When Ye Bai returned to the Cultivation House.
The plaque of the Cultivation House had already been cleaned and hung up.
The hanging of the Cultivation House plaque signified its official opening.
This was a good start.
Big Gray's face showed no sign of happiness; instead, he paced with his hands behind his back, sweat beads the size of beans on his forehead, looking very anxious.
It seemed that something had happened to the Sunflowers in the Cultivation House.
They were fine in the morning, but by the afternoon, the leaves of the Sunflowers had all fallen off.
The leaves of the Tier Two mother plant began to wither extensively.
Only a small cluster of tender green leaves remained.
The flower heads were starting to wither, indicating that the current state of the Sunflower mother plant wasn't very good.
The Tier One Sunflowers had been affected by the mother plant, all looking sickly.
The nectar from the Sunflowers was a crucial source of income for the Cultivation House.
Big Gray was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, having never encountered such a situation and not knowing what to do.
Upon seeing Ye Bai return, he seemed to see a lifeline, hurriedly dragging Ye Bai to the Sunflower mother plant on the second floor.
Ye Bai had been taking care of this Sunflower mother plant for many years.
At a glance, he saw that the Sunflower mother plant was advancing.
Years ago, when it ascended from Tier One to Tier Two, it was in the same state.
Ye Bai had rushed the Sunflower to the Pet Beast Hospital in a hurry back then.
The doctor told Ye Bai that it was because the plant lacked sufficient energy, and its cells had started self-destructing.
He needed to provide the Sunflower with a substantial amount of energy to ensure a successful advancement; there was no other way.
Ye Bai could only take drastic measures and gave all the energy potions from the Cultivation House to the Sunflower.
The Sunflower remained in a half-alive, half-dead state, only completing its advancement two months later.
Since then, it could reproduce Tier One Sunflowers through side buds.
Ye Bai opened the Eye of Insight and observed that the gray mist on the Sunflower mother plant began to increase, proving Ye Bai's thoughts were correct.
The Sunflower's advancement required a large amount of energy.
"It just so happens that I extorted a Tier Three Sunstone from He Guangda last time."
"Otherwise, I'd be helpless in the face of the Sunflower's advancement."
"But why did the Sunflower suddenly advance?"
The Sunflower had no combat power and couldn't increase its level by killing wild Exotic Beasts.
Usually, it just enjoys basking in the sun; it must have encountered something that led it to evolve towards Tier Three.
"Big Gray, lend a hand, help me dig a hole in the pot, I need to insert the Sunstone into the roots to assist its final evolution."
Big Gray extended his sharp claws, and with a fierce jab at the pot, the soil yielded a hole the size of a fist.
"Big Gray, lend a hand again, crush this Sunstone."
Big Gray picked up the Sunstone and exerted force with his hands, causing the Sunstone to turn into powder.
He poured the powder into the hole, and the originally withered flower heads began to spread open.
The roots surged out from the soil in the pot, resembling numerous worms wriggling in the earth.
The Sunflower absorbed the energy from the Sunstone, seemingly waking from its state of self-destruction.
Golden stripes appeared on the Sunflower.
The Sunflower now looked like a large light bulb, emitting warm, gentle light.
Its large pot was completely burst open, with countless thumb-sized roots shooting out.
Only then did Ye Bai discover the white bones entangled beneath the roots.
These bones had claws as sharp as drill heads.
Ye Bai identified the bones' owner - Tier One Exotic Beast Burrowing Rat, a rodent Exotic Beast with earth attributes, known for digging holes everywhere.
The skull of the bones had been pierced through in a single strike.
With the Sunflower's roots as tough as steel, Ye Bai finally understood how it advanced.
It must have been the short-sighted Burrowing Rat that accidentally intruded the Sunflower's territory while digging holes, only to be shredded by the Sunflower's roots.
The Sunflower had dramatically increased its power through the accumulated killing of Burrowing Rats.
Soon after, the more vibrant Sunflower King appeared, its shed leaves regrowing and becoming more lush.
The petals were a golden yellow, full of vitality.
A strong floral fragrance emanated from the petals of the Sunflower.
The Thousand-Change Silkworm smelled the intoxicating aroma, almost drooling.
It wanted to taste, it longed desperately to taste.
The Thousand-Change Silkworm, relying on its formidable defense, tried to taste the nectar of the Sunflower King.
It leaped forward, opening its large mouth towards the Sunflower King.
But in mid-air, the Sunflower King fiercely whipped its sharp Vine Whip at the Thousand-Change Silkworm.
The Thousand-Change Silkworm fell to the ground with a thud, causing the entire floor to shake slightly.
The Thousand-Change Silkworm quickly lifted its head, finding a deep red mark on its face, burning painfully.
Defiant, the Thousand-Change Silkworm immediately used the Hardening Skill, its body surface flashing with a silver white.
It charged forward fiercely, but all it heard were crashing sounds as the Sunflower King beat it black and blue, fainting on the ground.
Thousand-Change Silkworm: I saw my great-grandmother.
Big Gray and Ye Bai exchanged glances.
The Sunflower King opened its layers of petals, revealing golden nectar inside.
The fragrance from this nectar was rich as the Thousand-Change Silkworm smelled it, opening its eyes, only to hear a thud and fainting again.
The Thousand-Change Silkworm was entirely at odds with the Sunflower King, even when Ye Bai forcibly tried to drag the Silkworm into the Pet Beast Space, it would rush out again.
All night long, Big Gray and Ye Bai heard a thud then followed by an ah sound.
By the next day, the man and the Pet Beast both sported two dark circles under their eyes, looking somewhat dazed.
Suddenly, Ye Bai noticed, when the Sunflower King's iron-like Vine Whip fell upon the Thousand-Change Silkworm, a series of sparks appeared.
Now the Thousand-Change Silkworm needed the Sunflower King to use four or five Vine Whips to completely restrict its movements.
Could it be?
Ye Bai used the Eye of Insight on the Thousand-Change Silkworm.
[Name: Thousand-Change Silkworm]
[Gender: Male]
[Mastered Skills: Silk Spitting (Skilled), Hardening (Mastery), Impact (Beginner)]
[Evolutionary Path 1: Ten Thousand Changes Silkworm, its defense becomes increasingly terrifying, possessing more evolutionary paths, conditions unknown.]
[Evolutionary Path 2: Sun God Butterfly, Sun Crystal 1, Flame Crystal 1, Insect Crystal 1, grind these three crystals into powder, exposed to strong light at noon, the Thousand-Change Silkworm must reach the Peak of Tier Two.]