Chapter 229: Dream Heart! Unlocking Xiao Qing's Toxic Mutation

Chapter 229: Dream Heart! Unlocking Xiao Qing's Toxic Mutation

"Ha..."

In the top floor of the Pingyun Corporation headquarters in the eastern suburbs of Linzhou, Dong Muchun let out a yawn and stretched lazily.

Indeed, she had been incredibly busy lately.

Although the situation at Pingyun Corporation had stabilized, there were still many matters to attend to at Tianyun Corporation.

To be honest, she had not completely returned Tianyun to the Dong family.

And this time, neither her father nor the Dong family had made any further attempts in that direction.

It was all because of that stinky little brat.

This recent nurturing competition had brought that little guy into the spotlight, attracting the attention of many.

As far as Dong Muchun knew, several ancient and prestigious families had inquired about Su Ping's whereabouts.

However, after Sang Sheng and Gui Sheng's news broke, these families ceased their efforts.

Even these powerful ancient families, who might not be particularly intimidated by a single Holy Spirit, would certainly not ignore the one standing behind those two.

What was that stinky brat up to?

After finishing a day's work, Dong Muchun rested her chin on her hand, once again thinking about what her little brother had told her over the phone during this period.

That little guy never seemed to stay put wherever he went.

The Metropolis Beast Taming Academy! She had also heard about the difficulty of the Trial Tower.

She never expected that this little guy could cause such a stir with just one visit.

She had no idea how he managed to do it.

Shaking her head, Dong Muchun sighed, but soon her phone rang.

Seeing the caller, a delighted smile appeared on Dong Muchun's face.

It was a call from Su Ping.

"Hello? What instructions does Young Master Su have for me?"

"Are you done with your work?"

Su Ping's voice on the other end of the line made Dong Muchun roll her eyes:

"Please, what time is it now? But you're not wrong, I just finished working."

"That's good, you can help me with something."

Sure enough. Dong Muchun let out a long breath, this stinky little guy had gotten used to treating her like a maid.

Whenever he contacted her, it was never just for a casual chat.

However, she couldn't help but feel a bit exasperated, expecting a miracle from this guy was indeed a tall order.

"What is it? Just say it!"

"Hehe, with your connections and network, find me the best game development team in the country! I need them!"

"Game development team? For computer or online games?"

Dong Muchun blinked, what was this ancestor up to now?

Although Dong Muchun didn't have any bias against computer games, a small portion of outstanding beast tamers and nurturers were obsessed with them, and some companion beasts even loved them.

But she had never heard of Su Ping enjoying these games before.

Why was he looking for such talent now?

"What are you up to? Tianyun Corporation does have some business in this field, but it's under Mirror Void Entertainment."

"Hehe, a new research product needs this kind of talent!"

Su Ping's words lit up Dong Muchun's eyes.

A new product!

The Wolf Heart and Phantom Heart potions had already made Pingyun Corporation extremely profitable.

And now, in such a short time, they had another new product?

Dong Muchun was excited, her previously indifferent mood had lifted, and her curiosity piqued.

But aside from that, Dong Muchun's curiosity surged.

What kind of product needed a game designer?

It sounded so unreliable no matter how she thought about it.

However, Su Ping's mysteriousness, which Miss Dong had witnessed for so long, made her ask:

"What product is it?"

"It's a secret!"

For the first time, Su Ping's voice made Dong Muchun dislike him.

"But, I can give you a hint, the new product's name is 'Dream Heart'."

"Dream Heart?"

Dong Muchun was taken aback.

She was used to Su Ping's naming style, but after hearing this name, she was still perplexed.

However, when it came to Phantom Heart, ordinary people wouldn't think of it as a potion that allowed one to enter elementization.

What was Dream Heart, she couldn't guess either: "Any other hints? Is it a potion?"

"What are you thinking? Why would a game designer make a potion? It's a tech product! Alright, I have some matters to attend to, you go ahead and find them, but don't rush, take your time, a few people in a small team will do."

After hanging up, Dong Muchun was so annoyed her teeth itched.

What was she thinking? This stinky guy was acting like a riddle master and blaming her for it!

Damn it!

But her anger came and went quickly, and Dong Muchun soon fell into deep thought.

A tech product?

What kind of tech product?

Game development?

Shaking her head, Dong Muchun started contacting people to find professionals in this field.

On the other end of the line, Su Ping hung up the phone.

He sat in a chair.

After an hour of discussion with Feifei, the two finally confirmed the name as 'Dream Heart'.

