218: Bai Meng's Coming of Age Ceremony

Uncle Luosang's expression and actions avoided White Gaze's line of sight, but they were taken in entirely by Gu Xiaoyue.

They took Uncle Luosang's small pickup truck back home.

White Gaze went to prepare dinner, while Gu Xiaoyue entered her Yu Beast Space with her consciousness.

She felt the excitement from the Hou; the ten treasure berries must have ripened.

Sure enough, all three ten treasure berries had ripened.

The Hou was drooling.

"Since all three ripened at the same time this time, it should be our turn to eat them, right!"

Gu Xiaoyue handed the three crystal bowls and the ten treasure berries to the Yinglong, the Hou, and Xiao Lu, respectively.

"Here you go, and make sure to collect the blood as well."

They were obedient, draining their blood before eating the berries, and handing over the pits after finishing.

"Woman, plant more duobao berry trees when you have time; they are just too delicious!"

The Hou licked its lips, looking as if it hadn't had enough.

The system task completion rate refreshed to 7/10; three more God-Rank Pets were needed to complete the task.

Gu Xiaoyue sighed softly, not knowing when this task would be completed.

Should she plant the pits of the ten treasure berries, or save them for Chu Li?

She had long wanted to give Chu Li two seeds as a return gift for the Po Di Zi Jin Spear.

After hesitating for a few seconds, Gu Xiaoyue decided to toss the three duobao berry pits by the side of the Spirit Cleansing Spring.

Since visiting the Lianxin Waterfall, it only took a little over two months for a duobao berry tree to grow and bear ten treasure berries.

She would likely have to stay in Damon for a while longer, at least until she found that secret realm White Gaze had mentioned.

Since she didn't know exactly when she would return, planting a few more duobao berry trees would be good.

When she returned to the previous timeline, she could give Chu Li two pits then; there was no rush.

This period of time had been quite carefree, and Gu Xiaoyue had saved up quite a few points.

She exchanged for three shaping flowers, used them to give Xiao Hei and Bi Fang human forms, and saved one for Xiao Lu.

In human form, Xiao Hei had long, wavy instant-noodle-like hair, wore thin black armor, and looked like a handsome young general.

Bi Fang, on the other hand, was dressed in a green robe, holding a feather fan, looking like an elegant strategist pointing out the landscape.

She also exchanged for two gathering spirit stones to absorb, but she still couldn't summon nine pets simultaneously.

Gu Xiaoyue had to give up; there weren't many points left, just enough to exchange for two more heavenly crafting stones.

She shared Xiao Mo's hallucination skill and Bi Fang's fire ring skill.

In the blink of an eye, a month passed, and it was time for the coming-of-age ceremony for talent awakening.

White Gaze hadn't slept much all night, sitting on a large rock outside, waiting for the sun to rise.

Gu Xiaoyue woke up in the morning, discovered that White Gaze wasn't in the room, and got up to go find him.

The morning wind was very cold, blowing through the grass by her feet, making it rustle and carrying a hint of a killing intent.

Seeing Gu Xiaoyue coming to look for him, he spoke up.

"Big Sister, I'm a little nervous."

White Gaze had every reason to be nervous; today's results would determine whether he could turn his life around and take back everything that belonged to him.

Gu Xiaoyue sat down next to White Gaze and wrapped her clothes tighter around herself.

This time of day was the coldest.

"After we watch the sunrise, we'll pack up and head out."

She knew that even if she told White Gaze not to be nervous, it would be useless, so it was better to address the root of his problem.

"It doesn't matter what grade your talent is; if nothing else, I'll take you back to the Dragon Country, and I'll look after you from now on!"

As expected, she heard White Gaze let out a soft chuckle.

After more than three months of being together, Gu Xiaoyue knew that White Gaze was not some naive fool; he had his own plans.

Take the incident during the attribute test, for example; he hit Bai Yao but didn't let Bao Shenglei suffer a single injury.

Given Bai Yao's nature, he would definitely deal with Bao Shenglei upon returning, feeling that he hadn't been attentive enough, and the benefits given to Bao Shenglei would certainly be greatly reduced.

Without benefits, why would Bao Shenglei remain Bai Yao's lackey for over a decade?

