With the Azure Cloud Eagle's successful advancement, no one was happier than its master, Liu Changxu.
But the changes in Azure Cloud Eagle Xiao Yun after its advancement aroused Liu Changxu's keen interest.
After its successful advancement, Azure Cloud Eagle Xiao Yun's feathers had changed from greenish yellow to pale gold. Clearly, its bloodline had evolved.
It could be said that Azure Cloud Eagle Xiao Yun had already broken free of the shackles of its original bloodline and begun transforming toward a higher bloodline.
Liu Changxu was delighted by this change in Xiao Yun. After all, Azure Cloud Eagles were merely low-tier demon birds. Reaching the second tier was already quite an achievement, and their potential was severely limited. Without breaking their bloodline shackles, they could not advance successfully.
To raise the Azure Cloud Eagle to the third tier, Liu Changxu had paid an enormous price-at least several times what he had spent on the Blue-Scaled Flood Dragon, whose bloodline was superior. Now it seemed that his investments had not been wasted. The Azure Cloud Eagle had finally advanced successfully.
This was a tremendous stroke of luck for Liu Changxu. Had the Azure Cloud Eagle failed, not only would his enormous previous investment have gone down the drain, but he would also have lost a powerful source of support.
To Liu Changxu, Xiao Qing the Green Fox, Little Blue the Blue-Scaled Flood Dragon, Azure Cloud Eagle Xiao Yun, and Yellow Mountain Lion Xiao Jin had always been his most powerful helpers.
Others, such as the Liu household members, could not replace the role these four beasts played-not even his four wives or his children.
This was also why Liu Changxu was willing to pay such a steep price to nurture the four beasts. By contrast, Xiao Yin the Silver-Eared Macaque