Chapter 63: The Birth of the Blood Gu Butterfly

"How about this: I just finished a project recently, and since we teacher and student haven't seen each other in so long, I'll come over to your side to relax for a bit."

"I'll take a look at your recent research results and see if you've been slacking off."

"By the way, I'll see your grandfather and do some work on his mindset."

"Rest assured, don't worry about my safety; you know how tight my security team is."

After Su Qingxian finished speaking, she hung up the phone directly; when Zhang Lingxue called back, she found it wouldn't go through.

At this moment, a synthesized electronic voice came through the video call.

"Ms. Zhang, the video call only allows for one effective connection."

"If you need to connect again, you must apply again."

Zhang Lingxue knew that once her teacher made a decision, no one could change it.

There wasn't much point in calling back, so Zhang Lingxue dismissed the idea.

When she returned to the Laboratory, suddenly!!!!

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Had she walked into the wrong Laboratory?

Why were there three extra giant cocoons in the Laboratory, and one of them looked different, emitting a luster like a pigeon-blood ruby?

Masaka?

Did Ye Bai succeed?

Zhang Lingxue blinked her eyes.

She couldn't be dreaming, could she?

One had to know she had been researching the Baibian Can for so long, and the average research duration for each evolutionary path took two years.

And yet Ye Bai did it in two days?

Zhang Lingxue was dumbfounded.

This Photographic Memory talent is terrifyingly powerful!

Just yesterday she was comforting him, saying failure is the mother of success, and today he went and killed the old mother of success!!!

Wait.

Where did the blood sample I left by the Detection Instrument go?

It couldn't have been thrown away by Ye Bai, could it?

It's over, it's over.

Zhang Lingxue had a bad premonition.

Although she had heard from her teacher that the Gu insect would not easily infect humans, she didn't know if the Gu insect might have mutated after her grandfather had consumed so many heavenly treasures.

At this time, the Sunflower King crawled out from the ground, using its roots as two legs to come before Zhang Lingxue.

"It's you, little one."

Zhang Lingxue had a very good impression of the Sunflower King.

She leaned down and rubbed the Sunflower King's little head.

"Are you guarding here?"

"Where did Ye Bai run off to?"

"Can you contact him?"

Before Zhang Lingxue could finish her question, Ye Bai walked in from the side door; he had gone to the school cafeteria to buy food.

Dahui had run back to the Breeding House to entertain Sophia; now Sophia was a major client of the entire Breeding House, and every time she came, she would buy a lot of things.

But she always requested Dahui's company, the reason being that her lightning cat was shy and only felt close to Dahui.

"Ye Bai, have you seen the test tube I left next to the Detection Instrument?"

Zhang Lingxue looked at Ye Bai with a nervous expression.

If Ye Bai had accidentally used it, she would have to immediately test if Ye Bai had been invaded by these cunning Gu insects.

Upon Zhang Lingxue's question, Ye Bai quickly had a bold guess in his heart.

It seemed he knew where the mysterious Gu poison came from.

"Teacher, should we check the surveillance to see where the item actually went?"

"I came over early this morning and definitely didn't see that test tube; I thought you had taken it, Teacher!"

After Ye Bai said this, Zhang Lingxue hesitated again.

Could it be that she remembered the location wrong?

There had been too many things going on these past few days, so it was normal for her memory to be confused.

If only I had the Photographic Memory talent.

Ying ying ying!

I'm so envious of my student; why don't I have this talent! Dark, twisted, crawling.

Zhang Lingxue quickly went to the surveillance room and pulled up the Laboratory's surveillance footage.

In the surveillance footage, before Zhang Lingxue left, the test tube was indeed next to the Detection Instrument.

At this time, the Guangming Nüshen Die appeared, emitting white light from its entire body, and one of the Baibian Can was awakened by the bright light of the Guangming Nüshen Die.

It crawled up, dazed, smacking its lips.

The Baibian Can seemed to want to find something to eat, looking around.

Then its gaze fell upon the test tube; this guy sneakily pushed open the glass window with its tongue, then used its silk-spinning skill to drag the test tube over bit by bit.

Finally, it opened its huge mouth, chewed the test tube to pieces, and swallowed it.

A layer of Blood Mist also emerged from its body, but it eventually returned to calm, and it fell into a deep sleep.

Monitoring up to this point, it can basically be proven that this test tube was swallowed by that Baibian Can.

Ye Bai lowered his head in embarrassment: "I'm sorry, teacher, I forgot to close the window before I left."

"That's what led to the Baibian Can swallowing the precious samples you left behind."

Zhang Lingxue waved her hand: "Forget it, that thing isn't worth mentioning."

