"It's actually the Power of Death!"
"Can a Native Level pet also undergo mutation? Or is it the power you bestowed back upon it?"
Teacher Yan looked at Feng Yuan with some confusion, and Feng Yuan replied with a smile,
"Of course it's Xiao Ji's own power~"
After pondering for a moment, Teacher Yan continued to command the meditation children to attack Xiao Ji, and after a while, everyone looked at the slightly disheveled Xiao Ji on the field with shocked expressions.
"I didn't expect your Eggshell Chicken to be so strong. Xiao Ji, right? Its potential is almost reaching the Good Level. Very good!"
"Looking at it now, it won't be a drag on you. Not bad, your Eggshell Chicken is awesome."
As Teacher Yan praised Xiao Ji a few times, he signaled that Feng Yuan could step down. Feng Yuan stepped forward, tidied up Xiao Ji's somewhat messy fluffy feathers, placed it on his head, and turned to walk back into the crowd.
Xiao Ji, sitting proudly on Feng Yuan's head, crowed in delight, seeing all those people looking at it in surprise, and crowed again in self-satisfaction. Qi Chen looked at Xiao Ji on Feng Yuan's head with some surprise and said,
"I didn't expect Xiao Ji to be so strong. No wonder you refused to switch to another Spirit Beast before."
"How about that~ envious, aren't you~"
"Forget it, I can't envy your luck. I don't have the ability to save a dying Spirit Beast Egg. But who would have thought Xiao Ji was of the Death Series? It matches your attribute perfectly."
"Humph~ That'll teach you to look down on Xiao Ji~"
Feng Yuan looked proudly around at the people who envied him, while the Xiao Ji on his head also excitedly looked around.
At that moment, Zhong Liuyan approached Feng Yuan with an apologetic expression and said,
"Sorry, I said that to you before without understanding the situation fully."
Feeling the joy from Xiao Ji on his head, Feng Yuan waved his hand with a smile and said,
"It's fine."
"Look, even Xiao Ji has forgiven you~"
Xiao Ji happily chirped and wiggled its round body at Zhong Liuyan.
"Thank you."
Seeing everyone looking enviously at Xiao Ji on his head, Feng Yuan thought for a moment, walked over to the sparring area, and put Xiao Ji down. He bent over and said to Xiao Ji,
"Don't get cocky now. Although you now have the foundation of Divine Beasts, you're still far from being one. Right now, you should practice your killer move. After all, I'm not quite clear what ghostly form it's taken since mixing with the Power of Death."
With a cheerful cry, Xiao Ji turned and cast its killer move on the empty ground.
"Whirlwind has increased magic power penetration, huh? Wait a second, Xiao Ji, did you just use Spark?"
As Feng Yuan was analyzing Xiao Ji's Whirlwind ability, he discovered that Xiao Ji had followed it up with a pale blue Starfire. Xiao Ji turned its head proudly, looking at Feng Yuan, its tuft of hair quivering with each movement.
"Aren't you a Wind Attribute Spirit Beast? How can you use a Fire Attribute killer move? Never mind, it's probably a change brought on by the Power of Death."
After checking through Xiao Ji's current killer moves, Feng Yuan thought for a moment, picked up Xiao Ji, which had run to his feet to rub against his leg, and placed it back on his head.
"Your Xiao Ji is actually that amazing."
"How about it? Are you envious? How is Ah Mu doing?"
"Not too bad, the teacher said the training is alright, but it's still quite far from being strong."
As Qi Chen spoke, he tidied up the leaves on Ah Mu's head, Feng Yuan said with mischief,
"How about letting Ah Mu and Xiao Ji compete now?"
"Get lost! Xiao Ji's potential is almost reaching Good Level, right? My Ah Mu only has Native Level potential, how can it compete with Xiao Ji!"
"Then aren't you going to train Ah Mu more? There is only one year left until the college entrance exam. With Ah Mu's current strength, it might be dangerous~"
"I am working on it."
Qi Chen said, placing Ah Mu down and continuing,
"After all, Ah Mu doesn't have the exceptional gifts like your Xiao Ji who has Common Level potential with just a Native Level form."
Xiao Ji raised its head in confusion, looking at Qi Chen.
"You wouldn't look down on Ah Mu now, would you?"
