Chapter 77: Chapter 77: Old Sha’s First Phase, Perfecting ’Accelerated Spellcasting’!
Although Lao Guan was very indignant, it must be said that professionals are certainly efficient when it comes to taking action.
And soon, he had the work schedule well planned.
After all, before this, the Heart of Woods only received customers in the morning, which gave Lao Guan the energy and time to arrange other tasks.
Indeed, the task previously assigned to Lao Guan included acquiring surrounding land deeds. Su Ping wanted to continue expanding his base’s area to create more terrain types, thereby increasing the scale and variety of Pet Beasts he could nurture.
The growth of Pet Beasts could shape different terrains according to their individual needs; Forest Wolves, for example, were suited to growing in forests, but this might not be the case for others. Even with a Beast Taming Space, expanding the Pet Beast Breeding Base was necessary. Though the Beast Taming Space would grow with its owner’s Realm, it hadn’t quite reached a truly exaggerated level; at least, his current Realm and power were not up to that. Moreover, unlike the outside world, the Beast Taming Space was blessed with the various attributes of a Beast Tamer and, nourished by spiritual power, was a treasure trove for cultivating precious resources. Therefore, it wasn’t practical to permanently house a particularly large number of Pet Beasts there, and Su Ping couldn’t possibly move everything he owned into the Beast Taming Space.
Thus, Su Ping had an exceedingly clear understanding of the Heart of Wood Cultivation Base and the Beast Taming Space—two places that seemed to serve the same function but actually focused on completely different aspects.
The Beast Taming Space served as temporary quarters for combat Pet Beasts during expeditions and also as his personal treasure trove for cultivating precious resources.
The cultivation base, on the other hand, was essential for close contact and nurturing a large number of Pet Beasts.
It was also his true home base.
A satisfied and content smile appeared on Su Ping’s face; he was already envisioning the next main group of Pet Beasts to focus on developing.
Naturally, his preference was the Paperman. After all, the second Pet Beast he had prepared was the little Paperman, still diligently practicing its swordplay under his continued coaxing. Enhancing the Paperman Illustrated Handbook was undoubtedly an important matter. However, the habitats required by Necromancy System Pet Beasts often conflicted with those of other Pet Beasts, making arrangements difficult most of the time. Besides, he was still a Minor Realm and a Great Realm threshold away from breaking through to Elite Level, so he wasn’t in a rush.
Shaking his head, after arranging everything, Su Ping once again came out of the woods to the very center of the estate.
Within a considerable radius, not a single wall or tree stood—only the solitary figure of Old Sha, standing upright.
His four paws were buried deep in the soil.
Meanwhile, the chopped trees in the large vat before Old Sha were almost completely devoured.
Old Sha’s body seemed to gather the sunlight from the sky, slowly absorbing it into his entire body.
At that moment, Old Sha’s fur radiated a peculiarly special glow.
The radiance was so intense it was somewhat blinding to behold.
And at this moment, Su Ping couldn’t help but squint as he observed Old Sha’s condition.
Old Sha’s perception was extremely keen. The slightest rustle of leaves or movement of grass could not escape his notice.
Yet now, even as Su Ping approached to within twenty-odd meters of him and watched him for quite some time, Old Sha showed no reaction.
Standing there, he seemed to be asleep on his feet.
Su Ping could sense, through Old Sha’s breathing rate and the corresponding flickering light on his body, that Old Sha was in absolutely no mortal danger.
Changes and differences had indeed occurred!
Su Ping’s heart became extremely excited in an instant, and he even unconsciously pursed his lips, afraid of waking Old Sha from this state.
He quickly pulled out his notebook, recording the changes in Old Sha’s condition.
Then, he gently departed, simultaneously checking the nearby camera that was continuously aimed at Old Sha before nodding in satisfaction.
The evolution process had to be fully recorded for later analysis.
Now that Old Sha had completely entered this state, Su Ping just had to wait for him to comprehend Photosynthesis, a trait unique to Plant Type Pet Beasts. After that, he could begin pouring in resources.
Besides the Sun Crystal, he estimated that the other resources he had purchased would arrive tomorrow.
Exhaling, Su Ping glanced at the gradually westward-slanting sun and went directly to the side room where the Paperman resided.
During the day, the Paperman had returned to the Secret Realm. For the past two days, Su Ping hadn’t had much energy to oversee the Paperman. However, when he checked occasionally at night, he found the Paperman was training quite diligently.
This little guy had an indescribable stubbornness.
Thinking of this, Su Ping turned on the television in the living room.
Then, he saw a notification below: several movies, each a few hours long, had been cycled through a total of three times in just a few short days.
Looking at this cycle count, Su Ping’s eyelid twitched; he suddenly had a rather bad premonition.
Suppressing this unfounded sense of foreboding, Su Ping sat on the sofa. Instead of rewatching those well-worn movies, he closed his eyes for a moment, merging his consciousness into the Myriad Spirit Beast Atlas.
The gains from attending classes at the Breeder Association had far exceeded Su Ping’s expectations. The Sun Crystal was one benefit. What Su Ping truly hadn’t expected was an additional full five hundred Experience Points. This amount of Experience Points was enough to make another fortuitous acquisition his own: Accelerated Casting. Also known as Speedy Spellcasting, it was a common, attributeless Skill. It was also a purely passive ability that accelerated skill casting times, with broad applications. Taking Xiao Qing’s Poison Vine Wrap as an example, the time taken for the poison vine to condense and form, and the time for it to pursue and entangle its target, all counted as casting time. The effectiveness of this Skill was evident. Previously, Su Ping hadn’t been in a hurry. However, with the Paperman now present, and wanting to further coax and motivate it, perfecting this Skill became quite urgent. Since he was going to master it sooner or later, the mere five hundred Experience Points were not something the current Su Ping even took seriously.
So, while waiting for the Paperman to arrive, Su Ping stopped hesitating. The five hundred Experience Points flowed like water into this endeavor.
At the same time, under the "Special Cultivation, Evolution Method" line in the Forest Wolf Catalog, the entry for Accelerated Casting shone even brighter.
However, the reaction wasn’t as significant as when he had perfected the Wanmu Wolf evolution.
This made sense; after all, perfecting Accelerated Casting wouldn’t only enhance and benefit the Forest Wolf. It transformed from being effective only on the Forest Wolf to being applicable in the cultivation of all Pet Beasts.
Thinking of this, Su Ping’s interest grew even stronger as he examined this altered Accelerated Casting cultivation method.