Seeing that Luo Yu had returned safely, the three who had been waiting all day went back to catch up on their sleep.
Luo Yu was still very excited and summoned July from his Beast-Taming Space.
"July, this is the Bee Empress, your future companion."
Bee Empress, the name Luo Yu gave to the Honey Water Bee.
Chen Bo named his Thunderbolt Shrimp "Great General," but he gave his new pet a more imposing name.
"Hmm." July waved to the Honey Water Bee, then immediately looked for her fishing rod, showing no interest in any new companions, especially since this new companion was none other than the wicked Honey Water Bee...
In July, when I'm constantly being stung, I get annoyed just seeing Honey Water Bee, but I do quite like honey.
The Bee Empress nodded slightly and looked up at the sky.
When the future God of Earth and the King of the Sky met for the first time, neither paid much attention to the other.
When Shui Wuyue woke up, she found Luo Yu still on the deck with the Earth Penguin and Honey Water Bee, and couldn't help but say, "Young people really have a lot of energy."
"It's alright." Luo Yu smiled. She had just formed a contract with a new pet beast and was still bonding with it.
"Luo Yu, now that you've formed a contract with a ghost, I need to remind you of something. Do you remember what I told you about the growth process of ghost creatures?" Shui Wuyue said seriously.
Luo Yu nodded.
Even before entering the Sea of Ghosts, Shui Wuyue had told him about the growth process of ghost creatures, but judging from his current expression, there were probably still some details he wanted to add.
In fact, raising ghost pets is very complicated. They don't eat normal food, and there are currently only three known ways for them to grow.
1. Soul-related resources.
For example, the Soul Liquid that Shui Wuyue gave to Luo Yu is a kind of soul-type resource.
Generally speaking, this resource has very demanding conditions for being produced and is rare, making it unsuitable as a daily food but more suitable as a nutritional supplement.
2. Emotional energy.
Ghostly creatures are formed because of their powerful Obsession, and Obsession are a manifestation of emotions. Therefore, the emotional power of other creatures is a delicious food that ghosts greatly enjoy.
Joy, fear, happiness, shock, regret... As long as the ghost creature itself, or the Beast Taming who has a contract with the ghost creature, evokes strong emotions in other life forms, the ghost creature can absorb these emotional energies to strengthen itself.
"I told you back then that emotional energy is the main food source for ghostly creatures, right?"
"You should be able to guess what kind of emotional energy is easiest to acquire, right?" Shui Wuyue asked.
"Fear?" Luo Yu asked.
"Yes, because 'fear energy' is the easiest to obtain. Many Beast Taming who have contracted ghost pets will torture and kill slightly intelligent mutated beasts, using fear to make the ghosts grow."
"But listen carefully, you absolutely cannot do this frequently," Shui Wuyue warned. "Fear is a negative emotion, and absorbing too much of it is harmful to ghostly creatures."
"At best, it can affect the personality of the ghost pet and even the Beast Taming tamer, causing them to become extreme."
"In severe cases... Anyway, don't actively seek out killing; it's best to let it absorb positive emotions like happiness and joy."
"Of course, fear is not entirely unacceptable. After all, discussing toxicity without considering dosage is irresponsible; moderation is very important."
Luo Yu nodded and said, "I understand. No normal person would do something like cruelly killing intelligent beings."
Of course, it's unrealistic to completely avoid fear energy. If we opened an acupuncture cram school, which student wouldn't be terrified?
"Hmm, just don't go astray. I've thought about it carefully, and the Honey Water Bee you chose Obsession have quite a bit of potential." Shui Wuyue gave his approval; at least, the soul's growth was no longer a concern.
This brings us to the third of the three growth paths for ghost creatures that Shui Wuyue had previously told Luo Yu.
3. Obsession.
The ghost creature's mechanism is such that after fulfilling its Obsession, its soul power will greatly increase, undergoing a transformation.
However, when a ghost pet achieves some small goals while fulfilling its Obsession, its soul power will also grow to a certain extent.
This is also a very important way for ghost pets to level up.
Like a Ghost Sea Obsession with finding 100 wives, it gets closer to its Obsession with each wife it finds. In fact, this process can also give it power.
Finding 100 wives would be the ultimate happiness, but finding even one doesn't mean you're unhappy.
Therefore, the potential of Obsession is very important for ghost pets.
This is also why Luo Yu valued the potential of Obsession so much at the time; Obsession needs to have depth in order to grow better.
If we replace it with the Bee Empress, it wants to become the King of the Sky, a long-term goal that certainly cannot be achieved overnight.
However, it can first defeat a Mid-Rank Ordinary Species flying creature, and then defeat a Upper-Tier Common Species flying creature. As long as it makes significant progress step by step towards its ultimate Obsession, it will receive feedback, its soul power will increase, and its life level will be improved.
