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Chapter 107: Xiao Qing's Advance! The Poisonous Flower!
Chapter 107: Xiao Qing's Advance! The Poisonous Flower!
In a certain sense, Su Ping could be considered an inadequate Beastmaster.
Relatively speaking, he didn't invest as much effort into his soul-contracted companion beast as he should have.
There were even times when he was less dedicated than the little paper figure and Old Sha.
However, no matter the circumstances, the soul-contracted companion beast was the primary measure of a Beastmaster's true strength.
Fortunately, although Xiao Qing occasionally craved attention and required Su Ping to spend some time with her each day, she was otherwise well-behaved and diligent.
Perhaps, in Xiao Qing's heart, she felt that her lack of effort and strength was the reason she wanted to become stronger.
As a result, Xiao Qing could be considered one of the most diligent among the entire Wolf Battalion in the Heart of Wood.
As it turned out, excellent talent combined with sufficient effort, and a master providing external assistance, allowed a companion beast to achieve whatever it desired.
For instance, at this moment.
Xiao Qing was placed on a Vitality Detection Instrument, with Su Ping ready with treatment tools, and Old Sha standing by with additional healing methods.
Su Ping focused his True Eye on Xiao Qing.
In less than two months, the little wolf had transformed from a pup that had just been weaned to its current state:
【Mutant Forest Wolf (Contracted)】
【Attributes: Wood, Poison】
【Current Level: Ordinary Rank Ten】
【Racial Potential: Overlord Rank Three】
【Skills: Sunlight Absorption (Master), Poison Vine Strangle (Master), Self-Healing (Proficient), Accelerated Growth (Proficient), Mutant Poisonwood Heart (Proficient)】
A mutant wolf pup that had yet to advance to the Elite Rank, within a mere month, had achieved Mastery in both Sunlight Absorption and Poison Vine Strangle.
The remaining skills, including the Mutant Poisonwood Heart, were also at the Proficient level.
This rate of skill improvement could no longer be described as merely having excellent talent.
It was also because of the improvement in her skills and the presence of the Poisonwood Heart that Su Ping dared to agree to Xiao Qing's suggestion for a trial.
He, of course, understood Xiao Qing's desire to become stronger.
Once everything was prepared,
Under Xiao Qing's determined gaze, Su Ping took out a small object.
A tiny willow leaf, no longer than a finger, with a purplish-red vein pattern. At first glance, it didn't resemble a plant leaf at all, but rather, it seemed like the sharp horn of a legendary abyssal demon.
However, when Xiao Qing saw it, she became excited.
Objects with the same attribute had a strong appeal to companion beasts.
Therefore, some high-level resources born in the wild were also guarded by companion beasts.
And now, the Devil Willow Leaf's attraction to Xiao Qing was based on the poison attribute and the more suitable Poisonwood Heart.
Su Ping remained vigilant, putting on gloves and offering a portion of the Devil Willow Leaf to Xiao Qing's mouth.
The leaf was too small, and half of it was swallowed by Xiao Qing without a sound.
However, in just three minutes, a reaction occurred!
Su Ping instinctively stepped back.
Xiao Qing's body emitted a faint mist of ink-green breath from her mouth and nose.
What surprised Su Ping was that this faint mist instantly absorbed the remaining half of the Devil Willow Leaf upon contact, as if the Wood Heart was absorbing the essence of the plant.
Clearly, for Xiao Qing, this half of the Devil Willow Leaf was not enough!
Far from enough!
Su Ping held his breath, his gaze fixed on the Vitality Detection Instrument and Xiao Qing's body.
Xiao Qing had fallen asleep, but on her body, besides the mist that almost enveloped her, there was also a faint glow.
No wonder it was said that Poison-type companion beasts were the most dangerous, if not the most dangerous.
Su Ping now understood this firsthand.
Just by consuming resources to attempt a breakthrough, the surrounding mist was enough to affect those nearby.
Su Ping could feel an indescribable sense of refreshment in his soul and spirit.
