Chapter 257: Urgent Unease, My Pills Are Amazing

With only fifteen Nine-Tailed Fox Blood Pills, Hu Liena's martial soul evolved very smoothly into a Nine-Tailed Demon Fox.

Her martial soul began its transformation amidst a burst of light. It was a deep fluctuation that permeated to the very depths of her soul, like a flower slowly blooming, like a butterfly breaking out of its cocoon.

From this, it can be seen that the quality of Hu Liena's original martial soul was also very high.

The original martial soul was the only one truly compatible with Hu Liena; before, when the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox Baisong was her martial soul, because of Baisong's soul, her control over the martial soul was always a bit unsmooth, as if blocked by a barrier on the path forward.

Previously, Hu Liena thought everyone was like this; after all, many students could not fully control their martial souls, so she never took it to heart.

Now she knows that the reason those students in the past could not fully control their martial souls was, on one hand, a matter of talent, and on the other, many students only cultivated soul power and did not cultivate Spirit Power Control.

And since her own talent was good and she frequently practiced Spirit Power Control, yet still could not fully control her martial soul, she had always assumed she just hadn't cultivated enough.

Now she knows it was all because of the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox Baisong; with Baisong gone and the original martial soul appearing, Hu Liena felt that her martial soul was now fully under control. This feeling of control gave Hu Liena a sense of satisfaction and peace of mind she had never experienced before.

External things are ultimately external things; they may be powerful at first, but in the end, they only become obstacles on the path of cultivation.

For Hu Liena, Baisong was an external thing.

The nine fox Soul Beasts that Hu Liena contracted were all cubs, so for now, it mainly depends on Hu Liena's feedback.

With her god-level strength, Hu Liena's cultivation speed is very fast, and she provides a lot of feedback to the nine little ones.

After observing for a month, this period was mainly Jerry feeding the nine little foxes.

Because the number of tails on the nine fox cubs varied, Jerry arranged different food and Fox Blood Pills for them.

Jerry has professional experience in raising fox Soul Beasts; this month was not only for observation but also for teaching Hu Liena how to raise fox Soul Beasts.

These little foxes grew quickly; in just one month, their growth speed was astonishing.

First was their cultivation, which all broke through to over a hundred years, and Hu Liena's first nine Spirit Rings also turned yellow.

Then was their individual evolution; under the influence of the medicinal pills, the ones with the fewest tails had three, and the ones with the most had five.

Moreover, because of Jerry's guidance, these little foxes also learned the Breathing Method and could actively cultivate on their own.

The bodies of foxes with a hundred years of cultivation are already fully developed, so they can begin Gravity Training.

Having experimented in the Spirit Beast Small World, the younger the Soul Beast, the stronger its adaptability.

A hundred-year-old fox has a fully developed body, making this the best time to adapt to gravity.

Hu Liena's Floating Small Courtyard has a Gravity Array, which is usually only turned on during cultivation and is generally off otherwise.

Only those body-refining fanatics keep it on all the time, and Hu Liena is clearly not one of them.

Jerry explained to Hu Liena the importance of Body Strength for Soul Beasts, especially reminding her that Soul Beasts must undergo a Thunder Tribulation when they reach one hundred thousand years.

Because of the fast cultivation speed, Jerry told Hu Liena to let these little ones live in gravity more often to improve their Body Strength as early as possible.

However, these little ones were clearly not very obedient; they were young and playful, and finding the Gravity Field too tiring, they always ran out.

In the end, Jerry had to make nine individual Gravity Collars, putting them on the necks of these little foxes so they couldn't take them off and would be under gravity at all times.

However, as these foxes' cultivation increases, their bodies will grow larger, and these collars will eventually be outgrown.

If only there were a material that would grow larger along with the body.

But this world clearly lacks such a material; even fiber materials with good elasticity are useless compared to the way Soul Beasts' body sizes grow exponentially.

How can these nine little foxes be kept cultivating under gravity without having to remake collars as their bodies grow?

Changing the gravity of the entire world—this is not a Small World, and Jerry cannot do that.

Currently, there is no way to solve this; many Spirit Masters, after contracting a Soul Beast, like to keep the ones that aren't too large by their side.

It is completely different from what Jerry originally envisioned; at first, Jerry thought that after contracting, he would release the Soul Beasts into the great forest, where they would grow faster.

But Summoners are afraid that their Soul Beasts will die in battles with other Soul Beasts, so they choose to keep them by their side rather than releasing them.

