It evolves from wild beasts. Even a sparrow may evolve into a spiritual beast over time if it can continue to prey on spiritual beings.
According to human research on spiritual arcana, it is determined that even a 9-ring dragon is just an ordinary creature at the beginning.
It is an evolution from generation to generation, and the bloodline continues to grow stronger, eventually reaching the peak of the 9th ring.
It's just that spiritual nourishment is subtle. Except for human beings who can rely on cultivation to grow quickly, any living thing can only complete the jump in bloodline level through reproduction. Often this kind of jump requires thousands or tens of thousands of years of iteration.<
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Of course.
Elves may be an anomaly. After all, it is difficult to determine whether they are animals or plants.
As for the fantasy beast, it is also a variable, but it is related to humans after all, and is the result of humans’ selective cultivation of spiritual beasts.
In short, spiritual beasts are derived from wild beasts, but they are self-contained.
"The evolution of spiritual beasts requires tens of thousands of years of iteration, while degradation only occurs overnight. This is too shocking." Duke sighed.
Mentor Penrose, who was observing the human-footed owl, responded calmly: "It takes tens or even hundreds of years for a spiritual beast to grow, but it only takes a few minutes for it to be hunted by us. So, there is nothing surprising about this. Going back is always better than going forward.
Much easier."
"Having said that, mentor, don't you feel scared? If the complete shedding of an ancient evil creature infects this forest..."
"That's something Bernoulli and the others should worry about, and it has nothing to do with me." Penrose glanced at Duke who was making a fuss.
"Um..."
"Go and do your business. Don't worry about things unfounded. The Storm Calendar has a history of more than 4,000 years. Only humans have conquered forests, and forests have never swallowed humans."
Kicked out of the Black Beetle by Penrose.
Duke shook his head and laughed. He was just expressing his concern and importance to this investigation.
Since Penrose, a level 3 arcane mage, doesn't care, why should he care about a level 1 arcane mage.
Just like Penrose's attitude - it's none of my business.
"Duke, come over for the bonfire party." Assistant Vikas came over, "I've been here in Cuihai Valley for research for several days, but I haven't had time to get together. It just so happened that everyone came back very early today, so let's have a bonfire party.
Happy, happy."
"Okay." Duke agreed happily.
The bonfire has been lit, and Balza personally strings the meat of the spirit beasts he hunted on tree branches for barbecue, while Orianna helps him.
Seeing Duke coming over, Oriana immediately said: "Bake whatever you want to eat. The theme of tonight's bonfire party is self-reliance, and you are not allowed to let others do it for you."
Duke chuckled: "No one knows barbecue better than me."
So I found a suitable branch from the barbecue equipment that had been prepared on the side, and then found a rabbit leg, skillfully stringed it on the branch, and started to set it up on the bonfire for barbecue.
Assistants Lidman and Vikas, as well as Blanc, are also very skilled at outdoor barbecues.
Only Kiriya, who had just come back from the shower, seemed a little at a loss. She clumsily picked up a branch and skewered a piece of spiritual beast meat.
"Where's the tutor? Tutor Vikas, didn't you call the tutor over?" Oriana asked.
"The tutor is still busy with the experiment. He said he would come over after a while and let us eat first." Vikas said, "I will leave some snake meat for the tutor later. The tutor likes to eat roasted snakes the most."
Around the bonfire, everyone barbecued and chatted.
Duke turned the branch in his hand, glanced at Kiriya next to him, and reminded: "Turn over, and you have to get closer. First, grill it over high heat for a while to let the outside of the barbecue burn and lock in the moisture of the meat. Otherwise, it will not be cooked properly."
If you roast it for too long, the meat will be very dry."
"Oh." Kiriya put her barbecue close to the bonfire.
"Turn over frequently to prevent burning."
"Okay."
Kiriya devoted herself to the barbecue seriously. When the shell of the barbecue was already burnt, she touched Duke and asked: "Is this done?"
"Stay away from the fire and continue roasting for a while."
"Yeah."
Duke had already roasted his rabbit legs, took out a dagger he carried with him, and made a few cuts on the rabbit legs.
"Duke, Kylia, there are condiments here. You can sprinkle some on the barbecue." Oriana reminded.
