The Little Blue Silver Grass Awakens

"You're finally awake."

A somewhat familiar voice rang out, bringing a sense of comfort to the nervous Little Blue Silver Grass.

'You, who are you? Why am I here?'

Little Blue Silver Grass asked.

"It's me. The bad guy you used to talk about, now the good guy."

Xu Bai's figure appeared, though not in the flesh, but as an illusory projection.

Although his Beast Taming Space was not much different from an incomplete small world, it relied on his physical body to exist. Currently, he could not enter it himself, so he could only project a phantom like this.

"As for where you are..." Xu Bai thought for a moment and smiled. "You could say you're inside my body."

'In-inside your body!?' Little Blue Silver Grass's voice was shocked, and the entire plant instantly wilted. 'I actually thought you were a good person, but you ate me while I was asleep! You really were just deceiving my feelings. A bad guy is a bad guy, wuwuwu...'

Watching the tearful Little Blue Silver Grass, Xu Bai was speechless, genuinely admiring its train of thought.

Looking at the wilted Blue Silver Grass, he said irritably, "I really don't know if you're truly stupid or just pretending. If I had eaten you, would you still have the ability to talk to me now? Besides, you're only a ten-year-old Blue Silver Grass. Do you think I'm so starved that I'd want to eat you?"

'Ah, that's true...' Little Blue Silver Grass felt that made sense, and its wilted leaves unfurled once more. 'So, I'm still alive?'

"Of course you're still alive," Xu Bai said, exasperated.

'Yay!' Little Blue Silver Grass was overjoyed, and the entire plant instantly became radiant.

After a pause, it asked, 'Since this is inside your body, why did I end up here?'

"You fell asleep earlier, and I was afraid you'd be in danger outside, so I brought you in."

'So that's it.' Little Blue Silver Grass suddenly understood, then thought of something and said excitedly, 'Right, I was asleep. The thing you poured on me earlier increased my age by five years directly. Thank you, kind person! If I ever have the ability, I will definitely repay you!'

Hearing this, Xu Bai smiled gently. "We'll talk about repayment later. Stay here and behave; I'm heading out."

With that, he prepared to retract the phantom, but was hurriedly stopped by Little Blue Silver Grass. 'Wait, I forgot to ask—can I still go out?'

"Why ask that? This place can speed up your cultivation," Xu Bai asked, puzzled.

'Because I can't see the moon or the sun here,' Little Blue Silver Grass replied without hesitation. 'If I can't bask in the sun and the moon, life would lose a lot of its joy.'

Xu Bai was silent for a long moment, then nodded. "I'm outside now. I'll let you out once I get home."

'Okay, thank you, kind person!' Little Blue Silver Grass waved its leaves.

Outside, Xu Bai regained his focus, hopped off the back of the Mutated Green-Red Tiger, and patted its head. "You've worked hard, First. Where are we now?"

'We'll be out of the Hengduan Mountain Range soon.'

First responded, then cast an inquisitive look. 'Did you just enter your Beast Taming Space? What happened?'

"Your future partner has awakened—that Blue Silver Grass."

Xu Bai replied, then paused to add a warning: "Even though it's a Blue Silver Grass and its bloodline is a bit weak, don't you dare think about bullying it. You two will be partners and comrades-in-arms. Helping each other is what you should do. Do you hear me?"

First nodded, a look of daze flashing through its eyes.

A future... partner, huh...

Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, it was noon the next day.

Upon returning home, Xu Bai replanted Little Blue Silver Grass in its original spot, then rested for a while to let his mental energy recover to its peak.

After adjusting his state to the best possible level, Xu Bai moved his mind and opened the Manual:

[Name]: Mutated Green-Red Tiger [Attribute]: Metal [Race Potential]: Millennium [Evolution Path]: None [Introduction]: Suspected bloodline atavism. It has lost its original Wood attribute and gained a Metal attribute with a more murderous aura. [Note]: Consume a large amount of mental energy to deduce the evolution path and method? (Yes/No)

The second stage of the training method has been unlocked (can be viewed).

Xu Bai took a deep breath and initiated the first stage of the evolution path deduction.

The next moment, the interface of the Manual changed. The familiar loading screen appeared, and his fully restored mental energy began to plummet rapidly, making Xu Bai's heart jump with fear.

It was fortunate that he had been cautious and hadn't tried to deduce the evolution path recklessly. Judging by the current rate of mental energy consumption, his mental energy back then wouldn't have lasted even half an hour before being completely drained.

Time ticked by slowly. Xu Bai didn't know how long it had been until he felt dizzy and a wave of tearing pain surged through his mind; only then did the deduction finally end.

Xu Bai hurriedly checked the sky and found that it was already dusk. He silently estimated that the "large amount of mental energy" took about two hours to consume.

He kept this conclusion in mind and looked at the Manual:

[Direction Selection]: Emotion, Metal, Wood. [Note]: By observing the target, you can detect attribute compatibility.

"Even though both are mutated Soul Beasts, the Mutated Green-Red Tiger only has three attribute options, while the Mutated Blue Silver Grass has five. It seems the master still had some tricks up his sleeve; the compatibility of the Blue Silver Grass is indeed quite strong."

Tsking, Xu Bai finally examined the results in detail.

"It makes sense for it to have both Metal and Wood attributes, but this emotion..."

After pondering for a long while, a saying suddenly crossed his mind.

"When a tigress bears three cubs, one is bound to be a Biao!"

Usually, a tigress only gives birth to two cubs; it is only in extremely rare cases that a third is born, and that is when a Biao appears.

In folklore, the Biao is the weakest cub in the litter, which is why it is abandoned by the mother.

Left to survive alone in the law of the jungle, the abandoned cub is either eaten by other beasts or, fueled by pure hatred, slaughters its way to becoming a king—a wicked beast known as a Biao.

The sole purpose of a Biao's existence is to seek revenge on the mother and siblings that abandoned it, which is why there is a saying that "one Biao can fight three tigers."

Although this was the Douluo Continent and perhaps the legend of the Biao did not exist here, Di Yi's current situation certainly had the potential to become one.

"Di Yi, come here," Xu Bai called out softly.

Di Yi, who had been playing by itself in the courtyard, trotted over eagerly, looking at Xu Bai with confusion, wondering what its Beast Tamer wanted.

Xu Bai said nothing, simply watching Di Yi as he silently initiated the scan:

[Target]: Mutated Green-Red Tiger (Di Yi)

[Attribute Compatibility]: Emotion 95%, Metal 81%, Wood 5%

[Note]: Please select an attribute to begin the deduction.

As expected, the compatibility for the emotion attribute was as high as 95%...

Is this what bone-deep hatred feels like? The compatibility is damn near maxed out.

Xu Bai sighed inwardly. Looking at the innocence reflected in Di Yi's eyes, he made a decision and tapped on the "Metal" option.