MTLNOVEL Chapter 326 - 43: Indescribable, Frantically Absorbing Aura
Chapter 326: Chapter 43: Indescribable, Frantically Absorbing Aura
Having trapped the cultivators of Moon Island within the depths of the labyrinth, Luo Yan continued to lead Shi Liuli forward.
The mini-map from Ah Jing was extremely convenient. As long as they followed the route marked on the map, they would have smoothly reached the exit to the northeast…
Hmm?
As he watched in stunned disbelief, the labyrinth’s pathways suddenly shifted.
To be precise, all areas of the maze, except the small section where Luo Yan and Shi Liuli, as well as the team of Moon Island cultivators, were located, underwent a change.
Everything was scrambled! The structure and pathways became completely different!
The original route had them head northwest, circling around a large impassable area due north, before veering toward the northeast.
Now, continuing northwest would not allow them to loop around to the northeast, and they would have to turn back.
Luo Yan stealthily glanced back and saw Miss Shi with her arms crossed, wearing a beautiful, radiant smile, as if to say, “Junior Brother, go on and lead the way.”
“We have been researching Guardian Beast’s evolution routes for two thousand years, and now we have achieved remarkable results. Many Guardian Beasts can be found on the Beastmaster’s Forum for their evolution routes. You can learn how to do it yourself.”
“There are too many types of monsters, and even the mountains, rivers, and plants can evolve. In the spatial gate, there are always a bunch of previously unseen monsters that come out every year. It’s impossible to know about the evolution route of all monsters, but we are always striving.”
“That’s right, even professional Beast Raising Masters dare not say they know all the evolution routes of Guardian Beasts.”
“In any case, human beings have been researching Guardian Beasts for so many years, and there are still quite a few achievements. For many known Guardian Beasts, we have basically found one or two evolution routes.”
“The evolution routes of all Guardian Beasts are closely related to the Beastmaster’s Space. In the Beastmaster’s Space, the probability of Guardian Beasts breaking through the Species Level is higher, and this is the reason why many highly intelligent monsters are now willing to sign a contract with humans.”
“Even if you know one or two evolution routes, it is extremely difficult to help Guardian Beasts evolve to a higher Species Level.”
“Yes, it is relatively easy to increase the Combat Power Level, but the Species Level is really too difficult, and it depends on opportunities, which can only be encountered but not sought.”
The latest reply seemed to be an advertisement, “Do you want to cultivate your own Guardian Beast? Come to our ‘Tricking You Beast Raising Studio!’ Reasonable prices, no deception to children or the elderly!”
“If you provide the materials yourself, it only costs 150,000 union coins to increase the Combat Power Level of a Guardian Beast within Level 5. Our address is… ”
Chen Fan was furious…
You even said “Trick You,” do you think I am an idiot?
However, soon that person sent another message, “The previous one was a typo, it’s ‘Protecting You Beastmaster’s Studio,’ not ‘Tricking You Beast Raising Studio.’ This damn input method…”
“Is it really a problem with the input method?” Chen Fan sneered.
But the price quoted by this “Tricking You Beast Raising Studio” allowed him to roughly understand the current market for “cultivating Guardian Beasts.”
Provide the materials yourself, and for a Guardian Beast within Level 5, it costs 150,000 union coins to increase a Combat Power Level…
Chen Fan opened Qiandu and searched for housing prices in East Sea City.
He found that a 100 square meter house in East Sea City costs around 900,000 union coins.
Inside the city is the most expensive, outside the city is cheaper.
So, including the materials, upgrading a Guardian Beast’s Combat Power Level to Level 5 would cost more than a house in East Sea City’s inner city?
This is simply robbery!
Do Beast-raising Studios make so much money?
Chen Fan suppressed his impulse and after reading through the replies one by one, he entered “Ragdoll Cat Evolution Route” in the forum’s search box.
Several posts by professional Beast Raising Masters immediately appeared…
Awakened Ragdoll Cat Evolution Route: Ragdoll Cat→Bloodthirsty Cat→Star Space Shadow Cat.
Below was a seemingly authenticated “Beast Raising Master’s” evaluation: This is the best evolution route for an Awakened Ragdoll Cat.
