Chapter 139 Chapter 139
In fact, this is not the first time that the abnormality of the Liangyi Butterfly has occurred.
Earlier, in the seventh zone of the alien dimension, when it exhausted its energy to perform "Sacrifice," it had already sensed a flash of negative energy within its heart. However, at the time, everyone's attention was focused on the koi fish, and Xia Muqing and the Swift Dog were fighting the Dark Beast King in the snowy forest. Given the distance and the critical situation, the energy reaction didn't transmit through the contract.
But this time, after the Yin-Yang Butterfly lost its strength, the rebound of negative energy was even more serious than last time.
Last time, it was just distracted for a moment, but this time, not only was the energy fluctuation not suppressed for a moment, it even saw an illusion in its trance -
Gray light flickered, and the surroundings were filled with endless surging black and gray fog. A gloomy and terrifying aura spread in all directions. Deep in the fog, a pair of scarlet eyes were as dim as will-o'-the-wisp, as if a single glance could easily evoke the deepest fear in people's hearts.
Recalling that fleeting moment, Liangyi Butterfly shuddered violently.
"Aiya!"
It just makes it creepy!
Xia Muqing frowned. "It's happened before? Xiao Zi, why didn't you tell me?"
The Yin-Yang butterfly drooped its wings guiltily, and its small antennae also hung down, swaying gently.
“Aaaaaaa…”
After all, it was only a moment last time and it recovered immediately. Besides, that was the critical stage for the little koi to transform into a dragon, and it didn't want to make its owner worry.
Moreover, after the last incident, Liangyi Butterfly immediately checked her own profound power and spiritual space, and found that everything was as normal as before, without any problems.
It thought it was just an accident, a natural reaction to its weak body...
After hearing this, Xia Muqing frowned even more tightly.
But when she saw the Yin-Yang Butterfly carefully curling itself into a ball with its wings, looking up at her pitifully and saying "ah-ah-ah" as if it knew it was wrong and would never do it again, she felt so distressed that she could not continue the criticism she was about to say.
"Don't be so optimistic," Xia Muqing finally poked the Yin-Yang Butterfly's antennae and said helplessly, "If you have any adverse reactions in the future, you must tell me immediately. Got it?"
Liang Yi Butterfly nodded vigorously: "Yeah!"
Xia Muqing: "Not only Xiao Zi, but also you—Xiao Jin, Xiao Feng, do you remember?"
Swift Dog: "Woo?"
It's fine, nothing uncomfortable?
The little golden dragon raised its head proudly: "Ah!"
Master, don’t think too much, it’s doing very well now, it can’t be any better!
It was still in its excitement phase, showing off in front of the other contracted mystical beasts of the same period. Hahaha, it was simply a fish life... ah no, it was the peak of dragon life! Didn't it see the Nandou Thunder Monkey in the corner, his eyes burning with envy, almost flaming with anger!
When they had frequent battles before, the two beasts were evenly matched, and the Nandou Thunder Monkey even had the upper hand over the Koi Fish. But now the Nandou Thunder Monkey is no match for it at all. The feeling of leaving its former friend far behind really makes the beast sigh... and secretly happy!
The little golden dragon shook its head and tail, and floated in the air with a silly laugh. Xia Muqing bent her fingers and tapped its little head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "Don't be proud."
"Have you forgotten the lesson you just had? Be cautious, be cautious, and never underestimate any mysterious beast—you're still a member of the 'Lecturer Group'."
As for the problem with the Yin-Yang Butterfly, Xia Muqing also had an idea about it.
There is no doubt that it must have evolved incorrectly in the past, and the dark side left behind is at work in secret.
Although there was a battle at the old factory, with the concerted efforts of all the mysterious beasts and Xia Muqing, they successfully awakened the consciousness of the Yin-Yang Butterfly, defeated the obsession of the residual soul of the Youpo Rhino, and put the little guy's evolutionary path back on the right track.
But now it seems that the power has only been suppressed and has not completely disappeared.
