The sky was already dark, and one person and one cow were hastily on their way.
The person was fine, but the cow seemed a bit anxious.
Although the cow's head had been cleaned, there were still traces of blood, making it very uncomfortable.
Upon reaching home, Xiaobai rushed to the water tank to get ready for a bath. Suddenly, Lin Chen, who was outside, remembered something and quickly called out.
"Moo~~~"
Xiaobai turned its head, showing an expression of impatience.
"Wait."
Lin Chen remembered.
Blood.
This was also an item of the Spirit Beast, he almost forgot to collect it.
With that, Lin Chen wiped his hand on it, then nodded to Xiaobai.
Xiaobai immediately started pouring water to wash clean, blissfully happy.
Lin Chen ignored it and looked forward to the bloodline of the Flame Wolf.
[Dominant Bloodline: Flame Wolf 56%, Celestial Wolf 8.55%, Spirit Blood Wolf 6.43%]
[Hidden Bloodline: 4.3%]
[Polluted Bloodline: 24.72%]
Lin Chen was disappointed, it wasn't as high as Lee Zaiqing's Iron Palm Bear.
Lin Chen didn't discard it but preserved it in a container, labeling it properly.
After Xiaobai finished its bath, it began to meditate.
It was very happy today because its hard work brought surprise to Lin Chen, which made it happy as well.
Lin Chen was also happy, having earned twenty-six thousand today, so he gave Xiaobai an extra hundred, though he still said:
"I'll keep it for you."
Niu Niu was even happier.
As night fell, both the person and the cow fell into a deep sleep, not knowing how long they had slept, Lin Chen vaguely smelled something burning.
He did not wake Xiaobai but went to the kitchen.
No fire.
But the smell couldn't be wrong.
Looking up, the sky seemed to have fallen.
The roof was on fire.
Lin Chen quickly ran to wake Xiaobai.
Xiaobai, exhausted from the day, was sleeping soundly, pitifully woken up, until Lin Chen said: "Quick, help put out the fire, the house is going to be gone."
Only then did Xiaobai wake up in shock and hurried to help fetch water.
After a busy time, they finally put out the fire, saving their home.
"How did it catch fire? Did I forget to extinguish the fire?" Lin Chen wondered.
Soon, there was a sharp cow cry from outside, Lin Chen was startled, thinking someone was attacking, but when he went outside, he found Xiaobai's eyes were red.
Looking along the cow's hoof, Lin Chen discovered that a lot of the Blood Spirit Grass was gone.
Lin Chen knew Xiaobai wouldn't steal food, so he became vigilant.
There seems to be something unclean in this house...
....
"Moo~~"
The human and cow started playing detective, turning the house inside out, searching front and back, but found nothing.
In the end, it was Xiaobai who found a clue.
Footprints were discovered on a patch of dirt in the yard.
"Looks like a fox..." Lin Chen made a connection.
Isn't there a Beast Tide outside the city recently?
Could it be that a Divine Fox came here?
Lin Chen was very worried, he could recognize the types of footprints but couldn't analyze the opponent's combat power.
If it were a Beast King, both the human and the cow would have died on the spot.
"It probably isn't, the footprints are very small, and it was stealing Blood Spirit Grass..."
Lin Chen suspected it might be injured.
"Xiaobai, didn't you smell it?" Lin Chen decided to find it out, after all, this was his home.
Xiaobai was startled, the cow's reaction was slow by a beat.
It had always smelled a fox odor but thought it was just unwashed filth.
It nudged its nose and suddenly walked forward, coming to the back of the house. Raising its cow head, Lin Chen followed the gaze and saw a dirty little fox there, looking fearfully at the person and the cow.
It wanted to escape, Lin Chen said: "I won't hurt you, come down."
Actually, Lin Chen was worried that in panic, it might set fire to the house again.
Then, with an already not wealthy wallet, it would be adding insult to injury.
The little fox hesitated for a long time before finally coming down.
[Flame Fox]
[Level: 5]
[High-level Mortal Beast]
"Combat Pet?!"
Lin Chen was quite surprised.
Jiuxing City, as the lair of the Divine Fox, naturally had all kinds of foxes.
