"What?" Xiao Wu stared at Chen Ling, her little face blank with confusion.
She blinked her dewy eyes, looking so innocent and adorably clueless that it was hard not to want to bully her.
And Chen Ling did just that. He pinched her cheeks and gave them a few light scratches, making her shrink back and shoot him a coy, reproachful look.
She simply sheathed Chen Ling's Qingming Sword again so he would stop misbehaving. It had to go in before bed anyway.
Chen Ling did not mind. He smoothed Xiao Wu's hair and spoke slowly.
"Remember the Spirit Bones Tang Hao left behind?"
Xiao Wu paused, then nodded after thinking back for a moment.
That had happened. Chen Ling had even asked her to pick them up.
She gazed into his eyes, puzzled as to why he had suddenly brought them up.
Chen Ling's idea was simple.
The easiest way to strengthen a rabbit with abilities as extraordinary as Xiao Wu's was to pile on raw power.
And Chen Ling happened to have a complete set of Spirit Bones suited to a strength-type Soul Master.
None were over a hundred thousand years old, but several were over fifty thousand years old, and most of their Soul Skills enhanced strength.
Chen Ling then took out a strange golden plant. Its stems and leaves were covered in golden dragon scales.
Golden-Scaled Grass contained a trace of the Golden Dragon Bloodline.
It had one flaw, though: its medicinal power was too violent. Most human Soul Masters who ate it would be burst apart by the bloodline and Bloodline Power within.
Xiao Wu was different. As a Soul Beast Transformation who had not yet reached maturity, she could absorb the bloodline's power more effectively. The Bloodline Power would not be a problem either.