As Su Ping watched, the only illuminated pattern on the Myriad Spirit Compendium slowly enlarged, appearing before his eyes.
[Compendium: Forest Wolf]
[A special wolf species adept at using wood-attribute Qi, possessing extremely strong vitality. A typical adult Forest Wolf is Elite Rank, skilled in abilities such as: Sunlight Absorption, Vine Entanglement, Self-Healing, Accelerated Growth, etc.]
[Current Compendium Rank: 1 (300/500)]
Known Evolution Blueprint, Special Cultivation:
[Not yet discovered]
Preferences, Habits:
[Enjoys basking in the sun, likes playing in forests, acts in groups, stronger in combat during the day or within forests.]
Log Record:
[Discovered and contacted a Forest Wolf with mutated poison-attribute Bloodline. Affinity meets requirements. Compendium Rank experience +300!]
[This Forest Wolf is a special mutant. For each day spent with it, Compendium experience +5! There is a certain chance to discover the cause of the Bloodlinemutation each day spent together. Alternatively, a large amount of this Compendium experience can be consumed to analyze the cause of the mutation.]
[Daily, acquire Compendium experience and improve the Compendium, increasing its Rank, based on the number of such creatures interacted with, their Rank, and by enhancing the abilities of creatures that meet affinity standards.]
Looking at the Compendium, which analyzed the Forest Wolf quite thoroughly, Su Ping blinked again.
This Compendium could actually be upgraded.
And each upgrade would grant rewards? Thinking of the True Sight he just received, Su Ping's eyes lit up.
The Compendium record was very clear:
As long as he interacted with creatures in the Compendium, the more numerous and higher quality they were, the more Compendium experience he would gain.
He just didn't know if he would gain it from non-contracted companion beasts.
Moreover, the unlocking of the Forest Wolf Compendium only happened after he established a Soul contract with Xiao Qing.
Could it be that the Myriad Spirit Compendium had so many companion beast Compendiums, and he had to contract them one by one to illuminate them?
This was clearly impossible.
After all, a Beastmaster's contracted companion beast slots were limited.
Each Beastmaster could only have one companion beast slot per major RealmBreakthrough.
In other words, Su Ping, as he was now, could only contract a second companion beast after he himself broke through to Elite Rank.
However, he carefully re-read the Compendium once more.
Especially the text in the record line at the very bottom, Su Ping focused his gaze.
Affinity!
That's right, in the past half month since he graduated from Linshi City, he had interacted with quite a few companion beasts.
None of them could illuminate a Compendium. The reason should be this so-called affinity!
This meant that as long as he frequently accompanied these companion beasts, even if they weren't his contracted companion beasts, as long as the affinity was sufficient, they could also be illuminated and included in the Compendium's upgrade requirements.
Thinking of this, he finally realized that the companion beast cultivation base his unreliable old man left him seemed to have some value and use after all!?
Immediately, Su Ping's idea of going on an adventure was thrown to the winds.
Adventure? How could adventuring be as enjoyable as farming?
Recalling his understanding of Forest Wolves and the Heart of Wood companion beast cultivation base over the years, Su Ping also became energized.
Carrying Xiao Qing, he returned to the living quarters. After rummaging through Su Anyong's room for a long time, he finally found what he wanted to see.
This was a yellowed ancient book.
In this era, such ancient books were clearly rare, but, in his old man's words, this was their Old Su family's heirloom, and the most crucial reason why the Heart of Wood cultivation base could continue to this day.
Before, he always pretended not to let him see it, insisting that he wait until he was eighteen, awakened his talent, and became a quasi-Beastmaster.
Now, this thing was just thrown under the cabinet, clearly not preserved with much care.
The book title was very long:
"Forest Wolf Cultivation Training Manual and Elixir 'Heart of Wood' Formula"
The origin of his family's companion beast cultivation base lay herein.
According to his old man, this was also his grandfather's lifelong research.
Elixirs are potions made from various Materials, combined with formulas, and most of them are for companion beasts to consume.
'Heart of Wood' was clearly the same.