Duke smiled and refused: "I said no one knows barbecue better than me, Orianna, you should try my exclusive secret barbecue ingredients."
He took out a small bottle, sprinkled a layer of secret ingredients on his rabbit legs, and then handed it to others.
"What is this secret ingredient?" Assistant Vikas was the first to take the small bottle and imitate Duke in sprinkling his own barbecue.
After taking a bite, I immediately exclaimed: "Oh, it smells delicious!"
He swallowed a mouthful of barbecue, then held up the small bottle and praised loudly: "What kind of spice is this, Duke? It makes the barbecue more delicious!"
"Let me give it a try." Oriana took the small bottle, put it under her nose and sniffed, "Well, it really smells good, but is it really as good as the exaggeration made by Director Vikas?" p>
"You will know after you try it yourself." Vikas said, then turned to ask Duke, "What kind of spice is this?"
"I call it cumin powder." Duke said with a smile.
This cumin powder, cumin is not the cumin powder on earth. When Duke lived in Sheshou Town, he often ventured into the forest.
Of course, having barbecue in the forest is indispensable.
However, he couldn't find cumin powder on the market, nor could he find barbecue condiments similar to cumin powder, so he searched for the spices he could find. After countless blends, he finally formulated a spice that could greatly improve the taste of barbecue.
Spices.
That is the secret ingredient he calls "cumin powder" in the small bottle.
Assistant Director Vikas nodded in approval: "Cumin powder... this secret ingredient sprinkled on the barbecue really makes the barbecue more delicious. You should all give it a try."
Oriana had already taken a bite, and her eyes shone: "It's true. The effect of cumin powder is really amazing. Not only does it make the barbecue more fragrant, but it also eliminates a lot of the greasiness of the barbecue itself when you eat it.
!"
With the praise of the two people, everyone tried it.
And get consistent recognition.
Even Kiriya, who is not very interested in barbecue and just wants to blend into the atmosphere of the campfire party, nodded repeatedly: "The effect of cumin powder is more mellow than most of the spices I have tasted before, especially when combined with
Barbecue, just right."
"What are you talking about? What kind of cumin powder can make barbecue more fragrant?" Instructor Penrose joined the campfire party.
Oriana handed a piece of barbecue she had baked to Penrose: "Teacher, please try it. The cumin powder provided by Duke has raised the quality of the barbecue at this campfire party to a whole new level."
After tasting it, the instructor agreed: "It's really good."
"Duke, how did you prepare the cumin powder? I can only taste four spices, fennel, kidney beans, firewood and chicken bone flowers." Balza poured a little cumin powder into the palm of his hand.
Then distinguish carefully.
Duke smiled and said: "This is supposed to be kept secret. I was still thinking of opening a chain of barbecue restaurants relying on cumin powder. But since you like it, I will share the recipe of cumin powder... full root grass, tip of beef tongue
The fruit... is mixed according to a certain proportion to become cumin powder."
"So complicated?" Oriana was stunned.
"I had no choice. I originally wanted to find a separate spice to relieve the smell of barbecue, but I couldn't find the right spice, so I could only try to mix the spices. Finally, after tens of thousands of attempts, I came up with the recipe.
The ideal cumin powder."
"If you open a barbecue restaurant, I must apply for a membership card." Assistant Vikas said.
Assistant Leadman, who had not spoken much and was just quietly eating barbecue, gave a rare nod of approval: "I second the proposal."
Instructor Penrose joked: "You have mastered a new skill, so I won't worry that you will starve to death after graduation."
Kiriya also praised in a low voice: "I really can't tell. You know life very well. You have tried so many times for a spice that can match barbecue. Most people will give up after trying it a few times. Definitely mix it."
No cumin powder comes out."
If you don’t love life to the extreme, you can’t do this kind of thing.
Duke chuckled softly and responded: "It's not that I haven't thought about giving up, I just firmly believe that spirituality will guide me to find the flavor I want, and this flavor will definitely exist."
"Yes, spirituality is deeply caring for you." Kiliya agreed with this point.
He was promoted to an arcane mage at the age of sixteen. At the age of seventeen, he had already learned how to make cards. He could also invent magical weapons such as portable lamps. Now he can even prepare cumin powder for barbecue.
In Duke, Kilia deeply felt what spiritual favor is.
