183: Chapter 183 Gale Wolf, Elemental Evolution
The Beast Taming Guild covered two major categories: beast taming and cultivation.
Although this was usually a place for Beast Tamers to accept missions and share intelligence, and Breeders rarely came here, it still had all the necessary equipment.
Li Yu explained his requirements to President Wu, and soon a young and beautiful female receptionist led Li Yu and his group to a cultivation room.
"This is the best cultivation room in the guild currently. Please take a look, and if there is anything lacking, I will help you bring it over." The female receptionist had a sweet smile on her face, and her gaze toward Li Yu was full of curiosity.
The youngest Senior Cultivator, and quite handsome too.
Chen Qing frowned, looking at her unkindly.
Li Yu looked around the cultivation room.
The place was not as big as the one he usually used, but it had all the necessary workbenches, incubation pods, monitoring machines, and material processing devices.
"This one will do; the equipment is very complete."
"Very well." The female receptionist said, "The information has been registered. All consumption for this cultivation session will be covered by the guild, so please feel free to use it."
"Really?" Li Yu's eyes lit up.
"Of course." The female receptionist smiled.
"Then can I get a few tons of demon cores and pack them away?" Li Yu asked.
If he could, Bubble's energy source for the near future would be secured. He didn't have high requirements; Bronze and Silver ones would do.
"You are truly humorous."
The female receptionist covered her mouth and laughed upon hearing this. Her appearance and laughter left Feng Hou staring blankly.
Who would have thought that Li Yu would say with a serious face, "Not at all, I am serious."
The female receptionist's smile froze, and she looked at Li Yu as if he were a monster.
Eventually, under Li Yu's repeated questioning, the female receptionist fled in panic, leaving behind the sounds of regret from Li Yu and Feng Hou.
The former regretted that the demon cores had run away.
The latter regretted that the former had scared the beauty away.
Closing the door of the cultivation room, Li Yu first checked all the surrounding equipment one by one.
These were public cultivation rooms.
Even if they were rarely used, they were still used. Every Breeder had different habits, and the settings were different.
Without checking beforehand, if one were to use them directly when processing materials or evolving, it was very likely that discrepancies would occur due to the differences in settings.
Although Li Yu's evolutions had not failed so far, that did not mean he would not fail.
The evolution of a Beast is the forced unlocking of genes, an all-around upgrade of muscles, bones, flesh, and the core. Even the slightest deviation could lead to evolution failure.
The existence of the evolution card gave Li Yu a perfect formula that others didn't have, but the final result was also heavily influenced by Li Yu's techniques and the equipment.
He dared not be careless.
At this moment, he missed Zhou Ya immensely.
As his assistant, Zhou Ya was familiar with every one of his operational habits. If she were here, Li Yu wouldn't need to do anything; Zhou Ya could adjust the machines to the level best suited for Li Yu in the shortest time.
About 10 minutes later, all the equipment was adjusted to the state he was familiar with.
At this time, Wei Long also summoned his beast.
The Gale Terror Wolf received the order and lay obediently at his feet, though its triangular eyes were still wary of the surroundings.
When Li Yu finished his actions and turned around to look, the Gale Terror Wolf immediately looked at him vigilantly.
"Don't be so nervous, I have no malicious intent." Li Yu smiled.
"I know." Wei Long said.
"Awoo?" The Gale Terror Wolf replied, surprised that Li Yu could speak wolf language.
Li Yu pointed to the Gale Terror Wolf and said, "I am talking to it."
Wei Long scratched his head awkwardly.
Having resolved the worry in his heart, he no longer had that heavy sense of vicissitudes; he barely had a hint of a young man's state.
Li Yu came to the Gale Terror Wolf and once again cast an attribute check.
[Beast Name]: Gale Terror Wolf
[Beast Quality]: Transcendent (D-)
[Beast Level]: Silver Level 7
[Beast Attribute]: Wind
[Beast Talent]: Gale, Strong Muscles and Bones
[Beast Introduction]: A Terror Wolf mutated from absorbing wind-type spiritual energy. Widely distributed, it is a hunter of the forest and likes to fight in teams.
Transcendent quality should have had 3 talents, but the Gale Terror Wolf's last evolution must have had an error, resulting in it only having 2 talents.
Li Yu asked, "Tell me, what do you want to evolve into?"
"Awoo?" The Gale Terror Wolf replied.
Mighty.
