When Mu Liang and Mino found the Rock Tortoise, there were additional earth spikes on every side of the nearby hills.
"Ow ~~" The Rock Tortoise let out a cry of grievance when it saw its owner.
"Are you hungry?"
Mu Liang froze, and he couldn't help but feel a headache from the message conveyed through the Rock Tortoise's mind.
"Little Xuanwu is hungry?" Mino opened her little mouth.
The girl stared blankly at the huge figure of the Rock Tortoise and wondered about how much food would be needed to fill its stomach?
"Ding! Consuming 1 evolution point per day can solve the hunger problem of the tamed beast."
Mu Liang grumbled in his heart, "System, you should have told me earlier."
He might even be in danger of starving to death if he tried to feed the Rock Tortoise of such a size.
System: "..."
"Stretch your head over. I'll give you some energy to eat." Mu Liang waved at the Rock Tortoise.
"Energy?" Mino's blue eyes curiously stared at him.
"Ow~~" The Rock Tortoise let out a hiss and stretched its huge head.
"System, evolve the Rock Tortoise and fill its stomach as well."
Mu Liang placed his palm on the head of the Rock Tortoise and gave an order to the system with his mind.
"Ding! Level-2 Rock Tortoise evolved to level-3, deducting 100 evolution points."
"Ding! Rock Tortoise has successfully evolved to Level-3."
"Ding! Level-3 Rock Tortoise talent evolution: Earth Spikes."
"Ding! Improving the tamer's 'Earth Spikes' ability to level-3 'Earth Spikes'."
Mu Liang's body was strengthened once again, and the Rock Tortoise's talent also advanced.
"System, open the character panel."
He wanted to see how much his life span had increased.
[Tamer: Mu Liang]
Stamina: 22. Speed: 21
Strength: 21. Spirit: 32
Life span: 24 years / 420 years
Taming points: 10 (Refresh daily, can be accumulated)
Evolutionary points: 21.
Ability: Earth Spikes (Level 3)
Mimetic Stealth (Level 3)
(The attributes of a normal human body are 1)
...
Tamed beasts:
Rock tortoise (Level 3)
Talent: Earth Spikes (Level 3)
Tricolor Lizard (Level 3)
Talent: Mimetic Stealth (Level 3)
...
"I wonder what the basic attributes of an enhanced person are and how they compare to me."
Mu Liang's lips curled into a smile as he closed his character panel. A life span of more than 400 years was something he had never thought of before.
"Mu Liang, Mu Liang... Look at Little Xuanwu ." Mino stuttered as she tugged at his clothes.
Mu Liang returned to his senses and looked up.
The Rock Tortoise had once again become larger. If its previous size had been ten square meters, now its size was one hundred square meters.
"Ow~~"
The Rock Tortoise let out a powerful, excited hiss and lifted its foot to stomp the ground.
"Bang!"
A one-meter-long earth spike appeared on the ground. Then it shot out with an explosive speed and crashed into a large boulder a hundred meters away.
"Bang!!!"
The boulder shattered as if it had been blasted by a cannonball.
Mino's ears stood straight and her blue eyes became dull as she watched the Rock Tortoise's masterpiece.
Mu Liang smiled, raised his eyebrows, and said with satisfaction, "Finally, I have long-range attack capabilities."
"Little Xuanwu ... is so powerful, and so cool." After Mino came back to her senses, she became so excited that she didn't know how to express it.
The young girl did not know many adjectives.
Mu Liang conveyed his intention to the Rock Tortoise and shouted, "Little Xuanwu, send us up!"
The current Rock Tortoise was more than six meters tall. It was very difficult to climb on its back, not to mention the fact that its limbs were covered with rock spikes.
"Oww~~" The Rock Tortoise lay down and steps formed by earth and rocks rose to the back of the tortoise from the ground.
With the girl in his arm, he strolled up the stairs and came to the tortoise's back once again.
"It's so spacious." Mino spun around in delight and looked at the back of the tortoise, which had expanded about ten times.
Mu Liang looked at the young girl, who was as light as a butterfly, running on the tortoise's back.
He curiously asked her, "Mino, what kind of house do you plan to build?"
"Huh? Are you asking me?" Mino stopped running around and asked in bewilderment.
"Well, what kind of house do you like?" Mu Liang asked in another fashion.
"What kind of house do I like? I'll have to think about that one."
Mino squatted down in distress, and the rabbit ears on her head were also tangled together.
"Are the rabbit's ears expressing her emotions?" Mu Liang looked at Mino's rabbit ears with interest.
He was even a little tempted to grab them.
Mino thought for a while, looked up, and weakly said, "Mu Liang, how about we build it like a wooden shed?"
"Think about it again. The wooden shed is too simple." Mu Liang said with a smile.
Mino said with a bitter little face, "I can't think of anything else."
"Then come over and see this house."
Mu Liang pulled out a piece of cloth from his pants pocket and spread it out on the back of the tortoise.
Mino came closer and looked at the cloth on the ground.
She looked at the black pattern on the cloth piece, and the more she looked at it, the more she liked it.
Suddenly, she turned her head and stared at Mu Liang with her blue eyes. Then she excitedly asked, "Can we really build this house in the future?"
"Of course." Mu Liang responded with a chuckle.
He had drawn the design of this house on the cloth last night.
It was a very simple house with two rooms, one hall, one bath, and a small yard.
"This house is very good, but how are we going to build it? It will need a lot of stones, right?"
Mino's rabbit ears, which had just stood up excitedly, suddenly went soft.
"Did you forget whose back we're standing on right now?"
Mu Liang smiled and stomped on the tortoise's back. Then he sent it a message: I need some rectangular stones on your back.
"Ow ow ow ow~~" the Rock Tortoise hissed 'received'.
The Rock Tortoise manipulated the rocks of the surrounding hills and carried them up to its back.
Soon, many rectangular blocks of various sizes were piled up on the back of the tortoise.
"Little Xuanwu is too awesome" Mino's blue eyes glowed.
"Next, we have to place these stones according to the drawing."
Mu Liang rolled up his sleeves and pulled out a charcoal 'pen' to draw lines on the back of the tortoise.
The Rock Tortoise did not know how to read maps. Building a house was a little difficult for the current Little Xuanwu.
Unless its wisdom became higher in the future.
"Leave it to me," Mino shouted energetically.
"It's very fortunate that the Little Xuanwu can manipulate rocks. Otherwise, it would be a bit difficult to bring those rocks here."
Mu Liang sent a compliment to the Rock Tortoise through his mind.
In fact, the rock spikes on the shell and limbs of the Rock Tortoise could also be used to build houses.
However, the number and thickness of these rock spikes were limited, and they also acted as the Rock Tortoise's defence.
It would be a little over the top if he used them to build a house.
He might as well get some rocks and integrate them with his ability. This way he would not need to use cement and the house would also be more stable on the back of the tortoise.
The weight of these stones was also negligible for the tortoise.