14: Chapter 14: Cultivation Failure?

Supervisor Chen reacted quickly, gave Li Yu a thumbs up, and said, "Good! You truly are the talent Supervisor Song thinks highly of; young people should be like this! Have confidence, have courage, don't be like this old Song, so timid at 30-something years old."

"Bullshit!" Supervisor Song cursed in anger, then turned to persuade Li Yu, "Li Yu, focus on the cultivation, don't pay attention to this shady bastard, he doesn't have good intentions."

Supervisor Chen clicked his tongue and said, "Old Song, the person involved has no objections, why are you worrying for nothing? Even if he fails the cultivation and comes to us, do you think I would treat him poorly? Is the cultivation standard of the Eighth Floor not as good as your Seventh Floor?"

Supervisor Song's chest heaved with anger.

"Supervisor Song," Li Yu reassured, "It's okay, it's just one cultivation, I have confidence in myself."

After speaking, Li Yu continued to look at Supervisor Chen: "You haven't said it yet, if I succeed in the cultivation, what are the benefits? ...If the benefits aren't enough, I will refuse."

These words gave people a feeling of advancing by retreating, as if saying—it's not that I won't agree, it's that your conditions cannot attract me.

Supervisor Chen frowned and pondered.

The others watched quietly; even the most oblivious person realized at this moment that the atmosphere was wrong, and discovered the strange conflict between the two supervisors and even Li Yu.

Yang Juan looked nervously at the Fire Crow; she didn't care about other people's grudges, what she cared about was whether her pet beast could be successfully cultivated and if any accidents would happen.

The others waited quietly.

"If you succeed in the cultivation," Supervisor Chen said, "I will give you a high-value order from the Eighth Floor!"

"A high-value order?" Li Yu looked at Supervisor Song.

Although Supervisor Song was very helpless about Li Yu's choice, he didn't hide anything and explained, "Orders in the Cultivation Department are divided into various types, such as ordinary orders, special orders, and high-value orders. High-value orders often have extremely high rewards, easily reaching millions, and are quite sought after, but the cultivation requirements are also high."

Millions!

Li Yu's breath hitched.

If he could get such a sum of money, he wouldn't have to worry about his mother's medical expenses for a long time, and he could even plan for a complete treatment.

"Good! It's a deal!"

"Li Yu!"

"Supervisor Song, don't worry, I'm confident."

Li Yu smiled, then took the Fire Crow and the potion, and headed into the incubation pod.

While he was administering the medicine, Supervisor Chen wasn't idle either. He looked at Supervisor Song, occasionally looked at Song Jiang, and then followed Song Jiang's gaze to the few team members.

From the way the few team members stood on two sides, it was clear that these people were somewhat at odds due to the recent choice.

Hmph!

Since that's the case, I'll give you a hand!

A gleam of light flashed in Supervisor Chen's eyes as he looked at the two young team members and asked with a smile, "You two, are you also looking to cultivate?"

The two looked at each other.

"We originally were, but we refused."

"Yes, we don't trust him."

The two answered.

Supervisor Chen nodded with satisfaction and smiled, "Since that's the case, why don't you two come over to my Eighth Floor later to sit for a while? We have very outstanding Breeders there. If the price is right, I can make an exception and ask an Intermediate Cultivator to cultivate your pet beasts."

As soon as these words were spoken, Song Jiang and the others' expressions darkened.

"Stop yapping here, who knows what kind of scheme you're plotting? If we want to cultivate, we'll definitely look for my brother, not you!" Song Jiang glared at Supervisor Chen.

The captain frowned and said, "That's right, we have no intention of getting involved in your grudges, let's forget about the cultivation matter."

Although he didn't think highly of Li Yu, and didn't approve of Supervisor Song either, how should he put it—his team member's family was here, so the necessary face still had to be given.

Who knew that as soon as his voice fell, the two young team members became anxious.

"Don't do that, Captain, this is an Intermediate Cultivator! You can't even hire one usually." One team member shouted.

"That's right, Captain, you can't make decisions for us. Supervisor Chen, we'll leave our two pet beasts to you." The other team member said with a fawning face.

