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Chapter 221: Fire-Eating Crow! A Precious Find!
Chapter 221: Fire-Eating Crow! A Precious Find!
The Hundred Birds Paulownia, its initial survival requirement, was to desire a flock of birds.
However, before Su Ping left, this request was undoubtedly difficult to fulfill.
This was also unavoidable, as bird-type companion beasts were the most challenging to tame.
Especially without a contract in place.
Su Ping was considering using the Hundred Birds Paulownia's ability to give it a try, purchasing a batch of them and observing whether, with the Hundred Birds Paulownia present, these freedom-loving bird-type companion beasts would leave. But he hadn't tried it yet, and he was indeed a bit too busy.
But now, before he could even start, a bird had unexpectedly arrived on its own? He had only been away for little over half a month, and now there was this unfamiliar bird-type companion beast appearing in the magnetic field territory, just like Su An Yong.
Could it be that he was like Su An Yong, restricted by the Heart of Wood? He shook his head; this was obviously absurd. Without Su Ping, it would be impossible for him to transform from a near-bankrupt state to the current scale in just half a year!
He calmed down and looked closely.
As expected.
Above the Hundred Birds Paulownia, a bird with a body the size of a basketball and completely black in color was perched there, its pair of pitch-black eyes firmly fixed on Su Ping and Guan Qian Shan who had approached, seemingly always on guard against him.
From the bird's gaze, Su Ping could tell.
This thing was undoubtedly a genuine wild beast.
Having grown up alone in the wilderness, it was accustomed to nature's law of the jungle, and it was hostile towards anything that might harm it.
No wonder, with such a nature, if outsiders wanted to get close and show any affection, it would trigger the bird's alertness, or even hostility.
Under such circumstances, the first thing Su Ping thought of was another problem:
"Has anyone been injured by this bird?"
A warm feeling passed through Guan Qian Shan's heart. It had to be said that their little boss was indeed different from others.
He shook his head: "This bird seems to be severely injured, and it's mostly timid. The reason for not forcing treatment is not only due to its resistance but also the fear that it might worsen the injury if agitated."
Su Ping nodded.
He then carefully observed.
Su Ping's eyebrows furrowed slightly.
With his knowledge, he couldn't recognize what kind of companion beast this was! After all, he wasn't familiar with it, and if he used True Eye to observe, it might trigger a stress response!
It seemed somewhat similar to a relatively common and not very high-level fire-type companion beast, a Fire-Eating Crow?
However, although the Fire-Eating Crow was entirely black, its eyes and beak were bright red.
But this little crow's eyes and beak were also completely black, like a blind bird.
From a distance, it even looked like a round coal ball.
It was also due to this reason that Su Ping didn't recognize what this thing was at first glance.
Could it be...
A mutated companion beast?
Su Ping thought of his three mutated companion beasts.
Unfortunately, although this mutated little crow looked good, Su Ping had no emotional attachment or great interest in it.
Moreover, he hadn't even formed a soul contract with Fei Fei yet, and the third contracted companion beast wasn't bound. It would be presumptuous to think of a fourth one.
Su Ping slowly approached.
"Gwaak..."
As soon as he got close, as expected, the crow let out a harsh sound. Su Ping didn't flinch and continued walking forward.
Perched on the Hundred Birds Paulownia, the Fire-Eating Crow couldn't hold back any longer. As expected, it opened its mouth, and a stream of black flames shot towards Su Ping.
Black fire?
A dark-type and fire-type mutation?
Su Ping was startled but didn't dodge or even summon his companion beast.
Because they were in the Heart of Wood.
The Pine King, who had been observing everything, and the Hundred Birds Paulownia, where the little crow was perched, both reacted. As a plant-type companion beast of Overlord Rank, it effortlessly blocked the attack from the elite-ranked little crow.
Although the cost was a burnt branch, it showed that this little creature's strength was not weak.
"Gwaak?
Su Ping smiled slightly, then directly used his psychic communication ability.
