Chapter 7: Violet’s Inner Knot, Evolution Begins!

Adrian returned to the second-floor plant room—Violet’s private “bedroom.”

As the top earner of Vale’s Beast Feed, Violet’s living environment had been improved many times by Adrian’s parents while they were alive.

Its current spot was a true “feng shui treasure.”

First, it maximized Violet’s spiritual energy, letting every Purple Starvine planted on the second floor enjoy its energy coverage and grow better.

Second, it was close to Adrian’s bedroom, subtly improving his constitution.

Adrian’s parents had suffered from heat and cold, but Adrian himself had grown up with a decent constitution.

Of course, not every Violet Orchid could become the core of a beast feed shop. That depended on the trait it awakened.

Most Violet Orchids awakened the Violet Shade trait. That could only provide growth energy to Purple Starvines. It could not produce valuable dew.

Violet was the one in a hundred Violet Orchid that possessed the Violet Dew trait.

Throughout Adrian’s childhood, his mother had praised, cherished, and admired Violet endlessly.

Even on days when she was too cold to get out of bed, she would still touch Violet’s petals every day.

Now, Adrian opened the package.

He looked at the two core evolution materials.

The Sweet Rain Orb was a marble-sized bead, transparent, filled with countless layered bubbles.

It was placed in a jade box, exquisite as a precious piece of jewelry.

The Spirit Treasure Liquid was even smaller, stored in a transparent bottle. It was only the size of a water droplet.

Yet it was dazzling. Such a tiny amount seemed to have absorbed all light and spiritual energy, like a compressed, brilliant orb.

Both materials had to be used carefully. During Violet’s evolution, they could not be touched by hand.

Looking at these two materials worth over a hundred thousand crowns, Adrian felt a surge of emotion. They were worth more than all the wealth his family had painstakingly saved over the years.

So he was even more cautious.

He could not mess this up.

The other materials ranged in value from a few hundred to a few thousand crowns. Adrian arranged them neatly as well.

At that moment, Violet could feel the surging energy before Adrian and the intense attraction these materials held for it.

Especially that droplet. It seemed capable of carrying all its experiences and emotions over so many years.

A few hours ago, when the young master said he could help it evolve within a week, it had actually felt more like the bold declaration of youth.

It was like when it first arrived in this home and produced its first valuable drop of dew. It had told the old master that one day it would produce more and greater dew, leading the whole family to a better life.

That was the longing for the future when one first gained a new ability.

But so many years had passed. The old master had still died of illness. Violet had learned a lesson: the promises of the young and hot-blooded could be shattered in an instant by the pressure of life and suffering.

It was not that it did not trust Adrian.

It was that it had lived more than ten years, and everything it had experienced made it distrust itself.

Eight years ago, it had already reached Common 10.

At that time, it had already met the standard for evolution.

After that, it had tried to evolve twice.

Both times, the old master had invited breeders to help it.

But both times, they had poured a bunch of liquids and materials heavy with resentment onto it.

It had hated it.

So both evolutions had failed.

During these two years, it had kept thinking: if it had suppressed that discomfort and evolved back then, what would have happened?

Would it have earned more money for the family?

Then maybe the old master could have lived longer…

So when it felt the attraction of the evolution energy, its first feeling was not joy. It was: what if I waste the materials again this time…

Adrian was still carefully arranging the materials in the order of the evolution steps.

Living Affinity let him feel Violet’s emotions and hesitation just now.

That flash of joy after a second or two, followed by overwhelming worry and anxiety—Adrian felt all of it.

For two years, Adrian had seen Violet’s panel every day.

Its sensitive personality made it struggle and entangle itself in trivial details from the past.

Adrian naturally knew its past experiences and where its inner knot lay.

Evolving a beast was not just piling up materials and throwing them in all at once.

The beast’s state during evolution and its trust in the breeder were also crucial.

More importantly, the beast had to have a heart that wanted to evolve—a heart that believed it could evolve.

When Adrian had looked up the information earlier, he had already prepared. Before evolving Violet, he had to build up its mental state first.

He stopped what he was doing.