In the dream world created by the game,

As for the game design, Feifei also had no objections to the recreation of Dream Heart.

The little guy's only condition was that An Ning and Ailing had to exist in the game.

After finishing all this, Su Ping finally laid back down on the bed.

But Su Ping had no intention of sleeping.

Because he once again thought of what had happened in Dream Heart.

When he first chose a companion beast, he subconsciously picked Xiao Qing.

After so many years, Su Ping had developed an incredibly deep bond with the Lin Wolf.

But among his three companion beasts, Xiao Qing had less presence compared to the other two.

Unable to help it.

Su Ping's attention for the past half a year had been entirely focused on the little paper man, Qian Yi, ever since he appeared.

The Origami Man's race had an innate potential for development.

At the same time, the racial potential differed.

If Qian Yi didn't engage in cultivation and nurturing, his level would remain stuck at the ordinary and elite ranks.

However, Xiao Qing's racial potential was as high as the Overlord rank.

This meant that for a long time, Su Ping didn't have to worry about Xiao Qing's growth.

Naturally, his attention to Xiao Qing also decreased as a result.

At this thought, Su Ping's mind stirred, and he closed his eyes, focusing his attention within the Beast Taming Space.

In his Beast Taming Space, Qian Yi wasn't there; the little guy was still training and assisting Master Zhu Hong and Liu Fu Hai in nurturing Origami Men in the underground tomb.

Xiao Qing, however, was among them.

As expected, when Su Ping's attention turned to Xiao Qing, he saw her taking a few steps and walking within the space.

Inside the space, a stock of smiley sunflowers was growing exceptionally well.

Xiao Qing strolled among them, seemingly very satisfied.

Sensing Su Ping's consciousness, Xiao Qing raised her head and howled, "Ao Wu!"

In her wolf howl, there was excitement and joy.

It was as if she was inviting Su Ping, her master, to acknowledge her achievement.

It seemed like she was telling Su Ping that this batch of smiley sunflowers was growing exceptionally well.

Su Ping pursed his lips, and at this moment, he seemed to have some unusual 'sourness'.

Did Xiao Qing really like cultivating these things? Initially, when Xiao Qing first formed the contract, she was very proud and competitive.

Among the Lin Wolf Pack, Xiao Qing could be considered one of the two fastest-growing Lin Wolves.

However, gradually, Xiao Qing even stopped participating in the 'Shared Connection' skill training in the forest wolf pack and instead took the initiative to cultivate these smiley sunflowers in Su Ping's Beast Taming Space.

At this moment, Su Ping seemed to understand a little.

Perhaps Xiao Qing also just wanted to contribute within her capabilities and make Su Ping, her master, notice this little guy.

In fact, as a mutated companion beast, Xiao Qing was different from Qian Yi and Fei Fei.

The former, Qian Yi, was born from a Sacred Spirit-level resource and had an innate combat awareness and self-intelligence far surpassing that of ordinary companion beasts. Moreover, no one knew how long he had survived in that secret realm.

The latter, Fei Fei, a mutated mechanical core with a spiritual system, could self-network and gather information, also surpassing Xiao Qing in this regard.

Xiao Qing, although mutated, had always been a little wolf born not long ago.

For a companion beast that had formed a soul contract, Xiao Qing's world only consisted of Su Ping.

At this moment, Su Ping felt that his thoughts were somewhat one-sided.

He had indeed neglected Xiao Qing during this time.

He even forgot a rule of the nurturing world! 'Companion beast nurturing should be guided by the tamer's consciousness, but it should also, to the greatest extent possible, fit the companion beast itself!'

During this time, Su Ping's thoughts had been focused on his plans for Xiao Qing's evolution.

However, unlike Qian Yi, who had always been a swordsman, Xiao Qing was different.

Xiao Qing's combat, Xiao Qing's desired ability evolution, and Xiao Qing's self-evolution tendencies were all aspects that Su Ping didn't understand well enough!

Su Ping exhaled, and with a thought, Xiao Qing and the sunflower seeds on the sunflowers appeared in his room.

"Ao Wu!"

Xiao Qing wagged her tail excitedly and looked at the master in front of her expectantly.

The master picked up the seeds, cracked two, and threw one to Xiao Qing and one into his mouth. He smiled and nodded, rubbing Xiao Qing's big head:

"Not bad, Xiao Qing. The seeds you planted are tastier than the ones we bought."

"Ao Wu!"

Xiao Qing shook her head excitedly: Of course, they're better than the ones we bought! These are the seeds she, Xiao Qing, had continuously nurtured with her strength! The power contained within them is much stronger than that of ordinary smiley sunflower seeds!