She quietly approached Duke's ear and whispered: "I originally thought your personality was very similar to that of Assistant Leadman."
"Guide Leadman will be very sad when he hears this. It sounds like he is a person who doesn't understand life."
"I didn't say that, don't accuse me wrongly."
"Stop explaining, no one knows reading comprehension better than me."
"I won't admit it anyway."
The two sat next to each other, laughing and teasing each other. Compared with the previous unfamiliarity between colleagues, now they are more close to each other.
Oriana had been staring at the two of them for a while. When they stopped talking, she smiled and joked: "You two have been talking to each other for a while, and you didn't even bother to eat the barbecue. Are you talking about it?"
Bad words about us?"
Duke waved his hand: "But it didn't."
"Yeah, no, no." Kiriya responded with a smile.
"Then what are you talking about? You said it so quietly, obviously you don't want us to hear it." Oriana joked.
Duke smiled calmly: "The specific content is not convenient to disclose."
Vikas sighed with emotion: "As I get older, there is already a generation gap with the young people. Seeing Duke and Kiliya so energetic, I really feel that I am already old."
Instructor Penrose snorted: "You are old, so who am I?"
Vikas suddenly smiled.
He is sixty or seventy years old, but compared to the common life span of 150 years for a second-level arcane mage, he has not even lived half of it.
It’s really too early to say we’re old.
A bonfire party, with the help of cumin powder, brought everyone home happily.
Duke went to take a bath on the black beetle, returned to his tent, sat down to practice, merged with the chicken, and performed the breathing method.
Once again, use the 2-ring spiritual plant in Kylia's large shuttle as the focus of attention to observe the world in another way.
Wow.
You can see and hear Kiriya's hazy figure taking a bath, as well as the faint sound of water. This scene makes his blood boil a little. The temptation is too strong, especially the more hazy it is, the more suitable it is for brainstorming, but it is more
Exciting.
Of course.
Duke is an upright gentleman, and the "Rainfall Breathing Technique" is definitely not for peeping, and you can't see the real appearance. It's just a special sensory experience.
He is here to practice the "eye of nature".
With the blessing of the elf form, he called the ability to use the 2-ring spiritual plant as an "eye" to perceive surrounding details in this state of breath resonance as the eye of nature.
It means eyes formed by the force of nature.
"When my natural eye reaches its peak, I will be able to focus my natural eye on ordinary plants, which means I can easily see everything from hundreds of meters or even kilometers away."
There is no doubt that the natural eye is a powerful detection method.
It’s worth Duke’s hard work every day.
"I'm definitely not going for Kylia, it's just because there is a 2-ring spiritual plant on top of her large shuttle."
"That's it."
The integration lasted for an hour and a half. The exhausted chick condensed his body, gave Duke an "old pervert" look again, and then returned to the sea of qi to rest.
Duke's face was indifferent and he shook his head: "How can you understand my good intentions with such evil words?"
He touched Xiao Kabuto, who was slowly waking up, and said, "Little Kabuto still understands me."
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"Jiji!" Xiao Dou nodded repeatedly, as if he really understood Duke.
"Then you should grow up quickly. If you advance to the first-level spirit beast one day earlier, I will be able to break through the first-level knight and strengthen my fighting spirit."
Duke must admit that fighting spirit has value.
Especially when investigating some strange things, the defensive effect of the Douqi Armor is first-rate, and it can provide absolute defense against explosions, pus, and blood splashes.
He is a hygienic person, and with the Dou Qi Armor, no matter how dirty the things in the forest are, they cannot contaminate him.
The next day, during the investigation, he encountered something "dirty".
"What the hell is this?"
In the pile of dead leaves in front of him, a plant grew out that was about two meters tall and as thick as an adult's thigh. It also had an aura similar to that of fanged lichen and mutated konjac flowers. They were all things that grew after being infected by evil spirits.
.
It's not an evil creature, it's an evil plant at most.
The fighting spirit armor wrapped his arm. He held the dagger and touched the straight evil plant, preparing to cut some samples.
The color of the plant is white with green in it.
Green is the color of its body, and white is the dense white hair that grows on its surface, as if it is dyed with a layer of snow.
When the wind blows, the white hair trembles like hair.
