Inside the pavilion, Ye Jingcheng's eyes widened for a moment before he fixed his gaze on the treasure display pavilion.
He naturally knew about crimson flame heavenly lions. They were a race with exceptionally powerful innate talents; ordinary specimens could reach the fourth stage, while stronger ones could reach the fifth stage.
Some ancient books and jade slips even recorded sightings of crimson flame heavenly lions that had reached the sixth stage.
That alone was enough to prove how formidable their innate talents were.
This was absolutely a spirit pet that could rival certain flood dragon cubs.
But as Ye Jingcheng continued looking, he discovered that this crimson flame heavenly lion cub was currently at the late second stage. His brows involuntarily furrowed.
This crimson flame heavenly lion clearly was not newborn. Its eyes already held both anger and fear, which meant it had been born some time ago and might even have broken through once already.
In other words, this crimson flame heavenly lion might only have been at the middle second stage when it was born.
Others might not notice the distinction, but Ye Jingcheng naturally understood what it meant.
Either its prenatal vitality had been insufficient, or it was not a pureblood descendant.
Just then, he also noticed the Treasure Book inside him beginning to glow.
However, it only shone with two layers of spiritual light, and its pill formulas started at the third stage.
In other words, this spirit beast did not possess a pure crimson flame heavenly lion bloodline at all. At most, it was probably a mixed-blood. With the Ye Family's Advancement Pills, breaking through to become a demon king would be no problem, but in someone else's hands, without special spiritual treasures to nurture it, it might only reach the late greater demon