From the deepest depths of his spirit, a direct feedback was given to Su Ping!
Breakthrough!
Elite Level!
The rank of a Beastmaster and their Beast are interconnected.
A Beastmaster's rank breakthrough will feedback to their Beast, and conversely, the Beast will also feedback to the Beastmaster.
This is especially evident during the initial stages.
Naturally, there is also a realm constraint between the two.
Generally speaking, as long as they are of the same realm, there won't be any issues.
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Although Su Ping felt that if he were to place Xiao Qing back into the Beast Mastery Space again, despite the Soul Bond, the innate constraints of the Beast Master's Haven would not affect Xiao Qing, his Beast Mastery Space would still experience a sense of bloating.
This is one of the side effects when the Beast's rank exceeds the Beastmaster's by a significant margin.
However, fortunately, Su Ping could also feel that with Xiao Qing's Soul Bond feedback, his own mental energy had reached its peak.
As long as he wanted to, he could break through that vague barrier at any time and become a true Elite Beastmaster, officially qualifying to participate in the professional Beastmaster assessment.
However, it was clear that there was no rush.
Su Ping's spirit was rippling, but his gaze remained firmly fixed on Xiao Qing.
The light of the breakthrough had vanished, and the hazy poison mist was reabsorbed into her body.
From start to finish, Xiao Qing, who had taken no more than half an hour to fully digest the Devil Willow Leaf, lightly leaped down from the Vitality Detection Instrument.
There were no significant changes, except that her body had grown slightly taller.
But soon, Su Ping noticed something amiss.
After all, Xiao Qing was his Soul Bonded Beast.
Even the slightest change or difference, he could intuitively feel it, let alone the changes and differences in Xiao Qing, which were far from minor.
Instantly, the True Eye, which had just been activated, locked onto Xiao Qing once again!
A completely different set of changes from half an hour ago appeared in Su Ping's mind.
【Mutant Poison Wood Heart (Contracted)】
【Attributes: Wood, Poison】
【Current Rank: Elite Tier One】
【Racial Potential: Overlord Rank Three】
Su Ping did not pay much attention to the rank breakthrough.
He also did not mind that the skill level had not improved. At this moment, all of Su Ping's attention was firmly focused on the last skill that appeared in Xiao Qing's skill list!
This rank breakthrough had Xiao Qing awaken a new skill?
Even for a Mutant Beast, to transcend the original racial foundation and comprehend an entirely new skill was an extremely difficult feat.
But Xiao Qing had achieved it.
And it was clearly a derivative ability from her Poison attribute mutation!
Su Ping eagerly examined Xiao Qing's new skill:
【Poison Flower (Apprentice): A special skill created through the combination of the Poison and Wood attributes. It can be used independently to create a fragrance with Poison effects. It can also be used in conjunction with other Wood attributes, making the corresponding Wood abilities carry Poison effects.】
A very simple skill.
It could not even be called powerful.
However, it gave Su Ping a strange sense of deja vu.
Wolf Poison, was Xiao Qing intending to further enhance the 'Tree World Arrival' of the Thousand Wood Wolf?
However, Su Ping also knew that this was just a sense of deja vu from the skill description.
The skill itself was still intended to enhance Xiao Qing's combat capabilities.
He patted Xiao Qing's excited head:
"Amazing!"
Indeed, it was amazing. In fact, this was not just about a skill.
It was about what Vice President Liu had mentioned in his class: skills are the specific manifestations and derivatives of a Beast's abilities.
And evolution is the transformation that occurs when a Beast's specialized abilities reach their peak.
Therefore, many Beasts' evolutions can be researched through a focus on their skills.
For example, the Thousand Wood Wolf, in essence, evolved because the Sunlight Absorption, the most fundamental racial skill of the Wolf, reached its peak.
Thus, Xiao Qing's new skill comprehension undoubtedly represented the direction of her evolution.
Of course, this was just a direction, and there was no specific plan yet.
