The voice on the other end of the phone, though still as calm as if it were not a living being, had a newfound urgency compared to before.
Clearly, the wolf in the video, which resembled a qilin, had a tremendous impact on him.
"A brand new evolved form of the Forest Wolf, cultivated by Su Ping!"
There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone. After a brief pause, the person on the other end finally spoke:
"During the winter break, let's have that little guy come to Shanghai. It'll be perfect timing, Xiaoxue should be evolving into the Crown Wolf King by then."
After hanging up the phone, Qin Erlong smiled slightly.
After thinking for a moment, he sent another message to Qin Xiaoxue:
"Xiaoxue, how have you been lately...?"
...
Autumn has arrived, but Jianghai Province is a coastal province and somewhat belongs to the southern region, so there is no chill in the air. In fact, the trees and flowers near the Wood Heart Cultivation Base are still in full bloom.
Partly due to the season, but more importantly because the presence of forest wolves enhances the vitality of the plants.
Pets are such amazing beings that they can freely influence the environment around them.
The autumn atmosphere has no effect on the current state of the Wood Heart base.
Both inside and outside, it was a scene of great activity and enthusiasm.
Externally, Su Ping has taken over the Yuntian Resort's assets from Dong Muyun.
The high wall separating the two was demolished, and a connecting passageway was built.
The land deeds for the entire Heart of Wood were now completely combined.
Not only the land deeds, but also some of the original personnel left by Yuntian, except for a few senior managers, were all taken over by Su Ping.
Yuntian's business is quite good. Excluding the initial investment, if only labor costs are considered, it can still make a considerable profit.
In addition to Su Ping's pet breeding business, it seems to be a powerful alliance.
However, Su Ping was still used to his quiet life, so although the two sides connected their industries, there were still not many people coming and going on the Mu Zhi Xin side.
But it was Guan Qianshan.
Old Guan clearly never expected that just over half a month later, he would become the manager of Yuntian Resort again.
wrong!
It's not Yuntian Resort, but Muzhixin Pet Service Base!
The arrival of personnel from Yuntian's side undoubtedly greatly eased the previously hectic business on Lao Guan's side. However, as the manager, overseeing the entire Wood Heart again was not much easier than before.
While Wood Heart is busy on the outside, its internal situation is clearly not much better.
"Chew! This isn't like eating a ginseng fruit and just swallowing it without thinking!"
"Take a close look at the texture of the wood, and feel how it blends with your body as it enters your mouth and stomach!"
"You! If you move again, Old Sha! Tie me up!"
"Awoo!"
The day after leaving the secret realm, Su Ping began to systematically cultivate and evolve the Myriad Wood Wolves, and things have been going smoothly for the past few days.
Of the ten Legion Forest Wolves, four have already mastered photosynthesis, leaving six remaining.
Su Ping shook his head, instead focusing his attention on Old Sha. It had recovered these past few days, but Su Ping also knew the formulas for those three skills.
It puts a certain burden on both the mind and body.
However, Su Ping was not worried at all; on the contrary, he was genuinely relieved.
Otherwise, the skill formula is too overpowered, so overpowered that he even has some doubts about whether there might be any problems.
Now that there are certain constraints, it is actually more reasonable.
The four forest wolves, who have already grasped the concept of photosynthesis, have been 'planted' in a sunny spot outside the forest, where they will not interfere with each other's absorption of sunlight.
Unfortunately, luck wasn't on their side. The weather had been rather gloomy these past few days, with the sun not shining often, which slowed down the progress of the few forest wolves that had just begun to cultivate photosynthesis.
Su Ping wasn't in a hurry, given the support of the Beast Tamer Legion and the abundance of resources.
Sunflower seeds and spring water are just for show.
but,
He did get his hands on the seeds of the Smiling Sunflower, but he only put them in his Beast Taming Space and wasn't in a hurry to plant them. Besides cultivating the Myriad Wood Wolves, he also focused some of his attention on the inheritance of the Fengdu Sword King.
