Moo!
Following a cry, the bull’s muscles abruptly grew until the creature was now one size larger.
A few experienced escorts immediately exclaimed, “This… this is an evolutionary process! Only Rank 2 pet beasts can use the power of elements. It’ll only take us a few rounds to plow the field from now on!”
“Did it really evolve?”
“Absolutely, we’re certain!”
The escorts sounded excited while the bull’s owner felt his heart race. He couldn’t believe it because he hadn’t held any anticipation at all.
But now, it seemed like a rooster had actually laid eggs before his eyes.
His worldview was completely shattered by Lin Jin’s actions.
Following this extreme shock was a mad delight.
A pet beast’s evolution had great significance in this era. Possessing a Rank 2 pet beast wasn’t the sole benefit of evolution. Due to their blood contract, even the owner’s constitution would improve.
Some say that having their companion pet beast evolve would extend the owner’s life by ten years.
It wasn’t a lie nor was it nonsense. It was true. There were also other benefits.
This included growth in strength. The escort clenched his fist as he felt his strength improve.
Now that his bull was promoted to Rank 2, he didn’t have to work as an armed escort, traveling here and there anymore. Toiling away like this just couldn’t cut it anymore. Once he returned, with his Rank 2 bull who could control the earth element, the sky was the limit.
When his son gets married in the future, he should have enough funds to pay for the procession.
How could he not be pleased?
This bull was only the first to evolve.
Immediately after, another pet beast evolved. It was a wolfdog beast of an equally insignificant bloodline. This creature was the mix of a wolf and dog beast.
Despite this ferocious beast’s average strength, it excelled in viciousness and loyalty so many people opted to form blood contracts with such creatures. These beasts were also bred for their intelligence. They understood their owner’s commands so they served well in protection jobs.
However, due to their poor bloodline, evolution was unimaginable for them. Although they weren’t as insignificant as bulls, for which evolution was virtually unheard of before, instances of wolfdogs evolving were extremely rare. It was doubtful that there was even one evolution out of a hundred thousand. But today, this wolfdog evolved.
Awoo!
This wolfdog howled at the sky. Right before their eyes, the wolfdog grew one size larger, and its fangs and claws turned razor-sharp. New fur grew in the spots where it was initially balding. It was as if this creature had just been reborn.
‘A gold attribute wolf. Now that’s rare!’ Lin Jin commented inwardly as he looked at the wolfdog’s steel-like teeth.
Such wolfdogs had incredible bite power after evolution. They could tear down a tree in several bites and some metal weapons would even be inferior in comparison to those teeth.
Lin Jin continued working, using the pulse-seeking technique, pairing it with Xiao Huo’s Dharma body to help these pet beasts evolve.
While these all seemed like miracles to everyone else, they were now just little party tricks to Lin Jin.
The next to evolve was also a wolfdog but of a different attribute. This wolfdog had a wind attribute.
After evolution, strong winds whistled around it as the creature’s speed increased massively.
Subsequently, the escorts’ pet beasts evolved one by one. To these escorts, in just the short few minutes of today, they had witnessed more pet beasts evolved than in the span of their lifetime.
In the past, whenever they saw someone’s pet beast evolve, these men could only feel envious.
After all, unless they had a miraculous encounter, social background and financial capability were required for one to evolve their pet beasts, and they lacked precisely that. Those who were wealthy enough could afford to hire renowned beast appraisers to slowly improve their pet beast’s strength. The gradual accumulation would then lead to evolution.
Meanwhile, most average folk could only watch on with envy, daydreaming about the day they could see their pet beasts evolve as well.
Today, their knowledge had expanded.
Even an old horse evolved.
An impressive burst of water vapor exuded from the horse’s being as it neighed and galloped on the spot. The aged horse suddenly seemed ten years younger with the strength and vigor only seen in a young stallion.
The miracles continued unfolding.
Many of the escorts were currently trembling in excitement. From their initial disbelief, indifference, and doubt, they became thrilled and overjoyed all in just a few moments.
The difference was like heaven and earth.
Eight out of nine pet beasts had now successfully evolved. The only one left was Escort Zhang’s Rank 2 docked-tail mountain lion.
From Rank 1 to 2, such achievements were no longer a challenge with Lin Jin’s current level. He was officially a Rank 3 beast appraiser, but if he were to evaluate himself, he would say he was already at Rank 4 in some aspects.
It would be equally effortless for a Rank 4 beast appraiser to promote an average Rank 1 pet beast to Rank 2.
However, Rank 4 beast appraisers were almost impossible to come across, as they existed only in large and premium countries. An intermediate country like the Jade Dragon Kingdom only had Rank 3 beast appraisers at most.
However, even a Rank 4 beast appraiser couldn’t help a hopeless and lacking Rank 2 pet beast evolve into Rank 3 immediately. It wasn’t that easy.
They might need to nurture the creature, improve its constitution and potential over time.
However, Lin Jin didn’t need any of that.
The Museum of Deadly Beasts could accurately pinpoint any creature’s areas of growth and provide Lin Jin a method to improve it on the spot. Even creatures with seemingly impossible evolution potential, the museum could provide more than one solution to overcome it.
Furthermore, with Lin Jin’s proficiency in the amazing pulse-seeking technique and the enhancement of a Dharma body, it was just as easy for him to help a Rank 2 pet beast evolve.
When Escort Zhang saw that everyone else’s pet beast had evolved, leaving only his companion, he started to get nervous.
If there had been no hope, he wouldn’t have been disappointed. But after the flames of faith had been fanned, to extinguish it was just too cruel.
This was Escort Zhang’s current emotion.
Due to the slight delay, he had begun to assume it was difficult for his pet beast to evolve.
‘Makes sense… Everyone else’s pet beasts are Rank 1 so promoting them to Rank 2 is easier. My mountain lion is a Rank 2 so promoting him to Rank 3 should be ten times harder,’ Escort Zhang thought. He knew just how powerful Rank 3 pet beasts were after all.
Leaving everything else aside, only prominent households and experts of City Lord Manors in major cities owned Rank 3 pet beasts. This was common knowledge among the populace.
A Rank 3 pet beast was the backbone of many prominent families.
Even if he only served prominent families, the annual remuneration was worth up to a thousand silvers. And that was at least ten times better than his current condition. The same went for his social status as well.
Prominent families wouldn’t have the audacity to disrespect those with Rank 3 pet beasts. They had to be polite.
And this was the moment Escort Zhang felt closest to attaining all of that. It was even right before his eyes and within his reach.
However, it seemed like none of it would come true in the end.
At this thought, as Escort Zhang prepared for failure and started comforting himself, a sandstorm exploded from where his mountain lion stood.
