Chapter 324: Fishing Competition? Ray Saint's Challenge!

Chapter 324: Fishing Competition? Ray Saint's Challenge!

Shangguan Ye couldn't understand.

He couldn't comprehend why he was here, intending to mentor a genius Beast Tamer who didn't follow conventional methods in cultivating his Beast.

The sole reason was the scene unfolding before his eyes at this very moment, something he hadn't witnessed in so many years.

It's not that Misty Pine's evolution was particularly challenging.

Han Wu Suo Jiang Song's evolution was actually quite simple.

After all, over the years, Misty Pine was the only evolved form discovered by Frosty Pine.

Using Xue Wu Bing, he froze the roots of Misty Pine, allowing it to absorb the ice-type Xue Wu Bing's power to accumulate energy, then perfected it with Jiangxin Ling Ye resources, and finally grafted it with Wulong Wood to complete the evolution of its body and energy.

But as always, the evolution of any Beast, no matter how simple the cultivation method seemed, could be quite tricky in practice.

However, when it came to actual operation, there were many variables and unexpected events.

Due to the Beast's unique changes, the amount of resources it required varied, and if any issues arose, the most immediate solution was crucial, as it could even affect the Beast's well-being.

Nevertheless, Shangguan Ye wasn't overly concerned about whether Su Ping would encounter any problems during the process.

But the scene before him was genuinely baffling.

The evolution speed of the plant-type Beast, Misty Pine, was already quite fast.

After three days of accumulating energy, stimulating and supplementing energy with River Heart Cold Liquid while blocking the transformation of ice-type attributes, and then grafting Dragon Bamboo to complete the process, it only took four days in total.

Under normal circumstances, even if it's a plant-type Beast, let alone an animal-type Beast, after consuming some resources, it would still take some time to fully digest them.

That faint, ice-like cold aura, even now, still puzzled Shangguan Ye.

What made it even harder for him to accept was that before this, he had wanted to become this boy's plant-type Beast Tamer mentor.

At this moment, Shangguan Ye finally understood why Old Liu had said those things to him when he arrived earlier.

This boy was truly capable of dealing blows to people! However, it took Old Liu half a year to comprehend this, while Shangguan Ye cruelly understood it in less than a day and a night.

On the other hand, Li Shu, standing beside them, wasn't the least bit surprised but instead looked at Misty Pine within the evolution light with anticipation.

To Li Shu, it might seem like he was just trying to curry favor with others, but having spent half a year in the Heart of All Spirits, he genuinely meant what he said.

Su Ping always did things unconventionally, yet he consistently managed to achieve results that exceeded expectations.

Now, there was no doubt about it.

Su Ping gazed at the evolution light without thinking about these things.

At this moment, he was pondering the effectiveness of the Spirit Land and the experience he gained from this evolution, as well as the insights he obtained from the cultivation method after perfecting the Heart of All Spirits with such a significant amount of experience.

Currently, the effect of the Heart of Spring, aside from the Beastmaster's ability, manifested in two capabilities during this single evolution of Misty Pine.

The first and most apparent effect was the acceleration of resource absorption by plant-type Beasts.

This was the reason why Misty Pine could surpass the typical evolution of a plant-type Beast and complete its evolution in just two hours.

The second effect was more subtle.

It meant that in the Heart of Spring, plant-type Beasts didn't need to consume a large amount of resources to supplement their energy foundation.

The final step of evolution usually involved absorbing a substantial amount of resources, stockpiling energy, and completing the evolution in one go.

However, in the Heart of Spring, it seemed to maintain a state of abundant energy at all times.

Of course, this process would consume some of the accumulated energy of the Heart of Spring, evident from the slightly dimmed glow of the Wood Spirit Grass.

Secondly, it was about summarizing the experience of the Spirit Land and the integration of resources.

To outsiders, Su Ping didn't seem to be doing much, but in reality, his mental communication ability allowed him to communicate with Misty Pine continuously. If there were any issues or changes, Misty Pine would provide feedback to him immediately.

Although Misty Pine wasn't a combat Beast and, as a mature plant-type Beast, it wasn't as close to Su Ping as Little Crow.

However, as a member of the Heart of All Spirits family, Su Ping wouldn't disregard the Beast's well-being like Shangguan Ye seemed to believe.

He mainly believed in the perfection of the Heart of All Spirits and had absolute confidence in its effects.

From Misty Pine's feedback, Su Ping gained experience and thoughts as a first-time plant-type Beast Tamer, regarding the sensations and reactions during the connection of the earth veins and the addition of resources.

Regarding the evolution of plant-type Beasts, he gained a deeper understanding.

