Chapter 202: Fiery Skygliding Eagle

Chapter 202: Fiery Skygliding Eagle

The task that had been troubling him for some time was now complete.

Amidst his joy, Li Qian was also a little surprised.

He suddenly turned his head and looked at Shi Guifang.

Shi Guifang was taken aback and pointed at her nose, "Did I say something wrong?"

"If I did say something inappropriate, don't take it to heart. After all, I'm not a breeder, and my level is limited. You can just treat it as a joke."

She thought that her words might have misled Li Qian, so she quickly tried to rectify the situation.

"No, there was no misunderstanding!"

Hearing this, Li Qian shook his head with a smile, "On the contrary, your words have inspired me."

"Really?"

Shi Guifang smiled as well, "I'm glad that my casual remark could inspire you. It's like a blind cat stumbling upon a dead mouse."

The petite woman was well aware of her own abilities.

Indeed, it was the case.

With her capabilities and expertise in breeding, she had coincidentally helped Li Qian, and it could be said that she had "stumbled upon good fortune."

"Since you've been inspired, I assume you'll need time to carefully think it through. I won't disturb you then."

Shi Guifang was an intelligent woman who knew when to do what was necessary.

"Mhm."

Hearing this, Li Qian nodded. At this moment, he indeed needed time to submit the task and absorb the information.

After a moment's thought, considering the significant help Shi Guifang had provided, he made a promise, "To be honest, your words have been a great help. I feel like my research is almost complete."

He specifically looked at the petite woman as he spoke, "Before, I should have mentioned that I'm conducting a companion beast evolution research project."

"If this research is successful, I can promise to help the breeding base evolve a companion beast of this type at cost price."

Li Qian's promise was based on Shi Guifang's care and the treatment she had provided during his time at the Sky Realm Breeding Base.

Or, the treatment he had received.

Additionally, he felt quite comfortable staying at the Sky Realm Breeding Base.

"No, no, if the base needs your help to evolve a companion beast, we will definitely pay the corresponding fee based on the market price."

Shi Guifang waved her hand and politely declined.

On the surface, she maintained her politeness, but deep down, she couldn't help but start to silently criticize.

In her opinion, even if Li Qian could complete the evolution research, it would only result in the evolution of an ordinary or elite-level companion beast at best.

At most, it would reach the Commander rank.

However, for her, the difference between having one less or one more companion beast below the Overlord rank was not significant.

It wasn't as if he was directly contributing the evolution method.

If he were to directly contribute the evolution method, the value would be incomparable.

But such an unreasonable thought was something she would never voice.

Li Qian noticed Shi Guifang's reaction and smiled without saying much.

"Let's talk about it after the companion beast has evolved," he said, not bothering to explain further.

When the companion beast truly evolved, Li Qian was confident that she wouldn't refuse.

After all, if his prediction was correct, the Skygliding Eagle was not the final complete form of the Gray Bean Pigeon's evolution.

It was likely just an evolved mutant.

And it was highly probable that it was a downward mutation.

Knowing that explaining now would be pointless, Li Qian closed his mouth and decided not to waste his breath.

After the petite woman left, he submitted the task without hesitation.

As the task was submitted, a massive flow of information and a prompt sound suddenly flooded into his mind, clearing Task 1.

【Task 1: The evolution method from Gray Bean Pigeon to Skygliding Eagle has been submitted successfully. Achievement Points +5.】

Hearing the prompt sound in his mind, Li Qian was delighted but also a little puzzled.

The progress of this task had only reached 100%.

Logically, he should have only received one achievement point.

However, after submitting the task, he had gained a full five achievement points, which left him perplexed.

Suppressing his joy and confusion, Li Qian began to absorb the other information that appeared in his mind.

As expected, the information was indeed about the evolution method from Gray Bean Pigeon to Skygliding Eagle.

For about five minutes, he absorbed the information.

Once he had fully grasped the evolution method, Li Qian couldn't help but exclaim.

"No wonder Professor Yan's research progress was only at ninety percent. His research results and the final version of the evolution method are quite different."

After muttering to himself, he began to list the details.

The evolution from Gray Bean Pigeon to Skygliding Eagle was, strictly speaking, not a single evolution but rather two consecutive evolutions.