Besides the sword soul, there are also many insights from the Fengdu Sword King regarding sword-type pets.
This allowed Su Ping to gain a certain understanding of this sword-type pet, even though he had not had any real in-depth contact with it.
However, to be honest, Su Ping has been mainly investigating one thing these days!
After checking the cultivation of the Wolves of Ten Thousand Trees, Su Ping's phone rang. It was Sun Chaoju, whom he hadn't seen in a long time. He quickly answered the phone:
"Hello? Mr. Sun, the trainer?"
"Tsk tsk, you haven't been in touch for so long, why are you being so distant? Just call me Brother Sun."
Sun Chaoju's voice came through.
"Okay, Brother Sun, is there something you need?"
Su Ping did not refuse the other party's enthusiasm.
As the saying goes, when you become strong, you'll find that you mostly encounter good people. This was true for Sun Chaoju, and it was also true for Dong Muyun.
"Didn't you ask me to introduce you to any skilled origami trainers in Linzhou last time?"
Su Ping's heart stirred.
In the past few days, his most important task has been searching for news about origami.
The words of that sword spirit from the secret realm still echoed in his ears: whether for his own sake or for the little paper doll, he had to find a powerful way to fold the paper doll!
However, Su Ping soon found himself speechless.
"I asked around, and let alone in Linzhou City, even in Jianghai Province, there are almost no trainers who are proficient in origami, let alone intermediate trainers who can train skills."
"oh?"
Su Ping was disappointed, but he knew that the other party was not calling to tease him.
And that is indeed the case.
"However, after the teacher heard about what happened to you, she gave you something."
At this point, the man paused slightly.
Su Ping was speechless and wanted to jump up and give this equally awful master and apprentice a good whack.
Can't you just speak properly? Why do you always have to keep us in suspense?
But it was obvious that the other party was trying to help him, so he naturally followed suit and quickly asked:
"What is that?"
"Hehe, this is the diary of a senior trainer from Jianghai who used to specialize in necromancy. Of course, it's not all the diary entries. That senior trainer also had some research interest in origami and made some notes."
Su Ping's eyes suddenly lit up.
Fortunately, the area along the Lingxi River has already been fenced off, which can be considered a new area. I should go and buy some origami figures.
Upgrade the origami figure catalog level.
When he reached Elite Tier 1, the Linlang Diagram's ability to share connections expanded from twenty to thirty people. Now, at Elite Tier 2, the limit has been increased by two more, reaching a terrifying thirty-two connections.
He couldn't wait to give the origami figure the same ability.
A meeting was arranged with Sun Chaoju.
Bathed in the midday autumn sunlight, Su Ping sat by the window on the bus and arrived in downtown Linzhou before dinner.
As Su Ping got off the bus, he thought of his father's 'Super Shadow' again.
The mechanical core that was supposed to be obtained from Dong Muyun also fell through.
Damn it, the more I think about it, the angrier I get.
This time, Sun Chaoju didn't waste any words and directly gave him the notebook, and they even had lunch together.
I also asked about the Wolf of Ten Thousand Trees.
This time, Su Ping didn't tell him the truth:
"It's alright, there's been some progress."
Damn it, these two, master and apprentice, are both masters of keeping secrets. I need to keep something secret too, and give these two old guys a big surprise later.
"It's good that there's progress."
At this point, Sun Chaoju thought for a moment and said:
"The teacher hasn't been in a good mood lately, so don't go looking for him. Also, Su Ping, this origami research is just something to play around with, at most a way to distract yourself. Don't put too much effort into it. Focus mainly on the Wolves of Ten Thousand Trees."
What happened next was somewhat unexpected for Su Ping.
Old Sun took out three small boxes directly.
These three small boxes are none other than three crystals of the sun!
"This is what my teacher asked me to give you. It's a temporary research grant from our Instructor Association. You can ask for more information if you need any resources. But my teacher also said that the equipment isn't good enough, but you can borrow the lab equipment whenever you want."
