Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
After listening to what her Master said, Qingcheng fell silent for a while.
She started thinking to herself, “That’s right… it’s a Divine Beast.” She had actually managed to run into a rare Nine Tailed Fox. But she simply couldn’t forgive it immediately, even though she knew the fox didn’t mean to lie to her. But if it wasn’t willing to establish a bond with her, then she wasn’t going to force it to do that, and she wasn’t going to take the initiative to bring it up either.
Qingcheng calmly replied, “Master, if it’s willing to establish a bond with me, I’m fine with that. But if you want me to beg it or force it to do that, then I’d rather not.” It looked a lot like her dog, and she wouldn’t hurt her dog. Even though Moondevil wasn’t her dog, she still wasn’t going to force it to do anything, either.
“I’m willing! I’m willing to establish a bond with you! I volunteer to do so!” shouted Moondevil anxiously as Tealwood walked over with Moondevil in his arms.
Qingcheng and Yun Yangzi turned to look at it, and they were both puzzled. Yun Yangzi didn’t understand why this little fox hadn’t said so earlier. Did it just straighten its thoughts out? He was so proud that his precious disciple was simply too charming! Even a Divine Beast voluntarily wanted to establish a bond with her! His sense of pride immediately increased by leaps and bounds.
Qingcheng didn’t think about as much as her Master did. She calmly asked it, “Have you thought about it carefully? Once the bond is established, you won’t have the chance to regret it.” She spoke with almost no emotion, and her gaze was also calm.
Moondevil immediately replied, “Yes! I’ve thought about it carefully! I want to establish a bond with you! I’m willing to establish a Natal Bond!” Its little body immediately leaped into Qingcheng’s arms. But of course, it didn’t sprawl itself on her chest like the first time it had met her.
Qingcheng stared straight at it for a good five seconds before she finally said, “Alright then! But are you sure you want to establish a Natal Bond?” Natal Bonds were different from the three types of bonds that this continent had. This bond meant that the Magical Beast and its human master would share their lifespan. Moondevil was a Nine Tailed Fox, a Divine Beast, which meant that it could give up to nine lives to Qingcheng. But this was a bad deal for Moondevil.
But Moondevil still replied her as resolutely as before, “I won’t regret it! I’m willing!”
Qingcheng didn’t say anything else. “We’ll start then!” Qingcheng dabbed one drop of blood in the space between Moondevil’s eyes. A bright beam shot out instantly, and a six-sided glowing formation appeared around them.
In a few moments, the bond was successfully established.
Moondevil excitedly called out to Qingcheng, “Master!” Its eyes were filled with great excitement. Qingcheng held her palm out, and a small bottle appeared in her hand.
Qingcheng said, “Open your mouth.” Moondevil was cooperative and opened its mouth. Qingcheng poured the whole bottle of Sacred Spirit Spring water into its mouth and placed it on the ground.
Then she took out three chairs, placed them by the side, and sat down on the rightmost chair.
“Master, take a seat. It will take some time,” she said calmly as she motioned Yun Yangzi to take a seat.
Tealwood automatically chose the seat on the leftmost side, while Yun Yangzi sat right in the middle. The three of them just watched as Moondevil lay on the ground and started reacting to the water.
After drinking that bottle of water, Moondevil felt a refreshing and comfortable feeling in its body. Then, it felt its gem core start to heat up slowly, and its body began to change from the inside. The internal injuries it suffered were slowly healing.
Yun Yangzi could see that there was a difference in Moondevil. What had his disciple made it drink just now? Why was the effect so good? Could it be that…? In order to confirm this, he asked her directly, “My good disciple, did you give the little fox Sacred Spirit Spring water?”
Qingcheng was a little surprised that her Master could tell at a glance. She didn’t hide it from him and took out two bottles. One bottle went to her Master, and the other bottle went to Tealwood.
“Master, have a drink.”
