The first round of testing concluded.
After a day of rest, the second round of testing immediately began.
Well, the second round of testing was still early; to be precise, it was the preliminary phase of the second round of testing.
The content of the second experimental test, as devised by Lin Chuan, was 'the effect of reincarnation using materials with mutually restraining and resisting attributes among the advanced attributes'.
There was only one experimental volunteer.
Undoubtedly, it was that mid-Lord Rank bloodline Light Attribute mutated Lost Trail Deer!
Lin Chuan planned to use Dark Attribute auxiliary materials for its reincarnation.
He wanted to see if a Light-Dark dual-attribute configuration could be achieved. If it worked, that would be great; if not, it would serve as data collection.
One must know that Light-Dark dual attributes are a combination only legendary Spirit Beasts might possess.
However, before that.
Its level and energy accumulation still needed to be improved to ensure a smooth reincarnation.
The so-called preliminary phase was to impart skills and reincarnate it once, slightly increasing its synchronization frequency to facilitate cultivation and leveling up.
Could skill proficiency be improved in these demon beasts whose sentience had been erased through skill inheritance?
Lin Chuan had already verified this on the previous five experimental volunteer demon beasts, and the result was affirmative.
Even synchronization frequency could be slightly increased through reincarnation.
After reincarnation, even without sentience, its instincts would still become slightly more affectionate towards him, a human, rather than the initial wooden, mechanical response of only obeying simple skill commands.
Lin Chuan's material library didn't store many Light Attribute inheritance materials.
It wasn't that they couldn't be bought; the Sixth Academy's resource material library had many.
He just hadn't bought them. Lin Chuan primarily purchased basic Five-Element Attribute and Illusion Attribute materials.
After all, these were currently the most important. As for other advanced attribute materials, Lin Chuan said 'next time for sure,' because, aside from Wind and Thunder Attribute materials, all other advanced attribute materials were extremely expensive. His academic credits were not enough to buy them all.
To this day, Lin Chuan's material library only contained three Light Attribute skill materials he had fortunately acquired through loopholes: Bright Light Art, Morning Light, and Rainbow Missile.
Bright Light Art is a daily life skill that can also be used in combat, though its effect is mediocre, only serving to blind opponents by suddenly dazzling their eyes.
Although it's a daily life skill, its future development is promising.
This skill is a prerequisite for the weather skill 'Sunny Day.' If the related Spirit Beast has excellent comprehension and the Beast Master's cultivation and training are in place, then when Bright Light Art reaches Expert Grade, there's a chance to comprehend 'Sunny Day.'
Morning Light is a self-healing recovery skill. Its self-healing efficiency is generally similar to Photosynthesis. If this skill is used in the morning sunlight, its effect will double.
Rainbow Missile, there's nothing much to say about it; it's just a basic Light Attribute attack skill.
Lin Chuan first used a special Dongyang-style contract orb to sign a temporary enslavement contract with this mutated Lost Trail Deer, and then he imparted all three Light Attribute materials to it.
After that, he performed a reincarnation on it.
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Mutated Lost Trail Deer (First Reincarnation)
Attribute: Light
Bloodline: mid-Lord Rank
Initial Level: Level 5
Status: Insane, Demented
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It was already a cub, and after reincarnation, it was still a cub.
From its appearance, it just looked slightly thinner, as if it hadn't eaten for a few days, with no significant difference.
However, this mutated Lost Trail Deer instinctively became more affectionate towards Lin Chuan.
Wherever Lin Chuan went, it followed.
As if Lin Chuan had gained a Little Tail.
As if it wasn't a demon beast.
But a Spirit Beast that had been domesticated by humans for thousands of years and was genetically close to humans.
Next, he needed to raise it to Tier 1, or more safely, Tier 2, to have enough accumulated energy. The safest option would be Tier 3, before conducting the Light-Dark reincarnation experiment. However, Lin Chuan didn't have enough resources to raise it to Tier 3; Tier 2 would be sufficient.
