Before Su Ping could react, he once again experienced the sensation of being tackled onto the soft grass.
Then, a wet tongue began licking him.
Old Sha, in his current state, bore no resemblance to his previous look of facing death with resolve.
Heh, a pet beast.
Wiping the sticky saliva from Old Sha off his cheek in disgust, Su Ping finally used his True Sight to examine the uncontrollably excited Old Sha again:
[Forest Wolf (Wild)]
[Current Rank: Commander Tier 2]
[Species Potential: Elite Tier 10]
[Skills: Sunlight Absorption (Perfection), Vine Strangulation (Proficiency), Self-Healing (Mastery), Accelerated Growth (Proficiency), Wolf King (Beginner), Heart of Wood (Beginner)]
[Heart of Wood (Beginner): To a certain extent, enhances the power, effect, and casting speed of Wood-element abilities, and can absorb Wood-element Qi to rapidly recover itself.]
Indeed!
Excitement gleamed in Su Ping's eyes.
Not only did it gain 'Heart of Wood,' but its own Rank also advanced by another tier!
Did the addition of Wolf Smoke Grass cause such a miraculous chemical reaction in this Heart of Wood potion?
Su Ping didn't understand; the shallow knowledge of cultivation principles he had learned in school clearly couldn't explain these phenomena.
But he only knew what the meaning of this scene truly represented.
Frankly speaking, if an ordinary Forest Wolf cub's price was at most between 800,000 and 1,200,000.
Then, a Forest Wolf that had awakened the Heart of Wood could at least fetch three to five times that price!
If its Aptitude was good, and it diligently practiced and quickly improved its skill mastery Rank, it might even be worth more.
It might even have the chance to rival some relatively low-Rank Commander-tier talented pet beast cubs.
The Heart of Wood skill was too powerful.
Such skills that amplify corresponding elemental powers, though not 'super-tier' skills, are often more practical than some super-tier skills as passive abilities!
Even at just the Beginner Rank, with the boost from Heart of Wood, Old Sha's strength had increased by 30% to 50% compared to before.
If fighting in places like jungles, forests, or grasslands, it would be even more terrifying!
However, precisely because it was so formidable, skills like Heart of Wood were extremely rare and difficult to obtain.
But now, with the help of the Myriad Spirit Compendium, this original Heart of Wood potion, with the addition of just one Material, had such a transformative effect.
Su Ping's eyes were burning with fervor. However, at this very moment, a new prompt appeared in the log record at the bottom of the only illuminated Forest Wolf entry in the Myriad Spirit Compendium:
[Successfully enabled the associated pet beast to acquire the skill: Heart of Wood, and its Rank has increased. Compendium Experience +30 points!]
Su Ping was stunned, and he looked again at the illuminated entry for the Forest Wolf:
[Compendium: Forest Wolf]
[A special wolf species adept at using Wood-element Qi, possessing extremely strong vitality. Ordinary adult Forest Wolves are of Elite Rank, skilled in abilities such as: Sunlight Absorption, Vine Strangulation, Self-Healing, Accelerated Growth, etc.]
[Current Compendium Rank: 1 (152/500)]
The experience had reached 152 points.
If not for the 285 points used to perfect the Heart of Wood potion formula earlier, he would only be a little over a hundred points short of leveling up the Compendium to Rank 2!
Looking at it this way, it seemed that increasing the Compendium Rank wasn't that difficult!
However…
Su Ping's gaze quickly moved past Old Sha and towards the group of Forest Wolves that had become extremely docile.
Clearly, to quickly raise the Compendium Rank, the more Forest Wolves, the better, and the more Forest Wolves with a sufficient intimacy level with him, the better!
Old Sha, having been with him for so many years, was like family, so there was no need to say more.
Little Qing, having forged a Soul contract with him, was directly bound to him, so it was naturally the same.
However, these twenty-plus Forest Wolves, although he had fed them with Old Sha before and was somewhat familiar with them, clearly, in the Myriad Spirit Compendium's judgment, their intimacy was still not enough!
Evidently, to quickly raise the Compendium Rank, the number of Forest Wolves with sufficient intimacy was paramount.
