Unlike many people who get drunk on motivational speeches, there were still a small portion of people who continued to maintain normal rationality.
Just like Charlie.
He quietly whispered into Taylor and Connor's ears, "Just listen to what Professor Asher says, really believing it makes you an idiot."
Taylor: "?"
Taylor gave Charlie a puzzled look, "Professor Asher wouldn't lie."
This time it was Charlie's turn to be silent.
'Goodness gracious. Didn't expect that there's really someone next to me who believes it.'
How should this be said… forget it, not explaining anymore.
Charlie looked at Connor. Connor smiled slightly.
Hmm… it's not that what Charlie said was unreasonable, but if Professor Asher said this, there must be a reason.
What reason?
Connor quickly filled in a justification for Asher in his mind.
'Professor Asher must not want to hurt the students in front of him, so he chose to do this. That's right. The truth must be exactly like this.'
Charlie: "..."
'No saving them. None of them can be saved. This is truly the case of all the world being drunk while I alone am sober.'
Charlie shook his head as he sighed at how lonely it is at the top.
As for Connor: 'As long as you're happy.'
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"Want to try it now?", Asher "simply" explained his research idea, and his gaze once again turned to Athena, the Beast Tamer of Little Sun and the one most concerned with the result.
Athena hesitated for three seconds.
'Believing that trying it won't result in death… right?'
Compared to other professors studying pet evolution, Athena believed that the one who could really figure out Little Sun's evolution path might really be only Asher.
And Asher, seeing Little Sun's panel in front of him, did indeed find it very interesting.
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[Evolution Route: Pure Beauty Qilin Subspecies
Affection Level (100/100)
Tacit Understanding Value (100/100)
Light Attribute Energy Crystal Core 10 pieces (22/10)
Dark Attribute Energy Crystal Core 20 pieces (1/20)
Fairy Attribute Energy Crystal Core 30 pieces (0/30)
Three-colored flame (0/1)
[Automatically evolves after satisfying the conditions]
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It was very interesting.
The others belonged to the common types. Including light attribute energy crystal cores. Just from the number that Athena had fed to Little Sun, it was obvious. Athena hadn't given up trying to induce a qualitative change through quantitative accumulation.
But who could have thought?
Just the light attribute energy crystal cores weren't enough.
Dark attribute was also needed.
Let's not even mention the dark attribute.
Athena had briefly considered that too.
After all, light and dark give rise to each other, so it's understandable to require both attributes for evolution.
But what's with needing fairy attribute energy crystal cores too?
And the quantity needed was about equal to the combined total of light and dark attributes.
That requirement is just too much.
When Asher mentioned the need for dark and fairy attribute energy crystal cores, it wasn't just Athena who didn't understand. Even Amber, who was also a genius in pet evolution research, couldn't quite grasp it.
Once again, it was time for Asher to explain.
Facing a crowd of eyes yearning for knowledge, Asher felt quite a headache.
'Hiss! How should I bluff this time? Ahem! Not bluff. Explain! So how to explain this time?'
That was a good question.
Asher rubbed his chin.
He thought for a while, frowned, and then struggled yet earnestly explained, "It's like this… when it comes to a pet's evolution, we can't just look at the pet's current attribute."
"We have to infer the required evolutionary path based on the pet's abilities and traits. What attribute the pet will become, and what abilities it might possess."
"Then, deduce backward based on its abilities. See which attribute materials are required for the pet's evolution."
Others: "..."
Say that again, they were totally lost.
Is this even a method a normal person could use?
Many students who had been previously blinded by Asher finally opened their eyes again and realized that Asher's research methods were completely different from the methods they were learning.
President Robb, who had been sending messages to others, finally lifted his head when he heard this.
He shot a glance at Asher's back on the stage, "Learning pet evolution research from Asher?"
"Hilarious."
"Asher himself hasn't even spent much time on this."
"If someone said they wanted to apprentice under Asher to learn how to be a Beast Tamer, maybe they'd end up learning even more."
President Robb spoke from the heart, sincerely.
Iris, who had been gossiping with friends and had already discovered some juicy info: "..."
Hearing President Robb's rant, Iris's typing fingers paused for a moment.
To refute… eh, there was no way to refute it.
What President Robb said made way too much sense.
Asher, he was a pure, absolute, top-tier genius.
Ordinary people: 99% sweat + 1% talent
Geniuses: 99% talent + 1% sweat
Asher: 100% talent.
No special tricks, all just talent.
Though, that being said, they didn't understand it, but they could accept it.
With Asher's reputation and Bluewind University's cooperation, the three-attribute energy crystal cores were quickly delivered.
As the most famous Beast Tamer university in Radiant City, the school could handle this level of resource supply.
However…
"We still need three-colored flame," Asher said to the school staff responsible for delivering the resources.
The staff member, who was just about to exchange polite words with Asher, froze.
"Uhh…"
Being stared at by Asher, Athena, Amber, and all the students in the audience, even someone who considered themselves used to big scenes couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
"Professor Asher, this isn't something I can decide…", The staff member raised his hand with difficulty, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and spoke in a strained voice.
"And this three-colored flame… isn't it a bit…", As he spoke, he looked at Little Sun, then at Asher.
His eyes clearly carried a hint of is this really necessary.
Three-colored flame, a resource somewhere between precious and not-so-precious.
The main reason being, three-colored flame wasn't a naturally occurring, waiting-to-be-discovered, excavated type of special fire attribute resource.
It was artificially cultivated, fused and devoured by three different types and sources of flame, and the one that survived became three-colored flame.
