Wing-Type Affinity

"Why does the Crown Prince keep leaving the palace these past few days?"

The Fourth Prince, Xue Beng, looked at the guard beside him with confusion. He knew that Xue Ye had allowed Xue Qinghe to rest, but he couldn't fathom why that necessitated constant trips out of the palace.

The weary guard beside him pondered for a moment before answering, "Replying to Your Highness, it seems that because His Majesty permitted the Crown Prince to go to the Royal Soul Beast Forest to select a soul beast to keep as a pet for recuperation, the Crown Prince has been traveling back and forth. That should be the reason."

"Oh?" Xue Beng grew interested upon hearing this. Why hadn't he thought of something like that?

He had already exhausted every form of debauchery—drinking, gambling, and whoring—and there was truly nothing left to play with. Now, Xue Qinghe's situation had given him an idea.

"Let's go, we're going to the Royal Soul Beast Forest to pick out a soul beast to play with too," Xue Beng ordered immediately. He definitely had to try out such a novel activity.

"This..." The guard felt troubled upon hearing this and said helplessly, "But Your Highness, the Royal Soul Beast Forest is forbidden to enter without His Majesty's permission."

Xue Beng frowned. That was a problem, but he quickly dismissed it: "It's fine. If we can't go to the Royal Soul Beast Forest, we'll just go to another soul beast forest."

"Yes!" The guard had no more objections and immediately ordered the carriage to be prepared.

Xue Qinghe, I might not be able to beat you in other areas, but when it comes to having fun, you're streets behind me, Xue Beng thought to himself.

Once he found the soul beast he wanted, he would see just how impressive Xue Qinghe's soul beast could really be.

The next day.

Xiao Yu, who was busy completing his daily tasks, had no idea that an unprovoked disaster was heading his way.

After finishing today's task, he was rewarded with a Cocoa Fruit as usual.

Current Level: lv19 (40/190)

With the task complete, Xiao Yu had some free time. He wasn't in a rush for the monthly tasks, and the weekly and daily tasks were already done. Aside from eating, he really had nothing else to do.

"Should I do some renovations?" Xiao Yu glanced at the position of the sun. It was still early, only around eight or nine in the morning. Lacking any other entertainment, he figured he might as well find something to occupy himself.

"Action speaks louder than words." Once the thought occurred to him, Xiao Yu immediately took flight. He arrived at the canopy and began to contemplate how to renovate. As the Wing-Type Elf King, his home certainly had to be at the highest point; otherwise, how could it match his status?

"It's a good thing I learned a bit of architectural design in my past life, or I'd really be lost." With a rough plan in mind, Xiao Yu turned to start gathering materials.

"Boom!" A crossbeam crashed to the ground with a dull thud.

"No, no, why did it fall again? This is too troublesome." Xiao Yu lay on the crossbeam with a look of utter despair.

This crossbeam was a material he had found; it was a full three meters long and half a meter wide. Lifting it wasn't difficult, but once he took flight, the wind would blow and the balance would be broken almost instantly.

This wasn't the first time the crossbeam had fallen. If he had to carry it like this, who knew how long it would take to finish building the house.

"What to do?" Xiao Yu scanned his surroundings, looking for something to help him.

At that moment, his gaze landed on a wooden vine hanging from a nearby branch.

"Got it!"

After a flurry of activity, the crossbeam was quickly tied up with a long wooden vine.

"Let's try this." Xiao Yu grabbed the other end of the vine and flapped his wings to take flight. The crossbeam below felt the tension from above and soon lifted off the ground as well.

"It works." No sooner had Xiao Yu finished speaking than a faint snapping sound echoed in his ears.

He quickly looked down and saw a gap appearing in the middle of the vine.

"Damn it!"

With a crisp snap, the vine broke in the middle, and the crossbeam plummeted once again.

"Boom!"

"The toughness of one isn't enough. Looks like I need to use more." Xiao Yu returned to the crossbeam and immediately saw the reason.

He went to find a few more wooden vines.

"This shouldn't break now, right?" Xiao Yu looked at the crossbeam, now wrapped in five or six vines, feeling a bit worried.

At the end of the day, having only one point of tension made it very difficult to stabilize, but he was alone and had no other choice.

"Wait!" At that moment, Xiao Yu suddenly thought of something and froze in place: "Aren't I the Wing-Type Elf King? Can't I just make those soul beasts help me?"

Thinking of this, Xiao Yu immediately said in his heart: "System, as the Wing-Type Elf King, even if I'm not in the same world, I should be able to command those flying soul beasts, right?"

This time, the system didn't ignore Xiao Yu and provided a response.

This ability requires the host to become a "Spirit Feather Champion" to activate the "Wing-Type Affinity" within the bloodline.

The Spirit Feather Champion was the next stage after Leo.

"So I have to wait until I'm level twenty." Xiao Yu was speechless. He thought he could do it now, but it turned out he still had to wait for an evolution.

Host level insufficient.

"I know, I know." Xiao Yu waved his hand. It was only a matter of two days; he could afford to wait.

He pulled the crossbeam, and this time, with the tension of so many vines, the crossbeam finally didn't fall again.

"Huh?" Just as Xiao Yu was pulling the crossbeam through the air not far from the giant tree, he saw Xue Qinghe and his group had arrived in the clearing below.

Just like yesterday, they had brought a lot of fruit. Oh my, what a coincidence; he was just getting tired from moving things.

"Your Highness, look, that soul beast has returned, and it seems to have brought a log with it." The soldier stared at Xiao Yu in the air with utter amazement. Compared to the size of the log, Xiao Yu's own size was incomparable, creating quite a striking visual impact.

"Heh, this soul beast is truly clever; it actually knows how to use wood vines to tie the log for transport." Another soldier clicked his tongue in wonder, as it was his first time seeing a soul beast that could use tools.

Xue Qinghe was somewhat curious as to why Xiao Yu had suddenly brought a log back.

"Boom!"

After setting the log down, Xiao Yu released the wood vines and, ignoring Xue Qinghe and the others, walked straight toward the fruit on the ground.

Xue Qinghe crouched down beside Xiao Yu and asked softly, "Why did you bring a log back?"

Xiao Yu rolled his eyes at Xue Qinghe and opened his mouth as if to speak, but the sound that came out was a cry similar to "Liu-ao~ Liu-ao."

Do I look like I can speak human language to you? And yet you ask.

Seeing this, Xue Qinghe felt a bit awkward, having forgotten that this was, after all, a soul beast that couldn't speak. If it could actually talk, it wouldn't be a little beast, but a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

"Then, is there anything we can help you with?" Xue Qinghe retreated to his second option and continued to ask.

Hearing this, Xiao Yu was immediately tempted; it seemed they really could help him break it down, as it was quite troublesome for him to do it alone.

But upon second thought, Xiao Yu shook his head. They were neither related nor acquainted, so why should he ask them for a favor?

Ahem, the fruit didn't count; he had traded his own body for that.