And how to achieve sufficient intimacy?
Daily interaction, feeding, training.
These could all work, but they clearly couldn't achieve it quickly.
Su Ping looked at Old Sha, who was utterly excited, wagging his tail for the first time, and immediately understood.
Being able to increase the strength and abilities of these little ones, especially by having them gain power while just lying down, would undoubtedly greatly increase their intimacy.
Immediately, Su Ping made up his mind again!
Continue refining medicine!
But before that, he wanted to see Old Sha's changes!
"Old Sha, use Vine Strangulation on that tree!"
Old Sha's green eyes instantly brightened. It had never dreamed that something even Su Ping's grandfather couldn't achieve back then, and something Su An Yong had directly given up on, had miraculously been accomplished by Su Ping!
It knew that its little master, whom it had watched grow up, would indeed never harm it!
Immediately, Old Sha's gaze focused on a huge tree in the forest.
The next moment, dark green branches and vines either burst directly from the ground or condensed from the Void Realm.
They instantly entangled the huge tree that served as its imaginary enemy.
The vines were as thick as a bowl, extremely tough, and even had a metallic sheen.
Furthermore, as they continuously wrapped and tightened, Su Ping quickly noticed that sharp barbs appeared on the vines.
Which further increased the power of the vines by a large margin!
After just a brief entanglement, deep cracks, as if cut by a saw, appeared on the sturdy trunk of the towering giant tree that stood in his small forest.
And the speed of its activation, and the power of the vines, were incomparable to before!
Even a Commander-tier opponent of the same Rank, if caught in such a strangling entanglement woven by these vines, could instantly be drained of blood, left bruised and battered as if subjected to a thousand cuts.
Even Su Ping couldn't help but gasp.
Little Qing, who had been quiet in his arms, suddenly became lively.
It stared intently at the coiling vines, as if it had suddenly comprehended something.
Speaking of which, after Little Qing formed a contract with him, it quickly advanced to Ordinary Tier 2 in just one day. This speed was not slow, but it currently only had the basic Forest Wolf skill, Sunlight Absorption.
It could reduce its food requirements and consumption by basking in the sun, and grow quickly.
But it still had no combat ability.
Su Ping wasn't in a hurry initially, but now, looking at this situation, it seemed a little different?
As expected, Little Qing gently leaped from his arms, landed in front of him, and then slightly opened its mouth, letting out a very tender cry:
"Ow-woo-woo-woo…"
The next moment, several slender vines, only as thick as yarn, burst from the ground!
However, what was slightly different was that besides being slender, these vines also had a slightly different color, somewhat purplish.
Su Ping blinked, looking at his pet beast in disbelief.
It comprehended it just like that?
Although, ordinary Forest Wolves usually learn their racial skills during their growth.
Vine Strangulation, being the Forest Wolf's primary combat method, was naturally one of them.
However, a pet beast's Aptitude is judged by its speed in learning and mastering skills.
Like yesterday, in the student group chat.
Class monitor Zhou Shuchen had proudly stated that his newly contracted Scarlet-toothed Tiger had mastered one of the Scarlet-toothed Tiger's main combat skills, Fiery Pounce, in just half a month.
This was indeed quite good.
But how did his Little Qing learn Vine Strangulation just by watching Old Sha use it once?
Su Ping, somewhat incredulous, used his True Sight to examine his pet beast:
[Mutated Forest Wolf (Contracted)]
[Attributes: Wood, Poison]
[Current Rank: Ordinary Tier 2]
[Species Potential: Elite Tier 10]
[Skills: Sunlight Absorption (Beginner), Poison Vine Strangulation (Beginner)]
Wait?
Su Ping froze. It wasn't the usual Vine Strangulation mastered by ordinary Forest Wolves.
But this so-called Poison Vine Strangulation?
Su Ping looked at Little Qing strangely. Could it be that his father's so-called carefully selected, but in reality, probably lucky find of a Mutated Forest Wolf,
Not only had the potential to master Poison-element attributes, but also possessed extraordinary Aptitude?