King-grade Spirit Beast: Flying Purple Flame Dog

Two hours later.

Qin Feng and Liu Sisi arrived at Cangming Cave Mansion together.

Han Yuan opened the formation and let them in.

"Is this Cangming Cave Mansion? How grand!"

Liu Sisi's beautiful eyes wandered over the surroundings, unable to hide the envy in her heart.

Qin Feng seized the chance to say, "Senior Sister Liu, why don't you join Cangming Cave Mansion too? Our Estate Master has been eagerly awaiting your arrival day and night!"

"Really?" A teasing look appeared on Liu Sisi's face.

Han Yuan shot Qin Feng a glare, then said to Liu Sisi, "You're an Outer Sect Disciple of Spirit Beast Peak. Joining my cave mansion wouldn't be difficult. When you enter the inner sect, you only need to transfer to Spirit Script Peak!"

Hearing this, Liu Sisi put on an arrogant air. "I have people backing me on Spirit Beast Peak. I have no interest in coming here."

"Mm, then let's make the trade. Bring out the goods." Han Yuan nodded.

Seeing Han Yuan's attitude, Liu Sisi felt her anger rise from nowhere. Say a few more words! Maybe she would have agreed?

Liu Sisi tossed a Storage Pouch to Han Yuan. "Everything's inside!"

Han Yuan sent his Spiritual Sense into the Storage Pouch and saw quite a few materials. He nodded in satisfaction. "Thank you. Here are your pills!"

Han Yuan also took out a Storage Pouch and handed it to Liu Sisi.

Liu Sisi inspected the pills and confirmed that they were indeed Qi Condensing Pills. When she discovered that their quality was all somewhat better than normal, a satisfied smile naturally appeared on her face.

Her gaze swept around a few times as she asked doubtfully, "Where's Wangcai?"

Behind a tree, Wangcai had been secretly peeking around. The moment he saw Liu Sisi arrive, he hid. He still remembered that this female beast wanted to eat his meat. She was terrifying!

Noticing Wangcai's cowardly appearance, Han Yuan coughed and said, "He went to rest. If Senior Sister Liu has nothing else to do, you may leave."

"Wait! Do you know how to set up an Awakening Array? Can you handle unexpected situations? What will you do if something goes wrong? I'm a Spirit Beast Tamer, skilled at nurturing Spirit Beasts. I think you need a professional talent like me to assist you! Well? My appearance fee is very cheap. One hundred—no, eighty Spirit Stones will do!" Liu Sisi said with wide eyes and a perfectly serious expression.

Han Yuan thought about it. It seemed to make sense, but he looked at her skeptically. "Can you do it? How about I hire someone more capable?"

Liu Sisi's hackles rose on the spot. "I'm a Direct Descendant of a Spirit Beast Clan! A family craft passed down through generations, do you understand? Eighty Spirit Stones—I'm already giving you a friends-and-family price! If anyone else wanted me to act, I wouldn't lift a finger for less than two hundred and fifty Spirit Stones!"

Han Yuan looked deeply at her, then suddenly asked, "Right, your surname is Liu too. Do you know Liu Xinghe?"

"Liu Xinghe? Him? Like me, he's from another branch of the Liu Family," Liu Sisi said casually.

"Wait, another branch? Didn't you say you were a Direct Descendant?" Han Yuan looked doubtful.

Liu Sisi's pretty face reddened. She had spoken too quickly. Her gaze drifted as she said, "I'm extraordinarily talented. Although I was born into a collateral branch, I'm qualified to enjoy the treatment of a Direct Descendant. Ah, are you hiring me or not? If not, I'm leaving!"

"I am! But I'll only give you one Qi Condensing Pill."

"Hah, I'll count this as taking a loss. Fine, it's a deal!"

Inside a Mysterious Grade Lower Rank Cultivation Room in Cangming Tower.

Han Yuan and Liu Sisi were alone in the room together.

Dense spiritual energy filled the Cultivation Room.

Han Yuan stared ahead in confusion.

Liu Sisi did not turn around, yet she noticed Han Yuan staring at her back the entire time. She suddenly felt a little nervous. This person couldn't be thinking...

Before she could think further.

Han Yuan withdrew his gaze and said flatly, "You can begin!"

Liu Sisi steadied herself and said, "No problem. Wangcai, come over!"

"Woof! Woof!" Wangcai hid behind Han Yuan, his face full of vigilance.

"Be good. I'm going to awaken your bloodline, okay? Don't you want to become a true Blazing Hound and charge into battle for your master?" Liu Sisi coaxed him patiently.

"Woof~~!" A bright light shone in Wangcai's eyes.

"Go on, Wangcai. This is your chance to awaken!" Han Yuan rubbed his head. "Good luck!"

Only then did Wangcai walk over to Liu Sisi.

Liu Sisi took the opportunity to rub Wangcai as well. "Little Wangcai, I used to feed you when you were little. You heartless ingrate, have you forgotten your 'wet nurse' already?"

