Chapter 46 - 40 The Fallen Genius_1

Chapter 46 - 40 The Fallen Genius_1

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Ostrich?

Initially, Lu Ran felt sympathy for his senior brother's ordeal.

But upon seeing the word "ostrich," Lu Ran's eyebrows raised, and he couldn't hold back.

Does such an animal really exist?

If he remembered correctly, his vague impression was that Senior Brother Jiang Man indeed had an eagle.

However, that was just an ordinary golden eagle, right?

According to legends, Senior Brother Jiang Man had always loved the TV series "Senior Brother Divine Sculpture Hero" since he was young and always dreamed of raising an eagle.

But eagles, being fierce birds of prey, aren't easy for ordinary people to raise.

Lucky for him, Senior Brother Jiang Man was no ordinary person. He had swordsmanship talent no less than Lu Ran's and had brought glory to his country in international competitions.

Because of this status, he just needed to pull some strings to get a bird of prey raising certificate and managed to get a golden eagle.

"Ostrich must be the name Senior Brother Jiang Man gave to that golden eagle," Lu Ran guessed in his heart.

He continued to read the sloppy diary, capturing some key information and filtering out the useless.

[In the Novice Trial Secret Realm, Ostrich and I obtained an S class rating, which seems quite good.]

[Among these, the biggest gain was the Beast Training Technique 'Combine'.]

[This skill allows me and Ostrich to merge into a single entity, turning me into a bird person, haha.]

[After becoming a bird person, the two of us became very strong! My swordsmanship also reached a new level.]

[I received an invitation to join the officials.]

[Today, I was extremely lucky. Teaming up with my teammates to explore the Secret Realm, we exploded another Beast Training Technique.]

[The Beast Training Technique is called 'Trait Borrowing'!]

[The effect is that it allows Beast Trainers to temporarily borrow the traits of their contracted pet beasts for their own use.]

[What are traits?]

[Oh, so every pet beast at level 10 can fuse with a trait, and 'Trait Crystals' are only likely to burst from Secret Realms of Abyss Difficulty with a certain rating.]

[Then I better be careful about selecting the first trait for Ostrich.]

[I got information that a foreign Beast-Taming Team entered the 'Abandoned Experiment Field Secret Realm' and exploded a 'Weapon Control Trait' for auction.]

[They say the 'Weapon Control Trait' allows the pet beast fused with it to master any weapon, making the weapon feel like a part of their body.]

[Great, if I let Ostrich fuse with this trait and then borrow it, my Swordsmanship Realm is sure to reach a new level! Human-Sword Union, that's a realm of legend.]

Lu Ran was shocked as he looked at the Beast Training diary, then glanced up slightly at Master Jiang Dou.

[After a pet beast fuses the "Anthropomorphic Trait," it can evolve towards a human form! If the eagle evolves into human form, it can certainly better adapt to the "Weapon Control Trait," and our synergy in combination will be higher!]

[Abroad, someone has already successfully evolved a "Werewolf," unfortunately, the seven Infinite Cities of Xia Country do not have the Beastmen Tribe Secret Realm, and the international Teleportation Arrays are not open either. If I want to visit the Beastmen Tribe Secret Realm, I must first travel to another country.]

[I've decided, for the eagle's future, I'll head west in two days!]

The diary ends abruptly here.

Lu Ran once again looked towards Master Jiang Dou.

"Did Senior Brother die in a foreign Secret Realm?" Lu Ran asked, feeling even more pity for his Senior Brother upon reading this. Even though he admitted to taking the wrong path, as long as he obtained the Anthropomorphic Trait Crystal, and the eagle evolved into human form, everything could still be remedied.

"Your Senior Brother went with two friends, and in the end, they all fell in that Beastmen Tribe Secret Realm..." Mr. Jiang Dou Sr. couldn't help shedding tears, "Officials told me their identity cards have already been cancelled, which is a sign of death."

"Master..." Lu Ran looked at the old man, unsure how to comfort him at this moment.

"Alas, Master..." Senior Brother He had been quietly waiting by the side without speaking; seeing Mr. Jiang Dou Sr. cry, he also showed red eyes.

From the style of the diary, this Senior Brother Jiang Man was also a humorous, interesting master of the Sword Dao.

Lu Ran was not very familiar with Senior Brother Jiang Man, after all, this Senior Brother was rarely in the dojo; but Master Jiang Dou and Senior Brother He must have had deep feelings for him.

From the style of the diary, this Senior Brother Jiang Man was also a humorous, interesting master of the Sword Dao.

At the same time, he was definitely a genius, having achieved an S class rating and pursued the Sword Intent beyond Sword Momentum. It's just a pity that such a genius had to fall at the level of a First-Class Beast Trainer.

"Lu Ran, you can keep this diary," Jiang Dou sighed. "I know your temperament, I certainly can't persuade you, but remember, until you have enough confidence, don't do uncertain things like your Senior Brother Jiang Man did."

"This is the era of universal Beast Training. I'm glad to see you've taken up the sword again; perhaps this is also a new opportunity for the revival of swordsmanship. But I hope that I won't hear one day, as I did about Jiang Man, that you've encountered misfortune."

"Don't worry, Master," Lu Ran said.

"You just said that your path is indeed very similar to Jiang Man's... Could it be that you also obtained the Combined Beast Training Technique, and it's through this method that you've comprehended Sword Momentum? No, that's not it; his Sword Momentum is different from yours," the old man mused.

"No, I have another Beast Training Technique, by imitating ferocious beasts I mastered Sword Momentum. I said we are similar because I also had the idea of finding the 'Weapon Control Trait' for my contracted pet beast..."

Mr. Jiang Dou Sr. glared, thinking this was a dead-end path! This boy, still so stubborn and infuriating!

"So you've given up on that now, right? His diary has already made it crystal clear, most animals are not suitable for this attribute."

"I haven't given up," Lu Ran said earnestly. "Indeed, an eagle is not fit to learn the sword; Senior Brother Jiang hadn't considered this direction from the beginning. Before and after fusing the trait, that eagle had no swordsmanship experience whatsoever, so it's normal for it to not fit with the trait."

"But it's different for me. Before my pet beast evolved into something extraordinary, I began teaching it swordsmanship. Even now, it has grasped the essence of the profound realm of Sword Momentum. Once it truly comprehends, wouldn't it mean it has more talent than humans? I feel, we are different. My pet beast should be able to manage the 'Weapon Control Trait.' I've never neglected its training."

Mr. Jiang Dou Sr., Senior Brother He: ???

"Is your contracted beast a monkey?" Jiang Dou asked. "In martial arts films, indeed some mountain monkeys are proficient in martial weapon... after all, they are primates and most human-like."

Why is it always monkeys... Lu Ran muttered to himself.

"That's not it, it's a Husky."

Jiang Dou: ?

Rebel! You're truly incorrigible! This boy, still so exasperating.

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