Old Liu really invested a lot of money?
To be honest, Su Ping did feel a little guilty. He was just fooling Lao Liu like this. Would Lao Liu be angry later?
I'm in a bad mood, and thinking about it this way, it seems even less likely I can tell anyone!
As for origami figures
Su Ping understood Sun Chaoju's meaning, but he didn't tell him that he had actually contracted a paper elf as a pet. He also needed to put more effort into this aspect for the sake of his pet.
However, it's best not to dwell on these matters further at the dinner table.
Su Ping then went to the market that specializes in selling undead pets and spent a total of 500,000 yuan to buy ten origami figures of decent quality.
Only then, near dusk, did he return to the Heart of Wood.
Su Ping didn't even rush to release the ten origami figures he had put into the Beast Taming Space. Instead, he went straight to his study and took out a thin notebook.
Clearly, Sun Chaoju's words indicated a lack of confidence in the training of origami, and the reason for this was most likely found in this diary.
The diary entries of a high-level necromancer are definitely worth reading.
This was left behind by a trainer named 'Mu Yu'.
Opening the cover, one finds yellowed pages bearing aged text:
The essence of undead pets is the condensation of the soul of the pet's spiritual body. At the same time, they may appear simply as a soul or through other mediums. But no matter what, any undead pet, even skeletons and zombies with strong basic bodies, is essentially a soul.
— Charles Lee, Master of Necromancer Training on Earth
I wholeheartedly agree, and believe that for the vast majority of powerful pets, a strong soul is essential, and perhaps even more important, in addition to their physical body. The fact that some powerful pets can transform into undead forms after death is proof of this. The most obvious examples are bone dragons and ghost dragons.
However, the condensation of a soul apart from its physical body requires both opportunity and talent. Therefore, many undead pets may actually be the result of the overflowing soul power of deceased beings who, after losing their consciousness, were formed by chance.
The opening clearly quotes a master of cultivation from an unknown country, before directly entering the main text of this diary manuscript.
And the same applies to origami figures.
As the weakest known necromancer, the origami's soul, after separating from its fragile paper body, cannot re-form; it either remains attached to the remaining body or dies outright.
In the world of pet breeders, there's a saying: the weaker the pet, the more limitless its potential; the lower the rank of the pet, the more diverse its evolutionary paths!
So why is it that, so far, only one evolved form of origami has been discovered, and it's essentially just an armored paper doll with no real improvement?
Clearly, this trainer started with this assumption and then began in-depth research and training of origami figures.
Despite all that has been said, this man named Mu Yu was not in a hurry to delve deeper into and strengthen the spiritual essence of the origami figure.
Instead, evidence was presented from the perspectives of paper armor figures and origami figures:
Such an evolution is undoubtedly a failure! Because in order to strengthen the origami's paper body, it has been turned into 'paper armor,' but the origami has lost the most basic flexibility of folding paper—a net loss!
Mu Yu gave the strongest negation and criticism in his notes!
At the same time, efforts to strengthen the soul began.
Mu Yu said it, and he did it.
The following text is entirely about this advanced necromancer using his experience to strengthen the soul of the origami figure:
"I believe my discovery is correct! Absolutely correct! Master Charles truly deserves the title of 'Crown of the Undead Breeders' recognized throughout the Blue Star pet breeding industry. His theory of 'Soul Supremacy' is the cornerstone of undead breeding! It's a universally applicable theoretical foundation!"
"The strength of the soul is the most important foundation, and the most direct and effective method is to use necromancy resources. I gave one hundred origami figures and used low-level nurturing resources ranging from common to commander level, such as Soul-Suppressing Paper, Necromancer Crystals, Death Water, and Soul Dust."
Damn it, is it a commander-level or a low-level cultivation resource?
And to directly conduct preliminary breeding experiments with just one hundred? At this moment, Su Ping realized the scale of these advanced breeders.