Wangcai's little eyes were full of confusion.

Liu Sisi chatted with Wangcai for a while and eased his nervousness. Then she swiftly began making preparations, arranging an array with awakening materials and constructing an Awakening Pool. She muttered incantations under her breath and occasionally cast spells into the Awakening Pool, leaving Han Yuan utterly bewildered.

As Han Yuan watched Liu Sisi's movements, he was thinking about what had just happened.

After activating the Cultivation Room's Spirit Gathering Array, his Random Buff Multiplier had not taken effect. Clearly, with an "outsider" like Liu Sisi present, the conditions for the buff multiplier could not be met!

He needed to be careful about this and remember it well.

Little Wangcai squatted uneasily beside the Awakening Array, looking at Han Yuan with innocent, frightened eyes.

Han Yuan gave him a steadfast look.

Wangcai gradually relaxed and waited for the awakening to begin.

After Liu Sisi's series of actions, the Awakening Pool had filled with scarlet liquid brimming with intense heat.

With a solemn expression, Liu Sisi held a fruit to Wangcai's mouth. "Eat this. It's a thirty-year Vermillion Fruit, the most important material for your awakening. The remaining materials will help you absorb the Vermillion Fruit's power. You must try to absorb all of its energy!"

Wangcai opened his mouth and swallowed the scarlet fruit, which was smaller than an egg. Then Liu Sisi immersed him in the Awakening Pool.

Liu Sisi cast spell after spell, merging them into Wangcai's body.

Less than ten seconds later.

Red flames ignited across Wangcai's body!

Flames burned within his eyes as well.

"Success! It succeeded so quickly!" Liu Sisi exclaimed in delight. "Immediately increase your absorption of the Vermillion Fruit inside your body and the liquid in the Awakening Pool. Raise the concentration of your bloodline!"

As she spoke, she sent scarlet spell-light into Wangcai's body.

"Awwooo~~!" Wangcai let out a loud, pain-filled howl. His body swelled at a visible rate!

His expression was incredibly savage, as if he were enduring the agony of flames scorching his body. Yet he forcefully suppressed his frenzy and worked hard to absorb the energy within the Awakening Pool.

Han Yuan cheered him on. "Keep going, Wangcai. I'll always be by your side!"

A faint, almost imperceptible smile appeared on Wangcai's increasingly savage face. The flames in his eyes grew brighter and brighter, golden-yellow like two crystals of fire.

Liu Sisi said excitedly, "Well done, Wangcai! Your bloodline concentration is constantly rising. Hold on! You have a chance to completely awaken the Blazing Hound Bloodline, perhaps even awaken the stronger Blue Flame Hound!"

The fur on Wangcai's body burned away in the flames, yet under their scorching heat, golden fur gradually grew back. He looked like a golden wolf reborn from the fire, his streamlined body incredibly handsome.

Han Yuan could sense that Wangcai's strength had directly crossed the First and Second Levels of Qi Condensation, rapidly rising toward the Qi Refining Third Layer!

Clearly, Wangcai's awakening had been highly successful.

At that moment, seeing Wangcai's exceptional performance, Liu Sisi took a blue stone from her Storage Pouch.

She said to Wangcai, "This is a Blue Flame Crystal. It contains a trace of fire essence compatible with Blazing Hounds. It can give a Blazing Hound a chance to evolve during awakening, but you'll suffer even greater pain. Are you willing to try?"

Wangcai hesitantly looked toward Han Yuan.

Han Yuan gave him a smile. "Wangcai, I'll support your decision without limits. Choose for yourself!"

Wangcai opened his mouth and inhaled. The blue stone in Liu Sisi's hand flew straight into his mouth.

Liu Sisi gave Wangcai a thumbs-up, then immediately began assisting him in refining it. She continued sending in the special spells of a Spirit Beast Tamer to help Wangcai evolve.

With a crack, a wisp of blue flame appeared on Wangcai's abdomen and spread throughout his body.

The pain on Wangcai's face became even more obvious, and his body began to tremble. This pain was clearly far greater than before!

The blue flames gradually spread to Wangcai's head, and the flames in his eyes slowly shifted from golden-yellow to icy blue!

Han Yuan watched him gravely.

The evolution continued for a full half hour. When Wangcai's fur began shedding once again, only for pale blue flame-fur to grow in its place, Liu Sisi cried out in delight, "Success! Wangcai succeeded! A Blue Flame Hound! This is a Blue Flame Hound with Foundation Establishment potential!"

Han Yuan was happy for Wangcai as well. After evolving into a Blue Flame Hound, Wangcai's strength had directly broken through to the Qi Refining Mid Stage, equivalent to a cultivator at Qi Refining Layer 4!

However, at that very moment.

An illusory die appeared before Han Yuan.

He first glanced at Liu Sisi. Seeing no abnormal reaction from her, he examined the text that had appeared again.

