Conspecific Fusion has a fatal flaw: once the fusion is successful, it cannot be undone. The fusion is permanent unless one of the fused individuals possesses the Conspecific Division Talent.
The original Nine-Headed Dragon was a victim of the Conspecific Fusion Talent. The Nine-Headed Dragon fused into a single dragon, its power skyrocketing, and it became one of the world's top-tier powerhouses in one leap.
Enjoyment for a moment, suffering for a lifetime.
If possible, the original Nine-Headed Dragon would have preferred not to fuse. With nine heads came nine minds, and if even one mind disagreed, nothing could be accomplished.
The original Nine-Headed Dragon spent its entire life doing two things: first, arguing, as none of the nine heads would submit to the others, each wanting to control the body and be the leader; second, working together to find a dragon with the Conspecific Division Talent to undo their fused state.
Conspecific Division is common among Slimes, but among other Pet Beasts, it is a hundred times rarer than a Golden Legend Grade Talent.
Throughout its nine-thousand-year lifespan, the original Nine-Headed Dragon never found a single dragon with the Conspecific Division Talent in the Deity Control World.
Li Cunxu carried the five Slimes with the Digestion Talent back into the tent.
Newborn Slimes are extremely fragile, more brittle than glass. If left under the sun, they would be scorched to death.
This is why, although many Slimes are born after heavy rains, only a few remain after a few days.
"Other Slimes also need to avoid direct sunlight, otherwise, more than half of the Slimes we captured tonight will be gone."
Although Xiao Ruan's Talent allows dead Slimes to be reincarnated and revived, there is a limit to the number of revivals. Only one percent of the Slimes in the Soul Kingdom can be reincarnated each day.
"The warehouse and the cattle shed can provide shelter from the sun for the Slimes."
Li Cunxu wasted no time. He released Xiao Ruan and directed the Slimes to enter the warehouse and cattle shed in an orderly manner.
There were quite a few Slimes, and the warehouse and cattle shed couldn't accommodate all of them.
In reality, the space in the warehouse and cattle shed was sufficient, but the newborn Slimes were too fragile to be stacked. The Slimes at the bottom would be crushed to death.
"Should I build a shelter specifically for the Slimes?"
Building a shelter for the Slimes would be easy. All that was needed was to modify the warehouse and add a few more floors.
After some thought, Li Cunxu abandoned the idea of building a shelter. He came up with a more cost-effective solution.
The primary food of Earth Slimes is soil. Given enough time, they can eat their way into creating a cave.
And the cave would perfectly meet the need for newborn Slimes to avoid direct sunlight.
"It's just that we captured too few Earth Slimes."
The birth of Slimes is also related to the surrounding environment. For example, in grassy areas, Grass Slimes are mostly born; near water bodies, Water Slimes are mostly born; near volcanoes, Fire Slimes are mostly born...
The Pastoral Plains are lush with grass and have many rivers.
The Slimes captured tonight were mainly Grass Slimes and Water Slimes, with only a dozen or so Earth Slimes.
"It seems that before the next heavy rain, I need to harvest a patch of grass," Li Cunxu pondered.
Getting Earth Slimes is simple: cut the grass in a grassy area, leaving only bare yellow soil. The next time it rains, Earth Slimes will be born on the yellow soil.
Those dozen or so were captured on a patch of bare land.
During the day, the Slimes were kept in the warehouse, and at night, they were released to graze on the ranch's grass. Once the grass was completely eaten, Li Cunxu sowed the seeds of the premium grass he had specially purchased.
This type of pasture grass is called Black Iron Pasture. It thrives in favorable environments and can evolve into Bronze Pasture, Silver Pasture, and ultimately Golden Pasture.
The highest level is Golden Pasture.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
Li Cunxu woke up early and got ready for the day. He planned to buy some Fragrant Milk Cows today.
Ding-dong~
His phone chimed with a notification.
The education bureau had sent him a message informing him that his school transfer had been processed. The message instructed him to report to Pupil City No. 18 High School tomorrow.
Li Cunxu's expression turned strange.
No. 18 High School was a newly built high school, but its full name was "Pupil City Girls' School," an all-girls institution.
How could he have been assigned to a girls' school?
Li Cunxu narrowed his eyes. Could Shi Jintang be behind this?
Li Cunxu's guess was correct. It was indeed Shi Jintang's doing.
When Shi Jintang found out that Li Cunxu had reported him to the education bureau, he was furious and smashed his favorite teacup on his desk.
