Chapter 72: Chapter 67: Not a Cyan-Scaled Flood Dragon

In the puddle, Xiaoliu swam about rapidly, expressing its excitement.

Li Qian understood its feelings. Without further hesitation, he walked to the edge of the puddle and poured in the Blood Orchid Potion.

At the puddle’s edge, Xiaoliu opened its mouth and swallowed the entire Blood Orchid Potion.

Not long after it swallowed the Blood Orchid Potion, a faint Light of Evolution began to emanate from Xiaoliu’s body.

However, the Light of Evolution was extremely faint. It was completely impossible for it to finish evolving with this light alone.

Seeing this, Li Qian acted at once, using his Spiritual Power to link with the Frostfire Array.

The Frostfire Array activated once more. Crimson and blue-white energies converged, again forming a light-brown beam of energy.

At that moment, Xiaoliu was in the puddle where the two arrays converged. At first, nothing happened. But gradually, Li Qian noticed the light-brown, fused energy beginning to enter its body.

BUBBLE BUBBLE...

As the light-brown energy surged in, Xiaoliu began to swim about even more frantically.

Though it was only a fish, in that moment, Li Qian sensed a complex mix of emotions coming from it: anxiety, pain, excitement, and anticipation.

And as the light-brown energy surged in, the Light of Evolution surrounding Xiaoliu also began to grow more intense.

It even radiated outward, forming a pillar of light that shot up about ten meters high.

"That’s... the Light of Evolution!" Not far away, the three people being led by Niu Fenjin saw the scene, their faces all etched with astonishment.

They never expected to witness something like a Pet Beast evolution during a routine recruitment visit.

And judging by the incredible beam of light, this evolution was probably no simple matter.

Chu Xiran was different from the other three. She knew that the evolution of a Cyan-Scaled Flood Dragon had extremely high terrain requirements.

So far, no suitable location had been found in all of Lingshui City.

’In other words, this evolution probably isn’t the path from a Koi Carp to a Cyan-Scaled Flood Dragon.’

’If that’s true... then it’s almost certainly the evolution path from Koi Carp to Frostfire Salamander that Li Qian mentioned.’

At this thought, even Chu Xiran, who prided herself on her composure, couldn’t stop her heart from pounding wildly.

Gazing at the rising Light of Evolution ahead, the three all halted. Only Niu Fenjin seemed not to have realized what was happening and kept walking straight forward.

Seeing this, Chu Xiran couldn’t help but frown before calling out a reminder, "Fenjin, we should stop here."

Niu Fenjin froze for a moment at her words, then immediately came to his senses.

’This really isn’t the right time to keep going.’

’If we keep going, we might see the secrets of how Li Qian is evolving his Pet Beast.’

’That’s a huge taboo.’

Niu Fenjin hadn’t realized it at first, but with Chu Xiran’s reminder, it all clicked into place.

He obediently came to a halt.

’Is this the evolution from a Koi Carp to a Cyan-Scaled Flood Dragon?’ Xue Huaiyu’s eyes glinted as she watched the Light of Evolution rising from the dense forest nearby.

She had heard about Li Qian before coming here.

She knew he had discovered the evolution path from Koi Carp to Cyan-Scaled Flood Dragon.

But for a high school student to solve a problem that had stumped numerous Advanced Breeders and even Cultivation Masters—the whole thing sounded far too strange, too unbelievable.

That was why she had initially come here feeling skeptical.

Her purpose in coming here was not only to recruit Li Qian but also to test his abilities.

’Now, it seems, that won’t be necessary at all.’

Besides, she had just heard Chu Xiran mention that Li Qian had already evolved two Cyan-Scaled Flood Dragons.

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

’Evolving three Cyan-Scaled Flood Dragons in just over a month... what did that imply?’

’It implied that Li Qian had completely mastered this evolution method.’

’It implied that the success rate was extremely high.’

’It implied that the method itself wasn’t difficult.’

’From all this, one could conclude that the value of this evolutionary path was far beyond imagination.’

’After all, the Cyan-Scaled Flood Dragon was a Pet Beast with Tier Five Dominator Potential. If they could be evolved in batches, it would hold extraordinary significance for the entire Dongxia Federation.’

’After all, a Pet Beast like the Koi Carp was just too common.’

As Xue Huaiyu’s thoughts raced, shattering her doubts, she considered a great many things. Beside her, Zhou Chubin’s mind wasn’t faring much better.

He subconsciously blurted out, "Is Li Qian evolving a Cyan-Scaled Flood Dragon?"

Chu Xiran, who was standing nearby, shook her head at his words.

She considered that they would find out eventually, so there was no point in hiding it now.

Besides, letting them know would only increase Li Qian’s value in their eyes.

So Chu Xiran chose to tell the truth, uttering a single word, "No!"

Zhou Chubin misinterpreted her reaction and asked in confusion, "Even you don’t know, Teacher Chu?" 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

Chu Xiran continued to shake her head and explained, "I’ve spoken with Li Qian before. I know a little about his affairs."

"If I’m not mistaken, this isn’t the Light of Evolution of a Cyan-Scaled Flood Dragon..."

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

Chu Xiran glanced at Xue Huaiyu and Zhou Chubin in turn, a trace of pride in her eyes. "I remember Li Qian once told me that the evolution for a Cyan-Scaled Flood Dragon has rather strict terrain requirements. Currently, within the borders of our Lingshui City, we still haven’t found a suitable place."