Chapter 2233 — A Debt of Gratitude Repaid
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 3
"Very well—since you treat me thus, I shall give your Fire Lion clan some benefit in return!" Wei Zhao quickly made up his mind. "If I'm not mistaken, neither the Little Fire Lion nor the lioness has yet set foot upon the Yellow Rank, have they?"
"That is so..." The Great Fire Lion did not quite understand what benefit Wei Zhao meant, but hearing his question, it answered truthfully all the same. "The lioness is merely an ordinary lion with somewhat greater aptitude and spiritual intelligence than a normal lion—there is still some gap between her and a true Fire Lion. But of our Fire Lion clan, I am the only one left of a lineage passed down a thousand years. To breed offspring, I could only find a lioness of higher aptitude... The Little Fire Lion's bloodline, on the other hand, is comparatively pure, but the cultivation of us spirit beasts depends on consuming rare treasures of heaven and earth to accumulate power; the spiritual essence of heaven and earth does little to help us advance... The fruits and rare treasures used for cultivation are limited in the Wulonghaote Mountains, and that is the very reason for the conflict between our Fire Lion clan and another spirit beast clan..."
Wei Zhao nodded. He had long known this—the Thunder Pig had, in its day, advanced by devouring rare treasures of heaven and earth within the ancient tomb. "Little Fire Lion, come here a moment."
Though the Little Fire Lion was somewhat puzzled, it obediently trotted over at Wei Zhao's summons. Wei Zhao scooped it up in his arms and entered the space of the jade pendant, then set the second layer of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art's heart method into motion...
In an instant, pure and immense energy surged into the Little Fire Lion's body, and the Little Fire Lion was startled! Yet it soon understood that Wei Zhao meant it no harm—on the contrary, Wei Zhao was using a most wondrous method to channel true qi into it so that it might advance!
The Little Fire Lion's strength abruptly soared, and in no time it broke through the threshold of the Yellow Rank, becoming a spirit beast of the early Yellow Rank!
The Great Fire Lion and the lioness both sensed the change in the Little Fire Lion, and when they saw that in but a short while it had become an early Yellow Rank spirit beast, their astonishment knew no bounds!
Only the Thunder Pig and Sun Jingyan showed no surprise—they both knew Wei Zhao's abilities.
Beneath the amazed gazes of the Great Fire Lion and the lioness, the Little Fire Lion's strength continued to rocket upward, shooting straight from the early Yellow Rank to the peak of the early Yellow Rank, and it did not stop there—it promptly entered the mid Yellow Rank!
This rate of advancement thoroughly frightened the Great Fire Lion! It had lived a thousand years, and now as a Heaven Rank spirit beast it was among the rarest of existences among spirit beasts. After all, the spiritual essence of heaven and earth in this world was now so thin that it had scarcely any effect on spirit beasts; the only way for them to advance was to consume vast quantities of rare treasures of heaven and earth.
In its youth and younger years, the Great Fire Lion had several strokes of fortune, swallowing a few of the finest rare treasures of heaven and earth, and only thus had its strength risen with such astonishing speed. Even so, it had taken a thousand years to step into the Heaven Rank...
And now, with its own eyes, it witnessed its child, the Little Fire Lion, transform from a spirit beast with not even a rank to a mid Yellow Rank spirit beast in an instant... no, it was already at the peak of the mid Yellow Rank...
Soon the Great Fire Lion discovered that the Little Fire Lion had become a late Yellow Rank spirit beast, and then the peak of the late Yellow Rank!
It stared at all that was unfolding before its eyes in disbelief. Was this real?