Ye Xiao and Huo Wu Cooperating to Hunt a Hundred-Year Spirit Beast

"Tuantuan, come." Ye Xiao called out.

Tuantuan immediately floated over happily, looking at the fruit in Ye Xiao's hand with expectant big eyes.

It possessed the Five Elements Attribute in its body, so it naturally liked the Fire Pattern Fruit very much.

Ye Xiao handed the Fire Pattern Fruit in front of it.

Tuantuan extended two tiny cloud hands, hugged the fruit—which was not much smaller than its own body—and then... the entire cloud rippled like water waves, and the Fire Pattern Fruit was directly integrated into its body.

The red flowing light inside Tuantuan instantly brightened, looking just like a flame, and even Tuantuan's body began to swell along with it.

The radiated flame attribute aura clearly strengthened.

"Eh?" Huo Wu, who stood at the side and witnessed the whole process, widened her eyes in surprise. "Tuantuan... Can it also consume spirit medicine? A spirit beast... No, can a spirit soul also improve by eating treasures?"

Ye Xiao had already prepared an excuse. While observing Tuantuan's changes, he explained, "According to that mysterious person's statement, although ordinary spirit souls can also slowly improve their age through special methods, the process is difficult and the effect is limited.

"But Tuantuan is different. It is considered a relatively perfect spirit soul with a special structure. It can directly increase its own age by absorbing heavenly treasures and earthly treasures corresponding to its attribute."

"A mysterious person... It's the mysterious person again..." Huo Wu muttered in her heart, suspicion flashing across her eyes.

From the existence of spirit souls, to spirit souls being able to bestow multiple spirit rings, to spirit souls being able to take medicine to level up...

Every incredible aspect regarding this little cloud was pushed by Ye Xiao onto an illusory mysterious person.

Was there really such an omnipotent mysterious expert?

Or... was this Ye Xiao himself?

Alternatively, was it technology mastered by some unknown, powerful force behind him?

Huo Wu was not stupid; on the contrary, she was quite smart and sharp.

She knew that when Ye Xiao said this, it meant he did not want to explain it so clearly.

She also understood boundaries.

Everyone had their own secrets and trump cards, especially in the world of soul masters. Probing into others' secrets was a major taboo and easily invited disaster.

Since Ye Xiao was unwilling to say more and brushed her off with a mysterious person, she would not be tactless and press for the bottom line.

Smart people lived longer.

She suppressed the suspicion at the bottom of her heart, a look of amazement once again appearing on her face as she looked at Tuantuan, who clearly looked stuffed.

"So amazing! Then after eating this Fire Pattern Fruit, will Tuantuan be able to reach a thousand-year cultivation soon?"

Ye Xiao shook his head, his gaze also falling on Tuantuan. "Unclear. The Fire Pattern Fruit is indeed a top-grade fire-attribute spirit medicine, but the specific standards and required energy for a spirit soul to increase its age were not detailed by that mysterious person either.

"The energy of the remaining four Fire Pattern Fruits is not weak. If Tuantuan absorbs all of them, reaching a thousand-year cultivation should not be a big problem.

"However, just how many years it can reach still depends on its absorption."

Ye Xiao himself was not clear either, but reaching a thousand years was definitely simple.

In the future, he wouldn't need to worry about his third spirit ring anymore.

However, he probably needed to improve his own physical body and spiritual power; otherwise, even if Tuantuan's age was sufficient, he wouldn't be able to bear it.

Secondly, in the future, he should still need a second spirit soul. The number of spirit rings a single spirit soul could give him was limited.

Even if Tuantuan was upgraded to one hundred thousand years, there would still only be five spirit rings, leaving four more missing.

"Woo... hiccup~" Tuantuan let out a murmur, accompanied by a small hiccup.

Right now, its big eyes were a bit hazy, and it floated unsteadily in mid-air like it was drunk on alcohol.

Clearly, the fire-attribute energy contained in this top-grade Fire Pattern Fruit had a somewhat large impact on this hundred-year spirit beast, and it needed time to slowly digest and absorb it.

After drifting unsteadily in circles a few times, Tuantuan lunged straight toward Ye Xiao.

Ye Xiao only felt a slight warmth in his chest, and Tuantuan had already returned inside his body.

As for the remaining Fire Pattern Fruits, Ye Xiao had already placed them inside Tuantuan's body.

It looked small, but its body seemed to have a space inside where it could put many things. However, he would still need a storage soul tool in the future; otherwise, it really wasn't convenient.

"Huo Wu, we should go out. The Silver Wind Wolf should have left already." Ye Xiao said.

"So disrespectful. I am five years older than you, so you should call me older sister." Huo Wu crossed her arms and said with dissatisfaction.

"Age doesn't prove anything. People who didn't know would think you were just a child." Ye Xiao laughed.

"Humph!"

Huo Wu looked outside. "It really is gone. I'll walk in front, and you follow behind."

Ye Xiao nodded, and the two slowly walked outward.

They quickly arrived outside, and the aura of the Silver Wind Wolf was indeed already gone.

It seemed this fellow lacked patience.

After a mere dozen hours or so, it stopped waiting.

"Sigh... I don't know where Uncle Xiao is right now either. I still want to go obtain my second spirit ring." Huo Wu pouted.

"How about the two of us go obtain a spirit ring together?" Ye Xiao asked.

"Ah?" Huo Wu was startled, hesitating as she said, "Both of us are soul masters and only have a single spirit ability. Is that really okay?"

"Besides, my first spirit ability doesn't have much offensive power."

Ye Xiao pondered for a moment. "Your second spirit ring will be a spirit beast of six or seven hundred years at most. If we use some methods, there definitely won't be any problem."

"Okay!" Huo Wu nodded heavily.

The outer circle of the Star Dou Great Forest.

A dry patch of woodland.

The air here was filled with a faint sulfur smell, the trees were relatively sparse, and a lot of dark red volcanic rock was exposed on the ground.

It was a place that fire-attribute spirit beasts quite liked.

Ye Xiao and Huo Wu hid behind a huge volcanic rock, holding their breath and concentrating.

They had been lurking here for nearly two hours. Based on the fox footprints Huo Wu had accidentally discovered earlier and the lingering, faint flame aura, they judged that a suitable Flame Tail Fox was very likely inhabiting this vicinity.

The Flame Tail Fox was a fire-attribute spirit beast with relatively strong aggressiveness.

If Huo Wu absorbed it, she would probably gain an offensive spirit ability.

This was also what Huo Wu urgently needed.

Who told Huo Wu's first spirit ability to be a fire shield?

After using the fire shield.

Flames wound around herself to form a thin flame layer, scorching all enemies within half a meter of close combat, and her own attacks came with a small amount of fire-attribute damage. It could block a portion of damage.

Actually, this spirit ability was not weak, but for Huo Wu right now, it had rather limited use.

If this spirit ability were placed later on, it would be very powerful.

However, in the future, Huo Wu might also have a spirit soul. Once the age was raised, it wouldn't be weak.

"It's very cautious, with a large activity range and no fixed lair." Ye Xiao lowered his voice, his fingertips outlining a simple terrain map on the damp soil. "This thermal spring is one of its water sources, and the probability of it coming to drink water is the highest. We only have one chance for an ambush."

Huo Wu nodded. She knew very well that facing a high-agility spirit beast of this type, a direct frontal assault was almost impossible to succeed.

Not to mention that the strength of the two of them was still average.

[Ye Qianxue (Second Generation): Father and Mother Huowu are getting closer and closer with their relationship now. They can even hunt spirit beasts together.]