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Chapter 48: Pine Kernel's Bonding Level Reaches the Standard (Part 3)
Chapter 48: Pine Kernel's Bonding Level Reaches the Standard (Part 3)
The urge to make money didn't last very long.
After all, he had just made a decision a few days ago to limit himself to cultivating one beast per week, and changing his mind so quickly wasn't a good habit.
Moreover, he was only researching Wolf Tobacco, and Su Ping felt there was no need to use such high-quality instruments!
Why not use his own medicine pot? It just didn't have a way to isolate the smell, and without a gas mask, he might get overwhelmed by the fumes.
It just didn't have an automatic stirring function, and he had to manually use a handheld pestle to crush the ingredients.
It just didn't have a decomposition function and could only be roughly pounded into a liquid or powder.
It's just...
Enough, even Su Ping himself couldn't come up with more excuses.
However, as long as his mindset didn't falter, there were always more solutions than problems.
Researching Wolf Tobacco, Su Ping naturally wouldn't stop just because of these minor setbacks. Using basic experimental facilities was still an option.
After all, although he didn't have high-quality instruments, he had people!
So, after bringing back the still weak Little Wolf, Old Sha, and another Wolf from the Spirit Stream River behind the forest, Su Ping found Li Shu, who was training Pine Kernel.
After all, this didn't require any high-level operations. Li Shu just needed to control the temperature, wear a gas mask, and keep stirring the ingredients in the medicine pot.
At most, he would add some water in between to thoroughly heat and condense this large bundle of Wolf Tobacco into a liquid.
It wasn't technically challenging.
However, this was undoubtedly a necessary path for a breeder.
That's right.
These were the words Su Ping said to Li Shu.
Then, facing Su Ping's trusting gaze, Li Shu put on a gas mask and nodded firmly.
It wasn't easy!
It had been a week since Li Shu arrived at Su Ping's place.
Finally, he could do something meaningful related to his work as a breeder.
Although Li Shu could tell that Wolf Tobacco wasn't readily available in the city, it was abundant in the uninhabited areas outside the city.
Clearly, Su Ping had brought these back intentionally to train himself.
He must not let his foster father's trust down!
"Go for it!"
After teaching Li Shu how to use the medicine pot, Su Ping called Old Sha, who was wearing a custom-made gas mask for Wolf-type beasts, to keep an eye on things and ensure nothing went wrong. Only then did Su Ping finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Then, Su Ping approached Pine Kernel.
Although his master was gone, Pine Kernel knew that the person before him was his master's best friend.
At the same time, it was because of this person that he had grown so tall and straight during this period.
His realm had even broken through to the Common Third Rank.
Plant-type beasts generally lacked agility, but they had many functions.
If it weren't for the fact that Lozi Song was not only difficult to cultivate but also required too much space, making it challenging to plant in large quantities, Su Ping would have chosen it as his second beast companion.
However, even though he couldn't choose it, he couldn't hide his fondness for this type of beast.
The little pine tree swayed gently, and although it had no face, the slight swaying of its trunk and branches clearly indicated that an interesting soul was growing within.
Su Ping had put in a lot of effort with this little one over the past week.
Moreover, before returning to Heartwood again, Su Ping had interacted with this little guy multiple times while spending time with Li Shu.
However, since it wasn't a Wolf-type beast, and even with the guidance of a Wolf King, there hadn't been any indication of reaching the bonding level standard even after all this time.
This made Su Ping feel a bit helpless.
Now, he was well-acquainted with the nature of Wolves, and after the Wolf Record reached LV2, along with the guidance of Old Sha, a Wolf King, even the Wolves brought in for cultivation could reach the bonding level standard in just a few days, sometimes even in a single day.
However, this little pine tree had taken a considerable amount of time to reach this point.
From this, Su Ping could also deduce that the challenge of meeting the intimacy requirements and unlocking the Wanling Catalog for other wild beasts would be no less difficult.
Nevertheless, Su Ping arrived today with a determination to win.
Because today, Su Ping had something extra in his hand.
It emitted a faint fragrance, but in reality, it had no physical form.
This thing was indeed a treasure, but it held no value for other beasts or human beastmasters.
The Life Ancient Tree was Qin Xiaoxue's second beast companion.
However, after seeing Xiao Qing, also a mutated beast companion, Qin Xiaoxue answered Su Ping's questions and satisfy his curiosity.
The Life Ancient Tree, one of Qin Xiaoxue's beasts, had mutated in a unique way.
Death!
Indeed, although Su Ping had sensed it before, Qin Xiaoxue's mutated beast companion was truly extraordinary. Still, he hadn't imagined that the Life Ancient Tree was a mutated beast with coexisting life and death attributes.
The attributes of such mutated beasts were diametrically opposed, and the breeding difficulty was unimaginable.
It far surpassed the Wolfwood beasts in countless dimensions.
Qin Xiaoxue was generous and shared some breeding insights with him.
The Life Ancient Tree couldn't be handled casually; one must constantly balance its death and life attributes.
However, being a mutated beast, its primary attribute was life, and the death attribute was suppressed.
Hence, to maintain this balance, Qin Xiaoxue's Life Ancient Tree needed to release some life energy periodically and generate death energy.
Only under such conditions could the attribute balance of the mutated Life Ancient Tree remain undisturbed.
Indeed, the green energy clump in Su Ping's hand was the life energy expelled by the Life Ancient Tree.
This energy typically had no effect, merely healing injuries, but for plant-type beasts, it was invaluable.
It could not only accelerate the growth of plant-type beast companions but also enhance their potential and intelligence.
After all, the Life Ancient Tree was a beast with Monarch-level breed potential!
If not for the fact that this energy would dissipate over time, Su Ping would have been reluctant to use it on the Pine Kernel.
And now, this energy was Su Ping's trump card to elevate this young Pine Kernel!
As expected, after Su Ping extracted the pale green energy, he could clearly sense the excitement of the young Pine Kernel and the faster swaying of its branches.
Su Ping glared at the little beast companion, knowing that all beasts had their quirks.
The life energy slowly merged into the young Pine Kernel's body.
A faint green glow emanated from its body, gradually blooming, and then, amidst the Pine Kernel's swaying, a fruit appeared on one of its branches.
Subsequently, this fruit shot out like a cannonball, exploding in mid-air!
This burst of life energy helped the little beast companion comprehend its most powerful combat skill: Pine Kernel Bomb.
Although its power was currently insignificant, its future potential was immense.
As Su Ping had anticipated, after this anomaly faded away, a new, unseen page of the Wanling Catalog unfolded in his mind.
A fresh page, never seen before, appeared before Su Ping's eyes!
Lozi Song's intimacy with the Pine Kernel had reached the required level!
(End of Chapter)
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