Random Buff Multiplier: 6

Contract Spirit Beast awakening evolution effect *600%

Just as Liu Sisi was about to carry Wangcai out of the Awakening Pool.

Even more blue flames suddenly surged from Wangcai's body.

Liu Sisi froze. "What's happening?"

In the span of a single breath, Wangcai's body was completely enveloped in blue flames, forming a blue cocoon of fire!

This time, Wangcai showed no pain on his face. He merely lifted one paw in confusion, wondering what was happening.

"Woof?"

The blue flames seemed to possess a spirit of their own, autonomously increasing Wangcai's bloodline concentration.

Wangcai, who had originally only just reached ten percent Blue Flame Hound Bloodline, rapidly increased the Blue Flame Hound Bloodline within his body!

Ten percent!

Twenty percent!

Thirty percent!

It quickly exceeded seventy percent and was still rising.

Wangcai's original evolution had taken him from a Half-Spirit Beast, across the Blazing Hound Bloodline, and into the Blue Flame Hound Bloodline. The improvement had already been astonishing. To multiply that by six under such circumstances was simply unimaginable.

Liu Sisi stared blankly at Wangcai amid the blue flames, watching as his fur gradually turned dark blue. Finally, the blue fur all over his body shed completely, and purple fur emerged across his surface.

The burning blue flames were gradually replaced by wisps of purple fire!

"Th-this... is this a Flying Purple Flame Dog?" Liu Sisi sucked in a sharp breath!

Those purple flames were like a noble king, displaying their ultimate presence. After Wangcai accidentally bounced a few times, he abruptly rose into the air and ran about in panic in the middle of the Cultivation Room.

Wherever he passed, the purple flames left behind faint violet radiance, brimming with a subtle mystery.

"Wangcai, come here!" Han Yuan beckoned to Wangcai.

Wangcai barked happily and ran through the air into Han Yuan's arms, rubbing his head hard against Han Yuan's stomach.

The purple flames on his body did not harm Han Yuan. Instead, they naturally withdrew into Wangcai's body. His purple fur gradually turned black as well, making him look completely unremarkable.

Feeling the terrifying aura Wangcai had displayed just now, Liu Sisi finally realized it had not been an illusion. This little Wangcai had actually awakened into a Flying Purple Flame Dog in one go. With Golden Core Grade Potential, he was, in beast terms, a Young King Beast. The moment he awakened, he already possessed the strength of the Seventh Level of Qi Condensation, and with natural growth, he could reach the Golden Core Realm!

If such a cub were priced in Spirit Stones, even one hundred thousand Spirit Stones would only be the lowest estimate!

Liu Sisi was completely stunned.

Han Yuan, meanwhile, looked thoughtfully at Liu Sisi.

Liu Sisi gradually came back to her senses. When she saw Han Yuan's gaze, she no longer had even the slightest other thought, because she understood what Han Yuan meant.

Liu Sisi gritted her teeth slightly. "True Disciple Han, I wish to join Cangming Cave Mansion and enter your service. Would you agree?"

The coldness on Han Yuan's face became gentle again. He laughed heartily. "I've witnessed Senior Sister Liu's Spirit Beast Taming methods with my own eyes. I welcome Senior Sister Liu's joining with both hands!"

Liu Sisi snorted, her expression a little unnatural. Naturally, she knew her own skills perfectly well. Wangcai's breakthrough into a Flying Purple Flame Dog had little to do with her. Clearly, Wangcai himself possessed the bloodline of a King-grade Spirit Beast, and her intervention had merely come at the right time.

And since she had stumbled upon Wangcai's potential, such a heaven-shaking secret naturally could not be allowed to reach outsiders.

Liu Sisi was genuinely a little worried that Han Yuan would simply dispose of her in the Cultivation Room! She was merely an Outer Sect Disciple, while Han Yuan was a True Disciple! The difference in their status was too great. If Han Yuan killed her, he could casually find an excuse and at most receive a severe punishment, but he would never be executed. To conceal Wangcai's secret, it would be entirely worth it.

So Liu Sisi immediately declared her loyalty.

Han Yuan had likewise guessed Liu Sisi's thoughts. Naturally, he would not kill her, though it was very possible that he might confine Liu Sisi for a while. However, Liu Sisi had made the better choice herself, and Han Yuan did not mind going with the flow.

A trade for awakening materials had resulted in Liu Sisi "selling" herself to Han Yuan. For a time, Liu Sisi did not know whether to feel happy or worried. She somewhat regretted greedily volunteering to stay and assist with the awakening, but after thinking it over, she seemed not to need to regret it.

Although she had been somewhat coerced, Han Yuan was now a True Disciple with a boundless future. On top of that, he had a Spirit Beast with hopes of reaching the Golden Core Realm, making his potential even more outstanding!

Being able to pledge herself to such a person ahead of time seemed like she had come out ahead?

Liu Sisi was torn between gain and loss.

Meanwhile, Han Yuan delightedly sensed Wangcai's changes.

In a word, he had been reborn.