"I'm the master here. The Hundred Birds Paulownia under your feet is also a little guy I planted in my territory. You, a little thing, trespassed into someone else's territory and even initiated an attack? If it weren't for the fact that you don't know any better from living in the wild, you would have died countless times by now."
Su Ping didn't care if this little crow could understand him.
However, based on his experience, mutated companion beasts were extremely powerful in certain aspects, and such words should be understandable for this bird.
As expected, the little crow looked at the Hundred Birds Paulownia, which seemed to be somewhat angry, and then glanced at Su Ping, who was all smiles.
"Gwaa!"
The crow's wings flapped slowly, and at this moment, Su Ping saw that on the other side of the little crow's wings, there was a hole the size of a fist.
Simultaneously, in front of the crow, there was a wound that was deep enough to see the bone.
The wild beast's vigilance towards humans and other companion beasts was naturally due to the survival of the fittest and the law of the jungle.
Therefore, Su Ping didn't have anything to blame.
Instead, he revealed a smile, glanced at the little guy, and then took out something from the Beast Space.
Overlord Grade Resource: Spirit Leaf.
The purest life resource.
Apart from energy enhancement, there was also the crucial healing effect.
As soon as this item appeared, the crow's gaze firmly locked onto it.
Even in his previous life, the crow was the smartest bird in the world.
Not to mention the mutated crow in this companion beast world, it immediately sensed the benefits of this item for its injuries.
However, Guan Qianshan, who was standing beside them, hesitated:
"Little Ping, is it necessary to use such a precious resource for a small bird companion beast?"
In fact, it wasn't necessary.
Although the injury looked scary, in reality, a high-level healing companion beast, not to mention the Thousand Tree Wolf, with just a few skills, could heal the little guy.
However, the effect wasn't immediate, and a strange companion beast might trigger a stress response.
The reason Su Ping took out this item was also to conduct an experiment.
He wanted to see if this bird companion beast was like those White-Eyed Fish that would run away the next day after being well-fed.
This way, Su Ping could determine the first step in future bird companion beast breeding.
This Fire Crow wasn't bad.
In the eyes of others, the crow was an ominous creature, but Su Ping didn't have that feeling.
Instead, he quite liked birds like crows.
All things had spirits.
Among birds, the crow was the smartest, and as the most famous race for filial piety, crows were often used as a symbol of filial piety.
The story of the crow feeding its parents was well-known to most people.
The arrival of this little crow was quite timely, and Su Ping wanted to see if birds were also like that.
If even these crows couldn't be bred in the Heart of Wood range, then Su Ping would have no choice. In the future, if he wanted to breed birds, he could only try to create an environment similar to a bird's habitat indoors.
Therefore, if one had to say, this Spirit Leaf was Su Ping's 'thousand gold' for this 'gold'.
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Obviously, Su Ping's intention wasn't hard to understand.
At this moment, the little crow tilted its head and looked puzzled for a while, but Su Ping didn't mind. Instead, he directly conveyed a message to the Hundred Birds Paulownia.
The latter immediately understood and slowly extended a branch, holding the Spirit Leaf that exuded infinite life force.
Then, he placed it in front of the little crow.
"Gwaa?"
The little crow, at this moment, perfectly demonstrated what it meant to be utterly bewildered.
It truly couldn't believe that the human before its eyes had actually given it this item.
Moreover, he had done so effortlessly.
The life force on the leaf was like the most abundant life energy, enveloping the crow, and the originally painful wound had significantly eased under such an embrace.
This healing effect was a level higher than the half-baked healing of the Hundred Birds Paulownia.
Thus, although the little crow was puzzled in its heart, it even had reason to suspect if the human had used some other means.
But as it soaked in the abundant life force, the little guy couldn't resist and slowly reached out, wanting to test the effect of this thing.
After discovering that there were indeed no tricks, it let out a crisp "caw!"
