Starting with the Broken-Winged Frost Butterfly: Beast Taming

The submission site was still the same lawn.

The laboratory was very close by, so Xuexi only flew around a couple of times before Zhu Ran saw the backs of several examiners.

"This 'garden mouse' is exceptionally well-cultivated; the plant on its back is growing vigorously, showing no signs of mess or withering. I would give it a 'good' rating."

The eldest of the examiners, Sun Yuqing, stroked his beard and looked at a fat rat-beast with a kind smile.

The plump rat-beast was nearly two meters long, its back covered with flowers and grasses, brimming with vitality.

The rat-beast itself is adorable and cute; it's a large, cuddly creature that makes people smile from the bottom of their hearts just by looking at it.

Tang Jiamu shook his head and said, "If a pet like a garden rat isn't carefully cared for, it will inevitably become overgrown with weeds within two days."

"It looks the way it does now thanks to the aesthetic sense and superb skills of a gardener."

"In my opinion, this is a subpar move; I can only give it a 'passing' grade."

The male beast tamer who had bred the garden rat lowered his head upon hearing this, his expression somber.

"My view is exactly the opposite of Professor Tang's."

Wu Dongshan said calmly:

"Use it freely within the rules."

"As long as the pet we see is cute enough, I can give it a 'good' rating."

"So?" The male beast tamer held his breath, his expression revealing his excitement.

"So you passed."

"But whether they can break into the top ten remains to be seen."

……

I watched as the male beast tamer, leading a garden mouse, nervously entered a nearby tent to rest.

Zhu Ran calmly walked towards the three examiners.

Excellent, Good, Pass, Fail.

If the training fails, exceeds the time limit, or exceeds the cost, the examiner will only give a "fail".

Even if the training is successful, but the results are mediocre and only a "passing" grade is received, it will still not be able to enter the top ten among the fifty-one people.

But if you get two "good" results.

There is a certain chance to compete for a top ten spot.

"Greetings, examiners. This is the pet I have bred. Please give me your scores."

Zhu Ran was neither humble nor arrogant, and he was equally courteous.

Because he didn't want the examiner to pay too much attention to Xuexi, he called her into his life contract card as he walked over.

The little tiger in her arms had changed its appearance for some reason. The heart in its eyes was gone, its fur was no longer delicate and pink, and there was no longer any pink mist around it... as if it had returned to the wrong form before the reversal.

"A cute little tiger?"

Sun Yuqing, Wu Dongshan, and Tang Jiamu were slightly stunned.

It was the fourth day.

Of the 51 candidates, five have announced their failure and ten have submitted their results.

Zhu Ran ranked eleventh.

It should have been a good ranking, one of the higher places.

but.

Before this, some people produced amazing results, while others produced mediocre results.

Errors... What kind of novel genre is this?

"Huh, there are no visible bloodline cracks?"

Sun Yuqing's pupils changed color slightly, and an unusual color appeared on his rosy cheeks.

Zhu Ran smiled.

The scientific community has conducted ample research on blood vessel tears.

Research suggests that some shallow, or extremely unusual, evolutionary errors may contain hidden bloodline cracks.

Even with the divine eye, it cannot be observed directly.

Therefore, relying entirely on the psychic eye when judging incorrect evolution can easily lead to a mishap.

"No, it seems to be in some kind of disguise; the energy flow has a subtle unnatural quality..."

Wu Dongshan raised his thin eyebrows, then suddenly reached out and touched the back of Xiao Naofu's head with his fingertips.

"I didn't expect that the three examiners would see through me so quickly."

Zhu Ran smiled faintly: "Jingxiang, stop pretending, just be yourself."

The little tiger nodded obediently.

next second.

The fluffy surface ripples like waves, the hair is brushed with a layer of pinkish shimmer, and the pupils change shape, reappearing as pink hearts.

"Whoosh!"

Tang Jiamu, who had been silent, suddenly had a glint of light in his eyes.

Sun Yuqing and Wu Dongshan were only a beat slower; one stared wide-eyed and breathed heavily, while the other opened his mouth in astonishment.

"Where did this adorable tiger get its camouflage ability?"

"This is not the adorable little tiger we know, nor is it the erroneous evolutionary form recorded in the Extraordinary Era 435. This is... this is the true, original bloodline form of the adorable little tiger species!"

Sun Yuqing raised his white eyebrows high.

He is indeed an evolutionary biologist.

Having devoted most of his life to the study of beast taming, he has left behind many pioneering achievements in the field of species evolution. Logically speaking, he shouldn't be so easily flustered.

But isn't this exam for intermediate trainers to advance to senior level?

Surprisingly, a student produced a result that appeared to be a "secret formula," overturning his understanding.

Moreover, its essence is likely based on flawed evolutionary improvement, and the scientific research difficulty behind this is... on a completely different level!

"Small and seemingly harmless, yet it perfectly embodies the theme of cuteness in its evolutionary breeding..."

Wu Dongshan's eyes grew increasingly bright, clearly indicating that he was using his spiritual eyes to their fullest potential.

"There can't be any hidden bloodline cracks; this is the little tiger's true appearance!"

"So cute! So well-behaved! I love this kind of adorable pet! I have to give it an 'excellent' rating!"

"You're Zhu, right?"

On the other side, Sun Yuqing pulled up the candidate's information, "You are the only candidate of your age to participate in this kind of exam with a C-level qualification."

"I'm a little curious, was the recipe behind the adorable tiger cub obtained by chance, or...?"

Being unique does not mean it cannot be passed down.

Some extremely powerful and wealthy families would even deliberately keep a batch of precious formulas secret from the public, and then give them to their descendants so that they could make a name for themselves.

And the little tiger is a known error form.

Sun Yuqing subconsciously regarded Zhu Ran as a scion of a noble family, and searched his mind for the Zhu family of Yanxu Kingdom, but found nothing.

Zhu Ran remained expressionless and said:

"Examiner Sun, this is something I discovered by chance during my research, and I have never made it public before."

"I will later publish a paper revealing some of the principles behind this, laying the foundation for future '1B3C' models."

Sun Yuqing was stunned on the spot.

It's actually an individual achievement?!

A senior college student, who has not yet obtained an advanced training instructor license, already possesses a unique C-level formula that he can publish in a top journal at any time.

"Zhongdu University is a place where hidden talents abound; this is no exaggeration."

Wu Dongshan exclaimed, "Professor Tang, you must make the most of such a promising talent."

Tang Jiamu nodded slightly and calmly asked, "Any objections to giving all of them an 'Excellent' rating?"

"Not nitpicking this time?"

Sun Yuqing laughed heartily: "That 'fairy bird' Chu Yang is clearly cute and lively, yet you only gave him a 'good,' squandering his chance for a perfect score."

Fairy Bird?

Zhu Ran pictured a pet beast in his mind.

It has a petite and delicate body, with soft, crescent-shaped, pale yellow feathers all over its body, and makes a playful "pop pop pop" sound when it flies...

Yes, she's cute, but she can't compare to Shizuka, that's reasonable!

"Ugh..." (𖦹‎.𖦹‎)

The little tiger in Zhu Ran's arms kept its ears perked up.

However, its vocabulary is far less than Xuexi's.

The more I listened, the more confused I became.

The more confused you are, the wider your eyes widen.

A vicious cycle is gradually forming.