[Discovered Codex "Forest Wolf" special evolution path: Myriad Wood Wolf.]
[The "Myriad Wood Wolf" evolution path is in an incomplete state. Do you wish to spend 1,682 Codex Experience Points to perfect this evolution path?]
So it really was possible!
Lying back on the long bench in front of the computer, Su Ping's consciousness completely merged into the Forest Wolf Codex before his eyes.
Everything else was secondary. What mattered most was the line of numbers beneath the codex entry:
[Codex: Forest Wolf]
[A special wolf species adept at using the Wood attribute, possessing extremely strong vitality. Ordinary adult Forest Wolves are at the Elite tier. Their commonly mastered skills include: Sunlight Absorption, Vine Bind, Self-Heal, Accelerated Growth, and others.]
[Current Codex Level: 2 (813/2000)]
Those eight hundred-plus experience points had been accumulated bit by bit by Su Ping over the past several days.
Aside from spending day and night with these fewer than thirty Forest Wolves—earning dozens of experience points daily—there were also the points gained from first-time bonding, cultivation, and breakthroughs.
Some gains were larger, some smaller, but together they had added up to this amount over time.
On top of that, there was the day he discovered the effects of Wolfsmoke Grass on Forest Wolves, which had netted him an extra hundred experience points.
All in all, there were quite a few ways to earn Codex experience.
However, to perfect the Myriad Wood Wolf evolution path, he was still short by a full additional amount—nearly double what he currently had.
That said, needing just over sixteen hundred experience points really wasn't much.
Compared to the fifty thousand experience points required to research Xiao Qing's bloodline mutation, this was barely pocket change.
Su Ping let out a long breath.
A brand-new evolution path was simply too tempting.
First of all, if this evolution path was accessible—if the cultivation cost wasn't too high—then it could be entered into the annual Breeder Competition.
This type of cultivation-based evolution method would, without question, win unimaginable prizes at the competition. If nothing unexpected happened, it could even take first place.
A common pet beast plus a low-cost evolution method—what did that represent?
It represented an overall increase in national strength!
It could even be said to be a matter of boosting a country's fortunes.
On the other hand, if this evolution path required extremely expensive resources, then it would most likely mean that the post-evolution species had enormous racial potential—a truly powerful evolved form.
In that case, he could keep this evolution path to himself and not enter the competition at all.
Instead, he could use it as the core of his breeding base, or even as a key inheritance for his future family.
He could even use it as the family's signature lineage.
For example: Myriad Wood Wolf — Su Family, and so on.
These were the foundations of standing firm in the world.
That was the value of a single pet beast evolution path.
And now, Su Ping didn't need to do anything special. He just needed to stay at his family's pet beast base for a few more days and cultivate more Forest Wolves.
Then, this evolution path called the Myriad Wood Wolf would be completely in his grasp.
Ten-plus days wasn't long, but it wasn't short either.
For breeders accustomed to tedious cultivation experiments, it was little more than the blink of an eye.
But what was the greatest pain in the world?
For gamers, it was knowing that GTA 6 or Black Myth: Wukong would be released ten days later.
For prisoners, it was knowing that freedom would come after ten more days.
And at this very moment, for a breeder like Su Ping, the torment before him was no less than these—perhaps even worse!
What could be more agonizing for a breeder than knowing a brand-new evolution path existed, yet having to wait ten days or so before it could be revealed?
If he knew ten days earlier, couldn't he start targeted cultivation and preparations sooner?
If he knew ten days earlier, wouldn't his strength increase that much faster?
If he knew ten days earlier, then ten days earlier he could cultivate a Myriad Wood Wolf—and the Forest Wolf Codex level would rise even faster!
Su Ping wracked his brains, desperately searching for reasons to convince himself:
Qin Xiaoxue had told him to rapidly increase his strength within this year or so.
To pass next year's Beast Tamer Assessment and become an official combat beast tamer.
And then there was the most important reason of all—for Su Ping himself.
Old Sha!
Old Sha was already very old.
Pet beasts, unlike humans, were not long-lived by default.
They, too, had lifespans.
And pet beasts with lower racial potential and lower personal levels had correspondingly shorter lifespans.
An ordinary Forest Wolf at Old Sha's age would have already suffered severe decline in vitality—its end might have come long ago.
It was only because Old Sha had broken through his racial limit and reached the Commander tier that he had lasted until now.
Even so, it still wasn't enough.
Old Sha was Su Ping's family, and also the Su family's greatest companion. Su Ping could not just stand by and watch Old Sha grow weak and die of old age!
So, for Old Sha's sake alone, Su Ping had to unlock the Myriad Wood Wolf evolution path as soon as possible, and then let Old Sha become the very first Myriad Wood Wolf!
As long as he could continue living in this world, nothing else mattered. Before Su Ping became the greatest beast tamer and breeder, he would not allow Old Sha to leave first—to leave him and his father behind.
Therefore, from this moment on, the Myriad Wood Wolf evolution path became the top priority.
Its importance even surpassed leveling up the Forest Wolf Codex itself!
With that thought, Su Ping stood up.
How could Codex experience be obtained quickly?
The answer was simple: cultivate more pet beasts—expand his Forest Wolf pack.
Originally, Su Ping had planned to buy some other types of pet beasts, unlock them in his spare time, and see whether he could obtain other kinds of miraculous talents.
Other pet beasts would definitely be purchased in the future—especially plant-type pet beasts. As his father had said, with Forest Wolves around, a perfect supply relationship could be formed within the ecological chain.
But that wasn't urgent right now.
All of his energy now had to go into buying Forest Wolves, raising their affinity with him to the required level, gaining experience points, and beginning their cultivation.
He had to strive to meet the requirement of over sixteen hundred Forest Wolf Codex experience points within just a few short days!
Su Ping had originally planned to use the several million he'd saved up during this period to see if he could acquire some experimental equipment or the like.
But now, there was no rush.
Expanding the Forest Wolf team and earning Forest Wolf Codex experience had become the top priority.
Once the Myriad Wood Wolf evolution was unlocked, he could help other Forest Wolves evolve in the future. The value of that—compared to cultivating Wood Hearts—would increase by far more than several times over.
There were gains and losses in everything.
Besides, the Forest Wolves he bought wouldn't be one-time expenditures. With continued cultivation, whether now or in the future, this was a path he had to walk anyway.
Su Ping reassured himself with these thoughts. At the same time, he took out his phone and began making arrangements to expand the scale of his Forest Wolf pack.
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