133: Chapter 133 Dream Weaver Butterfly Queen
Weekend, the usual spot. A private restaurant hidden deep in an alley.
When Lin Fan arrived, Ye Qing was already sitting in the private room, a pot of tea set before her, which she was sipping leisurely.
She was wearing a light blue dress with her hair let down, looking a bit less sharp and a bit more gentle than usual.
Lin Fan sat down opposite her and looked her up and down.
"Yo, university students really are different; your temperament has changed."
Ye Qing put down her teacup. "Stop being cheeky. Where is Ye Wushuang?"
Just as she finished speaking, the door was pushed open.
Ye Wushuang walked in, wearing a dark grey casual jacket, his hair still in that clean and neat style.
He sat down next to Lin Fan and glanced at Ye Qing. "Congratulations."
Ye Qing nodded. "Thanks."
The dishes were served one by one, and the three of them chatted while eating.
Ye Qing talked about Dongchen University, the curriculum, the mentor assignments, and the campus environment, her tone filled with a hint of anticipation.
After the meal, the three of them walked out of the restaurant; the night was deep, and the streetlights were dim yellow.
Ye Qing stretched.
"I'm going to Dongchen soon. Don't you two fall behind."
Lin Fan and Ye Wushuang exchanged a look, then simultaneously gave Ye Qing the middle finger.
Ye Qing: "..."
Early the next morning, Lin Fan appeared at the door of President Ye Wenyuan's office.
President Ye Wenyuan was sitting behind his desk, with a transparent jade box in front of him.
Inside the box lay a silver-white thread, as thin as a hair, with fine patterns on its surface that shimmered with a soft halo under the light.
The Dreamer's Silk, the core Material for the evolution of an illusion-type Armor Spirit, was produced by a high-tier King Spirit Armor Beast—the Dreamer.
Lin Fan's eyes went wide, and he reached out to grab it. President Ye Wenyuan slapped his hand away.
"Where is the money?"
Lin Fan pulled a card from his backpack and slapped it on the table.
"Five million, it's all here."
President Ye Wenyuan took the card and even scratched it carefully. "Hmm, take it."
Lin Fan picked up the jade box, opened it, and leaned in to sniff it.
The thread emitted a faint, refreshing fragrance, like the scent of a dream.
He couldn't stop grinning and carefully put the jade box away.
"Master, where did you get this?"
President Ye Wenyuan picked up his teacup and blew away the foam.
"Confiscated by the military. Don't ask, get out."
Lin Fan chuckled and turned to run.
Back home, Lin Fan closed the door, drew the curtains, and sat cross-legged on the bed.
He opened the jade box, took out the Dreamer's Silk, and placed it in his palm.
The thread was cool and smooth, like a strand of solidified moonlight.
Tongtong flew up from Lin Fan's shoulder and hovered in mid-air.
Its wings slowly unfolded, and the scattered colorful light spots suddenly stopped drifting, instead being pulled by something, all converging toward the three Materials.
The light spots landed on the Dreamer's Silk, and the thread began to weave itself, as if an invisible hand were threading a needle, weaving the silver-white thread into a fine net.
The Divine Stone began to melt, turning into a wisp of pale golden mist that slowly rose.
The Dream Essence exploded at the same time, and the deep blue light spots scattered like fireflies.
The three forces intersected, intertwined, and underwent Fusion in the air, finally turning into a vortex that rotated slowly.
At the center of the vortex was Tongtong.
Lin Fan held his breath, staring at Tongtong suspended in mid-air.
Its body began to become transparent, like a piece of jade being slowly polished, changing from cloudy to clear.
All those colorful light spots that were originally on its wings now poured into its body.
Its wings began to contract, not becoming smaller, but becoming denser.
The patterns on every wing were rearranging themselves, going from disordered to ordered, from chaotic to regular.
The most astonishing change happened to its head.
That pair of dark golden compound eyes began to split—a second pupil appeared deep within the pupils.