Yun Yangzi looked at the contents of the bottle first. The amount of Spirit Qi coming out of it was dense enough for it to be visible to the naked eye. He thought to himself, “It really is Sacred Spirit Spring water.”
He then poured the contents of the bottle into his mouth and drank it all down. Tealwood drank everything in his bottle down, too. He realized that it carried the same taste as the barbequed meat that his master gave the Windblast Wolves on the first day.
After drinking everything down, Yun Yangzi felt refreshed, but that was about it. He was already at a level that didn’t require anything external to cleanse his meridian channels or his bone marrows.
This Sacred Spirit Spring water was of no use to his current level, but it was still useful for keeping his mind alert and preserving his youthful looks.
He looked back at Qingcheng and said something that made her both want to laugh and cry at the same time. “This Sacred Spirit Spring water is pointless to me at my level of cultivation. Your fruit juice tastes better. My obedient disciple, why don’t you give me a few more jars of that?” He even fluttered his eyes when he said that… Qingcheng didn’t know how to react anymore.
To other people, Sacred Spirit Spring water was something they could only dream of having. But it didn’t seem much different from ordinary drinking water to her Master.
She asked curiously, “Master… exactly how high is your level of cultivation?” She looked at Yun Yangzi very seriously.
Yun Yangzi immediately puffed his chest out proudly. “Your Master is already at Godly Level, and there are more levels above that. But because of the limits set in this realm, I can only reach the peak of Godly Level in this place. Those who want to continue maturing beyond Godly Level will have to go to another place, and that place is known as the Godly Realm. So, you must work hard to get there! That’s where you truly belong! I have confidence in you!” He looked tenderly at Qingcheng and genuinely hoped that she could mature as quickly as possible.
After hearing what her Master said, she realized that Star Continent was just a starting point for her.
But she couldn’t understand – if her Master was so powerful, then why did he still want to stay on Star Continent? Then again, everyone had their own secrets, just like how she had hers. She was confident that someday, she would reach Godly Level, and she would move to the Godly Realm to make a name for herself!
Her lips curled upwards slightly. “Alright! I won’t disappoint the hopes you have in me!” She was determined to work hard at cultivation!
When he saw how confident Qingcheng was, Yun Yangzi’s heart was also filled with happiness. Qingcheng looked just how she did back then. Tealwood was listening to their conversation from the side, and he, too, decided in his heart that he would work hard to cultivate so that he wouldn’t end up becoming a burden to his master.
After he drank that bottle of Sacred Spirit Spring water, he could sense that the amount of Spirit Qi in his body had increased by quite a bit. If he worked hard for a while more, he was sure that he could break through to the next level soon.
They continued to chat while Moondevil was almost done with the marrow cleansing process. Another hour passed.
…ZZING…
Moondevil went up in level, and its body slowly started to become bigger until it was as large as an adult Tibetan Mastiff. It now had four tails, as the one that had broken previously had grown out again after the Sacred Spirit Spring water had healed its internal injuries. After leveling up, a fifth tail slowly started growing.
But it didn’t stop there. Moondevil was still cultivating to level up, and another hour passed.
…ZZING… It leveled up again!
The sixth tail slowly grew out, and after a few moments, Moondevil came out from its cultivating state. It happily dashed over to Qingcheng. “Master! I’ve reached Six Tails! That’s amazing! Thank you, Master!”
It was too excited to notice that all three of them seated by the side looked like they were trying hard to endure something terrible.
That’s right. After the marrow cleansing process was done, all the toxins within Moondevil’s body had been purged. It was supposed to have a coat of extremely white and clean fur, but it was now terribly filthy looking, and it smelled incredibly foul…
Qingcheng really couldn’t stand it being so close to her, but… she still tried to hold it in. “Er, yes, very good. Why don’t you take a nice bath in the stream over there? You’re a little, uh, dirty.”
She didn’t want to pour cold water on Moondevil since it was still so happy about leveling up successfully, so she tried her best to nicely put this across to Moondevil.