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Chapter 252: The Origami Being's Second Evolution!
Chapter 252: The Origami Being's Second Evolution!
It was evident.
During the days leading up to the New Year, Su Ping sent these two away to celebrate the festivities and take a break from their constant research on Companion Beast evolution. However, he couldn't stop their enthusiasm, which was as relentless as the tide.
Su Ping wondered why they had taken the five Elemental Origami Beings with them when they left.
Now it seems that they hadn't been idle at the Breeder Association either.
Indeed, over these days, they had made significant progress.
Su Ping didn't even have time to wash up. He rushed to the entrance of the Heart of All Souls, wearing his pajamas and a sleeping cap.
At the same time, a car quickly pulled up nearby.
The two elders waved from the car, "Open the gate, let's go straight to the lab."
The last time the Necromantic Breeding Basement was blown up, it was barely enough for Su Ping to temporarily halt the primary breeding of the Origami Beings.
During this time, while other tasks could be put on hold, Su Ping's Short-Term Necromantic Breeding Room was quickly planned.
Following the car, they entered the Wood Heart, and Old Liu hurriedly opened the trunk. Several small Origami Beings were crouching inside.
Notably, one of them was noticeably different from the other four.
The evolution still started with the Fire Element.
Therefore, the evolved Elemental Origami Being also began with the Fire Element.
The previous Origami Being of Fire had a fiery red color, but overall, there wasn't much change.
This time, the Origami Being had some differences.
The paper bodies of these beings had a more ethereal and unreal feel compared to before.
Of course, the essence of their bodies was still paper, but the quality had improved, and the elementization was more thorough.
This was a progress that only evolution could bring!
It had succeeded!
Su Ping instinctively reached out and touched the small creature's body.
A faint warmth emanated from his fingertips, but it was no longer the simple paper texture; instead, it had a soft, flame-like feel.
Old Liu was a bit nervous, "I didn't expect the evolution to go so smoothly, but after the evolution, the Origami Being's body seems to have undergone some changes. I'm not sure if it can still withstand the Five Elements Cycle, even Master Zhu and I can't be certain."
Su Ping nodded and then subtly used the Eye of Truth to examine the small creature before him.
【Burning Paper Being】
【Attributes: Necromantic, Fire】
【Current Level: Commander Rank Three】
【Race Potential: Commander Rank Ten】
【Skills: Paper Body Folding (Mastered), Paper Body Splicing - Fire (Mastered), Paper Body Compression (Proficient), Fireball (Proficient), Ash Rebirth (Beginner), Flame Heart (Proficient), Rapid Combustion (Beginner)】
Commander Rank!
Both the race's potential and current potential are at the Commander Rank, indicating that this evolution's upper limit is not high.
However, for the Origami Being, this ordinary improvement is the best kind of advancement.
He knew that the Origami Being had much potential to uncover, but he also needed to give other breeders a chance. For him, the primary research purpose of the Origami Being was to see if the Five Elements Cycle could be perfectly developed.
Now, the results had made significant progress.
Su Ping turned to Old Liu,
"Old Liu, how did you conduct the Origami Being's evolution?"
"It's quite simple. The attribute-based splicing skill was improved by one level. By continuing to use the corresponding Fire Element resources, the evolution process this time was different from before. It didn't require splicing to evolve."
"But I listened to you and performed a certain degree of elemental enhancement on the Origami Being's paper body. I'm not sure if it can still withstand the Five Elements Cycle."
Su Ping nodded.
The first evolution of the Origami Being required the understanding of paper body splicing and being in a spliced state to achieve it.
This second evolution seemed to have removed that requirement.
However...
Su Ping looked at the creature strangely and sucked on his teeth.
Although the level had increased to the Commander Rank, the peak for ordinary Companion Beasts, why did this creature still look so foolish?
Su Ping couldn't understand why the Origami Being's soul couldn't evolve completely, even after completing the splicing.
But at this moment, he nodded,
"Since that's the case, let's evolve the rest of them and then proceed with the fourth Five Elements Cycle experiment!"
"Good!"
