Chapter 300: Consider It a Gift
Chapter 300: Consider It a Gift
"About ten kilometers from this Ninth Outpost, there's a valley. It used to be the habitat of a low-rank Crimson Flame Tiger, but recently, it caused some trouble by leaving the valley and wreaking havoc. I've already taken care of it."
Old Tie paused for a moment before continuing, "The valley is surrounded by mountains on all sides, with only a narrow mountain path leading in and out. It's quite suitable for use as an evolution site."
Li Qian nodded in agreement, "Indeed, it's a perfect place for evolving a companion beast."
"Well, let's not waste any time. We should set off now!"
The four of them didn't hesitate and immediately took action.
They summoned their flying companion beasts and rode them into the sky. In just a moment, they arrived above the valley.
Standing on Seven Sons' back, Li Qian looked down at the valley below and surveyed the surrounding environment. He nodded slightly.
It was indeed an excellent location.
Putting aside other considerations, it was the perfect place for evolution.
The four of them descended from the sky.
The valley, having experienced a battle before, still looked a bit chaotic, but this had no impact on the evolution process.
"This place is quite good," Li Qian commented again.
After speaking, he turned his gaze to Sister Yilinna, "In that case, let's begin."
Sister Yilinna immediately extended her hand, and in her palm appeared a small bag, resembling a brocade pouch.
Li Qian instantly recognized the item as a storage equipment, but unlike the ones made from space materials, this one was crafted from the skin of a low-rank companion beast, resulting in a smaller internal space.
Along with the pouch-like bag, Sister Yilinna also handed over a beast sphere.
Li Qian understood right away that the beast sphere likely contained the other Golden Bud, which was supposed to evolve simultaneously with Old Tie's Golden Bud.
A Golden Bud that had reached its racial potential limit.
Without hesitation, Li Qian accepted the storage bag and the beast sphere, he opened it and found it filled with various evolution resources, mostly of the life-type and water-type. He had planned to provide these resources himself, but he was pleasantly surprised to see that Sister Yilinna had already prepared many of them.
"I don't know exactly which extraordinary resources are needed for the evolution, so I just prepared some randomly," Sister Yilinna explained after handing over the storage bag.
"Actually, I've already prepared the resources needed for the evolution of the Golden Bud into the Tidal Sea Spirit," Li Qian said with a smile.
Old Tie, upon witnessing this exchange, momentarily displayed embarrassment on his face, "Wait, my companion beast is the one evolving, why are you two competing to prepare the evolution resources?"
"I'm not so poor that I can't even afford to buy evolution resources for my own companion beast."
As he spoke, Old Tie's expression became a mix of laughter and tears.
Li Qian turned to Old Tie and added, "Old Tie, you're my lifesaver. It's no big deal for me to contribute some resources."
"I've never heard of a beastmaster having to provide evolution resources," Old Tie's tone was firm, his gaze unwavering as he looked at Li Qian.
"It's fine, I've already prepared everything," Li Qian chuckled, "At most, when we enter this dimensional plane, you can show me some extra care."
As he spoke, he had already searched through the contents of the storage bag. Finding a few items that could be useful, he didn't hesitate to select them. After taking what he needed, he returned the storage bag to Sister Yilinna.
"Just these few items, the rest won't be of use," he casually explained.
"No need, consider the remaining resources as your compensation for this evolution," Sister Yilinna didn't reach out to take back the storage bag.
Li Qian directly slapped the storage bag into Sister Yilinna's hand, "How do you know I won't be compensated for this evolution?"
Juggling the beast sphere in his hand, Li Qian spoke frankly, "I didn't ask you to prepare a Golden Bud that had reached its racial potential limit..."
His words trailed off as he continued, "The situation with the Golden Bud is quite unique. Normally, when they evolve, two of them evolve together."
"In other words..."
At this point, Li Qian's voice abruptly stopped, but the other three already understood his implication.