Su Ping smiled slightly, holding Xiao Qing's emerald mane:

"Xiao Qing, your strength has reached its limit, and the next step is to nurture your evolution. Have you thought about how you want to evolve?"

"Ao Wu?"

Xiao Qing looked at the master in front of her with some confusion, as if she didn't quite understand why the master was asking her this question.

But soon, Xiao Qing excitedly howled, "Ao Wu!"

Hearing Xiao Qing's feedback, Su Ping smiled slightly: "You trust the master so much? Are you okay with the master choosing your evolution method?"

Xiao Qing nodded.

But soon, after thinking for a moment, Xiao Qing howled again.

Su Ping raised his eyebrows: "You mean it's best to make it more convenient to plant these plant resources?"

Xiao Qing continued to nod.

Su Ping blinked.

Could it be that she was just self-moved? In fact, the little guy really did like planting.

Regardless, Su Ping nodded at Xiao Qing's suggestion:

"Xiao Qing, do you have any thoughts on skill cultivation related to clones?"

"Ao Wu!"

Through spiritual communication and soul connection, Su Ping could accurately capture the meaning of Xiao Qing's howl.

This meaning made Su Ping silent.

'Very well, cloning... planting sunflowers...'

Su Ping's eyebrows finally furrowed, and then he looked at Xiao Qing strangely:

"Xiao Qing, when did you start liking to plant these plants?"

Xiao Qing wagged her tail: "Ao Wu!"

"After being promoted to the Elite rank? And you like the aura emanating from these things?"

Su Ping blinked.

But it made sense; after the promotion, Su Ping's Beast Taming Space gained the 'Ecological Cycle' ability, allowing these basic resources for planting to grow.

But why?

At this moment, Su Ping felt that his understanding of Xiao Qing was obviously still insufficient.

During this time, even the in-depth nurturing of other companion beasts and the analysis of Xiao Qing's mutated toxic attributes hadn't received much attention.

Nowadays, after summoning the little guy and having an in-depth chat, Su Ping finally discovered some peculiarities.

He pondered for a moment and glanced at the Lynx Wolf Tome, which he hadn't paid attention to in a long time:

【Tome: Lynx Wolf】

【Omitted】

【Current Tome Level: 3 (16952/20000)】

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Known evolution charts, special cultivation:

【Thousand Woods Lynx:...】

【Crowned Lynx Emperor:...】

【...】

Likes, Habits:

【Likes sunbathing, enjoys playing in the forest, prefers group activities, and has stronger combat power during the day or in the forest.】

Record Log:

【...】

【...】

【Toxic Mutation Lynx Wolf level breakthrough, further analysis of the mutation cause of the Toxic Mutation Lynx Wolf, consuming 40090 experience points from this tome, forcing an analysis of the mutation cause of the Lynx Wolf's toxic bloodline, and obtaining the mutation cultivation method.】

【...】

【Toxic Mutation Lynx Wolf level breakthrough, further analysis of the mutation cause of the Toxic Mutation Lynx Wolf, consuming 27090 experience points from this tome...】

【...】

【Using the Plague Orb, the mutated Toxic Lynx Wolf level increases, and toxic abilities are further enhanced, consuming 19980 experience points from this tome...】

【...】

Su Ping focused primarily on these record logs, especially the ones regarding Xiao Qing's bloodline mutation.

Upon reading, he realized he had overlooked quite a bit of information.

Not to mention, under the cultivation during this period, the experience points required for Xiao Qing to analyze the toxic mutation had significantly decreased.

However, Su Ping suddenly felt energized.

He had a hunch that he might have discovered some crucial insights about Xiao Qing.

The joy of cultivation might be related to the origin of Xiao Qing's mutation!

This, he believed, was also related to Xiao Qing's inherent Wood attribute. Both the Wood and Toxic attributes seemed to have corresponding enhancements within Xiao Qing.

Xiao Qing's fondness for cultivation wasn't solely about the joy of harvesting fruits.

Perhaps it was because these cultivation resources, especially plant-based ones, were imbued with abundant Wood energy? This could help alleviate the imbalance between the Toxic and Wood attributes within Xiao Qing's body.

As soon as this thought occurred to Su Ping, a drop of cold sweat formed on his forehead.

He had almost made a huge mistake, and it was regarding his first contracted companion! Indeed, the cultivation attributes of companion beasts were relative. Previously, Su Ping had focused too much on Xiao Qing's Toxic cultivation, neglecting the enhancement of the Wood attribute.

