Looking at Regret, who was at a loss, Ash smiled faintly, waved his sleeve, and the Flame Spirit Lion, burning with flames all over its body, took a step out of the circular red spiritual portal and appeared on the ground.
Shaking its majestic head, the Fire Spirit Lion lightly stepped with one front paw, and the intense flames surged, instantly melting the hard ground into a shallow pit.
"Watch closely."
Ash lazily raised his right hand, at the same time, several pure white strands of spiritual light swirled around his fingertips like swimming fish, exuding a pure aura.
"This is a spiritual seal, the foundation of synchronizing spiritual power."
Without many words, Ash flicked his fingers, and those swirling white strands of light dissipated, while the flames burning on the Fire Spirit Lion's front paw instantly rose, the scorching temperature causing the shallow pit beneath to expand four to five times.
"The spiritual technique that the Fire Spirit Lion comprehended at the second level, the Crazy Lion Claw, is the reason why Spirit Masters can accurately convey information to Spirit Beasts it relies on spiritual power synchronization. It may seem complex, but it all comes down to a single thought. The reason why the Flame Cat can receive my spiritual power is because your spiritual power has not yet assimilated with it. After you convert your spiritual power several times, my spiritual power won't have any effect on it." Ash explained with a smile.
"Ah, I see." Regret nodded thoughtfully, then looked at Ash with some suspicion. "Father, coming so late, you're not just here to teach me this, are you?"
Clearing his throat, Ash glanced out the window, then reached into his clothes and, finally, to Regret's astonished gaze,Ash placed bottles of pale green liquid on the table in sequence.
"Is this... Condensing Spirit Liquid?" Regret's eyes widened abruptly, the drowsiness that had just surfaced instantly disappearing. Having just come into contact with the precious elixir, he could naturally recognize it clearly.
"Yes, it's indeed Spirit Condensation Liquid. These are the ones I've secretly kept... No, I mean, the ones I've collected." Ash coughed again, displaying a demeanor that bore no semblance of the head of family's authority.
Regret, tilting his head slightly, eyed his father with suspicion. As the head of the Blaze family, every word and action of his were scrutinized by the elders. With the family treasury not under his control, how could he have amassed so much Spirit Condensation Liquid worth hundreds of gold coins? The only explanation lay in the recent disappearance of six bottles from the warehouse, an incident that had earned him nearly half a month of scolding from Second Elder Peter. Little did he expect that the missing Spirit Condensation Liquid would end up in his father's possession.
"I only did it once!"
As his son scrutinized him, Ash's face flushed instantly, his neck veins bulging. "Moreover, Blaze family's possessions are all mine. Even if I took everything, Second Elder would have no say in it!"
Looking at his father's frustrated appearance, Regret felt somewhat amused, while at the same time there was a warm feeling in his heart. His usually stern and impartial father was only so lacking in principles when it came to him.
"Alright, alright, figure it out yourself. Oh, and this little Cat is not as simple as you think. Just use up all of this Condensing Spirit Liquid at once, there won't be any major issues." His father waved his sleeves and hurriedly walked towards the door, with a sense of fleeing in a hurry.
Shaking his head and smiling, Regret looked at the Condensing Spirit Liquid on the table, glanced at the impatient Flame Cat, and then gritted her teeth, pouring all the liquid into the water. Since his father said it was fine, then it must be fine.
"Gurgle!"
As the liquid poured in, the originally slightly green water suddenly began to violently ripple, a strong medicinal fragrance filling the entire room.
"Splash!"
The Flame Cat could no longer resist the temptation. With a swipe of its small paw, it sat directly in the basin, gulping down the medicine eagerly.
"This is not for swallowing!" Regret was startled. Just as he was about to lift the Flame Cat out, a faint red light began to radiate from its body. As the Flame Cat swallowed the liquid, the red light became even more profound.
"What extraordinary qualities does this Flame Cat possess..."
Regret sat down slowly, squinting his eyes slightly. He had a secret known only to himself and his father. When he was six years old, his father had infused a dying flame into his unformed spiritual portal. From that day on, his spiritual power had been much stronger than an ordinary person's, to the extent that it took two years before he began to sense his spiritual awareness.
As the saying goes, what goes up must come down. The excessive strength of his spiritual power had made it far more challenging for Regret to open his spiritual portal compared to others, by more than just a few levels.
"No matter what you are, even if you are just a useless spirit beast, you are still my Regret's spirit beast. I will take you with me and together we will completely crush the pride of the Katis family." Regret gently stroked the raised tail of the Flame Cat, a rare fierce look in his eyes, not like a typical of a young man.
He couldn't forget how Katis Van had treated his father, with that condescending tone. Katis Van actually wanted his father, who always cared about his dignity, to bow his proud head in front of a younger generation and become a humble slave of the Katis family!
"So, i Regret will shatter that hint of pride of yours!"
As if sensing Regret's determination, the Flame Cat, who was crazily drinking a potion, suddenly lifted its small head. In its eyes, resembling the night sky, there twinkled a glint of light.