Su Ping shook his head and was about to lead Xiao Qing out when, as expected, the Book of Ten Thousand Spirits gave a direct feedback:
【The cultivation of the Poison attribute in the Mutant Poison Bloodline Beast has improved.
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【The Poison Attribute mutated pet beast advances to the Elite Level, comprehending the Poison Skill: Poison Flower. Gained 300 points of Forest Wolf experience!】
【Further analysis of the Poison Attribute mutation in the Forest Wolf is available. Consume 42,700 experience points from this record to forcefully analyze the cause of the Forest Wolf's Poison Attribute bloodline mutation and obtain the mutation cultivation method.】
As expected!
Not only did he gain experience points from the Forest Wolf record, but the experience required for Poison Attribute analysis also decreased significantly.
Although it was still a considerable consumption for him, he finally saw a glimmer of dawn, didn't he?
With this thought, Su Ping glanced at the now-transformed Forest Wolf record:
【Record: Forest Wolf】
【Current Record Level: 3 (619/20,000)】
The increase in experience seemed insignificant compared to the terrifying amount needed for the next level.
Su Ping had never imagined that reaching level 3 in the record would require such a vast amount of experience for further advancement.
This was one of the reasons why Su Ping decided to focus on illuminating the records of other pet beasts.
The 20,000 experience points required, not including the experience he would consume in the process, made it unlikely that he could easily reach level 4.
After a quick glance, Su Ping, excited, called out to Xiao Qing, "Let's go and test the new skill's effect!"
"Woof!"
"Old Sha, come with us!"
"Woof!"
In the middle of the night, Uncle Guan yawned, went to the bathroom, and as a habitual doorman, took a quick stroll outside.
Although Su Ping hadn't asked for this, Uncle Guan complained verbally but, in reality, did much more.
For instance, after patrolling the area and finding nothing unusual, Uncle Guan eventually made his way to the surveillance room for one last look.
However, the previously drowsy Guan Qianshan suddenly froze.
Under the dark night sky, the area of the Wooden Heart's previous forest was brightly illuminated by floodlights.
What should have been a quiet area remained bustling.
On the surveillance footage, the two wolves and one person showed no signs of sleepiness.
In the open space, they continuously unleashed skills.
Su Ping stood by, giving commands and jotting down notes rapidly on a brand-new laptop.
This scene wasn't the first time Uncle Guan had witnessed.
In the past few days, every time he woke up at night, he almost always saw Su Ping there.
Over these days, Uncle Guan had received numerous Beastmasters who came for cultivation.
Almost every one of them praised Su Ping without reservation:
'A true genius cultivator!'
'Full of potential!'
'A bright future awaits!'
Their Forest Wolves had acquired the Wooden Heart's skills, and at such a young age, Su Ping's cultivation achievements and results seemed to justify the praise.
Especially after understanding the significance of the Thousand Wood Wolf.
However, only Uncle Guan witnessed the effort Su Ping put in behind the scenes.
Talent plus effort equals the Beastmaster's limit! And in this world, the limit is always created by those with both talent and perseverance.
But in front of him, there was such a person.
So, where was Su Ping's limit?
With this thought, Uncle Guan exhaled, even his initial drowsiness fading.
What was this inexplicable urge to work overtime all about?
But in the end, Uncle Guan's overtime impulse didn't materialize.
Because, not long after, Su Ping noticed Uncle Guan still awake and asked him to cook some late-night snacks. After finishing their meal, Uncle Guan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Rest was all that was needed. Rest would allow him to sleep soundly at 2 a.m.
However, Uncle Guan believed Su Ping had finally rested.
After finishing his hygiene routine, Su Ping lay on the bed, taking a deep breath.
The Elite Level breakthrough wasn't a significant achievement for Xiao Qing.
However, the Elite Level breakthrough was crucial for Su Ping! Because only upon reaching the Elite Level could the Beastmaster's space function effectively.
And now, he was about to advance to the Elite Level!
(End of Chapter)
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