Su Ping asked.
At those words, Little Fla, who had been flapping its wings and seed extrely agitated just monts before, suddenly froze on the spot. In its miniature, fla-congealed eyes, a sense of confusion now flickered.
"HISSS! (Humans, why are you ungrateful? Why so despicable?)"
"Yeah, we should have so evidence, right? Even a Mythical Level existence from legends can’t slander soone without any basis, can they?" Su Ping was filled with righteous indignation.
Was he defending himself now? No! He was defending the dignity and image of all humankind! At this mont, Su Ping felt as if he was bathed in radiance.
"HISSS, HISSS, HISSS! (Don’t know, don’t know...)" Little Fla sounded like a broken record.
Su Ping smiled with satisfaction. "Exactly! I raised you, helped you regain your strength. And without , even Senior Biyao Chunshen couldn’t have awakened your consciousness! In any biological world, doesn’t this equate to the kindness of parents?!"
"HISSS, HISSS, HISSS! (Humans, raised ... parents?)" Little Fla seed a bit dazed.
Su Ping continued, "That’s right! As the saying goes, even a vicious tiger doesn’t eat its cubs! Our bodies, skin, and hair are gifts from our parents! Shouldn’t children always respect and care for their parents?"
"HISSS, HISSS, HISSS? (Respect, care for... humans?)"
Little Fla felt sothing was amiss but couldn’t quite articulate it. Beyond the instinctual terror and repulsion towards humans, Little Fla suddenly realized that this human... actually seed to be making sense? Should it, indeed, respect and care for this human? But... Little Fla was thoroughly confused.
Su Ping pressed on, "In the future, once we establish a Soul Contract and you beco my Contracted Beast, we’ll truly be family, sharing life and death!"
It had to be said, Su Ping’s earlier words had already bewildered Little Fla, plunging it into a state of self-doubt. However, this last sentence snapped Little Fla back to reality. Its fla-shaped wings flapped rapidly, its reaction far more intense than before:
"HISSS, HISSS, HISSS! (Humans... truly deceitful...)"
"HISSS, HISSS, HISSS! (I see now! I would rather die than submit!)"
"HISSS, HISSS, HISSS! (A Soul Contract is absolutely out of the question!)"
"HISSS, HISSS, HISSS! (Humans, just as I thought, are no good!)"
"..."
Little Fla instantly beca like an ignited powder keg, completely losing control.
Su Ping was also bewildered by this imnse reaction. Wasn’t this a bit much? Moreover, Su Ping could tell that if he truly reached Monarch Level and tried to forcefully contract it, Little Fla might genuinely choose death over submission, severing its own soul rather than letting him succeed. Wasn’t this preposterous? What kind of deep-seated hatred was this?
Su Ping watched as Little Fla, showing no interest in further conversation, zipped away and retreated into the flas of the Fire Cultivation Realm. He scratched his head in incomprehension.
Thus, he turned to Biyao Chunshen, who was watching the drama unfold with amusent from the side. "Senior Biyao Chunshen, do you know Little Fla’s origins?"
Biyao Chunshen showed little reaction, rely giving Su Ping a slightly peculiar ’look’. Then, it slowly faded from Xiao Qing’s body.
As it did, Xiao Qing’s aura subtly changed, and the Light of Evolution on its body flickered once more.
What in the world is going on?! Su Ping speechlessly exited the Beast Taming Space. Is there anything normal in this Beast Taming Space anymore?
Su Ping heaved a long sigh, suppressing the exasperation and confusion in his heart. This feeling was truly frustrating. And frustratingly, he had no solution.
Not even Sang Sheng had known about this creature; Su Ping had to ask that particular individual about it. Its origins were likely not sothing easily understood.
However, even though asking others yielded no answers, Su Ping did have his own thod. As long as Little Fla’s favorability towards him t the standards required by the Myriad Spirit Beast Atlas, the Atlas would naturally provide him with sufficient feedback. Even the Skill Catalog entry for the Paperman’s Racial Skill, ’Paper Body Joint’—a skill previously undiscovered by others—would appear. This demonstrated the Myriad Spirit Beast Atlas’s powerful analytical capabilities regarding other Pet Beasts.
But there was a critical prerequisite: Little Fla’s affection level had to reach the standard.
Previously, Su Ping had felt that this challenge wouldn’t be a major issue if he took his ti with it. Now, he doubted that. He suspected the difficulty of this task was no less than learning about the creature from the Legend of the Holy Dragon, perhaps even greater.
Late into the night, troubled by this matter, Su Ping found himself sleepless, so he decided to pull out his computer and start searching.
Sang Sheng had ntioned before that the Fire Phoenix might have appeared thousands of years ago. Additionally, Master Zhu Hong had shown him that so traces of the creature had been left in the ancient murals of the ruins in Ximo Province.
So, Su Ping entered keywords like "ancient history," "phoenix," and "Legendary Level" into the search bar.
Unfortunately, such keywords, though not obscure, still brought up countless pieces of junk information from clickbait accounts. Sifting through the trash for anything useful was as difficult as searching for gold in a manure pile.
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