The two pupils, one bright and one dark, flickered alternately, as if gazing back and forth between reality and the dream world.
The net woven from the Dreamer's Silk was finally complete.
The net fell from the air, wrapping Tongtong up entirely like a cocoon.
Lin Fan reached out to touch it, and the moment his finger brushed the surface of the cocoon, a cool sensation spread from his fingertip throughout his entire body.
Not long after, strands of silver-white thread began to fall away.
The threads landed on the ground and immediately dissipated into light spots.
The crack grew larger and larger, and a pale golden wing poked out from the cocoon; the patterns on the wings were no longer the original colorful light spots.
Instead, it was a complete painting—in the painting were starry skies, seas of flowers, clouds, the ocean, mountains and rivers, and all the beautiful things he had ever seen.
Both wings spread simultaneously, with a wingspan of fully three meters.
The cocoon shell shattered completely, dissipating into countless light spots.
Tongtong hovered in mid-air, its entire body a translucent pale gold.
The painting on its wings was alive; with every flap, the content within the painting would change.
One moment it was a starry sky, the next a sea of flowers, and the next the ocean.
Those images were not static, but flowing.
The most astonishing thing was its eyes.
The compound eyes had turned deep purple, and deep within the pupils were two concentric circles—the outer ring was dark gold, and the inner ring was deep blue.
The two pupils rotated alternately, like a miniature galaxy.
When Lin Fan stared into those eyes, he suddenly felt as if he were standing at the entrance of a massive labyrinth.
There were countless paths in the labyrinth, each leading to a different dream.
Lin Fan's left eye felt slightly warm, and information appeared in his field of vision.
[Race]: Dream-Weaving Butterfly Emperor
[Name]: Tongtong
[Rank]: Level 42
[Aptitude]: Heaven Spirit High-Tier (Limit: ???)
[Attribute]: Dream
[Status]: Healthy, just completed evolution
[Armorization Part]: Eye
[Armor Skill]:
Eye of Phantom Dream
Dream-Weaving Rhapsody: Releases dreamy light feathers, causing enemies within range to lose their ability to distinguish friend from foe, with hearing and spatial awareness interfered with by the dreamy melody.
Nightmare Weaver: Locks onto a single target, weaving a customized nightmare targeting their deepest internal trauma, causing them to fall into a state of absolute fear.
Kingdom of Eternal Sleep: Deploys a Dream Realm Domain with a diameter of 50 meters; enemies within the Domain will be subjected to a Divine Spirit judgment, and those who fail will be dragged into a deep dream. The user can teleport within the Domain.
Dream-Weaving Era: Based on the Kingdom of Eternal Sleep, it blurs the boundary between reality and dream within the Domain, and the user becomes an "Incarnation of Nightmare." Immune to all physical attacks, capable of freely traversing between the dreams of all enemies, and simultaneously weaving multiple illusions for different enemies.
[Subsequent Detectable Evolution Routes]:
1. Illusory Dream Emperor Butterfly (King Spirit Low-Tier), Rank requirement Level 47, requires consuming Divine Stone x5, Dream Fragment x5, Stardust Sand x10, Moonlight Butterfly Wing x5.
2. Glazed Light Butterfly (King Spirit Mid-Tier), Rank requirement Level 46, requires consuming Glazed Crystal x5, Holy Light Stone x5, Colorful Butterfly Powder x5, Flame of Light x1.
3. Illusory Heaven Mantis (King Spirit Mid-Tier), Rank requirement Level 48, requires consuming Heaven Light Stone x5, Stardust Sand x10, Heaven Dream Mantis Egg Sac x1.
4. Dream Tapir (King Spirit High-Tier), Rank requirement Level 48, requires consuming Nightmare Tear x10, Divine Stone x5, Restful Flower Pollen x3, Dream-Eating Beast Stomach Stone x1.
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A full fifty-four evolution routes.