After returning from the Scripture Library, Jiang Hao felt puzzled.
He had searched through many books, but all of them only gave a general introduction to heaven-extinguishing gu poison, with no mention of its origins.
As for yin gu, it was indeed the same as yang gu.
That meant the woman would have normal emotional responses when she saw him, but would enter a "sage" state at other times.
Jiang Hao was utterly unfamiliar with what that state was like for women.
But he felt that yin gu most likely had very little effect on her.
A powerful demoness should be fairly old. With a mature mind, she was unlikely to experience much emotional fluctuation.
Only someone still relatively young, like him, would be affected so noticeably.
As expected, he was the one getting the short end of the stick.
The next morning.
Jiang Hao appraised the rabbit.
[Rabbit: A spirit beast at the Foundation Establishment Early Stage that has yet to awaken its intelligence. It possesses a hidden Lie Beast bloodline. Feeding it one spirit stone a day will allow its hidden bloodline to undergo an initial awakening after seven days. Feeding it spirit stones daily can increase its affection toward you.]
There were indeed no problems anymore.
Only after confirming that did he relax and continue feeding it.
Seven days later.
Jiang Hao went straight to the Courtyard.
However, the bubble he had been expecting did not appear.
Forget purple-gold-there was not even a purple one.
The snow-white rabbit was defecating in a corner. When it saw Jiang Hao come out, it was so startled that it hid behind the spirit herbs.
It bared its teeth at Jiang Hao.
Its temper was poor, but it showed no signs of its bloodline awakening either.
"Why is this happening?"
Puzzled, he appraised the rabbit again, but the answer he received was exactly the same as before.
Its hidden bloodline could still undergo an initial awakening after seven days.
After thinking for a moment, Jiang Hao tossed the rabbit a spirit stone.
Then he began observing it.
He did not go to the Spirit Medicine Garden that day, instead keeping watch over the rabbit from hiding.
The rabbit did not wander around all day, only occasionally nibbling on spirit herb leaves.
Jiang Hao watched it like that for an entire day.
Until the next day arrived.
He appraised it again.
However, its progress had not changed in the slightest. It still needed seven days of feeding.
"Besides eating spirit stones, the rabbit only ate a few leaves. It didn't do anything else unusual."
Jiang Hao lowered his eyes and remained silent for a long time.
"Could it be that it can't eat anything besides spirit stones?"
To test this, he grabbed the rabbit by its ears, then suspended it with a rope.
He also used its collar to restrain its power.
"Let's try this."
The rabbit stared at Jiang Hao, completely bewildered as to why this was happening to it.
Jiang Hao did not care and simply gave it a spirit stone.
The rabbit could only clutch the spirit stone and gnaw on it.
After finishing it, it began struggling.
Jiang Hao continued observing it.
The next day, he activated his appraisal.
[Rabbit: A spirit beast at the Foundation Establishment Early Stage that has yet to awaken its intelligence. It possesses a hidden Lie Beast bloodline. Feeding it one spirit stone a day will allow its hidden bloodline to undergo an initial awakening after six days. Feeding it spirit stones daily can increase its affection toward you. Its current affection toward you is negative.]
Seeing that it now said six days, Jiang Hao breathed a sigh of relief.
"Finally, some progress."
For the next six days, Jiang Hao kept the rabbit suspended. With its meager intelligence, it thought it had gotten into trouble.
On the seventh day.
A change appeared in the rabbit, its aura shifting ever so slightly.
At the same time, a golden bubble floated beside it.
This delighted Jiang Hao. Although it was not purple-gold, gold was still a bubble color he had never seen before.
As soon as he approached, the bubble flew up on its own and merged into his body.
[Golden Legend +1]
Golden legend and purple-gold legend were both different from the others.
He just did not know whether gold or purple-gold was the higher grade.
Jiang Hao opened his panel.
[Name: Jiang Hao] [Age: Twenty] [Cultivation: Golden Core Early Stage] [Cultivation techniques: Heavenly Sound, Hundred Turns; Primordial Chaos Heart Scripture] [Divine abilities: Nine-Turn Substitute Death (Unique), Daily Appraisal, Clear Mind, Pure Heart] [Vitality: 8/100 (Cannot cultivate)] [Cultivation: 10/100 (Can cultivate)] [Divine ability: 1/3 (Cannot obtain)] [Golden legend: 1/2 (Cannot obtain)]
"I need two before I can obtain it? Where am I supposed to find another?"
Seeing that he could not obtain it directly, Jiang Hao knew purple-gold was a grade higher.
But being unable to obtain the golden reward now left him feeling rather regretful. After all, he had no idea where he could get another golden bubble.
Purple ones were already so difficult to get, let alone golden ones.
Just then, the rabbit's struggles gave Jiang Hao an idea.
He remembered that feeding the rabbit for seven days only produced an initial awakening of its Lie Beast bloodline.
Staring at the rabbit, he activated his divine ability again.
He instantly received feedback.
[Lie Beast Rabbit: Has awakened rudimentary intelligence. Foundation Establishment Early Stage. It possesses a deeper hidden Lie Beast bloodline. Feeding it seven spirit stones a day will allow its hidden bloodline to awaken further after forty-nine days. Feeding it spirit stones daily can increase its affection toward you. Its current affection toward you is negative.]
Seeing that he could still feed it, Jiang Hao breathed a sigh of relief.
It seemed he could continue obtaining bubbles.
Even if it would take forty-nine days.
As for the seven spirit stones, while that was quite a lot, it would not be a problem as long as he kept earning spirit stones.
Forty-nine days would cost roughly three hundred and fifty spirit stones.
That was no small sum. Jiang Hao did not dare make another mistake.
One mistake would mean starting over, wasting a large number of spirit stones.
After that, the rabbit still failed to escape its fate of being left hanging.
Forty-nine days amounted to a month and a half.
Peaceful days passed quickly.
Forty-nine days went by in the blink of an eye.
During that time, he never left Heartbreak Cliff, afraid he might run into trouble.
His spirit stones were nearly exhausted as well.
Fortunately, he saw another golden bubble today.
[Golden Legend +1]
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