Double Happiness Arrives

[Name]: Mutated Blue Silver Grass.

[Attributes]: Wood, Life.

[Species Potential]: Millennium.

[Evolution Path]: None.

[Introduction]: A glimmer of life persists even in desperate straits; this is a mutated variety of Blue Silver Grass that seeks life through death, with a terrifyingly low occurrence rate of one in ten million.

[Note]: Consume a large amount of mental energy to deduce an evolution method? (Yes/No).

Consume a trace amount of mental energy to deduce a cultivation method? (Yes/No).

"It's changed again."

Xu Bai raised an eyebrow. The mental energy required to deduce the evolution method had dropped from a massive amount to a large amount, and the deduction for the cultivation method had also become a mere trace.

It seemed he was unaware of both the upper and lower limits of the handbook.

A trace amount of mental energy...

Xu Bai pondered for a moment, his thoughts stirring as he initiated the first stage of deduction.

The deduction speed with a trace amount of mental energy was much faster, taking roughly half an hour to complete.

As for the cost, it consumed about half of his current mental energy, leaving him feeling only slightly drowsy.

Yawning, Xu Bai looked at the handbook:

[Stage One]: Produce Hundred Herb Liquid, which can accelerate the growth rate of plant-type soul beasts under a century in age.

[Required Materials]: Soul beast large bones, Blue Silver Grass, Sunlight Mushroom, Water Lotus...

[Production Method]: Step one, boil the large bones into a broth...

[Usage Method]: Once a month, one portion per use.

Hmm...

Xu Bai fell silent as he looked at the required materials and production method, mentally calculating the cost of manufacturing a single portion of Hundred Herb Liquid.

Setting aside the waste caused by his initial lack of experience, the value of one portion of Hundred Herb Liquid was roughly ten gold soul coins.

"Alright, I can still afford to play this game. I just don't know how effective it will be."

Xu Bai glanced at his Beast Taming Space, where five and a half sets of gold soul coins were stacked in the corner.

He had organized them when he had some free time; ten stacks made a set, and ten gold soul coins made a stack, so five and a half sets amounted to over five hundred gold soul coins.

Over the past seven days, Di Yi had grown larger and larger, and naturally, its appetite had grown as well.

As of today, Di Yi could consume an entire gold soul coin's worth of food in a single day, making Xu Bai's heart bleed with every meal.

One gold soul coin a day, and that was just for food...

"This won't do. Once Di Yi awakens its racial skill ability, I have to make some serious money. Otherwise, forget about helping Di Yi get stronger; I'll barely be able to keep it fed."

Xu Bai muttered to himself, eyeing the Hundred Herb Liquid marked in the handbook. His eyes flickered as a plan formed.

If the Hundred Herb Liquid proved effective, perhaps he could pull off a Han Li-style move.

With this thought in mind, he hurried away.

Time was money, and he couldn't afford to waste it on meaningless rest.

Public security in Huangshan City was decent, and since Xu Bai was a soul master himself, the process of purchasing the raw materials for the Hundred Herb Liquid went smoothly, without any of the brainless provocations one might find in old-fashioned novels.

With his Beast Taming Space, Xu Bai didn't have to worry about the burden of carrying things. He generously bought ten portions of raw materials, along with some soul beast ingredients.

These soul beast ingredients were naturally for Di Yi. Given its current appetite, using ordinary ingredients would take too much time and effort. Xu Bai had no choice but to trade quality for quantity; otherwise, Di Yi wouldn't be able to consume a whole gold soul coin's worth of food in a day.

Back home, Xu Bai splashed his face with cold water and locked himself in the kitchen to tinker with the Hundred Herb Liquid.

Fortunately, the handbook's description was precise, and the production process for the Hundred Herb Liquid wasn't overly complicated.

Xu Bai felt that with his own intelligence, he should be able to replicate it quickly.

Step one, boil the large bones into a broth, then juice the Blue Silver Grass, add it once the broth changed color, and ten minutes later, add the sliced Sunlight Mushroom...

As time passed, after ruining four portions of ingredients and one pot, Xu Bai finally succeeded in replicating the Hundred Herb Liquid. It was now contained in a palm-sized porcelain bottle.

Peering through the bottle's mouth, he could see the Hundred Herb Liquid was a vibrant, pale green. Getting closer, he could smell a faint scent of fresh grass, making him want to gulp it down to see what it tasted like.

Shaking his head, Xu Bai suppressed this dangerous thought and turned to leave the kitchen.

The sky had already turned a dusky yellow, meaning he had spent the entire afternoon replicating the liquid.

"I truly am gifted."

Xu Bai thought with a hint of pride as he slowly walked over to the Blue Silver Grass.

Sensing someone approaching, the Blue Silver Grass lifted its leaves in confusion, only to be doused in the face by the mysterious pale green liquid falling from above.

What is this?

It wanted to ask, but the powerful and strange energy surging from the soil made it instantly shut its mouth.

Did it even need to ask what this was?

This was an opportunity, a heaven-sent opportunity!

The Blue Silver Grass could feel that as long as it absorbed all this energy, it could increase its age by at least two or three years.

Two or three years of age might not seem like much, but the boost it provided was tangible.

With one more point of strength, it gained one more point of self-preservation, and one more shred of confidence to safely survive every tomorrow.

"You're such a good bad guy. I misjudged you. You're actually so kind to me; I'll never call you a bad guy again. You're a good person, a truly great person!"

With a heart full of gratitude, the Blue Silver Grass worked hard to absorb the strange energy from the soil, while secretly marking the weeds and wildflowers that were competing with it for the energy.

How dare they try to steal the opportunity a good person had gifted it! It would never play with them again!

Xu Bai, who had activated his Telepathy talent: ...

Fine, just like First, it was a soul beast that knew how to be grateful!

It just didn't seem very bright...

But that didn't matter. If it could raise its age to a century before he reached level twenty, he would make it his second pet.

Xu Bai secretly dangled a carrot in front of the Blue Silver Grass in his mind, then decided to head back and rest.

He felt that he must have been experiencing a final burst of energy earlier because he was too excited.

Now that the excitement had faded, his spirit had completely collapsed.

This feeling was only slightly better than when he "consumed a small amount of mental energy."

Xu Bai had only taken two steps when a sudden disturbance came from his Beast Taming Space.

His spirit jolted, and he hurriedly looked inside. Sure enough, it was just as he had expected.

First's racial skill had finally awakened, and at the same time, its age seemed to be advancing toward the century mark.

"Is this what they call a double blessing?"

A look of anticipation appeared in Xu Bai's eyes. The growth over these past few days had already turned the little guy into something the size of a medium-sized dog.

Once First's age broke through to a century, its size would surely surge; perhaps one day, when he went on a long journey, First would even be able to carry him.

Time ticked by, and First's form slowly underwent changes. Its yellow fur began to shift toward gold, even taking on a faint, reflective sheen.

As for the white fur, it was currently obscured by the Magnet Powder.

At a certain moment, the changes finally ceased.

A white tiger with golden stripes, standing about a meter tall, now stood before Xu Bai.

At the same time, the feedback from his pet's breakthrough arrived.

First came his physique and mental energy; he could clearly feel an all-around improvement in both.

Then came his soul power, which seemed to have increased by two or three levels as a result.

Finally, his soul ring manifested on its own without Xu Bai even summoning it, and right before his eyes, it rapidly shifted from its original pale yellow-white color to a solid yellow.