At last, he had found the demon companion herb he had longed for. Overjoyed, Xiao Yu hurriedly took out a Jade Shovel and began digging up one of the little plants.
Before long, Xiao Yu had dug up all the demon companion herb, roots and soil included. Only after safely stowing every plant in his Storage Bag did he truly breathe a sigh of relief.
With his most important objective accomplished, Xiao Yu was delighted. He had just taken a few steps toward the stone bed to collect the pile of ore when a faint cry of pain suddenly reached his ears.
He whipped his head around toward a stone wall. His gaze fell on a huge boulder roughly ten feet tall; the sound had come from behind it.
Xiao Yu swept his hand toward the boulder, unleashing several streaks of Azure Sword Aura.
Bang, bang, bang! After several impacts, the sword aura sliced the boulder into more than a dozen pieces, revealing what lay behind it.
Behind the boulder was a low passage, not even tall enough for a person to stand upright, leading into a limestone cave several dozen feet across.
On a stone bed at the back of the cave lay a leopard-like demon beast roughly five feet long, with blue fur and black spots and stripes on its head.
Beside her lay a palm-sized cub. Its body was wet, and an umbilical cord was still attached to its belly.
A demon beast was giving birth here!
Xiao Yu swept the area with his divine sense, and his expression changed instantly. The leopard-like demon beast inside actually had Level Eight cultivation, and she was staring at him with icy eyes.
Xiao Yu instantly weighed the situation. She had clearly just given birth, so her body should have