Using the Spirit Land connection for evolution was, in fact, a different method of irrigating Beast resources.

However, for plant-type Beasts, this irrigation method was more efficient and effective in absorbing resources.

As long as there was no severe attribute disorder, it could almost perfectly evolve the plant-type Beast.

This made Su Ping marvel once again at the wondrous mysteries of Blue Star Beast evolution.

As he continued to ponder, the flickering light of evolution gradually dimmed. The evolution speed of Beasts was already not slow, and Misty Pine's evolution speed was even faster in the Heart of Spring.

Finally, the light of evolution disappeared, and the evolved Misty Pine appeared before the three of them.

The previously brown tree trunk had transformed into a pale blue-white color.

Its entire body emanated a faint cold aura.

Even in the midst of summer, wisps of white mist involuntarily emanated from its body.

Upon getting closer, one would feel an extreme chill.

Not to mention, this evolved Misty Pine, now known as Frosty Fog Locking Pine, was like a giant air conditioner in summer, with its excellent cooling effect.

Its branches and leaves also turned blue-white.

Between the crystal-clear appearance, it seemed as if the tree was truly adorned with snow and frost, creating a beautiful scene akin to frost-covered pine.

Its size and the thickness of its branches and leaves had also significantly increased.

Just this one evolution had doubled the size of Misty Pine.

Su Ping smiled slightly and walked forward to caress the tree trunk of Misty Pine.

The latter's branches and leaves gently swayed, as if flirting with Su Ping.

It was like a shy young lady.

Su Ping didn't mind and instantly focused his True Eye on the evolved Misty Pine, now known as Frosty Fog Locking Pine.

【Frosty Fog Locking Pine】

【Attributes: Water, Ice】

【Current Realm: Monarch Rank Two】

【Race Potential: Monarch Rank Ten】

【Skills: Frosty Fog (Basic), Misty Pine Domain (Basic), Water Purification (Mastered), Ice Storm (Mastered), Air Lock (Proficient), Mist Demon Convergence (Basic)】

With only six skills, and even if one doesn't count the skills Su Ping cultivated using the Heart of Ten Thousand Spirits, this Frosty Fog Locking Pine only had such basic skills?

No wonder Misty Pine hadn't found a plant-type Beast Tamer who was skilled and fond of it after so many years. Its potential was indeed relatively low.

But that was acceptable. After all, it was still a Monarch-tier Beast evolution.

Moreover, the skills of Frosty Fog Locking Pine seemed quite decent.

Except for the Water Purification skill based on Misty Pine's body, the other skills were slightly lacking, especially Ice Storm. The remaining skills seemed to be quite effective.

The two skills that particularly caught Su Ping's attention were Frosty Fog and Misty Pine Domain.

But the last skill was what intrigued him the most.

Mist Demon Convergence.

A summoning-type skill?

This was a rare Beast skill in Su Ping's experience.

Su Ping's heart stirred with curiosity. This skill seemed to have some similarities with the theme of the Heart of Souls.

However, now was not the time to experiment. He could only communicate mentally with Misty Pine and chat casually before sending it into the Beast Master Space.

"I understand now why Liu Lao mentioned it before. Su Ping, next time, find someone else for this kind of joint cultivation. I don't want my Dao Heart to shatter!"

At this moment, looking at the two skills that Frosty Fog Locking Pine possessed, Shangguan Ye directly waved his hand.

Su Ping laughed:

"Senior Shangguan, you're being too polite. I was just lucky. But this cultivation was successful thanks to your guidance, which allowed me to gain a lot of insights! Let's do this, today we'll end it here. I'll take you to the Heart of Water to fish, how about that?"

"Hehe, of course. I've heard Liu Lao mention that your Heart of Water is one of the must-visit places in Linzhou nowadays!"

Shangguan Ye smiled and spoke, while Li Shu, standing beside them, blinked:

"Brother Ping, aren't we continuing with plant-type Beast cultivation?"

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At this moment, Shangguan Ye glanced over, and in such a short time, he already qualified for the intermediate certificate exam?

Although he only specializes in one type of Beast Tamer, it's still impressive for his age.

This is the advantage of having a good teacher.

Su Ping believed in his and Guan Lili's abilities and nodded.

"Okay, then you two go. But I've made it clear, if you disgrace the Heart of Ten Thousand Spirits, don't bother coming back."

Li Shu patted his chest, clearly full of confidence.

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"By the way, how's Zhao Qingqing's mutated wolf?"

"She has good talent. Mainly, Guan Yaotou is taking care of her. These days, Guan Yaotou and Zhao Qingqing have been together. Brother Ping, I heard..."