"The snow-blowing pillar, the tentative name of this thing is the snow-blowing pillar." Duke said as he cut a knife on the snow-blowing pillar with a dagger.
The next moment.
There seemed to be countless red fingers growing out of the snow blowing pillar, and there seemed to be countless red little bugs, and then these little bugs sprayed thick juice at Duke.
Snap!
Under Xiaoyi's control, the fighting spirit armor quickly enveloped Duke's body, blocking all the juice.
"Sir, be careful!" Vivian and other senior knights quickly approached, preparing to chop off Fubuki's sword.
Duke raised his hand to stop him: "Stop, stop chopping and killing, let me study the disgusting evil plant like Fuxuezhu."
Although at this time, red insect-like tentacles sprouted from Fubukibashira's body and sprayed juice, which was very disgusting.
But Duke has been used to investigating evil infections in the forest these days.
This level of disgust is not in his eyes.
He waited until the little red insect tentacles of Fuxuezhu stopped spraying juice, then he continued to cut Fuxuezhu with his dagger.
Dig out a small insect tentacle.
The tentacles were really like little bugs, moving around in Duke's hands and trying to get into Duke's hands, but they were blocked by the fighting spirit armor.
"The vitality is very strong. Like the fang lichen, it has already activated parts of the plant." Duke squeezed the tentacles of the little bug and exploded it.
Then he poured spiritual energy into the dead insect's tentacles to explore.
I found that the spiritual power in the tentacles of this little insect was mixed, like a big spiritual dye vat: "Well, it's very interesting! This is a spiritual pool. You can find whatever kind of spiritual power you want in it."<
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Duke is overjoyed.
Slightly more complex spirit cards require a large amount of spiritual power with different attributes to draw energy lines.
These different attributes of spiritual power need to be extracted from different spiritual materials.
However, this small insect with tentacles that blows the snow pillar contains complex spiritual power, which is equivalent to opening a big gift package of spiritual power.
He immediately cut off some white hair and body from Fuxuezhu.
After careful perception, I found that there was no mixed spiritual power on these two things.
When he dug up a small tentacle insect again, he discovered after some exploration that only the tentacle structure of Chuixuezhu contained complex spiritual power.
"What a good thing!" Duke collected some samples and put them into a glass test tube.
Then he said to Zina who was following behind: "This kind of snow-blowing pillar is definitely an important spiritual material resource. The next task of your mercenary group is to search for it with all your strength... It would be better if you can find a way to plant it.
”
"Yes, sir." Zina responded.
Duke raised his head and glanced at the sky, combined with the map information recorded by Xiaoyi, to determine his current position.
After several days of research, we have crossed the mountains and entered the Cuihai Valley.
"This place is not far from the No. 3 well area. There are obviously more animals and plants infected by evil spirits, and their potential value is getting higher and higher... However, once these valuable evil plants and special evil creatures are wiped out,
..."
The evil leakage in Well No. 3 will be solved sooner or later.
Once the support of evil energy is lost, things such as blowing snow pillars, tiger insects, and fanged lichens will all die out.
“I can’t bear to part with you!”
Duke sighed in his heart.
The day before yesterday, he was still worried about the existence of ancient evil things, which would resurrect in this land through shedding their shells, causing terrible consequences.
Now I have begun to worry that if the evil spirit is not enough, the resources discovered will be short-lived.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but laugh at himself, and said in his heart: "Sure enough, Teacher Penrose is right, it is unfounded! Only humans have conquered forests, and forests have never swallowed humans. Spiritual beasts are no match for humans. In ancient times,
Not even evil!"
After a full day of research and returning to the camp, Duke sent the collected samples to the Black Beetle vehicle and found Mentor Penrose.
He expressed his thoughts on the short-lived evil plants: "The snow-blowing pillar I discovered today is of great value. At least in terms of the value of the spiritual materials for card making, it can greatly reduce the cost of card making... It is a pity that there is no evil support.
, it is difficult to cultivate again.”
"Evil energy is just an inducer." Instructor Penrose had a different idea. "The evil energy infected the snow column and formed it, instead of letting it degenerate into a slime mold like the fang lichen. This means that the snow column has found a new way to evolve." "What do you mean?"
