Xu Yi was entirely satisfied, guessing that it must have been because he'd soaked the beast core in his blood twice. Otherwise, he could never have communicated with the little wolfdog.
But the little wolfdog's intelligence was truly poor. Even after evolving into a Green Core Strange Beast, it was still dim-witted and remained clueless about many things.
Xu Yi took out more beast cores. The little wolfdog ate three in a row like beans before it stopped sending him the thought "hungry."
Xu Yi was startled. At this rate, he was afraid he couldn't afford to feed the thing.
After considering it for a moment, Xu Yi came up with a plan. He intended to let the little wolfdog go. There were no Green Core Strange Beasts within a hundred thousand miles now, but the old nests of many strange beast tribes remained, and there was plenty of food there. Why should he worry about feeding the little wolfdog? In any case, there was no way he could raise it to a White Core Strange Beast again anytime soon.
However, Xu Yi didn't release it right away. He first spent a few days getting to know the little wolfdog, communicating with it as much as he could. Though the little wolfdog's intelligence was low, it had already learned to understand some of Xu Yi's basic commands. Expressing its own thoughts was still difficult, though.
That was already more than good enough. Xu Yi didn't dare hope for more.
Then, he drove an Origin Seal Bead into the little wolfdog's body and swallowed one himself.
The treasure A Li had passed on to him for defeating enemies could now only be used to sense each other and establish a connection.
With the Origin Seal Bead linking them, Xu Yi could