Chapter 26 Devouring Wolf

Zhong Cai looked at the little green roc. Wasn't this little guy a sixth-order rare beast egg extracted from the altar, with a trace of the Nine Heavens Cloud Roc's bloodline, and then it had the opportunity to evolve?

The fetus of the Bone-Eating Silver Wolf that it brought back itself is practically a carbon copy of itself.

Wu Shaogan immediately laughed and said, "What a coincidence! Ah Cai, quickly perform the blood oath ceremony."

Zhong Cai had the same idea. He chuckled and didn't refuse at all. He squeezed a drop of blood from his fingertip, which landed right on the animal fetus.

The next instant, a strange sense of closeness suddenly arose in his heart, as if he had suddenly become connected with the little life in the beast womb, and could vaguely sense the little life's emotions.

Wu Shaogan smiled and patted the little green eagle's head as a reward.

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That's really interesting.

In order to allow Wu Shaogan to live with the hope of "taking revenge himself", Zhong Cai did not hesitate to give him the best things she had taken out.

Meanwhile, the little green roc that had gradually developed hunting abilities and belonged to Wu Shaogan brought back a beast fetus with the same potential, which Wu Shaogan then gave to Zhong Cai.

What else could this be but fate?

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The little silver wolf curled up inside the beast's womb, still trying its best to absorb the innate beast essence within, and desperately drawing in the essence blood from the Devouring Sky Greedy Wolf.

It instinctively understood that as long as it could successfully refine this essence blood and integrate it into its own bloodline, its potential would be greatly increased!

The little silver wolf was supposed to take it slow, but even though its mind was still somewhat hazy, it sensed a danger.

Something seems off about the surrounding environment...

The amniotic fluid... has stopped flowing.

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The little green roc jumped around beside the fetus, clearly eagerly anticipating the birth of the little silver wolf. And after it saw Zhong Cai drip blood, its attitude towards the little silver wolf became even more affectionate—it even tried its best to spread its two little wings, attempting to tuck the fetus under its wings for protection.

Zhong Cai looked on and couldn't help but chuckle: "Little Qingyu, are you treating her like your own child?"

Little Green Peng didn't move, but chirped as it explained.

[Not a baby! It's a younger brother!]

[Help it nurture its pregnancy! Help it nurture its pregnancy!]

[We're running out of Beast Essence, spatial power!]

[Potential for impact!]

[A hole in the placenta! Seal it!]

Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan were both taken aback when they heard this.

Is the Beast Essence about to disappear?

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Rare animals are nurtured in the womb and are immersed in the amniotic fluid, receiving nourishment from it.

The amniotic fluid flows continuously according to a certain pattern. Each flow generates innate animal essence, which plays a significant role in the growth of the young animal and also provides it with the means to breathe and accumulate blood in the fetus.

As time goes by, the young animal continuously absorbs the essence of the beast. When it has grown to a certain size, it will also absorb the amniotic fluid, and then tear open the amniotic sac from the inside to be fully born into the world.

It can be said that if there is a problem with the amniotic fluid, the innate essence of the beast will not regenerate, and the young beast will suffer from malnutrition or even suffocate to death!

As for its bloodline?

When they can no longer absorb beast essence, the young beasts will instinctively use their own bloodline to develop themselves, so that they can quickly have enough strength to make a small hole in the amniotic sac and breathe before suffocating.

However, the environment of an animal fetus is very different from that of the outside world. Once the placenta breaks, the foul air from the outside can easily penetrate, which is quite painful for the young animal and can easily lead to stunted development.

If the young animal manages to mature during this period, it may have a chance to be born, but its potential will be very low—how low depends on whether its bloodline has been completely depleted.

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Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan could understand what Xiao Qingpeng meant, and combined with what it had said before, they understood it even better.

In short, probably due to the influence of the spatial power within the spatial rift, the fetal fluid of the beast embryo lost its activity and could not generate new innate beast essence, while the original beast essence was almost exhausted.

Fortunately for the other cubs, the little silver wolf had a high-grade essence blood sent into its womb. Even if it used up its beast essence, it could replenish itself with external essence blood instead of consuming its own bloodline and damaging its foundation.

Unfortunately, when the sperm and blood are inserted, the placenta needs to be opened slightly.

The damage could have been repaired by the circulation of the amniotic fluid, but now, due to the passage of space, the amniotic fluid is "dead," and the damage cannot be repaired.