Su Ping nodded.

"Zhao Qingqing's father helped me out. If Zhao Qingqing is willing, it's fine. But mainly, I'm responsible for the future of the Cloud Patterned Tree Python and the snake-type Beast's cultivation. You don't have to worry about it."

"Okay! Then I'll go find Guan Yaotou in the center of Linzhou first."

"Hmm!"

After Li Shu left, Shangguan Ye continued to smile.

"The Cloud Patterned Tree Python, snake-type Beast cultivation, Su Ping, you sure have a lot of interests!"

"Please don't laugh at me, Senior Shangguan. I've had some small gains recently, let's see if I can enter this field."

Speaking of snake-type Beasts, Su Ping remembered the Red Devil Snake that his father had reserved for him.

This psychic-type mutated devil snake, after hatching, had been in his Beastmaster Space. The little guy had just been born, so it wasn't suitable for any cultivation yet.

Moreover, as a Saint-level potential cub, there was no upper limit to its cultivation, at most it would learn some skills.

However, this little guy slept a lot after hatching, spending most of its time sleeping, up to twenty hours a day, so there was no rush to take it out for free-range.

On the other hand, regarding Zhao Qingqing, Su Ping did need to take some time to focus on her.

Not to mention, establishing a relationship with the mutated wolf and herself, and after the intimacy reached the standard, she could use the Wood Spirit with the other mutated wolves to quickly raise the skill level of the Wood Spirit and other skills to proficiency or even perfection.

After all, this was the first time Su Ping was accepting the cultivation of the Sun's Heart version of the Thousand Wood Wolf. He couldn't be careless.

"By the way, Su Ping, how did you come up with the idea of combining resources with the Spirit Land..."

"Hehe, it's not difficult..."

Su Ping explained the reasoning step by step, and it was indeed not difficult. At the very least, it could fool Shangguan Ye, who was left speechless. He exclaimed that Su Ping should have joined the ranks of plant-type Beast Tamers earlier, as he had the talent to lead them.

The two chatted as they boarded the sightseeing car and arrived at the Water Heart, which had just reopened the day before.

Over the past two days, the flood had gradually subsided, although there were still some remnants in Xihong Lake. However, there had been intermittent Beastmasters returning.

The business at the Water Heart was not only unaffected but had become even more popular due to the reduced price of the Water Heart and the aversion towards water-born Beasts.

In fact, as soon as Su Ping saw it, just a few dozen meters away, there was a child of only ten years old, holding a fishing rod, his eyes wide open, staring at the calm water surface, muttering to himself in disbelief:

"What's so fun about fishing? What are these people thinking? How can someone say that this is more interesting than virtual games? This doesn't make sense!"

Su Ping glanced at the kid didn't suit him?

And whose child is this? Not paying attention, what if he really hooks something? A water-born ferocious Beast might pull him into the water.

If something dangerous happens, wouldn't it cause trouble? With this thought, Su Ping's eyebrows furrowed slightly.

Indeed, the risk was quite significant. As mentioned before, fishing, especially when you can really hook a ferocious water Beast, is an extremely dangerous activity, akin to an extreme sport.

Beastmasters with lower cultivation levels are absolutely not allowed to participate.

Thinking of this, Su Ping first greeted Shangguan Ye, glanced at the little kid's back, and then turned to the security personnel patrolling nearby:

"Little Fang, who allowed such a young tourist to enter the Water Heart? If something happens, who's responsible?"

Little Fang was an elite-level Beastmaster, not weak in strength, and most importantly, he was extremely skilled with firearm-type mechanical weapons.

He was a shooting expert.

If needed, he could instantly take out any water-born ferocious Beasts.

Asked by Su Ping, Little Fang scratched his head, then replied:

"This seems to be Manager Lu's child. He's been taking good care of the kid these days. The kid said Manager Lu told him to come here."

"Lu Heng?"

Su Ping's eyebrows furrowed slightly.

"Regardless, he can't stay here, it's too dangerous. Lu Heng is a retired legion Beastmaster, how can he not understand this logic? Moreover, a little kid, what kind of fish is he fishing for here?"

Su Ping glanced at the kid's empty fish bucket, speechless.

However, it was quite evident that they were several dozen meters away from the child, and although they didn't intentionally lower their voices, they weren't speaking loudly either. If it were a normal child, in this place filled with the sound of water, they wouldn't be able to hear their conversation.

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However, unfortunately, this child was no ordinary person.

Hearing Su Ping's obvious disdain, the red-lipped, white-toothed child suddenly turned his head, his big eyes staring intently at Su Ping.

