42: Evolution, evolution

A vibrant red plant appeared before Luo Chen and Luo Yuheng.

From its branches to its leaves, the entire plant was a vivid red, though the color of the branches and leaves was slightly deeper than the main trunk's red.

Compared to its slender branches and leaves, its trunk was very wide, and on the main trunk that served as its base, there were strange protrusions, as if some bas-reliefs had been carved upon it.

Luo Chen circled it once, and vaguely, the bas-relief seemed to depict a swimming dragon, no wonder this Spirit Affinity was called the Crimson Blood Dragon Cypress.

However, his Rank was too low, and the Eye of Truth could not display some information about the Crimson Blood Dragon Cypress.

Qin Fuzhong was still watching, and Luo Chen needed to maintain his composed persona, so he forcibly suppressed his curiosity.

Similarly, Luo Yuheng's gaze was also drawn to the Spirit Affinity in front of him, but unlike Luo Chen, he clearly saw more information from this Spirit Affinity.

However, after watching for a while, a hint of confusion appeared on his face.

Luo Chen only heard Luo Yuheng ask Qin Fuzhong: "Lord Qin, is this Spirit Affinity lacking many necessary resources? Why is there a State of insufficient dragon qi nourishment?"

A trace of worry appeared on Qin Fuzhong's face, and after a sigh, he said, "This is the point I wanted to mention to you, the area that requires attention.

The growth of the Crimson Blood Dragon Cypress requires sufficient dragon qi nourishment; otherwise, its growth will stagnate, or even regress in Rank, or eventually wither and die.

And in our family, there is a very rare dragon yang grass that can provide the dragon qi needed for the Crimson Blood Dragon Cypress's growth, but its yield is extremely low.

However, I will make the decision that five leaves can be allocated from the family each month to ensure that the Crimson Blood Dragon Cypress's Rank does not drop."

Hearing his words, Luo Yuheng finally understood why Qin Fuzhong was willing to let the family's guardian Spirit Affinity's bloodline flow out, just to acquire this Fragrant Spirit Affinity Rabbit.

"In that case, thank you, Lord Qin. However, with the Fragrant Spirit Affinity Rabbit now in the Qin Family, I believe the dragon yang grass will not be too scarce in the future."

Upon hearing Luo Yuheng's reassuring words, a hint of joy also appeared on Qin Fuzhong's face.

"Haha, if it's truly as you say, then I'll make the decision to give you a few more dragon yang grass leaves each month."

For the next period, Qin Fuzhong meticulously explained some daily growth precautions for the Crimson Blood Dragon Cypress to Luo Yuheng.

Finally, because he was in a hurry to return and guard the secret realm, he reluctantly glanced at the Crimson Blood Dragon Cypress before resolutely leaving the VIP room.

After Qin Fuzhong left, Luo Chen finally couldn't suppress his inner curiosity and urged for information about the Crimson Blood Dragon Cypress.

[race: Crimson Blood Dragon Cypress

Rank: King Beast Three Stars

Type: Wood Type, Martial Type

State: Weak (insufficient dragon qi), Dormant

Aptitude: Good

Skills: 1. Blood Dragon Shadow (Earth-level): The blood dragon bas-relief on the Crimson Blood Dragon Cypress, consuming a large amount of vital energy, can temporarily detach from the body to engage in combat.

2. Blood Qi Inspiration (Profound-level): The Crimson Blood Dragon Cypress boils its own vital energy, temporarily increasing its combat power.

3. Blood Qi Conversion (Profound-level): During combat, the Crimson Blood Dragon Cypress can absorb fresh blood from the field, temporarily enhancing its combat power, and can also use the collected vital energy for other Skill activations.

4. Blood Barrier (Profound-level): The Crimson Blood Dragon Cypress transforms vital energy into a sturdy shield to protect its main body.

5. Dragon's Might (Earth-level): The Crimson Blood Dragon Cypress consumes dragon qi within its body to generate Dragon's Might, intimidating those of the same or lower Rank, weakening the target's Skill intensity, and also having a certain effect on Spirit Affinities of higher Rank than itself.]

After hearing Luo Yuheng's relay, Luo Chen's expression also became somewhat unreadable.

This Spirit Affinity clearly leaned towards combat, and from Qin Fuzhong's confident speech just now, it should also be one with considerable combat power.

