60: foodies

Looking at the Profound Thunder Battle Bear educating the two cubs, and listening to its words translated by Myriad Affinity, Xu Yan's forehead was covered in black lines.

Why does it feel like these three bears, including the adult Profound Thunder Battle Bear, don't seem very reliable? Heavens Mandate Guidance won't trick me this time, will it?

Just as Xu Yan was starting to doubt if his Innate Talent was broken, the Profound Thunder Battle Bear, having finished lecturing the two Little fellows, led the black and white cubs to Xu Yan. Switching its language from bear-speak back to human language, it said to Xu Yan:

"Xu Yan, these two Little fellows are the juniors from our clan who want to go out and explore this year. They only seem a bit unreliable; their Innate Talent and potential are actually quite good.

The black one is Xiong Ting, he's older and has General Rank Upper Grade strength. He's a purebred Profound Thunder Battle Bear with a clear cultivation plan and growth path.

The white one, Xiong Nian, is younger and just broke through to General Rank a while ago. A mutation occurred at birth; its bloodline level remains unchanged, but its attributes transformed from Thunder and Combat to Mental and Combat, giving it dual attributes. Its potential is immense, but its future is still unknown.

To be honest, if you weren't a student of the Third Academy's Cultivation Department and had the potential to cultivate it better, I wouldn't even introduce Xiong Nian to you.

Both bears have extremely high potential, and cultivating them will definitely result in formidable combat power. Choosing a bear as a Spirit Beast would not be a mistake."

Listening to the Profound Thunder Battle Bear's introduction, the two cubs, who had been a bit dejected from its scolding, couldn't help but puff out their chests, their expressions filled with pride.

It was as if they were trying to convey, "See? Bears are this amazing! Hurry up and form a contract with a bear!"

Looking at the adorable expressions on the black and white cubs, Xu Yan couldn't help but smile knowingly.

He stepped forward, took out the specially prepared spirit food for bear Spirit Beasts from his storage device, and placed two small bowls, one for each cub, in front of them.

Seeing the spirit food in front of them, emitting the sweet aroma of Clear Thunder Honey, the two cubs instantly dropped their proud demeanor. Without waiting for their elder's permission, they lowered their heads and began to eat ravenously.

When the adult Profound Thunder Battle Bear saw this, it was about to scold the two cubs again, but then it caught the sweet scent of the spirit food.

Although the spirit food Xu Yan made had too little energy for high-level Spirit Beasts, in terms of taste alone, the spirit food enhanced by the power of Myriad Affinity was absolutely top-notch delicious.

The adult Profound Thunder Battle Bear's situation at this moment was that its mind told it this was low-grade spirit food meant for cubs, and as an adult bear, eating it would be useless; it shouldn't snatch food from the cubs.

However, its body's reaction was to smell the Clear Thunder Honey, its favorite, produced locally in the Luolei Mountain Range, along with a large array of unknown ingredients that smelled incredibly appetizing to a bear.

Unconsciously, saliva dripped from its huge bear mouth, 'drip, drop,' forming a small wet puddle beneath it.

Looking at its expression, clearly wanting to eat but pretending to be calm, Xu Yan couldn't help but find it amusing.

He took out an even larger food basin from his storage device, filled it with the spirit food he had prepared earlier, and pushed it in front of the adult Profound Thunder Battle Bear.

Feeling the aroma emanating from the huge food basin in front of it, and then glancing at Xu Yan's gentle smile.

Finally, with Xu Yan's words, "Although the energy might be a bit lacking for you, the taste of this spirit food I made should be quite good. Think of it as a small snack to satisfy your cravings," it completely lost its rationality.

Dignity? Face? What are those things? The bear just wants to eat properly now.

The Profound Thunder Battle Bear, burying its entire head in the food basin, thought to itself.

Then, what should have been a meeting to get acquainted and improve goodwill, directly turned into three bears, one large and two small, frantically devouring food, with Xu Yan occasionally refilling their three food basins with spirit food.

It wasn't until Xu Yan had poured out all the spirit food he had prepared beforehand and announced that he had no more in stock, that the three bears reluctantly lifted their heads, looked at the empty food basins beneath them, and licked their lips, as if still savoring the taste of the spirit food they had just eaten.

Then, the next second, Xu Yan felt his legs suddenly sink.

Looking down, he saw two 'attachments,' one black and one white, noticeably smaller than before, clinging tightly to each of Xu Yan's legs, refusing to let go.

Feeling the heavy sensation feedback from his legs and seeing the two 'attachments' clearly not intending to let go, Xu Yan couldn't help but cast a pleading look at the adult Profound Thunder Battle Bear.

Sensing Xu Yan's gaze, the Profound Thunder Battle Bear, having just eaten his spirit food, quickly walked to Xu Yan's side, then, with one paw for each, swatted the two cubs to the ground on either side.

Just as Xu Yan was about to thank it after his legs were freed, he found his legs were hugged again.

Looking down, well, although its size had shrunk to be similar to the two 'attachments,' he could still recognize it as the adult Profound Thunder Battle Bear from before.

Looking at Xu Yan's complex gaze, the Profound Thunder Battle Bear, who had long since discarded dignity and integrity for the sake of food, spread its paws and said somewhat shamelessly, "How about you form a contract with me? I'm stronger than them, I can fight, and you don't even need to be responsible for my meals. You just need to provide me with some small snacks like today's every once in a while."

Hearing its words, before Xu Yan could even react, the two cubs that had been swatted aside immediately began to wail, their cries so mournful it was as if they had suffered immense grievances.

As for Xu Yan, to be honest, the moment he heard its words, he genuinely felt a stir of desire.

After all, this Profound Thunder Battle Bear in front of him was a genuine Monarch-level Spirit Beast.

However, considering his General Rank spiritual power and his fragile little body, he would probably be directly overwhelmed by the feedback spiritual power the moment he formed a contract.

Furthermore, its current behavior was merely an impulsive reaction after overeating the spirit food, not a thought-out decision, so it didn't count for anything.

Therefore, although his heart was incredibly moved, Xu Yan still painfully rejected its proposal.