Chapter 35

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Soon, Ai Xi found a mid-tier Earth-type Demon Core and a bear gallbladder bigger than the size of a bowl. These were the most valuable items on the Barbarous Bear. 

The Gopher’s eyes glinted with greed upon seeing the Demon Core. It hurriedly turned to look at Li Changsheng pleadingly.

“You’ve done well this time. This mid-tier Demon Core will be your award!” Li Changsheng was generous. Although a mid-tier Demon Core was much more valuable than a low-tier Demon Core, the Gopher had played a big part in his victory against Lin Zheng. 

Although the Gopher was only his demon pet temporarily, it could still play a big role. With the demon’s Grade, there was a high possibility that the demon could level up.

Squeak~

After obtaining Li Changsheng’s permission, the Gopher stood up and, under Ai Xi’s disdainful gaze, bowed to Li Changsheng, a passable attempt of imitation.

The next moment, the Gopher swallowed the Demon Core, and its expression suddenly changed. It quickly slumped on the floor, concentrating on digesting the energy in the Demon Core.

Compared to the gentle pills, the energy in the Demon Core was much more aggressive.

The mid-tier Demon Core was superior to the low-tier Demon Core in terms of the energy amount stored inside. The energy was purer too. The Gopher would need some time to completely digest it.

“Everyone has worked hard. Ai Xi, this mid-tier Wind-type Demon Core is my reward to you!” Without hesitation, Li Changsheng handed the mid-tier Wind Wolf’s Demon Core to Ai Xi.

Out of fairness, Li Changsheng apologized to Galen, “I’m very sorry, Galen. I’ll make it up to you when I obtain a mid-tier Earth-type Demon Core someday!”

Galen perched on Li Changsheng’s shoulder. She tilted her head and pondered for a while, before replying seriously, “You can owe me first, but I want an IOU, in case you go back on your promise.”

“Sure, sure! I’ll write one for you after I get home!”

Li Changsheng was helpless in the face of Galen’s jokes, but he agreed anyway.

As they spoke, Ai Xi swallowed the Demon Core and started to digest the energy in the core.

All of a sudden, a stream of cyan-colored energy materialized and flowed all over its body. The energy gradually turned extremely bright and radiant.

As they absorbed the essence of the cores, Li Changsheng set out to recover his injuries too. Luckily he had Galen, for he would need a long time to heal even if he had used the Green Jade Haemostatic Ointment.

After fifteen minutes, Li Changsheng’s injuries were scabbing already, thanks to Galen’s hard work. He would recover in a few days as long as he did not do any strenuous exercise.

At this moment, Ai Xi completed its breakthrough first. It was only a low-level breakthrough, hence it was not a problem with the help of the mid-tier Demon Core.

A lot of the energy inside the core was wasted, though.

After leveling up, most of Ai Xi’s injuries had recovered. With Galen’s healing abilities, it would recover completely after a short while.

Compared to humans, the recovery speed of demon pets was much faster.

[Demon Name]: White-fronted Tiger (Newborn Stage)

[Demon Level]: Lower 9th Order

[Demon Class]: High-Class Servant

[Demon Grade]: Superior Grade

[Demon Bloodline]: White Tiger Blood (Inferior Quality)

[Demon Type]: Wind 

[Demon Condition]: Healthy

[Demon Weakness]: Lightning

[Class Characteristics]: Roar

[Learned Skills]: Bite, Claw Tear, Tail Slap, Shadow Clone, Whirlwind, Claw Crush, Wind Blade, Bite Crush

After this life and death battle, Ai Xi had succeeded in learning the advanced version of Bite — Bite Crush. That, plus its advancement in its level, contributed to a big improvement in its strength.

With the bonuses given to it by its Class and Bloodline, Ai Xi’s overall strength would be comparable to a Middle Order Wind Wolf.

After a short while, the Gopher started to change. Its bones crackled, and its body enlarged visibly. This continued until the Gopher was a meter tall.

