Chapter 67: Not the Green Scaled Dragon

Chapter 67: Not the Green Scaled Dragon

Chu Xiran turned to the approaching Huang Mao and asked without wasting time, "Niu Fenjin, how's Li Qian's progress?" She got straight to the point, not wanting to waste time on idle chatter with this guy.

Who knew what kind of nonsense he might bring up if they started chatting casually.

Niu Fenjin sighed and replied with a hint of admiration, "Li Qian truly lives up to your praise as a once-in-a-lifetime breeding prodigy. Even in the field of arrays, his talent is beyond ordinary."

"In just about two weeks, he has already grasped the basics of the Frostfire Formation. Although he can't set it up yet, he can now activate and operate it without any issues."

"At this rate, I estimate that he'll be ready to graduate in about a week."

Of course, this 'graduation' didn't mean mastering all of Niu Fenjin's array knowledge; in reality, there was no need for that.

Li Qian had no intention of becoming an array master.

His study of arrays was solely for breeding purposes, so at this stage, he only needed to learn how to set up the Frostfire Formation and become proficient in using it.

This was his definition of 'graduation'.

"He's almost ready to graduate... That's incredibly fast..." Chu Xiran couldn't help but feel a bit amazed by this news.

Just then, Xue Huaiyu spoke up, "Handsome, can you take us to see Li Qian?"

Niu Fenjin turned to look at Xue Huaiyu and paused for a moment.

He had been focused on Chu Xiran, but now, as he looked at Xue Huaiyu, he realized she was a stunning beauty.

With her voluptuous and captivating figure, her allure was even more potent than Chu Xiran's or Zhu Bingqing's.

As Xue Huaiyu's beautiful eyes sparkled at him, Niu Fenjin felt a bit lightheaded.

Without hesitation, he agreed, "Of course."

Chu Xiran's eyebrows twitched slightly, and she asked, "Should we send someone to inform Li Qian first? It might be abrupt to just show up like this."

"It's fine," Niu Fenjin patted his chest confidently, "I was just with him, and he's currently testing the activation and operation of the Frostfire Formation."

After saying this, he turned and led the way forward.

Chu Xiran wanted to say something but stopped herself, eventually following silently.

Zhou Chubin and Xue Huaiyu also followed, the latter occasionally chatting with Niu Fenjin, making him feel delighted.

Knowing Niu Fenjin's character, Chu Xiran didn't mind.

If he could shift his focus and attention to Xue Huaiyu, it would be a good thing for her.

She genuinely had no feelings for him.

A man as unreliable as him was not someone she would ever consider.

...

At that moment, not far from the central pond, Li Qian stood on an empty plot of land, deep in thought.

He took out a shovel he had prepared earlier and dug a pit about a meter long and wide, and half a meter deep, right in the middle of the Frostfire Formation.

The Frostfire Formation was essentially a combination of two arrays: the Frost Array and the Flame Array.

When Niu Fenjin set it up, he first laid out one array, then the other, and finally connected the two arrays together.

The key to array fusion was where the two arrays were linked.

And that was exactly where Li Qian had dug the pit.

This spot was also the most suitable location for Carp's evolution.

Li Qian wasted no time; using his psychic energy, he simultaneously activated the Frost Array on the left and the Flame Array on the right.

The fire-attributed energy stone embedded in one array and the ice-attributed energy stone in the other immediately responded, emitting beams of energy.

One beam was red, and the other was blue-white, and they rapidly spread along the arrays on the ground.

Finally, the energy beams converged at the overlapping point between the two arrays.

Although he had successfully activated the formation several times before, Li Qian remained cautious with each practice.

This time was no exception.

When the two energy beams met, they formed a new beam of a pale brown color, encircling the overlapping area of the arrays.

Witnessing this, Li Qian once again activated the energy stones within the arrays, deactivating them. He then quickly made his way to the central pond.

After making several trips with a bucket, filling the pit between the arrays, Li Qian captured Carp in his Beast Orb.

Bringing Carp to the pit, Li Qian looked at him and said firmly, "Carp, are you ready?"

"Gurgle..."

Carp, in the pit, blew bubbles, his fish eyes filled with anticipation.

Li Qian took out a Blood Orchid Elixir from his space crystal and, looking at Carp, continued to entice him, "If you can complete your evolution, I'll directly contract with you and make you my second companion beast. There's hope for your future evolution into an Icefire Dragon."

These words, in fact, weren't just empty promises.

Li Qian was confident that he could evolve Xiao Liu into a Holy Spirit Rank Icefire Dragon.

Even the subsequent evolutionary forms of the Green Scaled Dragon weren't without hope of being researched.

