Chapter 97

An hour later.

Xia Muqing had used up all her recovered mental strength for the third time. She was now truly exhausted and could not hold on even with the help of the Yin-Yang Butterfly's life energy.

She wiped her face and stood up. "Let's stop here for today. Xiao Zi, let's go and see Xiao Feng and the others."

Liangyi Butterfly was also very tired, and nodded quickly when he heard this.

The life energy and emotional energy consumed were not that much. The difficulty for it was that it needed to control it to the millimeter - these forces had to be exerted on its master, and if it was not handled properly, it might cause harm to Xia Muqing. For this reason, the Liangyi Butterfly was very nervous and did not dare to relax for a moment, and its spirit was always tense.

Xia Muqing was sweating profusely at this moment, as if she had just been fished out of the water. The little one was also covered in sweat, and lay on Xia Muqing's shoulder, crying out: "Aiya!"

It was so tired that it didn't even want to lift its tentacles.

In its eyes, the human body is like a piece of soft tofu. Xia Muqing asked it to thread the surface of the tofu without letting the tofu fall apart. Liangyi Butterfly had never done such delicate work since it could remember.

"Alright, Xiao Zi," Xia Muqing said with a smile, "It's hard work, but it will help you improve your control."

This process of channeling Xia Muqing's spiritual energy also served as a form of training for the Yin-Yang Butterfly. After all, the "dream-entering" skill required meticulous control of profound energy and the shaping of the environment. The stronger the Yin-Yang Butterfly's control over energy, the more realistic the illusions it would create.

The man and the butterfly left the training room. Xia Muqing went to pick up the Gale Dog and the Koi Fish and asked them about their feelings about using the special room for training.

The little koi fish looked like it had gained a lot. Without waiting for Xia Muqing to ask, it happily came up and blew bubbles: "Gululu gurulu."

The gravity room helps it strengthen its body. After it adapted to 2 times the gravity, it gradually increased it to 3 times and 4 times - the feeling of the body getting heavier is very obvious. If it can train in it for a long time, I am afraid that the muscle density will change.

By then, its already strong body will become even stronger!

Xia Muqing patted its little head and said, "It's good that it works. Then, Xiao Jin, from now on, you will mainly use the gravity room for training. I have set three levels of goals for you."

"The first step is to gradually adapt to higher levels of gravity. The higher the gravity multiple, the better the effect on your body. 4 times is definitely not your limit."

"Step two, while enduring the maximum gravity multiple, you must continue practicing various skills, especially the Dragon Gate Leap."

After hearing the first target, the little koi fish shook its tail disapprovingly, but when it heard the second one, its expression suddenly froze.

In the gravity room... practicing the Dragon Gate jump?

Leaping over the Dragon Gate requires a pre-jumping posture. It has to jump over the invisible threshold of profound force in mid-air to release the energy stored in the body in one fell swoop. How can it jump high when it is being pressed by high gravity?

The little koi knew very well the difficulty of the training goal. Recalling the pain of falling to the ground again and again during the initial training of jumping over the dragon gate, he couldn't help but shudder.

But now, it is no longer the timid and willful little koi in the past. Even though it is still a little unsure, facing Xia Muqing's encouraging gaze, it still raises its head high and firmly spits out a bright golden bubble.

"Gurgle!"

No problem, come on!

Let the pain be more intense, these are just stepping stones on its road to becoming a god!

Xia Muqing: "..."

She didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Be good, watch less Chuunibyou anime... I'm going to talk about my third goal."

"For this third goal, you can try as you see fit. If you can do better, it's fine. If you can't, that's fine too. It's just an additional question. Xiao Jin, while enduring multiple gravity forces, try to mimic the fluctuations in the gravity chamber and see if you can learn the gravity field skill."

The little koi was stunned, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

New...skill?

Xia Muqing nodded: "Yes, new skills."

This skill was also an advanced skill. Even after asking Chi Zi for help and searching the now very rich Ark main system information database, Xia Muqing did not find any mysterious beast that had mastered this ability, so she couldn't even find a teacher.

However, Xia Muqing had recorded this skill in the illustrated guide. It was a special beast in the game with the ability to "control magnetic fields." After she fed it various materials, it successfully unlocked the gravity field.

The little koi's characteristic is not "magnetic field control", but with its nearly full attributes, strong physical fitness, and the magical ability of "disorder", Xia Muqing wants to let it try.

It doesn’t matter if you can’t learn it, just treat it as an experiment.

But Xia Muqing didn't expect that she had set her expectations very low, but the little koi's eyes filled with tears, and it excitedly flapped its tail and flew around the room: "Gurgle gurgle!"

New skills, yes new skills!

Thank goodness, it finally doesn’t have to repeat the same leap over the dragon gate every day. Its owner finally lets it learn a new skill!

Xia Muqing: "Uh...don't get too excited. This skill is super difficult to learn."

The little koi fish waved its fins gracefully: "Gululu!"

Don't be afraid, just want to challenge the difficulty. It is not interested in learning skills that ordinary fish can do.

Speaking of gravity field, how cool is this skill?

