Start With Contracting Sprites Novel - Chapter 73

Chapter 73: Prelude to Evolution

An City First High.

On the Sprite stream campus, cold wind raged, sweeping up dead branches and leaves.

Su Hao locked his bicycle and immediately, a chubby light yellow figure jumped from the back seat of the bicycle to the ground, then crawled along the legs of his trousers to his back and laid there lazily.

It looked like a light yellow backpack.

A backpack that was pretty heavy.

At the front of the bicycle stood a Little Fire Crow. It stared at the frost-covered leaves for a long time before suddenly realizing that the human figure had gone far away. It flapped its wings “dumbly” and hurriedly chased after it.

There weren’t many people on campus.

Many of his classmates were wearing thick winter clothes. In comparison, Su Hao’s clothes looked a little thin.

But he didn’t feel the cold.

After Silkworm Baby broke through to entry level, the feedback it brought was increasingly obvious.

His physique had improved a lot.

His body was in great condition and he no longer had to worry about catching a cold.

“Achoo…”

Su Hao rubbed the tip of his nose.

It couldn’t have been a cold, someone must be talking about him again!

…

When they arrived at Class Two’s classroom, the form teacher Old Chen had instructed the monitor to hand out the result slips.

The result slips for the joint examination.

Apart from the detailed rankings, the number of candidates they defeated, the number of wild sprites they defeated, and the number of candidates who eliminated them were all indicated on the slips.

There were even comments written by Old Chen at the back.

Su Hao’s evaluation was very simple: Good performance, keep up the good work.

However, most of the students were sullen.

Originally, they could have told their parents that they wouldn’t be able to get into the top 100 and wouldn’t be able to rank at all.

This result slip, however, exposed their entire examination process.

Some students looked at the eye-catching “0-1-1” on their result slips and felt very embarrassed.

But they were also glad that they had defeated a wild sprite, not a complete zero.

“It’s a pity that I didn’t get first place in the final exam.”

Su Hao sighed.

The final exam for the semester consisted of three compulsory academic subjects, as well as six other sprite subjects.

The transcripts had been distributed long before the joint examination.

However, because the Sprite stream exam papers were too easy, Su Hao couldn’t pull his marks back and eventually lost to Gu Lingyao by a few marks. The star student lost his first place.

He lost the chance to get double crowns.

What a pity, what a pity.

On the podium, after handing out the result slips, form teacher Old Chen said,

“Our Sprite stream doesn’t force you to attend winter break remedial classes like the neighboring Cultural stream, but…”

But the main point was…

The group of newbie Sprite Trainers who had just survived the devastation of the joint examination had pained expressions and dull eyes.

Then they heard the announcement.

“But for the sake of your future, for the sake of your ability to successfully enroll in a Sprite University, the school has decided to undergo a special holiday training.”

“We aren’t forcing you to participate in the special training, but according to what I know, the Sprite stream of other high schools will also have corresponding special trainings. If you want to get into a Sprite University, you can’t relax for even a moment.”

“Go home and have a good discussion with your parents tonight. Tell me your answers tomorrow.”

“Old Su, what do you think?” Liu Ren approached him.

Su Hao didn’t need to think or hesitate before replying, “Of course not.”

Envy and jealousy were written all over Liu Ren’s face.

Friendship Points -10.

Old Chen walked over and said, “Su Hao’s ability has long surpassed yours. There’s no point in participating in this special training.”

“However, you can’t waste such a good amount of winter break time. Have you thought about how to make use of it?”

Looking at Old Chen’s posture, it seemed like if Su Hao replied “I haven’t thought about it”, Old Chen would come up with a full list of suggestions and plans.

But Su Hao had indeed made plans long ago.

“I’ve already made plans.”

Su Hao said, “Right now, Silkworm Baby has already reached entry-level, and it has met the evolution requirements so it will complete its evolution in the near future.”

“After it evolves, I’ll probably go to some special place to train it.”

The so-called special training venue referred to the New World.

Right now, Su Hao wasn’t an elite-level Sprite Trainer. He didn’t have the right to explore the New World.

But there were very few specific places opened to the public. With his current status as an official Sprite Trainer , he could enter the place now.

Well, the ticket prices were high.

Liu Ren was confused.

Old Chen naturally understood.

She then asked, “What about the preparations for evolution? Every evolution of a sprite is extremely important and it concerns future development. We must prepare sufficient top-grade materials and choose the most suitable venue.”

Su Hao nodded.

He had already placed an order. The materials needed would be delivered in the next two days.

“I’ve already booked a Wood-element A-class venue at the Sprite Square for evolution in five days.”

The poorer Sprite Trainers could only choose environments that were compatible with their sprites as a place for evolution.

For example, wood-element sprites would choose forests in the wild.

However, there was a specially constructed venue for sprites to evolve at the back of the training area in Sprite Square.

It was said that the trees and other plants were transplanted from the New World, and the spiritual force level in the field was maintained at a higher level with special methods.

The rental price for an A-grade wood elemental space was 30,000 Dragon Nation dollars for half a day.

Su Hao didn’t lack money for the time being, so he chose the best one.

However, the time was also arranged to be five days later in the early afternoon. There was only… this one Wood-element A-class venue in the entire An City.

“Saturday morning? Don’t worry, Old Su, I’ll go and cheer for your Silkworm God.”

Liu Ren said and looked at the Little Charcoal Tortoise who was basking in the sun by the window. “When its spiritual force reaches its limit, I’m going to start evolving it, and then use the opportunity of evolution to break through to entry-level… If I were to learn from your Silkworm God, I don’t know how many years I’d have to wait.”

…

When he got home…

Father Su and Mother Su had already gone to look at the house. Su Hao comfortably occupied the laptop and assigned new tasks to the wide-eyed Silkworm Baby.

“Silkworm, evolution is imminent, you need to adjust your condition this time round. Otherwise, what do you think you should do if you evolve into a deformed butterfly?”

Silkworm Baby, who was staring at the computer, was stunned.

Although accidents wouldn’t usually happen in evolutions, what if it really occured?

There were also many deformed monsters in movies and novels.

For the sake of its insect life in the second half of its lifetime, Silkworm Baby decided to quit for three days… five days on the computer!

So it called out to Little Fire Crow and went to watch TV.

…

In front of the computer…

The interface appeared in Su Hao’s eyes.

[Silkworm Baby – > Reverie Butterfly]

[Evolution Condition:

(1) Wood-element essence, 6 portions (compulsory);

(2) Spirit Points > 150 (compulsory);

(3) Learning Illusion-element unique skills (compulsotry);

(4) 30 boxes of mid-level Wood-element jade powder (compulsory);

(5) Length: Growth stage > 30% (compulsory);

(6) 1 catty of Mist Flower, 2 catty of Emerald Jade Bamboo (compulsory);

— 60% development of evolutionary potential

(7) Wood Spiritual Fruit (optional)

(8)… (optional)

As long as the first six conditions were met, Silkworm Baby would be able to evolve into a new form—Reverie Butterfly.

But just as Teacher Chen said, they should only prepare more materials for sprites’ evolution, not less.

In the evolution conditions on the interface, six portions of wood-element essence were the bottom line that had to be met. Any less would raise the possibility of the failure of evolution.

But it wasn’t the upper limit.

The upper limit was ten sets, which was the largest amount Silkworm Baby could absorb during the evolution process. Su Hao ordered two more sets.

Wood-element jade powder. He had ordered high-level jade powder.

He had maxed out all the available supplementary materials, Wood Spiritual Fruits, and so on.

He was striving to develop the potential of evolution to 100%.

It could allow Silkworm Baby’s battle power to soar greatly.