Chen Fan couldn’t help but be stunned: “That’s it?”
“The best evolution route?”
Looking at this evolution route, when the Ragdoll Cat evolves to its final form, it becomes a “Star Space Shadow Cat.”
This evolution route is the same as the Ordinary Evolution Path shown in the system.
However, on his system panel, there is also a “Hidden Variant Evolution Path” for Snowy, which is obviously much stronger than the normal evolution path!
Moreover, on the system panel, Snowy’s “Hidden Variant Evolution Path” ends with an ellipsis, obviously indicating that it can break through to even higher levels.
But the Normal Evolution Path stops abruptly at the Star Space Shadow Cat.
…
Chen Fan then entered “Wild Savage Ape Evolution Route” in the forum search box.
Wild Savage Ape Evolution Route: Wild Savage Ape→Stone-skinned Demon Ape→Iron-skinned Demon Ape.
As expected…
The ordinary evolution path given by the system is basically consistent with the evolution path searched on the forum.
However, according to the forum’s information, the Wild Savage Ape has only this one evolution path.
But the system also provided a “Hidden Variant Evolution Path,” allowing the Wild Savage Ape to break through to the level of the “Primordial Grey Ape” and above!
The difference between the two evolution paths is huge!
Chen Fan took a deep breath, suppressed the shock and ecstasy in his heart once again, and opened two pages, entering “Combat Power Level” and “Species Level” respectively…
Guardian Beast levels are divided into “Combat Power Levels” and “Species Levels.”
[Combat Power Level]: 1-5 (Ordinary), 6-10 (Elite), 11-15 (Leader), 16-20 (War General);
21-25 (Commander), 26-30 (King), 31-35 (Overlord), 36-40 (Emperor), 41-45 (Dominator)…
[Species Level]: Awakened, Extraordinary, Lord, Monarch, Legend, Epic, Myth. Seven Species Levels, each divided into Low, Medium, High.
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[Combat Power Level]is the strength level of the Guardian Beast, based on Star Power as a reference, and is only a rough estimate of the Guardian Beast’s combat power.
[Species Level]represents the innate advantage and development potential of the Guardian Beasts, determining the upper limit for the Combat Power Level of Guardian Beasts. However, this limit is not unbreakable. Once it’s broken, it’s possible to awaken even more powerful talents and abilities.
The same Combat Power Level only indicates that their Star Power is on the same level, and it does not mean that the actual strength of the Guardian Beasts is exactly the same because the Species Level needs to be taken into consideration.
Wait, is that so?
“Still trying to argue, you broken mirror!” Luo Yan didn’t bother to reason with it any longer, and said irritably, “Putting aside the facts, if we now need to reach the exit in the northeast, I can only turn back with Miss Shi.”
“If I say that out loud, I will definitely be severely scorned by her!”
“Then…” Kunlun Mirror carefully suggested, “Why don’t we just lead her to the nearest exit, and then lie to her, saying that it’s the northeast?”
“Is she the kind of person who can’t tell north from south?” Luo Yan countered.
“Or should I cast an illusion technique on her to confuse her sense of direction?” Kunlun Mirror tried to remedy the situation.
After a long silence, Luo Yan asked with a complex tone:
“Ah Jing, when did you become… so scrappy?”
Kunlun Mirror paused for a long moment, then let out a sharp cry of terror before sinking into the Sea of Consciousness, falling silent.
Luo Yan wanted to say more, but suddenly Shi Liuli wrapped her arms around his shoulder.
“Can’t find the way, right?” Miss Shi said triumphantly, “Junior Brother, I see you’ve been standing here for quite a while now, just give up gracefully.”
“Alright, Senior Sister.” Luo Yan readily conceded, putting on a helpless expression, “I was clearly heading northeast, how did I end up going northwest?”
“Let me lead the way!” Shi Liuli said enthusiastically, “First of all, continuing straight on is definitely wrong, we need to turn back!”
Ah yes, yes, yes, Luo Yan silently agreed in his mind, curious to see where Miss Shi would take them.
The two turned back on the “path they came from,” and finally reached the first fork.
Luo Yan glanced at the map, and indeed, the path they had taken had also changed.