When facing the enemy in the future, especially when fighting alone against many enemies, it will shake its body, activate the gravity field, and instantly crush all the enemies to the ground!

Without its permission, no one can stand up! Ahahahahaha...

The little koi fish was drooling and laughing foolishly, completely immersed in its own fantasy, and didn't hear Xia Muqing's words "super difficult" at all.

Xia Muqing: "...Okay."

Xiao Jin is full of fighting spirit, which is not bad, right?

However, in comparison, Gale Dog was not very satisfied with the Hurricane Field and the Ice House.

“Ouch…”

The training did have an effect, but it was not as good as expected. The main reason was that this artificially created indoor environment could no longer put too much pressure on it.

Master, is there any other way to help it improve? It also wants to try something more difficult.

"No pressure..." Xia Muqing pondered, "No wonder the Divine Beast Masters all ran to the alternate dimension. The Divine Beasts are too strong to be effectively improved in the training grounds. This must be one of the reasons why they love to go in and out of the alternate dimension, right?"

"Xiaofeng, I'll ask Teacher Chi Zi tomorrow about the conditions for using Yandu University's alternate dimension entrance. When we have the chance, we can also go to the alternate dimension and find a place to train."

"Until then, I'm afraid you'll just have to do your daily training on your own. I'll book a meditation room for you. I'll check the time... a week from now, let's schedule a three-hour session and see the results first."

Looking at the high price of the meditation house and the relatively generous balance in her bank card, Xia Muqing gritted her teeth and made an appointment for three hours.

She is not in great need of money now, but this is the first time she has to take out so much money at one time.

But as long as it works, Xia Muqing is not afraid of spending money.

Xiaofeng is her strongest mysterious beast. In the future, when she participates in the adventurer qualification assessment and the national challenge, it will be her trump card and confidence.

After arranging the next targets for the two mysterious beasts, the Swift Dog and the Koi Fish also noticed the Yin-Yang Butterfly lying limply on Xia Muqing's shoulder and tilted their heads curiously: "Awoo?"

What's wrong with Xiaodie? She doesn't look so energetic?

The Yin-Yang butterfly fluttered its wings: "Ah!"

Training is so tiring, especially cooperating with the owner in training, it is really difficult.

Swift Dog & Koi Fish: “……!”

Who trains? The owner?

"Ouch?"

The master's training is so simple, isn't it just boxing and leg stretching, what does it have to do with the Yin-Yang Butterfly?

"Aaaaaaaa!"

After resting for a while, the Yin-Yang Butterfly regained some strength. It flew up and softly described their discovery to the Swift Dog and the Koi Fish. The two mysterious beasts became more and more amazed as they listened, and looked at Xia Muqing with burning eyes, as if they had just met her for the first time.

"Ouch?"

Can the master also train his mental power? What skills can he use? Can he learn its wind scroll?

The koi fish was also very excited: "Gulp gulp!"

Blow bubbles, blow bubbles, it wants to see the owner blow bubbles! And jump over the dragon gate, the owner comes to spin and jump with it!

Xia Muqing smiled: "...Don't misunderstand me too much!"

"I can't learn Wind Scroll and Dragon Leap. The most I can do is spread my mental energy into a shield to serve as a defense. As for the rest... let's take it step by step."

The Swift Dog nodded vigorously: "Woo!"

The protective shield is the most practical life-saving skill in its mind. This way, the owner can have a stronger self-protection ability, and they will feel more at ease in the future.

…

In the next few days, Xia Muqing traveled back and forth between the Yandu Research Institute and the training ground, training the mysterious beasts hard and studying the use of mental power seriously.

She also asked Chi Zi whether Yandu University had any research projects related to human mental power, but the answer she got made Xia Muqing very disappointed.

"Yanshan University previously had related projects, and for a long time, it was considered a key research direction for improving the strength of future beastmasters. The school has invested a lot of energy and resources in it."

Chi Zi sighed as he spoke, "It's a shame that after more than a decade, no one has figured it out. Instead, some researchers were too extreme and accidentally caused experimental accidents... Later, the relevant project team was disbanded, and many of the researchers involved were dismissed."

"Currently, there are probably some small project teams working on this topic, but they're all small-scale and not the mainstream in academia. What's wrong, Mr. Xia? Why are you asking this?"

Xia Muqing blinked: "It's okay, I just asked casually."

Chi Zi's attitude made her realize that due to the previous accident, Yandu University currently holds a negative attitude towards mental power research.

Xia Muqing decided not to tell Chi Zi before she had any research results, so as to avoid her thinking that she had gone astray.

Come to think of it, mental power is the most amazing component of the human brain. How could it be so easy to produce research results?

If she had not found Xiao Zi, who possessed special talents, she would definitely be at a loss as to how to start.

"Xiao Zi is truly the perfect aid for studying spiritual power... It seems that the reason some scientific research problems in the Beast Taming World have been stuck for so long is probably because they haven't found a profound beast that can help them achieve a breakthrough."

"In terms of spiritual power, the emergence of Xiao Zi is also an inevitable trend of the times?"

"No matter what, when Xiao Zi and I come up with our research, the Beast Taming World will probably experience another major earthquake."