This is actually very detrimental to the growth of Soul Beasts, as it suppresses their nature. Because of the Summoner's feedback, the Soul Beasts cultivate very quickly, but their Body Strength cannot keep up.

If they aren't careful, these Soul Beasts probably won't even be able to survive the one-hundred-thousand-year Thunder Tribulation.

Many Summoners never even thought that their summoned beasts could cultivate to one hundred thousand years, so they didn't pay attention to the Body Strength of their summoned beasts.

But the nine that Hu Liena contracted are different; Jerry will definitely help, so breaking through one hundred thousand years will just be one hurdle in their lives, with a bunch of other hurdles waiting for them later.

Through observing Hu Liena and the contracted foxes, Jerry deduced the effect of feedback: if the Soul Beast's bloodline limit is sufficient, it only takes a hundred years for a Soul Beast to cultivate to one hundred thousand years.

With this method of cultivation, there is a one hundred percent chance they won't survive the Thunder Tribulation, so Body Strength must be taken seriously.

This is the Main World, not a Small World; the Soul Beasts Jerry contracted are all in a Small World, and it is a Small World that only has Soul Beasts.

Jerry can directly change the gravity of the entire Small World, but he can't do that in the Main World; not only do Soul Beasts live here, but humans do too, and the Rules here are not under Jerry's control.

Then it can only be left to the Summoners to supervise themselves.

There is basically nothing left to do on Hu Liena's side; the rest depends on the growth of the nine little ones. Jerry gave Hu Liena the pills needed for each stage, and then left it to Hu Liena to raise them herself.

There are still many Nine-Tailed Fox Blood Pills left. Jerry discovered that the Fox Blood Pill refined from the blood of a Nine-Tailed Demon Fox can be absorbed by foxes of any attribute; it is simply a panacea.

If one were to use the blood of other foxes, it would require the same attribute. With so many fox species, each species requires different pills; not only does refining pills for each level take a lot of time, but collecting the blood also takes a long time.

After the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox was resurrected, it seems no one asked about its abilities, whether they were like those written in the ancient books before.

Thinking of this, Jerry went directly to find the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox. During this month, it had also recovered, and it was time to draw blood again.

Seeing the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox Baisong, Jerry asked directly: "Baisong, I want to ask what abilities you have. A previous ancient book recorded that for every tail a Nine-Tailed Demon Fox grows, it masters a new attribute. By the time it reaches nine tails, it will master Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Light, Darkness, Space, and Time. Is that true?"

Hearing Jerry's question, the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox was stunned for a moment, but it was clear that the ancient book's record was wrong.

"Almost, but one point is wrong. The Time attribute cannot be mastered. The attribute not recorded is the Thunder Attribute. You've seen a Thunder Fox, right? So the Fox Clan can master the Thunder Attribute."

"Space and Time are the hardest to comprehend. For example, the Silver Fox, whose full name is Space Silver Fox, usually comes and goes without a trace. In ancient times, they were only occasionally seen, and by now, they should have long been extinct."

"As for the Time attribute, as far as I know, the Fox Clan does not have it. There were some races in ancient times that comprehended the Time attribute, but there is a saying: those who comprehend time eventually get lost in time. So all the races that comprehended time have disappeared."

"As for the Space Rule mastered by the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, one is to open up a Storage Space for storing things, and the other is Teleportation."

"Everyone says time and space are powerful, but few comprehend them, and there are few ways to use them."

The Nine-Tailed Demon Fox told Jerry everything it knew; it wasn't anything important anyway.

But after hearing this, Jerry had a special feeling.

The space skills are few and the applications are few because you comprehend too little.

What is going on with time?

And that saying: those who comprehend time are ultimately lost within time.

What does this mean, to be lost within time?

The skills of the Time Rule include Time Acceleration, Time Deceleration, and Time Stop; these are the only three skills Jerry has comprehended so far.

What exactly could make a person get lost?

No way! Could there really be time reflux, traveling through time?

Only with these two skills does Jerry feel one would get lost.

But in this world, Jerry has comprehended both the Time Rule and the Space Rule to 100%, yet he cannot comprehend these two skills.

No, I have overlooked something.

It is lifespan, right, it is lifespan.

The few gods Jerry has come into contact with only have the first layer of the God Body; they simply do not have the subsequent two layers.

If one has not reached the third layer, then if Time Acceleration is activated, one's lifespan will soon be gone.

To be lost in time must refer to dying from the exhaustion of one's lifespan while in time.

This is truly playing oneself to death.

Just thinking about it feels terrifying.

Fortunately, when he tried it, his God Body had already reached the third layer.