Just like that, what seemed like unintentional sowing of discord could achieve the best results!

White Gaze only needed to awaken his talent and train well; he would naturally become a formidable force.

How could Prince Yi Bai Jin Yi abandon him then?

In the future, once White Gaze secured his position as a prince, the throne of Damon Country wouldn't be entirely out of reach.

Gu Xiaoyue gazed at the sunrise, lost in thought, her mind calculating White Gaze's future.

"Big Sister, let's go back. I'll make something to eat while we wait for Uncle Luosang to come pick us up."

Gu Xiaoyue knew he wasn't in the mood to make breakfast, so she simply took out some convenient food.

"Let's just grab a bite, and when the talent results come out, I'll take you out for a big meal! We'll celebrate properly!"

Her tone was full of confidence, as if she were already certain that White Gaze would awaken a high-grade talent.

This couldn't help but make White Gaze feel bursting with confidence as well.

"I'll listen to whatever you say, Big Sister!"

They rode in Uncle Luosang's car to the location in the city where the coming-of-age ceremony was being held.

The sea of people reminded Gu Xiaoyue of the scene when she had just transmigrated and attended her own coming-of-age ceremony at school.

Back then, Xiao Qi wanted to scare Gu Xiaoxing, but instead, a Thunderbolt Spell struck Chu Li into shock.

A faint smile played on Gu Xiaoyue's lips; after waking up, Chu Li had even hugged her.

Everything seemed as if it had happened just yesterday.

While she was still lost in memories, Bai Yao walked toward her with an ugly expression, while Bao Shenglei beside him looked rather smug.

"It's only an awakening of a Profound-Grade talent; what's there to be so smug about?!"

Bai Yao squeezed the words out through his teeth.

He couldn't stand the sight of Bao Shenglei right now!

Before, when White Gaze beat him up, he hadn't helped at all, and now he had awakened a Profound-Grade talent, even stronger than his own; how could he not feel jealous!

"I'm not being smug, Young Master; you're overthinking it!"

Bao Shenglei said lightly, his tone unconsciously revealing a hint of superiority.

Hearing their conversation, Gu Xiaoyue guessed — perhaps Bai Yao had only awakened a Yellow-Grade talent.

Wouldn't that be perfect? When White Gaze's talent level results came out in a moment, it would be a slap in their faces!

Bai Yao looked up and saw Gu Xiaoyue, his eyes full of malice; he snorted coldly and went to the side to wait for White Gaze's talent results.

There were still quite a few people ahead of White Gaze, so Gu Xiaoyue waited patiently.

Uncle Luosang finished his own business and also came to wait for White Gaze's results.

Fortunately, because of the large number of people, the authorities had prepared more than a dozen awakening magic arrays, so it wasn't long before it was White Gaze's turn.

Just as he stood still in the magic array, an omen appeared in the sky, and dark clouds began to gather.

At the same time that a white light appeared on White Gaze's body, two bolts of lightning crackled and generated in the dark clouds.

"Hea... Heaven-Grade talent!"

"No, that's two lightning bolts; it's above Heaven-Grade!"

The companion beast that appeared in White Gaze's hand was a fluffy "duck" glowing with golden light.

【Name】: Thunder Flame Golden Peng

【Grade】: Heaven-Grade Peak

【Attribute】: Thunder Attribute, Fire Attribute

【Skills】: Thunderbolt Spell (Low Level), Lightning Strike (Low Level), Thunder Swallowing (Low Level), Fireball (Low Level), Fire Sea (Low Level), Fire Swallowing (Low Level)

【Level】: Young life stage 1

If this pet was raised well in the future, its combat power would definitely be very high.

It was a flying pet, and it also possessed two high-combat-power attributes: Thunder and Fire.

The omen in the sky dissipated, and the crowd was in an uproar; after all, there weren't many opportunities to witness the awakening of a talent above Heaven-Grade with one's own eyes.

Even in a powerful nation like the Dragon Country, there weren't many people who awakened Heaven-Grade talents in a year, let alone in a country like Damon, which wasn't a major power.

The number of Beastmasters who could awaken Heaven-Grade or Earth-Grade talents in a year could be counted on two hands.