Regarding this new arrival, all the other Spirit Beasts, except the fully intelligent Wan Wan, expressed curiosity.
White Snow couldn't quite understand the situation. In short, as long as it didn't harm Lin Chuan and the other Spirit Beasts, and didn't affect its eating, it was fine.
Sakura and Guo Di's thoughts were a bit more complex.
Their intelligence was already sufficient for them to understand the situation of this mutated Lost Trail Deer.
Although this mutated Lost Trail Deer and the previous five reincarnation volunteers were demon beasts, enemies of humans, having their sentience erased and only instincts remaining, this situation still made the inherently kind, gentle, and tolerant Guo Di and Sakura feel uncomfortable.
Unable to do anything to help them regain their sentience, Guo Di and Sakura could only share more delicious food with these poor creatures, considering it a reward for being Lin Chuan's reincarnation volunteers.
Oh, one thing needs to be mentioned.
Guo Di!
Previously, Guo Di failed to make White Snow her mount, and Sakura snatched the opportunity.
This time.
Guo Di succeeded and took this mutated Lost Trail Deer as her mount.
Guo Di learned from her previous lesson. Before, she tried to bribe White Snow with a red envelope, but White Snow at that time didn't know what a red envelope was, so the bribe failed. This time, Guo Di changed tactics. She bribed the mutated Lost Trail Deer with a strawberry-flavored lollipop, a small Spirit Beast snack.
These past few days, when there wasn't intensive cultivation training, Guo Di sat on its back, following behind Lin Chuan like a Little Tail.
Occasionally, she would also walk past Sakura, clearly showing off, like a trendy young girl flaunting her new motorcycle.
In response.
Sakura sighed helplessly, indicating that she was already a mature Flower Spirit and wouldn't bother with Guo Di, that childish Flower Leaf Leaf.
Then, Sakura silently climbed onto White Snow's head, looking down at Guo Di from above.
Look, my pure white big airplane!
Guo Di: … …
With the rapid physical development, White Snow's intelligence level was also growing rapidly. Coupled with Wan Wan, the little teacher, often giving extra lessons during breaks, sometimes a fairy tale class, sometimes a common sense science popularization, White Snow's common sense knowledge was now vastly different from before.
Hearing Sakura call her a pure white big airplane, White Snow didn't react much, or rather, she was quite happy.
White Snow had already come to regard Lin Chuan, Guo Di, Sakura, and Wan Wan as her closest and most beloved family.
Being with family, no matter what, she accepted and liked it.
Especially when she could eat her fill!
Hugging a three-meter diameter giant hamburger, White Snow chewed and chewed.
Cooperating with Sakura's words, White Snow blinked her adorable big dragon eyes, watching Guo Di and the mutated Lost Trail Deer, which Guo Di was using as a mount.
Despite being a mid-Lord Rank bloodline, the mutated Lost Trail Deer showed no majesty or dominance of a mid-Lord Rank demon beast, seemingly having completely inherited the Lost Trail Deer's timid nature.
Being stared at by White Snow, the mutated Lost Trail Deer instinctively felt fear and trembled.
The next second, with a whoosh, it ran and jumped away, hiding behind Lin Chuan, who was discussing with Wan Wan, burying its small head directly into Lin Chuan's pocket.
And Guo Di, like a ball, rolled down with a thud, her chubby, clumsy body bouncing twice on the ground.
Guo Di, miserable!
Today's defeat!
… …
Time passed quietly.
From the end of the reincarnation experiment until now, exactly seven days had passed.
This also marked Lin Chuan's one-month anniversary in the Mist Forest.
And his one-month and ten-day anniversary since arriving in the Dongyang Alliance.
Lin Chuan had Wan Wan help him organize the areas he had surveyed during this time into a route map.
Then he cross-referenced it with the imprecise Mist Forest terrain map provided by the Lightbringer Society.
Hmm, the areas where Lost Trail Deer herds might typically exist, from the outer to the middle layers, had all been surveyed.
With Wan Wan's luck buff, logically, the Lost Trail Deer herd should have been found by now.
