Chapter 39 Study Hard


    Although Rocky had a month off from his basic training, he still had a lot of studying to do, the most


    important of which was learning how to evaluate the beasts. As there was no technology nor science in


    this world, he had to find another way to study their genes and create his own gically enhanced


    beasts. He believed that the evaluation of the beasts might be his ticket to making his breakthrough.


    In this world, no one had a better knowledge of the beasts or any other rare species than the beast


    evaluators who were tantamount to authoritative scientists around the world. It was the main reason


    why he wanted to be a beast evaluator as a huge first step.


    After he returned to the bamboo grove, Rocky saw a dark figure running straight towards him at


    lightning speed. Before he realized what it was, the big beast jumped right on top of him and licked him


    all over.


    "It looks like Uriah has evolved so much. It is so fast now that I don''t even have time to react, which


    means its strength could now be even stronger than mine. It is merely a rock yet it has caused such a


    drastic change to Uriah. Its genes seemed to have beenpletely rearranged." Rocky patted Uriah


    as he muttered to himself.


    Rocky set Uriah free to y by itself as hey down on the rock by the pool. He took out the Beast


    Encyclopedia to read while bathing under the sunlight glimmering through the bamboo leaves.


    A beast evaluator usually called all the species including war beasts, spiritual beasts, and other rare


    species like dragons the spirit-manipted beasts. It was because the method to evaluate them was


    pretty much the same for all kinds of beasts. Although spirit-manipted beasts were different in terms


    of appearance, the basic structure remained the same.


    However, every beast evaluator applied different methods in evaluating beasts, just like there were


    different pills and prescriptions for the same disease. The one who wrote the Beast Encyclopedia had


    created an evaluation method called the "Magical Evaluation Skill". One could use it as a basis for the


    analysis and evaluation of all kinds of spirit-manipted beasts.


    A beast evaluator was more than just determining the beast''s star level. It also required for evaluators


    to discern all of its quality like category, ability, and its space and direction for future development.


    So there was a set minimum standard for studying the beast evaluation technique, which was to be at


    the third grade of the Mortal Stage. It consumed spiritual power when one was using such technique.


    The longer the evaluation took, the more spiritual power it consumed which meant that higher levels of


    the Magical Evaluation Skill would also require higher levels of spiritual power. So in order to be a


    beast evaluator, a spirit maniptor had to gain a certain spiritual power.


    There are nine levels of the Magical Evaluation Skill and it was the same as the grades with spirit-


    manipted beasts. With higher levels of the Magical Evaluation Skill, one would be more likely to be


    able to discern spirit-manipted beasts of higher grades and star levels. For instance, evaluators at


    the entry level of the Magical Evaluation Skill would be able to evaluate all one-star spirit-manipted


    beasts and discern their qualities. However when it came to two-star beasts, beast evaluators at the


    entry level would only be able to discern its star level along with a small portion of its qualities instead


    of being able to detect all of them.


    Put it this way, beast evaluation was like a program in an operation system. It would take a better


    operation system for a more advanced program to run. The same could be applied to the Magical


    Evaluation Skill and the evaluation of spirit-manipted beasts.


    The advancement of the Magical Evaluation Skill was entirely up to the enlightenment and endeavor of


    the individual. Evaluating more spirit-manipted beasts would certainly help with the advancement


    and breakthrough one could achieve at a certain point.


    Generally speaking, it was not an easy task to be a beast evaluator.


    However for someone like Rocky who had a thirst for knowledge, nothing excited him more than the


    idea of studying beast evaluation as he got to know more about all kinds of spirit-manipted beasts.


    Although there were detailed information about spirit-manipted beasts in the Beast Encyclopedia,


    Rocky still decided to study them through firsthand experience in order toy a solid foundation for his


    future gic endeavors. After all, theory came from practice.


    Therefore, Rocky nned to take a one-month vacation to study the Magical Evaluation Skill. He spent


    all his time in the bamboo forest studying apart from his basic three meals a day.


    After a rough inspection of its contents, to Rocky''s surprise, he discovered that what was special about


    it was way beyond his imagination. He finally understood why one could use the Magical Evaluation


    Skill to discern all the qualities of spirit-manipted beasts.


    The Magical Evaluation Skill required an evaluator to apply spiritual power directly on spirit-


    manipted beasts which would then reflect it in the form of light in different kinds of color that each


    represented a quality. The more color it showed meant that the more qualities it possessed, and vice


    versa. Also the brightness of each light indicated the strength and space for growth for each of these


    qualities. Just like the sequence of our gic makeup, not too difficult as it might be, it was still not


    easy topletely match each of these lights with their designated qualities.


    This was not too much of a problem for Rocky because he had spent a lot of his time in his past life


    mapping the genes extracted from DNA. However, in this world there, was no DNA to extract the genes


    from for mapping. Although he had some big ideas, there was virtually nothing concrete for him to work


    on. But now, that wasn''t the case anymore. The light reflected by spirit-manipted beasts was


    tantamount to their DNA. The volume, brightness, and even the very position of every light correspond


    to the sequence of the genes.


    This Beast Encyclopedia brought about an opportunity for Rocky to take his research up a notch,


    thanks to that beautiful general.


    A whole month went by in a sh.


    In the deep parts of the bamboo grove


    "Evaluating......." Rocky sat on the ground as he tried to use the Magical Evaluation Skill on a rabbit.


    At that moment, a triangle mark appeared on its foot and a bright white light shone out of it. The rabbit


    then reflected a very week and yellow light the size of a spark, which represented the agility of its


    extremities.


    Howl! A beast then came in at lightning speed and ran off with the rabbit in its mouth.


    Rocky was kind of used to Uriah always taking his subjects to eat them for lunch all.


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    Its appetite had grown exponentially since its evolution. The food Rocky brought from the canteen,


    including the raw meat directly from the kitchen was no longer enough for it. Finally, he let Uriah go


    hunting food for itself while bringing him back some subjects for his experiment.


    As there were no proper facilities in the world to tame and nourish Uriah, he had to raise it in the wild to


    further improve its abilities. Uriah proved to be a born hunter with extraordinary motion skills. It could


    climb trees and swim in rivers at a great speed. It also had tremendous strength. The depth of the


    bamboo grove had already been leveled by it just because of its regr ytime for the past


    month.