Chapter 99: Chapter 82: Jin Yi’s Evolution
After listening to Niu Fenjin analyze the cause of his failure for about five minutes and then state his suggestions for improvement for another three, Li Qian felt his confidence return.
He recalled Niu Fenjin’s words, combined them with his own knowledge, and ran through the process again in his mind before taking a deep breath and starting over.
He buried the second Array Hub Jade Talisman in the central position and once again carefully began to link the Blazing Fire Array and the Frost Array.
With a thought, his Spiritual Power split into two streams, simultaneously pouring into the two Arrays.
Under Li Qian’s unblinking gaze, the Blazing Fire Array and the Frost Array lit up with crimson and bluish-white light at almost the same time.
The light spread rapidly, and it wasn’t long before it began to merge at the center. This time, he was observing very carefully.
The two beams of light had to enter the Array Hub’s position at the exact same moment. After his analysis, Li Qian believed his failure to do this was the precise reason for his initial failure.
Li Qian’s gaze was locked on. As the signature dark brown light appeared, he couldn’t help but let out a long sigh of relief.
’I finally succeeded!’
Without hesitation, upon seeing the Array successfully established, Li Qian immediately cut off the input of his Spiritual Power.
As he withdrew his Spiritual Power, he felt a slight fatigue, and the Array immediately dimmed.
With one successful Energy fusion, the Frostfire Array before him was now considered completely set up.
Next was activation. For Li Qian, this step was no longer a problem.
Even if he wasn’t perfectly proficient, he was close.
After setting up the Frostfire Array, Li Qian shifted his attention, his gaze falling upon the nearby water slide.
Now that the preparatory work for both the Cyan-Scaled Flood Dragon and the Frostfire Salamander evolutions was complete, the process itself would begin.
He planned to start with the Cyan-Scaled Flood Dragon evolution, as it was relatively simple and presented little difficulty.
After a moment of thought, he selected the target for evolution: Jin Yi.
This was, after all, the first time using the artificial waterfall created by the water slide. He couldn’t be one hundred percent certain it would work for evolving a Koi Carp into a Cyan-Scaled Flood Dragon.
Although Li Qian was confident, he couldn’t guarantee it was completely risk-free. Therefore, the first Koi Carp to evolve definitely couldn’t be Fatty An’s Tan Tou.
After thinking it over, he felt that Jin Yi was a suitable choice. Among the three remaining Koi Carp, its overall condition was the most well-rounded.
Its skill proficiency in both Climbing Waterfall and Fish Jump was also decent.
Having made his decision, Li Qian wasted no more time. He went to the pool at the bottom of the water slide and, through Qizai, conveyed his intentions to Jin Yi.
When Jin Yi learned it would be the first Koi Carp to evolve, it was overjoyed and so excited that it leaped right out of the water.
Seeing this, Li Qian smiled. He then beckoned Jin Yi to the edge of the pool, took out a bag of Dragon Bone Powder, and fed it to the fish.
As Jin Yi consumed the Dragon Bone Powder, a faint Light of Evolution began to appear on its body. Seeing this, Li Qian immediately pointed to the adjacent water slide.
Jin Yi already understood Li Qian’s intentions thanks to Brother Qi’s translation, so the moment he pointed toward the water slide, it sprang into action.
Seeing Jin Yi charge toward the water slide without hesitation, Li Qian didn’t waste any time either and rushed out after it.
He went to the back of the water slide and pressed a button. Arrows and numbers immediately appeared on a display.
This was an elevator that was already part of the water slide, leading directly to the top. When the slide was being modified, Elder An had also ordered the elevator to be upgraded.
Li Qian took the elevator straight to the top of the water slide.
As the elevator ascended, Li Qian’s figure appeared at the top of the water slide a moment later.
He looked down and soon spotted a line in the water moving against the current. Its speed wasn’t very fast, but its rhythm was excellent.
On average, it ascended about two meters per minute.
Jin Yi’s aptitude was quite good, and Li Qian was very confident in its evolution. But objectively speaking, its Talent was probably inferior to Qizai’s.
However, its current climbing speed was in no way inferior to Qizai’s back then. This just went to show that the difficulty of the water slide couldn’t even be compared to the Hundred Feet Waterfall at Cloud Mist Mountain.
The ascent was very smooth. Its speed only began to decrease slightly around the fifty-meter mark. At eighty meters, it slowed further, averaging only about half a meter per minute.
The higher it went, the slower it became.
Even with the significantly lower difficulty, the climb was still this hard. It was clear that there were differences between one Koi Carp and another.
Qizai and Ah Long were both top-tier in terms of aptitude and temperament.
Li Qian stood at the top of the water slide, his gaze cold and his expression stern.
He was silent, like a wooden post, his eyes devoid of any emotion.
This reaction put immense pressure on Jin Yi as it struggled up the current.
’Under the gazes of Brother Qi and Brother Six, under my master’s stern watch, if I don’t succeed, I’ll probably never be able to hold my fish head high again.’
It steeled its resolve, mustering every ounce of strength in its body to keep charging forward. ’Victory is right in front of me. I absolutely cannot give up!’
Finally... it reached the very top, then leaped forcefully into mid-air.
With sharp eyes and quick reflexes, Li Qian seized the opportunity and threw out the Wind Chime Fruit.
As Jin Yi caught the Wind Chime Fruit in its mouth and swallowed it, the Light of Evolution on its body instantly reached its peak.
The Light of Evolution faded, and Jin Yi fell back into the pool. The next moment, a dragon’s head broke the surface, and a brand-new Cyan-Scaled Flood Dragon appeared before Li Qian’s eyes.
Seeing this, Li Qian nodded in satisfaction. He didn’t immediately recall Jin Yi into its Beast Taming Ball. Instead, after checking its attribute information, he let Qizai and Xiaoliu take it to join the guard patrol.
This could be considered a reward for completing its evolution. After a fish leaps the Dragon Gate, it naturally becomes free and unrestrained.
At this moment, while it couldn’t be said to be truly free and unrestrained, letting it frolic for a bit was no problem.
Moreover, by observing Jin Yi’s attributes, Li Qian discovered that its Level was only Tier Two Elite, not the theoretical Tier Three Elite that Qizai had been upon its evolution.
This also showed that changing the evolution site from the Hundred Feet Waterfall in the Yunwu Mountain Scenic Area to this water slide had some effect on the resulting Cyan-Scaled Flood Dragon.
However, he considered the fact that the Hundred Feet Waterfall belonged to someone else, meaning he would have to be at their mercy for every evolution. Furthermore, Cloud Mist Mountain lived up to its name; it was shrouded in heavy fog and hid unknown secrets. This water slide, on the other hand, was completely under his control.
Comparing the two, Li Qian felt this place was much better and more suitable for him.
As for the slight negative impact, it wasn’t a big deal. It could probably be compensated for with training later on.
Perhaps spurred on by Jin Yi’s evolution, which had happened right before their eyes, the thirteen remaining Koi Carp in the pool all began to swim about excitedly.
Every single one of them looked eager to have a try.
Among them, Tan Tou was the most enthusiastic, looking as if it wished it could be the very next Koi Carp to evolve.
In fact, according to Li Qian’s plan, it was indeed the next one!
