3: The first natal beast
After a series of procedures, Su Yuan entered the Beast Taming Cultivation Hall on the third floor alone.
Upon arriving at the nearest stone pillar, Su Yuan looked at the Beast Taming Egg encased in a transparent crystal box. A piece of information suddenly appeared above this Beast Taming Egg.
"Snowbird"
"Species: Avian / Ice Type"
"Quality: Rare Three-Star"
"Rank: Ordinary First-Tier"
"Status: Unhatched"
"Innate Skill: Ice and Snow Descent"
"Evolution Count: 0"
"Available Evolution Plans: 3"
"[First Plan: After one evolution, it evolves into Ice Spirit Bird (Excellent Three-Star). Materials required for evolution... ]"
"[Second Plan: After two evolutions, it evolves into Ice Phoenix Bird (Perfect Seven-Star). Materials required for the first stage of evolution... ]"
"[Third Plan: After three evolutions, it evolves into Ice Phoenix (Epic Five-Star). Materials required for the first stage of evolution... ]"
"The Heavenly Revelation Divine Eye truly doesn't deceive me. I can indeed see the information of these Beast Taming Eggs, as well as various evolution paths!"
"I can even discern all the Materials and processes required for these Beast Taming evolutions!"
The information that suddenly appeared above the Beast Taming Egg immediately made Su Yuan's body tremble with pleasant surprise.
Being able to clearly see the information of these Beast Taming Eggs meant that Su Yuan could easily select the Beast Taming Beast with the best quality in the third-floor hall.
Although he was pleasantly surprised, Su Yuan's expression remained calm as he quietly shifted his gaze from this Beast Taming Egg.
He began to look at the other Beast Taming Eggs in the third-floor hall, one by one.
"Fire Python"
"Species: Snake / Fire Type"
"Quality: Rare Three-Star"
"Rank: Ordinary First-Tier"
"Status: Unhatched"
"Innate Skill: Blazing Flame"
"Evolution Count: 0"
"Available Evolution Plans: 5"
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"Black Gryphon"
"Species: Gryphon / Wind Type"
"Quality: Rare Three-Star"
"Rank: Ordinary First-Tier"
"Status: Unhatched"
"Innate Skill: Silver Wing Blade"
"Evolution Count: 0"
"Available Evolution Plans: 2"
...Su Yuan spent over ten minutes looking at all the Beast Taming Eggs in the third-floor hall of the cultivation center.
"The Beast Taming Eggs protected in this manner by the cultivation center are indeed extraordinary. All the Beast Taming Eggs here are of Rare quality!"
"The best Beast Taming Egg even reached Rare Nine-Star, infinitely close to Excellent quality."
After a round of browsing, Su Yuan couldn't help but sigh in a low voice.
Beast Taming Beast quality, from low to high, is: Ordinary, Excellent, Rare, Excellent, Perfect, Epic, Legendary, Mythical, a total of eight Ranks.
Each Rank is further divided into one to nine stars, with one star being the lowest and nine stars being the highest.
On the market, a Beast Taming Beast cub or Beast Taming Egg of Excellent quality sells for over one hundred thousand federal currency.
As for Rare quality Beast Taming Beasts, the minimum is one million federal currency.
Some Beast Taming Eggs and Beast Taming Beast cubs that reach Rare Nine-Star quality can even sell for tens of millions of federal currency.
Su Yuan estimated that the total value of the more than one hundred Beast Taming Eggs on the third floor of Tianyang City's Beast Taming Cultivation Center would likely approach one billion federal currency.
"Among the more than one hundred Beast Taming Eggs here, the one with the best Aptitude has reached Rare Nine-Star Mutated Blastoise."
After a brief thought, Su Yuan decided to make Blastoise his first life-bound Beast Taming Beast.
Aside from this Blastoise being the highest quality Beast Taming Beast in the entire hall, the most important thing was that Su Yuan knew the final evolved form of this Mutated Blastoise through the Heavenly Revelation Divine Eye!
The quality of Blastoise's final evolved form also surpassed all the Beast Taming Beasts in the hall!
Su Yuan came to the stone pillar where the Blastoise Beast Taming Egg was kept, looking at the light blue Beast Taming Egg encased in a transparent crystal box.
"Blastoise, it's decided, it's you!"
With that, he submitted an application to the nearby cultivation center staff, registered, and then received this Blastoise Beast Taming Egg.
Then, led by the staff, he came before a middle-aged Beastmaster, who assisted in completing the Beast Taming Contract and performing the first recognition ceremony.
The recognition process was simple. With the assistance of the cultivation center's Beastmaster, the Beast Taming Contract appeared above the Beast Taming Egg.
Su Yuan only needed to drip a drop of his blood onto the Beast Taming Contract above the Beast Taming Egg to complete the Beast Taming Beast's recognition.
After Su Yuan dripped his blood, the Beast Taming Contract merged into the Beast Taming Egg before him.