Previously, Professor Yan had the Gray Bean Pigeon, which had reached its racial potential limit, carry the Voidstone into the Teleportation Array for evolution.

Since the Gray Bean Pigeon entered the Teleportation Array, he couldn't observe it at all.

In fact, after entering the Teleportation Array, for those Gray Bean Pigeons that successfully evolved into Skygliding Eagles, they actually underwent two consecutive evolutions during the teleportation process.

The reason they could evolve into Skygliding Eagles was similar to the evolution of Koi.

Not all Koi can evolve into Frostfire Salamanders or Green Scaled Serpents.

Similarly, not all Gray Bean Pigeons can evolve into Skygliding Eagles.

Or, to be more precise, Fiery Skygliding Eagles.

Yes, the final form of the Gray Bean Pigeon's evolution was not the Skygliding Eagle but the Fiery Skygliding Eagle.

As Li Qian had expected, the Skygliding Eagle was indeed just a lower-ranked evolutionary mutation.

Its higher-ranked evolution was the Fiery Skygliding Eagle.

The Fiery Skygliding Eagle, unlike the Skygliding Eagle, was a powerful Companion Beast with Wind and Spatial Attributes, and its potential reached the astonishing Emperor Tier 3.

Yes, the racial potential of the Fiery Skygliding Eagle broke through the Overlord Tier's shackles, reaching the astounding Emperor Tier.

Li Qian strongly suspected that the reason he earned five achievement points for this task submission might have had a significant relationship with the evolution reaching the Emperor Tier.

Of course, it might also be related to the fact that the Gray Bean Pigeon's evolution into the Fiery Skygliding Eagle involved two stages of evolution.

Or perhaps it was both.

Li Qian thought this way and quickly shifted his focus to other information about the evolution method from Gray Bean Pigeon to Fiery Skygliding Eagle.

The Voidstone was also an essential evolution material.

It was the key material to stimulate the Spatial Attribute potential within the Gray Bean Pigeon.

Teleporting through the Teleportation Array was one of the means to stimulate it, and it was a relatively conventional method.

Apart from this, there were other methods.

However, those methods were more troublesome than using the Teleportation Array.

For example, having an Emperor Tier Spatial Attribute Companion Beast use its Teleportation skill to teleport it over long distances.

As for the Gray Bean Pigeon evolving into the Fiery Storm Falcon and barely using the Teleportation skill, it was naturally useless.

The teleportation distance was too short.

It couldn't support the Fiery Storm Falcon in fully absorbing the energy within the Voidstone.

So, after much thought, with the resources currently available to Li Qian, using the Teleportation Array was indeed the best method.

Apart from the Teleportation Array and the Voidstone, Gale Bamboo was also an indispensable condition.

After reaching its racial potential limit, the Gray Bean Pigeon could evolve into the Fiery Storm Falcon by using Gale Bamboo and stimulating it with the 'Aura of Wind' skill.

The racial potential of the Fiery Storm Falcon reached Overlord Tier 1, far surpassing that of an ordinary Storm Falcon.

In fact, the cost-effectiveness of evolving with a single Gale Bamboo wasn't very high.

At this point, Li Qian had completely mastered the evolution method from Gray Bean Pigeon to Fiery Skygliding Eagle through the information gained after submitting the task.

The new evolution method split the process into two stages.

The Gray Bean Pigeon evolving into the Fiery Storm Falcon was just the first step.

The second step was to train the Fiery Storm Falcon to master the 'Teleportation' skill.

It didn't need to be mastered deeply; reaching the beginner level was sufficient.

Training the Fiery Storm Falcon to master the 'Teleportation' skill wasn't because this skill had any bonus effect on the second stage of evolution.

This skill was actually used for judgment.

To judge whether a Fiery Storm Falcon could evolve into a Fiery Skygliding Eagle.

According to the information imparted after submitting the task, Li Qian learned that not all Fiery Storm Falcons could evolve into Fiery Skygliding Eagles.

Only those Fiery Storm Falcons with spatial traits could evolve into Fiery Skygliding Eagles.

Whether they could learn the Teleportation skill was the basis for judgment.

Regardless of the Gray Bean Pigeon stage or the Storm Falcon stage, learning the Teleportation skill was unlikely.

Only by evolving into a Fiery Skygliding Eagle could it be possible to learn the Teleportation skill.

