Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The second stage of the College Entrance Examination was over. After spending a few days, Su Hao finally made the Water Spirit Foal break through to entry level.
Without any delay, he immediately brought the sprite to the place of evolution he had selected from several special environments.
— New World.
Green Blue Town.
Cold Water Lake.
In the distance.
It could be seen through the treetops.
The waterfall flowed down the mountain like a white sheet of surface.
Water gurgled.
White mist filled the air.
The cold lake in the forest looked like a dream and a painting.
The Sprite Trainer who acted as Su Hao’s guide and bodyguard was called Zhou Wenrui… Speaking of which, Cold Water Lake wasn’t dangerous, and it wasn’t far from Green Blue Town He also had a bit of self-protection ability now.
Su Hao had originally only intended to hire an ordinary elite guide.
But the person in charge of the town’s mission center seemed to know him… Su Hao also found him a little familiar, probably one of the passersby who greeted Heavenly King Zhou that day.
That person-in-charge felt that he had to get Su Hao a strong guard.
Most importantly, it was free.
— Hiring an ordinary elite was not cheap either!
Su Hao considered it over and over again. Since he couldn’t reject it, he naturally agreed.
Zhou Wenrui’s main sprite was a Housekeeper Lion, a peak Elite.
It evolved from a Stone Lion, and looked like a strong male lion — made of stone.
Sprites like the Stone Lion were very special. It had two very similar evolution pathways.
One evolved into a Housekeeper Lion.
And the other one evolved into an Evil Warding Lion which had a pair of small wings on its front legs.
Both pathways had very high cultivation potential.
Few people came to the Cold Water Lake.
So there was no walking route.
The Housekeeper Lion led the way in front.
As it walked, it pushed aside all bushes and obstacles that blocked its way… The Housekeeper Lion also conveniently used its earth-element ability to create a simple dirt road.
Very soon.
They came to the side of the Cold Water Lake.
Wind blew past~.
The air that Su Hao breathed out turned into white mist. He couldn’t help but shiver. It was only then when he realized why the word “cold” was in Cold Water Lake.
It was too cold.
Clearly, the weather in Green Blue Town was only comparable to winter and spring in the south.
At this moment.
White mist floated over from the sky above the pool.
A translucent light shield automatically appeared around Su Hao’s body, blocking him from the white mist.
“This is…”
“The cold air in Cold Water Lake is that strong?”
He looked around. There was frost on the tree, and it even froze into an ice sculpture.
On the other hand, the water in the lake was green, and showed no signs of freezing.
Zhou Wenrui glanced at Su Hao’s Water Spirit Foal and asked,
“Are you sure you want your sprite to evolve here?”
“In the past, some Sprite Trainers had tried this before, but their sprites got injured instead, and they only recovered after a long rest.”
Seeing Su Hao nodding, he didn’t try to persuade him anymore.
He was also curious whether Su Hao could successfully evolve the Water Spirit Foal after receiving his uncle’s attention and nurturing an excellent Reverie Butterfly and Flaming Cloud Crow at such a young age.
If he could, the benefits would be immense.
“Go ahead.”
“Neighhh ~ Neighhh ~”
Water Spirit Foal gave him a look and walked forward carefully.
The horse tapped its hoof lightly on the water surface, and suddenly trembled. “Neighhh!!”
But when it sensed the encouragement from Su Hao, “Come on, press on, come on”, from the contract, Water Sprite Foal’s courage increased by 100.
The Water Spirit Foal was fearless.
It raised its hoof and stepped onto the lake.
It walked all the way to the center of the pool.
Its tiny figure was vaguely visible in the white mist.
In front of Water Spirit Foal’s neck hung a basket. The materials needed for its evolution were inside.
It swallowed the ten portions of water-element essence with a crunch.
A moment later…
Its body burst into bright blue light.
Blue threads appeared and circled around its body, interweaving before forming a cocoon.
Thick spiritual power rushed towards them from all directions around the Cold Water Lake.
The spirituality of the supplementary materials was slowly absorbed.
The evolution cocoon glowed brightly like a sky-blue gem.
And then…
It sank slowly.
Time passed second by second.
