On the 7th of July, in the 177th year of the Alliance, it had been three and a half months since Shi Yu arrived in this world, and he had been a Beastmaster for four days.
On the first day, Shi Yu's contracted pet, Iron-Eater Eleven, awakened the Hardening skill and won its first battle, defeating the most widespread and numerous pet, the Green Wool Worm.
On the second day, Shi Yu used the Skill Codex to upgrade Iron-Eater Eleven's beginner-level Hardening skill to the proficient level.
On the third day, Eleven trained daily to improve its Hardening ability.
On the fourth day, Iron-Eater Eleven's growth level reached level 4, and through the Skill Codex, it learned the intermediate-level skill Rapid Healing, beginning its fall training...
Fall training is a good method; if the steel plate at the landing point doesn't break, it means Eleven's Hardening strength is still insufficient, and it can continue practicing.
If the steel plate breaks, it means the training has been effective. At this point, there's no need to worry about the broken steel plate being wasted, as it can be fed to Iron-Eater as food.
By then, it should have the ability to gnaw and digest metallic substances.
So, not only did Shi Yu buy training equipment, but he also bought Eleven's backup food, making it a highly cost-effective purchase. Shi Yu was overwhelmed by his own wisdom.
On the fifth and sixth days, Shi Yu began to rest and recover from the weakness caused by teaching Rapid Healing.
During these two days, Eleven's food intake doubled again. The frequent use of two skills caused it to consume a lot of energy, making it more dependent on the Beastmaster space to quickly digest the nutrients in the food.
On the seventh day, one week after becoming a Beastmaster, Shi Yu made a surprising discovery: the consumption caused by using the Skill Codex was not just a weakness but also had hidden benefits.
As long as the nutrition was sufficient, every time he recovered, his physical condition seemed to improve slightly, as if the consumption caused by using the codex was equivalent to the consumption caused by physical exercise.
This discovery suddenly made Shi Yu feel that frequently teaching skills and entering a weakened state wasn't so bad, after all, the body is the capital of a Beastmaster.
On the same day, Shi Yu used the Skill Codex again, teaching Eleven the Hardening skill once more.
After this teaching, the Hardening skill's proficiency did not reach the expert level, but compared to before the teaching, Eleven's use of Hardening was indeed more proficient.
At this point, it could skillfully harden multiple body parts simultaneously in various states without affecting its movement.
This improvement made Eleven very uneasy, so it trained even harder, and for the first time, the alloy steel plate showed clear marks.
On the eighth day, Shi Yu rested and recovered.
On the ninth day, Shi Yu continued to teach Eleven the Hardening skill. This time, Eleven's Hardening skill proficiency reached the expert level.
The expert-level Hardening skill allows Iron-Eater to harden its entire body without affecting its movement, enabling extremely fluid combat!
After the skill proficiency improved, Eleven's growth level was also boosted, reaching level 5.
Little Iron-Eater: ·°(﹏)°· I really didn't cheat!
Eleven's unease grew stronger, and the marks on the alloy steel plate became deeper.
"If the proficient-level Hardening skill requires Iron-Eater to train intensively for nearly a month under optimal conditions,"
"Then the expert-level Hardening skill requires Iron-Eater to train intensively for nearly a year under optimal conditions."
Now, they had achieved this in just one week.
In the yard, Shi Yu, leaning on a chair, analyzed Eleven's growth, increasingly feeling that becoming a professional Beastmaster seemed very stable.
Both he and Eleven had a bright future ahead.
On the tenth day, he rested and recovered.
Next, Shi Yu did not use the Skill Codex to further increase Eleven's Hardening skill proficiency.
From beginner to proficient, one teaching was enough; from proficient to expert, it seemed to require two teachings... then what about from expert to perfect proficiency?
The hallmark of perfect proficiency in the Hardening skill is "Flow."
Expert-level Hardening allows Iron-Eater to harden its entire body, while perfect proficiency in Hardening allows the hardened material to flow like a liquid on Iron-Eater's body, stacking to form a stronger effect.