With the existence of the Golden Finger Companion Beast Research System, anything was possible.

In the water pit, Xiao Liu swam rapidly, expressing its excitement.

Li Qian understood its intentions and, without hesitation, came to the edge of the water pit and poured in the Blood Orchid Elixir.

At the edge of the water pit, Xiao Liu opened its fish mouth and swallowed all the Blood Orchid Elixir.

After swallowing the elixir, it wasn't long before a faint Evolution Radiance began to emanate from Xiao Liu's body.

However, this Evolution Radiance was very weak, and it was impossible to complete the evolution with just this much.

Li Qian, seeing this, immediately used his Psychic Energy to connect with the Frostfire Formation.

The Frostfire Formation activated once more, with red and blue energy intersecting to form a pale brown energy beam.

At this moment, Xiao Liu was in the water pit where the two formations intersected. Initially, there were no changes, but gradually, Li Qian noticed that the pale brown fusion energy began to enter its body.

"Rumble..."

As the pale brown energy surged in, Xiao Liu started to swim more wildly.

Although it was just a fish, at this moment, Li Qian could sense a mix of anxiety, pain, excitement, and anticipation from it.

As the pale brown energy continued to surge in, the Evolution Radiance around Xiao Liu's body became more intense.

It even began to radiate outward, forming a beam of light that rose to a height of over ten meters.

"That's... Evolution Radiance!!" Not far away, the three people led by Niu Jinjin saw this and were all taken aback.

They hadn't expected that a simple recruitment visit would witness a Companion Beast evolution.

And judging by the dramatic beam of light, this evolution wasn't going to be simple.

Chu Xiran, unlike the other three, knew that the Green Scaled Dragon's evolution required a very specific terrain.

Currently, no suitable place had been found in all of Lingwater City.

This meant that this evolution was probably not the Carp to Green Scaled Dragon evolution method.

If that was the case... it was most likely the Carp to Frostfire Salamander evolution method that Li Qian had mentioned.

Thinking about this, even Chu Xiran, who considered herself to have a good temperament, couldn't help but feel her heart racing.

Looking at the rising Evolution Radiance, the three of them stopped in their tracks, while Niu Jinjin, seemingly unaware, continued to walk forward.

Seeing this, Chu Xiran couldn't help but frown and reminded him, "Jinjin, you should stop here."

Niu Jinjin, hearing this, was momentarily stunned, but quickly came to his senses.

At this moment, it wasn't appropriate to continue forward.

Continuing might reveal Li Qian's secret methods for evolving Companion Beasts.

This was a significant taboo.

Initially, Niu Jinjin hadn't realized this, but after Chu Xiran's reminder, he fully understood.

He obediently stopped.

"Is this the evolution from Carp to Green Scaled Dragon?" Xue Huaiyu's eyes flickered as she watched the Evolution Radiance rising from the nearby forest.

Before coming, she had already heard about Li Qian's achievements.

She knew he had discovered the evolution method from Carp to Green Scaled Dragon.

But for a high school student to solve a problem that many Senior Breeders and even Master Breeders couldn't, sounded too strange and unbelievable.

So she had come with a skeptical attitude.

Apart from trying to recruit Li Qian, she also wanted to test his capabilities.

Now, it seemed there was no need for such skepticism.

Moreover, she had just heard Chu Xiran mention that Li Qian had already evolved two Green Scaled Dragons.

If this one was included, it would be the third.

Evolving three Green Scaled Dragons in a short time indicated that Li Qian had fully mastered this evolution method.

It also suggested a very high success rate and that the method wasn't overly complex.

From this, it could be inferred that the value of this evolutionary path far exceeded expectations.

After all, the Green Scaled Dragon was a potential Overlord Fifth Tier Companion Beast. If they could be mass-produced, it would have significant implications for the entire Dongxia Federation.

Carp, after all, were extremely common Companion Beasts.

Xue Huaiyu's thoughts raced, dispelling her doubts, and she began to consider many possibilities. Beside her, Zhou Chubin's mind was equally overwhelmed.

He blurted out, "Is this Li Qian evolving a Green Scaled Dragon?"

Chu Xiran, standing beside him, shook her head.

Considering that some things would eventually come to light, there was no point in hiding them now.

Moreover, if they knew, it would only increase Li Qian's value.

So Chu Xiran chose to be honest and replied with a single word, "No!"

Zhou Chubin, seeing Chu Xiran's reaction, misunderstood her and asked with a hint of confusion, "Even you, Teacher Chu, don't know?"

Chu Xiran was still shaking her head, and she explained, "I've talked with Li Qian before, and I know a little about his situation."