If they wanted to head to the exit in the northeast, they should turn left here.
He was pondering this when he saw Shi Liuli flip her right hand, drawing out six copper coins and tossing them into the air, then catching them stylishly.
Casting a divination!
“To the right!” she exclaimed eagerly.
No, no, no, going right would lead to the exit in the south, wouldn’t it?
Luo Yan looked at the mini-map from Kunlun Mirror, feeling like he already knew the end of the story but frustratingly couldn’t spoil it, leaving him scratching his head in irritation.
Shi Liuli, however, was brimming with confidence. At the following intersections, it was either to the right or to the right again, directly swinging back to the west from the south.
Gone completely off course!
Luo Yan couldn’t help but interject:
“Senior Sister, aren’t we heading west?”
“What nonsense are you spouting?” Shi Liuli looked at him as if she was looking at an idiot, “This is clearly the east, okay?”
Luo Yan: ………
No way! You even got the direction wrong!
The person who can get the direction wrong is walking through a maze!
Luo Yan was so anxious he ground his teeth, but ultimately decided to comfort himself forcefully. Anyway, this maze had forty-nine exits, so it wasn’t necessary to take the one in the northeast.
After all, if sister was leading the way, all he needed to do was coast along.
Shi Liuli was filled with enthusiasm, not even realizing she was heading west.
Luo Yan silently followed behind her, feigning interest in the Kunlun Mirror’s projected map, thinking if we could get to the east, unless this Cultivation Realm is round, allowing us to go west and circle around the world…
Um?
In Luo Yan’s stunned gaze, the structure of the maze changed again.
The path that originally led to the west exit was sealed, and to get there, one had to detour from the south.
The two arrived at a new crossroads—indistinguishable from the previous ones—where Shi Liuli cast her divinations again and then turned north.
Continuing to wander around, each time they came to a cross road, Shi Liuli cast divinations, then turned right, went straight, turned right, turned left, went straight, and they actually reached the northeast exit.
Luo Yan: ………
What about Ah Jing, the map, the sense of direction, are they useful?
As long as Miss Shi made a declaration, black could turn to white, east could become west, there’s nothing that great luck can’t change!
“See,” Shi Liuli said triumphantly, “I knew this was the place…”
“Sister!” Luo Yan suddenly embraced her, breathing her in greedily.
“Hey!” Shi Liuli let out a cry like a startled fawn, quickly pushing at his shoulders with much less effort than needed, “Junior brother, junior brother, what are you doing? Don’t get so close to me!”
“Let me siphon some of your luck!”
“Get off! Get off!” Shi Liuli shouted coyly, ceaselessly punching him with her fists.
Her earlier pushing wasn’t forceful, but the little fists that came down were quite fierce, causing Luo Yan to quickly let go of Miss Shi, grimacing in pain and begging for mercy.
After saying a bunch of nice things, Shi Liuli finally forgave him, huffing:
“I told you, there wouldn’t be any problems with me leading the way!”
“Yes, yes, there would definitely be no problems with sister leading the way.” Luo Yan fawned with a flattering smile.
“Next, we’ll see what treasures are inside….” Shi Liuli was excited to move forward but was stopped again as Luo Yan grabbed her arm.
“Sister, want to figure out what good things are inside again? Or you could just guess based on your intuition.”
Shi Liuli appeared somewhat perplexed and casually said:
“Suddenly, I feel like there’s nothing I lack. I have my Magical Treasure, and I have my Immortal Sword…”
She suddenly clapped her hands and exclaimed:
“Right! Purple Mansion Secret Medicine! I have a feeling there’s definitely Purple Mansion Secret Medicine inside!”
Luo Yan’s eyes filled with excited tears as he quickly followed Shi Liuli through the door.
Upon leaving the maze, the two entered a room.
Surrounding the room were tables and shelves, filled with an array of treasures, shimmering and glittering, almost dazzling to the eyes.
At the same time, a booming voice resounded within their hearts:
“The treasure vault will close in ten breaths….”
Before the voice had finished, Miss Shi hadn’t yet reacted when Luo Yan had already dashed forward.
His target was the gold lotus flower in the flowerpot on the stone table to the direct west of the room.
Jade Pond Golden Lotus!