Su Ping was indeed startled by the child's glare, and then he hardened his face, determined not to show any leniency when dealing with this mischievous kid.

Su Ping was quite skilled in handling such situations.

However, this seemed to only fuel the child's defiance. He ran over to Su Ping's side, as if meeting him for the first time:

"Who are you? Why do you look down on me?"

Su Ping remembered seeing this little kid yesterday.

It was near that detached villa.

But at that time, he only glanced at him.

Su Ping obviously had no interest in exchanging pleasantries with a little kid:

"Alright, since you know Lu Heng, go find him quickly. There's a children's playground at the Cloud Heart, so stop causing trouble here. It's dangerous!"

"Hey! Don't look down on people! Are you good at fishing? Dare to have a competition with me?"

Seeing that Su Ping was ignoring him, the child became more annoyed.

Su Ping was speechless.

Indeed, this was a little troublemaker. Why would he compete with a kid like this? If Shangguan Ye found out, wouldn't it spread a new rumor in Jianghai Linzhou that this genius Beast Tamer was a peculiar person who punched the elderly at the South Mountain Nursing Home and kicked the kids at the North Sea Kindergarten?

Especially in this Beastmaster society, the South Mountain Nursing Home might have a one-in-a-billion chance of having a hidden master, but the North Sea Kindergarten was definitely full of them.

This was the kind of situation where winning would be embarrassing and losing would be even more so. Unless his brain was broken, he wouldn't do it.

Speechless, Su Ping glanced at the little square beside him. The kid seemed to have no idea what to do, just standing there like an onlooker, watching this little brat cause a ruckus and provoke him. Su Ping secretly hated him:

When he returned, he would tell Old Guan to deduct this guy's bonus for the month for having no sense at all!

"Alright, I admit defeat, so can you leave now? I'll go find Lu Heng after I'm done with the customer."

However, the child didn't seem to want to give up. He shouted angrily:

"Admitting defeat is enough? You need to apologize to me! Otherwise, let's have a fishing competition!

Su Ping sighed deeply. He really didn't want to deal with this:

"Okay, okay, I apologize. I shouldn't have looked down on you. You're the best, so can you leave now?"

As he spoke, he made up his mind. Damn it, Lu Heng's bonus for this month was also gone!

However, as Su Ping made this decision, he didn't notice the child's resentful gaze:

You're a genius? Don't geniuses have pride? Why are you apologizing to a kid like me? Let's have a 300-round battle, and after I lose, I'll propose the bet of the Dream Heart VR Headset, you ghost!

Thus, the child added fuel to the fire.

"What's that tone? Are you trying to fool a three-year-old? I'm telling you, I'm already a twelve-year-old man! Not a kid anymore! Why are you always afraid to compete with me? Are you scared of losing and feeling embarrassed?"

Su Ping was really tempted to grab this kid and throw him into the river to cool off, considering the number of people at the fishing platform of the Water Heart, many of whom were prominent figures in Linzhou.

At the same time, Su Ping was truly provoked. He spoke directly:

"Alright, then tell me, how do you want to compete?"

"Of course, it's a competition to see who catches the most valuable and numerous fish! If I win, you have to agree to a condition from me! Rest assured, it's a simple matter for you! And I won't let you agree to it for nothing!"

"Okay, okay, if you lose, quickly leave the Water Heart and go to the children's playground. If you keep causing trouble, I'll have someone force you to leave!"

As for the condition, the simple matter, and not letting him agree to it for nothing, Su Ping didn't take these words to heart. His only thought was to get rid of this troublemaker.

He couldn't understand this kid's confidence, but Su Ping had no choice. He couldn't possibly force him to leave.

If this little brat started crying and making a scene, it would be even more troublesome.

After all, Lu Heng was a talent he valued highly. Lu Heng was in charge of training and security for their Wood Spirit Wolves.

He needed to quickly win against this little guy and send him away.

Many people around also noticed the commotion, including the director of the Fire King Company who had accompanied Xu Li to the Xijiao Forest Farm. He laughed heartily:

"Su Ping, this is the most interesting competition I've seen all year! Go for it! I'm rooting for you!"

Su Ping's face darkened. This old guy didn't gain anything from the Xijiao Forest Farm incident with the Fire King Company, but now he had found an opportunity.

However, Su Ping didn't bother with this unworthy old man. It was clear to anyone with eyes that he was trying to make the little kid submit.

In the midst of Shangguan Ye's amused gaze, the two adults and one child, under the gaze of countless onlookers, arrived at the fishing platform by the water.

A fishing competition that everyone present found abstract was about to begin.

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