Unexpected Materials

[Evolution Requirements]: Age of 990 years, "Tenacious" proficiency at Perfect level.

[Required Materials]: Blood of a Blue Silver King or Blue Silver Emperor, Azure Vine seedling, Soul-Calming Stone...

[Method]: Extract a trace of essence from the blood, extraction method...

Early in the morning, Xu Bai sank his consciousness into his Sea of Divine Consciousness. Gazing at the contents of the Manual, he fell into deep thought.

Setting aside the matter of this "what-the-hell" Blue Silver King or Blue Silver Emperor blood, the materials required for the third Method of Rebirth were not overly expensive, costing between fifty and eighty thousand Gold Soul Coins.

But the problem was that he couldn't just set it aside!

The Blue Silver King and Blue Silver Emperor were, to say nothing of the Douluo Continent's current timeline, seemingly rare species throughout the entire history of the world.

Therefore, this stuff didn't seem to be available on the market at all; he estimated that many people hadn't even heard of it.

If Xu Bai wanted it, he would have to find it himself.

Although the Blue Silver King and Blue Silver Emperor were both mentioned in the original work, finding them was no easy task.

There was no need to even mention the Blue Silver Emperor; there should only be one on the Douluo Continent right now, and that was A Yin.

However, the current Xu Bai dared not covet her at all. Not to mention whether he knew her location, even if he did, he wouldn't dare go near her with Tang Hao around.

Then there was the Blue Silver King. If he remembered correctly, this thing had appeared in two places.

One was deep within the Sun-Moon Forest, and the other was deep within the Star Dou Great Forest.

Well, those were places he dared not set foot in.

Moreover, the Blue Silver King was a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast. Whether he could find it was one thing, and whether he could defeat it was another; the difficulty of obtaining it was simply too high.

"Is Little Blue's path of rebirth to end here?" Xu Bai furrowed his brows, feeling a sense of melancholy in his heart.

"No, there's still a chance!" As if he had thought of something, a light of ingenuity flashed in his eyes.

Didn't the Douluo Continent value bloodlines? Then perhaps Tang San's blood would also be useful; after all, he could be considered a product of a human and a Blue Silver Emperor.

Furthermore, when his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul first awakened, its status should have been similar to that of a Blue Silver King.

The original work mentioned this point: after his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul underwent its second awakening, it evolved directly into a Blue Silver Emperor, rather than becoming a Blue Silver King first...

Compared to obtaining the blood of the former, getting Tang San's blood was clearly simpler and safer.

As for how to get it, Xu Bai already had some faint ideas, but they still needed careful refinement.

"Qinghe Academy only started the semester a while ago. If my estimation of the timeline is correct, Tang San should be enrolling next year. There is still a whole year left, so there's no need to rush..."

Xu Bai calculated for a moment and decided to focus his current efforts on improving the strength of his Beast Taming.

The third rebirth required an age of 990 years, so he still had to deduce the cultivation method for the second stage.

There was also the Spirit Ascension Liquid for the first one. After he went to the Seven Treasures Trading House later to increase the orchard's yield, he could start preparing the materials for refining.

Right, recording Soul Beasts couldn't be delayed either.

After breaking through to a Great Soul Master, Xu Bai felt he could carry quite a bit more mental energy. This time, he might be able to push his mental energy directly to the peak level of a Soul Ancestor, or perhaps even a weaker Soul King was not impossible.

"Let's go, we're heading to the Hengduan Mountain Range again!"

At noon, after purchasing a new batch of Clear Heart Orange Trees, Xu Bai took both the first one and Little Blue into his Beast Taming Space and left Qinghe City.

Time was precious. He planned to reach the town outside the Hengduan Mountain Range while it was still light, rest there for the night, and then enter the mountains directly to record Soul Beasts.

The first one seemed indifferent to this; after all, it was a beast that had been there once before and was very familiar with the process.

Little Blue, however, was a bit nervous, its leaves trembling.

As a half-domesticated, half-wild Soul Beast, this was its first real contact with a wild environment, and it felt a certain fear of the unknown.

"Don't be afraid, Little Blue. Actually, you don't have to leave the Beast Taming Space. When I need your help, I'll just open a smaller space gate, and you can just stretch your vines out."

Seeing this, Xu Bai had to comfort it softly through their mental link, which made Little Blue feel much more at ease, though it remained tense.

Qinghe City was not far from the Hengduan Mountain Range, and it wasn't until it was completely dark that Xu Bai arrived at the outer town.

In towns built on the outskirts of Soul Beast forests, the one thing they never lacked was inns.

He found one with a reasonably clean storefront and made do for the night.

The next morning, Xu Bai left the inn feeling refreshed and entered the Hengduan Mountain Range.

He felt that he probably wasn't the protagonist; from last night until now, he hadn't encountered any accidents, and everything had gone very smoothly.

After entering the mountains, Xu Bai released the first one.

Revisiting the place for the second time, it was no longer so sentimental, focusing solely on helping its Beast Tamer find new Soul Beasts.

Because the Beast Tamer had said that this was one of the necessary conditions for it to become stronger.

Although it didn't understand the connection between finding Soul Beasts and becoming stronger, as long as the result was good, that was all that mattered.

After the previous round of recording, the efficiency of recording plant-type Soul Beasts this time was much slower.

The Hengduan Mountain Range was, after all, only a medium-sized gathering place for wild Soul Beasts, and he estimated the variety of vegetation wouldn't exceed a thousand.

It would be good if one or two hundred of those could become Soul Beasts, and that was only in the outer perimeter.

However, with Little Blue joining the team this time, many flying and small-sized Soul Beasts had been recorded.

After a full day of searching, the number of Soul Beasts recorded in the Manual finally broke through one hundred.

Yet, Xu Bai felt that his mental power had not yet reached its limit, so he had no choice but to spend the night in the Hengduan Mountain Range.

Di Yi complained quite a bit about this, as they couldn't light a fire in the mountains, and the food they ate was pre-packaged, lacking the sensation of a meal fresh out of the pot.

Little Blue also cautiously emerged from the Beast Taming Space. As it sensed the unfamiliar environment, beyond a sense of trepidation, it felt an inexplicable joy, though it didn't know the reason why.

Perhaps it was because it naturally yearned for nature, though after being "removed" by Xu Bai once, it was now more afraid of death.

Fortunately, they had prepared well before coming, and no accidents occurred that night.

The only problem was that sleeping in a tent in the wild was very uncomfortable; when he woke up, his bones crackled and popped as he stretched.

This left Xu Bai feeling somewhat speechless, unable to understand what he had been so eager about regarding tents when he was a child in his past life.

After packing up their things and returning Little Blue to the Beast Taming Space, Xu Bai and Di Yi set off once more on the path to find Soul Beasts.

Perhaps their bad luck had been exhausted yesterday, as they recorded over sixty types of Soul Beasts in just one morning, and his mental power reached its upper limit at that moment.

Feeling the increase in his mental power, Xu Bai made a rough estimate; this time, it had increased his mental power by a little over two times.

This level of mental power might not compare to a Soul King, but it had definitely reached the limit within the Soul Sect realm.

The harvest was quite good, and just as Xu Bai was preparing to take Di Yi and head home, an unexpected change occurred.

On a nearby hilltop, a tiger with a faint bronze hue appeared.

Observing the patterns on its body, they were surprisingly not much different from those on Di Yi.