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He turned around and stroked Violet’s petals. “Violet, don’t worry.”

“I know your two failed evolutions made you lose a little confidence in yourself.”

“But that wasn’t your fault. It was those two breeders’ fault. They didn’t choose the path that suited you best.”

“Your fragrance is clear and gentle. Your dew is sweet and fresh. That is because of the warmth and devotion in your nature, and your love for protecting this family.”

“They wanted to evolve you into a Violet Resentment Orchid. That wasn’t you.”

“You didn’t betray your own heart. You didn’t betray the fire inside you. That was right.”

Hearing this, Adrian could clearly feel Violet’s emotions calm down a great deal.

It seemed to become a little more determined.

“The materials I prepared for you are meant to evolve you in the direction that suits you best.”

“I actually know you’ve always wanted to evolve too. Because that was Mother’s wish. She wanted you to evolve so you could be healthier and stronger.”

“You want to evolve because you want to give more to this family, to create more surprises.”

“You should also feel that the materials I prepared for you have a very positive attraction to you, right?”

“Although I just awakened my talent and haven’t evolved any other beasts yet, as long as you believe in me, I can make you successfully evolve into the form that suits you best.”

“And I need your help too. I need you to believe in me, and at the same time believe in yourself.”

“Believe that your past persistence was not wrong. Believe that you deserve a better future. Believe that you can evolve. And believe even more that you can evolve into the form that suits you best.”

Adrian’s words were soft.

But they blew heavily into Violet’s heart.

It had not expected that this young master seemed to understand it, in some ways, better than it had imagined.

After all, without a contract, there was still a veil between them in mental and spiritual communication.

These words were simple. They were not only in Adrian’s voice. Violet also heard in them the flavor of the former mistress’s words—equally gentle, calm yet passionate, carrying hope for a beautiful future.

Violet’s flowers swayed heavily.

“Yes! I believe in you. I believe in myself too!”

Adrian heard its emotions and inner voice, and the corners of his mouth rose.

“Then let me prepare a little more. We’ll start soon!”

At that moment, Adrian also noticed that the compatibility between the hidden path and Violet, originally 99%, had now become 100%!

He did not know what that one percent change would bring.

But in this moment, he intuitively understood that in beast evolution, the beast’s own state of mind also determined its future direction to some extent.

He continued to proportion and mix the materials according to the information on the evolution path.

Half an hour later.

“Violet, I’ll first pour this bowl of prepared nutrient solution into your pot,” Adrian said. “If you feel uncomfortable anywhere, tell me anytime.”

This nutrient solution was not hard to prepare. It was just the auxiliary materials ground, processed, and mixed into spiritual spring water.

But Adrian checked every step against the information on the panel more than three times before acting.

The liquid slowly poured in. Adrian could clearly feel Violet’s overall condition rise.

The originally slightly shriveled buds became fuller. The purple on the flowers grew deeper.

The effect was immediate!

Without Violet’s feedback, Adrian could feel from its status that his basic steps had not made any mistakes.

About another half hour passed.

After Violet’s condition stabilized, Adrian picked up the two precious materials.

“Violet, I’m going to drip or place these two materials into the buds of your two flowers at the same time. You must immediately close your petals around them, then slowly absorb their energy.”

“Understand?”

Violet’s stem trembled slightly, showing it understood.

That most basic nutrient solution had made it feel as if the damage from years of overproducing dew had recovered by more than half.

It also made it understand that the young master before it had not been boasting at all.

Its earlier trust had been more like unconditional trust in a member of this family—trust that it was willing to bear even if it was only the first experiment.

Now, that trust had landed completely.

It believed in Adrian even more.

Adrian carefully picked up the two materials. First, he adjusted the jade box holding the Sweet Rain Orb to an angle that would let the bead roll out.

Then he opened the bottle containing the Spirit Treasure Liquid.

At the same moment, he precisely placed the two materials into Violet’s two buds.

Violet immediately closed its petals.

The two originally open flowers became two flower buds.

At that instant, the energy in the plant room seemed to explode upward.

With the naked eye, the Purple Starvines began to grow rapidly…