"What about the element? How about poison type?"
"Awoo..." The Gale Terror Wolf called out again.
No, I want something fast.
"If you want fast... how about lightning? As swift as a bolt of lightning, faster than the wind."
"Awoo! Awoo!"
The Gale Terror Wolf's voice suddenly became excited, responding to Li Yu's words.
It wanted it!
It wanted to evolve into lightning!
Chen Qing was already used to the communication between the man and the wolf, but the other three showed expressions of surprise.
It was well known that, apart from their own Beast Tamer, no one could hear what a beast was saying. Even their own Beast Tamer could only get a rough idea from the calls and the telepathic connection transmitted by the beast.
Never before had anyone been able to converse fluently with a beast like Li Yu.
Feng Hou and Chu Xiaolian looked at the stunned Wei Long. From his expression, they knew—Li Yu wasn't guessing!
Now, they were even more looking forward to the evolution.
Having confirmed the evolution route the Gale Terror Wolf wanted, Li Yu flicked his finger, and the golden radiance of the High-Rank Spirit Probing Hand covered the Gale Terror Wolf's entire body.
Wei Long and the others perked up: "It's the light from this morning!"
Li Yu paid no attention. The light was like flower petals, attaching one by one to the Gale Terror Wolf's body. Li Yu had his back to the crowd, his hand touching the Gale Terror Wolf's belly, and in the blind spot of everyone's vision, he pulled out a card.
Low-grade Lightning-type evolution card.
The light went out and came back, and a new evolution route appeared in Li Yu's mind.
[Elemental Evolution - Thunder Dragon Wolf: Administer Gale-Resting Powder at a ratio of 3 grams per kilogram of body weight, and combine with 500 grams of Thunder-Ming Ore, 5 mature Thunder-Origin Fruits...]
A complex evolution route appeared in Li Yu's mind.
Li Yu patted the Gale Terror Wolf's head and stood up, saying, "Let's go, weigh yourself."
The Gale Terror Wolf got up from the ground, looked at its master, and only followed Li Yu's footsteps when its master nodded.
While it was weighing itself, Li Yu took out paper and pen and wrote down the list of required materials. Glancing at the Gale Terror Wolf's weight, Li Yu adjusted the material ratios.
Throughout the whole process, the three team members looked at each other.
When Li Yu sent out the material list, Wei Long asked cautiously, "Um... is that it? Was the cultivation plan already prepared?"
"It's just a Lord-tier evolution, not complicated. It's mainly because the lightning materials are quite special, and it would take too long to write it all out, so it was a bit slow." Li Yu said indifferently.
Wei Long was stunned upon hearing this, and Feng Hou and Chu Xiaolian also showed expressions of surprise.
Listen, is that even human language?
Evolving a Lord-tier beast, listing out the cultivation plan in less than 10 minutes, and this was considered "a bit slow"? If other Breeders heard this, wouldn't they be furious to death?
"Wait, you just said, lightning materials?" Chu Xiaolian asked, having thought of something.
"Yes." Li Yu nodded.
The three of them reacted belatedly, all looking surprised.
Chu Xiaolian said, "As far as I know, the higher-tier evolutions of the Gale Terror Wolf are the Gale Wolf King and the Storm Terror Wolf. The former reaches B+ at most, and the latter is B-. But these two... are both Wind-type."
Wei Long nodded hurriedly, saying, "That's right, I asked several Breeders before, and they all said that the known evolutions for the Gale Terror Wolf are Wind-type."
Li Yu looked at them, and suddenly, a mysterious smile appeared on his face: "Why limit yourself to evolution routes where you can see the end?"
Wei Long, Feng Hou, and Chu Xiaolian were initially stunned and didn't react to Li Yu's words.
When Li Yu turned and left to get busy with something, the three of them realized belatedly and looked at each other.
"What he meant just now..." Feng Hou started.
"Evolving a brand new one, with a different element..." Chu Xiaolian continued.
"A Lightning-type Terror Wolf!" Wei Long said in a deep voice.
If it were anyone else, Wei Long would be skeptical, worried, and suspicious that the other party wanted to use his beast as a lab rat.
But with Li Yu, a glimmer of hope rose in him unconsciously. This hope was like a spark falling on a haystack, burning brighter and brighter, eventually forming a blazing flame of hope.
Li Yu...
Was the master who evolved the Sky-Shattering Fire Dragon!