"Take us with you." Bai Jiajia immediately looked at Lin Chen with anticipation.
"You don’t have a Plowhorn Beast, what are you going there for?" Lin Chen asked.
"To watch the show, of course." They both promptly replied.
"Alright, it’s not too far anyway." Lin Chen nodded.
The Cow King Competition was quite a large event, akin to a grand festival, rarely seen in remote cities like theirs.
Just like the previous relic exploration, where many people from Black Mountain City came to join the excitement.
After visiting, Lin Chen went home.
The next day, he didn’t go out, staying home to prepare barbecue seasoning.
On the third day, he still didn’t go out, spending a whole day lying around.
On the fourth day, he went out to deliver the barbecue seasoning and bought another Spirit Beast Leg.
By the twentieth day, Lin Chen finally decided to proceed with Xiaobai’s third bloodline purification.
It could be said that the significant bloodline improvement was why Xiaobai had grown from an "ordinary" Plowhorn Beast to its current state.
Its effect was continuous transformation and growth.
This purification was also planned to be the last one before evolution.
After all, there were only ten opportunities, and future evolutions required it; one couldn’t use too many chances at the Low Level.
"Which bloodline should I choose?"
Lin Chen went to the storage room, looking at the samples laid out before him, lost in thought.
Almost every time after a fight, Lin Chen would scrape off the blood stains from Xiaobai’s horns and save them.
Corpse-Eroding Beast King
Lin Chen’s top two targets in his mind were:
First, Profound Gang Beast, Hidden Bloodline: 13.2%
Second, Corpse-Eroding Beast King, Hidden Bloodline: 21.22%
The reason for placing the Profound Gang Beast first was because it was an Intermediate Spiritual Shedding Beast, of higher quality.
As for the latter, it was simply because of its high concentration.
"Let’s give it a try." Lin Chen didn’t hesitate and picked up the sample of the Profound Gang Beast, using the Bloodline Golden Hand.
Finally, Lin Chen held the blood drop of the Hidden Bloodline, placing his hand on Xiaobai’s head:
Lin Chen frowned but didn’t let go, continuing to read on.
[Using Bloodline: Hidden]
[Target: Plowhorn Beast]
[Different species, conversion efficiency 200%]
Only then did Lin Chen let go.
As he suspected, high-quality bloodline power resulted in a frighteningly high conversion rate.
After all, no matter how strong Xiaobai got, its bloodline was still at the low Mortal Body Level.
Lin Chen immediately abandoned the idea, and the blood drop disappeared accordingly.
Although it was a bit wasteful, Lin Chen couldn’t take the risk just to test it, especially with a danger warning.
Lin Chen picked up the sample of the Corpse-Eroding Beast King and resumed the process...
Finally holding the Hidden Bloodline’s blood drop again, he placed it on Xiaobai.
[On the edge of danger, but it’s manageable]
Lin Chen was delighted, this was just what he wanted.
Looking further down:
[Using Bloodline: Hidden]
[Target: Plowhorn Beast]
[Different species, conversion efficiency 47%]
The conversion efficiency wasn’t as good as before, Lin Chen thought it was likely due to the Corpse-Eroding Beast King’s bloodline not being highly compatible with Xiaobai.
After pondering for a bit, Lin Chen decided to go with it.
Xiaobai’s prior Hidden Bloodline was at 16.392%, with the Corpse-Eroding Beast King’s bloodline at 21.22%, even with a 47% conversion rate, there would be an increase of about 10%.
For this, Lin Chen was quite satisfied.
Xiaobai, having experience, indicated it was ready.
Lin Chen nodded, prepared to begin the infusion...
At the moment the blood drop disappeared, Xiaobai’s pupils immediately dilated.
Lin Chen, experienced as he was, immediately grabbed Xiao Hong and rushed outside, but unexpectedly, Xiaobai was no longer what it once was.
The painful sound of Xiaobai’s horns rang out, shaking the entire house as if it were experiencing an earthquake.
"It’s over, I was careless."
Lin Chen slapped his forehead, thinking his shabby little house might be destroyed.
In his regret, he suddenly saw many tree vines spreading from the ground, quickly filling the entire house.
Lin Chen realized it was Qin Shaoshao’s intervention. He wiped his sweat and called out into the house, "Thanks, senior."
Lin Chen was used to this, sat on the side with the Little Fox, both watching the direction of the house with concern.
If pain could be graded, then Xiaobai’s pain from the purification was definitely top tier.
The birth of a Spirit Beast predetermined its rank, this was the Heavenly Dao, the will of nature.
This was akin to placing a shackle on its bloodline...
What Lin Chen did was essentially unlocking this shackle, injecting new energy.
Thus Xiaobai’s pain was imaginable.
After an indeterminable amount of time, the house finally quieted, and Qin Shaoshao’s vines gradually faded away. Lin Chen couldn’t wait to see if the house was still intact, rushing in with the Little Fox.
He saw Xiaobai had fallen into a slumber again, but it seemed unharmed.
Lin Chen was used to this by now, but seeing the sweat-soaked floor and indented areas, he could feel Xiaobai’s pain.
He grabbed a towel, helping to wipe its body as always, ensuring it could have a good sleep.
Once finished, he laid a mat beside the Little Fox to sleep.
But Lin Chen’s sleep wasn’t long; despite knowing Xiaobai was through the safe phase, he had a major flaw...
He overthought things.
So, Lin Chen awoke after only five hours of sleep, with the Little Fox still wrapped around his toes, sleeping soundly.
Seeing Qin Shaoshao picking petals again, Lin Chen asked, "Senior, have you finished reading the ’Beast Taming Treasure Manual’?"
Qin Shaoshao was looking at the sleeping Little Fox and Xiaobai, lost in thought.