Chapter 124: Chapter 95: Evil Blood Sect: Rotting Blood Corpse
The Fairy Flashing Scale Flood Dragon’s Dragon Crystal was only the size of Zhong Yi’s fingernail.
Although it was a bit larger than a Dragon Root Fruit, a Dragon-Speaking Mink could swallow it whole.
Zhong Yi planned to meticulously evolve each Dragon-Speaking Mink one by one.
He first took a small bucket made of sound-insulating purple copper, placed three of the Dragon-Speaking Minks inside, and put on the lid.
Containers made of sound-insulating purple copper had excellent soundproofing qualities.
Merchants selling frog-type Guardian Beasts at the market were particularly fond of using them.
Placing the three Dragon-Speaking Minks in the small bucket would not only prevent their dragon-like cries from escaping but also block out any external noise.
The Dragon-Speaking Mink that Zhong Yi had kept in his palm was happily gnawing on a Dragon Root Fruit.
At the Craftsmen’s Guild, a Guardian Beast like the Dragon-Speaking Mink—useless aside from its fine pelt—was usually treated as a test subject. It would never get to eat something like a Dragon Root Fruit, a ration reserved for Dragon Species Guardian Beasts.
This was why Zhong Yi had been able to befriend these Dragon-Speaking Minks so quickly by using Dragon Root Fruits.
Zhong Yi gently picked up the Dragon-Speaking Mink and brought the Fairy Flashing Scale Flood Dragon’s Dragon Crystal to its mouth.
Seizing the moment it opened its mouth to bite the Dragon Root Fruit, Zhong Yi, with a quick movement, shoved the Dragon Crystal into its mouth.
The texture of the Fairy Flashing Scale Flood Dragon’s Dragon Crystal was quite unique. Unlike the hard crystals of other Dragon Species Guardian Beasts, it felt like a hard, gelatinous substance when squeezed.
Zhong Yi could slightly alter its shape without using much force.
The Dragon-Speaking Mink bit down, and the Dragon Crystal was immediately crushed and swallowed.
At that instant, Zhong Yi had the Soul-Controlling Flower extend a filament and inject Flowing Soul Soil into the Dragon-Speaking Mink’s body.
Zhong Yi had just recently used Flowing Soul Soil to cultivate Ice Glaze. The process the Dragon-Speaking Mink was now undergoing—using the Dragon Crystal to obtain a Dragon Bloodline and evolve into a Dragon-Brewed Immortal Mink—looked identical to when Ice Glaze had absorbed the Flowing Soul Soil in the Ice Coffin to transform its own bloodline.
In fact, it looked even more pitiful than Ice Glaze had!
After all, the Dragon Bloodline contained within the Fairy Flashing Scale Flood Dragon’s Dragon Crystal, which was being used as the material, was extremely potent and domineering.
About half an hour and a great deal of turmoil later, the brownish-red Dragon-Speaking Mink that Zhong Yi could once hold in one hand had become a huge creature that now required both of his hands to lift.
In terms of size, it now looked even bigger than Lan Po.
Appearance-wise, the Dragon-Brewed Immortal Mink had inherited some of the Fairy Flashing Scale Flood Dragon’s characteristics.
Its fur had changed from brownish-red to a mix of white, red, pink, and orange, with white making up four-fifths of the total color.
The arrangement of these four colors on the Dragon-Brewed Immortal Mink’s body wasn’t chaotic; instead, it formed a very interesting transition.
This color transition was somewhat similar to the saddle-patterned Border Collies from Zhong Yi’s previous life.
After the Bloodline transformation, the Dragon-Brewed Immortal Mink’s fur was no longer soft and fine like a Dragon-Speaking Mink’s. It had become hard and sharp.
If you tried to pet it against the grain without thick calluses on your hands, you could get pricked by its fur.
Besides the changes in its fur and size, two very hard but smooth little horns had appeared on the Dragon-Brewed Immortal Mink’s head.
These small horns were pointed and curved upward, showing some difference from the horns of a Fairy Flashing Scale Flood Dragon.
All living things possess a spirit. After its Evolution, the Dragon-Brewed Immortal Mink could sense the transformation of its own Bloodline.
Already being familiar with Zhong Yi, it grew even more affectionate toward him than before.
However, this affection was far from the unbreakable bond between a Guardian Beast Master and their Contracted Guardian Beast.
The Dragon-Brewed Immortal Mink had no combat ability. For Zhong Yi, it was purely a resource-producing Guardian Beast.
Zhong Yi just needed to take good care of the Dragon-Brewed Immortal Minks and provide them with enough Dragon Root Fruits.
He would wait for them to brew Dragon Soul Fruits using their internal Dragon Bloodline, then collect the Dragon Root Fruits they excreted.
All he had to do next was peel the fruit’s skin and keep the brownish-red kernel in the center.
Every single one of these kernels, processed by a Dragon-Brewed Immortal Mink, was effective in purifying the bloodline of even Mythical Tier Dragon Species Guardian Beasts.
Zhong Yi repeated the procedure, evolving the remaining three Dragon-Speaking Minks one by one.
When Zhong Yi had exchanged for these four Fairy Flashing Scale Flood Dragon Dragon Crystals in the Celestial Destiny Society’s Treasure Vault, he had noticed that there were only six in total stock. After he took four, only two remained.
The Fairy Flashing Scale Flood Dragon was an extremely rare Dragon Species Guardian Beast. They were usually kept in residences as auspicious creatures, a display of a top faction’s prestige and heritage.
Just like the Dragon-Speaking Mink, it was a beautiful but useless creature with nothing but its looks.
Zhong Yi had asked Ye Futu, who confirmed that Fairy Flashing Scale Flood Dragon Dragon Crystals were exceedingly rare and were typically listed in the Celestial Destiny Society’s Treasure Vault by Celestial Destiny Seekers in exchange for Potential Points.
Once he had enough Potential Points, Zhong Yi planned to exchange for all the remaining Fairy Flashing Scale Flood Dragon Dragon Crystals in the society’s Treasure Vault.
He would cultivate more Dragon-Brewed Immortal Minks to earn money for himself.
There was never a shortage of buyers for materials that could enhance the bloodline of a Dragon Species Guardian Beast.
After carefully inspecting the four Dragon-Brewed Immortal Minks he had cultivated, Zhong Yi stored them in his Soul Base.
Storing them in his Soul Base was undoubtedly safer than putting them in a Storage Pouch.
