Chapter 81 Reasons for Failure

After eating the lunch brought by Fatty An, Li Qian patted him on the shoulder and said comfortingly: "Okay, next, your task is to deliver three meals to me on time. Don't think too much about other things. Just wait to harvest your green-scaled dragon."

This time he came here, he had only one goal, which was to complete the evolution of all the koi that could evolve at this stage.

In addition to Tan Tou, Jin Yi, Jin Er and Jin San, he also brought ten koi. These ten koi were intended to evolve into Frostfire Demon Salamanders.

These ten koi performed well after experiencing the double destruction of Grandpa An’s Sun-Eating Tiger and Grandpa Tie’s Wind-Thunder Lion.

I brought them to this place just to see how much their evolution success rate could be improved after training in intimidation skills.

The series of events that have happened in Lingshui City recently made Li Qian quite uneasy, and he had a bad feeling in his heart.

This is exactly why he is so anxiously preparing for evolution. The more foundation he has, the more security he will have.

After completing his meal delivery job diligently, Fatty An did not stay long and quickly left the water slide.

Looking at Fatty An's departing back, Li Qian's eyes suddenly became sharp.

The next period of time, until tomorrow morning, is very important to him.

Whether all fourteen koi brought can evolve depends on this period of time.

As for the results of the evolution, Li Qian did not expect all of them to be successful.

The four koi carps aiming to evolve into Green Scaled Dragons should have no problem; but it is harder to say about the other ten koi carps whose evolution goal is to become Frostfire Demon Salamanders.

Shaking his head and collecting his thoughts, Li Qian continued with the unfinished work from the morning, focusing all his attention on the ground.

There, the fire array and the frost array have been set up, and the only thing left is to connect them together.

This step, connecting everything together, is both simple and complex.

It is simple because the steps are very simple, there is only one step, and it is complex because this step is very delicate and requires strong mental control.

Li Qian carefully controlled the Fire Array and the Frost Array, and activated them initially. As the arrays were activated, the energy gradually merged towards the center of the array.

This step seemed very simple when I watched Niu Fenjin perform it.

However, Li Qian knew in his heart that simplicity was only on the surface; its core was extremely complex and delicate, and did not allow for any carelessness.

Two completely opposite energies began to converge into the center of the formation... Li Qian's mental power was highly concentrated.

He hoped that he could succeed in one go, but the next moment...

Snapped!
A slight explosion sound was heard!
Then, both the fire formation on the left and the frost formation on the right, the bursts of blue-white and scarlet-red light emitted by them all went out.

"Ah~!"

Li Qian sighed helplessly.

Although I really wanted to complete the arrangement of the Frostfire Array in one go, unfortunately, this first attempt ended in failure.

Coming to the center of the fusion point, Li Qian dug out the center of the formation, which was an energy jade talisman.

Different from ordinary energy jade talismans, although this energy jade talisman is also carved with energy stone, its array patterns are different on the front and back.

The array pattern carved on the front is complex yet rough; the array pattern carved on the back is delicate yet simple.

Two completely different array patterns appeared on the front and back of an energy jade talisman, which happened to be part of the Fiery Fire Array and the Frost Array. Whether it was the Fiery Fire Array or the Frost Array, if they were formed separately, fifteen jade talismans would be enough to complete the arrangement.

But if they are to blend with each other to form a combined magic array, they will need this sixteenth array pattern.

It can be said that this jade talisman at the center of the frost and fire formation is extremely important to whether the formation can be completed.

It is the hub and key node where the two magic arrays merge.

Li Qian already had a bad feeling in his heart. In the situation just now, there was an explosion sound. Niu Fenjin had mentioned to him before that it was a sign that the formation had failed.

When he dug out the jade talisman at the center of the formation, he found that it was just as he had guessed. The jade talisman had broken in the middle and split into two pieces.

Although I was mentally prepared and knew that it might be difficult to arrange it successfully in one go, I still couldn't help feeling a little frustrated when failure really happened.

"There are only three array eyes in total, and I don't know if I can complete the arrangement..." Looking at the broken jade talisman, Li Qian frowned and couldn't help muttering to himself.

As he spoke, he had already taken out the second jade talisman for the center of the formation.

He prepared a total of three jade talismans for the center of the formation.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to prepare more, it’s just that the success rate of this thing is a bit touching.

When I first saw Niu Fenjin's outline, I thought it was very simple and could be completed in no time. Unexpectedly, when it came to me, I tried thirty times before I got three.

The 10% success rate made him give up the idea of ​​continuing to work hard.

Moreover, he felt that with three jade talismans as the eye of the formation, it should be able to support the formation of the Frost and Fire Formation. But now it seems that the situation is a bit uncertain.

After thinking about it, he finally decided not to continue with the arrangements. Instead, he took out his cell phone and dialed a number.

"Forget it, let's ask Brother Niu first."

The person he called was none other than Niu Fenjin. With his knowledge of the Frost and Fire Array, he should be able to give him some advice.

As he thought about this, the phone was quickly connected, and a familiar voice came on, "Student Li Qian, I guess you'll have to wait for a while for your last class."

When Li Qian heard that he still had the mind to joke with him, he thought to himself that it seemed that his situation was not that bad.

"Don't worry about the class. When you have time, you can come anytime." Li Qian smiled and said, "If you don't have time, you don't have to come."

He then asked, with concern, "How is your condition now? Did the doctor say when you can be discharged from the hospital?"

On the other end of the phone, Niu Fenjin's somewhat bitter voice came, "He won't die, but he won't be able to get out in a short time."

Next, the two chatted for a few more sentences, and feeling that the time was almost up, he did not delay any further and got straight to the point.

He told Niu Fenjin about his experience. Niu Fenjin thought for a moment and responded, "There are generally only two situations when there is a popping sound."

"One possibility is that the jade talisman that serves as the core of the formation is not up to standard and cannot bear the intensity of the energy surged during the fusion. The second possibility is that there is a problem with the mental control and it is not stimulated at the same time, resulting in the fire attribute energy and ice attribute energy not arriving at the same time."

"This is like roasting it with raging fire first and then pouring ice water over it. It would be strange if the energy jade talisman didn't explode!"

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(End of this chapter)