Chapter 412: Chapter 412

Qian Qi had already thought of a place for the Little Ink Crows.

The students of the Magic Plant Department College don’t each get an Ink Crow. Currently, only the students in her class each have one, as well as the top students in other grades and classes, who are eligible to adopt a limited number of C-level Little Hell Crows.

In fact, many people even co-adopt one, and some are willing to pay extra just to play with the Ink Crows.

Li Hongsheng has also been subtly asking her if she has any extra Ink Crows, showing how popular the Little Hell Crows are in the magic plant industry.

She’s thinking of elevating these Little Ink Crows to C-level Hell Crows and distributing them to the students of the Magic Plant Department when they leave.

Qian Qi doesn’t plan to let them all become A-level or B-level Hell Crows, mainly because curse-type Spirit Language System Demon Beasts are hard to control. Whether they are contracted to humans or not, they pose a significant potential risk to human society.

Another reason is that C-level and above Omen Hell Crows can’t solely rely on evolution materials for further evolution; they also need C-level and above Beast Taming Space Secret Realm instances for honing.

For example, to become an A-level Omen Hell Crow, the contractor’s Beast Taming Space must contain various Spiritual Secret Realm instances to enhance the magic beast’s spirit level.

And there’s even a chance of evolution failure.

This is why high evolution level spiritual magic beasts are precious and powerful. To raise their evolution level, spiritual magic beasts must also increase their spiritual power, or else they risk evolution failure.

Her Ink Crow has always been lingering on the edge of a B-level Contracted Beast because its contractor only has C-level spiritual power and hasn’t completely become a full B-level one yet.

"Sigh, everything at home is hard to raise."

Qian Qi sighed gloomily, "One is always chasing money, one’s evolution is difficult, one is a naturally weak wolf, one reproduces too fast, and another one..."

Oh, only the Poisonous Venomous Python is relatively worry-free and easy to fool.

"Tongzi, unlock the A-level Sky-breaking Crow evolution materials." Qian Qi patted Er Ya’s leg, "If the A-level evolution materials are in this instance, Er Ya’s flying speed will allow us to finish quickly."

[OK~ It’s 30 billion~]

Qian Qi almost spat out blood, "What? 30 billion? When unlocking the B-level for Ink Crow, it was only 3 billion, and they even threw in the Beast Taming Space’s unlocking method for free. How can unlocking A-level cost 30 billion?"

Qian Qi reasonably suspected this was price gouging!

[Dear, listen to yourself~] The system smiled slightly: [Don’t you understand the worth of an A-level evolution beast? Plus, you’re evolving from a mere D-level to A-level. Do you know how much others have spent over hundreds of years to research the correct way to evolve, and how valuable that knowledge is?]

Knowledge is money, and the higher-ups in this world have too much money, so money means nothing to them anymore. Naturally, you have to spend more to match this "knowledge point’s" price.

[Dear~ Changing fate requires spending more money~＾＿＾] The system flashed that annoying expression again.

Be content. Turning a fool into a genius isn’t something money can buy!

Qian Qi naturally understood this logic, but it still hurt her heart. Thinking about Ah Tu, Silver, and the White Extreme Rat all needing 30 billion to evolve to A-level made Qian Qi feel her retirement was far out of reach.

"It’s all because I’m too weak." Qian Qi lamented. If she had S-Class Spiritual Power, she’d already have contracted a bunch of A-level magic beasts. It wouldn’t be necessary to contract a bunch of low-level weaklings.

The system looked at the two dozen A-levels on her hair and then at the A-level Er Ya she had conned over, choosing not to comment.

Be content. In another place, who would follow you without being contracted?

Wiping her face, Qian Qi waved her hand as if nonchalant, "Fine, it’s just 30 billion! Unlock it first, and after leaving the instance and regaining network signal, I’ll transfer the money to you!"