Su Ping jumped out of bed and went straight to the computer, with Xiao Qing's head resting on his lap. He began searching.

'Wood and Toxic resources.'

Instantly, numerous answers appeared before Su Ping.

Then, Su Ping glanced at the time and immediately called Old Guan.

Soon, Old Guan entered with many items.

All of them were Elite and Commander-tier life and Wood resources.

Old Guan didn't leave in a hurry, looking at Su Ping with a hint of strangeness.

Su Ping didn't mind. He thought for a moment and took out the most commonly used Wood resource among the Commander-tier items—the Wood Marrow Heart.

Qin Xiaoxue had a mutated companion beast, the Life Ancient Tree.

This Life Ancient Tree had mutated into a rare Death attribute, the absolute opposite of the Life attribute.

However, due to this reason, the Life Ancient Tree's Life attribute was too vigorous, suppressing the Death attribute.

It couldn't form a balance between the two, so every once in a while, Qin Xiaoxue had to let the Life Ancient Tree release Life energy while replenishing Death energy.

At that time, Su Ping relied on the Life energy emitted by the Life Ancient Tree to light up the Pinecone Pine Tree Tome.

But in Xiao Qing's case, this wasn't an issue.

Su Ping had never cultivated Xiao Qing's Wood attribute; his focus was primarily on the Toxic attribute.

Xiao Qing's Wood and Toxic attributes weren't like the Life and Death attributes, which were opposing forces. Instead, they had a symbiotic relationship. Otherwise, Xiao Qing might have encountered problems under such circumstances.

However, this very reason was why Su Ping hadn't noticed Xiao Qing's uniqueness.

Of course, the reason nothing had happened was probably also due to the effect of Xiao Qing's 'Toxic Wood Heart.'

This mutation could absorb Toxic and Wood energy and, to some extent, convert them into each other.

The Toxic attribute, in many companion beasts, was a distinct attribute. But in Xiao Qing's case, Su Ping had a feeling it was different.

Xiao Qing's Toxic attribute seemed to derive from her inherent Wood attribute.

So, if he enhanced Xiao Qing's Wood attribute, would the Toxic attribute's energy also increase? With this in mind, he handed the Wood Marrow Heart to Xiao Qing.

Xiao Qing didn't hesitate and swallowed it in one go.

During this period, Xiao Qing had been using the Plague Orb, a Commander-tier Toxic resource.

She was already accustomed to this level of resource.

Su Ping thought for a moment and took out a bottle of Wolf Heart for Xiao Qing to consume.

Then, he silently waited for Xiao Qing's transformation, turning his head to look at Old Guan, who was still standing there:

"Uncle Guan, do you have something else?"

Guan Qianshan opened his mouth, then glanced at Su Ping with uncertainty but also some concern:

"Xiao Ping, aren't you too tired? Your complexion doesn't look good."

Hmm?

Although there were indeed many tasks recently, Su Ping didn't feel particularly exhausted. He shook his head:

"No, I feel fine."

Guan Qianshan's eyebrows furrowed as he noticed Su Ping's complexion becoming increasingly unusual!

So, Guan Qianshan took a step forward, turned on the main light in the room, and stared at Su Ping, stunned:

"Xiao Ping, what's wrong with you?"

Hurry, let's go to the hospital!"

Huh?!

Seeing Guan Qianshan's genuine concern, Su Ping was momentarily startled, then instinctively looked towards the mirror beside him, and was shocked by what he saw.

In the mirror, his face was pale, his lips were purple, and he looked like a dying man.

What's going on? As a Senior Beast Whisperer, Su Ping immediately understood the situation.

This is a manifestation of poisoning! Wait a minute!

Poisoned?! Su Ping turned to look at Xiao Qing beside him.

Of course, it's definitely not Xiao Qing who did this to him. Soul-bound companion beasts have the closest life-and-death relationship.

But then he suddenly remembered his own actions.

Just now, he seemed to have eaten a sunflower seed that Xiao Qing had grown.

And the reason why Xiao Qing liked planting so much, according to Su Ping's previous speculation, was due to two influencing factors.

The first was that Xiao Qing was absorbing the pure Wood-type energy from the resources she cultivated through the Toxic Wood Heart.

The second, and more likely reason, was that when Xiao Qing's Toxic energy and Wood energy were greatly imbalanced, she would vent her Toxic energy through planting!

In other words, those smiling sunflower seeds were not Life-type resources, but were actually Toxic-type mutated resources nurtured by Xiao Qing herself!

Xiao Qing could eat the seeds without issue, but Su Ping couldn't!

