Chapter 18: Submitting the Task
Chapter 18: Submitting the Task
As Sun Shouhe left with a face as red as pig's liver, Li Qian couldn't help but smile.
For his past life, this kind of situation might have been an interesting topic to chat about, but for the current Li Qian, it was merely child's play, not even worth discussing.
After Sun Shouhe's departure, An Paozi didn't linger for long either.
For him, who hadn't awakened yet, time was of the essence at this moment.
After a brief delay, Li Qian decided not to waste any more time and headed straight to the artificial waterfall at the West Suburb Hydroelectric Station on his bike.
Just like the day before, Li Qian supervised Qizi and Ah Fu's training in the Climb Waterfall Technique while studying breeding knowledge, occasionally chatting with the "researchers" from the Discarded Beast Research Institute, hoping to gain some inspiration.
Unfortunately, he gained nothing.
Unlike the known evolutionary form, the Green Scaled Serpent, the other evolutionary form was unknown, making it challenging to research without any leads.
Currently, Li Qian's only educated guess was that this other evolutionary form was likely a Western Dragon or a Sub-Dragon species.
With no other options, Li Qian had no choice but to temporarily halt his research on the second evolutionary form of the carp.
He focused his energy on studying the basics of breeding.
Time flew by, and a week passed in the blink of an eye.
After more than a week of training, both fish had made significant progress.
Qizi had mastered the Climb Waterfall Technique, reaching the Perfect level, while Ah Fu's Climb Waterfall Technique had also reached the Skilled level.
This also showed that Ah Fu's potential was still significantly lower than Qizi's.
Of course, this could be attributed to Qizi's diligent practice and Ah Fu's occasional laziness.
Qizi had perfected both the Climb Waterfall Technique and the Fish Leap Skill, and his potential had risen to the Common Ninth Stage.
With both skills at the Perfect level, the next step for Qizi to improve was to Break the Limit.
Without hesitation, Li Qian took out the Break Limit Stone.
He had purchased two of them from the Pet Beast Marketplace for a total of 400,000 Federation Credits.
Additionally, he spent 90,000 credits on Blood Orchid Potion, 90,000 on three pounds of Dragon Bone Powder, and 500,000 on Windchime Fruit, bringing the total expenditure to 1,100,000 credits.
This amount exceeded his budget.
Li Qian had no choice but to borrow money from his parents to purchase these resources.
His parents didn't expect repayment as they intended to give him the money.
Li Qian took out the Break Limit Stone and placed it on Qizi's forehead, feeling a bit nervous.
After researching, he knew that even for basic skills, using the Break Limit Stone to break the limit, there was still a chance of failure.
Moreover, the failure rate was not insignificant.
As Qizi mobilized the energy within his body, the dull Break Limit Stone quickly turned into a gray glow and entered his body.
Li Qian instructed Qizi to continuously use the Fish Leap Skill.
One Break Limit Stone contained enough mysterious energy to support Qizi's training for a week.
Unfortunately, after a week of training, Qizi's Fish Leap Skill hadn't broken through, still remaining at the Perfect level.
Although there was some regret, Li Qian wasn't discouraged.
Using just one Break Limit Stone, especially a low-quality one, to break through skill levels was inherently unlikely.
Without hesitation, Li Qian took out the second Break Limit Stone and gave it to Qizi.
After about a week, Qizi absorbed all the mysterious energy from the Break Limit Stone.
Just as Li Qian thought he would gain nothing, a surprise came.
Under the True Sight Eye, Qizi's Fish Leap Skill level finally broke through.
[Name: Carp (Qizi)]
[Attribute: Water]
[Level: Common]
[Skills: Fish Leap (Perfect), Climb Waterfall (Perfect)]
Qizi finally broke through, and Li Qian smiled in satisfaction.
After half a month of consolidation, Li Qian ensured Qizi's skill levels were stable and his physical condition was adjusted.
Although all conditions were met, Li Qian didn't immediately submit the task or allow Qizi to evolve.