At the same time, as Old Liu and the other elder responded in unison,
The All Souls Catalog slowly unfolded, and indeed, within the Origami Being's catalog, a new entry appeared:
【Origami Being discovered and recorded - Elemental Origami Being - Advanced Elemental Origami Being - Burning Paper Being, evolved form. Obtain 1000 points for the Origami Being Catalog!】
Although the points weren't many, and for Su Ping, the evolution of the Origami Man Catalog didn't seem urgent either.
However, it must be said that these 1000 points in the Origami Man Catalog were equivalent to 100 points of universal experience value. One hundred points of universal experience value was equivalent to one step closer to perfecting his External Incarnation.
Therefore, any slight improvement at this moment was of extraordinary significance.
Nevertheless, could one gain experience by merely observing the evolution of this Origami Man, which he didn't personally cultivate? It seemed that as long as the intimacy requirement for evolution was met, it would be possible?
With this thought, Su Ping couldn't help but take a look at the current experience value of the Origami Man.
As he looked, he was indeed slightly startled.
【Catalog: Origami Man】
【...】
【Current Catalog Level: 3 (7317/20000)】
Indeed, this level was beyond his imagination.
But it made sense.
Before going to the Magic Capital, the Origami Man Catalog had already reached Level 3, unlocking the ability of Mental Vision.
Although this ability was useless for the Origami Man.
After returning from the Magic Capital, there was the Heart of Elements, various cultivations, and daily companionship, constantly nurturing and improving. Each day was a repetition of this process.
Now, after the second evolution, he had gained a substantial amount of experience, and this number wasn't entirely unexpected.
With this thought, Su Ping exhaled a long breath.
It seemed that if he wanted to, he could immediately convert all the experience of the Forest Wolf and the Origami Man, perfecting his External Incarnation.
However, Su Ping quickly suppressed this idea.
There was no rush at the moment.
Xiao Qing hadn't yet broken through to the Overlord Rank, and even if the External Incarnation was perfected, cultivation might still be impossible.
Moreover, such a conversion would still be too much of a loss. Su Ping wanted to see if he could make up for the loss by successfully cultivating a super-tier skill of the Five Elements and then heal his wounds.
Based on the previous experiences with the Heart of the Sun and the Heart of Elements, cultivating a super-tier skill was indeed one of the quickest ways to gain universal experience value.
However, speaking of which, after evolving this Fire Origami Man into the Burning Origami Man, he gained 1000 points of catalog experience. Would the evolution of the remaining Five Elements and Elemental Origami Men yield similar results?
With this thought in mind, Su Ping and Master Zhu, on the first day of the New Year, didn't bother with New Year's greetings. Instead, they directly entered the new room that Su Ping had prepared as the new laboratory for cultivating the Undead Origami Man.
Evidently, Su Ping's imagination was incredibly optimistic.
But reality was cruel.
The five Origami Men, which were nearly identical, quickly began their cultivation and evolution.
In just one day and night, the remaining four Origami Men naturally grew and broke through, completing their evolution.
However, aside from the 1000 points of catalog experience granted by the first Burning Origami Man, the remaining four—Earth, Water, Gold, and Wood—only provided a total of 800 points of experience.
Undoubtedly, these were merely insignificant additions.
The true importance lay in the Five Elements experiment!
Moreover, this was an experiment conducted after evolution. The question remained whether the 'Burning Origami Man,' 'Wet Origami Man,' 'Golden Armor Origami Man,' 'Rock Origami Man,' and 'Green Wood Origami Man' could still support the operation of the Five Elements.
With this in mind, the three of them, including Qian Yi, who was responsible for basic assembly, watched with a mix of tension and anticipation.
...
Meanwhile, in the eastern suburbs of Linzhou City.
Here, was Guan Qianshan's newly purchased house.
It wasn't a cramped apartment in the city center, where land was as precious as gold. The land prices in the eastern suburbs were not high, and Old Guan bought this house for convenience and following Su Ping's advice.
This was a large, independent courtyard-style house.
It must be said that the mere purchase of this courtyard had made Guan Qianshan's assets from the past few months multiply several times over!
During the Chinese New Year, the value of this courtyard increased rapidly as the development direction of Linzhou was confirmed.
Guan Qianshan and Guan Lili's status as members of the Heart of All Souls also made Guan Qianshan, who had never been able to hold his head high in front of his wife's family and relatives, finally stand tall.