At this moment, Su Yuan suddenly felt a faint spiritual impact directed at him, which he easily resolved.
At the same time, Su Yuan felt a powerful energy instantly surge into his body, making him feel refreshed.
Not only that, but the Beast Taming Egg before him also quickly cracked open.
A blue Blastoise the size of a soccer ball, covered in a hard shell, broke out of its shell and appeared before Su Yuan.
Upon seeing Su Yuan, a hint of joy flashed in Blastoise's black gemstone-like eyes.
It quickly crawled a few steps to Su Yuan's side, then affectionately rubbed its head against Su Yuan's arm.
At this moment, the middle-aged Beastmaster who assisted Su Yuan in completing the first Beast Taming Contract, seeing this, also activated a nearby testing instrument and began scanning Blastoise.
"A Rare Nine-Star Blastoise!"
As soon as the scan results came out, the Beastmaster immediately exclaimed.
His voice also attracted the attention of the people around, and everyone looking in this direction showed shock on their faces.
"Blastoise usually only has a quality of around Rare Five-Star, doesn't it? This Blastoise actually possesses Rare Nine-Star quality! What's going on?"
"It seems that this Blastoise should be a very outstanding one among the Blastoise species, and it might even be a Mutated Blastoise!"
"A Mutated Blastoise, this kid is damn lucky. His first Beast Taming Beast is a Rare Nine-Star Mutated Beast Taming Beast!"
"I'm envious. This kid really hit the jackpot."
"Don't be so quick to be envious. It's still uncertain whether contracting such a Mutated Blastoise is good or bad."
"That's right, after all, for most Mutated Beast Taming Beasts to evolve, the originally researched Beast Taming Beast evolution paths are highly unlikely to work, and new evolution paths need to be researched."
...Amidst the low whispers of the surrounding people, the middle-aged Beastmaster who assisted Su Yuan in contracting the Beast Taming Beast also recovered his senses and said to Su Yuan with a smile:
"Young man, your luck is quite good!"
"Rare Nine-Star quality, among all the Beast Taming Eggs on the third floor of the cultivation center, it's considered the best quality Beast Taming Beast."
"Mmm, thank you, Senior!"
Upon hearing this, Su Yuan immediately put on an expression of surprise and delight.
After expressing his gratitude to the middle-aged Beastmaster, he left with Blastoise.
"Teacher Tang!"
As soon as Su Yuan walked out of the third-floor hall, he saw Tang Zihan's figure and immediately greeted her.
Tang Zihan had also noticed Su Yuan the moment he came out.
Seeing the Blastoise in Su Yuan's arms, Tang Zihan's captivating eyes lit up, and she quickly stepped forward.
After a quick glance, Tang Zihan confirmed what kind of Beast Taming Beast Su Yuan was holding, then smiled and said:
"Su Yuan, if Teacher isn't mistaken, this should be a Blastoise, right?"
Su Yuan nodded upon hearing this.
Seeing that her guess was correct, Tang Zihan's smile became even more captivating.
"Blastoise are all Rare quality Beast Taming Beasts, generally reaching Rare Five-Star or above."
"Moreover, among the currently explored evolution plans, Blastoise can evolve into a Perfect quality Tsunami Turtle at its highest, which is a very good Beast Taming Beast!"
"Your first life-bound Beast Taming Beast can reach Perfect quality, coupled with your Grade A Beast Taming Talent, your future is limitless!"
Grade A Beast Taming Talent, if combined with Blastoise being able to evolve into a Perfect quality Tsunami Turtle.
Su Yuan has already won at the starting line compared to most people.
Even compared to the Genius Disciples of those great Families, he wouldn't be much worse.
The strength of the first life-bound Beast Taming Beast has a crucial impact on the Beastmaster's subsequent growth.
The strength of the Beast Taming Beast can provide feedback to the Beastmaster. The stronger the Beast Taming Beast, the stronger the power feedback to the Beastmaster.
After the Beastmaster becomes strong, he can contract more Beast Taming Beasts, further enhancing his own strength.
When Su Yuan contracted Blastoise with the help of the middle-aged Beastmaster at the cultivation center earlier, the surge of energy that suddenly entered Su Yuan's body was Blastoise's energy feedback to him.
This was also because Blastoise had not yet grown up and its strength was still relatively weak, so its energy feedback to Su Yuan was also relatively weak.
Otherwise, if it were the energy feedback of an adult Blastoise, it would be enough to instantly increase Su Yuan's own strength by tens or even hundreds of times.
Of course, to contract powerful Beast Taming Beasts, the most crucial factor is the Beastmaster's own strength.
Otherwise, even with an Expert assisting in contracting a Beast Taming Beast, it would be impossible to help a Beastmaster with insufficient strength complete the contract.
Forcibly contracting a Beast Taming Beast beyond one's capacity would only lead to backlash.