I dreamed of returning to ancient times, and I became a beast tamer

It was daybreak. Lu Yuan sat on the big white airplane and looked up at the changes in the sun in the sky.

There were two suns in the sky of the First Era. Half an hour ago, they were moons, and in the blink of an eye, they became suns.

Rising or falling?

Lu Yuan did not see this process, he only saw a scene like a dog eclipsing the moon.

The moon slowly turned darker, as if swallowed by the darkness, and then slowly turned brighter from absolute darkness, with the light of the sun gradually occupying the entire round surface.

In the Sixth Age, there was only one sun in the sky, which rose from the east and set in the west, which was different from the First Age. No one knew what events happened in between that changed future generations.

The mountain road ahead is rugged and overgrown with weeds. No one has set foot on it for a long time.

The old man used an old machete to scrape the bushes over and over again to make way for Lu Yuan.

In fact, the old man could train a pet mantis that could cut through the grass and scrape trees. It would be very powerful and could knock down a whole tree with one scrape. There was no need to do it himself, which was so troublesome.

"Have you ever thought about raising a mountain-opening mantis pet?"

When he had nothing to do, Lu Yuan chatted casually.

"Master, you are joking. A commoner like me cannot afford to raise a whirlwind mantis beast." Uncle Jiang shook his head.

"Whirlwind Mantis? No, no, I'm talking about the Mountain Mantis. Why, haven't you heard of it?" Lu Yuan asked.

In later generations, the mountain mantis is an extremely classic evolutionary route. From ancient times to the present, there are already hundreds of breeding plans, which can be raised in either poverty or wealth.

The Mountain-Splitting Mantis is a two-star pet, evolved from a one-star Mantis. Its "Mountain-Splitting" move, when practiced to perfection, can cut through rocks while consuming very little energy.

If you use this method to chop trees and clear a path, it is more than enough, it can be said to be using a butcher knife to kill a chicken.

For families like Jiang Bo who don't have the financial means, they can just free-range their animals and just need to prepare the materials for evolution.

When the time comes for it to transform, feed it evolutionary materials, and use divine acupuncture for targeted stimulation to allow it to evolve into a mountain-opening mantis.

After evolution, it can still be raised in the wild and does not need to be fed at ordinary times. It can be allowed to hunt in the forest on its own and can be called back to do farm work when needed. It is one of the species that farmers prefer.

Lu Yuan told Jiang Bo everything about the mountain-opening mantis.

At first, Uncle Jiang suspected that Lu Yuan had made a mistake in the name.

When he heard the detailed evolution route, evolution material formula, and specific evolution method, he was shocked.

"This, this, you told me just like that? These should be sect secrets, right?"

"Confidential? It's not confidential to the people on my side. As long as you are willing to learn, you can find the information about the Mountain Mantis. It's okay for me to tell you. Why, are you interested?" Lu Yuan said with a smile.

Jiang Bo was indeed moved and listened with great fascination.

You don't need to take care of it carefully at ordinary times, just let it roam freely. When the mantis beast is about to reach adulthood, you can prepare it for evolution and guide it to undergo directed evolution and turn it into a two-star mountain-opening mantis.

If we change to the evolution route of the Whirlwind Mantis, the breeding cost will be very high.

For the members of the beast taming family in the city, the breeding cost is still acceptable, but for the villagers in the small mountain village, it is beyond the acceptable range.

In the early stage when it is only one star, you have to feed the mantis beast with precious elixirs, and consume specific materials every day to sharpen its knife.

It's okay if it's consumed once or twice, but if you do it every day, over time, it will become a huge expense.

If it is replaced by a mountain-opening mantis, the situation will be very different.

Normally, you only need to teach the mantis beast to eat one piece of meat and one leaf regularly, and develop the habit of eating only this kind of food. Then you can let it out to roam freely and wait for it to grow meat slowly.

These two magical medicines are iron sandworm and red mud leaf.

