Beastmaster of the Ages - Chapter 7208

Chapter 7120: Unrequited Love!

Li Tianming turned around at the sound, his eyes widening slightly as he exclaimed, “Xiao Jiu?”

Although it was a pre-arranged meeting, Xiao Jiu had been on the Heavenly Emperor’s Divine Pillar just a moment ago, and now she was beside him in an instant. The scene before him still surprised Li Tianming.

However, his heart was actually filled with excitement!

After so much effort and waiting, this was the first time Li Tianming had met Xiao Jiu, who had fully hatched.

On the surface, however, Li Tianming tried his best to remain calm.

The more urgent the moment, the less he could show any impatience!

At this moment, Li Tianming focused his gaze and saw that what lay before him was no longer the black cosmic behemoth tens of light-years away, but a black beast, or rather, a mass about the same size as Li Tianming, constantly changing!

A Dark Matter Demon!

This thing, which was even hard to define as life, was itself a combination of dark matter, so its body was naturally not fixed.

Although Xiao Jiu had temporarily shrunk, even smaller than before it hatched, Li Tianming could feel that it was completely different!

Now, it feels closer to a complete life form, no longer possessing that cold and violent, almost otherworldly quality.

Of course, this doesn’t mean it’s become more obedient. True growth requires education, not just the passage of time—Li Tianming understands this very well.

And now, Xiao Jiu feels more alive, no longer just a mass of dark matter, but a living companion beast!

This is the change brought about by hatching!

Furthermore, and most importantly, it now seems to be able to move freely without possessing Miao Miao!

At this moment, Li Tianming is smiling slightly, looking at Xiao Jiu with great satisfaction.

This is a new member of the family!

Although it currently seems a little rebellious, Li Tianming believes that this won’t last. With proper care, he can bring it back to his side one day!

“This is Xiao Jiu’s true form after hatching…” Li Tianming couldn’t help but sigh.

If it were before, when he saw Xiao Jiu, his first thought would be that it would disappear again without a trace, and he would have to search for it again.

But now, Li Tianming was full of confidence!

He couldn’t guarantee whether his communication with Xiao Jiu would go smoothly, but he was absolutely certain that Xiao Jiu wouldn’t suddenly disappear.

Because Xiao Jiu’s disappearance was contingent on finding the Divine Treasure Stone, and he currently controlled both the large and small Divine Treasure Star Systems!

Given Xiao Jiu’s gluttony, there was no way it would give up the Divine Treasure Stone offered by Li Tianming.

Therefore, Li Tianming believed that as long as he didn’t go too far, Xiao Jiu would definitely go with him.

However, under Li Tianming’s gaze, Xiao Jiu remained indifferent.

It directly said, “Human, how long are you going to keep looking?”

Hearing this, Li Tianming smiled and said, “Xiao Jiu, from Taiyu to now, you’ve grown so much, I’m happy for you.”

“What I do is none of your business, don’t flatter yourself!” Xiao Jiu said coldly.

Li Tianming wasn’t annoyed by this, but smiled and said, “How can it be unrelated? You were born with me in the companion space, we’re practically brothers. We were there for you during your initial hatching… And now my brother has become so strong after so long, of course I’m happy and gratified.”

But Xiao Jiu, his body composed of dark matter, churned and said, “Enough with the nonsense, take me to find the Divine Treasure Stone first.”

Li Tianming wasn’t annoyed either, but smiled and said, “There’s no need to rush about the Divine Treasure Stone .” “Anyway, they can’t grow wings and fly away right away, so don’t worry. We brothers can catch up first.”

At this moment, Yinghuo appeared and said earnestly, “Xiao Jiu, how can you talk to your brother like that? This Divine Treasure Star System was originally fought for you, are you afraid you won’t get to eat it? Everyone has put in a lot of effort to prepare this surprise for you, you can’t forget your roots…”

Originally, Xiao Jiu didn’t seem to care much about the word ‘brother’, but after hearing the second half of the sentence, his changing body seemed to fluctuate slightly.

“You’re being long-winded too!” Xiao Jiu said coldly.

“What?” Yinghuo was dumbfounded. Yinghuo,

who originally wanted to have a heart-to-heart talk with Xiao Jiu, never expected Xiao Jiu to respond like this, which made him stunned.

Miaomiao and Lanhuang, seeing Yinghuo’s discomfiture, laughed loudly.

“Brother Chicken, you have no face at all in front of Xiao Jiu?” Bai Ye laughed and gloated.

“What’s so bad about that? I’m the older brother, of course I have to give way to my younger brother.” Yinghuo snorted lightly, not taking it to heart, but it pondered, “However, Xiao Jiu is indeed not easy to approach, she seems to ignore everyone.”

At this moment, Bai Ling slyly offered a suggestion, “I guess Xiao Jiu likes Meow Brother more, it’ll be easier to communicate with her if Meow Brother comes.”

“Yeah, yeah, letting Meow Brother come will definitely work!” Lan Huang also chimed in.

So at this moment, Meow Meow was forced to step in again.

It lazily said, “Xiao Jiu, why don’t you stay by our side from now on? Following Little Li, you’ll have divine treasure stones to eat and you’ll have a good night’s sleep, how wonderful! Even if you encounter a battle, if you’re too lazy to fight, you can just give your power to Little Li and sleep, speaking of sleeping… phew…”

“Lazy Cat Container, you shut up too!”

Meow Meow said, and then actually fell asleep, a scene that even Xiao Jiu found speechless.

Pfft!

Li Tianming couldn’t help but vomit blood upon seeing this.

Seeing that his companion beast brothers were almost all frustrated, and the only one whose words seemed to reach Xiao Jiu’s ears, Meow Meow, had already lulled him to sleep again?

It seemed that communicating with Xiao Jiu would still have to rely on him!

But how exactly to coax Xiao Jiu back into its symbiotic cultivation system in this situation?

This was a headache even for Li Tianming himself.

“No, I need to calm down, I need to be patient, haste makes waste…” Li Tianming warned himself.

He knew that dealing with a companion beast like Xiao Jiu was definitely not something that could be rushed; he had to coax it carefully first.

After all, although Xiao Jiu and Xiao Liu were similar, they were also fundamentally different. Xiao Liu had defected and couldn’t level up without Li Tianming.

They only shared a common point in terms of rebellion, but the actual difficulties were completely different.

The fact that Xiao Jiu could seem to grow infinitely even after leaving the symbiotic cultivation system was terrifying!

It didn’t even seem to need Li Tianming’s help, so he had to coax it!

What if it really ran away?

Then we’ll have to search the whole world for Xiao Jiu again…

The communication between companion beasts seems to have ended in failure so far; none of them have been able to get into Xiao Jiu’s heart.

Xiao Jiu is becoming increasingly impatient; judging from the frequency of its physical changes, it’s extremely agitated.

It faces Li Tianming directly, seemingly annoyed, and asks, “Are you going or not? I’ve already left my good sleeping spot for this! Don’t tell me this is fake; if you dare lie to me, I’ll eat you!”