Ling Xiao tried his best to persuade Ling Yuan, but Ling Yuan refused to go back. However, he ordered Hu Yi to bring the twelve Tiger Guards back to report to the Clan Leader and make preparations.
Seeing Ling Yuan's determination, Ling Xiao allowed his uncle and the twelve Tiger Guards to wait for two days.
The Luo Clan also sent everyone back. Only the old lady and Luo Qingshuang joined the Ling Clan's camp.
Ling Yuan also found out that this old lady was the Luo Clan's Clan Leader's wife, Mo Hongmei. She was a Spirit Master, but he couldn't tell what level she was at. He couldn't help but think that if the Ling Clan and the Luo Clan were to get married, the Li Clan and Lan Clan would have to tuck their tails between their legs.
Originally, the Ling Clan was the leader of the three great clans in Meteor City. However, the Ling Clan wasn't united. Otherwise, they wouldn't be afraid of the Li Clan and Lan Clan's alliance.
At night, Ling Xiao ordered the young Qilin to catch two Spirit Beasts.
Without thinking, the young Qilin flew to the mountain range opposite the chasm and caught two rank 3 Golden Eyed Spirit Pigs.
Ling Xiao originally thought that the young Qilin only needed to catch rank 2 Spirit Beasts. He didn't think that the little guy would only catch rank 3 Spirit Beasts. He was speechless, but when he thought about the little guy's strength, he understood.
After Ling Xiao took out the Beast Core of the Golden Eyed Spirit Pig, he called everyone over to divide the Golden Eyed Spirit Pigs.
Ling Yuan and Mo Hongmei both recognized that the two in front of them were rank three Spirit Beasts, and their hearts were filled with shock. One must know that rank three Spirit Beasts were equivalent to human Spirit Masters, and yet they were lying dead in front of them.
Ling Yuan gulped, "Xiao Er, where … where did you catch this Golden Eyed Spirit Pig?"
Mo Hongmei also looked at Ling Xiao, waiting for his answer.
Ling Xiao spread his hands, "It was caught by the prodigal boy. He should have caught it from the mountain range opposite."
After the young Qilin caught the Golden Eyed Spirit Pig, it turned back into a small beast. The two didn't know the young Qilin's original identity.
The two of them looked at the young Qilin timidly. They had originally thought that this little fellow was only a third tier spirit beast, but looking at it, it was most likely not a third tier spirit beast.
The two of them didn't ask any more questions. They just looked at Ling Xiao with a complicated gaze. They knew that Ling Xiao wasn't telling the truth. However, they wondered why Ling Xiao named such a powerful spirit beast with a "prodigal" name.
Ling Yuan ordered the Tiger Guards to cut up the Golden-Eyed Spirit Pig and roast it.
Ling Xiao gave one of the beast cores to the young Qilin to eat, but the young Qilin refused to eat it. It must have not digested the beast core of the Raging Flame Tiger that it ate today.
Ling Xiao thought for a moment and came to the front of the golden wolf king. "Xiao Jin, do you want to eat this?"
The golden wolf king ate two rank two spirit beasts from Ling Xiao, and the wounds on its body had healed quite a bit. However, it had lost too much blood, and its body was still very weak. When it saw the beast core in Ling Xiao's hand, it immediately said with a bright light, "Master, quickly give it to me."
Ling Xiao didn't hesitate and directly threw it into the golden wolf king's mouth.
The golden wolf king immediately swallowed the beast core, and not long after, a powerful aura blossomed from its body. Its golden fur that was like needles stood on end, and its body was surrounded by a golden light. The wolf raised its head high and howled towards the sky.
Awooo!
The golden wolf king stood up, and the wounds and flesh on its body actually healed at an extremely fast speed.
Ling Xiao, who was at the side, watched in astonishment and muttered to himself, "Could it be that spirit beasts have to consume beast cores to advance?"
Ling Xiao was right. Other than cultivating, spirit beasts could also rely on absorbing beast cores of the same attribute to advance. Relatively speaking, spirit beasts would take a long time to cultivate on their own, but spirit beasts had a rather long lifespan, and swallowing beast cores could quickly increase their advancement speed.
If the golden wolf king was a normal high rank two spirit beast that had yet to condense a beast core, swallowing a beast core would probably cause its body to explode and it would die. However, it was a mutated Three-eyed Wind Wolf, a high rank spirit beast that had already condensed a beast core. Now, it could swallow beast cores. Moreover, the Gold-eyed Spirit Pig was a metal-type spirit beast, so the beast core and its attribute were just right. Therefore, if it absorbed the beast core, it would be able to advance into a rank three spirit beast.
The Golden Wolf King's aura continued to rise, and its body also gradually grew. From its original three meters long body, it grew to about four meters. Its entire body seemed extremely majestic, and balls of golden light flashed dazzlingly. In the middle of its body, the third eye appeared again, and its bloodthirsty fangs became even more sinister and terrifying. An ordinary person standing in front of it would probably be scared out of their wits.
At this moment, after the golden wolf king swallowed the beast core, it had evolved from a high rank two spirit beast to a low rank three spirit beast. Moreover, it had even reached the peak of the low rank.
It seemed like this was because the golden wolf king already had a beast core, which was why it had advanced so quickly.
Not far away, Ling Yuan, Mo Hongmei, and the Twelve Tiger Guards couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts as they watched the golden wolf king evolve. If the Li and Lan families were to face this golden wolf today, they would probably only be able to run away with the wind.
