Although the evolution paper on the Abyssal Water Phoenix Fledgling sparked some controversy, it did nothing to change the form's actual status.
To put it bluntly, this was only a second-stage evolution. No matter how difficult the evolution requirements were, it could never truly become extinct.
As long as they were willing to invest enough effort and pay the price, top-tier Water-type Beast Tamers could still raise an Abyssal Water Phoenix Fledgling and its evolved form to strengthen their teams.
In fact, after the Friendship Evolution Tournament, the price of the Ugly Waterfowl had already skyrocketed.
On the market, a single Ugly Waterfowl had long since surpassed the hundred-million mark!
Some lucky people living in the rural regions south of the Yangtze happened to encounter Ugly Waterfowl by chance and became rich overnight, even triggering incidents of unrest and crime.
And after Jiang Xing published the evolution paper, the price of the Ugly Waterfowl actually dropped somewhat, falling to around seventy to eighty million each.
However, on the black market, the value of the Abyssal Water Phoenix Fledgling shot upward in a straight line, rapidly breaking past 1.5 billion!
Those top-tier Water-type Beast Tamers were willing to pay staggering prices just to obtain a single Abyssal Water Phoenix Fledgling!
As a result, the Abyssal Water Phoenix Fledgling was only difficult to see in lower-end tournaments.
But in top-level competitions—such as the King-Class Tournament and even the Championship Tournament—it had already begun exerting influence, quietly changing the competitive landscape.
Fire-type Beast Tamers immediately decided to make a push toward the King-Class and Championship tournaments.
They wanted to seize a wave of glory before those Water-type powerhouses managed to fully raise Abyssal Water Phoenix Fledglings into top-tier combat units.
Meanwhile, Water-type Beast Tamers had already begun building teams and designing strategies centered around rain weather and the Ink Realm, preparing in advance.
Beast Tamers of other attributes also started brainstorming all kinds of tactical combinations to counter the inevitably dominant Ink Realm Water-type teams of the future.
Everything was flourishing with renewed vitality!
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Jiang Xing was only a researcher.
He could study and even develop Pet Beast forms, but he could never personally decide their evolution requirements.
The Beast Tamers were the same. No matter how fiercely they competed, they could not change the evolution requirements of the Abyssal Water Phoenix Fledgling, nor could they affect the current market value of the Ugly Waterfowl.
This was destined to remain a niche Pet Beast—at least until Jiang Xing managed to breed large numbers of Ugly Waterfowl and drive the price down.
The Beast Tamers quickly realized this, and public debate gradually died down.
At that point, the popularity of Jiang Xing's third paper, The Evolution Requirements of the Little Healing Fairy, finally began to ferment.
People were shocked to discover that this seemingly "bonus" evolution form—the brand-new evolution of the Honey Attendant—actually possessed limitless potential and value, perhaps even surpassing that of the Abyssal Water Phoenix Fledgling itself!!
After all, no matter how powerful the Abyssal Water Phoenix Fledgling was, it could only serve as the ace of certain Beast Tamers.
Even if it became widespread in the future, it would still merely become the ace Pet Beast of Water-type Beast Tamers, affecting only part of the competitive environment.
But what about the Little Healing Fairy?
According to Jiang Xing's paper, it could produce Healing Honey—a medicine equivalent to high-grade healing potions, yet with dozens of times the production output!
This was the truly important research breakthrough for all Beast Tamers, especially ordinary civilian Beast Tamers with tight finances and limited funds—
In the world of Beast Tamers, simply "feeding" Pet Beasts actually did not cost very much.
Pet Beasts possessed extremely strong adaptability. If humans could eat something, they could eat it too. And even things humans could not eat were often still edible to them.
On top of that, Dr. Yuan of the Wood-type and agricultural field had not only solved the cultivation problems surrounding resource fruits, but had also used the power of Wood-type Pet Beasts to massively increase grain production.
People no longer had to worry about basic food and survival, and they could even spare enough to feed their Pet Beasts.
Because of this, many families raised one or two Pet Beasts at home.