"I see that one of the Baibian Can you evolved this time is a bit different; could it be that it evolved from that very Baibian Can?"

Ye Bai rubbed his brow: "It should be that Baibian Can."

"It swallowed a lot of Tier 4 Exotic Beast meat I bought from the black market."

"Only then did it finally spit silk and spin a cocoon."

Ye Bai's heart was bleeding; that was nearly four million Alliance Coin!!!

The key is that this Baibian Can probably cannot have its evolution route made public.

The mysterious Gu poison played a huge role in the evolution experiment of the Blood Gu Butterfly.

Moreover, if Ye Bai guessed correctly, this Blood Gu Butterfly should be a Tier 4 Pet Beast.

A high school student with absolutely no background invented a Tier 4 Pet Beast—what kind of concept is that?

It is equivalent to a young child holding a Zhanlüeji weapon.

Once people find out, he would definitely be investigated thoroughly; he had only thought about how inventing a Tier 4 Pet Beast could be a bonus point, but he had overlooked this point.

But he could let Zhang Lingxue publish it and count the achievement toward Zhang Lingxue.

For a subject leader who discovered the evolution route of the Baibian Can to discover a new evolution route for the Baibian Can—this is perfectly normal.

Now that Zhang Lingxue and he share a teacher-student bond, as Zhang Lingxue rises in status, Ye Bai will naturally be able to reap quite a few benefits.

What's more, Zhang Lingxue has a special relationship with Principal Zhang.

This "golden thigh" is much thicker than he had imagined.

"Show me the experiment records."

Ye Bai handed the recently handwritten experiment records directly to Zhang Lingxue, and she began to flip through them very seriously.

"These materials were all scavenged from the Beast Tide; it's equivalent to picking them up for free."

"To think you found an evolution route just like this."

"Your talent as a researcher is truly terrifying; I really didn't misjudge you."

Zhang Lingxue was very satisfied; as for her own student, of course, the more she looked, the more satisfied she was.

"It's a pity I have things to do these few days, otherwise I would stay here to observe the moment they break out of their cocoons."

"Ye Bai, make sure you film the experiment footage well."

"This might be a major discovery."

Ye Bai nodded; he suddenly remembered the idea he once had about starting a Sun Flower Cleaning Company.

So he mentioned this matter to Zhang Lingxue.

"This idea of yours is quite good; to be honest, the Pet Beast Association also has a headache regarding the cleanup work after a Beast Tide."

"Every Beast Tide, besides the post-disaster reconstruction work, they also have to spend a large sum of money on cleaning up Exotic Beast corpses."

"This time, I also saw that the Sun Flower's effect on cleaning up flesh and blood is excellent."

"Later, I will call other Pet Beast Associations where Beast Tides have broken out to ask if they need it."

"Do you have enough Sun Flowers on hand?"

"If it's not enough, you might have to rent the school's Sun Flowers, and you would have to pay a rental fee to the school."

"I will negotiate a 30/70 split with the school, after all, your Sun Flower King has to oversee the whole situation."

"If it succeeds, our teacher-student pair shouldn't be short of research materials."

Zhang Lingxue smiled with her eyes curved; having such an outstanding student, she felt she had picked up a huge bargain.

Just at this moment, a crackling sound came from the Laboratory.

Ye Bai and Zhang Lingxue looked up and discovered that the two giant cocoons were shaking violently.

A trace of excitement appeared on both of their faces.

They were about to break out of their cocoons.

They saw two huge blade-arms stretch out from the giant cocoons.

Blood-red Blood Mist emerged from the giant cocoons.

Vaguely, one could see two soaking-wet insects crawling out from within.

Their wings were pressed tightly against their backs, and they possessed four blade-arms as sharp as sickles.

Blood-red Blood Mist coiled around the blade-arms, looking somewhat terrifying.

At this time, the wings on their backs began to unfold.

This movement needed to last for a period of time; they needed to continuously pump blood into their wings to let them unfold completely.

Huge blood-red compound eyes were looking in the direction of Ye Bai and Zhang Lingxue.

Ye Bai saw a bloodthirsty look in their eyes.

"Ye Bai, what name are you giving them?"

Zhang Lingxue asked curiously.

"Blood Poison Moth, they are moth-type Pet Beasts."

"Their whole bodies are coiled in blood-red Blood Mist; they are Pet Beasts born specifically for battle."

"There are two huge skulls on their wings, and they should possess Highly Toxic substances within their bodies."

"This is the basis for my naming them."

Only then did Zhang Lingxue notice that there were also two huge skulls on the wings of this Pet Beast.