Moreover, because the Yin-Yang Butterfly usually resists negative emotions, this power was buried deep in its heart and suppressed again and again. Now it has rebounded from the bottom and targeted the weak period after the Yin-Yang Butterfly's mysterious power was consumed, and it is ready to make some trouble.
The Yin-Yang butterfly drooped its antennae and clung to Xia Muqing's fingertips in distress: "Aiya..."
Master, is there any way to eliminate this energy?
So scary, so horrible, it doesn't like this power!
When Liang Yi Butterfly thought about how he almost hurt his master because of the hatred of the Ghost Butterfly and how the Wind Dog had to lie in bed for a long time, he felt a blockage and bitterness in his heart and wanted to cry.
It had been a long time since the incident happened, and it was thought that everything was over, but it did not expect that a cold force would emerge again, making it panic.
"Aiya!"
Isn't this a time bomb?
It doesn't want what happened before to happen again. If this goes on, it might not be able to sleep peacefully at night.
The Yin-Yang Butterfly's resistance was clear, and Xia Muqing hesitated to ask it to accept the dark side, even though it would be the most perfect evolutionary path for it, without any waste. However, on second thought, Xia Muqing felt that since Xiao Zi disliked this power so much, forcing it to absorb it against its will might also be detrimental.
Besides, Liangyi Butterfly is the youngest in the family and has always been loved and spoiled by all family members. It suffered a lot in its early years and finally recovered its sanity from the state of defective products. It went through many hardships again and grew up little by little into the person it is today who is loved and trusted by everyone. To be honest, Xia Muqing couldn't bear to see it suffer anymore.
She soothed the slightly trembling little butterfly, comforting it lightly: "It's okay, Xiao Zi, don't be afraid. If we don't like it, then we don't have it. It's not something we absolutely need. There are many ways to become more powerful! Let me think of a way to separate the energy..."
It would probably be difficult to peel it off directly, after all, this is the ability of the Yin-Yang Butterfly and it is a part of its body.
Xia Muqing knew that some props and materials could help separate the energy, but firstly, they were relatively rare. Secondly, after forcibly separating them, the Yin-Yang Butterfly would inevitably enter a period of weakness. If not handled properly, it might also affect its future growth.
"I think we can try the second-order evolution first," she said slowly, thinking. "I'll help you select the evolutionary materials. We can use the opportunity of choosing the evolutionary path to see if we can directly wash away the energy you don't want."
The Yin-Yang butterfly raised its antennae in surprise: "Ah!"
Is it okay? Yes, yes!
Thank you, master. It loves you the most!
…
Xia Muqing had already prepared the evolution materials, and after monitoring by Ark Xiaoxue, the Yin-Yang Butterfly also fully met the evolution conditions. The man and the butterfly thought that it would be better to do it now than to wait, so they simply borrowed the Xuanli House in the training ground.
The Xuanli here is rich, the training effect is good, and the recovery speed is fast. In addition, the life energy recovery ability of the Liangyi Butterfly is first-class. It won’t take long for it to replenish the Xuanli it consumed before.
However, Liangyi Die was still a little nervous and held on tightly to the clothes on Xia Muqing's shoulders.
The Swift Dog and the Little Golden Dragon huddled beside it and whispered to it to comfort it: "Awooo!"
Don't be afraid, evolution is easy!
Just move the mysterious power in your body like this and that, then close your eyes and open them again, and Lord Feng Luo will jump out!
Little Golden Dragon: "Ah!"
Yes, yes, how simple is the evolution of Little Butterfly?
You don't have to work hard to fill the Dragon Pill, nor do you have to risk your life to pass the test. Even if you fail, you won't die, and you still have a chance to start over. How safe!
Ark Xiaoxue also came over to join in the fun, her electronic eyes gleaming. "According to the historical data statistics of the current samples, the master's contracted profound beast has a 100% chance of a perfect evolution at the second stage."
Yin-Yang Butterfly: "..."
Thanks, feeling more nervous now!
Xia Muqing didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Don't put pressure on Xiao Zi, especially you, Xiao Jin - is this how you use it when you are so deliberate?"
A bad mouth is even worse. What does it mean that you won’t die even if you fail?
