Snow Lotus Pill (Please Keep Reading!)

All day long, Color Spirit diligently practiced rapid casting and power control for her Cold Breath skill.

Battles between low-level pet beasts were often decided in an instant. Color Spirit, who could swiftly launch attacks while moving at high speed to evade, had basically achieved a balance between offense and defense.

It had to be said that what Chen Wei loved most about Color Spirit was that whenever she entered training mode, she threw herself into it wholeheartedly and flawlessly carried out his instructions.

After a full day of training, Color Spirit had perfectly mastered proficient-level Cold Breath.

This left Chen Wei greatly gratified. As expected of his pet beast.

"Color Spirit's first small goal in skill training has been successfully completed. From now on, we can focus on practicing her third-tier psychic skill: Telekinesis."

After dinner, Chen Wei watched Color Spirit happily lick the vanilla-flavored cotton candy in his hand and silently thought to himself.

As a third-tier skill, Telekinesis was not something she could master as proficiently as Cold Breath with ease.

Cold Jade Snakes generally only comprehended this skill naturally after reaching adulthood and attaining third-tier strength. That was why, when choosing a contract, he had immediately taken a liking to Color Spirit, who stood head and shoulders above the rest.

Of course, Color Spirit's top-tier looks had also been a huge bonus.

Color Spirit's Telekinesis was only at the beginner level and could last effectively for around ten seconds.

Moreover, once she suffered even a slightly strong disturbance or impact while using Telekinesis, the skill would be interrupted instantly.

After giving it careful thought, Chen Wei rummaged through his room and found a dumbbell that had been sitting unused for ages, its surface covered in dust.

This adjustable dumbbell could have its weight altered, making it perfect as a training tool for Color Spirit's Telekinesis. It could be considered putting waste to good use.

After simply settling on tomorrow's training plan, he took out his phone, opened the Beastmaster Mall app, and found Ragdoll Mall within it.

Though he had not officially started work yet, Chen Wei still planned to patronize his own employer's business first.

After all, Color Spirit had been training extremely hard lately, working out for an entire day at a time.

But such intense energy expenditure had also caused her appetite to increase drastically over the past few days, to the point that the ingredients Chen Wei had bought before were nearly used up.

Browsing the mall's dazzling array of goods, Chen Wei gritted his teeth and directly purchased three bottles of mid-grade first-tier Snow Lotus Pills, thirty pills in total.

Snow Lotus Pills were suitable for ice-type pet beasts below the second tier.

Their effects were simple: they could not only serve as pet beast food and meet a pet beast's daily expenditure, but also slightly improve a pet beast's absorption efficiency of ice-type source energy, increasing its cultivation speed.

"Star Coins really don't last!"

Chen Wei sighed inwardly. Color Spirit's meals alone cost him sixty thousand Star Coins a month. He had no idea how other Beastmasters managed to keep it up.

If not for his part-time job supporting him, Chen Wei would not have dared spend like this.

After placing the order, Chen Wei casually browsed his phone for a while, checking for any unusual news in Hanyang Province lately.

"Dr. Wu of Hanyang University's Research Department has announced the latest research results: the evolution path of the Brilliant King-level pet beast [Fire Tin Rage Ape]. The value of [Purple Fire Ape] may see a sharp surge."

"Yesterday, the third-tier Heaven-Blessed Secret Realm that appeared around Anzhen Mountain in Long River City was fully developed by the Long River City Beastmaster Association. In one month, this secret realm will open to all Beastmasters in Hanyang Province..."

"Shocking! In broad daylight, an alchemist actually committed such an act... Click here to expand."

After roughly skimming through the recent news, Chen Wei began tonight's Source Star meditation cultivation.

Refining and reinforcing one's Source Star was an important part of cultivation that every Beastmaster needed to undertake.

The sturdier the Source Star, the greater the contract strength, the stronger its binding force over pet beasts, and the more pet beasts one could contract.

Refining the purity of the Source Star, meanwhile, could improve the growth efficiency of contracted pet beasts and effectively shorten their growth period.

Once either the strength or purity of the Source Star had been cultivated to a certain degree, the Source Star would automatically advance.

Of course, if one wanted to balance both, one could simply meditate to cultivate spiritual power until the Source Star advanced naturally. Its strength and purity would also be greatly enhanced along with its advancement.

There were three paths: one emphasized Source Star strength, one emphasized Source Star purity, and the last balanced both without excelling in either. Instead, the Beastmaster's own spiritual power would continuously grow stronger.

Therefore, every Beastmaster cultivated their Source Star according to their own needs, and Chen Wei chose the third path without hesitation.

Having come from a planet without supernatural power to Blue Star, a world containing immense power, he craved transcendent strength more than anyone. He wanted power that belonged to him alone.

After cultivation, Chen Wei began his nightly strengthening routine.

This time, Chen Wei drank a tonic in advance and still retained a considerable amount of stamina right until he fell asleep.

The next morning, Chen Wei opened his sleepy eyes. As he got up and stretched, he let out a slow yawn, feeling unusually full of energy today.

After breakfast, Chen Wei wrapped the thoroughly unwilling Color Spirit around his neck and headed out for a run.

Chen Wei felt that exercising by running with Color Spirit every morning could deepen their bond. Color Spirit, however, seemed not to think so.

Every time Chen Wei had not even run a few hundred meters, she would always dart away and wrap her tiny body around his wrist.

Today was no exception.

Watching Color Spirit's practiced movements, Chen Wei smiled helplessly. He truly had no way to deal with her.

Still, this counted as running together, right?

Bzzz, bzzz, bzzz.

While out on his morning run, Chen Wei suddenly felt his phone vibrating in his backpack.

"Hello." He casually took out his phone and answered.

"Brother Wei, want to go fishing together this afternoon?"

Hearing Old Huang's familiar voice, Chen Wei, breathing slightly hard, replied flatly, "Aren't you going to train your Thorn Fish? You still have time to go fishing?"

"??? What are you doing? Working out this early in the morning?" Huang Zhicheng asked in surprise.

"Running. The whole day's work depends on a good morning—I'm out running with Color Spirit."

"Oh... my Thorn Fish has already advanced to Level Seven Juvenile. We've been training every day lately, and it's been pretty tiring, so I figured I'd let it rest for a while this afternoon."

"Really? Then congratulations! But forget fishing. I caught so many Redtail Goldfish before that Boss Lin at the reservoir blacklisted me. I probably can't fish there anymore."

"Brother Wei, you're something else. I've been fishing at Boss Lin's place for years, and this is the first time I've ever seen him blacklist someone."

"Haha, those Redtail Goldfish just keep biting for my rod. There's nothing I can do about it. Oh, right—does your family's pharmacy still need apprentice interns? I've been wanting to learn alchemy lately."

Chen Wei suddenly remembered that Old Huang's family ran a pharmacy, so he casually asked, not holding out much hope.