On the way to the ant nest, Blue Stone and Chu Ruo had stopped competing in martial arts and started competing in pill consumption and digestion. After taking the pills, I taught them a method of refining qi and controlling their bodies so the pills could produce the best results. Naturally, the two of them began studying and refining qi like mad. After all, everyone had the same number of pills, but their digestion might not be the same. Whoever could refine more of them would become a heavy weight tipping the scales.
I was happy to see them compete. After all, when men and women worked together, the work was never tiring.
The Gale Dragon's size had changed, and its coloring had grown increasingly vivid and dangerous, which genuinely frightened Blue Stone and Chu Ruo. After learning that it had also eaten pills, they begged me to spare one for their pitiful mounts as well. I wasn't stingy and gave them a pill suitable for a hero-level Gale Beast. Naturally, this move made the Gale Dragon extremely dissatisfied. Every so often, it went to scare the other two Gale Beasts, only stopping after frightening them into leaping all over the place. This fellow simply couldn't stand me treating other Gale Beasts well.
With no other choice, I took out some pills that had obvious effects but milder medicinal properties and placated it. Only then did it let the matter rest.
However, after this, with such a high threshold, New Moon Stones would probably no longer taste good to the Gale Dragon. From now on, it would likely have to take pills. Fortunately, I really did have quite a few pills in my storage pouch that I had brought down for this trip. Not using them would have been a