Common among the Divine Fox were those of the Spiritual System, many of pure support class, with few being main combat pets.
This Flame Fox was very special, with a very strong fire attribute.
Lin Chen noticed it was indeed injured, so he picked some Blood Spirit Grass, and bandaged it.
Xiaobai was heartbroken, because Lin Chen had said these Blood Spirit Grass would be sold and all proceeds would be used to buy it grass.
However, it didn't say anything.
After bandaging, the Flame Fox's wariness was not as high, and Lin Chen tried to communicate with it.
Indeed, this little fox had escaped from the Beast Tide war, hearing about its parents being captured, and it desperately escaped.
Lin Chen found himself in a dilemma, how to handle this little fox?
The best would be to sell it.
Flame Fox sells for a high price, over four hundred thousand, which was a huge fortune.
The eggs were cheap because the stage from egg to hatching is extremely difficult, even at a Spirit Beast Shop, it would cost at least thirty thousand or more.
And there's the risk of gambling on the egg.
Gamble a bad egg or one with poor talent, and it's a loss.
However, this little fox was truly pitiful.
Lin Chen was not a saint, so he decided to brainwash it and tell it the benefits of contracting with a Beastmaster, etc.
Xiaobai was also nodding its cow head aside.
In just half an hour, the little fox believed it.
Lin Chen breathed a sigh of relief, then gave it two choices:
"First, you can leave here."
In his heart, Lin Chen was bleeding, but he was one to follow the natural course...
Having brainwashed for so long, it probably wouldn't choose this.
"Second, I help you find a good home."
The little fox looked at Lin Chen, its eyes full of longing, asking if it could stay?
Lin Chen glanced at Xiaobai, who shook its cow head.
It wasn't that Xiaobai was jealous, it certainly hoped Lin Chen could love it for life, but it understood more...
In an era without Spiritual Qi, one cow couldn't carry Lin Chen.
A powerful Beastmaster could never have only one Spirit Beast.
But foxes have a bit of a fox odor, which was something Xiaobai couldn't tolerate.
Lin Chen understood its thoughts and said: "I can't contract a second Spirit Beast right now, and if you and Xiaobai have a gap, that's not good either."
The little fox was extremely disappointed upon hearing this, making the second choice.
"I respect your choice..."
Lin Chen said this, but inside he was overjoyed.
Fortunately, in his past life, he got brainwashed by leadership quite a bit; his verbal skills were maxed out!
In the end, Lin Chen decided to give it a good meal, and when dawn broke, he would ask the previous female salesperson what price it could sell for.
The two of them only needed to eat grass, but Lin Chen had to light a fire to cook.
"Goo goo~~"
The Flame Fox quietly stayed by the side and, seeing Lin Chen was about to light a fire, voluntarily spat out a ball of fire from its mouth.
Actually, the skill of the Flame Fox is:
[Super Fireball: Gather a fireball from the tail and launch it. ]
As for spitting fire from the mouth, that's a regular trick, enough to insult but not much harm.
Seeing it being so considerate, Lin Chen patted its paw, a data flash crossing his mind, realizing he hadn't had direct contact with it despite bandaging its wound.
[Dominant Bloodline: Flame Fox 25%, Silver Moon Fox 11.2%, Netherworld Fox 7%]
[Hidden Bloodline: 7.8%]
[Polluted Bloodline: 49%]
Lin Chen was surprised, the Flame Fox's polluted bloodline was so high, the highest and best he had seen so far.
Which meant its limit was very high, as hidden bloodline represents potential, polluted bloodline represents the limit.
Lin Chen was tempted...
After all, he would be looking for other Spirit Beasts in the future.
However, thinking of how it might trouble Xiaobai, in the end, he gave up.
After all, he could purify bloodlines and look again later.
Little did he know, Xiaobai, sharpening its horns outside, witnessed this scene.
....
"Goo goo~~"
The Flame Fox was very understanding of human emotions; this trait seemed innate.
It gestured for Lin Chen to step aside.
"You know how to cook?" Lin Chen was surprised.
The Flame Fox actually started wielding the spatula in a very orderly manner, astonishing Lin Chen.
"Smells delicious!"
Before long, both Lin Chen and Xiaobai smelled it.