Cheese placed in front of a mouse, no mouse can resist not sneaking a bite.

The Golden-haired Sheep is the cheese, and the dragon is the mouse.

"There must be something wrong here," Li Cunxu whispered softly.

Li Cunxu suddenly thought of a possibility that might explain why this group of Golden-haired Sheep remains untouched by dragons: they might be kept by some incredibly powerful dragon.

This would explain why this group of Golden-haired Sheep occupies such a large territory and why no other dragons come to steal them.

Li Cunxu summoned the Blood Lotus Carp.

"Take a sniff here, see if any dragon has marked this place."

The Blood Lotus Carp sniffed, "Exhale~ (Indeed, this place has been marked by a dragon, and it's King level.)"

"It seems that scheming for these Golden-haired Sheep requires more caution."

Before planning for the Golden-haired Sheep, Li Cunxu prepared to find a retreat.

Li Cunxu continued to walk outward off the island.

In the center of the grassland, Li Cunxu spotted a big tree, standing extraordinarily tall and distinctive.

A single tree appearing on the vast and flat grassland—how could it not be conspicuous?

Curious, Li Cunxu approached to investigate.

It was an apple tree, its branches laden with apples of various colors: green, silver, and gold.

"There's actually a level apple tree here," Li Cunxu said in surprise.

The level apple tree, also known as the Spirit Transformation Apple Tree, its apples can help Beast Masters rapidly rise in level.

The green apples are Bronze Apples; a Black Iron One Beast Master could eat them, and within ten days might achieve a breakthrough to bronze level.

Silver apples are Silver Apples, and gold apples are Golden Apples.

Apart from these three types, there are no other apples.

Apples like the Lord Apple, which can quickly upgrade someone to lord level, cannot be borne by the level apple tree.

In the market, wouldn't apples like these be very popular?

The fact is everyone scoffs at them.

The effect of eating level apples is actually very shallow, because the realms improved through level apples are insubstantial; it does not actually increase the spiritual power of the Beast Master.

Under normal breakthrough conditions, your spiritual power is one hundred; when breaking through to gold level, spiritual power would greatly increase and transform, rising to a thousand, and Silver spiritual power would transform into more tenacious Golden spiritual power.

Through level apples, realms are elevated; spiritual power only undergoes transformation, not enhancement—your spiritual power remains one hundred even after breaking through to gold level, with the only benefit being that Silver spiritual power transforms into Golden spiritual power.

Besides, consuming level apples bears two unacceptable costs, which is the reason everyone is discouraged.

Young people do not eat level apples, because they deplete a Beast Master's potential, permanently slowing the speed of Meditation for training spiritual power.

Elders whose potential is depleted do not eat level apples, for eating them would shorten their life by ten years.

"Level apples only enhance the spiritual power training of Beast Masters and spirit-type pets; if they could enhance Slime, it would be great."

The level breakthrough of Slime has always been a big problem.

Li Cunxu had no interest in level apples originally, planning to leave immediately after looking, but suddenly glimpsed a sparkling Golden Apple atop the tree and halted.

The Golden Apple atop the tree was more lustrous than other Golden Apples, radiating gold under the moonlight.

"Is it the Centennial Golden Apple?" Li Cunxu muttered.

A Golden Apple that fruits over a hundred years is called a Centennial Golden Apple.

Li Cunxu stepped onto two water balls, flew up for a closer look.

"It truly is a Centennial Golden Apple."

Li Cunxu, somewhat elated, plucked it casually.

The cost of Centennial Golden Apples and Golden Apples is the same: diminished potential and a loss of ten years of life.

Yet Centennial Golden Apples have one difference; on top of the original effects, they exclude the Beast Taming Space's expansion and stabilization pain without affecting the acquisition of carrying points.

Li Cunxu, upon breaking through to Silver level, was left with serious psychological shadows by the pain brought on by the Beast Taming Space's expansion and stabilization, even fostering thoughts of not breaking through to gold level to avoid the ordeal.

The psychological shadow was really immense.

In the Bronze level period, Li Cunxu trained actively, consuming Blazing Pain Pills daily to forge willpower.

After leaving shadows upon breaking through to Silver level.

Li Cunxu ignored training, as well as strengthening willpower, seeking pleasure to alleviate the aftermath of the great pain.

It's not that Li Cunxu's willpower was too fragile, rather that the pain was so severe as to want to shatter the soul; under such circumstances another person might have chosen suicide.

Due to soul peculiarities, Li Cunxu's Beast Taming Space developed twice as large as others', harbor points doubled, yet the challenge time and pain were also twice as long and intense.

Li Cunxu continued walking outward while eating the Centennial Golden Apple.

Li Cunxu wished to break through to gold level; if he doesn't, Xiaoruan won't, but he also wished to avoid the beast space expansion pain.

This Centennial Golden Apple perfectly solves that problem.

As for the cost of diminished potential, slower Meditation spiritual power training speed?

Li Cunxu did not mind; his Meditation spiritual power training was already slow, indifferent to further deceleration, his potential was naturally poor, so more decline does not have much room for impact.

Previously, his spiritual power training speed resembled a turtle; now, post-potential depletion, like a turtle bearing a fifty gram weight—equally slow.

Li Cunxu's spiritual power improvement did not rely on training but mainly on pet feedback.

For Li Cunxu to train spiritual power himself might take until the year of the monkey and the month of the horse to achieve breakthrough.

Regarding the ten-year life reduction?

In the Beast Taming World, numerous treasures exist for life replenishment; a mere ten-year life can be restored quickly.

Reaching the grassland's end, there is a muddy swamp valley.

Within the valley, a hazy, grey swamp.

Approaching the swamp, Li Cunxu's footsteps subtly echoed, prompting many muddy loaches by the swamp's edge to peek their heads out.

Muddy loaches are also dragon pets, albeit the weakest among them.

In dragon pet ranking, akin to how Slime sits in the beast pet world.

Muddy loaches have incredibly weak combat power; if not for the eventual evolution into Mud Dragon, they would be expelled from dragon status.

The Mud Dragon's ultimate form is also weak; an Overlord level easily crushes a King level Mud Dragon. This record is solid, attesting to the Mud Dragon's weakness.

Li Cunxu removed the Invisibility Cloak, allowing muddy loaches to see him, suddenly appearing and causing them to cry out loudly, pulling more muddy loaches.

It was like triggering a chain reaction; increasingly more muddy loaches surfaced.

Muddy loaches popping out their heads alone numbered thousands.

Muddy loaches possess their uniqueness; their strength is feeble, yet they breed rapidly.

Muddy loaches, among dragons, are prolific breeders similar to mice producing five to twelve offspring per litter, muddy loaches also have litters of five to twelve.

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