199: The Evolution of the Myriad Flower Butterfly Spirit

In this somewhat dazzling golden light, the body of the "Golden Armored Jade Pupil Beast" dissolved like flowing water, then shrouded over Chu Jingyu's body.

In just a few seconds, the golden light slowly receded, revealing its appearance on Chu Jingyu's body.

A layer of slim-fitting gold and green armor was attached to Chu Jingyu's body, somewhat different from the armor formed by the "Golden Jade Scale Armor" skill.

The armor currently on Chu Jingyu's body had tighter connections between the jade pieces, as if they were born as one. Moreover, there was no sluggishness or obstruction as Chu Jingyu moved his body, as if the armor was a part of him.

Additionally, the scale armor itself contained the energy of the "Golden Armored Jade Pupil Beast." Not only could it perform its original skills, but with the "Golden Armored Jade Pupil Beast" guarding him closely, the Contract Master would no longer be the weak link in a team.

In addition to the full-body armor, a golden machete appeared in Chu Jingyu's hand. Its middle section was hollowed out, appearing to have been transformed from the "Golden Armored Jade Pupil Beast's" tail.

Chu Jingyu closed his eyes and carefully sensed it. This feeling of being filled with power all over was just like when he first underwent Spirit Opening to become a Contract Master from an ordinary person.

"How does it feel?"

Seeing him with his eyes closed and motionless for a long time, Chu Mu couldn't help but ask.

Hearing this, Chu Jingyu seemed to remember that two people were waiting beside him and hurriedly opened his eyes.

"It feels excellent. I feel as if I've become a Source Beast myself. I can now use all the skills of the Golden Armored Jade Pupil Beast."

As he spoke, he slightly raised his hand, and a bluestone slab in the courtyard in front of the main hall instantly shattered into thousands of golden sands, slowly rising and floating in mid-air.

"And now, Golden Jade's consciousness seems to be attached to me. If I'm too busy to control it, it can still take over the armor or perform skills."

Chu Mu's eyes narrowed slightly. This seemed quite good; the connection between the Contract Master and the Source Beast appeared to become even closer.

"Try the other two Source Beasts."

Hearing this, Chu Jingyu first looked at the "Azure Ridge Cloud Eagle" and aimed his palm at it from a distance. The "Azure Ridge Cloud Eagle's" body transformed and turned into a mass of feathers that drifted toward Chu Jingyu's back.

A pair of broad wings, shimmering with a dark luster, appeared on Chu Jingyu's back, vibrating slightly.

Chu Jingyu seemed a bit unaccustomed to the wings on his back, instinctively reaching back to stroke them a few times.

To Chu Jingyu, these wings were truly massive; a single wing wrapping around from back to front could completely cover his figure.

"When in a state of Body Integration with the Azure Ridge Cloud Eagle, I can achieve even greater speed than the eagle itself, and the wings are tougher than they were on its own body."

This time, without Chu Mu asking, Chu Jingyu explained voluntarily after carefully sensing the changes.

Compared to the simple stacking with the "Golden Armored Jade Pupil Beast," the Weaponization of the "Azure Ridge Cloud Eagle" was clearly a total amplification.

Chu Mu nodded and then looked at the "Ultimate Ice Lotus" floating in the air.

Understanding his intent, Chu Jingyu reached his palm toward the "Ultimate Ice Lotus" once more.

Under the touch of Chu Jingyu's palm, the ice lotus's body disintegrated in the air, and dense lotus petals flew toward various parts of Chu Jingyu's body.

They flew to the top of his head, replacing his original headpiece to form a pure white jade lotus crown, and drifted onto his body armor, leaving a small lotus petal mark on every jade piece that made up the armor.

At this moment, the entire gold and green armor continuously released cold air into the surrounding space, though other changes in appearance were less obvious.

"It's similar to Golden Jade's situation, but when in a state of Body Integration, I seem to have increased resistance to ice-type skills."

This was temporarily attaching the Source Beast's characteristics to Chu Jingyu's body; it was indeed a good performance.

For example, the "Golden Armored Jade Pupil Beast" itself possesses an Earth Escape skill. If Chu Jingyu uses it while in a Weaponization state, the other two Source Beasts can also perform Earth Escape along with him.

