Hearing this, Little Nine finally lowered its banners and silenced its drums.
"Come, let me show you something good." As Lu Ye spoke, he took out two fist-sized objects from his Storage Ring.
Little Nine's gaze was immediately drawn over. It hopped and skipped its way over to Lu Ye.
"What are these?" Little Nine eyed them suspiciously. It did not quite recognize the things, yet instinctively sensed that they seemed immensely useful to the Nine Provinces.
"World Devouring Beast Core Crystals."
"These are World Devouring Beast Core Crystals?" Little Nine was overjoyed. It clearly knew of World Devouring Beasts, though it had never seen one before.
"The genuine article." Lu Ye casually tossed the two Core Crystals over. Little Nine caught them in its paws, tilted its head, and examined them from side to side. The longer it looked, the happier it became.
Then Lu Ye watched it open its mouth wide and swallow both Core Crystals, one after another.
The rabbit before him was Little Nine's manifestation, not a physical body, but merely a special gathering of energy. Naturally, it could not eat. Thus, while it appeared that Little Nine had swallowed the two Core Crystals, it had actually transferred the World Devouring Beast Core Crystals elsewhere, allowing the Nine Provinces to slowly digest them and strengthen its foundation.
"Do you have any more?" Little Nine looked at Lu Ye eagerly, its face full of delight.
Back when Lu Ye had not been strong enough, it had often watched over him in secret and openly or covertly given him many benefits. Now that Lu Ye had become powerful, he knew to bring good things back from outside.
It suddenly felt as though its child had gone out into the world, made something of himself, and remembered to honor