The Sabertooth Tiger's Contribution

"Picked up from the Star Dou Great Forest?"

Gong Changlong's spiritual power probed towards Ma Xiaotao's embrace. His reaction, like all Title Douluo powerhouses hearing this for the first time, was that human children couldn't possibly appear in the Star Dou Great Forest.

If there were any, they would most likely be Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts transformed.

Such Soul Beasts encountering them would be a gift from heaven.

Let alone the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

Soul Bones alone could put a Soul Master far ahead of their peers, a qualitative leap.

Ma Xiaotao didn't stop Gong Changlong as he moved.

She knew that Lu Heqiu in her arms couldn't possibly be a Soul Beast. If he were, Cai Meier and Yan Shaozhe would have discovered it long ago, and it wouldn't have been her turn to bring this little guy here.

"Not a Soul Beast?"

A hint of disappointment flashed in Gong Changlong's eyes. His perception was no different from Yan Shaozhe's. The little fellow in front of him did contain a powerful energy, but it didn't feel like a Soul Beast transformed into human form.

It was more like a precursor to his Martial Soul being exceptionally powerful.

"Mm, Elder Cai and Teacher have already seen him."

"This little guy is indeed not a Soul Beast."

Ma Xiaotao thought the most familiar with Soul Beasts, Gong Changlong, would be able to discern something. But she didn't expect his answer to be the same as Yan Shaozhe's, directly concluding that this little guy wasn't a Soul Beast but a pure human child.

Gong Changlong shook his head in disappointment and his gaze returned to the Soul Beasts in the arena.

He did have quite a few female Soul Beasts here, but to find one in lactation... there really weren't any!

He basically didn't let his Soul Beasts mate. After all, he only raised them, not bred them. Breeding a Thousand-Year Soul Beast required too much time and cost. Even Shrek Academy wouldn't do such a meaningless thing, except for a very small number of endangered Soul Beasts.

"Finding beast milk for this little guy... is really a bit difficult!"

"Let me take a look!"

Gong Changlong flew down towards the arena and landed in front of an iron gate. He wasn't sure if the Hundred-Year Soul Beast inside was in lactation, but with a grab, he immediately pulled out a Hundred-Year Iron Sword Tiger.

A large glass bottle appeared in his hand from nowhere. He squeezed it towards the Iron Sword Tiger, and beast milk poured into the glass bottle with a swish.

"Consider yourself somewhat useful!"

"I'll keep you for two more days!"

Gong Changlong looked at the glass bottle, which was only half full, and spoke with satisfaction. It wasn't the Iron Sword Tiger's fault; the glass bottle he took out was too large.

Being able to fill half of it was enough for this little guy to eat for a few days!

This wasn't cow's milk, but Sabertooth Tiger's beast milk!

The energy contained within it was not something the little guy could absorb casually. He wouldn't even be able to eat it!

Gong Changlong flew back to the platform and handed the glass bottle filled with beast milk to Ma Xiaotao. He glanced at Lu Heqiu in the swaddling clothes and didn't forget to say, "This is enough for this little guy to eat for a few days!"

"Take it back. Later, when this little guy awakens his Martial Soul, tell him to go easy on my Soul Beasts!"

Ma Xiaotao took the glass bottle, quickly thanked him a few times, and then flew towards the Soul Tool Department. Now that she had beast milk, she still had to find those skillful folks in the Soul Tool Department to make a milk bottle.

Otherwise, she couldn't possibly feed him spoonful by spoonful, could she?

By the time Ma Xiaotao came out of the Soul Tool Department with a milk bottle, the sky had already darkened. Lu Heqiu was still fast asleep, showing no signs of waking up, which made Ma Xiaotao a little worried.

"This little guy sleeps so much during the day, will he be unable to sleep at night?"

Ma Xiaotao carried Lu Heqiu towards her dormitory, secretly praying that this little guy would sleep until tomorrow morning and not delay her night cultivation.

But the moment she landed in front of her dormitory door, Lu Heqiu in her arms seemed to wake up. His eyes widened, looking at Ma Xiaotao holding him. His little hands began to wave, and his whole body started to squirm.

"You! Why are you awake at this time!?"

Ma Xiaotao was a little confused.

He didn't wake up to the roars of the Soul Beasts in the arena, nor to the noise in the Soul Tool Department. But in the quiet of her dormitory, he suddenly woke up!?

This little guy was deliberately going against her, wasn't he!?

Ma Xiaotao suddenly looked at the still slightly warm beast milk in her arms and suddenly thought of something. She immediately spoke to Lu Heqiu, trying to comfort him, "Are you hungry?"

"Just a moment, just a moment!"

"I'll prepare your food right away!"

Ma Xiaotao quickly closed the door, poured the beast milk from the glass bottle into a specially made milk bottle from the Soul Tool Department. She had also inquired with an old Soul Master from the Soul Tool Department. This milk bottle was custom-made.

Each time the milk bottle was filled and heated, it was exactly one meal's worth for a normal infant.

Although Ma Xiaotao was a bit flustered, she prepared the beast milk in less than five minutes and placed it by Lu Heqiu's mouth.

Following his infant instincts, Lu Heqiu took the beast milk and began to drink.

His docile appearance.

Made Ma Xiaotao breathe a sigh of relief.

"So he was really hungry."

"Eat slowly, I'm going to take a bath."

Ma Xiaotao shed her red dress in the room. Taking care of Lu Heqiu wasn't the issue; the main thing was she hadn't bathed since returning from the Star Dou Great Forest. Now that she finally had a moment to relax, she naturally wanted to wash off the dust.

Lu Heqiu lay beside her, stunned as he gazed at her nearly perfect delicate body.

Although he couldn't fully control this body.

His mental power was still there!

Was this little girl really so unguarded?

After Ma Xiaotao prepared her washing supplies, she glanced towards Lu Heqiu, her eyes curved, the corners of her mouth lifting slightly. She didn't forget to comfort him, "Little one, stay put, okay~"

Of course, she wouldn't guard against a little one not even half a year old.

What could such a tiny little thing see?

He'd forget in a little while.

Besides...

They were going to sleep together tonight. Ma Xiaotao hadn't prepared a crib for him. As long as he didn't embarrass her like he did during the day, it would be fine.

Ma Xiaotao walked into the bathroom.

Water flowed slowly over her body, making a splashing sound.

The bathroom wasn't opaque. From the outside, Ma Xiaotao's shadow was cast on the door, and Lu Heqiu could see almost all her movements clearly. He sucked on the Milk Bottle he held even harder.

An amount sufficient for a normal child's meal, Lu Heqiu finished it in less than two minutes.

Then he flipped his entire body over.

His hand rested on the edge of the bed, using the soft surface to begin climbing down.

If Yan Shaozhe saw this, he would undoubtedly be shocked. This half-year-old infant... could already crawl on his own!?

But he wasn't here. What was here was Ma Xiaotao in the bathroom, and...

A little fellow crawling towards the bathroom.