Little, Little Blue?

Meanwhile, in the outside world.

Xu Bai took a deep breath. Two yellow soul rings rose unsteadily from beneath his feet, and his aura surged rapidly, only settling once it reached a certain critical point.

"It should be level twenty-three... Three levels in one go. As expected of the feedback from a century-old soul beast."

Muttering to himself, Xu Bai swung his fist, adapting to the overall increase in strength within his body.

A Great Soul Master at the age of nine—he wondered what realm the Child of Destiny of this generation had reached at this age.

Xu Bai chuckled, shaking his head slightly to clear his mind, and opened the Manual within his Sea of Divine Consciousness.

[Beast Taming Top 1]: Mutated Green-Red Tiger (First)

[Attributes]:...

[Beast Taming Top 2]: Mutated Blue Silver Grass

[Current Age]: One hundred years

[Racial Potential]: Millennium

[Racial Skills]: Early Wisdom (Proficient), Tenacity (Perfect)

[Evolution Path]: Nine Tribulations Blue Silver Grass

[Soul Beasts Currently Recorded in Manual]: 52 (Viewable)

"Early Wisdom?" Xu Bai raised an eyebrow as he looked at the information displayed on the Manual.

So, the little guy's intelligence... its high level of sentience was due to a racial skill. That made sense.

But that wasn't the point. The point was, Xu Bai cast his gaze toward the proficiency level of "Tenacity": "Well done, little guy. You truly are the Blue Silver Grass I chose; you've really made me proud!"

There were two "evolution conditions" for the second life-reversal.

First was reaching the century mark in age, and second was having the "Tenacity" skill at the Perfect level.

With the Hundred Herb Liquid as a guarantee, age hadn't been an issue for Xu Bai at the time.

What had truly troubled him was this Perfect-level "Tenacity." He hadn't had the slightest clue how to train for it.

Now, however, Little Blue Silver Grass had come through, and the skill met the requirements. As long as he could acquire the materials, he could begin the evolution of Little Blue Silver Grass.

It would only cost about twenty thousand soul coins; his little treasury should be able to handle it!

Thinking this, Xu Bai moved his mind, preparing to summon both of his beasts from his Beast Taming Space.

Ripples appeared in the space, and First walked out with an air of dominance. As for Little Blue Silver Grass, it appeared before Xu Bai as a streak of light, still in its rooted state.

Xu Bai first looked at First, asking in a serious tone: "First, you didn't bully your new companion just now, did you?"

"Ao~"

How could I? I am the most obedient to my Beast Tamer!

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Xu Bai nodded and turned to Little Blue Silver Grass, his voice softening: "Little guy, First didn't bully you, did it? If you have anything to say, speak up. Don't be afraid of it. If it really bullied you, I'll punish it by cutting off its food for a month."

First: ????

First: !!!!

'No, Boss is very good to me. It promised to protect me if I encounter danger,' Little Blue Silver Grass replied, its voice light and cheerful, causing First, who had been watching it nervously, to let out a long sigh of relief.

Good little brother, Boss will definitely protect you fiercely in the future!

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Hearing Little Blue Silver Grass's answer, Xu Bai nodded in satisfaction.

Not bad, First had actually listened to his words.

Reaching out to rub First's head, Xu Bai looked at Little Blue Silver Grass again: "You probably don't have a name yet, right? Since you've become my beast, you must have your own name. We can't just keep calling you 'little guy' forever."

"Let me think about what name to give you..."

Xu Bai rubbed his chin, just about to start deep in thought, when he was interrupted by Little Blue Silver Grass's weak voice: 'Um, Beast Tamer, I already have a name.'

Xu Bai: ?????

"You named yourself?"

'No, no.' Little Blue Silver Grass shook its leaves repeatedly, then chirped excitedly: 'Boss gave it to me just now. The name is Little Blue!'

"Lit-tle Blue?" Xu Bai's mouth twitched, and he turned toward First with a look that was half-smile, half-scowl.

However, First, who had been enjoying the petting, had already turned away, gazing up at the sky with an air of nonchalance.

The sun today is truly... sunny...

"First!" Xu Bai called out softly.

First flicked its tail and continued to look at the sun, as if it hadn't heard a thing.

"You... sigh, forget it, just keep it." Xu Bai waved his hand and let out a soft sigh.

As someone terrible at naming things, he knew that if he were the one to choose, he probably wouldn't come up with anything better.

This was fine, too. If someone ever brought up the name and happened to be stronger than him, he could just shift the blame onto the first one.

Thinking of this, Xu Bai's mood improved significantly.

"Little Blue, do you have any offensive capabilities now?" he continued to ask.

Even though neither of its two racial skills had any offensive power, it should at least have a basic attack, right?

Little Blue pondered deeply for a moment, then nodded its leaves vigorously.

After successfully advancing to a century-old Soul Beast, it seemed to have discovered an ability hidden deep within its bloodline. Although it didn't seem to have much power, it could still be classified as an offensive move.

"Come on, show me." Xu Bai felt a surge of joy, thinking that it really was different once it reached the century mark; even a trash Soul Beast like Blue Silver Grass had a basic attack now.

Hearing this, Little Blue's entire stalk tensed up, looking very serious.

A moment later, a vine plunged fiercely into the ground, and before long, it burst out of the earth five meters away, tightly binding a nearby nameless ordinary tree.

"This is... Blue Silver Entanglement?" Xu Bai raised an eyebrow slightly and walked over quickly.

He reached out and tugged at it, but it didn't break.

He channeled a bit of his soul power, and the Blue Silver Grass binding the tree snapped with a crisp sound, splattering a little sap.

"Tsk, so brittle?" He clicked his tongue and silently made an estimate.

At this strength, it could temporarily restrain a one-ring Soul Master, but if it were a Beast Soul Master using their Soul Avatar, it would likely be broken with ease.

As for a Great Soul Master, they could completely ignore it.

Well, this was very Blue Silver Grass; it lived up to its reputation as trash.

He could only pin his hopes on the second Method of Rebirth. If it underwent rebirth again, even if it didn't gain new mechanics, adding some stats would be fine too.

But how was he going to convince Little Blue?

Xu Bai suddenly felt troubled.

After all, the Method of Rebirth required Little Blue to die once. Although the manual provided a method with a foolproof guarantee that it would come back to life, given its personality of cherishing its own life, it probably still wouldn't agree.

What should he do? He couldn't just trick...

Trick!

That's right, that was the only way for now.

Little Blue had kept its promise even when it knew it would be enslaved; it must be the type of Soul Beast that valued its word.

In that case, he could trick it into agreeing first. By the time it realized, even if it had a hundred objections, there would be nothing it could do.

What was this called? This was called "a gentleman can be deceived by what is right."

Although it was immoral, it was for its own good...

Even if, perhaps, Little Blue didn't want this so-called "good" at all.

Thinking of this, Xu Bai took a deep breath, returned to stand in front of Little Blue, and said with a smile, "Little Blue, do you want to become stronger?"