The young qilin on Ling Xiao's shoulder growled at the golden wolf king in annoyance. The golden wolf king raised its fierce eyes and glanced at it. Immediately, like a deflated balloon, it quickly withdrew its aura and closed its third eye.
The golden wolf king lowered its arrogant head, and there was not a single bit of its aura left. It came in front of the young qilin and growled continuously, as if it was communicating something. It looked extremely respectful.
The young qilin on Ling Xiao's shoulder had an impatient expression, and it directly closed its eyes and ignored the golden wolf king.
Ling Xiao couldn't help but ask, "Xiao Jin, what did you say to this wastrel?"
The golden wolf king replied, "Master, this is our Beast Emperor's prince. I'm here to pay an audience with him."
"Are you a wastrel or a prince?
Then who's the Beast Emperor? "Ling Xiao shrunk back and couldn't help but ask in fear.
If the young qilin was a prince, then its family was definitely the qilin royal family. If the qilin divine beast came and misunderstood and killed him, then he would be out of luck.
"The Beast Emperor is the emperor of our mountain range, the emperor of all spirit beasts. I heard that he lives in the deepest part of the mountain range. Xiao Jin has only heard of him, but he doesn't have the qualifications to be the emperor," the golden wolf king said.
"So that's how it is," Ling Xiao muttered. The Beast Emperor of the desolate mountain range should be the young qilin's old man.
Immediately after, Ling Xiao's heart became conflicted. He had originally wanted to bring the young qilin back to Meteorite City and make it his flying mount in the future, but when he thought of its identity, he felt afraid, which made him extremely vexed.
"Wastrel, I'm going back to my place of life. Do you want to follow me?" Ling Xiao said softly to the young qilin.
The young qilin looked at Ling Xiao with its intelligent eyes and nodded in a very human-like manner.
"Alright, you'll follow me from now on. If your family comes looking for you, you have to give them a good explanation. Don't let them eat your brother, okay?" Ling Xiao cautiously instructed.
The young qilin was like an obedient child, and it nodded again. Then, its intelligent eyes became vigilant as it looked forward.
The golden wolf king also walked to Ling Xiao's side, and it looked at the person who had arrived with a savage gaze.
The person who walked over was Luo Qingshuang.
Ling Xiao rubbed the young qilin's head and said, "Relax, it's one of us."
"Ling Xiao, can … can I go over?"
Luo Qingshuang looked at the ferocious and tall golden wolf king, her body trembling slightly as she stood five meters away and called out.
Ling Xiao did not respond to her. Instead, he walked towards her and said, "Chubby girl, why are you treating me like an outsider?"
When Luo Qingshuang saw Ling Xiao walking over, she felt less afraid. She pointed at the golden wolf king timidly and asked, "Is … is this really your spiritual beast?"
Ling Xiao patted the golden wolf king's forehead and said, "Of course, it's the Wind Wolf King that I subdued some time ago. You can call it Xiao Jin. Oh right, there's also this wastrel."
Luo Qingshuang looked at the two spiritual beasts beside Ling Xiao and said with admiration, "Ling Xiao, you're really amazing. Not only did you recover your strength, but you also subdued such powerful spiritual beasts. The gap between us is getting bigger and bigger."
Since young, Luo Qingshuang had always wanted to catch up to Ling Xiao's footsteps. But now, she realized that no matter how hard she tried, she could not catch up.
"Uh … well, this young master's cultivation in Tenbin is slightly better than yours, but you don't have to feel inferior. You're now a high-level cultivator, and in Meteor City, you're already a genius girl in Tenbin," Ling Xiao said as he rubbed his nose.
A few months ago, when Ling Xiao defeated Luo Qingshuang, she was only a mid-rank profounder. Now that she had broken through to become a high-rank profounder, her natural endowment was absolutely not inferior to her cousin brother Ling Li or the grandson of the Second Elder, Ling Kuang.
"Don't comfort me. Oh right, can I go and touch them?" Luo Qingshuang was still a girl, and she was very curious about spiritual beasts.
"Of course, no problem." Ling Xiao nodded.
Luo Qingshuang gathered her courage and walked to Ling Xiao's side. Looking at the two spiritual beasts beside him, she felt a burst of excitement in her heart. Which girl didn't like pets?
However, Luo Qingshuang wanted to touch the cutest young Qilin, but just as she stretched out her hand, she retracted it. Today, she had seen this little guy bite off Li Yuanlong's hand. Although it was still small, it was an extremely terrifying spiritual beast.
Thus, she changed her hand to the golden wolf king, but when she saw its exposed fangs, she didn't dare to touch it.
At this time, Ling Xiao saw that she was afraid, so he grabbed her delicate hand and pressed it on the golden wolf king's head. "I'm here, don't be afraid. Xiao Jin is very obedient."
"En." Luo Qingshuang softly responded. Her delicate face felt extremely hot, because Ling Xiao's thick palm was holding her hand without letting go. A sweet warmth made her heart beat non-stop.
"Shuang 'er, you're so beautiful." Ling Xiao looked at the beauty in front of him and couldn't help but praise.
Although Yun Mengqi was the first woman that had moved his heart, Ling Xiao had never felt that he had too many women. Moreover, Luo Qingshuang had already expressed her love for him, so he wouldn't reject a beauty of this level.
Luo Qingshuang's face became even redder after hearing Ling Xiao's words. She raised her intelligent eyes and looked at Ling Xiao, "Now that you've become so powerful, then … then in the future, the gap between us will only grow larger and larger. Will … will you still like me?"