Only then could it be judged whether a particular Fiery Storm Falcon could evolve into a Fiery Skygliding Eagle.

This was also the value of the first stage of evolution.

Otherwise, it would be like Professor Yan, relying solely on luck for the success of the evolution.

Moreover, even if the evolution was completed, because it evolved directly from the Gray Bean Pigeon without the foundation of a Fiery Storm Falcon, it could only evolve into a half-baked Skygliding Eagle.

It couldn't fully unleash its potential.

After absorbing the information in his mind, Li Qian looked in a certain direction not far away.

There, within his line of sight, was an artificial hill.

The rockery wasn't very tall, but it was the largest habitat for flying-type companion beasts in the entire base.

Li Qian had purchased a Gray Bean Pigeon named Xiao Hui, which now resided within the rockery.

"I wonder if you have the spatial trait and can learn the skill of teleportation," he muttered to himself. "If not, it might be a bit disappointing to stop at the Fiery Storm Falcon."

After a moment's thought, he shook his head, determined to clear his mind of these useless ideas.

Both the Fiery Skygliding Eagle and the Fiery Storm Falcon had the potential for further advancement.

As he pondered this, a companion beast name suddenly came to mind.

At that moment, he had a strong intuition.

Perhaps, he thought, the subsequent evolution of the Fiery Skygliding Eagle was indeed the Blaze Sky Seat.

He almost couldn't resist the urge to create a task for this right away.

After calming down for a while, he suppressed the impulse and quickly dismissed the thought.

He had just completed an evolution and freed up a task slot, which could be used to establish the evolution method from Golden Pearl Bud to Tide Sea Spirit. He couldn't afford to waste it on this.

If he had acted on his impulse and created such a task, even if his guess was correct, and the subsequent evolution of the Fiery Skygliding Eagle was indeed the Blaze Sky Seat, he didn't know when he would be able to complete the research.

After fully understanding the evolution method from Gray Bean Pigeon to Fiery Skygliding Eagle, Li Qian didn't immediately put it into practice. Instead, he took a good nap first.

During this time, he had invested a lot of effort into researching this matter, leaving him quite exhausted.

Now that the research was finally complete, Li Qian felt a sudden relaxation in his body, and he was indeed a bit tired.

...

He slept from dusk until the next morning, waking up at around seven o'clock.

Li Qian had a very comfortable sleep.

Upon waking, he stretched lazily, feeling refreshed all over.

Li Qian's residence was in the eastern part of the White Castle, which was the main structure of the breeding base.

The base had only one proper building, with houses surrounding it and two gates opening to the north and south.

Shi Guifang lived in the western part of the castle, separated from Li Qian by a small plaza.

Although they were technically "living together," the arrangement was quite different from actually sharing a living space.

Li Qian went downstairs and took a stroll around the small plaza before heading to the canteen.

As he ate, he glanced around but didn't see the familiar figure.

He didn't take it to heart; after all, the owner of the breeding base had many responsibilities and couldn't afford to stay cooped up in the base like him.

After a quick breakfast, Li Qian headed straight to the rockery.

Although it was called a rockery, the rocks and trees were all real, just artificially arranged.

"Xiao Hui!" Li Qian called out as he arrived at the rockery.

In response to his call, a Gray Bean Pigeon, roughly the size of a millstone, flew out from somewhere within the rockery.

It circled in the air before landing on a rock not far from Li Qian.

Xiao Hui looked at Li Qian, expecting another training session.

Li Qian smiled and said, "No need, no training today."

Noticing its disheveled feathers and the marks of a recent fight, Li Qian asked, "What happened? Did you get into an argument with those guys again?"

Xiao Hui was new to the Sky Realm Breeding Base, so it was normal for conflicts to arise with the native companion beasts.

As long as the fighting didn't escalate, Li Qian didn't bother with minor squabbles.

Xiao Hui cooed a few times and proudly stretched its neck.

Li Qian walked over, smoothed its feathers, and said with a smile, "My research is almost done, and I'll be able to help you evolve soon. Then, you'll be the leader here!"

Li Qian was confident that even with just one evolution, Xiao Hui would be able to dominate the rockery.

After all, the native companion beasts in the rockery were only just entering the Overlord Rank.

Once Xiao Hui evolved, it would be more than capable of holding its own against them.

(End of Chapter)

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