The little green roc used to hug the fetus with its wings, trying to block out the foul air from the outside world.

At the same time, it actively sought help from the two of them.

—We need to find a way to replenish the little silver wolf's nutrition! Otherwise, it will waste its life essence!

Reducing its essence and blood diminishes its chances of improving its bloodline, making it even harder for it to evolve into a Greedy Wolf in the future!

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Zhong Cai pondered, "I seem to remember there is a kind of Beast Spirit Pill, which is specially used for bathing rare beasts that have not yet hatched. Each time, at least one pill is dissolved, which can accelerate the growth of the young beast, and is very similar to the effect of innate beast essence."

Wu Shaogan shook his head slightly and said, "Collecting medicinal herbs and refining beast spirit pills will take some time. If we wait until the pills are produced before raising the beast embryos, it will probably be a bit too late."

Zhong Cai frowned: "It really won't be enough time."

Logically speaking, unless special methods are used to put the cub into a deep sleep, it will be born on its own once it has reached maturity, in as little as a few days and at most no more than a month.

If the little silver wolf had plenty of energy, it would have refined its bloodline as it developed, which would have taken longer than other cubs; it would have just needed to wait patiently. But now the situation is urgent, and its limited energy is simply not enough for it. In a few hours at most, it will definitely need to use its essence blood to nourish itself.

Zhong Cai hesitated, "...How about we go out and buy a few Beast Spirit Pills?" But then he hesitated, "I'm afraid the Beast Spirit Pills in the shop aren't top-grade. Are we going to let this kid eat impurities?"

Wu Shaogan knew that Zhong Cai would not agree, and he also felt that this would be unfair to Zhong Cai's contracted rare beast, so he lowered his voice and gave a reliable suggestion.

"Use the Millennium Spirit Milk; the Tianxing Trading Company should sell it."

Zhong Cai's eyes lit up, and she lowered her voice as well.

"Yes, spirit milk works!"

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No matter how many years old, the nature of the spirit milk is always mild. Newborn animals will not only not have any problems consuming it, but will actually benefit greatly.

In the nearby level four or five cities, even the most talented individuals could only obtain the eggs or embryos of level four or five rare beasts at most. After the young beasts were born, they could not immediately become level two like the little green roc.

Comparatively speaking, these young beasts are much more vulnerable and cannot immediately consume the meat of wild beasts.

At this point, if you feed the young beast with spirit milk for one or two months, it will quickly grow strong and its foundation will be more solid.

Spiritual milk that has been stored for several years or even decades is quite common, and the price is not a huge burden for these geniuses, so they are naturally willing to buy some to give their contracted beasts a better one.

However, once spiritual milk reaches a hundred years old, it becomes expensive and is no longer sold by weight, but by the drop.

Every drop of Breath of the Wild Milk costs one gold coin.

And a thousand years...

Naturally, it will be more expensive.

However, for Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan, putting aside the subtle connection between the little silver wolf and them, just looking at its high potential, they were willing to invest in its development at any cost.

Millennium-old spiritual milk, isn't it worth a hundred gold coins for a single drop?

It's not like they can't afford it.

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Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan returned to their room and summoned the Azure Sky Puppet.

“Go to Tianxing Trading Company and buy back all the Millennium Spirit Milk.” Zhong Cai paused slightly after saying this. “If the trading company wants to keep some stock, we can offer up to ten times the price. If they still refuse to sell, we’ll buy as much as possible.”

The Azure Sky Puppet responded and silently disappeared.

The two left the room and called Xiang Lin over.

Wu Shaogan said, "Go to Tianxing Trading Company and buy a hundred drops of Millennium Spirit Milk."

Zhong Cai then handed over a few black pearls.

Xiang Lin immediately responded.

In this way, even if others find out, it's just about buying food for the future contracted beast. Once the little Azure Roc grows up, it can be revealed, and it can be said that a second-tier Azure Winged Roc has been directly contracted.

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Little Green Roc continued to protect the little silver wolf fetus with great affection.

Zhong Cai sat down next to it, smiled, and gently poked it, asking curiously, "Old Wu, don't you think this little guy is incredibly lucky?"

Wu Shaogan sat down beside him and agreed, "Indeed, we were lucky to have just happened to witness that person fall."

Zhong Cai was a little worried: "But the fact that the spatial rift appeared in the outer mountains is quite dangerous."

