Chapter 10 Training
The place where Li Qian came to was in the suburbs of Lingshui City. There was a river passing through the city.

The river is called "Lingshui River", which is also the origin of the name of the city Lingshui.

According to the information I found before coming here, a hydropower station was built on the section of Lingshui River near Lingshui City.

The hydropower station blocked the river and formed a one-kilometer-long dam. There is a spillway on the side of the dam, and water pours out from the spillway, forming an artificial waterfall.

This time, Li Qian came to Lingshui River just for the artificial waterfall.

When heard from a distance, it is still the sound of splashing water, but when you get closer, the sound becomes a rumble. The water rushes out from the flood discharge outlet and falls to the bottom with a drop of more than ten meters, forming a pool of water. The scene is both spectacular and majestic.

After parking his bicycle next to the embankment, Li Qian trotted to the edge of the pond. He took a look at the artificial waterfall and nodded with satisfaction.

Without hesitation, he first took out the beast-taming ball containing Ah Fu, opened the ball, and put Ah Fu into the pool.

Having stayed in a narrow and cramped place like a fish tank, Ah Fu seemed very happy as soon as he entered the large body of water, swimming non-stop in the water.

After swimming around in the pool for a few circles, Ah Fu came to the shore and looked at Li Qian with a pair of human-like fish eyes.

Seeing this, Li Qian nodded slightly. He was not surprised that Ah Fu did not run away.

After all, the Li family has raised it for nearly twenty years, so there is some emotional foundation between them. In addition, the concern for evolution and the extension of life after evolution is another reason that prompted it not to escape.

Looking at Ah Fu who was not far from the shore, Li Qian said in a serious tone: "Ah Fu, listen, if you want to continue to survive, you must evolve."

"And if you want to evolve, you have to do as I tell you." Pointing to the waterfall not far away, Li Qian continued: "Now, swim over there, yes, right under the waterfall, and then swim up with all your strength."

"Remember, if you want to evolve, you must learn the waterfall climbing skill."

After that, he raised his arms and shouted, "Afu, come on!"

Ah Fu looked towards the waterfall with a determined gaze, then turned into a line of water and rushed over at high speed. When it reached the bottom of the waterfall, it swam upwards with all its might according to Li Qian's instructions.

It was a pity that the water rushed down from a height of more than ten meters, and the force it brought was so terrifying that Ah Fu tried his best to swim upwards, but he would often be washed down after swimming less than a meter.

However, Ah Fu did not give up. After being washed down, he continued to swim upstream, repeating this cycle over and over again without giving up.

Li Qian had no better solution for this problem. He could only encourage Ah Fu silently and feed him energy-rich fish food when he was exhausted.

This is also what he bought in the pet market today.

Taking his eyes off the waterfall, Li Qian looked around and soon found a small puddle.

Taking out another beast-taming ball that contained Qizi, Li Qian released Qizi and put it into the puddle.

Qizi came out of the beast-taming ball and found himself in a puddle. Confused, he raised his fish head and glanced at Li Qian.

Li Qian remained silent, took out a tablet, and did the same thing, showing Qizi the video of the koi carp evolving into a green-scaled dragon.

Unlike Ah Fu who didn't take it seriously at first, Qizi reacted after watching it for the first time. Its tail swung excitedly and its eyes were full of anticipation. Compared with Ah Fu, Qizi was obviously more ambitious and motivated.

After playing it seven times in a row, Li Qian paused the playback only after Qizi's agitation became visible to the naked eye. He began to persuade him, "Qizi, I know that you have higher potential. You can learn the waterfall climbing skill, which is enough to prove your qualifications. But if you want to evolve into the Green Scaled Dragon I just showed you, these are not enough. You must follow my instructions."

Li Qian frowned and looked at Qizi. He continued with a sincere tone, "Next, I will put you in the pond. If you believe me, you can train with Ah Fu. If you don't believe me, you can go downstream and leave. I won't stop you."

If possible, Li Qian didn't want Qizi to leave, but without a contract and any emotional basis, he just put it into the pond. The pond was connected to the river downstream. If it wanted to leave, Li Qian couldn't stop it.

Now he just hoped that Qizi really had a desire to become stronger and was touched by the video he just played. Otherwise, Li Qian would have no choice but to accept that the 42,000 yuan was wasted.

After saying that, Li Qian did not hesitate, took out the Beast Taming Ball again and put Qizi in it, then walked to the edge of the pond and released it again.

Qizi entered the pond, flicked his tail, created a splash, and then disappeared.

Li Qian just stood by the pond, watching quietly. After about five minutes, there was still no trace of Qizi in the pond. He shook his head and sighed, "Alas, I underestimated the pet's desire for freedom. It's a pity that you have lost the opportunity to become a strong man."

After sighing like this, Li Qian already had the answer in his heart. Qizi should have chosen to leave. He was no longer sad, and withdrew his gaze and looked towards the waterfall.

Just as he focused his gaze on the waterfall, a line of water flowing upstream caught his attention, "Wait, what is that?!"

The water line floating upstream was nothing else but a fish, a 70-centimeter-long koi, which was Qizi.

Unlike Ah Fu, because Qizi has learned waterfall climbing skills, his upstream speed and height are far beyond the former's reach. He can climb to a height of about five meters.

However, when he reached this height, he could no longer continue and, like Ah Fu, he was soon washed down by the water.

Li Qian stood by the pond and shouted excitedly, "Qizi, you really didn't let me down!"

In this way, Ah Fu and Qizi persevered in using the waterfall to swim upstream, being washed down again and again, and rushing up again and again.

When the two fish were tired, they came to the shore, and Li Qian fed them energy fish food.

In this way, time passed quickly and it was ten o'clock in the evening. It was time to go back. Mr. and Mrs. Li had called to urge them several times.

Li Qian called Qizi and Ah Fu over, thought for a moment, and then said, "I know it must be uncomfortable to stay in the beast-controlling ball. There is only one fish tank at home. So, I think this pond is deep enough, so I won't take you two back."

"There may be people in this place during the day, so you can hide at the bottom of the pond and rest. After school in the afternoon, I will come to find you and train with you. Do you think this is okay? If you think it's okay, then you can make a circle."

As soon as Li Qian finished speaking, Qizi spun around in the water without any hesitation. Ah Fu hesitated for a moment, and after being hit by Qizi's tail, he also spun around.

Li Qian couldn't help but smile when he saw this. It seemed that Ah Fu, the old fish, was being controlled by Qizi.

After making up his mind, Li Qian did not delay any further. He returned to the embankment, got on his bicycle, pedaled, and left quickly.

What he didn't know was that after he left, another line of water began to climb upstream above the waterfall not far away, and soon the one line of water turned into two...

(End of this chapter)