"Starlight, you're here? How does the extra strength feel?"
Seeing Starlight trot over, Xu Ran asked with a smile.
"Neigh!" (Great!)
Starlight nodded earnestly.
After the point allocation, its strength had increased by almost twenty percent in one go. It could use all its skills with greater ease, and its speed after Night March had clearly risen a notch too!
If it had an offensive skill, the difference would have been even more tangible.
"As long as you're happy." Xu Ran nodded. "Purple Cloud has finished testing its new skill too. Treading Lightning, Leaving Traces is very powerful. It certainly lives up to being a Three-Star Skill."
"Next, I'll head upstairs and get back to running the shop. As for you two..."
Xu Ran was just about to tell the two Contract Beasts to go play when a sudden phone call interrupted him.
He answered, and the caller's blunt opening made his expression turn serious.
"Do you need Strength Bone Dust?"
"I can provide a lead, but the information will cost fifty thousand."
To make it easier for Beast Tamers with information or resources to sell to find him, Xu Ran had left his contact details in the post.
He hadn't expected a lead so soon.
"Sure, no problem. Come to the Starfire Foster Shop."
After hearing that the caller could arrive in just a few minutes, Xu Ran hung up and looked at the two little ones. "Both of you, come upstairs with me. It looks like we have a lead on Strength Bone Dust."
It never hurt to be cautious. Since he knew nothing about the caller's background, he would feel safer with both Contract Beasts beside him.
"Meow?" (There's a lead already?!)
Surprise and delight appeared on Purple Cloud's face.
Strength Bone Dust was one of the