Wu Shaogan pondered, "For spatial rifts to appear, besides the continent itself shaking, it's often due to battles between top experts, high-level space-breaking talismans, or advanced spatial formations. I wonder which one this is." He reassured Zhong Cai, "Continental shaking is the most dangerous, often causing multiple rifts and severely damaging the surrounding mountains. But this time, only one person fell, and there were no other traces, so it's probably not that reason."

Zhong Cai also realized what was going on.

"That person died as soon as he came out, which means the space he came from was unstable, so it definitely wasn't a talisman or formation... Could it be that he really was caught up in a battle between powerful individuals?"

Wu Shaogan shook his head and said, "If his original intention was to use formations and talismans to escape, an attack the moment he left would also cause spatial instability and lead to a similar situation."

Zhong Cai became optimistic again.

"Anyway, that unlucky guy was probably far away from here, so whatever happened to him probably wouldn't affect this area. Besides, we were the ones who flew over to retrieve the items, so we didn't leave any traces. There are many rare and wild beasts in the mountains, and the smells are mixed, so it doesn't matter at all."

Wu Shao chuckled dryly, "That makes sense."

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Not long after, Xiang Lin returned, handing the two the small bottle containing the Millennium Spirit Milk and returning the three extra Mystic Pearls.

Zhong Cai waved her hand and said, "Take it. If you come across any resources you need when you go out in the future, just buy them and report back when you get back, so as not to miss out on good things."

Xiang Lin was grateful and respectfully replied, "Yes."

With a smile, Wu Shaogan asked Zhong Cai for a clean jade basin and put the beast fetus and the little green roc into it.

As if understanding what the two were about to do, the little green roc immediately flapped its wings and jumped to the edge of the jade basin, pointing with its small wings to the damaged part of the beast fetus.

Zhong Cai praised, "Little Qingyu is so thoughtful."

Then he opened the small bottle and carefully placed a drop of the millennium-old spiritual milk into the tiny hole that was almost invisible to the naked eye.

The spiritual milk seeped smoothly into the fetus, mixing with the stagnant amniotic fluid.

The little silver wolf stirred, its breathing becoming noticeably longer and more even, and a small patch of fur quickly grew back on its body.

It works!

Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan were both very pleased.

The little eagle chirped merrily, clearly delighted.

Zhong Cai looked at it, waved to it, and then looked at Wu Shaogan.

Wu Shaogan understood Zhong Cai and simply opened his palm.

Zhong Cai then placed a drop of the thousand-year-old spiritual milk in his palm.

The little green roc swooped down and landed next to the spirit milk, then lowered its head and pecked at it, instantly swallowing the spirit milk.

Then it flew all over the yard, looking even happier.

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Outside Fengyun City, in the surrounding mountains.

A young man dressed in drab gray clothes and wearing a face mask is struggling to climb the mountain.

After more than half an hour, he finally saw a valley. After carefully examining it, he showed a joyful expression, immediately grabbed the vines, and quickly descended to the bottom of the valley.

Before long, he found a dense thicket of trees and crawled inside.

There lay a corpse exuding a powerful aura, surrounded by broken branches and blades of grass, yet it was eerily quiet. This was likely because the nearby beasts dared not approach due to the aura emanating from it.

This is one of the reasons why the young man was able to get through so easily.

Upon seeing the corpse, the young man seemed to be comparing it with his memories, before finally experiencing overwhelming joy.

He was clearly well-prepared; he took out a bamboo tube, uncorked it, held his breath, and threw it! It landed right on the exposed wound of the corpse.

A bluish-black liquid splattered out of the bamboo tube, soaking the corpse.

Then, something strange happened.

It was clearly an incredibly powerful physical body, yet the liquid easily seeped into the skin through the wounds and continued to spread.

Soon the entire corpse was stained bluish-black, and the body's aura instantly became extremely fragile.

The young man finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"My elaborate schemes were worth it to obtain this bottle of deadly poison. There's absolutely no chance of him coming back to life now."

“This must be where the protagonist’s opportunity lies.” He lowered his voice, as if talking to himself. “The bloodstains are still fresh, they must have fallen not long ago. That thing should still be there.”

"It seems I've managed to get there first again."

The young man was ecstatic and venting his emotions, but he also cautiously continued to wait.

About half an hour later, he finally walked to the front of the corpse, took out an iron rod wrapped in special cloth, put on gloves, and began to pry open the corpse.