However, its current shortcomings were too obvious: it wasn't receiving enough dragon qi nourishment, which not only prevented it from exerting its inherent combat power but also restricted its current growth.

The auction ended, but compared to the fierce competition for the second-to-last item, the bidding for the last Chi Yan Fire Lion seemed somewhat rushed.

In the end, it only fetched nearly five million spirit coins, a not very high price.

However, these matters naturally had nothing to do with Luo Chen, who had already returned home. The most difficult material for Chi Yan's evolution had been found, so it was time for its long-awaited evolution to begin.

At night, the Bright Moon hung high in the sky.

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Looking at Luo Yang and Chi Yan opposite him, Luo Chen's expression was very solemn: "Are you ready?"

Perhaps Luo Chen's expression was too serious, and Luo Yang's heart couldn't help but feel a bit more uneasy. He tentatively said, "Brother, why don't I prepare a bit more?"

Luo Chen gave him a speechless look, "It's not your evolution; you don't need to prepare. I'm asking Chi Yan."

Chi Yan's innocent eyes looked at Luo Chen, then nodded, its serious demeanor was incredibly endearing.

Luo Yuheng, acting as a guardian, stood by, watching their interaction with great interest, silently smiling.

"Good, Chi Yan, enter this cultivation room." Luo Chen pointed behind him to a cultivation room enclosed by a special transparent material.

After Chi Yan obediently crawled into the cultivation room, Luo Chen took out the two materials needed for its evolution: the extreme cold spirit flame and icy jade.

Luo Chen looked at Luo Yuheng, who had been acting as a transparent person beside him, "Dad, it's up to you now. You need to use your mental power to refine the icy jade into a liquid State.

Then, divide the extreme cold spirit flame into five portions, with each portion enveloped by the liquid melted from the icy jade.

Once the icy jade is re-scorched into a jade-like State by the extreme cold spirit flame, then let Chi Yan swallow it."

The entire process seemed very simple, but each step was an extreme test for a Breeder, requiring the Breeder to have exceptional control over their mental power.

Only then could the icy jade be successfully melted into a liquid. Then, dividing the extreme cold spirit flame into five portions tested the Breeder's mental resilience; if the intensity wasn't enough, they could easily be harmed by the extreme cold spirit flame.

Luo Yuheng proved worthy of being a Stellar Five-star Breeder, perfectly replicating Luo Chen's requirements.

Looking at the finished products, resembling ice crystal jade pills suspended in mid-air, and to the naked eye, each one was basically the same size, similar to the glass marbles played with in childhood.

However, the miniature extreme cold spirit flame inside pulsed continuously, but the cold it brought was tightly locked within by the outer layer of icy jade.

"Chi Yan, swallow one first."

Hearing Luo Chen's instructions, Chi Yan first looked at Luo Yang, and seeing him nod, it unhesitatingly swallowed one of the ice crystal jade pills.

Chi Yan tilted its head; the cool sensation felt quite nice.

After a while, a special change appeared on Chi Yan's body.

Its originally dark red skin suddenly turned white, and even the flamboyant red mane beside its head suddenly turned white from the root.

However, this change only appeared for an instant, quickly reverting to red mane.

At this moment, Luo Chen and the other two stood outside the cultivation room, and Luo Chen called out to Chi Yan inside: "Chi Yan, eat another ice crystal jade pill."

Chi Yan obediently swallowed another one. This time, the changes on its body seemed to gain sustained power, with large patches of its skin turning snow-white.

After about ten minutes, Luo Chen had it swallow the third ice crystal jade pill.

Now, as if a great army had descended, Chi Yan's entire body had turned snow-white, but this white had a distinct layered feel.

Luo Chen then had Chi Yan swallow the fourth one. This time, light blue star-like specks appeared on its white jade-colored skin.

With the fifth and final one, a dark blue flame suddenly burst from its head. It opened its mouth, and then blue flames emitting low temperatures emerged.

Scared, it immediately closed its mouth, and then ice-blue flames would occasionally emerge from various parts of its body.

Finally, on its tail, unlike other parts of its body where flames only appeared occasionally, the extreme cold spirit flame seemed to burn continuously on Chi Yan's tail as if it would never extinguish.

Its tail also completely turned dark blue.

After the last one was consumed, Luo Chen confirmed that its evolution was complete, as he had already seen all of its post-evolution information using the Eye of Truth.