Chapter 408: Chapter 408: Test from Bai Chapter 408: Chapter 408: Test from Bai Bai hesitated for a moment and obediently prepared to spit out the Revitalizing Pill.

Jiang Fan waved his hand and said, “Eat it, I’ll take responsibility for this Spirit Pill!”

He reached out and covered Nangong Xiaoyun’s mouth.

Not allowing her to say another word.

Bai cast Jiang Fan a deep, searching glance before chewing forcefully, crushing the Revitalizing Pill into pieces.

Nangong Xiaoyun tried to stop him, but it was already too late.

She could only watch, wide-eyed, as Bai swallowed the Revitalizing Pill.

A miraculous scene unfolded before the group’s eyes.

The weak and frail Bai visibly began to recover at a speed that could be seen with the naked eye.

His breathing steadied, his heartbeat grew stronger.

In just one cup of tea’s time, he could shake his body.

After an hour, he was standing, happily bounding around.

“Master, Master, I’m all better! Completely better!” Bai said in his soft, childlike voice.

Nangong Xiaoyun was so happy she cried!

She stroked the long legs of her little cow, thinking quietly for a long time before decisively saying,
“Bai, from now on, you’re going to follow your other master.”

She pointed to Jiang Fan and said, “He’s the one who saved your life.”

“Your life belongs to him now. From now on, listen to him obediently.”

Despite her reluctance.

This was the only way to repay the debt of the Revitalizing Pill.

Bai looked alarmed and said, “No, no, I don’t want him to be my master!”

Speaking defiantly, he snarled at Jiang Fan, “I don’t want you!”

“If you dare try to ride me, I- I’ll burn you to death!”

Pfft, pfft, pfft–
Suddenly, a layer of red flames erupted from his body, the heat so intense.

Even a piece of iron thrown into it would likely melt into liquid.

If you were stubborn enough to test it by hopping on,
There was no doubt; “test” and “death” would rhyme for a reason.

“Bai!” Nangong Xiaoyun snapped angrily. “No acting out!”

But Bai, being incredibly stubborn, retorted, “I won’t. Not even if I die! Hmph!”

Jiang Fan chuckled with a faint smile. “As expected, birds of a feather flock together. Whoever gets close to Nangong Xiaoyun becomes just like her.”

“Even your temper seems molded from the same template!”

Nangong Xiaoyun flushed bright red.

She stomped her foot. “I’m nothing like that!”

Then she turned angrily to glare at Bai, exclaiming, “If you keep disobeying me, I’ll abandon you!”

Realizing she was genuinely upset,
Bai extinguished the flames on his body and leaned close to Nangong Xiaoyun,
Rubbing his massive head affectionately against her while whining, “But I don’t want another master.”

Jiang Fan grinned and said, “You want to be my Spiritual Pet, but I may not even accept you.”

“Saving you was purely so I could use you for a mission.”

“Once the Beast Tide is over, you can return to your original master.”

“In the meantime, follow my orders.”

He wasn’t upset that Bai didn’t understand gratitude.

After all, Bai was a Demon Beast, and morality was a human construct that didn’t apply to beasts.

On top of that, Bai was still in his juvenile stage,
making him even less capable of comprehending such things.

“What’s that supposed to mean? Are you looking down on me?”

Bai’s red flames flared up again with a pfft-pfft sound.

But after hearing Jiang Fan’s next words, he suppressed the flames and said, “You’ll let me go after the Beast Tide ends?”

“Really?”

Jiang Fan smirked faintly. “So, are you ready to come with me now?”

Bai scrunched his cow nose.

He obviously understood that being Jiang Fan’s steed was a tremendous bargain for him.

But seeing Jiang Fan’s confident demeanor, as though everything was within his control,
made Bai quietly defiant.

“I can temporarily be your mount, no problem.”

Bai eventually nodded, though his tone immediately shifted again. “But you’d better have the strength to protect me.”

“Don’t be like the last Martial Artist.”

“When demons came, he abandoned me and ran off, and I ended up having to protect him instead.”

Recalling the experience of getting injured, Bai now had psychological scars.

Encountering an unreliable Martial Artist was truly fatal.

Jiang Fan’s expression turned intrigued. “I’d say my strength is decent.”

“Do you want to test it?”

Bai backed up dozens of yards, and red flames rose from his body. He said,
“If you can withstand ten of my moves, I’ll admit you’re capable.”