However, this kind of raising only ensured they were fed. It did not actually increase their strength.
If someone wanted to become a Beast Tamer and raise true combat Pet Beasts, then just like bodybuilding or athletic training, they had to keep up with all kinds of nutritional food and resource fruits, along with the expenses of move training, injury treatment, and more.
Otherwise, not only would the Pet Beast's strength fail to improve, but poor training methods, insufficient nutrition, or hidden injuries accumulated from battle could also prevent it from continuing to grow stronger—or even stop it from evolving further...
Those were the areas where the real money started disappearing once someone got involved in Beast Taming.
As a result, civilian Beast Tamers from poor families—especially those who loved Pet Beast battles or hoped to change their fate through Beast Taming—often lived extremely frugally.
Their Pet Beasts consumed all kinds of nutritional resources every day, while they themselves survived on steamed buns and instant noodles.
Under those circumstances, it was very difficult for them to spare enough money to buy high-grade healing medicine.
When their Pet Beasts suffered serious injuries, they could only use the cheapest possible medicine to prevent the wounds from worsening, then rush to the nearest Pet Beast hospital and rely on the free medical treatment provided by the authorities and the Beast Tamer Association to barely stabilize them.
But in situations like that, accidents were obviously very easy to happen.
Not even counting the cases where rescue came too late and the Pet Beast died.
Even if the rescue succeeded, delays could still leave behind severe hidden injuries that were difficult to heal, damaging both the Pet Beast's strength and future potential.
But there was no helping it—
Civilian Beast Tamers did not have wealthy family backgrounds. They could not simply order everything online whenever they needed it, nor could they casually buy Pet Beasts directly from breeding houses.
Once they tried to better themselves, the only way to save money was to venture into the wild to search for low-level resources, capture wild Pet Beasts, participate in wilderness battles, or explore secret realms.
And that naturally led to situations like these.
To people like them, things such as the Ugly Waterfowl or the Abyssal Water Phoenix Fledgling were obviously worlds completely beyond their reach.
But the Little Healing Fairy was different!
They could efficiently produce Healing Honey, a substance equivalent to high-grade healing medicine. Once mass-bred, they would be capable of replacing high-grade healing medicine entirely and drastically lowering the price of healing items!
Even if civilian Beast Tamers lacked the ability to raise Little Healing Fairies themselves, as long as the prices dropped, they could still grit their teeth and keep one or two bottles of healing items in reserve.
And at critical moments, those were things that could save lives!
Beast Tamers with slightly better financial situations could even directly raise a Little Healing Fairy themselves.
Not only could it serve as the healer of the team, but it could also continuously produce Healing Honey...
Even if they did not use it personally, they could still treat it like secondhand goods produced on their own balcony and list it cheaply on XX to earn money!
This was the kind of reality that those high-level Beast Tamers—people who drank high-grade healing medicine like water and fully maxed out treatment for their Pet Beasts—would never come into contact with.
This was the true kind of research result that could benefit all Beast Tamers—
Not everyone could afford to raise a Rainbow Dragon Hatchling, but healing medicine was something literally everyone used!
Moreover, at the end of the paper, Jiang Xing directly published the crafting blueprint for the evolution item Golden Sunflower and included an additional note.
"This evolution item was not designed and crafted by me alone. I also received assistance from Dr. Amru."
"Although the doctor specializes in the undead field, perhaps precisely because he so often comes into contact with darkness, he understands even better how precious light truly is. That was why he designed this item."
"I believe he would not want to see me monopolize this blueprint for myself."
"So, in accordance with the doctor's wishes, I have decided to share this blueprint publicly. I hope it can help those who wish to raise Little Healing Fairies."
This statement not only released the evolution blueprint publicly, but also explicitly allowed Beast Tamers to craft and use the item themselves!
As a result, the evolution method of the Little Healing Fairy had now been completely made public.
Thus, just as the popularity of the Abyssal Water Phoenix Fledgling gradually began cooling down, discussions surrounding the Little Healing Fairy rapidly exploded, directly surpassing the former and becoming the new headline topic!
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