"Hurry up and bah, ...
She pressed her finger against the little golden dragon's head until it spat out a mouthful of saliva. Then, Xia Muqing began to sort out the materials needed for the Yin-Yang Butterfly's evolution, discarding all the dark-type materials she had prepared earlier, leaving only those that contained the rich power of life and light.
"Don't worry, Xiao Zi, don't you understand my level?"
The probability of failure of the second-stage evolution of other mysterious beasts is high. On the one hand, many of them try to evolve before reaching the energy standard. On the other hand, many beastmasters do not understand the attributes of their own beasts at all, nor do they know which evolution materials are most suitable. As a result, the mysterious beasts absorb some meaningless or even "impurity" materials during evolution, which of course makes it easy for them to fail.
But for Xia Muqing, these situations do not exist at all.
"One Yang Crystal Flint, three Qingluo Grasses, two portions of Spiritual Light Marrow Fluid... Okay, Xiao Zi, let's get started!"
The Liangyi Butterfly calmed itself down, and a mysterious light emanated from its body, absorbing all the materials spread out in front of it.
Xia Muqing pulled out her points card and swiped it on the console in her room. With a single tap, she raised the concentration of profound energy in the room to its highest level and set the replenishment timer to its fastest. She didn't even remove the card, simply inserting it into the console and tapping away, simply hoping to provide the best possible environment for the Yin-Yang Butterfly to evolve.
With such a strong supplement, the mysterious power in the house increased rapidly. Coupled with the blocking effect of the formation in the wall interlayer, the energy concentration was even higher than that of several areas outside the alien space.
Enshrouded in golden light, the Yin-Yang Butterfly was covered in strands of golden threads.
The energy, condensed into substantial threads, wound layer upon layer, finally forming a dense cocoon, completely enveloping the Yin-Yang Butterfly. After several minutes, an increasingly powerful energy wave emanated from the cocoon. Xia Muqing and the several mysterious beasts in the room held their breath, nervously and excitedly awaiting the next scene.
The little golden dragon stretched its neck and asked curiously, "Ah?"
What will the little butterfly become? Will it be the Bright Butterfly?
It had seen photos of the Bright Butterfly on the Internet. That mysterious beast was so beautiful, covered in blue and white light, like an angel descending. There were also gorgeous special effects when it used its skills!
Xia Muqing put her fingers to her lips and hushed, lowering her voice: "The Bright Butterfly is just a backup. Xiao Zi is so powerful, she can definitely evolve into a higher-level mysterious beast - the Bright Flash Butterfly."
It has the same powerful healing, dispelling, and buffing abilities as the Bright Butterfly, but is even more powerful than the Bright Butterfly. It is a powerful mystical beast that can serve as a high-level substitute from any angle. It is one of the strongest healing mystical beasts recorded in Xia Muqing's illustrations, and is much more beautiful than the Bright Butterfly.
That is her goal of making Xiao Zi evolve this time!
The little golden dragon's eyes lit up: "Roar?"
So powerful?
After that, when it cooperates with Xiao Zi, the creature it evolves into can no longer be called Gilded Sky Dragon, but Gilded Sky Bright Flash Dragon, right?
The longer the name, the more powerful it is! Imagine a majestic golden dragon, atop an angelic white light, capable of fighting, healing, both civil and military, and crucially, a plethora of special effects when it appears, plus… slurp!
Listening to the sound of the little golden dragon swallowing saliva, Xia Muqing shook her head helplessly and poked its tail: "You, you only think about showing off. Why don't you think about improving yourself quickly so that you can transform into a giant dragon without Xiao Zi's help in the future?"
Every time it becomes a giant dragon, it still needs Xiao Zi's cooperation. After all, it is not as convenient as the little golden dragon to control the form switching at will, and it is more flexible on the tactical level.
Looks like I still have to think of a way...
Xia Muqing was thinking about it when suddenly, the Swift Dog, which had been very quiet, stood up suddenly, with its hair standing on end and a serious and nervous expression: "Woo!"
No, master, something is wrong!