But to be honest, resources of this level don't seem to be much for a high-level undead trainer.
The categories of undead are too broad, even more extensive than Liu Fuhai's research on wolf pets. It's conceivable that this breeder named Mu Yu is probably no ordinary person.
Next, the journal records the changes of these one hundred origami figures.
After a month of continuous use of resource enhancement, the test subjects' cultivation levels varied, but all showed a noticeable improvement. However, aside from cultivation level, there were no other changes, and after reaching the ordinary tenth rank, the necromancer crystals no longer provided any additional effect.
However, it is clear that the origami's spiritual power has reached its maximum potential, and the essence of evolution lies in finding a suitable direction and corresponding method to break through the original limitations after reaching that maximum.
So, where are the limitations of the origami doll's soul?
"I used my pet 'Soul Reaper's' skill 'Soul Extraction' to directly extract the origami's soul. Upon observation, the origami's soul was stagnant, and it was difficult to find any bright spots within it. Even its consciousness and self-awareness were much weaker than those of other pets."
Perhaps things will change and differ if their cultivation levels improve?
While I absolutely believe in Master Charles's words, I must admit that perhaps the paper body to which the origami's soul resides is the main reason for its limitations...
Su Ping smiled. This senior trainer named Mu Yu was indeed quite interesting.
Initially, they disregarded the only evolutionary path of the origami doll, the 'armored paper doll,' and were crazy enough to believe that as long as the soul was improved, the origami doll would show some flashes of evolution and evolutionary direction after its realm was improved.
After implementing the measures, it was discovered that the origami figure had indeed improved in terms of soul. However, no further progress was made. Instead, the focus shifted to strengthening the origami figure's physical body. The goal was to further enhance the origami figure's soul power before making any further observations.
In fact, no breeder is an idiot. If it were really that simple, these origami figures wouldn't have remained the same for so many years.
However, it must be said that although the diary has not given Su Ping any inspiration so far, it has at least saved him from taking many detours.
The following long section consists of this trainer, Mu Yumu's, research and discoveries in this area, as well as his final summary:
"Damn it! Paper is such a flimsy and low-grade product. Why would an undead soul be born from paper? What are the limits and potential of a body made of this material?!"
He's broken down! He's broken down!
Su Ping no longer felt the anticipation and excitement he had when he first read the manuscript. Clearly, having read almost to the last few pages, the conclusion that this advanced necromancer had finally reached indicated that he hadn't actually come up with anything useful.
Ultimately, it seems that this only adds further confirmation to the nickname "Shame of the Undead" that origami has been used by all Beastmasters to describe it.
But soon, when he turned to the last page, Su Ping's brows furrowed slightly.
The subsequent actions of this trainer named Mu Yu made him somewhat psychologically uncomfortable.
Is there really no undead pet in this world with any potential for evolution? Impossible! Master Charles said that undead pets have infinite future possibilities in terms of their spiritual attainments!
The absence of a discovery doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Often, after eliminating all impossibilities, only one possible choice and answer remain!
Having no interest in commenting on or paying attention to the famous quote from that elementary school student, Su Ping frowned and looked at the following records.
I conducted a soul-devouring experiment.
The Soul Devouring Experiment is a forbidden and illegal experiment among undead pets, as listed by the Dragon Kingdom Breeders Association.
It is an experiment that uses the soul to directly devour the souls of other pets.
Some pets can indeed make rapid progress and improvement under such circumstances, and may even undergo some unexpected evolution and changes.
However, the reason this experiment is strictly prohibited is that the undead pets that devour souls can be addictive.
This is different from the natural food chain of life and death.
Undead pets that devour souls will rapidly increase their cultivation level in a short period, but they will lose the intelligence and consciousness that come with the increased cultivation level.
Become a bloodthirsty, soul-devouring undead beast.
In fact, the necromantic crystals and soul dust mentioned above are necromantic resources related to souls. However, they have undergone special processing to make them safe and harmless.
