The moment Jiang Xing discovered the pattern connecting those moves, he suddenly understood.
'The moves belonging to this new Attribute are all related to emotions!'
So the essence of this new Attribute was tied to emotion itself!
No wonder it had been buried beneath the dust of history—
Emotional energy was already an extremely abstract force. It was constantly influenced by the environment, one's condition, mood, and countless other factors, changing at every moment.
Even something relatively stable like Friendship could still fluctuate.
This was a power that represented change.
Because of that, every move connected to emotional energy would have fluctuating power.
Depending on the circumstances, its strength could change at any time.
Take anger, for example. One moment, someone might be furious, causing the move's power to reach its peak; after calming down, the same move could become completely ordinary again.
But emotions had always been this unpredictable.
Both Beast Tamers and Pet Beasts thoroughly understood and were accustomed to this kind of variation, causing their perception of it to gradually become "numb."
Even when these moves occasionally produced something akin to "Attribute suppression," people would simply treat it as emotional fluctuation and never think too deeply about it.
On top of that, this new Attribute appeared to be an abstract auxiliary-type Attribute.
Unlike Fire, Water, or Ice Attributes, it could not create tangible substances.
Instead, it functioned as an added state that enhanced the power behind a Pet Beast's attacks—
Even the move Return didn't launch an energy projectile at the enemy. The Pet Beast simply rushed forward and rammed into the target or slapped it once, and that was it.
As an Attribute, it was incredibly inconspicuous and easy to overlook.
Furthermore, the Beast Taming World currently lacked any complete method of detecting emotional energy...
Which was why all of these moves had been classified as "ordinary moves."
Only now had Jiang Xing wiped away the dust covering them and revealed their true form.
'The Pokémon world doesn't have an Emotion Attribute.'
'Even Mesprit, the deity of emotion, is only Psychic-type.'
'I also assumed emotional energy merely represented a handful of moves and a certain evolution method...'
'Who would've thought that in the Beast Taming World, it actually represents a real Attribute that no one had ever discovered!'
At that moment, Jiang Xing's curiosity was completely satisfied, leaving him with an indescribably exhilarating feeling.
Even without conducting further tests on the Clouddown Birds, he had already reached an almost certain conclusion.
The Clouddown Birds absolutely possessed this brand-new Attribute!
Their two talents—Perception and Good Mood—were both related to emotions and emotional states.
That meant they possessed far more emotional energy than other Pet Beasts.
They were practically a perfect match for this entirely new Attribute!
Of course, certainty was certainty, but procedures still had to be followed.
Jiang Xing returned to the research institute, gathered all the Clouddown Birds together, and had them each learn these "new Attribute moves."
These so-called new Attribute moves had previously been categorized as "ordinary moves."
And ordinary moves were generally very easy to learn. As long as a Pet Beast could gather its own energy and produce the intended effect, it was considered to have reached the beginner stage.
Because of that, the Clouddown Birds quickly mastered those moves and displayed astonishing power—
Despite only having just learned them and barely reaching the entry level...
The power they displayed was already close to matching the Pet Beasts from Dr. Xu's research institute!
In addition, Jiang Xing also had the Mysticfeather Peacocks learn those same moves.
Their Power Levels were similar to the Clouddown Birds, yet they learned the moves much more slowly, and the power they displayed was also significantly weaker.
At that point, the answer had already become clear.
The Clouddown Birds were not single-Attribute Pet Beasts.
They were dual-Attribute Pet Beasts possessing both Water and this new Attribute!
'Just like with the Pet Beast Compendium, according to convention, as the discoverer of a new Attribute, I possess the right to name it—'
'As long as the name isn't too outrageous, the Beast Taming Association won't raise any objections.'
Jiang Xing reviewed the characteristics of this brand-new Attribute.
Intangible and ever-changing, it normally could not interact with other Attributes, possessed no resistances, and was not suppressed by any Attribute...
Yet it could harness emotional energy and unleash moves filled with unpredictability and fluctuating power.
Mind Attribute? Fairy Attribute?
Jiang Xing shook his head.
Fairy was out of the question.
The Beast Taming World might not currently possess such an Attribute.
But who knew—maybe one day that system guy would suddenly pull a Fairy Plate out of nowhere and forcibly bring Fairy power into this world...
Since it was an Attribute, it was better to keep the name straightforward.
He would simply call it Emotion.
…
The discovery of a brand-new Attribute was undoubtedly an enormously significant and deeply shocking achievement.
It would allow people to better understand Pet Beasts, and allow Pet Beasts to better understand themselves.
That statement also applied to legendary Pet Beasts.
After all, the power they possessed—the power people called mythical—was not something they were born with, but rather a gift bestowed upon them by the world after descending upon Earth.
They too were still exploring and learning, and the information they possessed might not even surpass that of top scholars.
Perhaps even they had failed to realize that a hidden power known as Emotion slumbered within them—
Yes, Little Qilin, I'm talking about you!
"Ah-li?"
Well, as a Pet Beast scholar, after discovering the Emotion Attribute, Jiang Xing naturally intended to write a paper about it.
And during that process, identifying more Emotion-Attribute Pet Beasts was obviously necessary.
After all, Emotion moves had not appeared only yesterday, and Emotion-Attribute Pet Beasts could not possibly consist solely of the Clouddown Birds he had just evolved.
It was simply because Emotion, as a Pet Beast Attribute, possessed an extremely concealed nature due to its lack of suppression interactions with other Attributes.
As a result, those Pet Beasts possessing the Emotion Attribute had been overlooked all this time.
Now that Jiang Xing had already summarized the characteristics of the Emotion Attribute, it became very easy for him to infer which Pet Beasts might possess it—
For example, Pet Beasts whose racial moves included Emotion-type moves...
Or Pet Beasts whose talents, instincts, or abilities were tied to emotions...
Or perhaps a certain pink-and-blue fluffy pig possessing the Affinity talent, capable of producing Friendship items from its wool, whose Attributes were Wind + Psychic, and which just so happened not to have reached the limit of three Attributes.
Perhaps they too possessed the power to wield emotions!
And the testing method was extremely simple.
Jiang Xing had already confirmed that Return belonged to the Emotion category.
He had derived the Return formula and also possessed a Technical Machine (Return).
As long as a Pet Beast learned that move, he could use the Return formula to determine whether the move's power output was abnormal, thereby confirming whether they were "Emotion Pet Beasts."
So Jiang Xing taught Auspicious Cloud Qilin Return and brought it to his teacher to test the move's power.
After watching it effortlessly smash apart the highest-grade machine reinforced by a Demi-God Tier Pet Beast—
Jiang Xing reached a conclusion.
"Little Qilin, are both of your parents Auspicious Cloud Qilins?"
"Ah-li~"
Of course they are.
The little qilin cried out as its psychic power spread outward.
In a hazy moment, Jiang Xing saw a mist-shrouded paradise and two larger Auspicious Cloud Qilins walking atop gentle winds.
Clearly, those were the little qilin's parents from its memories.
Jiang Xing asked, "They wield the powers of Wind and Psychic?"
"Ah-li!"
The little qilin nodded repeatedly.
Wind and Psychic were the authorities its parents commanded and the powers they took pride in.
Even it valued those powers greatly. Every day after eating its fill, it would practice for several minutes to help with digestion.
"And there's no other power?"
"Ah-li?"
What other power could there be?
Seeing the little qilin's confusion, Jiang Xing explained, "I discovered a brand-new Attribute known as Emotion, and I've determined that you possess this power as well—"
"This is your third Attribute besides Wind and Psychic!"
"Ah-li!?"
The little qilin was stunned!
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