The young man's smug expression froze on his face the next instant.

"How could there not be? Where is the animal fetus?"

"The protagonist isn't supposed to arrive for another five years, yet the beast fetus is still hidden against the corpse!"

The young man paced back and forth, incredulous.

"Does the protagonist's opportunities really only belong to the protagonist? No, that can't be right. I've also snatched quite a few resources before."

"It doesn't matter if it's a low-level, renewable resource, but a high-level one is unacceptable? That doesn't make sense either. That bottle of Thousand Insect Poison was a level four resource, capable of poisoning enemies of higher levels. The protagonist used it to deal with enemies stronger than himself. I intercepted it beforehand!"

"...Perhaps this kind of poison is rare, but even if the protagonist misses this one, there is still a great chance to get others, which is why I managed to get my hands on it? But the beast fetus is different; it has the potential to reach the ninth rank and has accompanied the protagonist in countless battles and experienced countless plots."

The young man took a deep breath and felt that his judgment was correct.

"That's very likely the case."

"The main character has their own storyline, which cannot be changed too much, so we can only start with the details."

"I need to be more careful in the future; this was my mistake..."

"Well, it's good that I know this sooner rather than later, so I can be more careful when I plan things out in the future."

After considering this, the young man hesitated again.

"We can't be so arbitrary..."

"If I was able to travel here, what if others did, and got here before me?"

"Keep a low profile, keep a low profile."

"I need to be more careful about hiding it in the future."

"I don't care about being from the same hometown or not, who knows if we're enemies..."

·

The young man's name is Ji Boping. He has traveled five years into the past and is currently an unremarkable member of a collateral branch of the Ji family, a second-rate family in Huyue City.

He was killed and then transmigrated to this world. Coincidentally, the real Ji Boping was also killed. Somehow, he was able to possess Ji Boping's body and was thus reborn.

The original owner's personality was similar to Ji Boping's. However, because the original owner was only of medium rank (yellow grade) and was not valued at home, Ji Boping gradually figured out the current situation while recuperating from his injuries, and no one discovered that he was a fake.

Ji Boping thought he had simply transmigrated to another world, but one day he heard a name from his older brother Ji Boqiang, and an incredible idea suddenly popped into his head.

That name was "Li Yujiang," a peerless genius with a low-grade Heavenly aptitude, renowned throughout the entire Huyue City, and possessing extremely high strength.

Ji Boqiang could still be connected to Li Yujiang, not for any other reason than that he was lucky enough to get involved with a member of Li Yujiang's maternal family, whose mother happened to be Li Yujiang's mother's half-sister.

Despite the convoluted nature of the relationship, and the fact that Li Yujiang and his mother's half-sister probably had little contact, the mere existence of this connection gave the younger generation a certain advantage, providing Ji Boqiang with something to boast about. He would frequently mention Li Yujiang's activities at home, which made his parents dote on him even more, and his younger siblings respect him greatly.

Ji Boping outwardly complimented him, but once back in his room, he couldn't hide his shock.

It turns out the world he transmigrated to was a book!

Moreover, it was a male-oriented harem novel that Ji Boping had just read before the incident!

Li Yujiang is a supporting character in the book.

Although Ji Boping's memory is mediocre, he is still very familiar with it since he has just seen it.

Unfortunately, he was too busy with life to read novels, so he never finished them and could only remember a few details of the plot. He only knew the general outline.

Fearing he would forget, Ji Boping quickly wrote down everything he could remember and then repeatedly memorized and recited it.

Fortunately, his memory is much better than before, and he quickly memorized it completely, making sure he didn't miss a single word.

Next, Ji Boping carefully began to plan.

The protagonist wasn't born yet during this period, so there were some fortuitous encounters reserved for the protagonist's early cultivation, which Ji Boping also needed.

He needs to acquire as much as possible to improve himself, catch up with the protagonist's progress, and then intercept them ahead of time...

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Ji Boping was quite cunning. After a period of effort, he gradually acquired a considerable amount of cultivation resources.

During this period, he concealed his progress from the outside world, and even went so far as to secretly sell several precious resources that he no longer needed in exchange for a mysterious artifact that could conceal his aura.

Two years later, the protagonist was born.

Ji Boping knew that the plot would begin in a few years, and everything would likely follow the storyline, so he had to speed things up.

