"How was the harvest?"
On the return trip, the woman who had accompanied him asked with a smile.
Su Ping nodded. "The harvest was quite fruitful!"
It indeed was quite fruitful. This was another surprise brought to him by the Zhang Family Brothers, sothing Su Ping himself had not anticipated.
There was no shortage of Beast Tars exploring Secret Realms among the populace, and Su Ping never underestimated their wisdom.
Even without a Space-based Pet Beast, so ancient, inherited Secret Techniques might also detect erging Secret Realms.
Of course, such instances were becoming increasingly rare in modern tis.
But Su Ping didn’t care, nor did he feel compelled to report anything to the chanics Association out of boredom.
After all, as the saying goes, "Water too pure will have no fish"; figures like Director Shen were just normal occurrences.
The woman could also tell that Su Ping had indeed made a significant gain.
After returning to the academy, he went straight back to his dorm room and, surprisingly, did not co out all night.
He didn’t even answer calls from Qin Xiaoxue.
This pattern continued not just for that night, but for the entirety of the next day and night as well.
He seed to have vanished.
This prompted Qin Xiaoxue to go to the woman directly and ask what had happened to Su Ping.
The woman was sowhat at a loss. How could she know Su Ping would beco so engrossed once he delved into research?
However, they soon had no ti to concern themselves with Su Ping. Over these two days of observation, using the formula Su Ping had provided, the speed at which Woodhead rged with the Thorny Crown far exceeded her expectations.
Next, they needed to start preparing for the Crown Wolf Emperor’s third phase of Evolution!
And what was Su Ping doing at this very mont?
He was indeed researching the items he had brought back and the chanical drawings he had purchased.
First and foremost was a research notebook from an unknown individual, clearly originating from within a Secret Realm.
It was evident that the contents were profound, so much so that they were indecipherable.
The notebook was incredibly abstruse. For Su Ping, who had failed his language arts college entrance exam, understanding its complex writings was a genuine challenge.
He could only infer the rudintary aning of so diagrams.
Moreover, most of the text differed from the modern language of the Dragon Nation, making it a true struggle for Su Ping.
Thus, after a day and two nights, Su Ping had only managed to compare and identify a few specific items.
He concluded that the text seed to belong to an ancient script of the Dragon Nation from thousands of years ago, predating several dynastic changes.
Nevertheless, the notebook was quite abstruse.
However, the draft given to him by the Zhang Family Brothers, though also in ancient script, was sowhat understandable.
It also contained so intricate details.
Of course, his efforts weren’t without findings.
For example, there was sothing resembling a Bagua array.
At this very mont, Su Ping was examining this object.
In the draft, this device was nad the ’Five Elents Array’!
Its effect was quite straightforward.
"Qian Yi!" Su Ping ordered.
Qian Yi nodded and released a burst of fierce fire toward the array, ignited from its sword of fire.
The flas, upon reaching the array, imdiately lit up one of its sections.
Then, guided by Qian Yi’s Spirit, the other sections slowly lit up one after another.
All the flas vanished, replaced by a substantial Earth Elent power.
Fire creates Earth!
However, that wasn’t all. After Fire created Earth, another point of Energy lit up: Earth engenders Gold!
Then, Gold produced Water!
It didn’t reach the stage of Water nurturing Wood, however.
At this mont, where the flas had just vanished, a small spray of water erged from the other side of the array.
That’s right—flas went in, and water sprayed out.
The cycle of the Five Elents, the conversion of Energy, was demonstrated most vividly on this array.
In other words, could what the Zhang Family Brothers had said be true?
It was quite simple. For instance, a Fire Elent chanical Pet Beast devoid of Energy could enter the ocean, draw power from the seawater, refine it, and transform it into its own Energy!
If no seawater was available, even being in the sky, it could harness wind power and, through Five Elents conversion, transform it into its own power.
This was very plausible.
The journal and this array indeed contained diagrams for Energy conversion pathways.
Moreover, these pathways were already quite complete, and the Energy loss during conversion was negligible.
However, there was still one issue, just as they had ntioned: the problem of materials.
He didn’t have many Papern at the mont.
Therefore, his research in Magic Capital could only go this far for now.
It wouldn’t be too late to properly tinker with these items once he returned to the Heart of Woods.
But Su Ping had a premonition.
This object was highly related to his previous ideas about a Five Elents transformation integrating various Attributes. It might even be crucial to the Super-Rank Skill ’Heart of Elents.’
It could potentially surpass his wildest imagination.
Aside from this device, there were also the chanical drawings Su Ping had obtained.
However, after glancing at them and gaining a rough understanding, Su Ping felt sowhat helpless.
It wasn’t that they were useless, but that they weren’t suitable.
chanics were simply different.
The assembly of chanical parts was far more complex. Even the most basic chanical body might have hundreds of screws and joint components.
Under such circumstances, a Paperman could still attempt assembly. But, setting aside the difficulty, what would the assembled result even look like?
