At the sight, inspiration struck Xu Chuan.
He planned to feed the female tiger demon beast meat and blood, spirit medicines, and pills, to see whether he could improve White Tiger's offspring's bloodline and make them spirit beasts from birth.
Whenever White Tiger finished venting his urges, he flicked his tail and left, paying little heed to the matter.
He was just like a scoundrel who pulled up his trousers, dusted off his backside, and walked away.
But after the female tiger became pregnant, he seemed to change. Realizing that she carried his offspring, he often brought her tasty morsels in his jaws.
"I never thought the world of spirit beasts would be so pragmatic too."
Xu Chuan shook his head with a chuckle and put his idea to the test.
But the female tiger was an ordinary beast and might not digest the food quickly, so Xu Chuan often helped her personally with his magic power.
Pregnant beasts were exceedingly irritable, but beneath Xu Chuan's imposing presence, she dared not move a muscle.
"At this rate, her gestation should last longer than an ordinary tigress's. It seems she really will produce exceptional offspring, though whether there'll be one or several is hard to say."
"If the offspring are powerful but the mother is weak, they're usually born with congenital deficiencies.
She needs careful tending. If she accidentally dies, the loss will be enormous."
After considering it, Xu Chuan assigned guards to watch her and report immediately if anything seemed amiss.
Time slipped by.
Plants yellowed and shed their leaves; autumn departed and winter arrived.
On the eighth day of the eleventh month.
Xu Mingwei and the others returned to Dongxi.
During their travels, they had sent the Azurefire Eagles back again with word that they had reached an agreement