Chapter 9: A Mutated Skill

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Fortunately, after Zhang Xuan’s persuasion, Little Moon slowly understood the difficulty of being a master. She even vowed to contribute her strength to this family.

Its father, Zhang Xuan, patted its head in relief. “You’ve grown up.”

However, when he saw Little Moon doing the ‘housework’ at night and lifting up the floor tiles, Zhang Xuan said with tears, “Child, you did well. Don’t do it again next time. It’s too hard. My heart aches.”

After spending a lot of effort, he finally persuaded the blood-boiling little guy, who had heard the praise.

…

The next day, after giving Little Moon some earth spirit essence as usual, Zhang Xuan opened her stats window:

[ Familiar: Silver Moon Wolf ]

[ Bloodline: Transcendence ]

[ Ability level: Bronze level 5 ]

[ Elemental Attribute: Wind, Ice ]

Skills:

[ Wind Blade (entry) ] [ active, able to gather the surrounding wind elements into a blade to attack the enemy in front. ]

[ Moonlight (entry) ] [ passive, strength will slowly increase under the moonlight. ]

[ Frostmoon Storm (entry) ] [ Under the moonlight, use the wind and ice attributes to form a storm to attack the enemy. ]

Seeing this, Zhang Xuan couldn’t suppress the joy in his heart and laughed.

In addition to the standard wind blade and moonlight, Little Moon had mutated into an ice element and learned the dual-element skill, Frostmoon Storm!

Not only that, in less than a month’s time, she had reached bronze level 5. Whether it was in terms of strength or the speed at which she leveled up, Little Moon was one of the best among the transcendent bloodlines!

If it were any ordinary transcendent familiar, beastmasters would be bragging about it for a year or two if it could advance two tiers in a month during the early stages. Not to mention, the further he went, the more difficult it would be.

This was the advantage of using rare familiar materials to cultivate. Earth spirit crystals were only of lower-middle quality among rare materials, but earth spirit essence was different. For familiars, the degree of completion of absorption was higher than earth spirit crystals. In addition, Little Moon’s adaptability to familiar materials was extremely high, so she basically absorbed everything perfectly.

The effect of materials was not only reflected in their quality, but also in the adaptability of the familiars. The higher the adaptability, the more it could completely absorb the essence of the material.

It had to be said that this was a surprising talent. Sensing Zhang Xuan’s joy, Little Moon’s tail wagged like a propeller.

After looking at the stats page, Zhang Xuan was tempted. He had seen basic skills like Wind Blade and Moonlight in books before, but Frostmoon Storm, which Little Moon had comprehended on her own, was a new thing.

Besides, he had never had the chance to test Little Moon’s actual combat ability and what level she had reached. Thus, after thinking about it, Zhang Xuan decided to take a look!

…

In the world of cultivators, deep in the forest on the outskirts of Yuanwu city.

It was nighttime, and the bright moonlight shone through the gaps between the leaves and onto the silver fur of the wolf cub, reflecting a faint hazy moonlight. It was cold and extremely holy.

“Come on, Little Moon, let’s try your hailstorm and see what it does.” Zhang Xuan pointed at the trees in front and said impatiently.

Little Moon nodded and closed her eyes. On the other hand, Zhang Xuan was so excited and shouted, “Frostmoon Storm!”

All of a sudden, the air around them seemed to have been frozen, and it became cold. The water elements were condensed into snowflakes at a speed visible to the naked eye. Then, a gust of wind rose and connected the snowflakes together, like an ice tornado, sweeping towards the trees in front of it.

Under Zhang Xuan’s astonished gaze, the tree that the two of them hugged seemed to be cut by countless small blades. It was quickly crushed, and wood shavings filled the air.

By the time the skill ended, all that was left in front of him was an empty piece of yellow land. Even the grass had been removed.

“F*ck, what the hell?” Zhang Xuan exclaimed.

Frostmoon Storm was obviously an AOE skill. He had thought that its effect would be weaker than the concentrated Wind Blade, but he did not expect it to be a small ultimate skill.

Not only was it not weak, but it was also enhanced by the ice element, which increased its power by several times.

Hearing Zhang Xuan’s cry, Little Moon turned around proudly and ran over with happy steps. However, Zhang Xuan noticed that its footsteps seemed to be a little weak.

Familiars had very strong bodies, and so did their skills. However, compared to physical fatigue, skills that required mental power to mobilize the elements were harder to resist.

It was obvious that using a skill like Frostmoon Storm was a huge burden for Little Moon. In the past, when it wanted to claim credit, it would directly pounce on him, but this time, it did not.

However, after running over, she squatted at the side and looked at Zhang Xuan with a ‘praise me’ expression like a little girl waiting for praise.

Through the connection of the familiar space, Zhang Xuan could clearly feel the little fellow’s slightly exhausted mental state and anticipation.

Before Little Moon, Zhang Xuan didn’t really have any experience with familiars. From what he knew, familiars were like partners with beastmasters. Beastmasters relied on the strength of their familiars, while their familiars relied on the resource channels brought about by human society. It was hard for a single familiar to survive in this world.

Most of the time, such a relationship was just an inevitable bond that bound each other.

But just like how Little Moon felt from Zhang Xuan, Zhang Xuan also felt the same emotions. They were partners, but they were not just partners. They relied on each other, but they didn’t just live.

They would be happy for each other’s happiness and sad for each other’s sadness. They were different, but they were of one heart.

Of course, other than when Little Moon was really naughty. That really made one’s scalp go numb. Nonetheless, it had indeed worked hard today.

Zhang Xuan hugged Little Moon and placed his forehead on her, “Well done. You did a great job.”

The night wind blew past, carrying Zhang Xuan’s gentle tone into the quiet forest. At the same time, the moonlight seeped through the leaves, dyeing the white-robed and silver-shimmering bodies of the two people with a layer of bright and clear radiance.

…

The next day, the man and wolf arrived at the entrance of the Beastmaster Association.

Originally, after contracting a familiar, he should’ve gone through the examination and certification to receive his beastmaster qualification certificate.

This was also something every beastmaster had to go through. If one wasn’t certified, they weren’t a true beastmaster and wouldn’t be able to enjoy the basic benefits of being a beastmaster.

However, he had been busy dealing with Little Moon’s crazy behavior and “stolen money”, the earth spirit crystals. Although other people’s familiars were active, it was rare to see one as quiet as a wild horse and as active as a crazy rabbit.

That was why he had waited until today to prepare for the certification.