Evolved Cultivation Talent

"Grandfather, I'm fine, better than fine!" After Feng Baiyu absorbed the Gold of Life, he recounted his changes in full detail to his grandfather, who had been keeping watch by his side.

Of course, he kept the part about betting on the Phoenix God to save him to himself.

Once Feng Qingluan understood his grandson's condition, he couldn't help but marvel at the miraculous nature of the Gold of Life.

This item was truly more useful than a hundred-thousand-year spirit bone!

However, such things were once in a millennium, and he had no confidence that he would ever encounter another piece.

"Baiyu, you must never let word of this get out!" Feng Qingluan said with a solemn expression. "Even if this thing isn't a god, the temptation it poses to a Title Douluo is nothing short of immense!"

One couldn't snatch things from gods; at most, one could only destroy them.

But whether this Gold of Life could be snatched away was an entirely different matter!

Feng Baiyu naturally understood this. He nodded and said, "Grandfather, I need to focus on my cultivation now. I won't step a single foot out of the Feng Mansion until I've obtained my second spirit ring."

"Good." Feng Qingluan nodded and added, "I'll examine your condition; it's time I started securing the spirit beast you need for your second spirit ring."

As he spoke, Feng Qingluan checked Feng Baiyu's body.

His grandson's physical fitness had improved significantly, and the age limit of the spirit ring he could withstand had increased once more.

However, a threefold increase in physical fitness did not mean a threefold increase in the age of the spirit ring he could absorb. After all, spirit beasts had several qualitative transformation stages, and the required improvement in physical fitness was not additive, but multiplicative.

Feng Qingluan sensed his grandson's physical strength and said, "Once your spirit power reaches level twenty and you've finished consuming all this Whale Glue, you will be fully capable of withstanding an eight-thousand-year spirit ring!"

Feng Baiyu's spirit power was clearly only at level sixteen, yet his physical strength was already comparable to a Spirit Grandmaster. If he finished all this Whale Glue, wouldn't he reach the level of a Spirit Ancestor or even a Spirit King?

After Feng Qingluan finished speaking, he was startled by his own words. He muttered, "Is this truly the aptitude to become a god?"

If he could find another spirit bone, could his grandson reach the ten-thousand-year level for his second spirit ring?

Feng Qingluan looked at the spirit bone he had prepared, but ultimately decided against it.

The item was good, but it wasn't worthy of his precious grandson.

Once the grandfather and grandson finished their discussion, Feng Qingluan ordered the servants to bring in a meal.

Feng Baiyu hadn't eaten for two and a half days, but he felt no hunger. Still, seeing the table full of his favorite dishes, he began to eat at a steady, unhurried pace.

Mealtimes were rare, tender moments between him and his grandfather.

At all other times, even when they sat together to chat, the conversation was strictly related to cultivation.

Once full, Feng Baiyu returned to his cultivation.

With his body strengthened by the Gold of Life, Feng Baiyu finally got to enjoy the cultivation speed of a genius!

Feng Baiyu meditated for an hour and then compared it to his previous state.

"My pure spirit power growth is three times faster than before, but with the aid of the medicine, my cultivation speed is a bit faster than double." After sensing the results, Feng Baiyu had a clear idea of where he stood.

The increase in cultivation speed was multiplicative, but the items he used to assist his cultivation were additive.

Feng Baiyu's cultivation talent was 2.5; with the medicine, it had risen to 10. But now, his own base cultivation speed was already 10, and with the medicine added on top, it reached 20!

The Gold of Life was truly terrifying!

Feng Baiyu's subsequent cultivation entered a phase of rapid development once again.

Two days later, Feng Baiyu began using Whale Glue to assist in improving his physical fitness.

He tried using his existing stock, only to find that the thousand-year Whale Glue had a negligible effect on him now.

"As I thought." Feng Baiyu put the thousand-year Whale Glue away.

The effects of Whale Glue were subject to diminishing returns; at his current stage, glue just over a thousand years old was of little use.

Feng Baiyu's physical fitness had reached an extremely high level; mere thousand-year Whale Glue could only increase his spirit ring absorption limit by three to five years at best.

Feng Baiyu put away the thousand-year glue and set his sights on the five-thousand-year Whale Glue.

However, when he consumed the five-thousand-year glue, he found its effects were also rather mediocre.

The effects of the Gold of Life and the Whale Glue could not be perfectly stacked, but after the Gold of Life had amplified Feng Baiyu, his efficiency in absorbing the Whale Glue had improved significantly.

In less than a week, he would be able to finish all the Whale Glue that was five thousand years or older. As for the ten-thousand-year Whale Glue, it probably wouldn't be long before that was gone, too.

"Forget it, this will have to do."

Feng Baiyu pondered briefly and decided that this amount of Whale Glue was sufficient.

There were naturally many more ten-thousand-year or even hundred-thousand-year Whale Glues in the ocean, but their effects were becoming weaker and weaker for him. Unless he could get his hands on the glue of the million-year Deep Sea Demon Whale King, a mere one or two thousand years of age meant little to him.

Even if Feng Baiyu could still improve slightly, where would he find or raise a Pure-Blooded Phoenix that matched the required age so perfectly?

For Feng Baiyu, the species of the spirit ring was more important than its age.

He could use feeding methods to increase a spirit beast's age slightly, but that age could only be increased by a few hundred or a thousand years at most. Any higher, and a phoenix wouldn't let you raise it slowly.

Any spirit beast and human were fundamentally at odds; if you gave it something beneficial to its cultivation the first time, it might eat it. But if you tried to feed it a second time, it would rather commit suicide than let you control it.

A proud spirit beast like the phoenix would never compromise unless there were special circumstances.

As for developing feelings with humans... forget it.

Feng Qingluan kept a close eye on Feng Baiyu's cultivation, and he naturally understood that his grandson's cultivation speed would be very fast from here on out.

It was originally estimated that Feng Baiyu would need over a year to reach level twenty, but it now appeared he would achieve it in half that time.

Because of this, Feng Qingluan needed to hurry and find a second spirit ring for his grandson.

Perhaps... I could mobilize the old brothers, Feng Qingluan thought. He felt that rather than searching for a spirit ring on his own, it would be better to call upon his brothers in Spirit Hall.

He happened to have a twenty-thousand-year-level spirit bone in his possession; he could simply issue a bounty!

Whoever could capture a phoenix and bring it back, he would trade the bone for it directly.

The more Feng Qingluan thought about it, the more reliable it seemed. This was the fastest way to configure his grandson's spirit ring.

After weighing his options, Feng Qingluan headed outside. He said to his steward, "Shui Duanliu, I want you to issue a message for me. Anyone who captures a live Pure-Blooded Phoenix and delivers it here, I am willing to trade a spirit bone of no less than the phoenix's age for it."

"Ah?" Hearing such a generous promise from the head of the family, Shui Duanliu could not help but say, "Master, isn't this too extravagant?"

Trading a spirit bone for a spirit beast of equivalent age—there were likely many people in the world who would be willing to do that!

Even if it was a phoenix!

"Just go!" Feng Qingluan looked at Shui Duanliu and said with a smile, "Steward Shui, I only care about the results, not the process. If you are confident that you won't delay the young master's spirit ring absorption, you are welcome to mobilize your own family to catch it!"