15: Chapter 15 Fiery Crow! A New S-Rank Species
"What's going on?"
"Could it be..."
"The sound just now wasn't like this!"
Everyone exclaimed, looking toward the incubation pod, but the blinding white light robbed everyone of their vision; even during the flickering phase of the light, their eyes were filled with nothing but white.
Of course, Li Yu was the exception.
From the moment the evolution began, he had already picked up the sunglasses beside the console to avoid the direct glare of the white light.
Who knows how much time had passed.
The white light vanished.
Ding!
【The Blazing Fire Crow, reborn from the flames, feels the changes within itself and is filled with gratitude toward you. You have gained 300 points of cultivation value.】
300!
A triple return rate!
Li Yu curled the corner of his mouth, more certain than ever that he had chosen the right path.
The same evolution, when applied to different beast companions, yields vastly different feedback.
It's like the same burger; if you give it to someone who has been starving for three days, versus someone who just ate two hours ago, the feeling is completely different.
The former will treat you like a savior and be moved to tears, while the latter might even complain that your burger isn't as good as the one from next door.
The Fire Crow was disabled, leading to a depressed spirit; its life as a beast had almost hit rock bottom. At this moment, whoever pulled it up would likely gain a hundredfold increase in its favor.
Not to mention that he didn't just pull it out of the bottom of the valley, he even pushed it toward the peak, allowing it to be reborn and revitalized.
By this time, the others' eyes had also adapted.
They looked toward the incubation pod.
A large crow, over a meter wide, with wings fully feathered and burning with raging flames, was flying inside.
Everyone was immediately shocked.
"Are you kidding me? It actually evolved?"
"Why? It was clearly a disabled beast companion, how the hell did it succeed!"
The two team members who had given up on the cultivation stared with wide eyes, looking at the fiery red figure before them in disbelief; the relief and smugness on their faces turned into regret and bitterness.
Even worse, Song Jiang, who had been holding back a belly full of anger, erupted.
He shouted excitedly at the two: "What did I say? What did I say? I told you Li Yu could do it, but you just wouldn't listen! Regretting it now, aren't you? Now you know who the stupid one is!"
He didn't hold back, directing his outburst right in their faces, leaving the two team members furious and indignant, yet helpless. Their faces turned livid, and they looked toward the captain for help.
But the captain himself was still immersed in pleasant surprise.
As for Yang Juan, she covered her mouth, tears streaming down her face, her whole body trembling as if a gust of wind could blow her over.
"That's great, Fire Crow, Fire Crow has recovered, and it even turned a misfortune into a blessing and evolved..."
Her voice trembled with excitement.
"Damn it, the situation is bad now. I didn't expect an Intern to actually have some real skills..." Supervisor Chen's eyes flickered, and while everyone else was watching the incubation pod, he greased the soles of his feet and quietly tried to slip away.
Little did he know, after the light of evolution stabilized, Supervisor Song's squinting eyes had locked onto him like a radar.
The moment Supervisor Chen moved, Supervisor Song blocked his path.
"Supervisor Chen, where do you want to go?" Supervisor Song grinned, his expression somewhat sly.
"I... I'm going to the restroom."
"Don't be in such a rush, a few minutes won't kill you. Now that the cultivation results are out, what about the high-value order we agreed on?"
"This..." Supervisor Chen's eyes darted around, "I'll give it to you when I get back from the restroom. We're in the same company, would I really lie to you?"
Supervisor Song said with a fake smile: "Since you wouldn't, let's just transfer the permission for one order over. The company software updated last month to support processing orders on mobile; if you don't know how, I'll teach you."
"Supervisor Song..."
"Old Chen, there are monitors in the cultivation room. You wouldn't want me to have to ask you for that order during the end-of-month report, would you?"
Since it had come to this, Supervisor Chen couldn't push it off any longer.
He had originally intended to use the bathroom as an excuse to slip away, and once he was out the door, pretend nothing happened. Unfortunately, they were both thousand-year-old foxes; neither could fool the other.
Moreover, he had more important things to report back on.
Thinking of this, Supervisor Chen glared at Supervisor Song and reluctantly operated his phone. Soon, the permission to allocate one high-value order was transferred to Supervisor Song.
"Alright, received. Take care, come by often."
Supervisor Song looked at the extra order in his hand, grinning from ear to ear.
His gaze shifted to the beast companion in the incubation pod, and then to Li Yu, who was leaning against the console watching quietly. His shock was beyond measure.
Another new species!
Two days, two new species cultivated. What kind of god-tier Intern is this?!
Thinking of the Starlight Wolf King's attributes yesterday, a terrifying thought popped into Supervisor Song's mind.
Yesterday's new species was s-rank quality. Could today's be one too?
Soon, he shook his head, extinguishing that thought.
You have to know, creating a new species is hard, but getting an s-rank from a new species is even harder. According to the annual report once released by the Cultivation Guild, on average, out of 100 new species of beast companions, only 3 might have s-rank quality.
In other words, the probability of getting an "s-rank".
Is only 3%.
Even so, succeeding in creating a new species twice was enough to prove Li Yu's level.
At this moment, the door of the incubation pod opened.
The evolved Fire Crow flew out, trailing long flames, extinguished its fire in mid-air, and pounced on Yang Juan. Its eagle-sized body made Yang Juan take a few steps back before she could stand steady.
"How is it?"
The captain asked hurriedly, and the others also looked toward Yang Juan.
Yang Juan stroked the Fire Crow, and after feeling it, she revealed a shocked expression, saying: "So strong! I can feel it, it has become so much stronger than before! Doubled! How is this possible..."
Song Jiang chuckled and said: "I understand. When I saw the Starlight Wolf King yesterday, I had pretty much the same reaction."
Everyone turned their gaze toward Li Yu.
Li Yu smiled and waved at the Fire Crow—no, the Blazing Fire Crow: "Come here, let me give you a full-body checkup."
The Blazing Fire Crow gently flapped its wings and flew to Li Yu's side.
Li Yu teased it a few times, then, familiar with the process, began testing the Blazing Fire Crow's full attributes, which could be considered putting a period to this cultivation.
【Beast Name】: Blazing Fire Crow
【Beast Quality】: Extraordinary (s-rank)
【Beast Level】: Bronze Level 5
【Beast Attribute】: Fire
【Beast Talent】: Raging Flames, Flame-Treading Claws, Rebirth from Fire
【Beast Introduction】: The Blazing Fire Crow, which haunts the depths of flames, has extremely high fire affinity, making it almost immune to most fire damage, and it has a chance to heal injuries through flames.
Silence.
Absolute silence.
Seven people, not a single sound could be uttered, only the faint hissing sound of people gasping in cold air.
"s-rank! It really is an s-rank!"
Supervisor Song was so shocked he took a step back, looking at Li Yu with a terrified expression; the look in his eyes was like he was looking at a monster.
Pfft, pfft, pfft!
Not a monster, but a godfather.
This is practically a godfather from a different mother and father.