So, why couldn't he find it?
The task of hunting and capturing Lost Trail Deer could be ignored, but the Lost Trail Deer remains and antlers were a large amount of Illusion Attribute inheritance and reincarnation material.
Lin Chuan ruffled the small head of the mutated Lost Trail Deer following behind him.
"Little Tail, where exactly is your herd?" Lin Chuan murmured.
Little Tail.
This was the nickname Lin Chuan gave this mutated Lost Trail Deer; it wasn't a formal name. After all, Lin Chuan didn't intend to formally contract it, so there was no need for a formal name, no need to form too deep a bond.
If the mutated Lost Trail Deer's sentience were normal, it would be able to understand Lin Chuan.
Unfortunately, its sentience was still muddled, still only possessing bodily instincts, beastly instincts.
To Lin Chuan's words, Little Tail merely stared at Lin Chuan with its foolish, bewildered, and innocent eyes.
Being stared at with such eyes, Lin Chuan couldn't help but sigh about the methods of the Dongyang Beast Masters circle, but he couldn't say anything about good or evil. After all, he also used the Dongyang Beast Masters' brainwashing and enslavement methods of erasing sentience while retaining instincts to conduct his reincarnation experiments.
"Master, Little Tail only has instincts. Perhaps you could try using simpler commands."
Not believing that the location of the Lost Trail Deer herd could be learned through Little Tail, since it had no sentience left, only instincts, however, denying was never a secretary's job. A secretary's job was to do her best to help her master, Wan Wan suggested, following Lin Chuan's line of thought.
"Like skills, commands that can activate their instincts."
Lin Chuan thought for a moment.
Were his previous words complex?
Indeed, for a beast with no sentience and only instincts, they were complex; they couldn't understand.
But, even simpler commands?
Commands that were almost instinctive.
Were there any?
Suddenly, Lin Chuan thought of something.
"Home."
Lin Chuan said slowly.
Then, he continued in as slow a tone as possible, saying.
"A warm, safe, place."
Lin Chuan's calm and gentle gaze continued to meet Little Tail's eyes.
Little Tail's innocent golden eyes were filled with confusion.
"Home, a warm, safe, secure, place."
With a 'nothing to lose' attitude, Lin Chuan repeated it again. Little Tail tilted its head.
So, Lin Chuan repeated it again, still in that gentle voice and tone.
Again and again.
Until the tenth time, just as Lin Chuan was about to give up, Little Tail seemed to react.
Little Tail's pale golden, bewildered eyes flickered with a faint light.
Its body also showed obvious changes.
Sometimes relaxed and comfortable, giving a feeling of peace and happiness.
Other times, its fur bristled all over, as if afraid and resisting something.
This situation left Lin Chuan puzzled, and Wan Wan was also surprised and curious.
The description of 'home' just now should have triggered Little Tail's instincts.
But why such a reaction?
Relaxation and comfort were understandable.
But what was with the bristling fur and fear?
Could it be that, for Little Tail, home was a very frightening place?
It was then that Lin Chuan noticed.
Little Tail's pale golden eyes instantly filled with bloodshot, turning blood red.
Clearly visible anger and hatred surged deep within those eyes.
Lin Chuan didn't have time to react before Little Tail suddenly leaped up and crashed into his chest, knocking him sprawling.
This situation stunned Lin Chuan's four Spirit Beasts.
They had clearly signed a temporary enslavement contract, and everything had been normal before this. How could this be?
Guo Di, Sakura, and Wan Wan hadn't recovered yet.
White Snow, happily eating a 3-meter diameter giant hamburger, froze, and the giant hamburger silently dropped from her paws.
The next second, White Snow suddenly stood up.
The veins on her forehead throbbed.
Her pale blue dragon eyes were wide open, as large as copper furnaces, filled with undisguised fury and savage killing intent.
Roar, roar, roar!
(No one! Is allowed to harm Master, die!!)
An extremely furious dragon roar.
With wings spread, White Snow unleashed a Wind Dragon Breath at Little Tail.