Chapter 16

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

As she was physically unable to shake Li Changsheng’s hand, Galen merely flapped her wings and landed on his right hand. She opened her hands wide and wrapped them around one of his fingers and shook it hard.

Following that, Li Changsheng talked with Galen a lot using their Mental Connection.

Galen already had consciousness before she was born, but she could not communicate with humans at the time. She was trapped with no one to talk to and no one to listen to her, so she was understandably lonely.

She had probably been lonely for too long. Now she had a bursting dam of things she wanted to share with someone. Fortunately for her, Li Changsheng was patient, an adequate listener.

After some time, Galen observed Li Changsheng carefully. When she realized that he was showing no signs of impatience, her heart welled with joy, and her approval of Li Changsheng increased even more.

This human owner who had charm, a serene disposition, and patience totally deserved all her support!

Naturally, his charm was the most important. The world placed a lot of importance on looks, after all.

Soon, Li Changsheng started teaching Galen the continent’s lingua franca.

Galen was very clever. She managed to memorize many terms only after an hour or two. It probably would not take long before she could communicate with Li Changsheng normally.

Time passed gradually. The sun was starting to set. Looking at the darkening bamboo forest, Li Changsheng did not have any desire to stay. He prepared to leave.

Before he set off, he sent another thought to Galen. “To avoid any unnecessary trouble, Galen, come into my pocket for now so that no one sees you!”

“Okay, Li Changsheng!”

Galen felt slightly wistful. It was not long since she had been born, and so she was immensely curious about the outside world. However, she could not refuse; she was docile by nature and did not want to bring trouble to Li Changsheng. She could only keep her feelings in check and hide inside Li Changsheng’s pocket as instructed.

After a while, Li Changsheng returned to the yard and sought out his uncle again.

Li Haoqiong was reclining on a chair, eyes closed, as if he was sleeping.

Very warily, Li Changsheng approached Li Haoqiong. He called out softly, “Second Uncle!”

Li Haoqiong gave no reply. He turned over to the other side and continued to sleep, back facing Li Changsheng.

Li Changsheng was exasperated. He had wanted to express his thanks, but looking at Li Haoqiong, it seemed like that was impossible at the moment.

Knowing the capabilities of his second uncle, Li Changsheng was certain that the man had heard him and that he was only pretending not to.

The moment Li Changsheng had left, Li Haoqiong suddenly opened his eyes. His eyes were crystal clear, not a trace of drowsiness in them.

“Galen, you can come out now!”

When he returned to his room, Li Changsheng let Galen out.

“Wow, our house is so big!”

After coming out of the pocket, Galen started to look at the objects in the room curiously. From her perspective, the room was extraordinarily big.

“Galen, you can look around all you want, but you can’t leave the room.”

Watching Galen fly around the room and rummaging every nook and cranny while showing strong curiosity to everything, Li Changsheng shook his head, amused.

“Ai Xi, we didn’t train properly today. We’ll get you up to speed at night. Show me the Whirlwind skill first!”

Li Changsheng started training Ai Xi again. They were in his room, so he could only have Ai Xi practice its support skills.

The clan evaluations were nearing. He needed to improve the skills of his demon pets to be able to vie for a recommendation to the demon taming institution.

Ai Xi’s face crumpled. It waved its paws in a soundless protest but eventually started to focus and harness its wind energy.

Almost instantaneously, a wave of green-colored energy materialized and surrounded Ai Xi, taking a shape that resembled a cloak.

This was how wind energy was applied. It could negate the drag force and at the same time provide a thrusting force, increasing Ai Xi’s speed.

“Try to see how long you can maintain this!”

Li Changsheng deftly fished out a small hourglass as he spoke. After turning the hourglass around, he measured the time the skill could be activated.

Soon, after a fifth of the sand had trickled down, the light green cloak flickered brightly for a moment before disappearing.

“Lasting time is a fifth of an hourglass!”

This hourglass was small. It would take 15 minutes for all the sand to trickle down. A fifth of this meant 3 minutes!

3 minutes were not too short, but also not long. Many battles ended within moments. If Ai Xi practiced the skill more, the lasting time could still be extended.

Li Changsheng took out a small notebook and jotted down the data. He looked up at Ai Xi and said, “Ai Xi, keep using Whirlwind!”

Ai Xi tried to harness the energy but ended up failing this time. The light green glow only shone brightly for a moment before fizzling out.

Ai Xi did not give up and tried a few more times, but the result did not improve. It took a full minute before it finally succeeded in using Whirlwind again.

“Just like the books say. There’s a time interval between uses for all energy skills. It’s definitely about a minute in the case of Whirlwind!”

Li Changsheng was unfazed. Ai Xi’s performance was within his expectations.

Offense skills were further categorized into physical skills and energy skills. The former could be used repeatedly and continuously, and they were mainly close-combat skills. The latter could not be easily used several times in a row. There was typically an interval before they could be used a second time. The more energy the skill depleted, the longer the interval. 

Energy skills demons used were alternative ways of wielding energy. They used their demon core to harness the surrounding energy and consolidate it with a special method. After that, the channel that the energy traveled through would flatten like a squeezed sponge, and would need some time to recover.

As the channels for different types of energy were not the same, the demons were not prevented from using other skills when one of them was recovering.

The most effective way to minimize the interval was to increase the mastery of the skill and reduce the pressure felt when using the skill. If a skill was completely mastered, the interval between uses would be null.

Both types of skills require mastery, but combat skills receive more noticeable improvements when mastered. However, they could only be used in close combat, so energy skills were still necessary.

Compared to typical demon pets, Ai Xi and Galen were advantageous in their own ways. They were both Superior Grade pets. There was an extra bonus when it came to increasing skill mastery.

“Galen, it’s your turn next. Perform all the skills you have one time!”

Li Changsheng gestured to Galen, who had just finished touring the room.

Wow~

With a peal of laughter, Galen started to control the energy around her. First, she released a Healing Halo. Next, she produced a large amount of bright yellow powder and flitted toward Li Changsheng.