You were given the ability to tame beasts, not to become a god-level breeder.

Philosophy is not the key to the Little Tree of Enlightenment; the meaning of a tree's existence is...

Jiang Fan pondered for a moment, then turned and walked back.

At the same time, he took out his phone and sent a message to Zhuang Zhenyu.

Master, what is the meaning of a tree's existence?

Jiang Fan had a feeling that the answer to this question would likely allow the progress of the Little Enlightenment Tree to increase again.

He has enough Beast Taming Points to max out the progress of the Lesser Enlightenment Tree.

However, the materials used to obtain the Lesser Enlightenment Tree are certainly not simple and cannot be acquired in a short period of time, in addition, the government is also conducting research on it.

Therefore, Jiang Fan did not choose to use Beast Taming Points to max out the progress of the Lesser Enlightenment Tree.

Maxing out the progress only grants you the evolution path, but without the materials, you can't cook without rice. You can't evolve Green Mountain. By the time you get the materials, the government might have already figured out the evolution path for the Lesser Enlightenment Tree, and all those hundreds of thousands of Beast Taming Points will have been wasted.

If that were to actually happen, Jiang Fan could already imagine how he would berate himself: "You're so extravagant, you have so many Beast Taming Points, you know how to enjoy life!"

Zhuang Zhenyu posted a confused cat emoji: 【Holy crap, awesome!】

[You should have a deep discussion with the Wooden Man King about this. As for me, I'm a person, not a tree, and I can't answer such a profound question.]

A moment later, Zhuang Zhenyu sent another message: [Hmm? The meaning of a tree's existence? This involves idealism. The evolutionary form of the Spirit Needle Pine has not yet been studied. Could it be related to philosophy, or to this question?]

Yes, that's possible. I'll apply to join the Spirit Needle Pine research group right now. If the information you provide is crucial, it will provide a new research direction. If the research is successful in this direction, I will have the government provide you with the evolutionary path free of charge.

Idealism, idealism, how interesting!

What could Jiang Fan say?

This is the keen insight of the older generation of trainers!

The reason why the master found it interesting was because the master had little experience in the matter of mind-based beast taming.

Hmm, I've never managed to create a single beast-taming device based on subjective will.

Upon reading Zhuang Zhenyu's last words, Jiang Fan could only silently cheer on the government research team and his master.

Putting away his phone, Jiang Fan returned to Qingshan and overheard Xiao Zhe reprimanding the Wooden King.

Jiang Fan's heart tightened.

That won't do.

Can the answer to the meaning of a tree's existence be more accurate or more agreeable to the tree itself than the answer it has come up with?

Moreover, this tree loves philosophy, has studied it extensively, and is exceptionally gifted in it.

Jiang Fan quickly walked over and patted Xiao Zhe on the shoulder, saying with a serious expression, "Xiao Zhe, philosophy is good. You should study philosophy, explore it, and research it."

Xiao Zhe was startled, thinking that Jiang Fan's return was because of the Black Spirit Soil. Just as he was about to explain, he heard what Jiang Fan said and his eyes behind his glasses widened in surprise.

"what?"

Xiao Zhe felt somewhat helpless at this moment.

"Cough cough."

"While walking just now, I suddenly wondered about the meaning of a tree's existence, but after thinking about it, I realized that the answer a tree gives is worse than the answer a person would give."

"If it's not too much trouble, could you let my Green Mountain and your Wooden King communicate more over the next period of time? I'll also purchase an extra portion of Black Spirit Soil for your Wooden King."

Jiang Fan's expression was sincere, and his tone was devout.

Purchasing is out of the question; we can only suffer for Brother Fang.

If the Wood King can really help Qingshan solve this problem, I'd give him a Black Spirit Soil every day for ten years, let alone a daily dose!

Besides, the Wood King just saved him 900,000 Beast Taming Points.

"This...this...idol, the Wood King is just here to chat with your Green Mountain. As for the Black Spirit Soil, forget about it. The Wood King doesn't need to fight anyway, so it's not worth the price."

Xiao Zhe's face flushed red, and he waved his hands repeatedly, feeling that he had gotten a great deal.

"That's settled then. I have important matters to attend to, so I'll be going now."

Jiang Fan didn't give Xiao Zhe a chance to refuse. He turned around and ran towards the dormitory with Yue Yin. He was still waiting to eat snail rice noodles.

"Do all genius trainers have some kind of quirk?" Xiao Zhe looked at Jiang Fan's back, scratched his head, and was extremely puzzled.

The Wooden King's thoughts were transmitted in time: [Speak! Is philosophy even useful?!]

……

Fang Cunxing, who had received Jiang Fan's request, arrived at the orchard at the Cunxing Cultivation Base. A three-meter-long, glossy black ox lay panting under an apple tree, its sweat soaking the ground within two meters around it.