Next, Ji Boping continued to acquire resources smoothly, and thanks to the nourishment of these resources, his strength broke through to the peak of the Heavenly Guidance Realm!

With such poor aptitude, he shouldn't have been able to make such progress—he was only slightly slower than Li Yujiang, who was at the Heavenly Rank.

Ji Boping plans to use the protagonist's fortuitous encounters to improve his own abilities after the story begins. If successful, he can then be more high-profile and dominate this world!

Nearly three more years have passed, and the pride of the protagonist's family has been crippled.

Ji Boping immediately realized that the moment for the protagonist to shine for the first time had arrived!

Sure enough, not long after, the protagonist activated his divine soul treasure, and extraordinary phenomena appeared in the sky, displaying great power and domineering presence.

Ji Boping intensified his efforts to seize resources.

What he misses most is the protagonist's indispensable battle partner, the Devouring Wolf!

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In the story, the Devouring Wolf's predecessor was the Bone-Eating Silver Wolf.

The protagonist goes through hardships to pick a medicinal herb in the mountains, but is chased by wild beasts and accidentally falls into the valley. He hurriedly hides in the dense shade of the trees.

They happened to see a dried-up corpse.

According to the protagonist's deduction, the corpse should have existed for five years. The fatal wounds were strange, and with his knowledge at the time, he couldn't figure out the cause at all—of course, many years later he learned that it was caused by a spatial rift, and the person had fallen here from afar.

The protagonist was very poor at the time, so when he encountered a completely dead corpse, he naturally had to search it thoroughly.

Upon searching, he found a bag on the side of the corpse's waist, inside which was a shrunken animal fetus. The young animal inside was struggling to breathe, thin and small, and very weak.

The protagonist really wants a contracted beast to protect him, but he can't afford one. Now that he's finally found one, he's naturally not going to give it up easily.

So the protagonist took the fetus away and went everywhere to find a way to save the cub.

Later, another fortuitous encounter occurred. The protagonist discovered a hundred-year-old spirit milk in a cold mountain cave and quickly gave it all to the beast fetus.

Finally, the cub survived and used its last bit of strength to emerge from the womb.

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At first, the protagonist treated the Bone-Eating Silver Wolf with a mindset of using it. It wasn't until they were both covered in wounds and fought desperately together that he truly regarded it as a partner and began to prepare precious resources for it and help it break through its limits.

Gradually, the Bone-Eating Silver Wolf mutated into the Sky-Devouring Greedy Wolf, leaving the protagonist completely baffled.

Many years later, when the protagonist arrived at the city where the corpse had once been, he finally learned the origin of the Devouring Wolf.

It turns out that a few rare wolf-like beasts have the potential for fusion and evolution. As long as they absorb the essence and blood of a high-level wolf-like beast, they have a chance to evolve into the other's kind.

Among them, the Bone-Eating Silver Wolf and the Sky-Devouring Greedy Wolf have a very high compatibility. After a medium-sized family accidentally obtained the essence blood of the Sky-Devouring Greedy Wolf, they secretly obtained the beast fetus of the Bone-Eating Silver Wolf, injected it with essence blood, and even wanted to select a genius from the clan to form a contract.

Somehow, this news came to the attention of a Fusion Realm expert.

The other party secretly infiltrated and stole the beast fetus, but was discovered by the family before he could escape. Later, he tried to escape using a teleportation talisman, but the teleportation path was attacked, leaving him only a corpse.

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When the protagonist encountered the beast embryo, the Bone-Eating Silver Wolf had already converted the vast majority of its essence into energy to sustain life and develop its body. Fortunately, the protagonist arrived not too late, and there was still a trace of essence left, which the Bone-Eating Silver Wolf fused into its own bloodline at the last moment, enhancing its foundation.

So, thanks to the protagonist's generous feeding, the Bone-Eating Silver Wolf managed to evolve despite numerous close calls.

·

In Ji Boping's view, wasn't that just delivering packages to the protagonist?

Moreover, because that family operated in secrecy and wasn't a particularly terrifying one, even after the protagonist went to that city, the family couldn't really do anything to him.

Even the stunning beauty that the protagonist encounters happens to be a proud daughter of that family!

This proud young woman later became a member of the protagonist's harem.

As the son-in-law of the family, it's better for the protagonist to have the fetus in his hands than to have it used by that thief from back then.

The anger of the medium-sized family has subsided considerably.