"In other words, this evolution could produce two Tidal Sea Spirits at once!" Elena felt that her temperament was quite good, but upon hearing this, she couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
When Ms. Han Ke and Old Ti heard this, they were equally shocked.
As they were still in shock, Ms. Han Ke suddenly spoke up, asking Li Qian in a pleading tone, "Li Qian, could I ask you for a favor?"
Li Qian was a bit puzzled.
Before he could ponder the reason for her request, Ms. Han Ke quickly explained, "Your Tidal Sea Spirit, can you let Elena have it? Of course, the price will definitely satisfy you!"
Hearing such a request, Li Qian didn't think much and readily agreed, "Of course... I can!"
The swift agreement surprised Li Qian, but he was still a bit taken aback, because according to his understanding, Elena's power level had already reached the High Sovereign Mid-Rank.
In this situation, there was still an open contract for a Companion Beast, which also indicated her pickiness regarding contract beasts.
It was estimated that a standard Overlord Rank Companion Beast wouldn't even enter her field of vision.
After responding, Li Qian continued, adding, "The completed evolution of the Tidal Sea Spirit, at the very least, is Overlord Rank. I can't contract one right now, either."
"Thank you, Li Qian!" Hearing Li Qian agree to her mother's request, Elena's face lit up with joy, and she expressed her gratitude.
Given her identity and background, including the resources that Ms. Han Ke could mobilize, contracting a Companion Beast with Imperial Rank potential, though a bit challenging, was not impossible.
However, contracting an Imperial Rank potential Companion Beast that met her requirements was quite a stretch, otherwise, her contract position wouldn't have remained vacant until now.
Among the various Imperial Rank potential Companion Beasts, the Tidal Sea Spirit's potential was rather unremarkable, but one of its attributes... Life, happened to align perfectly with her needs.
Therefore, the Tidal Sea Spirit was one of her targets, and this time, the reason she took the initiative to request assistance was to help Old Ti's Companion Beast complete its evolution and to approach Li Qian, as well.
However, what they hadn't anticipated was that the Tidal Sea Spirit's evolution was so unique that it required two Golden Buds to initiate the evolution together.
Just now, after listening to Li Qian's words, she had already gotten an idea, but before she could think of how to bring it up, her mother had already spoken on her behalf.
What surprised her even more was that Li Qian readily agreed without hesitation.
You should know that after a Companion Beast's potential surpasses the Overlord Rank, it's like a different world for each rank. Upon reaching the Imperial Rank, even the most ordinary Imperial Rank potential Companion Beast isn't easy to obtain. Money is just one necessary condition, and many times, to acquire one, you also have to agree to many additional conditions.
So at this moment, Elena's gratitude towards Li Qian was sincere.
As Old Ti watched the conversation between Li Qian and Elena, he was also quite astonished, but soon, he reacted and couldn't help but twitch his mouth, "Hey, you two little kids, can you not discuss this so openly? Little Elena, I don't want Li Qian to provide resources for my Companion Beast's evolution. You... are the same."
Old Ti turned to look at Elena, intending to persuade her, but her words caused him to fall silent, "Consider it a gift from me to you and my mom."
Elena directly 'sold out' Li Qian, adding, "You two are a bit mismatched right now, but these words, weren't said by me, Li Qian said them..."
"Hehe, it's not important, not important..." Hearing this, Li Qian immediately spoke up, changing the topic, "By the way, this evolution is a bit special. Two Golden Buds should be able to evolve into Tidal Sea Spirits, but one of them has some risks. Similarly, if it evolves, your Golden Bud, has a 100% chance of advancing to the Imperial Mid-Rank, and it's not impossible to reach the High-Rank."
Initially, when Golden Rain completed its evolution, its potential exceeded Golden Gale, reaching the Imperial Mid-Rank. Old Ti's Golden Bud had already reached the upper limit of its potential, and after evolution, its potential could even reach the upper limit of the Imperial High-Rank.
(End of Chapter)
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