"You!"

The captain glared at the two team members, but the two seemed not to see it and continued to look at Supervisor Chen fawningly.

Supervisor Chen laughed loudly, expressing his enthusiasm, and quickly won the two team members over.

"Rest assured, the Breeders I find for you later are all experienced Breeders; there is no pet beast that cannot be cultivated."

"Yes, yes, thank you, Supervisor Chen."

"It has to be Supervisor Chen who is reliable; we two brothers trust you."

"Hahaha..."

...

After a while.

Li Yu finished feeding the Fire Crow the potion, gave it another injection at the base of its wing, and walked out.

He first glanced at the two young team members; those two were looking at him with disdain.

He then looked at the captain, Yang Juan, and Song Jiang; the three had livid expressions, carrying an anger of being betrayed.

Li Yu came to the console, and after some operations, grabbed the red handle.

Everyone held their breath.

Watching quietly.

As the handle was pushed upwards.

Hum—

A beam of white light shot from above the incubation pod, the light fell on the Fire Crow, and after only a few seconds of irradiation, a white light suddenly erupted from the Fire Crow's body.

"It's started!"

Song Jiang exclaimed.

Yang Juan couldn't care about being angry at her two teammates; she looked nervously at the incubation pod, her face full of worry.

The captain waited quietly; he seemed calm, but his tightly clenched fists showed his nervousness.

Supervisor Song was so excited that his whole body was trembling; there was excitement and trepidation.

Supervisor Chen and the two team members who had defected to him looked at the white light with suspicion, feeling vaguely uneasy, and a thought involuntarily emerged in their hearts—could it be, could it really evolve?

The white light shone violently, emitting a sharp whistling sound, as if there were invisible fluctuations impacting the glass of the incubation pod.

Fortunately, the glass of the incubation pod was specially made and remained unmoved.

Suddenly.

With a "ding" sound, it seemed like something hit the glass, creating a tiny pit on the glass.

It was the needle Li Yu had stuck into the Fire Crow.

Everyone was puzzled, when suddenly with a "pfft" sound, countless blood splattered on the glass pod, and the Fire Crow's shrill scream rang out.

Everyone's expression changed.

"Fire Crow!" Yang Juan exclaimed, completely panicked.

"Sure enough... cultivating a disabled pet beast is unusually difficult." Supervisor Song sighed, seeming to slump a bit, and shook his head in disappointment.

Now, not only was Li Yu finished, but he himself would also lose face once.

Apologizing to that guy named Chen in front of all the leaders and colleagues—thinking of this, Supervisor Song felt as disgusted as if he had eaten a fly.

On the other side.

The two team members who gave up on cultivation looked at each other, both with a gleam of relief and joy in their eyes.

"Thank goodness, thank goodness we didn't agree to the cultivation."

"He dares to cultivate even a disabled pet beast; this kind of person is simply ignorant. If he were to become a Breeder, who knows how many people's pet beasts he would harm."

Supervisor Chen listened, a smug smile appearing on his face.

As long as the cultivation fails and Special Assistant Yang's attention shifts away from Li Yu, they would have plenty of time and means to deal with this meddlesome guy!

"Intern, it seems your cultivation has failed."

Supervisor Chen shouted.

Everyone looked at Li Yu; Yang Juan's heartache, the captain's questioning, Supervisor Song's disappointment, as well as Song Jiang's embarrassment and confusion.

Supervisor Chen's smugness, the two team members' relief and disdain.

All eyes fell on Li Yu, yet Li Yu's expression was very calm.

"What's the rush? It's not over yet."

As his voice fell, Li Yu pulled the red handle that had been pushed halfway, all the way to the top in one motion.

Hum—

An even more dazzling white light shot out from the incubation pod, quickly filling the entire laboratory, and everyone fell into a state of temporary blindness.

They instinctively closed their eyes.

The next second, the Fire Crow's cry rang in everyone's ears.

This time the sound was passionate, high-pitched, carrying a joy of being reborn from the ashes.