By the time Ye Bai returned to the Breeding House,
the Breeding House's signboard had already been wiped clean and hung up.
With the Breeding House signboard hung up, it meant the Breeding House was officially open for business.
This was a good start.
Yet Da Hui did not look happy. Instead, he paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, his forehead covered in bean-sized beads of sweat. He looked extremely anxious.
Something seemed to have happened to the Sunflowers in the Breeding House.
They had been perfectly fine in the morning, but by afternoon, the Sunflowers' leaves had begun falling one after another.
The leaves of the second-order mother plant were beginning to wither over a large area.
Only a small cluster of tender green leaves remained.
Even the flower head had begun to wither. It was clear that the Sunflower mother plant was not in good condition.
Influenced by the mother plant, the First Order Sunflowers all looked sickly and listless.
Sunflower nectar was an important source of income for the Breeding House.
Da Hui was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. He had never encountered such a situation and had no idea what to do.
When he saw Ye Bai return, it was as if he had spotted a life-saving straw. He hurriedly dragged Ye Bai upstairs to the Sunflower mother plant.
Ye Bai had cared for this Sunflower mother plant for many years.
At a glance, he could tell that the Sunflower mother plant was advancing.
When it had risen from the First Order to the second order back then, it had been in the same state.
Ye Bai had even rushed to the Pet Beast Hospital carrying the Sunflower.
The doctor told Ye Bai that it lacked sufficient energy, and the cells within its body had already begun devouring themselves.
The Sunflower needed to be replenished with a massive amount of energy to ensure it could advance successfully. Other than that, there was no other way.
Ye Bai could only treat a dead horse as if it were alive, giving the Sunflower all the energy potions in the Breeding House.
The Sunflower remained half-dead for two months before finally completing its advancement.
From then on, it could propagate First Order Sunflowers through side buds.
Ye Bai opened the Eye of Insight and saw that the gray mist surrounding the Sunflower mother plant was gradually thickening. This proved that his guess was correct.
The Sunflower's advancement required a huge amount of energy.
"Luckily, I extorted a third-order Sunstone from He Guangda last time."
"Otherwise, when faced with the Sunflower's advancement, I really would have been at my wits' end."
"But why did the Sunflower suddenly advance?"
The Sunflower had no combat ability. It could not raise its level by killing wild Strange Beasts.
Usually, it did nothing more than bask in the sun. It must have come into contact with something that allowed it to evolve toward the third order on its own.
"Da Hui, give me a hand. Dig a hole in the flowerpot for me. I need to stuff the Sunstone against the Sunflower's roots and help it complete its final evolution."
Da Hui extended his sharp claws and jabbed hard at the flowerpot. A fist-sized hole immediately appeared in the soil.
"Da Hui, give me another hand and crush this Sunstone."
Da Hui picked up the Sunstone and exerted force with both hands. The Sunstone in his hands instantly turned into powder.
He poured the powder in his hands into the hole, and the withered flower head began to unfurl.
Roots and stems surged out from the soil in the flowerpot, as if countless earthworms were writhing beneath the dirt.
The Sunflower was absorbing the Sunstone's energy. It seemed to awaken from its self-devouring state.
Golden stripes appeared across the Sunflower's body.
At that moment, the Sunflower was like an oversized light bulb, radiating a warm, gentle glow.
Its enormous flowerpot was completely burst apart, and countless thumb-thick roots shot outward.
Only then did Ye Bai notice the piles of white bones tangled beneath the roots.
The claws on those bones were like sharp drills.
Ye Bai recognized the bones' owners—First Order Strange Beasts, Burrowing rats, earth-attribute rodent Strange Beasts that dug holes everywhere.
Every skull had been pierced through in a single strike.
Putting that together with the Sunflower's steel-tough roots, Ye Bai finally understood how the Sunflower had advanced.
Those blind Burrowing rats must have accidentally entered the Sunflower's territory while digging tunnels and been strangled directly by its roots.
By killing Burrowing rats day after day, the Sunflower's strength had soared by leaps and bounds.
Before long, the even more brilliantly blooming Sunflower King appeared. Its fallen leaves had regrown, becoming even more lush than before.
Its petals were golden yellow, brimming with life and vitality.
A rich floral fragrance wafted from the Sunflower King's petals.
The Thousand Changes Silkworm smelled that refreshing fragrance, and drool was practically spilling from its mouth.
It wanted to eat it. It wanted to eat it so badly that its heart and lungs itched.
Relying on its formidable defense, the Thousand Changes Silkworm wanted to taste the Sunflower King's nectar.
Its body sprang forward as it opened its cavernous maw toward the Sunflower King.
But while it was still in midair, the Sunflower King swung its sharp Vine Whips and gave the Thousand Changes Silkworm a vicious lashing.
With a thud, the Thousand Changes Silkworm crashed onto the floor, making the entire level shake slightly.
The Thousand Changes Silkworm jerked its head up. A deep red mark had appeared on its face, which burned with pain.
Refusing to accept this, the Thousand Changes Silkworm immediately used Harden. A faint silvery-white sheen flashed across its body.
It charged forward fiercely. Amid a series of crackling sounds, the Thousand Changes Silkworm was beaten black and blue by the Sunflower King before plunging headfirst into the ground and fainting.
Thousand Changes Silkworm: I saw my great-grandma.
Da Hui and Ye Bai stared at each other.
The Sunflower King opened layer upon layer of petals, revealing golden nectar within.
The nectar gave off a rich, sweet fragrance. The Thousand Changes Silkworm opened its eyes at the scent, only for a smack to ring out as it fainted again.
The Thousand Changes Silkworm had completely locked horns with the Sunflower King. Even when Ye Bai forcibly put it into the Pet Beast Space, it charged right back out.
All night long, Da Hui and Ye Bai heard a smack, followed by an anguished cry.
By the next day, both man and pet beast had two dark circles under their eyes, their expressions slightly dazed.
Then Ye Bai suddenly noticed that when the Sunflower King's steel-tough Vine Whips struck the Thousand Changes Silkworm, a string of sparks actually flew.
Now, the Sunflower King needed to use four or five Vine Whips just to lock down the Thousand Changes Silkworm's movements.
Could it be?
Ye Bai used the Eye of Insight on the Thousand Changes Silkworm.
[Name: Thousand Changes Silkworm] [Gender: Male] [Mastered Skills: Silk Spit (Proficient), Harden (Mastery), Ram (Entry Level)] [Evolution Path 1: Myriad Changes Silkworm. Its defense will become increasingly terrifying, and it will possess more Evolution Paths. Conditions unknown.] [Evolution Path 2: Sun God Butterfly. Sun Crystal x1, Flame Crystal x1, Insect Crystal x1. Grind the three crystals into powder and expose it to intense light at noon. The Thousand Changes Silkworm must reach the peak of the second order.]
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