When attacking, all the hardened material flows to the claws, forming a more powerful weapon.
When defending, all the hardened material flows to the defensive parts, forming the thickest armor to take the lightest hits.
Essentially, it improves the efficiency of using strength, concentrating all the strength at one point to achieve extreme output and defense.
For ordinary pets, perfect proficiency is already the pinnacle of skill proficiency, and it definitely requires more teachings... Shi Yu planned to experiment with the Green Wool Worm first, as the cooldown time for teaching the silk skill is relatively short.
Moreover, he had been raising this Green Wool Worm for ten days, and although he had promised to cultivate the silk, he had not taken any action... he couldn't delay any longer.
On the eleventh day, Shi Yu took down the birdcage from the tree. The Green Wool Worm inside felt it needed to do something, so it calmly turned over and changed its lying position.
At first, when it was caught by Shi Yu, it still had some resistance, but now, hearing the daily collisions between Eleven and the steel plate, it had no resistance left.
Besides, it didn't have to do anything; every day, Shi Yu would put food in the birdcage. Such a perfect living environment was hard to find before.
Moreover, over these ten days, Shi Yu had been practicing mental induction with this low-IQ Green Wool Worm, so it no longer had any aggressive intentions towards Shi Yu and was very obedient.
On this day, Shi Yu taught the Green Wool Worm the silk skill again. After the teaching, the Green Wool Worm underwent its third awakening transformation, reaching level 3.
However, the silk skill proficiency was still at the proficient level.
On the twelfth day, Shi Yu taught the Green Wool Worm the silk skill for the third time. As expected, the Green Wool Worm underwent its fourth awakening transformation, reaching level 4.
The growth rate of the worm-type pet... was indeed fast.
At the same time, the strength of the silk also underwent a qualitative change. At this point, the silk's strength was comparable to fishing line, and it could be used as flexibly as human limbs.
For example, tying a knot with the silk was no longer a difficult task for the Green Wool Worm. Clearly, the silk skill proficiency had reached the expert level.
As someone who had watched hundreds of episodes of Detective Conan, Shi Yu understood that the silk now had some initial power.
However, its power was still limited, for a simple reason: the Green Wool Worm was too weak. The effect of an adult using a fishing line as a tool is vastly different from a worm smaller than a palm using it.
But it cannot be denied that the quality of the Green Wool Worm's silk was already very excellent. Generally, even a level 10 Green Wool Worm about to pupate rarely has silk proficiency at this level.
With this silk proficiency, as long as its growth level keeps up, pupation is almost a certainty.
At that time, not only can the silk be sold, but the crystal powder of the Crystal Butterfly can also be sold...
If the silk reaches perfect proficiency before pupation, or even higher, the phenomena during evolution will be even more miraculous.
Depending on the cultivation method, there might even be special evolution.
In total, over twelve days, the teaching of two pets temporarily confirmed the effectiveness of the Skill Codex.
If a pet had not mastered a certain skill before, after the first teaching, the pet would master the beginner-level proficiency of that skill.
After the second teaching, the beginner level would upgrade to the proficient level.
After the fourth teaching, the proficient level would upgrade to the expert level.
Shi Yu planned to push forward and see how many times it would take to upgrade the expert-level silk to perfect proficiency.
However, before that, they had been at home for too long, and Shi Yu planned to conduct some practical training.
Eleven, who had mastered expert-level Hardening, reached level 5, and undergone a week of intense fall training, should have completed this round of training perfectly, with its combat power absolutely not to be underestimated.
The time to test the results had come.
Shi Yu opened the birdcage, and the Green Wool Worm voluntarily crawled inside, as it was much safer inside than outside, at least it wouldn't have to worry about becoming bird food.
After resting for the morning, Shi Yu called the little Iron-Eater, who was in training.
"Eleven, pause the training this afternoon. Rest well at noon, eat more, and then we will go for practical training!"
"Ou?"
Eleven: Practical training?!
The young and weak little Iron-Eater, hugging the steel plate, knocked on it with a "dong dong dong," instantly feeling a surge of excitement.