However, the living soul is clearly not.
Even if a pet has a soul contract, a pet that has lost its intelligence may still disobey its master's orders and even turn against him!
Not to mention wild experimental pets; if they are not properly controlled and leave the laboratory, they could pose a great threat and cause great harm to the urban area.
This situation would cause serious instability to the civilized society of beast tamers, so it is strictly prohibited.
At this moment, Mu Yu has clearly violated the ban!
For him, the strength of a pet is not just about physical strength. If it lacks intelligence and cannot be controlled by its tamer, then no matter how powerful it is, it is just a meaningless wild beast.
Su Ping frowned, but still turned to the back.
Let's analyze this from another perspective:
The devouring of souls unleashed an unprecedented ferocity in the origami figures! Furthermore, one even easily broke through the limits of its species' potential!
"That's right! This is the mindset a necromancer pet should have! That paper doll that was so sluggish and couldn't even think properly was wrong!"
Was my experiment correct? Was my guess right? Are origami figures a rare breed that evolves by consuming souls?
Clearly, he thought he had found the way, but unfortunately, the final result remained unchanged:
"No, no! The origami figure's level has improved, but its soul hasn't evolved in any way! Instead, it's become completely deformed! How can this be? This doesn't fit Master Charles's theory of undead pet souls!"
"Dead! Died because his own soul couldn't withstand the pressure of devouring other souls and collapsed! How could this happen?"
"I understand! Could it be that the soul of the origami figure is inherently incomplete? Incomplete? Is this itself a failed pet species?!"
"No, this shouldn't even be called a pet! It lacks any basic soul rules as a living being! How can such a inferior creature be considered a complete pet?"
"How could such a low-grade pet be mixed in with the undead faction! It's utterly absurd!"
"Damn Disgrace of the Necromancer Class."
"..."
The manuscript, or rather, this special cultivation diary, came to an end under Su Ping's final gaze.
The final text also represents the failure of this advanced necromancer named Mu Yu, and a complete rejection of this origami man, a pet beast that is known as the shame of the necromancer class!
Even after conducting experiments on soul-devouring, the origami figure still showed no change whatsoever, nor any possibility of evolution.
After all, in pet breeding, the essence of evolution relies on exploring one's own racial skills as the core skills. Skills cultivated later in life are difficult to rely on for evolution.
Is the origami figure really a defective product of the undead type?
Su Ping frowned slightly.
He looked at it again, and after confirming that there were no mistakes, he rested his head on his arms, leaned back, and began to think.
Normally speaking, Mu Yu has tried all the possible evolutions of origami figures that can be imagined through normal channels.
It seems there's no further direction to explore.
However, the reason why Su Ping had that confidence was naturally because he was the biggest difference between himself and others!
The Book of All Spirits!
His consciousness once again entered the Book of All Spirits, onto the gray and white origami figure illustration.
Speaking of which, the origami doll's catalog level is extremely high. Because of his occasional contact with the little paper doll and the large amount of experience points he gained from discovering the little paper doll, he is not far from LV2.
However, at this moment, Su Ping clearly wasn't in the mood to pay attention to that, and instead continued looking at the introduction:
[A special low-level pet of the Undead type, possessing a frail body and extremely high malleability, seemingly harboring considerable potential, though it requires some development! Racial skills: Paper Body Folding, Paper Body Piecing, etc.]
The Book of All Spirits agrees that origami seems to have extraordinary potential.
How could this possibly be a defective pet?
A resolute glint flashed in Su Ping's eyes.
His gaze slowly shifted.
He continued looking at the racial skills below, specifically the paper body splicing skill, which Su Ping had never seen before.
Su Ping's brows slowly relaxed, the paper body being pieced together?
splicing?
Su Ping's eyes slowly brightened. Regardless of whether it was right or wrong, it was always good to give it a try, right?
With that in mind, Su Ping arrived at the area he had designated as the place to house his undead pets.