In the blink of an eye, half an hour passed.
Zhou Wenrui couldn’t help but ask.
“No problem?”
He saw how Su Hao was remaining calm, but logically speaking, sprite evolution would only take half an hour to complete.
“My Water Spirit Foal is a second-generation sprite.”
Su Hao didn’t say much.
Zhou Wenrui imagined the rest himself.
Zhou Wenrui did understand.
It was a second-generation sprite after all.
Its potential was great, so the evolution process took longer.
But right now, it was a bit too long.
Two hours passed, and three hours later, there was still no movement at the bottom of the pool.
During this period, wild sprites came to disturb them and were all scared away by the Housekeeper Lion.
When Reverie Butterfly felt that it didn’t have a chance to attack, it secretly took out the poker cards from Su Hao’s pocket.
“Gurgle? (Do you want to play cards?)”
Su Hao declined decisively.
“Gurgle?”
It then asked the Housekeeper Lion.
Housekeeper Lion hesitated for a moment before it nodded.
The Flaming Cloud Crow was in a daze when it was pulled over to fill a slot, and the whole table started the game of Fight the Landlord.
Zhou Wenrui looked at the skillful Reverie Butterfly, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly. “Your sprite… Cough, there’s a lot of entertainment.”
…
Time passed by at the lake.
Su Hao didn’t do anything on the surface.
But actually… he was still observing the data of the Water Spirit Foal.
Its condition was similar to what the evolution plan had predicted.
“Six hours.”
“Relying on the stimulation of the cold lake, it will take a long time to stimulate its hidden bloodline.”
Finally…
“Ding! Your sprite, Water Spirit Foal, has successfully evolved into a new form: Water Unicorn Beast.”
“Ding! The data of your sprite, Water Unicorn Beast, is being updated…”
Along with the voice in his mind,
Ripples appeared on the calm water surface.
Once the Housekeeper Lion saw it, it immediately dropped the cards and stood up.
In a few steps, it dashed to the pool and pretended to be working.
Reverie Butterfly looked at the ace card in its hands and sank into deep thought.
…
“It’s coming out!”
Zhou Wenrui looked over.
The ripples in the pool gradually became intense. Suddenly, a stream of water erupted, stirring up the white mist.
In the mist, a blue figure rushed out.
It was a warhorse with aqua-blue hair and its mane was fluttering.
The warhorse rushed into the air and slowly landed.
As the horse stepped its hoof on the air, cold air visible to the naked eye spread. Circles of white mist appeared around the horse’s hoof, with frost visible.
It was like stepping on ice.
Tap, tap, tap.
It walked over step by step.
The figure in the white mist gradually became clearer.
“Wait, scales?”
Zhou Wenrui discovered a highlight.
He recalled that the Water Cloud Horse’s specialty was gathering water vapor to fill its surroundings… but it didn’t have scales.
However, the Water Cloud Horse in front of him had water-blue scales densely arranged like fish scales, shining brightly.
He thought for two seconds.
He understood now.
“It inherited the scales from the previous generation of sprites?”
Su Hao nodded.
There was no need for any explanation.
There wasn’t much of a difference between the Water Unicorn Beast and the Water Cloud Horse.
So he didn’t plan on making it public for the time being.
To avoid attracting the attention of the Sprite Hunters again.
The Water Unicorn Beast came in front of him and lowered its head while crying.
Su Hao touched the scales on its body.
It felt like the coolness of iced soda on a hot summer day.
He then looked left and right at the Water Unicorn Beast, which was more than two meters tall.
His dream of having a strong rider was finally… fulfilled today.
A look of joy appeared on Su Hao’s face.
He immediately wanted to give it a try and spur his horse to sprint.
He grabbed the Water Unicorn Beast and was about to step up…
When he discovered…
It was too high for him.
After patting its back, he activated the Sprite Trainer’s Stare and looked over.
Stare—
The Water Unicorn Beast glanced at it, shook its head, and looked away.
It raised its hoof and lowered it, raised it and lowered it again. It was particularly curious about its new form.
It had no intention of squatting down at all.
Su Hao was rendered speechless.
I will make your path narrow in the future!