking forward to it, Dr. Xu left the research institute.
Over the past two days, he had recorded quite a bit of data on legendary Pet Beasts, greatly satisfying his curiosity as a Beast Taming researcher.
Unfortunately, he still had many matters to attend to and was advancing several research topics simultaneously, so he couldn't stay here for long.
Before leaving, he handed Jiang Xing a contact.
"You obtained quite a bit of Qilin fleece earlier, didn't you?"
"This is Master Jian's private account. She is the most outstanding item craftsman in the country… materials like those rare ones can only truly realize their value in her hands."
"When you add her, just note that you're my student and ask her to help craft items."
"As for the crafting fees, she'll put it on my account."
"Thank you, teacher!"
Over the past two days, Jiang Xing had taken the opportunity to learn quite a bit from Dr. Xu. Seeing him leave, he felt somewhat reluctant.
But upon receiving the contact, his attention was immediately drawn to the item craftsman—
Earlier, he had plucked a massive amount of Qilin fleece from the Auspicious Cloud Qilin, with an estimated value exceeding one billion.
However, for such a rare material, selling it for money would be far too wasteful…
Jiang Xing wasn't lacking funds at the moment—turning it into equipment was the best choice.
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