Of course, it's hard to say how much of that was for the protagonist's potential.

·

Ji Boping likes fast-paced, exciting novels, so he is very familiar with the key points of the protagonist's comeback, and he remembered the part about Devouring Heaven Greedy Wolf very clearly.

So when he saw that it was about time, he took advantage of his time to gain experience, changed his name and disguised himself, and secretly came to a small town near Fengyun City.

After making thorough preparations, he went into the mountains.

However, the descriptions in the book are certainly not detailed enough to draw an exact map. There are countless mountains and valleys in this area, making it difficult to find the exact location.

It took Ji Boping many days to finally find it.

If nothing unexpected had happened, he should have gotten what he wanted, since the body was still quite fresh, which meant he arrived on time.

However, an unexpected incident still occurred.

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Ji Boping sighed, and could only leave with a belly full of regret and doubt.

This incident frustrated him greatly and shattered his previously arrogance.

However, Ji Boping did not want to leave empty-handed.

In the following days, he began searching for the cave where the Hundred-Year Spirit Milk was located.

Spiritual milk is regenerable; maybe we can get our hands on some?

Whether we raise other rare beasts later or consume them ourselves, it's all good.

·

That night, when Zhong Cai returned to her room to sleep, she received a gourd of millennium-old spiritual milk from the Qingkong puppet.

Tianxing Trading Company has a considerable amount of stock, but the Millennium Spirit Milk is actually one of their signature products, and they certainly won't sell it all to the same person.

The Azure Sky Puppet had previously consigned level-five pills for auction there, which is why they were willing to give them a larger share.

There were a full ten thousand drops.

Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan were both quite satisfied with this.

No matter how much the little silver wolf grows, it won't need 10,000 drops; there's enough to feed the little green roc.

Zhong Cai retracted the puppet and said with a smile, "Now we don't need to be so frugal."

Wu Shaogan smiled and walked with Zhong Cai to the jade basin. He took the gourd and poured out five hundred drops of the thousand-year-old spiritual milk, spreading it at the bottom of the basin.

Then he turned the fetus over slightly and soaked the damaged part into the spiritual milk.

In this way, the little silver wolf can continuously absorb the nutrients from the spirit milk.

Zhong Cai did not neglect Xiao Qingpeng and took out another small bowl.

Wu Shaogan poured five hundred drops of spiritual milk into a small bowl, only instructing, "Qingyu, you are also growing, but do what you can and don't take too much at once."

The little green roc chirped and readily agreed.

·

The next day, Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan had just stepped out of the house when they saw Bi Cen busy with Qiao Hong in the courtyard.

Upon seeing the two, Bichen quickly bowed.

Zhong Cai: "You're back?"

Bi Cen said respectfully, "It arrived last night, please take a look, young master."

As he spoke, he handed over a letter with both hands; it was from Sun Liu.

Zhong Cai took the letter, her expression somewhat complicated.

I wonder what my aunt will say or how she will react?

Wu Shaogan had already asked, "Bi Cen, what is that young commander's attitude?"

Bi Cen had observed this before, and now she quickly reported: "The young commander's expression changed drastically. Although she tried her best to suppress her emotions, I could tell that she was agitated and seemed somewhat uneasy."

Wu Shaogan nodded: "I understand, you can go now."

Bichen immediately withdrew and joined Qiaohong in doing chores.

Wu Shaogan supported Zhong Cai's shoulder and pushed him to sit down on the stone bench.

"Let's open it and take a look."

Zhong Cai then casually opened the letter.

The letter... was very long.

Compared to Zhong Cai's brief few words, Sun Liu's handwriting was at least ten times better.

Sun Liu's writing style was very resolute, clearly reflecting her personality, but the tone of her letter seemed to have been carefully crafted—very gentle, yet also quite verbose—just explaining that she had other matters to attend to and asking Zhong Cai not to mind, took up most of a page. She seemed so nervous that she was almost incoherent.

The key points are in the last three lines.

Sun Liu and Zhong Cai agreed to meet in a private room at the Shengtian Restaurant in Fengyun City.

The specific time is one month from now.

Zhong Cai handed the letter to Wu Shaogan and said, "My aunt really wants to see me."

Wu Shaogan took a look and, sure enough, Sun Liu's words seemed very urgent; if it weren't for something urgent, it would seem as if he couldn't wait to rush over. Many sentences were written with heavy ink, revealing hesitation and caution.