"I guess I'll just have to make things difficult for you, Dahei." Fang Cunxing thought to himself as he looked at the exhausted Dahei Niu.

……

Jiang Fan picked up some snail rice noodles from the takeout cabinet downstairs in the dormitory building. After returning to the dormitory, he discovered that his thesis on "Light Spot Jellyfish" had been approved.

His face lit up with joy, and he transferred the funds from the public account directly to his personal account.

Credits: 1100 million

He originally had 25 million. After deducting daily expenses, spiritual potions, light jellyfish and evolution materials, and with 10 million deposited into the base account, he still had 11 million left, which he thought was alright.

"Upload video".

Jiang Fan uploaded the prepared video of the Nebula Ice Jellyfish, then took out the nutritional medicine, poured it into a bowl, and handed it to Yue Yin. After that, he opened the snail rice noodles, and a unique aroma filled the air.

"Waaah."

Yueyin wrinkled her dark nose and pushed the bowl full of blue nutrient solution in front of Jiang Fan, indicating that Jiang Fan should drink this and not eat that smelly, bad stuff.

"This is called snail rice noodles, a special kind of food for us humans. It smells pungent, but tastes delicious. Would you like to try it?"

Jiang Fan smiled, found a new pair of disposable chopsticks, picked up a mouthful of snail rice noodles and shoved it toward Yueyin's mouth, scaring Yueyin so much that she scrambled back.

Jiang Fan felt puzzled.

Foxes belong to the canid family, and the canid family is dogs.

There's a saying...

Forget it.

Let's eat first.

While eating, Jiang Fan watched videos about breeding knowledge. He learned from Xiao Zhe today that the Wood King's love of reading was a racial trait that made him feel that his knowledge of breeding was still too limited.

As I was scrolling, a bunch of red dots popped up in the background.

The Nebula Ice Jellyfish video is gaining traction.

Jiang Fan glanced at the increase in Beast Taming Points and was dumbfounded.

[Beast Taming Points +1!]

[Beast Taming Points +1!]

【…】

"Such low growth?"

Jiang Fan was puzzled. At this rate and in terms of acquisition volume, it was questionable whether the Nebula Ice Jellyfish could bring in 50,000 Beast Taming Points.

Upon opening the latest video, Jiang Fan discovered the reason and fell silent.

The comments section was filled with praise for the Nebula Ice Jellyfish's appearance, its rare ice attribute, and its affordable evolution cost, and then nothing more.

"Jiang Fan, this Nebula Ice Jellyfish is a bit complicated."

"Only a low-level Ice Mist skill? Although it's a rare field skill, it doesn't seem to have any special features, except for being cheap."

"Is that all the Nebula Ice Jellyfish is? I'm so disappointed."

"..."

Jiang Fan scrolled through the comments section and was surprised to find that even the leader of the charge, Shi Bu Shi You Bing, had posted a comment that seemed to agree that Nebula Ice Jellyfish was not strong.

"Jiang Fan, this Nebula Ice Jellyfish is indeed quite good, but it can't compare to Moon Wheel Fox, Bell Cat, or Lotus Fairy at all. It's not even worthy of carrying shoes; it's not even in the same league."

"Nebula Ice Jellyfish, it's not that you're incapable, it's just that you appeared at the wrong time."

……

"Nebula Ice Jellyfish is quite strong. It can learn a wide range of ice-type skills. Oh, this information needs to be added to the derivative topics."

Jiang Fan slapped his forehead and remembered.

He doesn't intend to explain; once the derivative research is released, everyone who thought the Nebula Ice Jellyfish was no good will overturn their previous views.

The next day.

Jiang Fan got up and looked at Yueyin. Based on the progress of the 100% Great Moon Fox, he could tell at a glance that Yueyin's size had reached the evolution standard.

"Begin the evolution!"

Jiang Fan immediately applied for a paper on the new evolutionary form of the Moon Fox, as well as a derivative research topic on the Nebula Ice Jellyfish.

Sorry, you just appeared at the wrong time. Please go after Yueyin in the queue.

After applying for the research project, before the review was approved and the funding was disbursed, Jiang Fan went to several beast-taming supermarkets on campus to purchase all the evolution materials that Yueyin needed.

……

Breeding Center No. 13.

After a series of operations, the moonlight spilled like mercury onto the ground. In the white light of evolution, Yueyin's body, which was already two meters long, rapidly grew to three meters without stopping, finally stopping just at four meters.

"Cyclone Moon Wheel, a unique skill of the Great Moon Wheel Fox."

"Half fast attack speed, half high attack power."

"I wonder how fast it flies and how powerful its attack is."

While waiting for the evolutionary light to subside and reveal the Great Moon Fox's true form, Jiang Fan thought of the Great Moon Fox's exclusive intermediate skill and became very interested.