74: Collection Travel

Mind Emperor, who was still engrossed in licking equipment, looked bewildered. He had just felt a mental force trying to merge with his own mental force, and he instinctively repelled it.

Then, his junior started wailing.

"What exactly did you do to beBacklash by my mental force?"

"Ying~ Ying~"

Qingyan honestly confessed his new Skill and his suicidal thoughts.

Mind Emperor, however, didn't think there was anything wrong with the idea, because when he was young, he also sought death every day, provoking powerful pet beasts everywhere, and honed his ability to escape, which is why he is where he is today.

"When testing such a mental Skill, it's best to communicate with the target first."

"Otherwise, if the mental force gap is too large, let alone whether the Skill can succeed, you'll first suffer a mental force backlash."

"I actually really want you to learn my Skill. So far, no pet beast has the same Skill as mine."

"If you can learn it, then I'll have a kinsman."

"So, you can just tell me about this kind of thing directly."

Let alone Qingyan, even Li Wen himself wouldn't dare to tell Mind Emperor directly in this situation. After all, stealing a Skill right in front of someone sounds strange no matter how you look at it.

There wasn't much more trying; anyway, with Li Wen's luck, the probability of a one-shot success was close to zero. So, his response to Mind Emperor's suggestion was:

"The Skill proficiency is too low right now. It would be better to try again after increasing the proficiency."

... [Contracted Pet Beast: Qingyan]

[attribute: Insect]

... [Evolution Plan]:

[Evolution Conditions]:

... [Achieved]

[Additional Conditions]:

1. Complete the collection of Skill attribute types, including Fire, Water, Wood, Metal, Earth, Insect, Ice, Thunder, Light, Dark, Mental, Illusion, Ghost, and Dragon, these common original attribute types.

(Note: Time-type and Space-type belong to rare original attribute types.)

(Note: Mechanical-type belongs to integrated attributes.)

[Evolution Materials]: silkworm stone × 1, elemental heart of each attribute × 1, any material above level five × 1, any material above level five × 1

Evolution site requirements: None

Seeing such an evolution material list, Li Wen had every reason to suspect that this panel was at odds with him.

Just when he had some financial breathing room, Qingyan's evolution materials directly drained his entire savings.

Is raising pets really this tragic? He had planned to arrange elemental hearts for Qingyan later, but now Li Wen had no choice.

"You chose it, idol!"

Qingyan was completely bewildered, thinking he had caused some trouble.

"Ying?"

"No, what did I do?"

If he had to be charged with a crime, there would be no problem, and that would be the "crime of emptying Li Wen's wallet."

"It's fine, I should give it to you."

Li Wen could only frantically comfort himself internally. It was going to happen sooner or later, it just happened earlier.

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However, with six more attributes now, even if all the reward quota was used up, it would still not be enough to meet this requirement.

He could only hope that the thesis would bring him more rewards.

Li Wen planned to complete the additional conditions incidentally while collecting Slimes for Yuan Wang.

Currently, only Ice-type, Metal-type, Wood-type, Mental-type, Ghost-type, and Dragon Faction are missing. Ice-type can be completed incidentally during the Slime collection process.

Wood-type, Mental-type, and Ghost-type can all be resolved by asking Lu Chen for help. Metal-type and Dragon Faction will require separate travel plans.

After searching on the official forum, Li Wen finalized two locations for this last month: the "Frost Lake" in the north and the "Thunderbolt Canyon" right in Lingdu University.

By the "Frost Lake," not only are there many ordinary Blue Slimes, but Ice Slimes can also be found. Although they are not pure elemental Slimes, they at least possess Ice-type and Ice-type Skills.

The reason "Thunderbolt Canyon" can serve as Lingdu University's internal secret realm resource is primarily because Lingdu University's ace department is the Mechanical Faction, and they have a very thorough research on Mechanical Faction and Thunder Faction pet beasts.

At the same time, because of research, there is also a huge demand for ores and energy, so "Thunderbolt Canyon" can be used as the school's power station.

One of Li Wen's targets in "Thunderbolt Canyon" is the Thunder Slime, and the other is the Steel-toothed Pig.

For Li Wen, this kind of completely wild secret realm still carries some danger, and this type of Metal Faction pet beast can be found without going too deep into the secret realm.

This perfectly ensured the safety of the operation, of course, on the premise that Li Wen didn't seek death.

As for the Dragon Faction, there was no time to specifically arrange a location for it. Whether he could encounter one would depend entirely on luck. If not, Qingyan's evolution would have to be delayed for some time.

Li Wen couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "Yuan Wang is still the best. He's easy to breed, costs little, and can even provide materials for himself."

"I must quickly make him evolve so that I can develop (exploit) his abilities to a greater extent."

With the plan complete, it was time to rest. Li Wen had taken on an assistance investigation mission at "Frost Lake" and had to leave early tomorrow morning to gather... Compared to the primitive ecology of "Thunderbolt Canyon," "Frost Lake" was more like a semi-tourist attraction nature reserve.

The team included a senior Breeder, seven or eight professional Beastmasters, plus a few innocent-looking college students.

Such a team was truly configured for official missions, unlike Lin Yan, who purely called students to consume resources.

As soon as they arrived at the lakeside with them,

It could be seen that there were still some people by the lake, but because the scenery here was not particularly beautiful, and under the cold natural conditions, the tourist flow was not very large.

One of the professional Beastmasters, surnamed Lei, couldn't resist his curiosity and asked Li Wen, who looked genuinely young,

"Little brother, are you really a Breeder? How old are you?"

Words alone were not enough, and Li Wen knew that his face was indeed not very convincing. He directly took out his Breeder certificate.

"I'm a prospective freshman, and I'm also here to improve my strength."

Hearing Li Wen's words, two of the four college students who hadn't yet obtained their Breeder certificates, both freshmen, leaned over and asked curiously,

"That's not right, isn't the College Entrance Examination not started yet? How are you already a prospective freshman?"

The remaining two true juniors who were there to assist the teacher said,

"Otherwise, why would the teacher say you're stupid? Students who can run around like this a month before the College Entrance Examination and also have a Breeder certificate definitely don't worry about admission quotas."

"Oh, it seems so, awesome."

The person being lectured scratched his head sheepishly and then gave Li Wen a thumbs up.

Brother Lei said, "Little brother, we plan to contract our third pet. Can you give us some advice later?"

These Beastmasters didn't think those college students would look down on them; it was just that their faces were too innocent, and they didn't seem as reliable as Li Wen.