It wasn't because there were less than two months left until graduation.
He wanted to explore further and see if he could find a second evolutionary path for the carp.
Li Qian was deep in thought when his plans were suddenly interrupted by his parents calling him over as he returned home from training that evening.
"Recently, in the evenings, you should avoid going out for training." His mother, Han Yuying, frowned and said.
Li Qian scratched his head, puzzled, "What's going on?"
Han Yuying turned to Li Qian and shared the information she had, "Today, I ran into Master Gao, who told me that there seems to be signs of cult activity in our Lingwater City. She advised me to be cautious on my way to and from work."
"Yes, training can wait for a while," his father, Li Chengyang, agreed.
Upon hearing this, Li Qian's heart skipped a beat.
Cultists?
Could it be the Black God Cult?
If it is indeed the Black God Cult, could it be related to the Tailfeather Fish?
"Alright, from now on until graduation, I'll only go out for training during the daytime on weekends and won't go out at night," Li Qian decided to go with the flow.
Whether it's the Black God Cult or not, it's better to be cautious in such matters.
After reassuring his parents, Li Qian returned to his room, and at the same moment, he made a decision in his heart.
He couldn't wait any longer; Qizi must evolve immediately, and he needed a certain amount of self-strengthening power.
Li Qian wasn't one to procrastinate; after making this decision, he submitted a task that very night while lying in bed.
At the same moment he submitted the task, a stream of information suddenly flooded into his mind.
As he absorbed this information, he quickly became aware of all the details regarding the evolution of Carp into a Green Scaled Dragon.
[Carp's Evolution Method, Evolved Form: Green Scaled Dragon]
[Step 1: Train Carp's Fish Leap Skill to the Limit-Breaking Level]
[Step 2: Train Carp to master the Climb Waterfall Technique and improve it to the Perfect Level]
[Step 3: Find a waterfall with a drop of over 100 meters]
[Step 4: Purchase two pounds of Dragon Bone Powder and have Carp consume it]
[Step 5: Have Carp, after consuming the Dragon Bone Powder, use the Perfect Level Climb Waterfall Technique to climb the waterfall with a drop of over 100 meters]
[Step 6: When Carp reaches the top of the waterfall, have it use the Limit-Breaking Fish Leap Skill to leap into the air, triggering its evolution. At this moment, throw the Windchime Fruit, and have Carp catch and consume it in mid-air to complete the evolution.]
[Note: Failure to reach the top of the waterfall will result in evolution failure.]
Lying in bed, as Li Qian familiarized himself with these evolution details, he couldn't help but sigh in relief.
If it weren't for the information gained after submitting the task, who knows how many times he would have had to experiment and fail to figure it out on his own.
No wonder so many Beast Trainers had been researching for so long without success.
Just as Li Qian was considering whether he could establish another research task, a prompt appeared on the task panel, flooding his mind once more.
[Task Submission Successful, Obtain 9 Achievement Points, Current Achievement Points: 9]
Achievement Points?
What are those?
What are they used for?
As Li Qian puzzled over these questions, information about achievement points suddenly filled his mind.
These achievement points could be used to directly supplement task progress on a one-to-one basis.
In other words, if all 9 achievement points were invested in a research task with 91% progress, it would instantly reach 100% completion.
At the same time, the method of obtaining achievement points also became clear.
Achievement points are earned from tasks submitted after completion, and the higher the task completion rate, the more achievement points are obtained.
If a task is only 100% complete, only one achievement point can be earned.
For every percentage point above 100%, an additional achievement point can be obtained.
After understanding this information, Li Qian realized where the 9 achievement points he had just earned came from.
With this in mind, he didn't hesitate and established another research task.
[Research Task: Carp's Second Evolution Method]
[Current Task Progress: 80%]
Seeing the task progress, Li Qian couldn't help but sigh.
This method of splitting one task into two tasks was indeed a disadvantage for him.
Even if he completed it, he could only earn one achievement point.
It couldn't be compared to the previous task.
(End of Chapter)
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