"If I'm not mistaken, this shouldn't be the evolution radiance of a Green Scaled Dragon..."

Her words instantly piqued the curiosity of the other three, and Xue Huaiyu was the first to ask, "Then what is it?"

Chu Xiran glanced at both Xue Huaiyu and Zhou Chubin, her eyes filled with a hint of pride, "I remember, Li Qian once told me that the evolution of a Green Scaled Dragon has very strict requirements for terrain. Currently, within the range of Lingwater City, we haven't found a suitable location yet."

"So this evolution radiance is most likely not that of a Green Scaled Dragon."

Without pausing, she continued, "...but rather a new evolutionary form he's researching. This evolutionary form also starts from a carp, and he discovered it by chance while studying the Green Scaled Dragon..."

"Oh, I see!"

Xue Huaiyu and Zhou Chubin's faces showed a moment of realization, followed by shock and disbelief. Both of them momentarily lost the ability to speak, turning into wooden statues. Once they regained their composure, the desire in their eyes intensified.

If everything Chu Xiran said was true, then Li Qian was not just an ordinary or lucky Beastmaster genius.

Such a Beastmaster genius could change the strength and status of a Beastmaster University. They must do their utmost to recruit him. With this thought, their eyes lit up, and they stared fixedly at the not-too-distant tree without moving.

"I wonder if Li Qian ever mentioned to you what kind of companion beast this evolutionary form is?" Xue Huaiyu asked, trying to contain the shock in her heart.

At this moment, she had already started re-evaluating Li Qian's value in her mind.

If the evolution from a carp to a Green Scaled Dragon was a matter of luck or a burst of inspiration, then discovering a second evolutionary form from a carp on top of that would be sufficient proof of his abilities.

To research two evolutionary forms in a short period, and judging by their appearance, they were both extraordinary companion beasts. Luck couldn't explain it.

Moreover, judging by the dense and exaggerated evolution radiance, it could be determined that the potential of this evolutionary form was also astonishing.

Perhaps it wasn't inferior to the Green Scaled Dragon.

Seeing the anticipation in Xue Huaiyu's eyes, Chu Xiran smiled faintly, "You'll know soon enough!"

This time, she didn't reveal the truth again, not only because Li Qian hadn't been so certain last time, but also because she wanted them to witness that kind of shock for themselves.

Then she would consider what price they would have to pay to poach her student.

The four of them stood quietly in their original spots, gazing at the distant tree. Just then, Han Yuying led over a woman dressed in black leather, exuding wild beauty from head to toe.

"Is this... evolution radiance?" As they drew a little closer, the two of them also saw the distinct evolution radiance.

After the initial shock, the woman in black leather couldn't help but mutter to herself, "Is it a Green Scaled Dragon?"

"Probably not!" Han Yuying immediately gave a negative answer.

She had witnessed the evolution of a Green Scaled Dragon, and although its evolution radiance was also dazzling and splendid, it was quite different from what she was seeing now.

Most importantly, there wasn't a waterfall in their base that met the requirements. How could it evolve?

Hearing this, the woman in black leather gave Han Yuying a puzzled look. Seeing that the latter didn't intend to explain further, she shifted her gaze to Xue Huaiyu and the other three.

"Professor Zhou, Professor Xue, what a coincidence!" The woman in black leather saw Xue Huaiyu and Zhou Chubin and immediately greeted them.

"Who are you?" Since she didn't recognize the woman, Xue Huaiyu asked directly.

"Professor Xue, I don't think you know me, but I've heard a lot about you. Our principal often reminds me to learn from you." The woman in black leather enthusiastically reached out and took the initiative to greet Xue Huaiyu.

After a polite greeting, she introduced herself, "I'm Ai Xiaolian, a new recruitment officer at Mizhou Beastmaster University."

Upon hearing Ai Xiaolian's self-introduction, Xue Huaiyu's surface remained calm, but deep down, she was already thinking otherwise.

This Mizhou Beastmaster University is really something else. They're even copying our Shazhou Beastmaster University's strategy of using beautiful people for recruitment!

Of course, at this moment, the most flustered person was Zhou Chubin.

What's going on with this world? They've turned recruitment into a messy affair. Before, there was only Shazhou Beastmaster University, and now, there's a new Mizhou Beastmaster University.

This time, I have to go back and suggest to the principal that our Jiangnan Beastmaster University should also find a good-looking recruitment officer.

If we want to compete with them, we can't be too high and mighty. We have to get our hands dirty.

Our academy's Guo Xiaoyue is quite good; those legs are to die for...

(End of Chapter)

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