Chapter 89: Two Gifts for Fire Luan
Because the place where the Wang family siblings lived was beyond the maximum range of Li Zhuo's Puppet Soldiers, he had no choice but to venture out of the Safe Zone.
At this moment, Li Zhuo was hiding in an inconspicuous cave.
Little Squirrel stood beside Li Zhuo, his gaze full of disdain: "Hey, hey, hey, is this really necessary?"
"Cut the nonsense, haven't you heard of capsizing in a ditch?"
Little Squirrel was even more contemptuous: "Tsk, what capsizing in a ditch, it's clearly just that you're too cowardly—"
"Among the entire Wanshou Mountain, only your Song Ling Rat clan is not qualified to say such things!"
Being rebuked, Little Squirrel finally stopped speaking.
After a while, Little Red rustled in: "Master, the surroundings have been scouted, and there are no Spirit Beasts."
"Exactly, and isn't this place chosen for you by that Butterfly? It must be fine."
"Caution is the parent of safety!"
Muttering a phrase, Li Zhuo took out a bun from his Storage Pouch and ate it heartily.
Little Squirrel swallowed, then said: "Th-that, is it delicious?"
"Want a taste?"
"Ay, good!" Little Squirrel hopped over, took the bun, and ate it with relish.
After a while, Li Zhuo suddenly stood up and said: "It's done, let's go back."
"What? Cough, cough, ptooey, ptooey, ptooey, just go back like this?" Little Squirrel, who had choked on the bun, didn't care, only asked in surprise,
"There are a few weaker Spirit Beasts nearby, shouldn't we deal with them before going back?"
"If you're itching for a fight, go play with the Battle Spirit Holy Vine when we get back, don't cause trouble for me here."
Li Zhuo rolled his eyes at Little Squirrel, then left the cave and sped towards his predetermined direction.
After about two days of travel, Li Zhuo finally arrived at a mountain stream.
There, a large crimson bird was quietly resting.
—Fire Luan!
"Benefactor, you've come." Seeing Li Zhuo, Fire Luan was very happy.
Li Zhuo also smiled and greeted Fire Luan, while placing his hand on the large bird and opening the 【All Things Modifier】:
【Individual Information: Animal Type — Fire Luan ★】
Rank: 44
Blood Energy: 24846
Age: 143
Friendship: 100
【Racial Talents】
【Departure Fire (White)】 Fire Luan can spray scorching Departure Fire from its mouth.
【Sword Feather (White)】 Fire Luan can shoot feathers from its body.
【Attributes】
Intelligence: 27
Attack: 66
Speed: 53
Defense: 35
Stealth: 5
Spiritual Power Value: 60
Body Impurities: 42
【Five Elements Attributes】
Fire: 115
【Distributable Attribute Points】 0
"Wh-what's wrong?" Fire Luan was a little puzzled.
It knew that its benefactor had a unique talent for healing injuries, but it wasn't injured, so what did its benefactor want to do?
Li Zhuo smiled and said: "I'm giving you two gifts."
"Wh-what?" Fire Luan was still very puzzled. Just then, the crimson bird suddenly realized that its body seemed to have undergone some kind of change.
It was greatly astonished and immediately spread its wings, only to find that tiny purplish-red flames ignited beneath each feather.
Besides that, Fire Luan even felt its body become slightly lighter, its Spiritual Power purer, its control over fire attributes seemed to have advanced further, and even its racial talents became more powerful.
【Individual Information: Animal Type — Crimson Luan ★★】
Rank: 46
Blood Energy: 34687
Age: 143
Friendship: 100
【Racial Talents】
【Scarlet Flame Departure Fire (Yellow)】 Crimson Luan can spray scorching Departure Fire from its mouth, capable of burning the Physical Body and Divine Soul.
【Blazing Sword Feather (Yellow)】 Crimson Luan can shoot feathers from its body, imbued with Departure Fire attributes.
【Attributes】
Intelligence: 29
Attack: 70
Speed: 55
Defense: 36
Stealth: 10
Spiritual Power Value: 65
【Five Elements Attributes】
Fire: 160
【Distributable Attribute Points】 0
Looking at Crimson Luan's attributes, Li Zhuo was very satisfied.
With such a powerful Spirit Beast assisting, he believed Crimson Luan's territory would surely become an excellent safe point.
