Chapter 51: Level Two Novice

Deep in the night, inside Yuan Qian'er's room.

"Wow, Qian'er, is this your pet? So cute! Baby, come here, let sister give you a hug!" Upon seeing Little White, Su Qingcheng pounced on it immediately. She could never resist adorable animals and would always pet and squish them for a long time before letting go.

"Oh right, I kept forgetting to tell you, this is Little White. It's my contracted beast. Ever since we made the pact, it's always been sleeping and never goes outside. It's gotten a bit better these past few days, at least waking up to walk around the room!" Yuan Qian'er slapped her forehead, wondering how she could have forgotten about Little White. She calculated that it should be time for Little White to feed on blood. Didn't that old man say it needed blood once a month? It had been almost a month since she arrived here!

"A contracted beast? What does that mean?" Su Qingcheng looked utterly baffled.

"It means it only acknowledges me as its master. I don't know much else about it. I only know that Little White is the sole clue to solving the mystery of my birth. I have to raise it to adulthood just to find out who I am and where I came from!" Yuan Qian'er said with an innocent expression.

"Sigh, who cares who you are? Anyway, I've gotten used to being alone. I don't think there's any need to dig into what your background is!" Su Qingcheng held a deep resentment toward parents who abandoned their children.

"Mm-hmm, yeah, things are pretty good right now with plenty to eat and wear, no need to dwell on that so much! Right, help me wake Little White up. It's time for it to feed on blood." Yuan Qian'er had no idea how blood feeding was supposed to work, so she had no choice but to wake Little White up.

"Hey, Little White, little cute fox, little tiny fox, sleepyhead fox, adorable fox, time to wake up, time for milk!"

Su Qingcheng threw a string of nicknames at Little White, but the moment she uttered the final line about drinking milk, Little White's eyes snapped wide open. It looked up at Su Qingcheng with an adorable expression and said, "Milk, want milk!"

"It... it can talk?!" Su Qingcheng's mouth formed a perfect "O" shape.

"Haha, yep! It's a Nine-Tailed Spirit Fox, endowed with the ability of speech since birth. Surprised, aren't you? That was my exact expression at first, too!" Yuan Qian'er smiled as she picked Little White up and stroked its head.

"How marvelous! Hello, Little White, I'm Su Qingcheng, your master's good friend. So nice to meet you!" Su Qingcheng grabbed one of Little White's paws and shook it amicably.

"Little White, the old man said you need to feed on blood once a month. Do you know how to do it?" Yuan Qian'er asked, looking down at Little White.

Little White rolled its eyes, then bit down on Yuan Qian'er's index finger. Crimson blood immediately welled up, and Little White pounced on it as if it had discovered a precious treasure, eagerly drinking the blood.

A moment later, seemingly full, Little White licked Yuan Qian'er's finger. The bite wound healed instantly, leaving no trace whatsoever that it had ever been bitten.

Seeing this, Yuan Qian'er asked curiously, "Little White, you can heal wounds too? They just vanish after a lick, that's amazing!"

Smacking its lips, Little White said in an infant-like voice, "Yummy milk! Too bad I'm full!"

"Huh, Little White, you can speak a whole sentence now? Didn't you only know how to say two or three words before? Besides, this is blood, not milk!" Yuan Qian'er had always thought Little White's vocabulary was limited to a few words.

"Mm-hmm, I'm Level Two now!" Little White held up its two paws toward Yuan Qian'er.

"Level Two? Wow, drinking blood actually lets you level up? Little White, once you reach max level, can you summon a divine dragon?" Su Qingcheng, being the airhead she was, had a head full of bizarre thoughts.

"Little White doesn't know, my memories haven't fully returned yet! Master, I want to sleep again!" Little White's innocent cuteness could melt anyone's heart.

"Alright, sleep well, Little White. Qingcheng, let's go to bed too, I'm exhausted!"