Although Guan Qianshan never flaunted his status, his relatives knew that Guan's daughter had become a renowned Breeder.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, it was supposed to be the day when Old Guan took his daughter and wife to visit his wife's family for the New Year.
However, before dawn, his father-in-law and some younger brothers-in-law took the initiative to visit instead.
Regardless of the time, social status was always a matter of concern.
And then,
When he saw that the eldest brother-in-law's daughter, who he had boasted about before, was now an external student at the prestigious Eastern Beastmaster Academy, he was extremely affectionate towards this niece whom he looked down upon. He also saw his younger brother-in-law, who had graduated with Guan Lilili but had contracted a high-priced Overlord-rank beast, calling her "Sister-in-law" with every word.
As for their parents, who had previously looked down on him, they were even more obsequious.
Old Guan was definitely not pleased.
However, at this moment, Old Guan understood that they were all seeking something from him.
But he needed to be clear about his own position, right?
Su Ping valued him, and Su Anyong's friendship with him was based on this. If he didn't recognize his own position, it would be easy to run into trouble.
Being able to get his daughter into the Academy was already Old Guan putting aside his pride. At this moment, he naturally knew what to agree to and what to deflect.
So, seeing these relatives who had obviously come with a purpose, Old Guan felt a bit annoyed after they had their fill.
However, what comforted Old Guan was that his wife was sensible.
During their difficult times, it was clear that his wife had also endured some cold treatment. At this moment, her husband and daughter were the most important.
So, taking advantage of the time spent cooking, the two of them secretly spoke in the kitchen:
"Old Guan, find an excuse to go out for a while. If they have any business, I'll ask them directly and clarify things for them.
It'll save your older brother and younger brother from saying that you've become rich and no longer recognize these poor relatives."
Old Guan nodded:
"Alright. I was a bit worried about Xiaoping being alone at the base during the New Year. Old Su is really something, thinking that something is more important than returning home for the New Year! This child probably won't feel too comfortable, I'll go check on him."
"Good! You go then."
After discussing, Old Guan and his wife put on a show, and only then did he heave a sigh of relief and walked out of the house.
Driving the new car he had just picked up, Old Guan slowly arrived at the familiar Heart of All Souls.
As he got out of the car, Old Guan was slightly startled.
He looked at both sides of the gate.
On the bright red couplets, they used red sandpaper.
Any writing on this paper, no matter the wind or rain, would not fade.
However, this was not the focus. The focus was, at this moment, on these couplets, what was written?
The curved and twisted characters didn't look like human writing at all. What was this little ancestor doing at home?
But perhaps it was the little ancestor's calligraphy. Although Old Guan's temples were throbbing, he didn't say anything. He took out the spare key and opened the gate.
The base was very quiet.
After all, Su Ping had said that the official opening would be after the tenth day of the New Year, and it was only the second day now. No one should be here.
But where was that stinky kid?
Entering the Wood Heart, Old Liu, who was sunbathing on the side, glanced at him but didn't pay him any attention.
However, Old Guan soon noticed a rare sight—a car parked inside the Wood Heart.
Old Guan recognized this car; it belonged to the renowned president of the Beastmaster Association.
Old Guan's eyelids twitched.
He suddenly had a bad premonition.
Whenever those two were with this little ancestor, it was easy for people to have some unpleasant thoughts.
He quickened his pace, but after only a few hundred meters, he had just reached the Wood Heart's resting area and guest room.
Suddenly, as if to confirm his suspicions, a familiar, enormous roar reverberated once again right in front of him!
"Boom!"
This commotion was so familiar, so recognizable, and so deja vu.
The yellow dragon covered in soil-yellow scales appeared again, and its soil-yellow energy shell protected many people and prevented energy from leaking out.
At the same time, the guest room nearby, temporarily used by the little ancestor as a laboratory for necromantic breeding, also collapsed before their eyes.
However, this time, the difference was that some of the yellow dragon's scales were charred black.
Old Guan felt hopeless and confused.
Was this kid a reincarnated husky? But huskies are known for being destructive, not for constantly throwing bombs at home!
(End of Chapter)
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