Soul-Nurturing Wood Bead and Rabbit Fur

"Ding! Congratulations, host, for checking in with Yuan Yao. Reward: Soul-Nurturing Wood Bead."

As the system's voice rang out, Li Han immediately felt an additional thumb-sized, pitch-black wooden bead in his Storage Bag.

Soul-Nurturing Wood was one of the three great divine woods of the mortal world.

Wearing it could nourish one's soul and primordial spirit, strengthen Divine Sense, and even house a soul, keeping its consciousness from dissipating.

A Soul-Nurturing Wood Bead was a bead made from Soul-Nurturing Wood.

It was a versatile auxiliary treasure.

As expected of the female lead. She started out with a huge reward.

With this Soul-Nurturing Wood Bead, I won't have to fear the mental backlash when absorbing high-year Soul Beasts in the future.

Li Han was secretly delighted.

Those thoughts flashed through his mind as he turned his gaze toward Xiao Wu.

Judging by her appearance, she had probably just emerged from the Star Dou Great Forest and was preparing to enroll at Nuoding Academy.

She had likely seen him purchasing rabbit fur and felt dissatisfied, which was why she had spoken up.

After all, her true form was a Soft Bone Rabbit.

"I need to make a brush, so I require the fur of these three Soul Beasts to make its tip.

Little girl, do you have any?"

Li Han spoke gently, though he was already calculating inwardly.

Xiao Wu's true form is a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, a Soft Bone Rabbit. If I can get her rabbit fur to make a talisman brush, it must be exceptional material.

I just don't know whether she still has any of her old rabbit fur after taking human form.

"Making a brush? That's going too far! You want to hunt down an adorable bunny just for a brush!"

Xiao Wu pouted, hands on her hips, her face full of displeasure.

"There's no need to kill one. Just take some fur from the rabbit's neck and back. Besides, don't rabbits usually have shedding seasons?

To them, the fur they shed is useless anyway.

Isn't that right?"

Li Han said with a warm smile.

This little girl was not someone to provoke. He would sweet-talk her and see whether he could fleece some rabbit fur from her.

"So that's how it is. I didn't expect you to know so much about bunnies. You even know they have shedding seasons."

Upon hearing that, the anger in Xiao Wu's heart faded slightly.

"Then what do you need Soul Beast blood essence for?"

"That's a secret. I can't tell you.

Little girl, do you have rabbit fur? If you do, I'll buy it at a high price."

Li Han coaxed her along like a suspicious uncle.

"I'm not selling bunny fur to you! I'm not short of money!"

Xiao Wu naturally had rabbit fur.

Before taking human form, she had gathered the fur from her final shedding season as a keepsake.

After all, from then on, she would no longer be an adorable bunny.

But she would never sell such a thing to someone else.

However, hearing Xiao Wu say that made Li Han's eyes light up.

Because that meant Xiao Wu definitely had some.

Seeing that Xiao Wu was about to leave, Li Han had an idea and took out a Heavenly Thunder Bamboo Leaf.

"Little girl, if you have rabbit fur, how about trading it for this bamboo leaf?

This is an exceptionally special Heavenly Thunder Bamboo Leaf. You can take it home for your bunny to eat. It will definitely like it."

"My bunny's favorite food is carrots!"

Xiao Wu had barely said that when her gaze was drawn to the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo Leaf in Li Han's hand.

The next moment, she actually began to drool.

It looks so delicious... What kind of bamboo leaf is this? Why is it even more tempting than carrots?

Xiao Wu thought to herself, and soon only one thought remained in her mind.

That was to eat this Heavenly Thunder Bamboo Leaf!

Because her instincts told her that eating it would benefit her.

"Well? Do we have a deal?"

Seeing Xiao Wu's little greedy-cat expression, Li Han knew his plan to tempt her had succeeded.

"Deal!"

Xiao Wu immediately took out a tuft of rabbit fur from her little carrot bag and handed it to Li Han.

"Is this enough?"

"It's enough."

Li Han's eyes lit up. He immediately accepted the rabbit fur and handed the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo Leaf to Xiao Wu.

Both parties got what they wanted and were very satisfied.

This bamboo leaf was condensed from his Martial Soul and even carries lightning-attributed power. Is he a food-type Soul Master?

What kind of Martial Soul can condense such bamboo leaves?

Xiao Wu wondered as she curiously looked at the figure before her, entirely concealed beneath a black robe.

"Is there anything else?"

Seeing Xiao Wu staring at him like that, Li Han asked.

"No, nothing."

As Xiao Wu spoke, she turned and left.

She was already impatient to taste the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo Leaf.

Watching Xiao Wu hurry away, Li Han smiled faintly.

"I never expected my first Heavenly Thunder Bamboo Leaf to be used to feed a rabbit.

I wonder what changes she'll undergo after eating it.

But since she appeared here, we should meet again at Nuoding Academy soon.

I can observe her properly then."

Li Han touched the rabbit fur in his hand. It was neither too soft nor too stiff, and faint Soul Power flowed within it.

"Rabbit fur from a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit. I'm really lucky.

Looks like I can make a top-grade talisman brush that will last me forever."

Elsewhere, Xiao Wu found a secluded spot and swallowed the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo Leaf in one bite.

Bamboo leaves were already part of a rabbit's diet, though Xiao Wu preferred carrots.

After swallowing the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo Leaf, Xiao Wu immediately felt a tingling numbness, followed by a strange power emerging within her body.

"This feeling... is so strange.

My Soul Beast aura has actually weakened a little.

If I could eat this kind of bamboo leaf regularly, then even if I haven't broken through level sixty and entered the mature stage, experts above the rank of Soul Douluo probably still wouldn't be able to see through my true form.

Moreover, the faint lightning power within this bamboo leaf seems capable of gradually improving my physique.

Given enough time, I might be able to master this lightning-attributed power.

This person's Martial Soul is so special. If I follow him, I'll definitely grow faster!"

As Xiao Wu thought this, her curiosity toward Li Han deepened, and she made a decision.

"I'll follow him first and see what happens. If he's a good person, I'll stay with him.

As long as I can ensure my safety, I can get more bamboo leaves."

Xiao Wu immediately returned to the vicinity of the stall.

At that moment, Li Han was conducting a transaction.

His luck was good. He had actually encountered a Soul Master with fire-attributed Soul Beast blood essence.

After some bargaining, he eventually obtained a bucket of fire-attributed Soul Beast blood essence for ten soul coins.

"Good thing Teacher Mo Hen left behind an inheritance, or I couldn't afford something this expensive.

Now that I have everything, I can go back and make the talisman brush and talisman paper, then start trying to make talismans."

Li Han was very much looking forward to talismans.

If this worked, he would gain another trump card in the future.

Li Han immediately packed up and headed back to the inn.

However, just as he was about to leave, his automatic Divine Sense detected someone watching him.

"Hmm? What's going on?"

Li Han immediately pushed his Divine Sense to its limit, covering everything within a hundred meters.

There were two modes of Divine Sense detection. One was automatic detection, the ordinary state of awareness; currently, Li Han could only detect things within ten meters in that state.

The other was full-force detection. At present, Li Han's limit was one hundred meters.

Aside from the difference in range, the two modes could sense different things.

Automatic detection could only sense gazes and killing intent directed at him, while full-force detection was like infrared vision and could perceive all objects.

Thus, under Li Han's full-force Divine Sense detection, he quickly locked onto Xiao Wu, who was hiding in a corner.