CHAPTER 468: 336 DRAWING SILK AND DOTTING EYEBROWS④_2

At this moment, Du Yu finally noticed the change in the Desolate Silver Lynx’s body.

The tuft of fur on the tip of her ears had already turned deep red!

Just like the fire attribute inside her, stubbornly occupying a place in the vast Earth Attribute World.

Looks like the Wind Witch Demon from before should’ve changed too. But back then, Du Yu was observing through the Eye of Burning Sun, with a pale red background, so maybe he didn’t notice?

"Meow~" The Desolate Silver Lynx closed her eyes, experiencing the wondrous feeling of minds connecting.

So this is what’s called the contract?

Little Fen Yang: "We did it!"

Du Yu’s face lit up with joy, nodding repeatedly.

Brow touched by a thread, contract sealed!

Little Fen Yang: "Quick, quick, try putting her away."

Du Yu hugged the big cat’s head with both hands, focusing his thoughts.

"Poof~"

The Desolate Silver Lynx turned into a rush of demon breath, surging wildly into Du Yu’s body.

"Damn!" Du Yu’s expression froze, even his body stiffened a bit.

The rich demon breath surged and tumbled inside, making Du Yu stumble back a step, almost falling to the ground.

The Desolate Silver Lynx headed straight for the center of Du Yu’s back—the Zhiyang Acupoint.

"I...I’m gonna burst." Du Yu stammered.

Although he had the Pure Fire Body, technically, he also had Wind Demon Breath and Wood Demon Breath in him.

These abnormal attribute breaths came from Ghost Firefly and Tai Sui, respectively.

And now, Du Yu’s body was being filled with a torrent of Earth Demon Breath.

Just like the wind and earth breaths that already existed, Du Yu had zero affinity with the new Earth Demon Breath either.

But that’s fine, as long as his demon beast has the affinity, it’s all good.

Just like the lynx clan within this cave right now.

Du Yu might give orders, but some lynxes might ignore him.

But that’s not a problem, since he can command the Desolate Silver Lynx, and she can enslave her kin.

"Yay~!" Little Fen Yang cheered excitedly.

Mission complete!

Du Yu moved and stretched his body. After confirming he was alright, a smile finally appeared on his face.

There’s nothing in the world more blissful than getting exactly what you want.

Right now, he felt as if he’d just bought his first house.

Things are looking up!

"It seems I can’t use the Desolate Silver Lynx’s demon skills?" Du Yu suddenly spoke up.

"Take it easy," Little Fen Yang replied in his mind, "the Silver Cat already has the fire attribute now—this is the foundation.

As her fire attribute keeps growing and you consciously help her transform, her demon skills should gradually change as well, just like the Wind Witch Demon did.

Once her demon skills are infused with fire, you should be able to link up with Silver Cat and, through your fire attribute contract, unleash special combo demon skills together!"

"Makes sense!" Du Yu nodded vigorously.

Little Fen Yang giggled: "If you really wanna use them now, I can just keep roasting Silver Cat with the cinnabar red!

But if I do that, Silver Cat’s brain might get fried~"

"No, no!" Du Yu shook his head immediately.

Better to develop at our own pace, step by step!

Baojun is my demon pet, can’t let her turn into Cinnabar Red’s puppet.

"Whew~"

Suddenly, a wave of thick demon breath surged up behind him.

In an instant, a giant silver beast formed and knocked Du Yu straight to the ground.

Du Yu: "Eh?"

Usually, when demon pets housed in the Ren Meridian–Acupoint Home in front of his chest are summoned out, they come from the Forehead Acupoint.

It’s kind of a tradition—after all, everyone started out as weak Demon Tamer Prentices.

Demon pets gather at the forehead, the demon tamer waves a hand in front of their face, and can direct the pet to appear on either side of their body as they like.

The thing is, Du Yu’s front Ren Meridian isn’t actually connected to the back Du Meridian.

Baojun could come out from his forehead if she wanted—just force her way out.

But her fastest way out is obviously to charge straight out from the Zhiyang Acupoint on his back.

So Lord Baojun blasted out straight from the back, and slammed Du Yu to the ground.

"Ugh." Du Yu bared his teeth, getting squished but good.

So uncomfortable~

I mean, I’m supposedly a proper Great Demon Tamer, how am I getting taken down so easily?

Having such a fierce demon pet is...really something, huh...

"The home is much cozier than I imagined." The Desolate Silver Lynx slowly lay down, once again turning the tiny human into her cushion.

