"So the root cause lies in that Unknown Grotto-heaven with the Ancient Battlefield."
Lu Xuan seemed to understand.
"You really can't feed things at random. See? That's how the Sword Xuan Hedgehogs ended up with problems."
He could not help sighing. Compared with other Beast Tamers, he counted as quite responsible; the food he fed to the Spirit Beasts in his Cave Mansion was always the best and most correct.
There had only ever been Spirit Beasts breaking through their bloodlines one after another; nothing abnormal had ever happened.
"Martial Nephew Lu, how is the situation? Have you discovered anything?"
Seeing Lu Xuan silent, Chen Bingxue took the initiative to ask.
"I do have a vague idea, but I'm not too certain."
Lu Xuan spoke hesitantly.
"Martial Nephew, just say it. It doesn't matter if you're wrong."
"Before I say it, there is a question I need to ask Senior Brother Xu and the other Fellow Disciples."
"Recently, did you feed these Sword Xuan Hedgehogs anything else?"
"For example, broken Flying Swords, spirit ores, and the like brought back from that Unknown Grotto-heaven."
Lu Xuan turned and asked Xu Wenbai.
Xu Wenbai could not help but pause, sinking into thought.
"That is indeed the case."
"Many Fellow Disciples brought out quite a few Flying Swords left behind from the ancient era from that grotto-heaven. Most of them were already in a discarded state, with all spirituality lost, but because their quality was quite good, some fellow disciples and I deliberately collected many of them and fed them to the Sword Xuan Hedgehogs as usual."
"Could the Sword Xuan Hedgehogs' abnormality be related to those Flying Swords from the ancient battlefield?"
Xu Wenbai suddenly saw the light.
"There should be some connection."
"Lu once saw related information in an ancient text.