A full dozen or more vessels stood before Su Ping.
Inside those vessels were dark green substances.
Even Su Ping could not help feeling excited at the sight of those dozen-odd bottles of Woodheart Potion.
The cost of these things alone ran into the millions.
And if he charged the going rate for breeding services, with profit included, their combined value would reach tens of millions.
Su Ping had never handled such an enormous sum, in either this life or his previous one.
Yet now, it was sitting right before his eyes.
Still, Su Ping was in no hurry to pour all of it down his Forest Wolves' throats.
He wanted to refine his grasp of breeding knowledge.
The Myriad Spirits Codex effectively gave him the answer outright, but it did not tell him the reasoning or the steps needed to solve the problem.
Now, Su Ping wanted to work backward from that answer, reconstructing the process and reasoning bit by bit.
These Magic Potions could offer him some help.
Su Ping put several bottles into the Freezer for storage, keeping them as reserves and starting capital for breeding his other pet beasts.
He still had a full dozen or more bottles left.
Then, Su Ping opened two bottles right away.
These two would be used for his upcoming experiments.
The cost of experimenting with two bottles was already extremely high.
Su Ping fetched a spoon and carefully took out one-tenth of the contents of one bottle.
From the other, he poured out an entire half.
Su Ping had little experience with breeding pet beasts for the first time.
But after becoming an Intermediate Breeder and gaining some understanding of the various Pet Beast Breeding Bases, he had come to realize something.
That was not how pet beasts should be trained.
Wooden Head and Qin Xiaoxue were fine, but what if he ran into someone with ulterior motives?
What if they sent a pet beast over, then communicated with it to steal his breeding methods and techniques?
This was by no means groundless speculation. It was quite possible.
Therefore, even a Magic Potion like the Woodheart Potion was best not fed all at once, allowing the pet beast to comprehend the skill instantly.
Administering it in batches like this, alongside some strange training, would not only stretch out the process and make the longer breeding period seem more reasonable, but also keep the breeding method from leaking out so easily.
However, Su Ping needed to test whether administering it in batches would affect its potency.
He called over two Forest Wolves. After one swallowed that tenth of a bottle of Magic Potion, there were no other effects.
Su Ping fetched another Forest Wolf and gave that other wolf a full half bottle of Woodheart Potion.
This time, there was finally a difference. Flecks of light appeared over the Forest Wolf's body, but eventually vanished. Clearly, it had not completed its comprehension.
Su Ping was not discouraged. From what he could see, it still had some effect.
He could take his time experimenting over the next few days.
With that thought, Su Ping took out paper and a pen and quickly began recording the changes in the Forest Wolves before him.
Li Shu, who was tending to the Falling Seed Pine nearby, finally could not resist asking:
"Ping, what's this...?"
Su Ping glanced at him. While Su Ping had been making the Magic Potion earlier, Li Shu had been trying to get along with the Forest Wolves. This was a step every Junior Breeder had to take.
If possible, helping the classmate who was his only real friend avoid a few detours while he lent a hand was no big deal.
But the Woodheart Potion represented not only the knowledge passed down through the Su Family over all these years, but also unimaginable, sky-filling wealth and temptation.
Su Ping did not want to use something like this to test someone's heart. There was no point.
Nor was he the sort who enjoyed testing others, so he simply answered vaguely:
"Special food made for Forest Wolves. It can speed up their growth."
Strictly speaking, he was not lying.
Li Shu nodded without asking further questions, and even agreed:
"I see. I was just thinking only Forest Wolves could like a smell like this!"
At those words, Su Ping froze slightly. Once again, a flash of inspiration and a strange new avenue inexplicably crossed his mind.
Su Ping blinked. He felt as though he had suddenly figured out another line of reasoning that was not particularly complicated.
Why had adding Wolf Smoke Grass brought about such a qualitative transformation in his family's Woodheart Potion?
Although the refined, reworked formula from the Myriad Spirits Codex had played a part, adding just this one ingredient had produced such an effect.
The effects of Wolf Smoke Grass were definitely extraordinary.
Then could Wolf Smoke Grass itself actually have some effect on Forest Wolves?
Su Ping perked up again. The joy of breeding pet beasts lay in discovering an avenue and a possibility, then trying it, experimenting, and refining it.
That was the normal path of development for a pet beast Breeder.
Granted, testing this possibility would be a little inhumane toward his little ones.
But Su Ping believed they would absolutely be willing to make that tiny little sacrifice so their master could become a truly great Breeder!
At once, a deep green gleam rose in Su Ping's eyes as he looked at the pack of Forest Wolves watching him eagerly.
At that moment, Su Ping seemed even more wolfish than the wolves themselves.
Every wolf in the pack, including Old Sha, instinctively tucked their tails between their legs and avoided their young master's gaze.
Just then, however, a clear whimper rang out.
It came not from those Forest Wolves of Su Ping's, but from the most special member of the entire pack.
Wooden Head!
Young Lady Qin's precious darling, the top-of-the-line Forest Wolf who had now fully integrated into Su Ping's pack.
At this moment, however, Qin Xiaoxue's precious darling was trembling all over, wrapped in soft white halos of light.
Wooden Head still had some injuries.
His grayish-blue fur was terribly disheveled, with traces of blood beneath it. Anyone who saw him might have thought Su Ping was abusing the little fellow. In truth, compared with the other sixteen Forest Wolves in the pack, Wooden Head's injuries were currently the lightest.
Especially beneath those soft white halos, some of the wounds that had still been scabbed over were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The speed of that recovery rivaled that of an Elite-tier pet beast specializing in healing.
Clearly, Wooden Head's current state was not caused by his injuries.
Su Ping, who was already extremely familiar with Forest Wolves, immediately understood what was happening.
Sure enough, as that soft light faded, Wooden Head's injuries were almost completely healed.
This degree and effectiveness of Self-Healing were absolutely beyond what Beginner-level Self-Healing could achieve, even for a top Elite Forest Wolf like Wooden Head!
Then there was only one possibility!
Sure enough, under the observation of the True Eye, the level beside the prominent "Self-Healing" skill in Wooden Head's skill list had changed from Beginner to "Proficient"!
He had won his bet!
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