After sending everyone off, Xu Yi didn't rest right away. He began studying the two strange beasts.
Once he had confirmed that the two beasts, which had not yet developed beast cores, had limited fighting strength and couldn't spit poison, Xu Yi released the Withered Earth Vines and used the Purple Firmament Sword Group to make a cage, trapping the beasts inside.
In the blink of an eye, half a month passed. Xu Yi still hadn't taken any action. Day after day, all he did was observe—and observe some more.
That day, one of the beasts collapsed on the ground and turned into a pile of white crystalline dust. The other, a beast resembling a little wolfdog, also lay sprawled on the ground, barely clinging to life.
The first experiment proved that strange beasts weren't perpetual-motion machines. Even beasts without beast cores would starve to death after ten days or half a month.
One had starved to death, but Xu Yi had no intention of letting the second one meet the same fate. He fed it food, wine, Incense Beads, Wish Beads, Star Spirit Essence, and even the spirit crystals used to activate the Four-Colored Seal, but the little wolfdog showed no interest in any of them.
Xu Yi tried pills and Precious Medicine next. When he tossed in the third stalk of Precious Medicine, the little wolfdog, still lying on the ground, suddenly raised its head. A current of air seemed to spill from its mouth.
In an instant, the stalk of Precious Medicine withered at a visible speed, turning into a pile of dust. The little wolfdog looked much more spirited.
"So that's how it is. This is Precious Medicine that replenishes vitality."
Xu Yi muttered to himself, then took out a few more stalks to test. Sure