Ark Xiaoxue also sounded the alarm: "Ding ding, the energy value is dropping - Master, something's wrong with the Yin-Yang Butterfly!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the white cocoon surrounding the Yin-Yang Butterfly suddenly began to collapse from the top, and large pieces of white energy fragments fell. The damaged area was replaced by a sudden burst of gray energy, and large dark patterns suddenly appeared on the pure white cocoon.
The pattern was very strange and evil. Just looking at it, Xia Muqing felt dizzy and nauseous, and had to look away quickly.
I didn’t expect that the energy in the Yin-Yang Butterfly’s body was so stubborn that the evolution materials just now were not enough to wash it away!
Alarm bells rang in her heart, and she shouted, "Xiao Zi, hold on!"
"Use this opportunity to expel the energy you don't like! I'll give you energy support!"
Fortunately, she had carefully prepared several sets of materials beforehand. Xia Muqing quickly took out the rest. Almost as soon as the materials appeared, they were absorbed by the white light of the giant cocoon. With the support of these energies, the white light gradually pushed the dark light back, and the strange patterns gradually faded.
——But it is still not enough to completely eliminate it.
The pattern only faded, not completely disappeared. It was like a thorn in the flesh, cunning and agile, retreating when the enemy was strong, but rushing out without hesitation at the first opportunity, engaging in a thrilling chase with the white light.
Bai Guang had the home advantage and had the material support of Xia Muqing, but even so, the dark light was still a tough nut to crack. Although it had been suppressed to the limit by Bai Guang and condensed into a small ball, it still clung on and refused to be expelled.
Seeing this scene, Xia Muqing covered her forehead in distress.
In fact, being compressed into a small ball has little impact on the evolution of the Yin-Yang Butterfly. It just depends on whether the Yin-Yang Butterfly is willing to continue to complete the evolution - it can still evolve into the Bright Butterfly or the Bright Flash Butterfly, but it is not perfect, and there may be a trace of impurities in the energy.
To be honest, it's probably the difference between a perfect score of 100 and a score of 99.
But in fact, 99 points is already very good. Many beast masters only strive for 60 points to pass the second-level evolution of their mysterious beasts. And even with 99 points, Xia Muqing is fully confident that Xiao Zi can become a divine beast...
"Bang!"
The white cocoon exploded and the light dissipated.
Wrapped in the scattered energy fragments, the sad and unwilling figure of the Yin-Yang Butterfly was revealed.
It took the initiative to stop this evolution, unwilling to stay at only 99 points.
Xia Muqing sighed: "Alas..."
She couldn't explain her mood. She felt heartbroken, but also a little relieved.
The Yin-Yang Butterfly flew over with tears in its eyes, its wings still stained with some residual light energy: "Aiya..."
It’s so annoying. Why won’t these negative energies get out of my mind?
It caused its evolution to fail and the materials were wasted...
I'm so sorry, master. It broke the 100% evolution success rate at home!
The Liangyi Butterfly felt extremely ashamed and hated itself for not being able to fight against the energy ball. It huddled on Xia Muqing's shoulder and used its butterfly wings to wrap itself into a puffy little ball, hiding inside the ball and shedding tears.
Xia Muqing comforted it repeatedly, and used the Xuan Beast Contract to sense the status of the Yin-Yang Butterfly. After confirming that the evolution that had just been interrupted did not cause any harm to it, she breathed a sigh of relief.
She smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. Our Xiao Zi is a perfectionist after all."
"Don't cry, don't cry. It's just some materials. Our family doesn't need this little money! Xiao Zi, have you forgotten my ability to answer questions? Besides, our family is already rich now. We have more points than we can spend. Buying another hundred sets of materials is no problem."
Even if the evolution failed, the materials wouldn't be wasted. After being absorbed by the Yin-Yang Butterfly, most of them would remain in its body, gradually transforming into the Yin-Yang Butterfly's own profound energy reserves through future training.
Xia Muqing held the Yin-Yang Butterfly in her palm and said softly, "However, this dark energy is much more stubborn than you imagined. If you don't want to evolve imperfectly, Xiao Zi, you'll probably suffer in the future."
