Lu Qingyi finished explaining the three evolution paths and waited for Shi Yu's choice. After all, this Shi Yu couldn't have everything, as the Qingmian Worm could only evolve into one type of creature.
To be honest, Shi Yu thought all of them were good. After all, they were all Commander-level creatures, which had a much higher growth ceiling than Extraordinary-level creatures. If he could contract a Commander-level creature, as long as he could afford to raise it, becoming a professional Beast Tamer would be a sure thing.
At this moment, any other apprentice Beast Tamer would probably be excitedly making a choice.
However, after listening, Shi Yu didn't immediately choose one with joy. It wasn't that he had a hard time choosing, but rather, he had heard a key piece of information.
For the Qingmian Worm to evolve into a Commander-level creature, besides some necessary evolution materials, the silk proficiency level only needed to be at the Master level? He had previously thought it would have to be at least the Perfect level.
Was pursuing a Perfect proficiency level in silk too difficult?
What if he pursued a Profound proficiency level in silk?
Would that unlock 200% of the pet's potential...
"Has there ever been a Qingmian Worm that mastered silk at the Profound level before evolution?" Shi Yu asked.
Lu Qingyi replied, "It's not impossible."
"If you can find a suitable secret realm or relic space for the Qingmian Worm to grow, and spend a huge amount of resources to cultivate it, perhaps you can raise its silk proficiency to that level within its lifetime."
"Or, if you grow to the Legendary level and then return to cultivate the Qingmian Worm. However, regardless of the cost-effectiveness, this Qingmian Worm won't live that long."
"Those are the two main methods. There are successful cases domestically, where a Qingmian Worm has evolved into a King-level Ice Phoenix Moth. Are you interested?"
Shi Yu smiled, "Just asking."
Lu Qingyi said, "Don't be too greedy. If you plan to evolve, the Qingmian Worm's silk level isn't necessarily the higher the better."
"The higher the silk level, the greater the potential after evolution, but the evolution process will also be more difficult, with a risk of failing to break out of the cocoon. That's why it's not necessary to deliberately pursue a Perfect proficiency level."
"Unless you can guarantee that the evolution materials you use will 100% awaken a powerful new racial skill in the Qingmian Worm during evolution, and this skill can 100% break the cocoon."
"But that's something even the top evolution planners can't guarantee."
Shi Yu understood.
The Qingmian Worm's silk level, the cocoon's level, the difficulty of breaking the cocoon, and the potential after evolution are positively correlated.
To successfully break the cocoon, it needs to awaken a powerful new racial skill inside the cocoon and use this ability to break out.
As for how to awaken a new racial skill during evolution, it requires providing suitable evolution materials to the Qingmian Worm before it forms the cocoon.
If the provided evolution materials are incorrect, it will fail to awaken the skill, leading to a failed cocoon break and evolution.
After carefully considering, Shi Yu's heart stirred.
If the Qingmian Worm's evolution mechanism is like this, perhaps he doesn't have to follow the known evolution paths.
Shi Yu looked at the Qingmian Worm in the birdcage. If he teaches it a skill from the skill codex before it forms the cocoon, what would happen?
This way, he can bypass the traditional evolution path and directly use the pre-evolution skill to break the cocoon. As long as the skill level is high enough, there won't be a risk of failing to break the cocoon.
At the same time, the silk level can be safely raised to the maximum, allowing the highest-level cocoon to nourish the internal Qingmian Worm.
This operation seems feasible!
Originally, Shi Yu thought the Commander-level creature was good, but now, he suddenly wanted to cultivate a completely new evolution form.
He could completely break the conventional evolution method and use an unconventional evolution method!
Shi Yu suddenly understood why researchers who liked to study new evolution forms of the Qingmian Worm found it so exciting. The thrill of the draw is real.
He nodded and said, "Then I'll choose the Light Goddess Butterfly."
Although he might not necessarily evolve it into this, choosing the most precious one for now is the right choice.
He wanted to refer to how the evolution materials are combined in other evolution paths.
Lu Qingyi said, "You're indeed choosing the highest level... But I warned you, their evolution difficulties range from easy to hard, so you must be well-prepared before letting the Qingmian Worm attempt evolution."
"Wasting precious evolution materials is a minor issue, but if it fails to break the cocoon, your Qingmian Worm might die inside."
"Understood."
The evolution method might be Lu Qingyi's personal treasure or harvest, and she immediately recorded it for Shi Yu, with the quantities and levels of materials clearly marked.
A method to evolve the Qingmian Worm, a disgrace in the pet world, into a high-level Commander-level creature is naturally invaluable, capable of creating a Beast Tamer family. But Lu Qingyi casually shared the method with Shi Yu.
This made Shi Yu even more convinced that the Eleventh Bureau might indeed be very powerful, and a Legendary Beast Tamer bodyguard might really be arranged in the future!
【Name】: Qingmian Worm
【Evolution Path】: Light Goddess Butterfly
【Skill Requirement】: Silk skill proficiency at the Master level or above
【Evolution Materials】: One immature Light Heart (1-3 years), ten mature Sunflower petals, three Glow Nuclei, 50 grams of Luminescent Fungi, a large amount of Sunlight Rock powder, and a large amount of Light-Containing Grass
【Evolution Method】: After the Qingmian Worm reaches level 9, use a 9:1 ratio of Sunlight Rock powder and clear spring water to soak the Light-Containing Grass as the main food. The soaking time is 1 hour until the Qingmian Worm reaches level 10.
After the Qingmian Worm reaches level 10, feed it one immature Light Heart, ten mature Sunflower petals, three Glow Nuclei, and 50 grams of Luminescent Fungi within one day. After consuming all the materials, it can use the silk skill to form a cocoon.
The evolution process takes about 30 days. If successful, the Qingmian Worm will awaken the skill Rainbow Light inside the cocoon, thus breaking the cocoon and evolving into a Light Goddess Butterfly.
"These materials..."
The Light Heart is a special fruit, the Sunflower is a high-level spirit plant, the Glow Nucleus is the energy crystal of a glow worm, the Luminescent Fungi is a true nucleus organism from the Colorful Mushroom, the Sunlight Rock is a rare mineral, and the Light-Containing Grass is a rare spirit plant...
Just from the names, Shi Yu could already imagine that these materials would be very expensive, making his head ache. Would his 10 million be enough to buy them all???
Even the cheapest material in the lowest-level resources, Iron Bamboo, was so expensive, and none of these materials were below level 3...
Worm, let's indeed research a more powerful evolution path ourselves. Commander-level is too low!
If there's no confidence later, we can choose this as a backup!
After handing over the Qingmian Worm's evolution method to Shi Yu, Lu Qingyi left with her Wind Demon Lion, leaving only Shi Yu, the Iron-Eating Beast, and the Qingmian Worm in the courtyard.
Watching Lu Qingyi leave, Shi Yu sighed. He didn't know if joining the Eleventh Bureau was a good or bad decision...
Although he resisted his old profession verbally, it was indeed true, as Lu Qingyi said, if he truly resisted it from the heart, he wouldn't have resonated with that stone statue.
"Whatever, no point overthinking it. At least I'll have money tomorrow, so I can splurge a bit today!"
Shi Yu put away the evolution blueprint and decided to buy a phone first. He had been longing for this for a long time and was finally ready to splurge.