A palpable aura of demonic energy surged out of his body after he spoke.

Jiang Fan’s eyebrows arched in surprise. “The Third Level of Core Formation?”

To have reached such a realm while still juvenile–what kind of monster would he be as an adult?

In addition to invisibility and the ability to unleash ferocious flames,
This Bai seemed to be one of the exceptionally rare Heaven and Earth Exotic Species.

“What’s the matter? Are you scared?” Bai snorted. “If you can’t withstand ten moves, don’t embarrass yourself.”

Nangong Xiaoyun lightly chided, “Bai, don’t mess around!”

Withstand ten moves against someone at the Third Level of Core Formation.

Acounting all the young cultivators across the Nine-Sect Land,
there weren’t even two people who could pull that off.

Liang Feiyan rubbed her nose with a sly smirk. She joked,
“Junior Brother Jiang, this White Void Jade Bull is a Heaven and Earth Exotic Species.”

“Taming it won’t be easy.”

“Why don’t you just ask Senior Sister Nangong for something else as compensation for the Revitalizing Pill instead?”

After all, Jiang Fan’s strength was practically negligible.

Trying to endure ten moves from a Third-Level Core Formation White Void Jade Bull?

Even *she* would need to use 70-80% of her strength just to scrape by.

It seemed Jiang Fan was both losing the woman and wrecking his dignity.

Xia Chaoge sighed softly.

She had assumed that with the Revitalizing Pill, all the problems would be solved.

Who knew that the White Void Jade Bull’s injury would make him resistant to anyone but his original master?

“Master Jiang, how about I capture the White Void Jade Bull for you and accompany you on this mission?”

At this point, it seemed like the only viable solution.

But Jiang Fan wouldn’t let her delay her own tasks for his sake.

With a playful grin, he glanced at the defiant White Void Jade Bull and said, “I’m curious about your strength anyway.”

“When danger arises, it’ll make cooperation easier.”

Even if Bai hadn’t suggested it, Jiang Fan had planned to gauge his true capabilities.

It would benefit them both.

Bai said, “Well, you’d better watch out. Bai is really powerful!”

With that, he kicked out with one massive hoof.

His cow leg, nearly two yards long, granted him a significant advantage over human Martial Artists.

Jiang Fan only saw a flurry of afterimages before the hoof was about to connect with his head.

Liang Feiyan silently chuckled to herself.

“I hope this guy doesn’t lose half his life in one blow.”

“Facing a Third-Level Core Formation Cow Demon, no human Martial Artist of the same realm could withstand that brute force with mere flesh and blood.”

Seeing Bai’s careless, unrestrained attack made Nangong Xiaoyun’s heart jump into her throat.

Even the usually calm Xia Chaoge instinctively gripped the hilt of her sword at her waist.

Her gentle eyes instantly turned sharp, flashing with piercing light.

Bang–
A loud, muffled boom resounded, so heavy it seemed to press against everyone’s chest.

When the group looked closely, their expressions turned odd.

Jiang Fan stood where he was, one hand casually held behind his back.

With nothing more than a calm lift of his right hand, he had stopped the massive hoof that was several times larger than his own head!

The powerful impact generated fierce gusts of wind,
Sending Jiang Fan’s black hair flying, his white robes fluttering loudly.

Yet his expression was utterly relaxed. “Got some strength there, not bad. Try again.”

What?

Nangong Xiaoyun’s mouth hung wide open in disbelief. “He… He’s actually this strong?”

“Wait, isn’t he a new disciple of the Green Cloud Sect?”

Although she’d had dealings with Jiang Fan before,
And knew there was something extraordinary about him,
She was still utterly stunned.

Liang Feiyan froze; her pupils trembled violently. “That physique! He can go head-to-head against a Third Level Core Formation Demon Beast?”

“That’s comparable to the ancient-blooded Xue Wanchong… No, he might even be stronger than Xue Wanchong.”

“Xue Wanchong might not be able to handle it this easily.”

She never expected,
That Jiang Fan had cultivated such a terrifying physique!

“Good thing he has No Spiritual Root. For the rest of his life, all he can do is focus on Body Refinement.”

“And the higher one goes in Body Refinement, the harder it becomes to advance.”

“His achievements will be quite limited in the end.”

“Reaching his current level is likely his peak.”

Thinking this, she secretly let out a sigh of relief.