Looking at himself in the mirror, Su Ping felt incredibly angry at his own foolish act of self-poisoning.

The next moment, Su Ping felt a series of light and shadows appearing before his eyes.

An indescribable feeling of dizziness and nausea came over him.

Without thinking, he directly activated his innate talent, 'Elemental Incarnation.'

With his elemental incarnation body, the dizziness effect was significantly reduced. Then, without hesitation, Su Ping looked at the resources brought by Guan Qianshan and picked up the Elite-grade Life-type resource, 'Clear Spirit Herb,' and swallowed it.

In his elemental incarnation state, the Clear Spirit Herb was already in Su Ping's mouth.

Three minutes later, the feeling of dizziness and nausea gradually dissipated.

Su Ping breathed a long sigh of relief.

He weakly waved his hand towards Old Guan beside him, "It's fine, don't worry. It's just a small mistake in my cultivation."

At this moment, Su Ping somewhat understood why the title of Master Tamer required Beast Whisperers to reach the Imperial-grade.

If the level is too low, even a small mistake like this could easily be dangerous.

However, this was also the price for not paying enough attention to Xiao Qing for so long.

Guan Qianshan looked at the weakened Su Ping, his face gradually changing from the previous purple-blue to a pale blue-white.

At this moment, Guan Qianshan's first thought was whether it was a mistake to let his daughter learn to be a Beast Whisperer.

Even an exceptional Beast Whisperer like Su Ping had such a dangerous experience; would his daughter be safe in the future?

Unfortunately, at this time, Su Ping really didn't have the mood to explain.

After repeated confirmations, Old Guan finally left Su Ping's room with a heavy heart.

After consuming the Wood Marrow Core, Xiao Qing fell into a deep sleep to enhance her energy.

However, she didn't keep the exhausted Su Ping waiting for too long.

About ten minutes later, a series of green lights appeared on Xiao Qing's body.

The next moment, Xiao Qing's energy fluctuations reached a peak.

Simultaneously, she instantly broke through the Elite Eight Rank and reached the Elite Nine Rank.

At this moment, Xiao Qing was only one rank away from Qian Yi and Su Ping.

At the same time, she also fed back a large amount of spiritual power to Su Ping.

However, this was not the end.

At this moment, the Wood energy within Xiao Qing finally reached a balance with her Toxic energy for the first time, completing a special fusion and mutual enhancement.

Instantly, a bright light shone from Xiao Qing's body.

This light was the light of skill enlightenment!

Su Ping was startled and subconsciously activated his True Eye, looking at Xiao Qing in front of him:

【Mutated Lynx Wolf (Contracted)】

【Attributes: Wood, Toxin】

【Current Rank: Elite Nine】

【Potential: Commander Tier 3】

【Skills: Sunlight Absorption (Mastered), Venomous Vine Strangle (Mastered), Self-Healing (Mastered), Accelerated Growth (Mastered), Mutation Toxic Wood Heart (Mastered), Toxic Flower (Mastered), Grass Root (Beginner)】

【Grass Root (Beginner): Can activate Wood-type skills, creating grass roots under each step, which can quickly grow in the soil and break through the ground to activate 'Venomous Vine Strangle' and 'Toxic Flower.' It also has a boosting effect on these two skills.】

This skill...

Su Ping sighed.

As expected, this ability was obviously related to the Toxic Flower.

When Xiao Qing was promoted to the Elite-grade, she only had the Toxic Flower and not the Grass Root, which already indicated that Xiao Qing lacked Wood-type energy at that time!

In the end, it was because he was still too inexperienced, with some incomplete basic cultivation theories, and not enough attention paid to Xiao Qing, which led to this oversight.

Fortunately, before cultivating Xiao Qing's evolution, Su Ping discovered and corrected this mistake.

And just then, suddenly, Su Ping's Ten Thousand Spirit Ledger slowly flipped open.

The Wolf Spirit Tome that he had just viewed lit up.

At the same time, a new log entry appeared on the Wolf Spirit Tome:

【Using the Wood Marrow Core, the mutated Toxic Lynx Wolf's rank increased, and the Wood-type ability greatly improved. It requires 11,980 experience points from this ledger...】

【With a great degree of understanding of the mutated Toxic Lynx Wolf's bloodline, the required experience points are greatly reduced. It requires 1,600 experience points from this ledger to analyze the cause of the mutated Toxic bloodline and obtain the mutated cultivation method.】

【Consume experience points?】

The moment Su Ping saw this prompt, his eyes lit up.

(End of Chapter)

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