The system picked its nose: [Transfer the money after leaving the instance, then go find the materials, and don’t forget to fully pay off the quiz fee and find the path fee you owe me.]

It’s 30 billion, so the system needs to be cautious and can’t let this miser run up a tab.

Thinking of charging a tab and bargaining, Qian Qi: ...

"Fine, fine!" Qian Qi gritted her teeth, "I’ll transfer the money right after leaving the instance!"

She waved a big hand, "Sheng Qing, let’s go back to the instance exit!"

"Was it an illusion? Why did I just feel like the instance was raided?" Wang quickly stood up, sensing the instance was raided.

"It’s not an illusion." Yan Shuiyue said with conviction, "I felt it too."

"Who raided it?" Sun Jiao’s eyes widened in disbelief, "Could we be so lucky that the boss was killed by other magic beasts?"

Jiang Bao touched his chin, glancing around at the people present, "Have you noticed that there are fewer of us?"

Leng Yuntian immediately looked around, and what he saw turned his face green, "Three people are gone?"

Jiang Bao gave him a look. Leng Yuntian’s current expression was too serious. He wasn’t sure if Leng Yuntian had genuinely overlooked someone with low presence or if he truly believed Qian Dafang wasn’t human.

"It’s four people. Qian Dafang, Sheng Qing, Xi Pingzhe, and Xu Jinghong are all not here." Yan Shuiyue didn’t seem surprised, "They weren’t here the day before yesterday either." ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ novel{f}ire.net

The Ice Crystal Antelope had always been on high alert, so when these few people left, Yan Shuiyue knew but didn’t say anything.

After all, she’d been there a few days earlier than Leng Yuntian, so she already knew the instance’s time flow was different. Qian Qi had also mentioned that the instance’s boss was a Fire Magic Plant and that she’d solo it barring any unexpected circumstances.

Jiang Bao was naturally aware, and Sun Jiao had already noticed, but Jiang Bao had kept her quiet. As for Wang, out of trust for Qian Qi, she believed Qian Qi wouldn’t abandon her, so she also acted like nothing happened and kept silent.

Only Leng Yuntian, who sat daily next to Yan Shuiyue to build up rapport, besides complaining about Qian Qi not bringing food back yesterday, hadn’t noticed everyone else’s absence.

So when Leng Yuntian suddenly realized that nearly half of the people were gone, his face turned blue, and he was incredulous, "They wouldn’t leave us behind and run away, would they?"

"Don’t talk nonsense!" Wang immediately interjected, refuting, "Qian wouldn’t leave me behind. Maybe she just went to fight the boss!"

"What a joke! Do you think she could really clear an A-level instance by herself?!" Leng Yuntian snorted at Aiyou Group’s claims but believed he had enough judgment not to believe everything he heard.

Even the Su Family Army needed Su Ang to speed up their instance clearing. How could Qian Dafang alone match the strength of a hundred A-level Awakeners?

What people said outside was all exaggerated!

Wang muttered softly, "Well, she didn’t go alone this time; there are four of them."

He thought, does Xi Pingzhe and Xu Jinghong count as people?

Or rather, do these two weaklings equal an A-level Awakener?

Together, they amount to 2.00001 A-level Awakeners, right?!

The most crucial point is...

"If they went to fight the boss, why didn’t they take us with them!" Leng Yuntian sneered, sarcasm dripping in his voice, "Were they afraid we’d steal their boss?"

"No... It’s because you’re a dog’s tail dragging down weights—only weighing us down." A sinister, chilling voice suddenly whispered in Leng Yuntian’s ear like a cold ghostly sound from a dark night, scaring him into a jump, "Ah—!"

Covered in goosebumps, Leng Yuntian nearly lost his head from fright. He turned back and pointed at the suddenly appearing Qian Qi, erupting into a string of expletives, "Qian Dafang, will it kill you to appear normally?!"

Why would a lunatic appear normally? What exactly are you expecting of me?