Would it truly provide a significant enhancent to a Paperman’s combat capabilities?
Su Ping didn’t know. Therefore, his research on regular Papern had, admittedly, once again reached a bottleneck.
And soon, just after New Year’s Day, the selection for the special Beastmaster Troops would officially begin.
If he only showcased the ordinary assembly potential of Papern, without demonstrating an ability to cope with the various situations that might arise in the Heavenly Tomb, then no matter how much potential they had, it would be difficult to stand out.
Su Ping rubbed his temples in distress.
This is tough!
After a day and two nights of research, he had arrived at such a frustrating conclusion. Su Ping couldn’t help but sigh.
Watching the newly risen Sun at the horizon, he finally stepped out of his room.
He picked up his phone and looked at it.
Sure enough, during his day and two nights of research, forgetting to eat and sleep, Miss Qin had left quite a few unanswered calls.
The last one was a ssage from Miss Qin:
"I’m going into the Linhai Secret Realm with Grandma to proceed with Woodhead’s third phase of Evolution. If you’re free, send a ssage back."
Linhai Secret Realm? Woodhead is starting the third phase already?
Su Ping was surprised but also relieved.
The third phase and the final Evolution of the fourth phase required less than a day of adaptation before continuing. He had to witness Woodhead’s Evolution in person.
Otherwise, he didn’t know if his Forest Wolf Catalog would unlock the ’Crown Wolf Emperor’ branch Catalog, and simultaneously grant him that portion of Catalogue Experience.
Su Ping shook his head, quickly replied to Qin Xiaoxue’s ssage, and then put his phone in his pocket.
His mood slowly relaxed. He pushed the troubling thoughts—that his research had not only failed to provide answers but had added new complications—to the back of his mind.
He decided not to dwell on it anymore.
He stepped out of the villa dormitory, looked at the slowly rising Sun in the sky, and a smile appeared on his face.
There will always be a way! He believed in himself!
As long as his thinking didn’t falter, solutions would always outnumber problems!
He had achieved feats ordinary people couldn’t imagine. There was no need to keep pushing himself so hard. Relaxing his mind was always the most crucial step.
With this thought, Su Ping breathed in the fresh morning air and walked over to Old Sha.
Since truly arriving at the Magic Capital Academy, he hadn’t gone for a proper run or a solitary walk. Now was the perfect ti to bring Old Sha along.
However, just as he approached Old Sha, Su Ping’s eyebrows rose slightly.
Old Sha was napping, seeming to sleep quite soundly.
But that’s impossible.
Wolves are inherently extrely cautious.
Not to ntion, Old Sha was already at the Monarch Level; any slight disturbance in the vicinity would trigger his alertness.
And upon Su Ping’s arrival, as his young master, Old Sha would typically respond imdiately.
But now, Old Sha remained lying down, seemingly in a deep sleep, with no sign of waking.
He even appeared to be having a wonderful dream, a faint smile playing on his lips.
Simultaneously, his breathing had a unique rhythm. This rhythm seed to involuntarily affect anyone nearby, making them feel joyous and warm.
Old Sha did not live inside a room in the villa.
This wasn’t because Su Ping mistreated him. It was purely because Pet Beasts like Forest Wolves preferred a natural environnt. They would feel more oppressed and uncomfortable inside an artificially constructed house.
So, he was more comfortable in the villa’s grassy courtyard.
Su Ping looked at Old Sha lying on the grass. At that mont, he seed to realize sothing.
The morning Sun continued its slow ascent, its early rays aligning with sothing.
Su Ping blinked.
The golden rays of the winter Sun bathed Su Ping in a warm, golden light.
At this mont, Old Sha, lying before him, seed to sense the sunlight that had been absent all night.
Then, Su Ping wasn’t sure if it was an illusion. He felt that as the great Sun rose in the East, the sunlight shining in the courtyard suddenly dimd.
It was as if the brilliant high beams of an oncoming car at night, when viewed directly, shifted to a less intense, angled glare from the sides.
The brightness of the light itself didn’t seem to have changed, yet for so reason, it no longer appeared as dazzling as before.
On a winter morning, even in Magic Capital, there was a distinct chill in the air. Su Ping looked at the Sun, which now seed unable to provide warmth, and it didn’t appear as piercingly bright.
A cold breeze swept past. Belatedly, he turned and looked to the side.
Old Sha was still lying beside him.
Due to his large fra, even while prone, the tips of his antlers reached Su Ping’s waist.
However, as Su Ping finally focused his attention on Old Sha’s body, a dazzling golden light converged upon Old Sha. It was as if this light had captured all the essence of the morning and focused it there at that very mont.
He watched as Old Sha beca entirely golden under this radiance. Only his Y-shaped antlers had strangely turned a stark, snow white. Su Ping blinked, finally understanding what was happening.
After all these days, Old Sha’s Super-Rank Skill was finally about to complete its Skill Fusion!?
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