After reading it, Wu Shaogan handed Zhong Cai back and joked, "The time is set, you can rest assured now?"

Zhong Cai was in a good mood: "You'll come with me then."

Wu Shao chuckled dryly, "Of course I'll go with you."

The two have been married for a long time now, and their relationship is harmonious, so it's not strange that they go out together... right?

Moreover, even though Sun Liu showed great concern for Zhong Cai, Wu Shaogan was still uneasy.

If something were to happen... he wanted to stay with Zhong Cai.

Just like Zhong Cai always stayed with him.

·

Their lives remained largely unchanged afterward, though the details differed.

Three or four days later, all the Soul Nourishing Pills had been upgraded to high-grade. As Zhong Cai's proficiency improved further, top-grade pills naturally followed.

Zhong Cai rushed out of the training room and went straight to Wu Shaogan.

"Old Wu! Eat up!"

Wu Shaogan had just finished drawing a talisman when Zhong Cai unexpectedly stuffed a mouthful of pill into his mouth.

In an instant, he realized that this must be a top-grade Soul Nourishing Pill! But then, he felt a warm power surge into his soul, and a warm feeling welled up inside and outside his body, so comfortable that he was speechless for a moment.

Zhong Cai carefully observed Wu Shaogan's expression from the side.

Wu Shaogan remained calm, appearing no different from usual.

But Zhong Cai knew him well and immediately realized that the guy was actually quite comfortable.

So Zhong Cai leaned over and asked with a grin, "Old Wu, how are you feeling?"

Wu Shaogan looked at Zhong Cai and replied with a smile, "It feels great."

Zhong Cai asked curiously, "Can you feel it? How often is it best to take one? How effective is the repair?" He reminded her, "Tell me the truth, don't try to hide anything."

Wu Shaogan felt a warmth in his heart and said first, "When have I ever hidden anything from you?" Then, after a moment's thought, he replied, "The repair is very effective. Normally, the bonding of the three souls and seven spirits is extremely slow, but now it is more than ten times faster, and the gaps between the souls are already showing signs of shrinking. The damage to the life soul and the heavenly soul is also slowly healing."

"A single top-grade pill is already quite effective, but its effects will weaken after about an hour. If it continues for half a day, the effects will completely disappear. To maintain the current high speed, it is best to take one pill every hour, but there is no need to rush. Taking two pills daily will allow for more efficient use of the medicinal power."

Zhong Cai laughed even harder, almost dancing with joy.

"At this point, who cares about waste? We need to be fast! We need to be fast!" He waved his arms, so excited he was about to take off. "One pill per hour, that's twelve a day. I can make eighteen batches of pills a day, and even if each batch only produces one top-grade pill, that's enough to supply you!"

Looking at Zhong Caiyang's overflowing enthusiasm, Wu Shaogan's eyes softened unconsciously.

Zhong Cai shouted loudly, "I'll make sure you can eat as many pills as you want every day!"

Wu Shaogan's smile faltered.

Well... there's no need to eat your fill.

Zhong Cai was completely unaware. She wandered around the courtyard several times before heading straight for the cultivation room.

"Old Wu, wait for me!"

Wu Shaogan watched helplessly as he slammed the door shut with a "bang," and then he could see nothing more.

He couldn't help but think: Ah Cai is always so energetic and lively, it's so cute.

·

Half an hour later, Zhong Caifeng rushed out like a whirlwind and handed Wu Shaogan three top-grade Soul Nourishing Pills.

"Put it away quickly and eat it at the designated time."

Before Wu Shaogan could say anything, he rushed back like the wind.

Half an hour later, he came out again and gave away four top-grade ones.

Then another half hour... half an hour...

Zhong Cai's enthusiasm continued until dinner time.

At this moment, Wu Shaogan had not only taken three top-grade Soul Nourishing Pills in succession, but also had a full fifteen in his hands.

During those few hours, his soul felt as if it were being soaked in warm water, never lacking the nourishment of the medicine. The lingering pain in his soul caused by the trauma never reappeared.

·

Over the next ten days or so, each batch of top-grade Soul Nourishing Pills yielded two or three pills.

Wu Shaogan's jade gourd contained a large amount of Qi-replenishing pills and soul-nourishing pills, as well as a small amount of head-protecting pills and Yang-extreme pills, all of which were of the highest quality.

