Celestial Beast Taming

Chapter 448: Chapter 257: Undead Transformation: The Advancing Zhong Ling

Perhaps because Long Mu had used a drop of Blood Dragon Ancestral Blood on it, the Dragon Rose Seed still contained an immense life force, even though it was broken in two.

Zhong Yi wasn’t in a hurry to use the Resurrection Celestial Lord to restore the Dragon Rose Seed.

To restore the Dragon Rose Seed, a sufficient amount of Flowing Soul Soil was required.

The Flowing Soul Soil Zhong Yi currently had on hand was likely not enough to restore the Dragon Rose Seed.

After carefully placing the two halves of the Dragon Rose Seed into his Soul Base, Zhong Yi took stock of the 217 Thousand-Year Forest Cores he had just exchanged for.

He then took out a full 50 Thousand-Year Forest Cores and buried them in the container where the Florist Worm resided.

He let the Florist Worm absorb the Energy from the Thousand-Year Forest Cores on its own.

It would take some time for the Florist Worm to evolve into a Summer Worm.

It would take the Florist Worm at least a week to absorb the Energy from a single Thousand-Year Forest Core.

After Zhong Yi placed these Thousand-Year Forest Cores into the Florist Worm’s container,

the calm soil within immediately began to churn.

The main body of the Florist Worm burrowed out of the soil and wrapped its soft, slick body around one of the Thousand-Year Forest Cores.

Then, it enveloped the Thousand-Year Forest Core completely.

Immediately after, the offshoots that the Florist Worm had split from itself seemed to be driven away.

The Florist Worm expelled all of them from the container where Zhong Yi had placed the Thousand-Year Forest Cores.

The scene gave Zhong Yi a slightly absurd feeling.

It was like a mother who had never eaten anything good before, suddenly discovering a delicacy.

She then kicked all her children out of the house.

If one had to summarize this behavior, it could only be described as being possessive of its food.

Zhong Yi collected the expelled offshoots from the ground and placed them in a new container.

Zhong Yi would give these Florist Worm offshoots to Zhao Kai and let him put them to good use.

Ever since the Florist Worm began absorbing the Energy from the Thousand-Year Forest Cores, it had stopped using its Exclusive Traits to split off new offshoots.

Zhong Yi sealed the container holding the Florist Worm’s main body, planning to wait until all 50 Thousand-Year Forest Cores were consumed before observing the Florist Worm’s condition again.

This would help him determine the approximate number of Thousand-Year Forest Cores needed for the Florist Worm’s Evolution.

Having done all this, Zhong Yi glanced at the time: 6:45.

Zhong Ling should be awake around this time.

Zhong Yi stood up and walked toward Zhong Ling’s room.

Zhong Ling’s door was open.

At that moment, Zhong Ling was brushing her teeth while flipping through a book titled *Wind Attribute Material Analysis*.

Judging from the annotations in the book, Zhong Ling was already on the sixth volume of the series.

Seeing Zhong Yi, Zhong Ling quickly rinsed her mouth, then skipped over to him.

In the past, when she and Zhong Chenghuai were struggling to keep the Evolution Shop afloat, the pressures of life left Zhong Ling with little reason to smile.

But now, whenever Zhong Yi saw her, he would find her face always adorned with a smile.

"Xiaolingdang, I told you before that we could find a way for your Lifebound Guardian Beast to obtain Rule Authority, just like Shen Xuan’s Order Beast."

"Well, I’ve finally found something that can do it."

"Here! Just have your Reincarnation Nether Butterfly absorb this fruit."

Zhong Yi’s words made Zhong Ling’s jaw drop in shock.

Zhong Ling had already been studying at Starlight Academy for nearly two months.

Within her first week at Starlight Academy, Zhong Ling had learned about the uniqueness of Celestial Destiny Seekers.

From what she had learned, how could a Celestial Destiny Seeker possibly be created after birth?

The Lifebound Guardian Beasts awakened by normal Guardian Beast Masters were fundamentally different from the Deceit Beasts awakened in the Soul Bases of Deceit Beast Masters.

Deceit Beasts could grasp an incomplete Rule Authority by devouring the bodies of Order Beasts or absorbing a Rule Deceit Embryo.

But a Guardian Beast Master’s Lifebound Guardian Beast did not have this Ability.

According to her teacher, this could be seen as a form of balance between Guardian Beast Masters and Deceit Beast Masters.

While a Guardian Beast Master’s Lifebound Guardian Beast lacked the Deceit Beast’s Ability to obtain a fragmented Rule Authority, a Guardian Beast Master could form a Contract with more Guardian Beasts, something a Deceit Beast Master could not do.

But when it came to a choice between her own knowledge and Zhong Yi, Zhong Ling would believe Zhong Yi unconditionally, without a shred of doubt in his words.

Besides, the Energy contained within the purplish-black, somewhat ugly fruit was the very Power of Rules that Zhong Ling had often felt from the Resurrection Celestial Lord and the Ten Thousand Corrosive Poison Mother.

After staring for a few moments at the fruit that defied her understanding, Zhong Ling looked up at Zhong Yi.

"Young Master, is this fruit really for me?"

"If this fruit can be used by my Lifebound Guardian Beast, shouldn’t it also be usable by the other Guardian Beasts you have a Contract with?"

Hearing this, Zhong Yi reached out and ruffled Zhong Ling’s hair.

This time, Zhong Yi was surprised to find that Zhong Ling seemed to have grown quite a bit taller in the past two months or so.

"Xiaolingdang, the Rule Authority contained in this fruit is related to death."

"Of course it’s for your Lifebound Guardian Beast!"

"Once your Reincarnation Nether Butterfly masters the death-related Rule Authority within this fruit and you form a Contract with the two Guardian Beasts I’m preparing for you, you’ll be able to go on the Virtual Source Network and help me earn Divine Origin Value."

Zhong Yi’s words were very direct, and very serious.

Up until now, Zhong Yi had been spending his own resources and Divine Origin Value to support Zhong Ling and Shen Xuan.