These are the most common spiritual insects and plants in the mountains. They are very bitter when cooked and have no nutrition for humans. No one in the city wants them, and no one usually collects them.

I never expected that the mantis would feed on this.

During this period, Jiang Bo could slowly collect his evolutionary materials, and the economic pressure was greatly alleviated.

"But what if it eats something else when it's free-range?"

"That means your breeding techniques are not up to standard. If you haven't formed the habit, then don't let your pigs roam freely.

"From the moment it comes out of the egg case, it is fed with fixed food. If it wants to eat other food, it is punished by conditioned reflex, so that it knows that it cannot eat that food. After raising it for a long time, it will form a fixed habit."

Uncle Jiang felt a little dizzy after listening to this, especially the term "conditioned reflex", which confused him completely.

However, the more this happened, the more he felt that Lu Yuan was knowledgeable. Not only did he have powerful pets, but he also knew how to train them.

This made him more and more awed, and he was afraid that he would say something wrong and cause Lu Yuan to dislike him.

"The egg cases of mantis beasts are easy to find. They are everywhere in the mountains. You can find them by just looking for them. If you want to raise them, you can prepare them when you go back today." Lu Yuan said this, and the subtext was that I can give you some guidance.

Jiang Bo was overjoyed and quickly thanked Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan waved his hands and didn't care.

These are just some very common cultivation knowledge and are not worth mentioning.

But to Jiang Bo, this was like a shower of wealth falling on his head. He was afraid it was all a dream and really wanted to fast forward to the afternoon.

"Speaking of which, the Whirlwind Mantis is a popular pet in your area, right? Tell me in detail what it is about."

Lu Yuan was quite curious about ancient fashion trends. He had never heard of the name "Whirlwind Mantis".

Just by hearing the name, he could imagine the mantis beast turning into a whirlwind and sweeping through the violent attack scene.

In modern times, there are 128 evolutionary routes for mantis beasts, with so many branches that he personally cannot remember them all, but he has roughly browsed through them.

Even if you forget a name you have seen, you will definitely remember it when you hear it again.

The fact that he had no reaction to the name of the whirlwind indicated that this was an evolutionary line that had not been passed down from ancient times.

Uncle Jiang didn't know what Lu Yuan meant. He was obviously very knowledgeable, but he asked about these local common sense. Was he trying to test him?

Thinking of this, Jiang Bo tried hard to recall the details of the Whirlwind Mantis and said:

"Whirlwind Mantis is a three-star inheritance, and can reach three stars at most. Its two-star skill is Wind Blade, which can add wind-attributed wind-breaking damage to the dual blades. If it cuts into the flesh, it can inflict tetanus on the enemy and turn them into zombie meat.

"In Qianshan City, there is a mantis martial arts school that teaches the whirlwind mantis how to learn the dual-sword style. It fights quickly and fiercely, and is almost invincible at the same level, unless it encounters a defensive pet of the earth element."

Having said that, Uncle Jiang glanced at Lu Yuan, who nodded and calmly motioned for him to continue.

"As expected, you are testing me."

Jiang Bo knew that he had little knowledge and money, and could not afford the tuition for Kaishan Mantis, so when facing Lu Yuan's assessment, he said seriously:

"Its three-star skill is Whirlwind Slash. Its entire body spins at high speed, like a flying whirlwind. It is extremely sharp and can cut through iron like mud. Even the three-star Iron Bull Beast can't defend against it and its hide is cut open..."

Jiang Bo talked about the general evolutionary route of the Whirlwind Mantis based on its characteristics, but he didn't know the detailed evolutionary formula. He only knew that it had to consume materials to sharpen the knife in the one-star period, but he didn't know how to raise it when it was two stars.

Even so, Lu Yuan felt like he had found a treasure.

If this is true, and if we cultivate the real mantis beast according to this ancient method and evolve it into a whirlwind mantis, then this is the new evolutionary route!

This is a great discovery in the stagnant scientific research community that is about to exhaust all evolutionary routes.