"Perhaps after being freed from the evil influence, Fuxuezhu will degenerate, but its evolutionary prospects have already been opened by resisting the evil influence." Penrose squinted his eyes and said, "Didn't you open a farm? Why not try to cultivate Fuxuezhu.
”
"I understand." Duke suddenly became concerned.
Ancient evil spirits can be seen as the opposite of spirituality. Spirituality promotes the flourishing and evolution of all things, while evil spirits erode spirituality and degrade all things.
For example, the third-ring spirit beast - the human-footed owl, gradually degenerated into an owl with an ordinary physique after being infected.
This is also true for plants. Under the infection of evil spirits, they will gradually degenerate into the form of slime mold such as fang lichen.
But the balance between all things is balanced.
Although evil spirits will cause plants to degenerate, plants can also gain new opportunities for evolution by resisting degradation.
For example, Chuixuezhu stores all its spirituality in the tentacles of small insects while fighting against evil infection, thus gaining new vitality and becoming a more valuable new species.
When the evil spirit melts away and confrontation no longer exists, perhaps its evolution will also decline.
But as long as this new evolutionary direction is opened, it can be cultivated artificially and its red little insect tentacles retained.
Over time, blowing snow pillars will allow them to multiply endlessly.
There is even targeted cultivation to cultivate specially-made red tentacles with different spiritual powers, thereby developing more value.
"This is the direction of spiritual cultivation, but as an arcane mage, I am not limited to a single field." Penrose continued, "I teach students and never restrict their interests. Card making is difficult, but you can find this way.
, but you can also show your talents in other fields."
"Thank you, tutor, for clarifying my doubts." Duke decided to try to cultivate snow-blowing pillars at the Duke-James Farm after he went back.
If the cultivation is successful, you might even get the title of spiritual plant scholar.
The art of card making, the study of natural history, and the field of spiritual planting. Although Duke has been promoted to arcane mage for a short time, his research fields have already covered three directions.
"Another point is that I went to a meeting on Keystone's battleship yesterday and listened to the exchange of information from other Arcane Mage research teams. This incident of evil leakage and infection has a profound impact on Cuihai Valley, but the benefits brought by the new changes are also huge.
of."
Penrose said.
As the arcane mage leading the team, meetings are naturally inevitable.
He continued: "Based on everyone's opinions, we held an emergency five-tower meeting to prepare to preserve the area around Well No. 3 as a base for evil research when cleaning up the evil pollution... In addition, your gag order,
It will be lifted soon."
"Keep the No. 3 well area?" This was really an unexpected surprise. "It's just a mentor. The shedding fragments of ancient evil things will eventually dissipate, right?"
Penrose said meaningfully: "As long as we don't drive it away artificially, evil will continue to arise and never stop."
Duke also wanted to ask what kind of ancient evil thing existed.
Penrose shook his head and said no more. Maybe he didn't know what an ancient evil thing was. After all, he was not involved in the battle in the forbidden area, and he had never seen the shell of an ancient evil thing.
……
Two days later, as Penrose announced the completion of the investigation of the mysterious changes in Cuihai Valley, the Loop airship slowly took off.
Return to Shenjiao City.
There was no crisis, as if the Black Jade Horseshoe Dragon deliberately hid, and even the Black Jade Scorpion never showed up again.
Although spirit beasts are not civilized, high-level spirit beasts have a certain level of intelligence. They know that they cannot eliminate the evil in Cuihai Valley with their own abilities, so they hide so that humans can eliminate this crisis and protect the habitat of Cuihai Valley.<
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The Loop soon arrived at Wizard Penrose's Tower.
Penrose promptly announced that everyone would have two days off.
Saying goodbye amidst cheers, the arcane mages left the mage tower one after another and returned to their homes to have a good rest.
Duke did not relax. He immediately took a batch of collected snow blowing column samples to the Duke-James Farm.
"Ask your spiritual plant envoys to wear anti-corrosion protective clothing and cooperate with me to plant these snow blowing pillars in the fields." Duke directly ordered James, "In addition, you go to the Union Tower and continue around the farm.
Purchase five hundred acres of land."
"Sir, what kind of spiritual plant is this snow-blowing pillar?"
"A very evil spiritual plant. I don't know yet whether it can survive. Anyway, I will cultivate it first and take a look."
If there are dates but there are no dates, take a shot first.