Seeing the excitement of this little crow, Su Ping also smiled, but just then, his phone rang with a message. Su Ping took a look and felt a little disappointed.
He turned off his phone and looked back at the little crow and the Hundred Birds Phoenix Tree. He used his spiritual power again to activate the Psychic Communication:
"You should rest first. I'll come back to see you later."
The little crow didn't seem to hear, and Su Ping didn't mind. With a disappointed look on Guan Qianshan's face, they continued to walk around the mountain before heading downhill.
The rest of the Wood Core's work was not yet complete.
However, it was all to complement the individual scenery presented by the other plant-type companion beasts.
There was no need to rush.
On the way down the mountain, Guan Qianshan asked, "What do you want to eat tonight?"
Su Ping shook his head, "Teacher Liu is hosting a celebration banquet, and he wants me to attend. I think the people he invited have already arrived at Wood Core. He just sent me a message. I won't be eating at home."
Indeed, he was right.
As soon as they returned to the entrance of Wood Core, Sun Chaoju and Yang He were already waiting at the door for Su Ping's return.
"Let's go, let's go. Today, Teacher Liu gave a strict order. As the biggest contributor, you must go. We've made a promise to Teacher Liu! If you don't go, we'll have to drag you there!"
The two of them strode forward with an intimidating manner.
Their attitude clearly showed that they were prepared to force Su Ping if he disagreed.
Su Ping decisively raised his hand and said, "I already told Old Liu that I would go. Why wouldn't I go?"
Following these two guys into the car, they headed towards the center of Linzhou.
Before, Su Ping had always watched Old Liu drinking tea.
This was the first time he saw this old guy drinking alcohol.
Seeing Old Liu back in his own territory, he seemed to have completely relaxed.
Or perhaps, after this successful breeding competition, years of frustration had finally been relieved.
So, at this celebration banquet, Old Liu drank cup after cup, even without others toasting him. He was drinking the 'Monkey Wine,' an elite-level resource, with great enjoyment.
Then, Su Ping witnessed Old Liu's drinking skills, which were quite mediocre.
Hugging Su Ping's neck, he insisted on becoming sworn brothers.
Fortunately, Su Ping had a plan in mind. When these people tried to force him to drink, he took only a small sip each time, with a simple reason—he had something to discuss with Sang Sheng in the evening.
When Su Ping mentioned Sang Sheng's name, although the others seemed disappointed because they couldn't get Su Ping drunk, they had no choice.
But they couldn't do anything about it.
If it weren't for Old Liu insisting on a blood oath and constantly talking about how the real president of Jianghai Province, Zuo Guang, had told him all sorts of nonsense, it seemed that in a few days, he would truly become the legitimate president of the Jianghai Breeding Association.
And he wanted Su Ping to be the vice president of the association.
Su Ping was in a dilemma, not knowing whether to agree or refuse.
Instead, Su Ping was affected by the 'Monkey Wine,' which had little alcohol content but a strong aftereffect, making him feel a little dizzy.
Finally, after several hours of fuss, they managed to send away the drunk Old Liu.
Su Ping finally returned home and spent his first night back in a state of mild intoxication, enjoying the most comfortable sleep.
Unfortunately, this comfort was completely gone the next morning.
"Su Ping, Su Ping, wake up!"
Old Guan's voice woke Su Ping, who opened his sleepy eyes.
"What's wrong?"
"That Fire-Eating Crow... seems to have flown away after its injuries healed..."
Hmm? Su Ping sat up in bed, staring at Old Guan.
Old Guan explained, "This morning, I went to check on the progress of Wood Core as usual, and I discovered that the little crow was missing. I thought it had recovered and was taking a stroll, but after waiting for more than half an hour, there was still no sign of it. I asked the Hundred Birds Phoenix Tree, and it said that the crow flew away in the middle of the night..."
It flew away... At that moment, Su Ping felt that even the warmth of his bed couldn't soothe the chill in his heart caused by these ungrateful rabbits.
(End of Chapter)
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