From the changes, the Gopher has successfully advanced to be a Middle Order demon pet.

[Demon Name]: Gopher (Mature Stage)

[Demon Level]: Middle 1st Order

[Demon Class]: Middle-class Servant

[Demon Grade]: Medial Grade

[Demon Bloodline]: Giant Rat (Inferior Quality)

[Demon Type]: Earth

[Demon Condition]: Healthy

[Demon Weakness]: Wood

[Class Characteristics]: Ground Power (Enhances earth-type abilities)

[Learned Skills]: Bite, Claw Tear, Sand Attack, Hole Bore, Mud Shoot, Quicksand Hell, Earth Quake, Claw Crush, Bite Crush, Supersonic Sound

Although he had only signed a temporary pact with it, it was Li Changsheng’s first Middle Order demon pet. After leveling up, the mark on the Gopher’s forehead dimmed visibly.

When the demon pet’s level surpassed its demon tamer’s, the Mental Connection between it and the demon tamer would be suppressed. The demon tamer would find it difficult to control the demon pet. If the demon in question was temporary, it could forcibly dissolve the pact after some time.

The Gopher did not have any intention to do so, though. It had no alternative; it was extremely interested in Demon Food.

Even after the Gopher had leveled up, Li Changsheng did not use the Blood Binding Contract.

They were limited items; Li Changsheng only had two left. This was extremely important to his growth in the future. The heights he could reach in the future were interrelated to the quality of his demon pets.

This concerned his future, so he must treat it with care. Unless the quality of the Gopher rose, otherwise he would not waste one of the Blood Binding Contracts on it. However, it would be extremely difficult to increase the demon pet’s grade.

Under Ai Xi’s lead, Li Changsheng arrived at Lin Zheng’s dead body.

He felt a sense of discomfort upon seeing Lin Zheng’s body, his eyes remained wide open in anger even after his death. The discomfort was not strong, though.

This was not his first time seeing a corpse, but it was his first time killing someone. Although it was Ai Xi who had killed Lin Zheng, it made no difference, not when Ai Xi was his Cardinal Pet.

Li Changsheng took a deep breath and suppressed the discomfort in his heart. He knew clearly that he could not stay in Green Mountain for too long. Aside from Lin Zheng, who knows if there would be other demon tamers from the Lin clan.

The Lin family had cooked up a great plot. They were not only after the Soul Crystal Mines, but they might also be planning to weaken the Li clan. 

With how valuable the Small Soul Crystal Mines were, the Lin family would not send Lin Zheng there alone. He definitely had allies nearby, probably even Level 3 Demon Tamers.

If Li Changsheng were to meet a Level 3 demon tamer, he would have no hope of escaping even after he exhausted all his schemes — he was helpless in front of absolute power.

Without hesitation, Li Changsheng crouched down and started to fumble around Lin Zheng’s bloodied body. As a Level 2 demon tamer and one of the Lin clan’s direct descendants, Lin Zheng should be wealthy.

Soon, a pile of items accumulated next to Li Changsheng.

After making sure that he did not miss anything, Li Changsheng picked up a token. There was a special inscription on it to deter counterfeiting. The character Lin was carved in the front, while on its back was the character Zheng.

Indisputably, this was a token that proved his identity.

After pocketing the token, Li Changsheng grabbed a stone as big as a baby’s fist from the pile casually. There were more than ten of those, translucent and clear like crystals.

It was different from typical crystals in that Li Changsheng immediately sensed a kind of special energy when he held it. The energy was completely different from those in Demon Cores.

“This is a Soul Crystal!” After sensing the energy for a while, Li Changsheng identified the crystal. It was the unique product of the Soul Crystal Mines: the Soul Crystal!

These were of inferior grade, though. This was expected given that inferior grade Soul Crystals could only be found in the small Soul Crystal Mines. There were a lot of defective stones, too.

Despite their inferior quality, they were good for accelerating Li Changsheng’s Omniscience cultivation speed.

Other than the stones, the spoils left were a small gold sword and a special bag.