Chapter 208
A spirit pet capable of single-handedly dueling a Great Emperor... how badass and heaven-defying was that?
Thinking of this, when Alex looked at the Phantom Heaven Nine-Lives Cat, it instantly became much more pleasing to the eye, his eyes full of thick affection, he couldn’t help but pick it up with both hands and take a huge, deep sniff.
"Good, I will definitely raise you well, take you to fight shoulder-to-shoulder, and let you grow into your Perfect Form as soon as possible!"
"However, to fight shoulder-to-shoulder with me, you need to have a name first."
"Then... I shall name you Pearl, how about it?"
"Meow meow!" The little cat seemed to like this name very much, calling out happily and nodding its head.
"Good, Pearl, from today onward, I am your master!"
Alex set Pearl down. He then took out all the various spirit beast food and snacks he had bought in advance from the Providence Mall, pulling them all out of his storage ring at once.
Pearl lowered its head, sniffed with its nose, and instantly its eyes lit up. Drool flowing out. It pounced forward and began to gorge itself unceremoniously.
Looking at Pearl’s hardworking appearance as it scarfed down the food, an indulgent, doting smile appeared on Alex’s face.
"Pearl, eat more, grow up quickly."
"When you grow to the Saint Realm, I will be relying on you to cover me!"
...
Early the next morning, just as the sky was beginning to brighten.
The newly entered inner sect disciples from the various peaks had already gathered early outside the Azure Dragon Valley.
Although many major events had occurred in the sect over the past few days, and many people had died... it did not extinguish the enthusiasm of these new disciples to participate in the entry assessment.
Outside the Azure Dragon Valley, there were originally ten long queues prepared for the Ten Great Main Peaks. However, because the three peaks of Heaven-Turning, Venomscale, and Sunblaze had been slaughtered, three of those queues were left empty.
Standing at the front of the remaining queues were Aerin, Nerin, Torin, Loris, Lorin, and Blake.
Behind each of them generally followed twenty to thirty young disciples. Every single one rubbing their fists, wiping their palms, and eager to try.
It wasn’t until the sun had fully risen that Sylra finally arrived late with Alex. Heading to the very last empty queue to stand.
"Senior Brother Sylra, why have you arrived so late?" Torin stood to the side with his arms crossed.
"Even for something as important as the assessment, you can be so careless and unconcerned?"
"Hahaha, Torin, it’s not like you don’t know this old man." Sylra laughed cheerfully.
"This old man is getting on in years and is quite lethargic."
"Today I actually made a special effort to get up earlier, so this can already be considered not being late!"
"Heh, Senior Brother Sylra, in my view, you actually had no need to get up early." Torin said with a smile.
"To bring only a single person, does it have the value of making you run all the way to the Azure Dragon Valley?"
"Of course it does." Only then did Sylra hear the provocative intent in Torin’s words, he immediately countered.
"You are a Peak Elder at any rate, could it be you don’t know the principle that disciples are valued for their quality, not their quantity?"
"Let me tell you, my peak’s Taryn alone is enough to surpass the over thirty newcomers of your Hundred Souls Peak!"
"Senior Brother Sylra, those words are a bit of an exaggeration, right?" Torin gave a contemptuous snort.
"Don’t even mention the over thirty newcomers of my Hundred Souls Peak."
"Just our Blair alone is a mountain he will never be able to surmount in his entire life!"
"Oh?" Hearing these words, Sylra and Alex unanimously cast gazes full of deep interest.
They looked toward the queue behind Torin, at the young man standing at the very front.
This young man looked to be in his twenties or thirties, with medium-length hair, his cultivation was roughly at the middle stage of the Nascent Soul Realm, his aptitude could indeed be considered relatively superior.
It seemed this was precisely the dark horse Isolde had warned him about earlier. Blair.
Looking across the two to three hundred new disciples present, this brat’s aptitude was indeed quite outstanding.
But in Alex’s eyes, that was all there was to it, compared to the prodigy juniors of his own family, like Julian, Lucas, and including Joanna, his aptitude was worse by a massive margin.
Therefore, toward this Blair, Alex merely gave him a single glance and couldn’t be bothered to pay any more attention.
Because he had slaughtered three of the Ten Great Main Peaks, the number of people participating today was much lower. The only ones Alex recognized were Isolde, plus one Aya Cale.
Aya came up to Alex and proactively greeted him.
"Hey, Junior Brother Taryn..."
As she spoke, Aya noticed Pearl on Alex’s shoulder, her eyes instantly lit up.
"Eh, Junior Brother Taryn, why... did you also bring a kitty?"
"This one?" Alex laughed.
"This is my spirit pet, named Pearl."
"My heavens, Junior Brother Taryn, you were hiding a cat in your house!"
"You clearly raised such a cute kitty, why didn’t you tell me earlier?"
"Come, Pearl, hurry and let Big Sister Aya give you a hug!"
Aya’s face was full of excitement as she reached out her hands, wanting to pet Pearl.
However, the instant her fingers got close, Pearl directly bristled its fur, staring at her with a face full of vigilance and letting out a warning.
"Meow!"
The hands Aya had extended instantly retracted resentfully, her face full of disappointment.
Alex frowned and scolded lightly. "Pearl, you are not allowed to be so impolite."
"Come, let Senior Sister Aya hold you."
Toward Aya, Alex was genuinely and sincerely grateful from the bottom of his heart.
Not mentioning anything else, just based on the fact that she had delivered wine and food to him for a month... lending his cat to her for a hug was not excessive at all.
Being scolded by Alex, Pearl instantly behaved. Obediently letting Aya take it into her arms for a bout of doting and rubbing.
Alex was watching with a faint smile from the side when he suddenly felt a familiar aura.
He frowned and turned around.