His daily consumption of Soul Nourishing Pills was naturally the largest, yet he replenished them with even more Soul Nourishing Pills.

Zhong Cai was determined to refine the Soul Nourishing Pill, aiming to produce a quantity that would truly satisfy his friend's hunger.

Wu Shaogan could only silently draw more purification talismans and spirit communication talismans to ensure that Zhong Cai would not lack usable ones; he also picked and chose to draw other talismans that Zhong Cai might be able to use, and prepared them as well.

In addition, Wu Shaogan also had to take care of the two cubs—feeding the little green roc and observing the little silver wolf's condition, adding enough spiritual milk to it when necessary.

Wu Shaogan's soul recovered day by day, and the condition of the fetus also improved day by day.

Two decades had passed by the time the little silver wolf had finally absorbed all the essence and blood.

By this time, Zhong Cai had refined over eight hundred top-grade Soul Nourishing Pills for Wu Shaogan. After deducting the ones Wu Shaogan took, there were still six hundred and eighty pills left.

·

That day, Wu Shaogan pulled Zhong Cai, who was still enthusiastically refining pills, out of the cultivation room.

Zhong Cai exclaimed excitedly, "Why are you pulling me? Wait for me to refine a thousand for you! We're still short of the required number!"

Wu Shaogan was both happy and helpless.

"That's enough. The rest will last me for almost two months. Based on my current rate of recovery, I'll be completely healed by then."

Zhong Cai asked excitedly, "Really?"

Wu Shaogan nodded gently and said, "Really."

Zhong Cai let out a long breath, spread her arms, and fell backward.

Wu Shaogan quickly reached out and caught the person, saying, "There's flat ground behind you, are you trying to fall?"

Zhong Cai leaned lazily against Wu Shaogan and said in a drawn-out tone, "Are you really going to let me fall? That would be so disloyal."

Wu Shaogan: "..."

He certainly wouldn't let Zhong Cai fall.

Okay, this guy has done this before anyway.

Zhong Cai was very pleased with herself.

After being annoyed by him, Wu Shaogan finally remembered the important matter.

"By the way, I asked you to come out for a walk to clear your head."

Zhong Cai glanced at him sideways.

Wu Shao chuckled dryly, "The little silver wolf is about to be born."

Zhong Cai immediately sat up straight and asked excitedly, "Really? It's already been successfully bred?"

Wu Shaogan affirmed, "The placenta is moving; it should be soon."

Zhong Cai grabbed Wu Shaogan and rushed into the room.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go over there right away!"

Wu Shaogan ran after him, adding, "Xiao Qingpeng didn't go out today either; he's been staying by the jade basin the whole time..."

·

In the room, on the round table.

Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan stood around the jade basin, holding their breath as they observed the situation inside.

The little eagle folded its small wings and stared intently, making no sound whatsoever.

A considerable amount of spiritual milk had been poured into the jade basin, and the beast fetus was absorbing it with all its might.

The little silver wolf, becoming increasingly clear inside the placenta, exerted tremendous effort, straining to produce even more silver fur.

Finally, the little silver wolf flashed its sharp claws.

Unlike when the little green roc hatched, when the specific details were hidden inside the beast egg, the placenta of this beast fetus is now translucent, and the scene inside is quite clear.

Naturally, as the little silver wolf worked hard, Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan watched intently, and couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

The little eagle unconsciously spread its wings, as if it were about to make a few flapping motions.

And the little silver wolf really did swoop down suddenly!

In an instant, the placenta tore open with a tearing sound.

After the little silver wolf's rapid series of claws, the entire placenta was reduced to fragments.

The little silver wolf was completely exposed to the two people and the bird.

·

There was still some spiritual milk left in the jade basin.

The tiny silver wolf, no bigger than a palm, with its shimmering silver fur, stood proudly on the spirit breast, tilted its neck back, and let out a soft "Awoo".

She's really good-looking, and her appearance is just too cute.

Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan looked at each other and smiled, both of them very pleased.

However, before the two could even lift it out, the little green roc happily flew into the air, then suddenly swooped down, grabbed the little silver wolf by the scruff of its neck, and took to the air again!

Despite its small size, the little green roc is incredibly strong, a second-tier rare beast, and can easily carry a young beast in its mouth.

The little silver wolf's eyes widened, and it subconsciously looked down.

Then……

It thrashed about on all fours, its little voice almost splitting in pain.

"Awoooooo!"