He wanted revenge on Li Cunxu. However, as a vice-principal, openly retaliating against a student was unthinkable—even his father wouldn't dare do such a thing.
The alliance placed an extraordinary emphasis on education.
Revenge had to be carried out discreetly. Thus, Shi Jintang came up with a malicious plan: transferring Li Cunxu to a girls' school.
Would a boy enjoy being in a girls' school?
Yes, he would.
Surrounded by beautiful girls, even without doing anything, he could feast his eyes and make others envious.
But what if the principal of the girls' school was a severe misandrist?
Then it wouldn't be enjoyable—it would be torture.
As for why a girls' school would admit boys, it wasn't actually that strange.
The alliance had abolished the girls' school system this year.
The alliance had always aimed to reclaim territories lost by humanity.
One of the necessary conditions for such a campaign was a sufficient population.
To increase the population, more children needed to be born.
Some experts believed that purely girls' schools hindered teenagers from dating and, consequently, hindered childbirth. Thus, the girls' school system was abolished.
Following the address Lin Xiaoxuan had given him, Li Cunxu arrived at Yellow Crown Ranch.
This ranch was enormous, at least ten times the size of Li Cunxu's ranch. It had vast orchards and herds of Yellow Crown Dairy Cows.
Li Cunxu gazed at the seemingly endless herd of cows. "A mature Yellow Crown Dairy Cow costs one million, and this ranch probably has over a thousand of them. Her Third Uncle is rolling in wealth!"
Li Cunxu couldn't help but wonder: how could someone who could afford to raise over a thousand Yellow Crown Dairy Cows not manage to raise a few milk-producing Fragrant Milk Cows?
Lin Xiaoxuan's Third Uncle, Lin Jiusan, wasn't particularly eager to sell the Fragrant Milk Cows. He wore a sour expression as he said, "Ten Fragrant Milk Cows for five hundred thousand. We accept card payments and QR codes."
"Card payment."
Lin Jiusan glanced at the bicycle behind Li Cunxu and asked, "Are you going to transport the Fragrant Milk Cows yourself, or should I arrange it?"
"I don't have a cattle transport truck."
"Where is your ranch?"
Li Cunxu opened his phone's map and showed Lin Jiusan the location of his ranch.
Lin Jiusan said, "Transporting there will cost three hundred."
Li Cunxu paid with his card.
A black sedan slowly drove into Yellow Crown Ranch.
Li Cunxu stared at the black sedan for a long time. It felt so familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before.
A dignified and elegant lady stepped out of the car, followed by a girl wearing a black cloak.
Seeing the car enter the ranch, Lin Jiusan immediately abandoned Li Cunxu, whom he had been attending to.
"Darling, you're back! How is Qingwei's illness? What did Auntie say?" Lin Jiusan asked with a beaming smile.
Madam Lin sighed sorrowfully, "It's very bad, there's no cure. My elder sister said she's never seen this illness before. She suspects it might not be a disease, but some kind of curse."
Upon hearing this, Lin Jiusan's heart sank to the depths of the ocean, icy cold. The elder sister he referred to was the director of Pupil City's Holy Healing Hospital. If even she said there was no cure, then it was likely truly incurable.
He thought of his daughter, only sixteen years old, in the prime of her youth. How could she have contracted such a strange illness?
Lin Jiusan's eyes turned slightly red as he comforted his emotionally distraught wife.
"It's alright, the medical facilities in the capital are more advanced. I'll take Qingwei there for treatment tomorrow."
A curse?
Hearing the word "curse," Li Cunxu became intrigued.
In the game, Li Cunxu specialized in curses and poisons.
These attributes weren't particularly strong, but they were dirty!
Even when facing an opponent he couldn't defeat, he could still make their life miserable.
In the game's arena, players would rather match against the top-ranked player than face Li Cunxu, who was ranked ninety-ninth.
The former would be a quick defeat, but the latter would be a torturous ordeal, even if they won, there would be no sense of victory.
A top player once commented on Li Cunxu's playstyle, saying it was purely about taking revenge on society.
In reality, Li Cunxu was indeed taking revenge on society, because at that time, his heart was filled with darkness. The reason for this darkness was that he had been hit by a car and turned into a vegetable, lying motionless in a hospital bed.
His consciousness was present, but his body couldn't respond to reality. He couldn't even die, and
the pain was an endless abyss of despair.
Fortunately, not long after becoming a vegetable, the virtual reality game "Divine Taming" was released. It allowed players to connect their brain consciousness to play the game, even if they were in a vegetative state.