For two months, Jiang Ziliu had kept training at the training camp. Fortunately, the school provided some resources that could be used to nurture his contracted beasts.
But very few of those resources reached Jiang Ziliu's hands.
They amounted to less than what he earned from adventuring in Dungeon Spaces and could only cover his two contracted beasts' basic needs.
Li Wanqiu, with her SS Grade talent, and Li Chengqi, Jiang Xiaoli, and the others with S Grade talents, however, received tremendous resource support.
Converted into money, the resources each of those three received every month were worth millions!
A hundredfold or thousandfold gap in the resources they enjoyed would gradually widen the gap in everyone's strength as well, allowing them to grow faster and become stronger.
Those whom the teachers favored would receive higher scores and could also obtain more resources.
The special class operated on a credit system.
Some high-grade resources could be used to exchange for special resources such as precious medicines.
The other students in the class were all doing their utmost to stand out, hoping to obtain high-grade resources through credits and working hard to improve their contracted beasts' strength.
Tang Yunu and the others could also obtain credits through exchanges.
But they bought ordinary resources themselves, then exchanged those resources for credits. Those resources, in turn, became the basic resources the school distributed to ordinary students of common birth.
As the commoner students grew, the overall strength of the school's students also increased.
The base's higher-ups would therefore give the school a better evaluation and provide it with more high-grade resources in the future that were hard to obtain through other channels.
Through credits, these people obtained high-grade resources they normally could not get.
Under this model, the school, students from wealthy and privileged backgrounds, and commoner students all benefited.
Meanwhile, Li Wanqiu and the others with talents of S Grade or above could collect large amounts of credits for free every month.
Those three were the ones who truly enjoyed privileged treatment in the entire special class, and even the school.
Credits were extremely useful, but Jiang Ziliu had no designs on them whatsoever.
His performance had remained at the very bottom, and Teacher Li Qingcheng, who had noticed a few things, had no intention of having him stand out either.
She understood that standing out might not end well for Jiang Ziliu, whose talent was poor.
Li Wanqiu remained the main focus of her attention.
Jiang Ziliu even suspected that this powerful beast tamer had come to teach at No. 9 Middle School because of Li Wanqiu.
Only once the vacation began would it be time for Jiang Ziliu to improve.
Over those two months, his Azurite Rock Man had advanced another level, reaching eight-star black iron grade.
He had only managed to raise it by that one minor level by using the school's resources along with some earth-attribute medicinal ingredients and resources he had bought himself.
Jiang Ziliu had also found a way to improve the Mutated Lightning Snake.
He would have it devour large quantities of flesh and blood, then continuously shock it with a low-voltage current below ten volts during the one to three hours after it finished digesting.
This method made the Mutated Lightning Snake extremely uncomfortable, but it was, after all, a special creature with the SSS+ grade skill Electromagnetic Manipulation. This ability kept it from being quite so averse to Electric Current Attacks.
For the Mutated Lightning Snake, this uncomfortable yet not unpleasant sensation did not diminish its fondness for Jiang Ziliu, who managed the whole process.
Since there were other people in the dormitory, he could only carry out this process in deserted spots around the camp.
After two months of this, the Mutated Lightning Snake had also advanced two minor levels, reaching seven-star black iron grade!
Now that vacation had begun, Jiang Ziliu planned to visit those special Dungeon Spaces or head into the wilderness to search for special treasures and resources that could help them keep improving.
As for the Azurite Rock Man, he intended to first raise it to the limit of nine-star black iron grade.
Such a goal required B Grade, or even A Grade, earth-attribute treasures.
Jiang Ziliu carefully sifted through what he knew and thought of an earth-attribute treasure he could find safely.
This treasure was called Stalactite Vein Milk.
It was an A Grade earth-attribute treasure formed when stalactites over ten thousand years old combined with earth-attribute power in an environment containing Dark Energy.
This treasure generally took an entire year to produce a single drop in underground caverns.
Since it was located underground where ordinary people could hardly discover it, wherever it appeared, the accumulated quantity would certainly not be small, and obtaining it carried very little risk.
More importantly, Stalactite Vein Milk could improve a beast tamer's constitution and strengthen their body.