Time is too terrifying!

Jerry could not help but shiver, and goosebumps rose all over his body.

No wonder the blood of the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox is useful; it turns out it includes the eight basic attributes.

Draw, he must draw, he must draw enough to get his money's worth.

Afterwards, he spoke with the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, and under the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's extreme reluctance, Jerry drew another tube of blood.

After getting the blood, Jerry ran off to refine pills, leaving behind the exhausted Nine-Tailed Demon Fox Baisong, who lay limply on the ground.

After finishing the pill refinement, he had three hundred more.

With so many pills, Jerry believes he could even cultivate a one-tailed fox into a nine-tailed one.

Of course, for his own people, he still has to prioritize them.

Subsequently, Jerry summoned the three Fox Clan Elders of the Cabinet.

Seventh Elder Yu Shu, martial soul Six-Tailed Fire Fox.

Tenth Elder You Yi, martial soul Three-Tailed Ice Fox.

Eleventh Elder Lan Qiaoqin, martial soul Three-Tailed Charm Fox.

The three Elders' martial souls all belong to the Fox Clan; as for this Charm Fox, when the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox introduced the Fox Clan before, it did not introduce the Charm Fox; it can be said that charm is the basic attribute of every fox.

Eleventh Elder's martial soul Charm Fox is different, which is interesting; she has not mastered other attributes and can only exert the specialties of the fox's own body.

He does not know if there are any foxes in the natural world that have not mastered any attributes; at least for now, Jerry has not seen one.

Of course, there is also a possibility that Eleventh Elder's martial soul has mutated.

And it is a regressive mutation, having no attributes.

The name Charm Fox should have been given by later generations, because apart from charm, it has no other features.

However, they are all foxes, so this is simple; Jerry is too lazy to refine pills level by level, and since they are his own people, he is not afraid of waste, so he directly gave them all the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox Bloodline Pill.

Seventh Elder took 80 Bloodline Pills, and her martial soul evolved into a Nine-Tailed Fire Fox.

Tenth Elder took 110 Bloodline Pills, and her martial soul evolved into a Nine-Tailed Ice Fox.

Eleventh Elder took 140 Bloodline Pills, and her martial soul evolved; when it evolved, it was different from the other two, as the light was more dazzling and the time was longer.

It seems Jerry's speculation was correct; Eleventh Elder's martial soul, the Nine-Tailed Charm Fox, was indeed a product of regression.

Now with the replenishment of the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox Blood Pill, after completing the previously regressed Origin, it even began to evolve further; it is precisely because of this that the consumption of Fox Blood Pills was a bit more than the other two.

Finally, the Evolution Light dissipated, and her true appearance could be seen clearly.

A huge fox appeared behind Eleventh Elder; this was her martial soul, overall a fluorescent green color, looking very dazzling, with nine tails raised, somewhat like a peacock spreading its tail.

The Nine-Tailed Demon Fox had previously introduced the appearance characteristics of this fox to Jerry; with just one glance, Jerry recognized Eleventh Elder's martial soul: Nine-Tailed Wood Fox.

The Wood Attribute is easily overlooked; Eleventh Elder probably always thought she belonged to the Non-Attribute category, otherwise if she had gone to the Wood Attribute Cultivation Tower to practice earlier, the Wood Attribute would likely have awakened long ago.

He had not found a single Wood Fox in the natural world, yet he actually saw a Wood Fox martial soul here; it was truly an eye-opener.

The three Elders consumed quite a lot, but fortunately Jerry had a sufficient quantity here and could fully afford it.

The three of them are now truly loyal to Jerry; they feel that everything they have now was given by Jerry.

From Jerry recruiting them to the Spirit Hall, giving them power, teaching them various knowledge, improving their Spirit Power, helping them become gods, and now helping their martial souls evolve into nine tails.

All of this makes them loyal and devoted to Jerry.

There are still some pills left; there are two more Eight-Tailed Foxes in the Star Dou Great Forest, both Dabai's underlings, so it will be their gain.

Once the bloodline is upgraded to nine tails, the chance of becoming a god will be greatly increased.

Jerry is feeling very urgent now, hoping that as many powerhouses as possible become gods, whether they are humans or Soul Beasts.

There is always a sense of unease in his heart, he does not know why; this feeling existed before everyone underwent the tribulation and has never stopped.

Anything that can make Jerry feel uneasy is definitely not a small matter.

At Jerry's level of Cultivation, being able to make him feel uneasy is more like a warning that something big is about to happen.

(End of this chapter)