75: Chapter 75 Poverty Alleviation Orders are Great! We Must Accept These Poverty Alleviation Orders!
The material processing wasn't complex; Li Yu's speed might not be fast, but Zhou Ya was no slouch.
She was only a Junior Cultivator, but her theoretical foundation and practical skills were surprisingly solid; materials that would have originally taken Li Yu twenty minutes alone...
...were finished in seven minutes with Zhou Ya's help.
Zhou Ya scores big!
Li Yu gave Zhou Ya a thumbs up; the latter squinted her eyes and said nothing.
Except when talking about cultivation, Zhou Ya didn't say much at other times, as if she were under a silence curse.
Li Yu was used to it.
He mixed the materials in specific proportions, turning them into several injections, and placed them on a tray along with a pair of scissors. Carrying the iron tray, he approached the Kekeluo Rat.
At this point, the Kekeluo Rat had already fainted from weakness; if not for the extremely slight rising and falling of its belly, Li Yu would have thought it was dead.
Very good.
Saves on anesthesia.
Zhou Ya hurriedly followed.
Initially, she thought Li Yu was going to treat the Kekeluo Rat, but when she saw the materials, doubt began to surface in her mind.
These things didn't look like they were for healing.
During the material processing, she repeatedly deduced their use in her head and finally became certain!
It wasn't healing, but evolution!
And it was a completely different evolution combination!
This discovery made her so full of curiosity that she almost excitedly blurted out questions—whether to question if Li Yu even knew what he was doing or to ask why he chose such a combination—she just wanted to ask.
Her inner self was erupting like a giant, yet her outward appearance remained timid and silent until all the materials were processed.
Now, she wanted to see what kind of wonderful chemical reaction this combination of materials would produce.
She also wanted to see if Li Yu, who held the title of Senior Cultivator, was the real deal or a fraud.
Li Yu was unaware of her thoughts.
He administered the injections one by one into the Kekeluo Rat's body, then picked up the scissors and held them against the Kekeluo Rat's broken claws.
With two "snaps," the two small claws were severed, and blood spurted out like arrows.
The unconscious Kekeluo Rat shuddered but did not wake up.
Outside the incubation pod, Xia Xiaojie was so shocked he almost screamed, but Grandma Xia covered his mouth and shook her head, signaling him to be quiet.
Zhou Ya was also startled by this move.
Ignoring their reactions, Li Yu continued to administer the remaining medicine and gave two more injections at the ends of the severed claws; the Kekeluo Rat let out a low cry of pain.
"Alright, it'll be fine in a moment," Li Yu comforted as he walked out of the incubation pod with the iron tray and closed the door.
Zhou Ya asked impatiently, "I don't understand, why did you cut off its claws?"
"If I didn't cut them off, it wouldn't be able to fly," Li Yu replied.
"Fly?"
Zhou Ya was stunned. Just as she was about to ask more, Li Yu had already reached the control console and pushed the red lever, causing the evolution laser to fall upon the Kekeluo Rat.
Buzz, buzz, buzz—
Zhou Ya shut her mouth and looked at the incubation pod nervously.
Xia Xiaojie also pressed against the glass of the incubation pod, his mouth pouting in distress and his eyes turning red.
A few seconds passed.
"Kid, close your eyes," Li Yu shouted.
Though confused, Xia Xiaojie obeyed Li Yu and closed his eyes. The next second, a dazzling white light, like a flashbang exploding, instantly covered the entire cultivation room.
The blinding white light made Zhou Ya's eyes sting, but she didn't close them. Instead, she widened her eyes as if trying to pierce through the light to see the changes inside the incubation pod, her voice trembling slightly.
"Evolution! It's really evolving!"
Xia Xiaojie didn't understand the meaning of the light, but he understood the word "evolution." Covering his eyes with one hand and tightly gripping Grandma Xia's hand with the other, he kept saying, "Grandma, it evolved! Coco evolved!"
"Good, it evolved, that's good..." Grandma Xia replied.
Amidst the trio's incredibly excited waiting, the white light lasted for over ten seconds. When it dissipated, a brand-new Coco appeared before them.
Inside the incubation pod, the rat-like Coco was gone, replaced by a Coco covered in white fur, with bat wings featuring claws at the tips, only two legs, and a round cat head.
It looked like a cat with a pair of bat wings; besides being cute, it had a hint of eeriness.
It didn't seem used to its body yet, examining its bat wings with curiosity in its emerald eyes. It flapped a couple of times and took flight, but flew unsteadily, hitting the ceiling and falling down with a dejected cry.
"It's a success!" Zhou Ya suddenly turned around, a strange light in her eyes as she looked at Li Yu. "You actually bred a new Coco! A Coco with a different racial appearance!"
"Stay calm. Didn't I tell you? About Coco," Li Yu said with a smile.
Zhou Ya approached, her hands tightly clutching the clothes at her chest, and said nervously, "Then, then can you let me... participate in its attribute testing too? I know this is presumptuous, but..."
For any newly born familiar, the first attribute test is sacred and full of ritual for a Breeder.
Not everyone involved in the cultivation is qualified.
"Then I'll leave it to you," Li Yu chuckled.
"Eh?!"
"You don't want to?"
"No! I want to so much! Thank you, Li Yu!"
In Zhou Ya's eyes at that moment, Li Yu seemed to be glowing—bling-bling, sparkling and shining—as if he were covered in the special effects of a grandmaster.
Li Yu didn't know what she was thinking; if he did, he would have burst out laughing.
What a joke.
Every time he cultivated, it was a new species. If he had to be so formal and do it himself every time, how much extra work would he have to do!
Moreover, his eyes were like a ruler; he knew the attributes at a glance. Doing a test was just for show and purely increased the workload.
Zhou Ya volunteering herself couldn't be better.
Li Yu brought the evolved Coco out of the incubation pod. As soon as it saw Xia Xiaojie, it immediately pounced on him. Its body, much heavier than before, nearly knocked Xia Xiaojie to the ground.
Xia Xiaojie hugged Coco tightly, two streaks of tears running down his face. He sobbed, "Coco, I'm sorry! I will definitely protect you from now on!"
Coco made a cat-like "meow" and licked Xia Xiaojie's cheek. The latter immediately stopped crying and laughed. Then, remembering something, he brought Coco to Li Yu.
"Let me tell you, it was Uncle who saved you and helped you evolve. You have to thank Uncle! If it weren't for Uncle, you'd be dead."
Xia Xiaojie felt a lingering fear in his heart and tightened his hold on Coco.
Coco looked at Li Yu with its slitted pupils and let out a call. When Li Yu's hand reached its chin and scratched gently, it let out a comfortable purr.
[The Kekeluo Rat has found life in death, gaining a brand-new form. Furthermore, it senses the change in its young master's mindset. Its gratitude toward you is overflowing. Your cultivation value +700.]
Li Yu's eyes lit up.
700 cultivation value!
poverty alleviation orders are great; I must take them!
That Hurricane-whatever Tiger that evolved to Lord rank but only gave a measly 200 cultivation value points, you should learn from this!