Beast Taming Begins with the Inner Circle of Pets

Chapter 142 Brother Lao finally woke up!

While Lin's mother was asleep that night, Lin Manman secretly slipped into her brother's hospital room with Hongyu.

"Xiao Qi, if the energy is too strong later, try to absorb as much as possible from the side, okay?" Just in case, she summoned Xiao Qi.

"Aww!" Xiao Qi nodded her fluffy, cute round head, indicating that she would definitely work hard.

Lin Manman took a deep breath, then took out the bottle of [Diluted Spring Water] from her spatial bracelet.

"Brother, I heard this thing is incredibly rare, you'd better make it work for us."

Lin Manman opened the protective cover of her brother's capsule bed, opened the reagent bottle, and carefully dripped a tiny drop onto his lips.

Legend has it that a single drop of the Fountain of Life can transform life and drive species to evolve.

Although this is just diluted spring water, it still contains enormous life energy.

Therefore, any spirit beasts used by Fan Chengye for experiments whose bloodlines were not strong enough were unable to fully absorb this enormous energy, causing the medicine to damage their bodies. In the end, they either exploded or died from exhaustion.

Therefore, Lin Manman did not dare to drip this thing directly into her brother's mouth, but instead dripped it on his lips so that Xiao Qi could absorb the excess life energy.

Even so, when this tiny drop of diluted life-giving water fell, the immense life force that had been dissipating burst forth in an instant.

The little creature, which had been preparing all along, fluttered its tiny wings, opened its small mouth hidden in its downy fur, and whirled in the dissipated energy.

Seeing that Xiao Qi was able to absorb most of the dissipated energy, Lin Manman felt relieved. She then quickly opened the system and nervously observed her brother's condition.

Unfortunately, the current system panel is still not very user-friendly. Although it displays Lin Ruochen's abnormal state, it doesn't show a progress bar so that she can intuitively feel whether this thing is working or not.

While both the person and the pet were highly focused, no one noticed that the small stone hidden in Xiao Qi's neck fur was drawing away a portion of Xiao Qi's life energy from its mouth.

While Lin Manman was internally complaining about her cheat code, she could only observe the changes in her brother's appearance.

Although his brother's abnormal status in the system panel did not change, his whole person was slowly changing.

Her previously sunken cheeks are slowly becoming fuller, and her pale complexion and lips are gradually regaining their rosy hue.

This change filled Lin Manman with joy, indicating that the thing was still useful and that it might really be able to wake her brother up this time!

"Eek~ Eek!" By this time, Xiao Qi had absorbed almost all of the dissipated life energy. It flew to Lin Manman and circled up and down, looking very excited.

"You mean, if I give you just one more drop, you can advance to level three?" Lin Manman was overjoyed again. That's right, Xiao Qi is a spirit beast born from pure elements.

Although it cannot be elementalized at present, its body is also composed of energy, and since it is plant-based, it has an extremely high demand for life energy.

I think swallowing a small amount shouldn't cause any problems.

Lin Manman thought it was feasible and took out the bottle of diluted life water again.

"Then just a tiny drop, okay? I'm afraid you won't be able to handle too much."

After saying this, she paused for a moment, her hand that was about to drip the liquid. Why did she feel that something was off about what she had said?

"Waaah~"

Urged by Xiao Qi, Lin Manman also put away her strange thoughts and dripped a small drop into Xiao Qi's mouth.

As a soft, pale green glow enveloped Xiaoqi, she squinted her beady eyes in bliss.

At the same time, Lin Manman could sense through the contract that the energy within Xiao Qi's body was rapidly increasing.

As Xiaoqi focused on absorbing life energy, Lin Manman felt a flash of light on Xiaoqi's neck, but when she looked more closely, it seemed like there was nothing there.

Seeing that Xiao Qi's aura was about to break through to the third level, she didn't have time to pay attention to it and just thought that she was seeing things.

"Eek..." As Xiaoqi slowly opened her eyes, the little leaf on Xiaoqi's head trembled and a branch emerged, on which a flower bud seemed to be gathering.

Lin Manman exclaimed in admiration, reaching out to stroke the tiny flower bud on Xiao Qi's head. "Xiao Qi, why are there flowers blooming on your head? Will they bear fruit later?"

Xiao Qi stretched out its short forelegs, hugged its head which was a bit too big for it, and flapped its wings to avoid Lin Manman's hand.

It's not that it won't let you touch it, it's just that its flower hasn't fully formed yet.

"Waaah! Waaah!" it explained to Lin Manman as it flew away.

"Huh? It actually produces results?"

Lin Manman was stunned. She had just asked the question casually out of surprise, but Xiao Qi told her it was true.

These tree spirits do not reproduce through procreation. Instead, they rely on a core that forms during their growth. After their physical bodies perish, the core absorbs the power of the deceased body, undergoes a long period of growth, and eventually gives birth to a new tree spirit.

The flower that has now formed on Xiaoqi's head is the most important symbol of their race.

Once this flower has fully bloomed, it will bear fruit, and the fruit will become the core of the tree spirit.

If a tree spirit dies before it can form a core, it will not have the opportunity to give birth to the next generation of tree spirits.

"You only bloom at level three, so you won't bear fruit until level six?" Lin Manman guessed, stroking her chin.

I always feel that the tree spirit's attributes are somewhat similar to the phoenix's rebirth, except that after the phoenix's rebirth, it is still the original phoenix, while the tree spirit loses all its memories and becomes a completely new generation of tree spirit.

"Eek..." Little Seven flew back to indicate that it didn't know either. Its memory of its own race was still very limited. Only occasionally would a flash of inspiration allow it to learn some knowledge about its own race.

"Forget it, there's no point in thinking about it so much. Let's just think about what our little Qi will look like when she blooms... Hmm, she'll definitely be even cuter."

Lin Manman scooped up Xiao Qi and playfully rubbed her nose against its soft little head.

I really hope that Harper Seven will never grow up, and that her size will remain just right, like a baby held in the palm of my hand!

Xiao Qi was also very happy to have successfully upgraded. It was thanks to Lin Manman for boldly swapping the bottle of diluted life spring water; otherwise, it wouldn't have been able to upgrade so quickly.

As the pet and its owner rubbed against each other affectionately, a soft cough was heard.

Lin Manman paused for two seconds before belatedly looking at the hospital bed.

Upon seeing that once spirited young man, he finally opened his dark, bright eyes once more.

Lin Manman subconsciously released Xiao Qi and rushed to the bedside.

Luckily, Xiao Qi can fly, otherwise she would have been sticking to the ground one second after sticking to her beast tamer the next.

"..." Lin Manman opened her mouth, but the sound seemed to be stuck deep in her throat, and she couldn't make it out for a long time.

"Manman..." Lin Ruochen spoke first, smiling as he gazed at her. It was as if a long time had passed, and he felt himself becoming dazed, almost unable to recognize his dearest sister.

(End of this chapter)