Illustrated Handbook's Abilities

At the foot of Lingyun Peak, low blue-brick houses with tiled roofs lay scattered about.

Ye Jingcheng's room was among those houses.

He pushed open the door. There was not much furniture inside.

A bare stone table, two wooden shelves respectively filled with herbs and Ancient Books, and a wooden bed—there was nothing else.

The only thing that could be called good was that the entire room was neat and fresh, spotless.

Ye Jingcheng sat upright on a stool, set the Jade Ring Rat aside, and carefully placed the Crimson Flame Fox on the stone table.

By now, he had already transferred quite a bit of the spiritual radiance from the Yellow-Covered Ancient Book into the Crimson Flame Fox.

The wound on the Crimson Flame Fox was still blackened and dried out.

Yet its blue-violet pupils had clearly grown much brighter.

Its sharp cries had also become crisper, no longer as weak and barely alive as before! Ye Jingcheng did not dare stop, continuing to channel the Ancient Book's spiritual radiance into it.

Under his watchful gaze, the Crimson Flame Fox's fur grew increasingly lustrous, its body giving off an incomparably warm heat, like a blazing furnace.

The withered, blackened wound gradually faded as well, returning to its original color.

"There's hope!" Ye Jingcheng's eyes grew brighter and brighter!

The Yellow-Covered Ancient Book's special spiritual radiance truly could heal Monster Beasts.

He simply did not yet know what use the Nine-tailed Fox page, which had changed earlier, actually had.

He could only continue treating the Crimson Flame Fox!

The Crimson Flame Fox consumed an enormous amount of spiritual radiance. After a quarter of an hour, it had been completely used up.

The book had thoroughly returned to its former dim appearance.

"Slurp!" The Crimson Flame Fox began licking Ye Jingcheng's arm.

Its tiny tongue swept over him again and again, bringing waves of itchy warmth.

Most of its injuries had healed. Only a small scar remained on its foreleg.

It was miraculous beyond belief!

Ye Jingcheng's heart pounded. With the wonder of this book, as long as he had sufficient spiritual radiance in the future, he would no longer need to worry about Monster Beasts being injured!

The Crimson Flame Fox's cries grew even more pleasant. It shifted over to the edge of the table near Ye Jingcheng's chest, then lazily sprawled down.

Seeing this, Ye Jingcheng hurriedly performed the Blood Pact. He pressed down his finger, bit it until it bled, and began inscribing the Spirit Pattern Spell! Though this was his first time performing a Blood Pact, as a member of a Beast Taming Family, he had practiced it countless times since childhood. There was not the slightest awkwardness.

However, as his blood fell onto the Crimson Flame Fox's brow,

the first page opened in the Ancient Book seemed to light up, becoming incomparably dazzling.

The spirit fox upon it also began to grow exceptionally clear.

The spirit fox breathed blazing flames, proud and untamed, and continued transforming.

Before long, it took on the form of a Two-Tailed Crimson Fox. At that moment, it looked even more majestic and extraordinary, still holding its head high and glaring in fury, its two tails constantly dancing behind it.

Beyond that, countless images of spirit grasses and spirit leaves appeared.

"Heartless Flower, Scarlet Ginseng, Fallen Flame Grass, Red Dragon Fruit..."

Ye Jingcheng murmured the names of the herbs one by one. Because he studied Alchemy, he knew most Spirit Herbs like the palm of his hand. Still, there were several that he did not recognize.

But according to the images, it seemed that as long as he used these Spirit Herbs to refine medicinal liquid or pills for the Crimson Flame Fox, it could become two-tailed after consuming them.

These were all Fire Attribute Spirit Herbs, and several of them were extraordinarily precious.

Ye Jingcheng was an Alchemist himself, and he understood that while such medicinal liquid was incredible, its feasibility was far from small.

Yet compared to the preciousness of the Spirit Herbs, what moved him more was this: if an ordinary Crimson Flame Fox could grow to the Second Order Late Stage, then how far could a Two-Tailed Crimson Fox go in the future?

And even the Nine-tailed Fox at the beginning of that page...

Ye Jingcheng's eyes grew brighter and brighter.

"Yip! Yip!"

The Crimson Flame Fox continued calling. At this moment, Ye Jingcheng understood what it meant.

It was hungry.

It wanted to eat!

What made Ye Jingcheng hesitate, however, was that the Crimson Flame Fox's Blood Pact seemed different from the ones he understood.

That strange sense of contract felt as though it had been completed through the Ancient Book.

Ye Jingcheng took out a bottle of Spirit Feeding Pills, removed two, and fed them to the Crimson Flame Fox.

The Crimson Flame Fox sniffed them for a while, then cried out joyfully. The next instant, it swallowed both Spirit Feeding Pills whole, not leaving a single bit behind.

Red light began flowing through its fur like waves of flame, exceptionally beautiful.

Yet Ye Jingcheng had no mood to admire it. He looked at the Jade Ring Rat beside him, wanting to test something.

Could the Jade Ring Rat be drawn into the Ancient Book's pages?

The Jade Ring Rat squeaked as well. It seemed to have seen Ye Jingcheng feeding the fox and wanted to eat Spirit Pills too.

But compared to the Crimson Flame Fox, it possessed far less intelligence.

Ye Jingcheng was not annoyed. Instead, he extended a finger and performed the Blood Pact once more.

He again inscribed the Spirit Pattern, but this time, he did so more slowly.

He needed to grasp the details in order to judge the Illustrated Handbook's abilities.

Soon, blood fell onto the Jade Ring Rat's brow.

The Blood Pact formed, and that unusual feeling appeared again, but the Illustrated Handbook did not undergo any change. There were no images of Spirit Herbs or spirit beasts either.

Still unwilling to give up, he used the last trace of spiritual radiance to channel it into the Jade Ring Rat.

The Jade Ring Rat's grunts grew louder, as though it greatly enjoyed the sensation.

But there was still no change in the Illustrated Handbook.

After studying it for quite a while, Ye Jingcheng came to several conclusions.

First, ordinary Spirit Beasts were clearly not within the consideration of that mysterious Ancient Book.

Second, the mysterious Ancient Book's spiritual radiance could heal injuries and even improve one's constitution. At the same time, for certain exceptionally gifted Monster Beasts, it could provide pill formulas or medicinal liquids for growth and even evolution!

Third, the mysterious Ancient Book's Blood Pact was more domineering!

After figuring out the uses of the mysterious Ancient Book, Ye Jingcheng's heart surged with excitement for a long while.

But soon afterward, he began to frown. Of his four hundred Contribution Points, he had exchanged some for Spirit Beast Meat and Spirit Tempering Pills needed for his own cultivation, leaving him with fewer than fifty Contribution Points.

Now that he also had to raise two Spirit Beasts, the pressure on him was greater than ever.

He finally experienced firsthand why the Ye Family, such a vast Foundation Establishment Family, was also famous for its financial troubles in the Mount Taihang region.

The title of Beast Taming Family sounded impressive, but it also meant greater resource consumption.

Two paths lay before him: follow the family's Demon Hunting Team to hunt demons, or enter a shop in the Family Market and continue refining pills.

His gaze could not help falling on the Crimson Flame Fox. Once it grew a little larger, it would be able to breathe blazing fire, no different from Earth Fire, and could fully serve as the flame for Alchemy.

When that time came, perhaps he could save some rent.