Soul Calming and Spirit Purifying

The short one eventually left, and he left quite peacefully.

Looking at the two Louis XVI corpses, one large and one small, lying in his bedroom, Xu Bai frowned slightly.

As the saying goes, the first time is strange, but the second time is familiar. Compared to his physical discomfort at merely seeing a corpse the first time, his performance this second time was significantly better, though the scent of blood still made him feel uneasy.

"First, drag them into the Beast Taming Space. We'll find a deserted place to dump them later."

He waved his hand and gave the order.

First walked over. As its tiger tail brushed past Xu Bai, it gave his calf a light flick, clearly expressing its dissatisfaction at having its tail used as a paintbrush earlier.

Arriving before the corpses, First did not use its mouth. Instead, it controlled four thick iron skewers to lift the "Louis XVI" and their heads, slowly and leisurely moving them into the Beast Taming Space.

Xu Bai chuckled, not minding First's little temper. Looking at the bloodstains all over the room, he let out a soft sigh: "It looks like this house is no longer livable. Once I help Little Blue complete its second reverse-living, I'll move."

Stepping out of the room, he walked slowly to Little Blue's side. He reached out to stroke its leaves and smiled: "Thanks to your warning today, otherwise I might not have discovered them so early."

Hee hee, that's what I'm supposed to do, don't mention it. Little Blue's leaves swayed, as if it were waving its hands.

"Alright, I won't stand on ceremony with you, and you don't need to with me." Xu Bai smiled slightly and said: "No time like the present, I'm going to help you with your second reverse-living right now!"

Little Blue: ????

Beast Tamer, what did you just say? What second reverse-living? Why don't I understand what you're talking about?

Xu Bai looked enlightened for a moment, then said with a straight face: "Oh, slip of the tongue. I meant I'm going to help you get stronger right now."

Really? Little Blue was uneasy, feeling as though the Beast Tamer was hiding something from it.

"Don't worry, would I ever harm you?" Xu Bai comforted it, then spoke sternly: "You promised me, surely you don't want to go back on your word?"

Little Blue shuddered and asked timidly: Beast Tamer, I forgot to ask about the process at the time. Can you tell me now?

"Why ask? You'll know when the time comes." As Xu Bai spoke, he took materials out of the Beast Taming Space and added a word of comfort: "Relax, it's like this the first time. No need to be nervous; dizziness is normal."

However, this comfort only made Little Blue more terrified. The entire plant began to tremble uncontrollably, looking exactly like a child about to get an injection.

Beast Tamer, can you let me prepare for a moment? I'm scared... Little Blue extended a vine to gently wrap around one of Xu Bai's fingers, pleading.

"We're already at this stage, what is there to prepare? You can't get cold feet now." After a pause, Xu Bai feigned seriousness: "Don't tell me you want to back out?"

This sentence instantly silenced Little Blue. After a long while, as if it had made up its mind, it said: Beast Tamer, go ahead. I keep my word!

With that, the fluorescence belonging to the Blue Silver Grass rapidly dimmed.

"Is this... closing its eyes?" Xu Bai felt a spark of joy and began the preparations for the second reverse-living.

The first step was to ignite the Bitter Tree Heart. Wisps of light smoke rose, and soon the air was filled with a faint, tea-like fragrance.

Beast Tamer, are you burning the corpse of one of my kind... Sensing the smoke, Little Blue couldn't help but ask.

"This is a Bitter Tree Heart. You two aren't even in the same family, so it doesn't count as your kind."

Xu Bai replied casually and began the second step: pouring the Flower Spirit Dew.

Beast Tamer, what is this... Little Blue couldn't help but ask again.

"Good stuff, don't worry about it." Xu Bai replied and continued to the next step, burying the Soul Nourishing Stone beneath the root system.

Little Blue: Beast Tamer, what did you bury under my roots?

Xu Bai: "Something to save your life. Don't worry, there's no danger..."

After a long session of such questions and answers, Xu Bai finally finished the preparations.

At this moment, Little Blue was piled high with all sorts of miscellaneous items, looking exactly like a patient in an intensive care unit covered in various instruments.

"Time to start the reverse-living..." Xu Bai took a deep breath, drew a dagger made of a special metal from his robe, and slowly unsheathed it.

Beast Tamer, aren't you supposed to help me get stronger? Why are you drawing a knife, ga—

Before Little Blue could finish, Xu Bai plunged the dagger quickly, accurately, and ruthlessly into the upper part of the Blue Silver Grass's vine stem.

The next moment, the dim light on Little Blue's body rapidly dissipated. All its leaves lost their luster and became deathly still, as if it were truly dead.

Seeing this, Xu Bai assumed it was a normal phenomenon and didn't pay it any mind.

It wasn't until another hour passed and Little Blue remained unchanged that he began to panic.

"It can't be truly dead, can it? If it were really dead, a soul ring should have exploded by now..."

Xu Bai muttered to himself, his mind flipping through the Manual, carefully reviewing the method for the second reverse-living while recalling if he had made any mistakes in the steps.

Yet, after checking for a long time, he found no issues.

"The Manual couldn't be unreliable, could it..."

As soon as this thought arose, Xu Bai ruthlessly suppressed it.

This thought was too dangerous; it was clearly a lack of confidence in the very foundation of his existence.

What if the Manual had consciousness, sensed his thoughts, and ran off in a fit of pique? Wouldn't he be finished?

Fortunately, Little Blue, which had been deathly still for so long, finally showed a change at this moment. The entire plant suddenly erupted with a brilliant green light.

It looked just like an evolution special effect.

Within the green light, Little Blue's size remained unchanged, but the patterns on its body shifted rapidly.

Surprised and delighted, Xu Bai observed carefully for a long time before he could discern the faint traces of the bitter tree bark's patterns within them, and the color of the leaves shifted from their original pale blue to a cyan-blue.

Soon, the light dissipated, and its appearance ceased to change.

"It should... be a success."

Xu Bai's eyes flickered as he opened his manual:

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

[Attributes]:...

[Beast Taming Top 2]: Mutated Blue Silver Grass (Little Blue)

[Current Age]: 150 years

[Racial Potential]: Millennium

[Racial Skills]: Early Wisdom (Proficient), Tenacious (Perfect), Soul Calming and Spirit Purifying (Novice)

[Evolution Path]: Nine Tribulations Blue Silver Grass

[Currently Recorded Soul Beasts]: 52 (Viewable)

"The age increased by fifty years; that must be a side effect. The main thing is this extra racial skill..."

Xu Bai clicked his tongue. Even as century-level Soul Beasts, First only had one racial skill, yet Little Blue now had three.

Although the quality of these three skills was far inferior to First's "Metal Spirit Power," the sheer quantity made up for it!

And there would be even more in the future!

"Tenacious" was a racial skill that all Blue Silver Grass possessed, and it was the only one they had.

Little Blue had gained "Early Wisdom" during its first reverse-living, and "Soul Calming and Spirit Purifying" during its second.

It was easy to imagine that with the third, fourth... all the way to the ninth reverse-living, Little Blue would gain a new skill each time.

By then, it would be a Blue Silver Grass with ten racial skills while still only being at the millennium level; that was far more heaven-defying than any Soul Master.

Most importantly, this "Soul Calming and Spirit Purifying" did not seem like a skill a Blue Silver Grass could typically acquire; it felt more like a fusion of the withered tree's and the Soul Calming Stone's abilities...

So this was the true value of having compatibility with the attribute of creation, even if that compatibility was only 1%.