Chapter 17: Healing Spring

Li Zhangsheng reacted extremely quickly, subconsciously mobilizing his Mental Power to cover his body with an invisible barrier, blocking the intrusion of the powder.

Unlike Li Zhangsheng, Aixi was caught off guard; before it could react, it had already inhaled a significant amount of the bright yellow powder.

After inhaling the powder, Aixi's nose twitched, and a deep sense of drowsiness surged up; its eyelids seemed to be fighting each other, constantly opening and closing, until finally, it could no longer hold on, its eyes closed completely, and it slumped softly onto the ground, fast asleep.

Seeing Aixi's state, Kailan exclaimed, and like a child who had done something wrong, she covered her eyes with her hands, yet peeked through the gaps between her fingers to observe Li Zhangsheng's expression.

"Never mind, Aixi has been tired these days; it is time to let it have a good rest! Kailan, besides Healing Aura and Sleep Powder, do you have any other skills?"

Li Zhangsheng shook his head; he did not blame Kailan, instead picking up the fast-asleep Aixi and gently placing it on a soft cushion nearby.

Wah-woo~

Upon hearing this, Kailan lowered her hands and let out a soft breath. As Kailan condensed energy, wisps of green energy began to gather, eventually forming a cluster of emerald-green water droplets that hovered in mid-air.

This cluster of water droplets was only the size of an infant's fist, entirely condensed from Pure Natural Energy, exuding a Rich natural aura, and possessing the function of healing injuries and restoring physical strength.

The next moment, under Kailan's control, this cluster of water droplets floated to Li Zhangsheng's lips, signaling for Li Zhangsheng to drink it.

Without hesitation, Li Zhangsheng swallowed the emerald-green water droplets.

In an instant, a warm feeling began to emerge; Li Zhangsheng could not help but close his eyes, as if he were immersed in nature, and the fatigue throughout his body was slowly fading away.

"Is this the Healing Spring?"

Soon, Li Zhangsheng opened his eyes, a hint of confusion in them; this small cluster of water droplets clearly did not match the name Healing Spring.

However, he did not remain confused for long, immediately thinking of the reason: it was not that the Healing Spring was unworthy of its name, but rather that it was limited by Kailan's current realm; once her strength increased in the future, the quantity of the Healing Spring would surely increase significantly.

Having just been born, Kailan had already mastered three skills, which was truly impeccable.

After confirming the skills Kailan had mastered, Li Zhangsheng let her continue to perform them, starting to record the intervals for her energy-based skills.

Judging from the test results, the interval for Healing Spring was the longest, requiring two minutes between each use, while both Healing Aura and Hypnosis Powder only required one minute.

"Kailan, your training plan is very simple; for now, just keep performing these skills in the room, and strive to become proficient as soon as possible!"

After listening to Li Zhangsheng's command, Kailan clenched her small fists, indicating that she would train hard.

While Kailan was practicing her skills, Li Zhangsheng stood to the side, recording Kailan's data; whenever Kailan made progress, he would give her some encouragement, which undoubtedly greatly enhanced Kailan's motivation.

Additionally, during the training process, Li Zhangsheng specially prepared a clay pot and began to consciously collect the Healing Spring.

Although the energy of the Healing Spring continuously evaporated as time passed, as long as it was stored properly, this trend could be greatly delayed; with the sealing performance of the clay pot, it could be preserved for about several days.

Training was undoubtedly monotonous, but under Li Zhangsheng's praise, Kailan instead found it tireless; under her focused training, time began to slowly slip away.

This process lasted for a total of half an hour, until Kailan showed signs of fatigue.

Besides the interval time, every time an energy-based skill was performed, although it mostly used energy from heaven and earth, her own energy would also suffer a certain amount of consumption.

This was also related to her realm; the higher the realm, the more energy the Demon Core could store, and naturally, the more energy-based skills could be performed.

"You've worked hard, Kailan!"

After the training ended, Li Zhangsheng looked at the dense data in his small notebook, feeling quite emotional inside.

In just half an hour, Kailan had progressed at a visible rate; although the extent of the progress was not large, as long as this continued, there would surely be a great improvement in the future.

This was undoubtedly a good start.

Kailan's energy was exhausted and required a certain amount of time to recover; of course, if she absorbed a Wood Element Demon Core, it would undoubtedly greatly accelerate Kailan's recovery speed.

Unfortunately, Li Zhangsheng had no more Wood Element Demon Cores, so he could only let Kailan recover naturally.

While Kailan was recovering, Li Zhangsheng was not idle either; he picked up Aixi and gave it a simple massage.

Besides fighting and training, a Monster Tamer must also learn to take care of the daily life of their Demon Pet; this was also a necessary condition for becoming a qualified Monster Tamer.

Even though Aixi was still fast asleep, Li Zhangsheng's massage technique still made Aixi feel very satisfied, and it even made comfortable sounds.

Through massaging Aixi, Li Zhangsheng clearly felt that Aixi's muscle groups were not well-developed; it couldn't be helped, for even though Aixi's body length exceeded one meter, it was actually still in the Infancy Stage.

The growth stages of a Demon Pet are divided into Infancy Stage, Growth Stage, Mature Stage, and Senescence Stage, among which the Infancy Stage is the shortest and the Mature Stage is the longest.

While Li Zhangsheng was massaging Aixi, Kailan, who was to the side, displayed a pitiful look, leaving Li Zhangsheng quite unable to laugh or cry.

"Kailan, it's not that I don't want to massage you, it's just that you are too small; when you grow up a bit more, I will massage you every day!"

"Wah-woo, then Kailan must grow up quickly!"

Kailan cheered, showing a look of anticipation, and flew around the room.

After about an hour, Kailan finally fully recovered; without needing Li Zhangsheng to remind her, she began to spontaneously start her training.

"Kailan, rest well, and continue training tomorrow!"

Half an hour later, Kailan had once again exhausted her energy; keeping in mind the idea of balancing work and rest, Li Zhangsheng did not let Kailan continue training.

Compared to the mischievous Aixi, Kailan was simply a well-behaved baby; she always gave her all during training without any slack, and she always followed Li Zhangsheng's commands.

Such an obedient Demon Pet also made Li Zhangsheng feel very at ease.

After Kailan finished her training, Li Zhangsheng began to sit cross-legged on the bed, slowly closing his eyes to boost his spirit and begin tempering his Mental Power.

In these ten days, Li Zhangsheng had successfully tempered two starlights, but as more starlights were tempered, the difficulty continued to rise.

However, after contracting Kailan, Li Zhangsheng's cultivation speed surged by another notch; although the bonus the Blood Contract provided to a Monster Tamer was far inferior to a Life Contract, Kailan's quality and species were what they were, so the boost was at least half that of Aixi's.

Judging by the current progress, in just half a year, he would be able to complete the accumulation for this stage and become a Second-Rank Beast Master.

(End of chapter)