Elixirs have many effects: some accelerate companion beast growth, some enhance companion beast Realms, some restore Qi and energy, some cause companion beast evolution, and some teach companion beasts certain skills.
Among these types of Elixirs, those that can cause companion beast evolution are undoubtedly the most precious, needless to say.
Beyond that, there are Elixirs that enable companion beasts to learn skills.
And the 'Heart of Wood' Elixir formula in this ancient book was precisely one such type.
Heart of Wood is a skill. Although it is not a 'Super-Rank' skill whose power and effect can compare to forbidden spells in games from his previous life.
But it was still quite extraordinary.
Companion beast skills on Azure Star are generally divided into ordinary skills and Super-Rank skills.
Although Heart of Wood is an ordinary skill, it is an extremely rare ability. In fact, sometimes it is even more useful than some offensive Super-Rank skills!
The effect is actually very simple: all of the companion beast's wood-attribute skill effects are passively enhanced. When injured or consuming energy, it can actively absorb nutrients from trees, flowers, and grasses to help itself recover quickly.
This ability, combined with the Forest Wolf's skills, if fighting in a jungle or grassland, is simply an unrivaled Magic Treasure!
Across the entire Azure Star, not many wood-type companion beasts are naturally born with the Heart of Wood skill.
If it weren't for his family's 'Heart of Wood' Elixir formula, which, even if used, only has a chance of successful Awakening, and that chance is extremely low—only a handful have successfully awakened over several decades—and this Heart of Wood Elixir can only be used by Forest Wolves,
Then, just this Elixir formula, not to mention how much money it's worth,
It might even have a chance to win first place in the annual Cultivator Research Competition held by the Cultivator Association! Becoming famous nationwide!
However, since it was his family's heirloom, Su Ping had already decided to manage his family's companion beast cultivation base well, so he naturally had to master it.
Directly skipping the knowledge about Forest Wolf breeding that he was already familiar with and understood, Su Ping carefully read the Heart of Wood formula.
'Raw Materials: Three sections of hollow willow branches, one Spiritual Plant of Wood Spirit Grass, three drops of Hundred Herb Juice, one bee stinger from an Essence-Sucking Bee.'
'Preparation Method: Hollow willow branches must be cooked over fire and mashed by hand for 30 minutes. Once crushed, add 100ml of clear water and one drop of Hundred Herb Juice.
Mash by hand again for 30 minutes until it becomes a paste, then add one drop of Hundred Herb Juice and one Wood Spirit Grass.
Continue mashing by hand for another 30 minutes until it becomes a pulp, then add one bee stinger from an Essence-Sucking Bee. Finally, mash it into a thick liquid, then cool it for at least six Xiao Shiuntil it solidifies into a jelly, then it is successfully made.'
'Effect: After a Forest Wolf consumes it, there is approximately a one percent chance of learning the rare skill: Heart of Wood, and there is a chance to increase the companion beast's Rank.'
'Forest Wolves with better talent have a higher success rate.'
Reading the Heart of Wood formula from beginning to end, Su Ping sighed.
Damn, no wonder such a precious and rare skill Elixir formula could be well-preserved by his family, and no one even knew or cared about it.
It being limited to Forest Wolves was one thing, but wasn't the success rate too low?
Some who were interested and had the time to research and try this, wouldn't it be better to directly contract a companion beast with the potential of a Leader Rank or Monarch Rank?
But it was better than nothing, he supposed.
Shaking his head, Su Ping was about to stand up, but at this moment, he paused again.
Because at this moment, the Myriad Spirit Compendium in his mind actively turned a page again, and the Forest Wolf Compendium appeared before his eyes.
And a Compendium feedback appeared in Su Ping's mind:
[Discovered special cultivation method for Compendium 'Forest Wolf': 'Heart of Wood' Elixir.]
[Discovered that the 'Heart of Wood' Elixir formula is incomplete. Do you want to consume 285 points of Forest Wolf Compendium experience to complete the 'Heart of Wood' Elixir formula?]
Su Ping involuntarily opened his mouth, his eyes revealing a hint of unbelievable ecstasy.