If they couldn't use the opportunity of evolution to expel it, they could only rely on mysterious tools, medicine, and other methods to separate it. The difficulty of finding materials was one thing, and now it looked like this ball of energy had clearly merged into the body of the Yin-Yang Butterfly, becoming a part of it. Forcibly separating it at this point would be as difficult as performing an amputation.
The wings of the Yin-Yang butterfly opened a little: "Ah!"
It’s okay, master, it’s not afraid of hardship or pain!
Xia Muqing made the decision: "Okay, let me check the association's exchange list when I get back to see if there's anything I can find... no, anything I can exchange for."
…
On the way back, Xia Muqing opened the mobile app and looked through the exchange list of the Beastmaster Association.
Ark Xiaoxue helped to record and screen, and her efficiency was much faster than if she had looked at it herself. Unfortunately, after looking through all the first, second and third level resources, Xia Muqing still couldn't find any materials that could separate spiritual energy.
"Material that acts on spiritual power, and it's about division rather than nourishment. Isn't that too demanding..."
Xia Muqing pinched her eyebrows with a headache.
The situation of the Yin-Yang Butterfly is really too special. Moreover, it is no longer a newborn cub, but a powerful Xuan Beast that is infinitely close to a second-level Xuan Beast and will almost certainly cross the threshold of a Divine Beast after evolution. Some materials that could have played a similar role will become ineffective in the face of the powerful strength of the Yin-Yang Butterfly, which more than doubles the difficulty of screening.
"If it really doesn't work..." Xia Muqing suddenly had an idea, "Oh right, can I ask someone else?"
The exchange list released by the association is a public resource, but her friends are all extraordinary, so they should have some unique information channels?
Xia Muqing immediately called Cheng Zizhuo.
Although both of them were very busy during this period, they did not lose contact. After the little golden dragon evolved successfully, Cheng Zizhuo ran back to Yandu to celebrate with her. It was also at that time that Xia Muqing learned that when she was facing the Prison Lock in District 7, Cheng Zizhuo was following the adventure team deep into District 13. They happened to run into the leaderless beasts in Xingyu Ridge and were severely harvested by the adventure team.
It was also for this reason that when the Prison Lock opened the passage again and wanted to summon his subordinates, there was no beast responding on the opposite side - there was no way, the old nest was turned upside down by Cheng Zizhuo and his group.
Although the two parties happened to be together, they attacked from both sides, forcing the Prison Lock and the Mountain Erosion Ape into a desperate situation. It was a wonderful cooperation.
The adventure team's expedition time is not fixed each time, so Cheng Zizhuo also becomes elusive, but this time Xia Muqing is lucky, and the call she made is quickly connected.
"Not in another dimension?" Xia Muqing said with a smile, "Not bad, your vacation time this time is longer than before, so you can have a good rest."
Cheng Zizhuo's voices were a bit chaotic. She listened carefully for a while and asked in surprise, "Are you training? It's so tiring. Can't you even have a moment of leisure during the holidays?"
Cheng Zizhuo's hearty laughter came from the other side of the phone: "There's nothing I can do. If I don't work hard, I'll become a loser. Being a loser in the Beast Taming World is the original sin."
In fact, let alone vacation time, Cheng Zizhuo was already wishing he could split every minute into two. He was supposed to be a genius, wasn't he? How come after joining the adventure group just to keep up with his sweetheart, he ended up falling further and further behind?
That’s the gilded sky dragon!
But Cheng Zizhuo's hard work wasn't just about catching up with Xia Muqing. After joining the adventure group, the cruelty of the alien space was gradually revealed to him, and his heart unconsciously tightened.
In a duel on Blue Star, losing is just a matter of breathing, but in a battle in another dimension, losing means you won’t even have time to breathe.
"Don't put so much pressure on yourself," Xia Muqing comforted him. "If you're always nervous, the mysterious beasts will sense their master's mood, which will be detrimental to the training results. By the way, do you know of any way to separate spiritual energy?"