"As if! I would never abandon Ah Mu!"
Seeing Qi Chen looking at him somewhat angrily, Feng Yuan said with a smile,
"So you see, since relying solely on Ah Mu's own potential for growth is too slow, you should get some potions, right? Didn't I give you the formula? Let's go to the wilderness this weekend to look for the ingredients~"
"Can't I just buy them? Digging up ingredients in the wild, are you out of your mind? With so many wild Spirit Beasts out there, Ah Mu wouldn't stand a chance!"
"I'll go with you~"
"Forget it, with your situation, it's better not to leave the city if there's nothing wrong."
"It's fine—I also need to collect some materials for Xiao Ji, and I'm familiar with the surroundings~"
Feng Yuan said, patting Qi Chen's shoulder. Qi Chen, speechless, looked at him and said,
"You didn't gather all those materials from the wild, did you?"
"Of course~ Otherwise, where would I get so much money to buy all those materials~"
"Do you know how dangerous that is!"
Seeing Qi Chen glowering at him, Feng Yuan froze for a moment, shrank his neck, and forced out a defense,
"Well... aren't materials expensive? Plus, just wandering around the outskirts of the city isn't really dangerous, right?"
Xiao Ji felt puzzled seeing Qi Chen suddenly getting angry.
"Look, I'm fine now, right?"
"Anyway, nothing will happen~"
Seeing that he had not convinced Qi Chen, Feng Yuan's eyes darted around before saying,
"Since you won't come with me, I'll go by myself~"
"You!"
"After all, you can't control where I go~"
"Fine, I'll go with you, but you have to listen to me, and don't go anywhere too dangerous!"
"Deal~"
Seeing Feng Yuan's unyielding nature, Qi Chen sighed with some resignation, pondering over something. Feng Yuan quickly added,
"That's settled then~ Come find me this weekend~ Xiao Ji, let's go practice your special move again."
"Ji!"
That afternoon, the news that Feng Yuan had a mutated Eggshell Chicken, a creature that theoretically shouldn't exist, spread throughout the school. During that time, many curious students tried to get Xiao Ji to perform his Death Series special move, annoying Feng Yuan to no end.
On the weekend, just before Xiao Ji could smear his face, Feng Yuan woke up in time, stretched his hand out to block the charging Xiao Ji, and said groggily,
"Enough, Xiao Ji, you've picked up bad habits, daring to wake me up every day, huh—You don't know lazily staying in bed is the most comfortable thing."
Xiao Ji glared at Feng Yuan in slight annoyance, and as Feng Yuan pushed Xiao Ji aside and staggered towards the bathroom, he muttered,
"Really, you've learned bad habits from Qi Chen. You're my Spirit Beast, okay? Why should you listen to Qi Chen and wake me up every day?"
"Because if Xiao Ji doesn't wake you, you might well sleep until noon!"
Seeing Qi Chen standing at the door with a helpless look on his face, Feng Yuan took the food from his hand, put it on the table, and said while eating,
"Don't talk nonsense; I never sleep that long."
"Says the one who, before Xiao Ji, used to sleep until the afternoon every weekend."
"Anyway, it's definitely not me~"
"Forget it, with Xiao Ji to wake you up, I won't have to bother about you anymore."
"Mmm mmm."
Watching Feng Yuan choke while talking and eating, Qi Chen covered his face, not knowing what to say, as Xiao Ji hurriedly handed Feng Yuan a glass of water.
"Ah! Nearly choked to death."
"You..."
"Oh, by the way, there's someone else who will be joining us later, so hurry up and eat."
Having learned from the previous lesson, Feng Yuan first swallowed his food before looking at Qi Chen with some confusion and asked,
"Who? Who else did you invite?"
"You'll know soon enough."
"Hmph!"
Feng Yuan looked dissatisfied at the mysteriously acting Qi Chen and continued his breakfast. Just after cleaning up the garbage, he heard a familiar voice at the door,
"What's taking so long?"
After confirming the person standing at the door, Feng Yuan turned back, picked up the packed garbage bag, slowly turned around, pretended to be surprised, and let the garbage bag fall to the floor. Xiao Ji, startled by Feng Yuan's action, watched as Qi Chen, speechless, said,
"What are you doing?!"