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Chapter 470 - 440 Bingke Xilu’s Evolution Conditions

Chapter 470: Chapter 440 Bingke Xilu’s Evolution Conditions

The next morning.

The Sea Salt Lizard moved across the calm water’s surface.

Jiang Xiu was apparently not very familiar with the location of the Research and Protection Center for the Shuilu Yana species, and he had to use navigation to reach his destination throughout the journey.

At the gate adorned with a statue of Shuilu Yana, Dr. Jiang and his assistant had been waiting for quite some time.

When Dr. Jiang saw the shorter figure among the two approaching people, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly greeted them with enthusiasm,

"Qiao Sang, I’ve finally met you!"

"Dr. Jiang?" Looking at the uncle in the white lab coat in front of her, Qiao Sang called out with some hesitation.

There was no helping it; the uncle was accompanied by a somewhat younger man.

After all, this was a world where you couldn’t easily discern someone’s age or identity just by looking at their face.

At this moment, a living example was standing right beside her.

"It’s me," Dr. Jiang said with a smile.

Jiang Xiu took a deep breath, suppressing his excitement, and smiled as he reached out his hand, "Dr. Jiang, I am Jiang Xiu."

Although he was a professor, his status was still several notches below that of Dr. Jiang. If it weren’t for his special assignment to attend to Qiao Sang and take charge of the nutritional meal for the Bingke Xilu, he wouldn’t have been able to make contact with Dr. Jiang at all.

Heaven knows he almost hung up the phone yesterday, mistaking Dr. Jiang’s call for a scam.

"Hello!" Dr. Jiang shook his hand and then turned to Qiao Sang, "Let’s walk and talk."

The four of them entered the Research and Protection Center for the Shuilu Yana together, arriving at an extremely aesthetically pleasing large-scale water scenery garden.

"This is where the Shuilu Yanas usually play," Dr. Jiang explained.

Qiao Sang looked over to see more than a dozen Shuilu Yanas playing about in the pond and artificial waterfall.

Jiang Xiu had a thrilled expression as though he were in heaven...

At that moment, Qiao Sang suddenly remembered something and made a hand seal to summon Lubao.

"Bingke..." As soon as Lubao appeared, it saw its own kind that it had never encountered before and its expression froze.

"Lulu!"

One of the playing Shuilu Yanas just happened to look up at that moment, and it let out an excited cry.

All the playing Shuilu Yanas instantly turned in unison to look at Lubao, and several more heads emerged from the pond.

Then they all happily ran over and surrounded Lubao.

"Bingke..."

Lubao looked bewildered, gazing at its Beast Tamer for help.

"Go on and play with them," Qiao Sang said with a smile.

Actually, by age, Lubao was not even a year old, an age when it should be playing.

"Bingke..."

Hearing its Beast Tamer’s words, Lubao hesitated for a moment, then looked down at the little ones surrounding it, its gaze gradually softening, and its tail began to wagging gently as it walked towards the edge of the pond.

"Lulu!"

"Lulu!"

A group of Shuilu Yanas followed excitedly.

Seeing the friendly interactions between the Bingke Xilu and the Shuilu Yanas, Dr. Jiang remarked nostalgically,

"Your Bingke Xilu is really good-natured. Several Bingke Xilu from our research center don’t really like to play with the Shuilu Yanas."

Good-natured... you probably haven’t seen it when it was still a Shuilu Yana... Qiao Sang complained internally but replied,

"Not at all, it’s the Shuilu Yanas here that have such good tempers."

Dr. Jiang said with a laugh, "The Shuilu Yana are naturally gentle creatures; they are symbols of beauty and peace."

Huh? Qiao Sang was taken aback.

Truth be told, after spending so much time with Lubao, she had almost forgotten the introduction she had read online about Shuilu Yana.

Dr. Jiang continued, "However, as it evolves, the temperament of Shuilu Yana will gradually change."

That was indeed the case... Qiao Sang inwardly agreed.

"Do you know what the next evolutionary form of Bingke Xilu is?" Dr. Jiang asked.

"I know," Qiao Sang nodded. "The next form is Bing’ai Palu."

The vice principal had mentioned this in the materials related to the Shuilu Yana species she was given.

Dr. Jiang said:

"From big data statistics, Bing’ai Palu is the most temperamentally sensitive stage in the entire evolutionary chain. You’ll need to pay close attention then, or else the trust you have painstakingly built up might easily collapse."

Qiao Sang thought for a moment and asked, "Is it related to the evolutionary conditions of Bingke Xilu?"

"That’s right," Dr. Jiang nodded. "For Bingke Xilu to evolve, it needs to experience extreme despair during sandstorms, which will inevitably impact its temperament to some extent."

Despite already knowing the conditions for evolution from the materials, hearing it mentioned again still made Qiao Sang sigh:

What a tragic species...

In the time that followed, the four of them roamed the areas where Binglu Qia and Bingke Xilu were active.

Jiang Xiu had a look of fascination the whole time.

When they reached the area where Bingke Xilu was active, Qiao Sang suddenly remembered something and asked, "Dr. Jiang, you mentioned yesterday through Professor Jiang that I shouldn’t be in a hurry to use the Water-type Awakening Stone on Bingke Xilu. Why is that?"

Dr. Jiang explained with a smile:

"An Awakening Stone’s function is to awaken the dormant talent skills within a Pet Beast’s bloodline, but the chance of awakening isn’t a hundred percent. Research shows that when a Pet Beast evolves and its bloodline stirs, using the Awakening Stone then will increase the chance of awakening talent skills by about 30%."

"I see! You learn something new every day," Qiao Sang thought.

The Awakening Stone is a rare item, one she’d usually have no access to, and it’s not even mentioned in high school textbooks.

If she had followed the norm and stayed at school, she probably wouldn’t have encountered knowledge about this until university.

Even though there was a significant age difference between Qiao Sang and Dr. Jiang, their conversation was filled with enthusiasm because they discussed the Shuilu Yana species throughout the journey.

In just over an hour, Qiao Sang gained a more detailed understanding of the Shuilu Yana species.

As it approached closing time for the research center, the young assistant who had been silent up to that point coughed to get their attention and reminded, "Dr. Jiang, isn’t there something you’ve forgotten to ask?"

Dr. Jiang looked puzzled for a moment before he chuckled and said:

"Look at my memory."

He turned to Qiao Sang, his expression suddenly becoming serious, "Would you be interested in becoming a researcher?"

Qiao Sang was startled for a moment, "A researcher?"

The vice principal wanted her to be a researcher, and now Dr. Jiang also wanted her to be one. Could it be that she truly had a talent for research?

"Yes, a researcher. I felt you had a talent for it the moment I saw you," Dr. Jiang complimented.

Oh gosh, although she had guessed it, being complimented so directly was quite embarrassing... Qiao Sang scratched her head and said shyly:

"Actually, I’m already an apprentice researcher."

"I know that," Dr. Jiang smiled. "My assistant Xiao Qian knows your vice principal, and he passed on the materials about the Shuilu Yana species with my approval."

"Xiao Qian has told me about you being an apprentice researcher."

Xiao Qian... Qiao Sang looked at the man beside her who appeared to be two or three years older than Professor Jiang.

Xiao Qian smiled.

"I’m talking about becoming a junior researcher," Dr. Jiang said.

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