Start With Contracting Sprites

Su Hao glanced at his surroundings. They were all brown high walls, about six to seven meters tall. He could only see a blue… sky without any haze.

Right in front of him was a building that looked like a palace.

He crossed over the step and walked inside.

After passing through a security gate, he kept walking forward.

There were no windows on either side of the corridor. There was only light at the top giving off a gentle glow.

Tap tap~

Tap tap~

The footsteps of the group of 20 people echoed as they walked straight to a closed metal door.

"The good seedlings for this batch?"

On the left side of the door, an old but energetic voice came from the room.

Su Hao felt as if someone was looking at him.

"Then go."

The silver metal door made a beeping sound and opened to the sides, revealing…

It was still not a treasure vault, but a stairway leading down.

Heavenly King Gong left the Coral Fairy Snail in the corridor and took the lead to walk down the stairs.

Su Hao and the others followed closely behind.

The stairs formed the shape of the Chinese character "hui (return)", spinning all the way down, circle after circle… For some reason, it felt like they were rushing to the mausoleum.

But the walls around the stairs were embedded with shining crystals. The pale yellow light dispelled the darkness. Even though it kept descending, there was no overly sinister feeling.

At most, just a little.

Finally, they arrived at an unknown depth.

What appeared in front of them was still… a door.

It wasn't a metal door, but a stone door. On both sides of the stone door were two tall stone sculptures in the shape of lions.

"That's not a rock!"

Su Hao just took a brief glance at the map when he saw the eyes of the stone lion on the right light up suddenly. In the dim yellow environment, they looked like two Night-Luminescent Pearls… It would be even more perfect if they were in the dark.

The stone lion's eyes glowed, scaring several students into taking a step back.

Heavenly King Gong said, "That's a Housekeeper Suanni. The one on the left is an Evil Warding Lion Tiger."

From the outside, it was also a stone lion sculpture maintaining a squatting posture. But on closer look, there was a pair of small wings on the left and right of its neck.

Both sprites evolved from stone lions in the same initial form.

And they were all monarch rank sprites.

Su Hao added in his heart.

The Housekeeper Suanni's Night-Luminescent Pearl-like eyes swept across for a moment before dimming again. Its aura was gone, and it turned back into a sculpture placed in front of the door.

But at the same time, crack, crack, crack, the sound of moving gears mixed with buzzing sounds could be heard.

In front of them, the stone door opened.

...

What made Su Hao heave a long sigh of relief was that there was no wooden door, iron door, diamond door, or gold door behind the stone door.

Only bright rays of various colors shone through the opening door, illuminating the underground space even more.

"That's…"

Senior Qin Ya covered her mouth.

In front of them, the treasures were placed in a cabinet, as though they had arrived at a certain treasure museum.

The difference was that most of the treasures in front of them glowed with the message saying "I'm very valuable".

Heavenly King Gong looked at the students and said, "According to the rules, all of you have an hour to choose one or two treasures that you're interested in… But you can't touch them. You can only take out the treasures after you've truly confirmed them."

As she spoke, she looked at Su Hao.

Su Hao nodded, indicating that he understood… He was the one who could choose two treasures.

But he only had an hour too.

The others originally wanted to get some suggestions from Heavenly King Gong, but when they heard this, their expressions became conflicted.

There was a dazzling array of treasures in front of them. How should they choose?

Especially because… they couldn't recognize most of the treasures inside!

Jiang Xiuqi and the other seniors all looked at Heavenly King Bu for help.

Heavenly King Bu twisted his neck. "Don't ask me, I won't understand even if you ask. However, there are only two types of treasures. One is for wearing and the other is for swallowing. You just have to look for the attributes you want."

"Besides, there are brief descriptions of the treasures in front."

Seniors: "!!!"

They were so dazzled by the treasures that they forgot to observe carefully.

Shame, shame!

When can I be as calm and indifferent as Junior Su Hao!

In their eyes, the calm Su Hao at this moment…

Was even more conflicted than them.