After careful practice, more coordinated skills might emerge during the Weaponization process.

Having finished reviewing Chu Jingyu's skills, Chu Jingyu deactivated the Weaponization form, recalled the three Source Beasts to the Source Beast Space, and looked at Chu Shengfan with expectation.

"Xiao Fan, what about your Talent?"

Chu Shengfan shrugged. "My Talent is called Root of All Spirits. It seems to be a Talent very suitable for cultivating special spiritual plants, but I have no way to demonstrate it."

As he spoke, he explained the effects of his Talent skills to Chu Jingyu in detail. Chu Shengfan truly felt that this skill was also quite suitable for his father.

After all, his father had a "Ginseng Doll (Embracing Ginseng Child)," which could be considered a plant-type Source Beast. The "Ginseng Doll" already had very high Aptitude and belonged to a very rare race.

If nourished by this Talent over a long period, it would likely become even more extraordinary.

Seeing them finish their discussion, Chu Mu pulled out a piece of paper condensed from colored silk threads and handed it to Chu Shengfan.

"I expect you won't stay home for long. These are the evolution paths for your current two Source Beasts. The methods and techniques are here, but you'll have to find the Materials yourself."

Chu Shengfan took the paper with great anticipation.

"Myriad Flower Butterfly Spirit Evolution Paths:

1. Myriad Flower Butterfly Spirit → Myriad Flower Butterfly Mother (Materials: Pure Moon Morning Dew, Vigorous Grass Frost Spirit, Bitter Vine Root, pollen blended from at least ten types of spiritual flowers. Method: Soak Bitter Vine Root in three measures of Pure Moon Morning Dew for ten days, then burn to ash with Earth Core Fire...)

2. Myriad Flower Butterfly Spirit → Frostfall Silence Butterfly (Materials: Abyssal Chill, Thousand-Cold Grass, Black Jade Ice Crystal, freeze for forty-nine days in a land where all things are withered and silent, ...)

3. Myriad Flower Butterfly Spirit → Flower Domain Spirit King Butterfly (Materials: A thousand-acre flower plantation, at least a thousand types of Spirit Rank flowers, must comprehend the Flower Domain to evolve.)"

After reaching Spirit Rank, as many as three evolution paths appeared for the "Myriad Flower Butterfly Spirit," and each path cost quite a lot of Source Spirit.

Especially the "Flower Domain Spirit King Butterfly," which cost a full 3,500 Source Spirit, instantly wiping out nearly half of his Source Spirit balance.

And with the evolution path of the "Spirit Origin Cloud Mother" added, more than half was gone. Nowadays, Source Spirit is hard to earn and even harder to save... After Chu Shengfan finished reading and put away the evolution paths, Chu Mu pulled out two more booklets that looked like jade but were not, shimmering with a faint light. Their material had the same texture as the "Spirit Awakening Booklet" Chu Jingyu had obtained before.

"What is this?" Chu Shengfan's gaze was slightly confused, while Chu Jingyu was very excited, knowing this was a new gift of power from Ancestor Chu.

"This is called the wanli book. As long as you use energy to leave writing on it, the same writing will appear on the booklet I have here.

This way, even if you are ten thousand miles away, you can still communicate messages with the Family."

As he spoke, Chu Mu handed one booklet to him and another to Chu Jingyu.

"Try it now."

Chu Jingyu first opened the booklet, consuming energy to condense characters of green light upon it.

"Xiao Fan, seeing these words is like seeing my face."

Chu Shengfan opened the booklet in front of him and indeed found the exact same writing as on Chu Jingyu's booklet on the first page.

His eyes brightened; this was indeed a very useful function.

Watching their excited reactions, Chu Mu sighed somewhat helplessly. Before his Transmigration, this function was just like a 'shared document,' and one with only three slots at that. It really wasn't worth being so excited about.

If only a network could be established in this world. Unfortunately, he wasn't an engineering student; his knowledge of networks was limited to using them, and he only had a superficial understanding of the underlying rules.

Then, Chu Mu pulled out a new booklet and looked toward Chu Shengfan. This one was the one that should truly excite people.