It could be said that this A Grade treasure was difficult to discover, but extremely precious.
"What is the probability that Stalactite Vein Milk exists within Base No. 12 City and can be safely obtained by me?"
Jiang Ziliu used Probability Judgment once again to determine the location of this treasure.
10.3%!
The answer appeared. Without a doubt, this treasure existed in Base No. 12, but the risk was too great. There was nearly a nine-in-ten chance that he would encounter danger.
"What is the probability of safely obtaining Stalactite Vein Milk within a hundred kilometers east of Base No. 12?"
98.6%!
This Probability Judgment succeeded on the first attempt.
This indicated that the treasure, Stalactite Vein Milk, existed east of Base No. 12, and the risk he faced in obtaining it was also pitifully small.
"What is the probability that this Stalactite Vein Milk exists within fifty kilometers east of Base No. 12?"
100%!
"What is the probability that this Stalactite Vein Milk lies south of due east?"
100%!
"What is the probability that this Stalactite Vein Milk lies between ten and twenty meters underground?"
97.3%!
Expending Dark Energy bit by bit, Jiang Ziliu determined the exact location of this Stalactite Vein Milk step by step.
He then performed more Probability Judgments, pinpointing three other hidden deposits of Stalactite Vein Milk in other directions from the base.
"What is the probability of a beneficial evolution if I use Stalactite Vein Float to evolve the nine-star gray rock rank contracted beast, Azurite Rock Man?"
54.6%!
Stalactite Vein Milk could raise the Azurite Rock Man's level of life, but could it also bring about a bloodline evolution for the Azurite Rock Man?
With this question in mind, he performed a Probability Judgment.
The result clearly showed that, although the probability was not high, it was still possible. Moreover, this was the result of using Stalactite Vein Milk alone.
After learning that this possibility could be realized, Jiang Ziliu immediately began putting together a large number of formulas using his knowledge of beast evolution potions.
Only then did he perform Probability Judgments on these formulas.
Formula one: combine Stalactite Vein Milk with 300 grams of D+ Grade Slime gel, one C Grade earth-attribute Elemental Crystal, 3,000 grams of D Grade thousand-year-old swamp carbon sediment mud, 100 grams of C+ Grade Earth Six-Eyed Rhinoceros horn powder, and 400 grams of Purple-Azure Rock Horn Tree roots. Heat slightly, then mix, and let the Azurite Rock Man soak in it and absorb it.
"What is the probability that formula one will evolve the Azurite Rock Man at nine-star black iron grade?"
Jiang Ziliu performed a Probability Judgment on formula one.
75.2%!
This probability was already very high, proving that Jiang Ziliu's potion proportions were quite good.
But Jiang Ziliu was not particularly satisfied with it.
He quickly performed a Probability Judgment on formula two.
Formula two: have the Azurite Mountain Stone Man drink the Stalactite Vein Milk directly, then use one C Grade earth-attribute Elemental Crystal, 2,000 grams of Slime gel, 500 grams of C- grade volcanic sediment ash, 100 grams of earth-attribute fossil sediment, and 300 grams of D+ grade dried Earth Demon Earthworm powder to make a gel and apply it to the surface of the Azurite Rock Man's skin.
"What is the probability that formula two will evolve the Azurite Rock Man at nine-star gray rock rank?"
87.4%!
"What is the probability that formula three will evolve the Azurite Rock Man at nine-star gray rock rank?"
75.3%!
"What is the probability that formula four will evolve the Azurite Rock Man at nine-star gray rock rank?"
88.9%!
After performing Probability Judgment again and again, Jiang Ziliu finally determined that the sixteenth formula worked best.
Formula No. 16 had a probability of evolving the Azurite Rock Man as high as 99.1%!
However, Formula No. 16 was rather special. The other ingredients were not particularly high-grade, but it required adding one of the smallest Soul Crystals he possessed!
It actually required a treasure as valuable as a Soul Crystal.
Yet Jiang Ziliu did not hesitate. Use it!
After buying all the medicinal ingredients at the beast-taming open market, Jiang Ziliu made his preparations and once again stepped into the wilderness, heading southeast of the base.