Li Changsheng reacted instinctively. He deployed his omniscience and a shapeless barrier covered his body and stopped the powder from reaching him.
Ai Xi, on the other hand, was taken by surprise. Before it could react, it had already inhaled quite a lot of the bright yellow powder.
Ai Xi's nose twitched, and it was seized by a potent urge to sleep. Its eyes were fighting to stay open, flickering between being open and closed. At last, it could not withstand it anymore, and its eyes shut completely. Ai Xi tumbled to the floor, asleep.
Galen gasped when she saw what happened to Ai Xi, her expression like a child caught misbehaving. She covered her eyes with her hands, but she could not help peeking to see Li Changsheng's reaction.
"Don't worry about it. Ai Xi is probably exhausted after the past few days. We should let it rest! Galen, aside from Healing Halo and Sleeping Powder, what other skills do you have?"
Li Changsheng shook his head. He did not berate Galen, but picked up the sleeping Ai Xi and set it on the cushion beside him.
Wow~
Galen lowered her hands down and exhaled. Tendrils of green energy began to form and condensed into a green watery blob that floated midair.
The drop of water was only as big as a baby's fist. It was condensed completely of pure natural energy. It emanated a potent aura of nature, and had the power to heal and replenish energy.
The next moment, Galen hovered the blob of water in front of Li Changsheng's mouth and gestured for him to drink it.
Without hesitation, Li Changsheng swallowed the green drop.
Instantly, a warm sensation spread throughout his body. Li Changsheng could not help closing his eyes. He felt like he was somewhere in the middle of nature. His exhaustion was receding slowly.
"Is this the Healing Spring?"
Soon, Li Changsheng opened his eyes. He was filled with doubt. This small drop of water did not fit the description at all.
His confusion only lasted a second before he figured out the reason. It was not that the description of the Healing Spring was exaggerated, but rather it was because of Galen's current level. When her strength increased in the future, the number of droplets should increase too.
Galen had grasped three skills despite her newborn status. This was already extremely good.
Upon confirming Galen's skills, Li Changsheng instructed her to continue practicing them, jotting down the length of the skill usage intervals.
Based on the testing results, the interval for Healing Spring was the lengthiest, being two minutes between each use. It was only one minute for the Healing Halo and Sleeping Powder.
"Galen, your training regimen is simple. Just use the skills continuously in this room and try to master them as soon as possible!"
Galen raised her fists after listening to Li Changsheng's order and ensured him that she would train diligently.
As Galen practiced her skills, Li Changsheng stood to the side and attentively jotted down Galen's data. If Galen showed signs of improvement, he would reward her. This would give Galen a boost in motivation.
Li Changsheng also prepared a clay dolium to collect the Healing Spring during the training process.
The Healing Spring's rejuvenating properties would dissipate gradually over time, but this dissipation would be greatly limited if it was stored properly. With the sealing properties of the clay dolium, the Spring's efficacy could be preserved for a few days.
The training was boring and repetitive, but Galen was happy to do it for Li Changsheng's praise. Time passed gradually as she trained diligently.
The training stretched on for half an hour until Galen started showing signs of exhaustion.
Aside from the interval times, there was also the drawback that the skill user's energy would be depleted every time they used an energy skill, despite the fact that the bulk of the energy came from nature.
This was also related to the user's level. The higher their level was, the more energy was stored in their demon core, and the more times they could use energy skills.
"Thanks for your hard work, Galen!"
After training, Li Changsheng scanned the data he jotted on the notepad, feeling wistful.
Within a short half-hour, Galen had started improving visibly. Although it was not by much, it was enough to confirm that she would improve greatly in the future as long as she kept up this pace.
This was undoubtedly a good start.
Galen had exhausted all her energy and needed time to recover. Of course, her recovery speed would increase greatly if she could absorb a Wood-type demon core.
Li Changsheng did not have any, though, so he could only let her recover naturally.
As Galen rested, Li Changsheng did not sit around idly. He carried Ai Xi in his arms and gave it some simple massages.
Aside from combat and training, a demon tamer must also learn how to take care of their demon pets' needs. This was a necessity if one wanted to become a decent demon tamer.
Ai Xi was in a deep sleep, but Li Changsheng's massage must have satisfied it, for it started rumbling contentedly in its sleep.
Li Changsheng could feel that Ai Xi's muscle groups were not developed while he massaged it, but he could do nothing to improve that. Although Ai Xi was more than a meter long, it was still a newborn.
A demon pet's growing stages were the newborn stage, the growing stage, the mature stage, and the aging stage. The newborn stage was the shortest while the mature stage was the longest.
As he massaged Ai Xi, Galen gave him a rather downcast look. Li Changsheng found that amusing.
"Galen, I'd love to help you, but you're too small! When you grow up a bit, I'll do it for you every day!"
"Wow, then I must grow up as soon as possible!"
Galen whooped, looking expectant. She whizzed around the room.
An hour later, Galen regained her strength. She started training before Li Changsheng could remind her.
"Galen, you can rest. Let's resume training tomorrow!"
Half an hour later, Galen was once again exhausted. Li Changsheng did not press Galen to continue training, as he believed in balancing work and leisure.
Compared to the naughty Ai Xi, Galen was much more obedient. She always gave her all during training and did not cut corners. Also, she listened to Li Changsheng's commands from start to end.
This obedient demon gave Li Changsheng plenty of reassurance.
After Galen was finished with her training, Li Changsheng sat on his bed cross-legged and closed his eyes slowly. He tensed up and started to cultivate his omniscience.
Within ten days, Li Changsheng had succeeded in cultivating two starlights. The difficulty was also increasing steeply as the number of starlights cultivated increased.
After signing a contract with Galen, Li Changsheng's cultivation picked up speed. Although a blood binding contract was not as impactful to the demon tamer as a cardinal binding contract, the benefits Li Changsheng obtained should be at least half of what he gained when he signed one with Ai Xi, given Galen's impressive grade and class.
If he kept up his current pace, he would complete this stage within half a year and become a Level 2 Demon Tamer.