Cheng Zizhuo thought for a moment: "I remember... there's a Soul-Splitting Grass in the association's exchange warehouse?"
"It's gone now? Someone replaced it? That can't be right. That thing is very dangerous to use. It might cause schizophrenia. The conditions for use are also very strict. It has been stuck in the inventory for a long time."
"Don't worry, how about I ask Uncle Zhong and see if he can find the material flow records?"
…
Cheng Zizhuo was very efficient. The next morning, he found out the whereabouts of the Soul-Dividing Grass.
Sure enough, just as he had guessed, this thing had just been removed from the list in the last round of inventory clearance due to its high risk and narrow applicability, and was about to be packaged together with some other long-held exchange items and sold to a beast taming research institute.
The Beastmaster Association originally sold it at a low price as a support policy for Daxia's scientific research projects. However, now that they heard that Xia Muqing wanted it, they immediately said that they could pick out the Soul-Splitting Grass and replace it with other materials to give to the research institute.
"Don't worry, it's fine. The research institute didn't specifically ask for the Soul-Splitting Grass," said the association leader in charge of the matter. "Every year, we have a lot of unused materials in our warehouse. We're worried about losing their medicinal properties if they're left for a long time, so we sell them to major domestic research institutes for research at low prices. We guess it's a stroke of luck. But now that Xiaoxia, the Divine Beast User, wants it, the situation is obviously different. We must use the best steel where it counts."
"To redeem points... just use the package price we gave to the research institute. It's just a token of appreciation..."
This is a very popular genius beast user in the country, and the association leaders are happy to do him a favor.
Xia Muqing now felt the status of the beast envoy. The other party was extremely polite when talking to her, without any airs of a leader. He also repeatedly assured her that he would assign someone to be responsible and deliver the things to her as quickly as possible.
Xia Muqing: "...Actually, it's not that urgent."
The Yin-Yang Butterfly had just failed to evolve, so it needed to recover. Even with the Soul-Splitting Grass, it wouldn't immediately begin its next evolution. Xia Muqing planned to try to break through with it again in a month. During this time, she also planned to search for other information to see if there was a more reliable solution.
It took only half a day to get the materials, which Xia Muqing had never expected before.
She put down her phone, happily lay back on her bed in the dormitory, and let out a long sigh: "Can I be considered to be enjoying the treatment of the privileged class?"
This feeling of getting rewards for your efforts is really great. While the divine beast users are fighting hard to protect the people, the Daxia officials are also working hard to provide convenience for the divine beast users and build a warm rear base.
This situation is much better than some of the novels and comics Xia Muqing read, where heroes are fighting bloody battles on the front line while the top brass are secretly stabbing them in the back.
What Xia Muqing didn't know was that while she was lying in her dormitory hugging a few mysterious beasts and sleeping soundly, a very hidden underground research institute was in an uproar because of the replacement of materials.
A man dressed in black with a stern face stood in front of the house: "Who, who leaked the secret?"
"Stand out within ten seconds, and I'll give him a quick death!"
A group of assistants and researchers below kept their heads down, not daring to even breathe. The whole room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
They were also cursing in their hearts.
Who is the traitor who actually destroyed the doctor's important materials?
They were already so cautious, hiding the target among a pile of miscellaneous items, and never mentioned the word "Soul-Dividing Grass" in front of the association members during the entire purchasing project. Why did the other party still see through their purpose!
So many packaged materials were exchanged for the only thing they wanted, the Soul-Splitting Grass!
The key question is, besides the Soul-Splitting Grass, have other things been exposed? Has the truth about the research institute been discovered? If so, why haven't the authorities come to arrest them yet? Are they trying to catch some bigger fish?
Everyone was brainstorming in their minds, and they were almost going crazy.
If the research institute is exposed and their research contents are revealed to the world, who among them will be able to survive?
"...You won't tell me, right?"
At the front of the room, the man's face grew increasingly gloomy, his expression gradually becoming distorted.
"very good!"
"In that case, please cooperate and join the experiment one by one as materials."
"I'd like to see how long that filthy rat can hide!"
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