Chapter 113: The Cultivation of Young Dragons
In early March, after dealing with numerous company matters, the project's progress will be followed up by Star Cluster members, and Tilan finally got some leisure time.
It seemed that several little fellows should also advance, Tilan finally remembered the few pet companions she had been nurturing.
She had been very busy during this period, and during the time when Temisia was in control of her body, she wouldn't take care of them at all, and had entrusted the maids to help watch over them.
"Are you asking about the situation of the White Kites? They are all normal, going out occasionally during the day and always coming back by dusk," answered a maid in a red dress responsible for their care.
"The large spider is less demanding, as you instructed us not to oversee it too much; we only provide food, and it generally returns for a meal every few days."
"The white young dragon typically stays on the dome of the top floor, basking in the sun. Following the brand magic circle you set up, it tempers and accumulates magic power, while the other cold-scale young dragon stays in the underground ice pond; occasionally, we deliver specially prepared nutrient blocks to it."
"I understand." The girl nodded and then headed towards the top floor.
Soon, she pushed open the main door located at the peak of the dome. Inside, the space was a hemispherical star observatory, with a glass dome offering one-way light penetration, presenting an elegant purple with subdivisions when viewed from outside, while transparent glass from the interior.
Climbing the spiral staircase, the highest point was a cylindrical platform, where a young dragon with snow-white scales gleaming faintly lay coiled. A transparent gem emitting a subtle golden hue rested on its brow, like a miniature sun, radiating gentle warmth.
As the girl approached, the young dragon opened its eyes, lifted its head, gently nuzzled the girl's palm, and then resumed its position.
It had grown much larger compared to before; recalling their first meeting, this young dragon was still a Sunlight Indigo Snake, able to wrap around and stand on the girl's arm.
Nowadays, the girl slightly compared with her palm, estimating that the young dragon's neck was somewhat thicker than her own waist.
Unlike human progression, extraordinary animals often grow larger as they advance, thus accumulating more magic power, and their physical bodies becoming more robust. If the weapons of humans are firearms and swords, then the weapons of these extraordinary animals are their claws and sharp teeth.
Without the benefit of artificial nurturing, the power of extraordinary animals doesn't often rise as quickly, and during advancement, the core models are mostly simple. However, animals carefully nurtured by breeders become far more powerful, with human intervention allowing their progression templates to keep pace with mainstream speeds, not to mention the refined nutritional food, ritual magic circles provided by breeders, significantly reducing the time needed for accumulating magic power.
The Indigo Snake alongside Tilan only took 4 years to progress from Sequence 2 to Sequence 5, whereas, in the wild without any guidance or supervision, it might take 30 to 40 years, even for it to comprehend the high-rank core model on its own.
As for magical beasts beyond Sequence 6, it greatly depends on luck. Generally, they are rare in nature unless within specialized tribes with powerful high-rank leading beasts causing them to appear slightly more frequently.
Gently pressing her finger on the gemstone on the young dragon's brow, Tilan let her senses flow along, gradually outlining in her mind the flow of magic power within the young dragon, and its current status.
The sunlight passed through the dome glass, fell on the dragon's scales, revealing the shimmering imprint patterns, then followed these natural imprint patterns on the scales. Sunshine and Aijieka particles transformed into a special pale golden magic power for the young dragon to absorb and enter its body.
Subsequently, this golden magic power with 'sunlight' and 'flame' attributes gathered in the young dragon's transcendent core, tracing its complex imprint patterns. It underwent another essential refinement, settling into a higher version of magic with 'sun' and 'giant dragon' properties, and then accumulated within the core.
The entire process, although not fast, was very stable. Even with the young dragon entering a sleep state, it could operate spontaneously.
In this process, the young dragon would slowly adapt to and proficiently master these high-rank essential magic power through the process of essential magic power, strengthening its control during progression, enabling more refined operations, and also being safer.
If essential magic power provided by certain spiritual medicines was used, although it could greatly reduce the time required for accumulating magic power, because it wasn't accumulated by itself, control power would often be poor, making progression much riskier. Without pre-prepared measures, there might even be a risk of losing control, this is the pros and cons of extraordinary spiritual medicine.
Helping the young dragon sort and optimize the trajectory of magic power flow, Tilan retracted her finger, again caressed the pale young dragon, fed it some energy blocks to supplement the special elements needed for growth, and then walked down the platform.
There's no need to worry about the White Dragon for now. Judging by its appearance, it will probably progress to Sequence 6 in another 3-4 years.
Though it seems slow compared to Tilan, this speed is actually quite remarkable, considering that, due to their size, magical beasts inherently require more magic power accumulation. Moreover, the Dragon Sequence is quite unique, often requiring about twice the magic power of other sequences.
It's time to look at the cold-scale young dragon in the underground ice pond.
She turned around the stairs, descended into the basement, and unlocked the underground ice chamber through her identity authorization, stepping inside.
A chill permeated the air, maintaining a temperature of around minus 20 degrees all year round. Even stepping on the ground, you could feel the slightly protruding ice spires and fragments.