Cultivating Immortality: Starting from Ferrying Passengers

Chapter 172 Growth Talent
As the five-colored light flashed, the corresponding colors of the five elements (metal, wood, fire, water, and earth) merged together to form the source of this five-colored light.

Under Fang Jingxuan's gaze, Tuoyuan's originally enormous body gradually shrank from six zhang in size to about two zhang in size.

Seeing this, Fang Jingxuan frowned slightly. After consuming so many high-grade spiritual materials, shouldn't Tuoyuan have grown even larger?
Although I've been troubled by how Tuoyuan is getting bigger and bigger, making it inconvenient to take it anywhere, I've only had the Void Spirit Bag that I went to great lengths to get for less than two years, how did it shrink so much?

Fang Jingxuan believed that the larger Tuoyuan was, the stronger it was. It didn't rely on its innate supernatural abilities and couldn't compare to Liu Gu. The stronger this thick-skinned creature grew, the more reassured Fang Jingxuan felt.

But what exactly is going on in this situation?

Fang Jingxuan suppressed his doubts and continued to observe the changes in Tuoyuan. Fortunately, Tuoyuan's body eventually stopped at a size of two zhang in diameter and did not continue to shrink.

At this moment, Tuoyuan's changes had not stopped. Two small horns sprouted from the top of its head on both sides, like the budding branches of a deer.

At this moment, Fang Jingxuan noticed that Tuoyuan's face had also changed. It was no longer as fierce as before, but instead revealed a hint of majesty.

After a moment, Tuoyuan's body stopped changing, and it slowly got up and came to Fang Jingxuan's side, circling around Fang Jingxuan like a puppy.

Tuoyuan once again buried its head in Fang Jingxuan's arms. Fang Jingxuan no longer allowed this when Tuoyuan's body swelled to more than three zhang (approximately 10 meters) because its size was too large and the scene looked very disproportionate.

Fang Jingxuan took out a bunch of low-grade first-level spiritual fruits and low-grade fish and shrimp from his storage bag and placed them in front of Tuoyuan, indicating that he could eat them.

Having just finished its evolution, Tuoyuan was clearly very hungry and immediately began to devour the food.

While Tuoyuan was eating, Fang Jingxuan gently stroked its back with his palm. Then, his soul contract stirred slightly, and a divine sense penetrated into it, beginning to sense all of Tuoyuan's information in detail.

Once this information reached Fang Jingxuan's mind and was absorbed by the panel he carried, it was then converted into attribute values ​​that Fang Jingxuan was most familiar with. This allowed Fang Jingxuan to more intuitively see all the changes that Tuoyuan had undergone in this evolution.

The panel then unfolded, revealing all of Tuoyuan's information.

[Companion Beast: Tuoyuan, a mid-grade second-tier exquisite five-colored tortoise, with a Qi Refining level nine cultivation and an expected lifespan of six hundred and eighty years.]

[Bloodline Progress: 45]

[Talent (Beginner): [Lightness] [Water Skill] [Return to Origin]]

[Talent (Advanced): [Sea-Suppressing Divine Power] [All Five Elements Complete]]

[Talent (Growth, Unique): [Dragon Body] (Size as desired)]

Fang Jingxuan was overjoyed when he saw the display of the Tuoyuan section on his panel attributes.

First, Tuoyuan's own rank has changed from the lowest first-rank low-grade to the current second-rank mid-grade.

This change in rank does not involve cultivation level; it merely represents the potential of this species.

Originally, Tuoyuan, as a water spirit turtle, was not much different from other first-tier spirit turtles in terms of lifespan and growth potential.

But now, in terms of lifespan alone, Tuoyuan, who has not yet reached the Foundation Establishment stage, has already reached 680 years.

This means that Tuoyuan has more time to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage. In fact, as long as it doesn't die unexpectedly along the way, this spirit turtle species can most likely live to reach the Foundation Establishment stage.

A second-tier, mid-grade exquisite five-colored tortoise, upon reaching adulthood, will on average have the cultivation level of Foundation Establishment. However, its growth rate is very slow, taking 150 years to reach adulthood, which is too long for most cultivators.

So now, Tuoyuan has changed from the original adult form of the Water Spirit Turtle to the juvenile form of the Exquisite Five-Colored Turtle.

Even though Tuoyuan had access to Moon Dew, its growth rate inevitably slowed down. This was because after reaching adulthood, Tuoyuan's potential was depleted, and it entered a stable period. At this stage, three or four drops of Moon Dew were only as effective as one drop when it was a child.

But now, Tuoyuan's physical condition has returned to that of an immature Linglong Five-Colored Turtle, so it can once again experience the joy of rapid growth in strength.

In addition, compared to the common colorful turtle, the Tuoyuan is clearly a mutated species.

That newly awakened high-level talent, [Complete in All Five Elements], was comprehended from the bloodline potential that Tuoyuan had previously accumulated, and was obtained from the bloodline of the Linglong Five-Colored Turtle itself.

However, most of the Exquisite Five-Colored Turtles will have this [completeness of the five elements] after they reach adulthood; it is their racial talent.

However, the talent in the next column, "Dragon Body," which has growth and unique attributes, is extremely rare and cannot be seen at all in the Linglong Five-Colored Turtle species.

Upon seeing this, Fang Jingxuan couldn't help but focus his attention on these two entries, carefully comprehending the information within.

After a long while, Fang Jingxuan finally understood the meaning behind these two talents.

First is the [Five Elements Complete] talent, which is a passive talent that allows Tuoyuan to absorb the spiritual energy of the five elements.

In other words, no matter what kind of terrain Tuoyuan is in, it can be regarded as its home ground, and there will be no more restrictions based on terrain.

Even if Tuoyuan were to go to the desert or volcanic lava fields now, his strength would not be reduced to only 50% or 60% of its original level.

Of course, among the five elements, the water element of Tuoyuan is still the strongest. It has not been weakened, but has instead been enhanced by 70% to 80%.

As for the remaining four lines, Tuoyuan will need to gradually adapt before he can reach the same level.

This talent is decent, but it's very practical. Originally, if Tuoyuan had only awakened this talent, it would have been a success. But now, compared to the next talent, this talent is just an extra.

【Dragon Transformation Body】, as the name suggests, allows Tuoyuan's body to gradually evolve from its current race towards the dragon category.

Dragons! This race can be described as a naturally noble species, with no lower-level dragons falling below the fourth rank.

They are born with the Golden Core cultivation level. Once they reach adulthood, they will be at least at the Nascent Soul stage, and then progress to the Deity stage. If they live long enough, they will most likely be able to enter this stage.

Nowadays, true dragons are extremely rare. Most of those appearing in the cultivation world are flood dragons, dragon-like creatures, or hybrid dragons.

Now, Tuoyuan can be considered a dragon-like lineage, but it still needs a large amount of dragon essence blood to evolve into a true dragon.

That drop of true blood from the [Exquisite Dream Mirage Dragon] was the key to the changes that occurred in Tuoyuan. It was truly a stroke of luck that such a spiritual material appeared in the Ning family and was even seized by him.

Looking back now, that Foundation Establishment cultivator probably came for this item as well. Now, both groups hate themselves to the core.

Hehe, Fang Jingxuan chuckled lightly, not taking the matter to heart. Now that he had returned to the South China Sea, their reach couldn't extend here.

After a few breaths, Fang Jingxuan, feeling that there was no problem, turned his attention back to Tuoyuan.

Now, Tuoyuan is a dragon-type demon beast, and its progress in transforming into a dragon is not a blank slate. The dragon blood in its body has become so rich that it has awakened a divine power exclusive to dragons.

Great size!

(End of this chapter)