"Once a wood-element sprite consumes the millennium tree heart, it can improve its various qualities in all aspects without any side effects."

"Shocking! There's actually even a Natural Crystal. Oh, it was left behind by an extraordinary-level sprite. What a pity, what a pity…"

"That seems to be a Water Source Essence. Swallowing it can permanently increase the power of water-element unique skills, and the increase is not small."

If he had a choice, he would definitely want all the treasures in front of him.

Unfortunately… he could only choose two.

This was a rare opportunity, he had to consider it carefully.

"The Dragon Nation's treasure vault isn't like the school's. I can't come here whenever I want. I have to choose the treasures right now, so I have to choose two treasures that will bring me the best benefits at the moment."

Firstly, he eliminated the treasures which could increase his sprites' strength after swallowing.

Without them, he wouldn't need to spend much time nurturing his sprites anyway.

Treasures that could increase one's power were pretty good… Most of the "invincible" sprites at the same level consumed such treasures.

But his sprites were already very strong, and their cultivation in all aspects were extremely perfect… If they swallowed these treasures, it would be a bit of a waste compared to other treasures.

"Then, the most valuable treasure to me is a treasure that can help my sprites evolve."

"For example, the materials needed for advanced evolution!"

If the value of the materials needed from the initial form to the first stage of evolution was 1, then the value of the materials needed from the first stage to the second stage of evolution was 3. There wasn't much difference between the two.

But if it was an advanced evolution that broke through the sprite's own limits, the materials needed would be at least 100. The core materials were all very precious treasures… Su Hao wouldn't be surprised even if something he had never heard of appeared.

In the future, even if he had the ability, he might not be able to get some treasures — such as non-mainstream treasures.

This was an opportunity.

"Dazed Crow, Butterfly, and the others are still quite a distance away from advanced evolution, but they can also start preparing for it."

"In any case, according to the estimation of my perfect cultivation plan, it won't take much time for them to grow to their limits."

"As for the Dumb Unicorn, we don't need it for the time being. We already have plans on how it can break through to the extraordinary level."

"It's the same for the Big Fat Bear. After absorbing that crystal of nature, even if it wants to advance in the future, the difficulty level won't be too high… After all, the bridge is already set up, and the road is almost paved."

He planned to choose the two treasures for Crow and Butterfly.

He opened the interface and looked through the Dazed Crow's information.

[Advanced Evolution]:

(1) Sun Evolution: Compatibility: 98% (unlock with 12 Intelligence Points);

(2) Eternal Flame Evolution: Compatibility: 96% (unlock with 12 Intelligence Points);

(3) Flaming Body Evolution: Compatibility: 91% (unlock with 12 Intelligence Points);

...

"Generally speaking, unless a certain evolution pathway has extremely great potential, I will definitely choose a pathway with a high compatibility score."

Without any hesitation, he used 9 Intelligence Points to unlock the general introduction of all pathways.

Instantly, information flowed into his mind.

He opened his eyes and looked ahead without focus. In fact, he was constantly processing the information in his mind.

After a while…

"The evolution of the Indestructible Flames and the Body of Flames are relatively more focused on life-saving abilities. I might really be able to write a whole paper on the Fallen Evolution alone… But the evolution of the Sun is the most suitable evolution for the Dazed Crow's battle method."

He walked to the area where fire-element treasures were stored. The orange glow illuminated his face red.

It was as if he was in a sea of flames, making him look extremely ceremonial.

He glanced around and muttered in his mind…

"Unlock: Sun Evolution."

"Ding! With 11 Intelligence Points deducted, the plan has been unlocked."

Instantly, information flooded into his mind.

He closed his eyes, but in his mind, he saw the explosion of a dazzling sun.

The cry was loud and clear.

A big bird with much longer tail feathers had some gold sprinkled on its body. It rushed out of the flames, scattering endless light, as if illuminating the vast land.

Blazing Sun Fire God Crow (changeable)!