There were also double-colored flames, four-colored flames, five-colored flames, and so on.
The rarest of all was a seven-colored flame, which only succeeded once, producing a single bloom.
But that didn't mean three-colored flame wasn't precious.
After all, Flame is a highly destructive force. Flames associated with beasts even had a kind of instinctive consciousness, making them unwilling to coexist with other flames.
Letting two flames fuse was relatively easier.
But trying to get three or more flames to live in harmony?
Trying to make them "get along" was really no easy task.
However.
Here comes the "but".
Bluewind University's ability to stand tall in Radiant City as a first-class university wasn't just because of its special geographic location.
It had other strengths too.
Especially in resource storage.
For example, three-colored flame.
Bluewind University had one cluster.
"Go through the emergency application channel," Asher said calmly.
As soon as he saw the requirement for three-colored flame in the materials list, Asher had already thought of a countermeasure.
Otherwise, what, wait for problems to pop up before thinking how to fix them?
Asher wasn't that kind of person.
He took out his phone, opened the school's website, logged into his account, and showed the completed application submission screen.
"I only need a small bloom of three-colored flame. It won't damage the main flame itself," Asher said under the stares of the staff and the students, "My paperwork should be all in order, right?"
That's why three-colored flame is both precious and not-so-precious.
Precious, because it's hard to cultivate.
Not-so-precious, because once successfully cultivated, you could extract small "sub-flames" from the large "mother flame" via special methods.
However, the mother flame could only be harvested so many times.
The interval between extractions, the amount of sub-flame taken… etc., all could affect the mother flame's recovery.
The worst-case scenario: excessive harvesting, and the mother flame dies.
Fortunately, Asher's status was high enough. He was qualified to apply.
Just that the process involved might take a little time.
Asher stared at the staffer. Kept staring.
He was one step away from asking, "Can we speed this process up a little?"
Athena: Stare—
Amber: Stare—
The other students: Stare—
Everyone had different thoughts.
Like Athena, he couldn't wait to see Little Sun evolve.
Like Amber, she wanted to know whether Asher's proposed evolution route was actually feasible.
As for the students in the audience… too many thoughts to list.
The staff member got Asher's meaning.
He began sweating even more.
Was this something he could decide?
Please don't make things hard for him, Professor Asher.
Asher looked at him like why are you so useless.
'Report it. Don't you know how?'
'Otherwise, why would things be this troublesome?'
"Alright, Professor Asher, the principal has approved your application," came Iris's voice from behind Asher.
Tap! Tap! Tap!
The sound of high heels hitting the ground. Iris slowly walked out from the dark backstage, looking at Asher with a somewhat helpless smile.
"Stop making things hard for the staff."
The staff member was so moved he was about to cry.
Sobs!
'Well said. Why make it hard for me?'
Before he could continue being moved, Iris looked at him with a puzzled expression.
"Why haven't you moved yet?"
Staff member: "..."
His gratitude was for nothing.
'Give me back his feelings.'
Anyway, the staffer immediately sprang into action.
It's just three-colored flame. The school had already approved it, what right did an employee have to object?
Very soon, the three-colored flame was retrieved.
Everyone looked at that small cluster inside the transparent container, with its clearly layered colors, and couldn't help but reveal expressions of admiration.
This was three-colored flame.
Though they'd heard about it before, almost everyone present was seeing this special kind of flame for the first time.
The flickering tri-colored flame far surpassed expectations in beauty.
And made them all the more curious, what would four-colored flame, five-colored flame look like?
Unfortunately, seeing them wouldn't be easy.
"All required resources are ready," said Asher, whose focus was completely different from everyone else's, he was clearly aware of what needed to be done next.
Evolution! That was the key.
Athena nodded.
Under the gaze of the crowd, without needing Asher to say anything, Athena fed the energy crystal cores to Little Sun one by one.
No light attribute. All dark and fairy attributes.
As Little Sun ate, the light glowing from his body visibly brightened and dimmed.
Many people watching tensed up.
"Is this really okay?"
"Feels like… something's not right with Little Sun's condition."
"After all, those are dark attribute energy crystal cores. Not only do they not match Little Sun's attribute, but eating so many, it's not strange if it causes indigestion."
"Let's just see… hard to say! Might be that Professor Asher's about to crash and burn."
"Hearing that kinda makes me look forward to seeing Asher crash. What then?"
"Tsk tsk tsk! You're all terrible! Not me, I'm a very good person! So I think Asher will definitely crash!"
"…The way you said that, don't you want to feel your conscience?"
"Conscience? What's that? Doesn't exist at all!"
"Well, I'm more hoping to see Professor Asher succeed."
Different people had different views.
Some sincerely wanted to learn real techniques from Asher.
But there were also a few who just came for the spectacle.
That long line in the morning had driven away some onlookers, but you couldn't stop those who'd waste their time just to enjoy the show.
Now was the moment they were looking forward to the most.
Faced with all the various atmospheres below the stage, Asher remained completely unshaken.
Why be influenced by these people? Totally unnecessary.
Asher kept his eyes fixed on Athena and Little Sun, observing every detail of Little Sun's condition.
Looked pretty good.
Although it looked a bit scary at first glance, the flickering light on his body. In reality, it didn't cause any adverse effects on the energy inside Little Sun's body.
To put it simply, normal procedure.
As each energy crystal core was consumed and digested, the energy inside Little Sun was slowly accumulating and beginning to undergo other changes.
However… These energies hadn't yet integrated.
Still remained clearly distinct from each other.
"Three-colored flame," Asher said, picking up the three-colored flame from the table, opening it and handing it over.
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