Du Yu: "..."

He had thought this would be a sweet moment—after all, Baojun finally got her wish.

Turns out, Du Yu was overthinking it.

Meat cushion, still the same old meat cushion.

Baojun, still the same old Baojun.

"If the home is cozy, then why don’t you go back in!" Du Yu shouted, his muffled voice echoing in the quiet cave.

The Desolate Silver Lynx happily drooped her head, sprawling out: "Mm."

Du Yu: ???

You say yes, but aren’t you going to move?

Forget it, guess I’ll do it myself.

"Poof~"

With a thought, the silver giant on Du Yu’s back turned back into demon breath and poured into his spine again.

"Ah." Du Yu climbed up, shaking his head hard.

Looks like I’m gonna need to set some ground rules: if Big Cat tackles me every time she comes out, how am I supposed to handle that?

Everyday life is one thing, but on a tense battlefield, this can’t happen!

As Du Yu thought about it, his demon soul had already gone to the Zhiyang Acupoint to negotiate some rules with the Desolate Silver Lynx.

"I’m leaving now, Mountain Lynx." Du Yu turned and looked for the biggest Desolate Lynx among the group.

Only this guy measured over two meters long in this bunch of "kittens".

"You lead the tribe and train well. Next time I come back, your commander will check everyone’s progress."

Saying that, Du Yu waved at the top of the cave.

The deep red grass covering the tunnel entrance rolled up a giant demon crystal, dropping it down.

A demon crystal with a diameter of 30 cm—almost twice the size of a basketball—fell into Du Yu’s arms.

The Wind Witch Demon’s demon crystal was hefty, formed of an irregular polyhedron, completely without pattern.

Inside, thick gray mist billowed and drifted around.

Just looking at it made Du Yu’s heart skip a beat.

If one of these clueless lynxes absorbed this, wouldn’t it turn into a Cold Beast instantly?

I’d better hide this away~

"Whoosh!"

The Mountain and Sea Bell flashed, and Du Yu appeared in his bedroom.

Hugging the giant demon crystal, he went to the study, eyed his collection display cabinet, and pulled a weird face.

He still had a Spirit-level Demon Crystal from the Earth Bear, the very demon beast that tortured the Golden Leaf back then.

Du Yu hadn’t expected that he’d get an Emperor-level demon crystal before collecting a General-level demon crystal.

But come to think of it, is this an Emperor-level demon crystal?

The stronger the demon beast, the larger the demon crystal—this is the general rule.

But even within the same species and power tier, the demon crystals produced aren’t uniform in size.

The strict evaluation standard is actually the total amount of demon breath contained inside.

Since this is clearly a Cold Beast Demon Crystal, it’s better not to overthink it—Du Yu didn’t want to bring himself trouble.

He put his loot in the case, closed the glass, stood there admiring for a while, and nodded to himself in satisfaction.

He’d gotten the Library Ring from the Ten Thousand Plants Garden.

In the Ancient Pine Tower area, he’d cleared all Demon Spirit Realms below Level 3—perfect!

Pretty awesome~

Next, time to go to Mountain Fire Blade and find Master Qing.

Up to now, Du Yu still had no idea what the Mountain Fire Blade Bookstore’s main quest was.

Every time he went there, he’d ended up hanging around the underground training camp.

The Fourth-level Realm’s library ring should be platinum quality, right?

"Find Master Qing, find Xiaobai..." Du Yu muttered as he walked out of the study.

But as his hand touched the doorknob, he suddenly froze.

Du Yu suddenly realized he’d overlooked a really serious problem!

How was he going to explain being able to give his demon pets the fire attribute?

The Demon Spirit Squad, Bottomless Realm, Great Xia Bookstore, and all those departments—none of them knew he owned the supreme treasure of the Demon Taming World: the Cinnabar Red Demon Flame.

Should he tell Master Qing about the Demon Fire?

She was absolutely trustworthy, at least in this world.

But at Master Qing’s level, wouldn’t the normal thing be to report to her superiors?

Should the Demon Fire’s existence be made public?

Or should he lay low for now, let Little Fen Yang quietly soak up the Demon Fire, and make up some excuse for now?

In that moment, Du Yu’s mind was a complete mess.

He’d always been like this—trying to keep a low profile, gather wealth quietly, get rich without showing off, but with all these treasures...

Damn legs~

My power just won’t let me keep a low profile!