More importantly, Li Zhuo wanted to seize the Spirit Stone mine occupied by Bear Mountain Lord.
Although they were all one-star Spirit Beasts, Bear Mountain Lord's strength was significantly greater than Little Red's and Little Flower's, and even Little Squirrel was no match for him.
Because Bear Mountain Lord was already in its "mature phase," its strength had almost reached the upper limit for a one-star Spirit Beast.
Now with Crimson Luan, this super-strong Spirit Beast, Li Zhuo's success rate in his plan to hunt Bear Mountain Lord was greatly increased.
Even after successfully seizing the Spirit Stone mine, he could have Crimson Luan guard the area, which would be enough to deter other Spirit Beasts nearby.
Li Zhuo patted Crimson Luan and said: "Wait here for a while, the second gift is about to arrive."
"The second gift?" Crimson Luan was both surprised and curious.
Its benefactor had helped her improve her strength and cleared the Impurities from her Bloodline.
Such immense kindness was just one gift?
And a gift of this caliber, there was actually a second one?
Crimson Luan opened her beak, not knowing what to say.
Li Zhuo, however, smiled and reminded her: "Don't fly when you go back, you need to hide your strength so you can deliver a thunderous blow to your opponents when the time comes."
Crimson Luan immediately nodded, while also retracting all the aura from her body. This process was much easier than she had imagined.
In just a blink of an eye, she returned to her original appearance.
Li Zhuo nodded, sighing in his heart that adding 5 points of Stealth to Crimson Luan was indeed very necessary.
"Remember, don't fly when you go back." After another instruction, Li Zhuo turned and left, heading towards the Safe Zone.
This route had been scouted countless times by Butterfly, and there were no powerful Spirit Beasts.
Therefore, although Li Zhuo also concealed his figure, his speed was not slow.
After another day or two, he returned to the Safe Zone.
At this time, Li Yu also arrived at the mountain stream where Crimson Luan was waiting.
Feeling the familiar Spiritual Power fluctuations, Crimson Luan immediately bowed, and also saw Little Guo on Li Yu's shoulder.
Little Guo was entirely crimson, and purplish-red flames rose between each of her wings.
"Th-this fire attribute, how could it be..."
Little Guo fluttered to Crimson Luan's neck, gently rubbing her mother's downy feathers, and happily chirped: "Chirp, chirp~ Delicious Medicinal Pills~"
"Medicinal Pills?"
Li Zhuo nodded and poured out three Medicinal Pills from a jade bottle.
The Medicinal Pills were round and ancient, revealing their extraordinary Rank, and one of them even had three golden lines, clearly indicating a stronger effect.
Li Zhuo pointed at the Medicinal Pill with the golden lines: "This Medicinal Pill is for you to eat, and the remaining two are for Little Fire Wan."
Crimson Luan took the three Medicinal Pills, momentarily not knowing what to say.
After all, as a Spirit Beast, she had never eaten a Medicinal Pill.
Little Guo, however, chirped and introduced them to her mother.
"Chirp, chirp~ After eating the Medicinal Pill, the little flame will whoosh into a big flame~"
"Chirp, chirp~ Then, after a dazed fight, you can tame the little flame~"
Listening to Little Guo's words, Crimson Luan roughly understood the miraculous effects of the Medicinal Pills.
This Medicinal Pill could greatly enhance fire attributes, and the so-called "fight" should refer to controlling the rising intense flames with one's own Spiritual Power.
If that was truly the case, then this Medicinal Pill would have an excellent effect on any fire-attributed Spirit Beast, making it truly precious.
Seeing Crimson Luan too excited to speak again, Li Zhuo quickly waved his hand: "Hurry back. Remember to eat the Medicinal Pills only after you return to your nest, and check the surroundings before eating to avoid being ambushed by other Spirit Beasts."
"Yes!"
After watching Li Yu leave, Crimson Luan was about to spread her wings and soar into the sky, but suddenly remembered something.
The powerful Spirit Bird forcibly retracted her wings and, following the route pointed out by Butterfly, hopped and bounded through the mountain forest.
Li Zhuo had already returned to the Safe Zone, and was currently sitting cross-legged, Cultivating in the Gathering Spirit Formation.
After another day or two, Li Yu and Little Guo returned with the spoils of their journey.