Compared to the other ghostly creatures Luo Yu had seen, the growth potential of this Obsession was too perfect. It could smoothly transition from weak to strong. In addition, the Honey Water Bee race was low enough that it was not impossible for "soul evolution" to occur prematurely during the process.
Luo Yu has already set a small goal: to make it the king of the skies on Mirror Moon Island.
The strongest flying creature on Mirror Moon Island seems to be the director's Storm Eagle. So, my small goal has become to try my best to take down the director's Storm Eagle first!
If a Low-Rank Ordinary Species can defeat Lower Monarch Species, even if it hasn't achieved its ultimate Obsession, it has already undergone a tremendous transformation compared to its past. With this kind of spiritual sublimation, he felt that it was no longer a low-probability soul evolution, but a high-probability soul evolution.
In fact, Luo Yu suspected from the beginning that the Bee Empress might not know what the King of the Sky represented, and that her Obsession might suddenly be fulfilled after defeating a Monarch Species.
After all, the strongest creature it had ever seen was the Thunderclap Eagle of the Monarch Species... It was practically a country bumpkin who had never seen the world.
"Oh, right... remember to report this mission to the director beforehand. I don't want to report it in the office when we get back..." Shui Wuyue added.
That evening, Luo Yu took some time to make a conch shell for Yu Lei.
"Calling the bureau chief, the transaction is complete."
Yu Lei: "?, nothing unexpected happened, right?"
Luo Yu: "No, it went very smoothly."
Yu Lei: "That's good."
Luo Yu: "Director, when you get back, let me take care of these Rock Goat."
Yu Lei: "Sure, nobody on the island knows about these things anyway. You should have the method for raising Rock Goat on Thousand Rock Island, right? But, Ink Fish, Honey Water Bee... and now Rock Goat, what about your energy?"
Luo Yu: "No problem. By the way, we encountered some trouble on our way back."
Yu Lei was a little afraid to listen. "Did they catch something else again?!"
Luo Yu: "No, it's just that I encountered the Sea of Ghosts."
"What's going on?!" When Luo Yu encountered the Sea of Ghosts, the director's first thought wasn't happiness, but worry.
If it were any other Beast Taming from Mirror Moon Island, he would definitely be happy, but Luo Yu is different!
"You didn't make a contract with some powerful Monarch Species, did you? And promised some impossible contract?"
Absolutely not!
In Yu Lei's opinion, Luo Yu's value is far greater than that of a Monarch Species Ghost Pet!
If Luo Yu's research is delayed because of the Obsession of a king's ghost, it would be a huge loss for Mirror Moon Island!!!
"Don't worry, I only made a contract with a Honey Water Bee Ghost."
"Honey, Honey Water Bee Ghost?"
"What were you thinking? You contracted that thing?" One second Yu Lei was worried that Luo Yu's contracted pet was too strong, and the next second he thought it was too weak.
The next few days passed without any further trouble.
The Raging Blue returned safely to Mirror Moon Island.
During this time, one of the Rock Goat developed a minor illness due to the change in environment and water, and although it was given some medicine, its condition did not improve.
However, seeing that it wouldn't die anytime soon, it stubbornly returned to the island.
Welcome back to the island.
Mirror Moon Island, Beast Management Bureau, Director's Office.
The Yu Lei looked at the four men and said, "You've had a hard time on this trip. Luo Yu already reported the situation on the way, so you can go back and rest..."
"Oh, Luo Yu, please stay a little longer."
After the other three left, the bureau chief stared intently at Luo Yu, and after a long while, he spoke, "You said in your Communication Conch that your contract with the Honey Water Bee Obsession to have a colony of millions?"
"Do you think Mirror Moon Island can afford to keep so many bees? We don't have that much space!"
Luo Yu said, "Take it slow. Besides, islands can be built. On Thousand Rock Island, my Earth Penguin has developed magma abilities. Once it reaches a higher level, we can try the 'artificial island' project."
Yu Lei:???
"Magma?"
Luo Yu nodded. "A combination of fire and rock abilities, resulting in magma ability."
Yu Lei fell into deep thought. Could it be done? This was beyond his knowledge.
"Moreover, raising more Honey Water Bee isn't a bad thing. In fact, I think the value of 'enhanced Honey Water Bee ' is greater than that of the ' Dragon Blood mutants' from the Ancient Grotto. When the time comes, we can rely on the Sting Training Method to establish a tutoring institution? Serving multiple islands."
"I've already thought of a name."
"The artificial island is called ' Beehive Island,' and the tutoring school is called ' Blue Soaring Beast-Taming School,' corresponding to the blue sky and the wings of Honey Water Bee, signifying the help for new Beast Taming to take flight."