They flapped their wings, stirring up gusts of Gale, and only then did the Blood Mist dissipate.

Two Huidu E flapped their wings and flew into the air, dancing gracefully.

【Name: Huidu E】

【Gender: Female】

【Personality: Cheerful】

【Level: Third-rank, Level 1】

【Skills: Impact (Proficient), Silk Spitting (Proficient), Blood Storm (Entry): Summons a highly corrosive Blood Mist to corrode the opponent.

Insect Claw (Entry): Uses sharp blade-arms to attack the enemy.

Slash Combo (Entry): Uses four sharp blade-arms simultaneously to attack the enemy.

Gale (Entry): Flaps out a terrifying Gale to attack the enemy; it has minimal effect on extremely heavy opponents.】

【Evolution Path: **********】

Ye Bai squinted; the fact that this evolution path could not be seen yet, did it prove that the Huidu E could evolve into a Fourth-rank or even Fifth-rank or higher Pet Beast?

Then why could he see the evolution path of the Sun Flower King, but not that of the Huidu E?

Ye Bai secretly suppressed the question in his heart; he planned to find an opportunity to ask Zhang Lingxue how much she knew about the Insight Eye.

Zhang Lingxue put the two Huidu E into Beast Cards, then placed the Beast Cards onto the Detection Instrument to check the various indicators of these two Huidu E.

Soon, the test report was printed out.

These two Huidu E had developed quite well, and they had even reached the Third-rank.

Ye Bai's experiment was undoubtedly a success.

"Congratulations, Intermediate Researcher Ye Bai."

"With this evolution path, you can fully obtain the title of Intermediate Researcher."

"Judging by your posture, the reproducibility experiment should also be no problem."

"Adjust the formula in your hands a bit more and create a complete experimental plan."

Zhang Lingxue paused; she was a bit thirsty, so she poured herself a cup of coffee, sat comfortably on the sofa in the Laboratory, and continued: "Of course, if you want to keep a low profile, I can use my connections to submit this evolution path to the Imperial Capital Research Institute."

"After confirming that this evolution path is feasible, the Imperial Capital Research Institute will grant you the title of Intermediate Researcher."

"At the same time, your name will not be made public; this can be considered a form of protection for you in a roundabout way."

Ye Bai raised an eyebrow; he indeed did not want his name to be made public.

Before his wings were fully grown and he possessed enough self-preservation strength, he still wanted to keep a low profile.

"Then I will trouble you, Teacher."

"However, I have also encountered some small troubles with the reproducibility experiment."

"I no longer have any Fourth-rank Exotic Beast meat on hand."

Zhang Lingxue understood what Ye Bai meant; he was out of money and could not afford Exotic Beast meat.

She then unhooked the key hanging from her waist and tossed it to Ye Bai.

"This is the key to the Research Institute's freezer; inside are stored several Exotic Beast carcasses that I hunted. I have forgotten exactly what rank they are."

"But generally, they should all be above the Third-rank."

"You can use these for your experiments."

"If it's not enough, tell me again, and I will find a way."

Ye Bai gave a thumbs up: "Teacher, you are generous!"

As the two were talking, the giant cocoon, which looked like a pigeon-blood ruby, also showed movement.

A blood-red butterfly crawled out from the giant cocoon; it took a deep breath, and the blood energy on the giant cocoon surged into the body of the butterfly Pet Beast.

After losing the support of the blood energy, the giant cocoon turned into a pile of black ash.

This butterfly, the size of a person, danced happily in the air.

It was very beautiful, with blood-red wings bearing patterns like thorns.

Its two eyes were like fine rubies, and its eyebrows were thin and long, like two whips.

This butterfly passed through the thick glass window and came before Zhang Lingxue.

Zhang Lingxue felt a familiar aura from this butterfly; she saw the number tag hanging on the butterfly's neck.

"Little one, so it's you."

"I didn't expect you to become so beautiful."

"Welcome to your new life."

Zhang Lingxue touched the head of the Blood Gu Butterfly, and the Blood Gu Butterfly's eyes curved, dancing happily in the air.

A red light surged from the butterfly's forehead.

The butterfly Pet Beast before them actually wanted to sign a contract with Zhang Lingxue.

But as a Fifth-rank Pet Master, according to what Ye Bai knew, the teacher had already contracted the Huidu E, Guangming Nüshen Die, Dark Butterfly, Star Ripple Butterfly, and Vine Cat.

Her contract slots were already full.

I am afraid this precious Blood Gu Butterfly will have to return in disappointment.

Begging for votes, begging for votes, begging for votes.

(End of this chapter)