Ye Ningze was possessed by this ray of golden light, his first reaction being that he had been ambushed.
However, in the next second, a childish voice echoed from his mind.
"Master!"
The one who called out was clearly a child of six or seven years old.
Ye Ningze located the source of the voice and asked in surprise, "Chasing Light Silver Dragon Leopard, was that you speaking just now?"
"Yes, Master!"
The Chasing Light Silver Dragon Leopard before him nodded.
Ye Ningze pondered for a moment and quickly understood what the golden light in his mind was.
"So, it's the beast soul of the Chasing Light Silver Dragon Leopard!"
Ye Ningze had read beast-taming classics before and knew that fierce beasts possessed beast souls.
However, such beast souls, unless the fierce beast willingly sacrificed itself, usually required very complex procedures to guide out.
Once a human martial artist obtained the beast soul of a certain fierce beast, it was equivalent to signing a soul contract with the beast, thereby becoming its master.
If the human martial artist with the soul contract died, the fierce beast would also perish.
But if the fierce beast died, the master would not be affected.
At present, the Chasing Light Silver Dragon Leopard, in order to survive, had willingly sacrificed its beast soul, seeking to pledge allegiance to Ye Ningze.
After all, the Chasing Light Silver Dragon Leopard lacked the pride and complex thoughts of human martial artists. In its mind, pledging allegiance to survive was a very normal thing; being alive was the most important thing.
Moreover, its master was so powerful. The Chasing Light Silver Dragon Leopard genuinely acknowledged Ye Ningze.
On the other hand, Ye Ningze, having suddenly acquired a beast pet, felt a bit bewildered for no apparent reason.
However, this was a good thing for Ye Ningze.
Because the Chasing Light Silver Dragon Leopard was inherently powerful, possessing top-tier speed talent, and its cultivation realm was not low, with the strength of a mid-tier peak fierce beast.
Once it completely refined the Great Bear's bloodline and advanced to a high-tier fierce beast, it wouldn't be difficult.
Furthermore, this Chasing Light Silver Dragon Leopard was the leader of a pack of fierce beasts. Now that even the leader of this pack had pledged allegiance to Ye Ningze, he had, in effect, gained thousands of low-tier fierce beast subordinates.
"Although their level is a bit low, in this treacherous Great Prajna Forest, having followers is better than having none. It should save a lot of trouble." With this thought, Ye Ningze couldn't help but beam with joy.
"Chasing Light Silver Dragon Leopard, do you have a name?" Ye Ningze asked. Chasing Light Silver Dragon Leopard was just a species name, just as Ye Ningze was human, but one couldn't say Ye Ningze was called 'Human'.
"No, Master."
Ye Ningze thought for a moment and then said, "In that case, from now on, I'll call you Little Bai."
The Chasing Light Silver Dragon Leopard's fur was silver-white, so the name was quite fitting.
Having received a name, Little Bai became instantly excited and appeared very happy, temporarily forgetting its injuries.
Ye Ningze glanced at Little Bai's injuries and took out some elixirs to help it heal.
With the efficacy of the spiritual medicine and the Great Bear's bloodline, Little Bai recovered from its injuries in just one hour.
Little Bai led Ye Ningze back to the beast pack and instructed the other Chasing Light Leopards not to attack Ye Ningze.
Thus, Ye Ningze finally had his first pack of fierce beast subordinates.
"Little Bai, do you know if there are any treasures nearby?" Ye Ningze asked with anticipation.
In this vast Great Prajna Forest, there were bound to be many rare heavenly materials and earthly treasures, which was also one of Ye Ningze's goals for this trip.
Previously, in the Sunset Forest, besides hunting fierce beasts, Ye Ningze often explored for treasures within the forest and then sold them in the black market.
This had generated considerable extra income for Ye Ningze.
Now that the Great Prajna Forest was so expansive, there must surely be even more treasures.
And Little Bai, compared to Ye Ningze, clearly had better innate conditions for treasure hunting, as it had lived here its entire life and was more familiar with the terrain.
"Master, Little Bai does know of a place where treasures are hidden. I was able to break through to my current realm by relying on this kind of treasure!" Little Bai stated truthfully.
Upon hearing this, Ye Ningze was overjoyed.
According to what Little Bai had just said, this kind of treasure must be able to enhance talent!
Otherwise, how could Little Bai, a low-tier fierce beast like the Chasing Light Leopard, have its speed talent evolve into a top-tier one?
"Little Bai, take me there immediately!" Ye Ningze ordered at once.
"Yes, Master!"
After receiving the order, Little Bai led Ye Ningze away from the beast pack.
According to what Little Bai had said earlier, only Little Bai itself knew of this treasure-hiding place.
The other Chasing Light Leopards in the pack were unaware, as Little Bai did not wish for its kin to also consume the treasure and enhance their own talents, thereby competing with it for the position of leader.
"Master, it's at this location, follow me!"
Little Bai led Ye Ningze through the winding forest and plunged into an unknown cave.
Along the way, whenever they encountered fierce beasts, Little Bai would immediately deal with them, leaving Ye Ningze with no worries, truly doing its best.
This was also the benefit of signing a soul contract; beast pets would be one hundred percent loyal to their masters.
There was no further incident, and soon Ye Ningze was led by Little Bai to a lush ancient forest.
"I never thought there would be such a hidden paradise within this cave."
Ye Ningze exclaimed in wonder as he and Little Bai arrived at the very center of the ancient forest.
There, on a gray-white tree vine, hung a golden fruit.
The fruit was golden yellow all over, with only a small portion showing a hint of green.
"Master, this is the treasure I told you about," the Chasing Light Silver Dragon Leopard introduced to Ye Ningze.
"There were originally two fruits here, and I ate one. This one is left, but this fruit has not yet ripened, so it cannot be eaten now."
Listening to the Chasing Light Silver Dragon Leopard's explanation, Ye Ningze's appetite was greatly whetted.
As soon as he approached the ancient tree and saw the golden fruit, an impulse arose within him.
A voice kept echoing in his mind, a very primal desire, making Ye Ningze involuntarily want to devour the fruit in one bite.
"Could it be that this mysterious fruit can truly enhance talent?" Ye Ningze secretly guessed.
Logically speaking.
Ye Ningze possessed the ability to copy talents. With the talent-copying system, he could easily acquire any top-tier talent he desired in the future, so there was no need to waste such a treasure.
After all, this fruit before him was highly likely to be something that could enhance talent.
Once it circulated in the market, it would definitely allow Ye Ningze to earn a fortune.
After hesitating for a while in front of the ancient tree, Ye Ningze ultimately could not resist the desire in his heart and decided to use the fruit himself.
"Anyway, as my strength grows, I'm sure I'll find more treasures in the future, so it doesn't matter much!"
After making his decision, Ye Ningze turned to Little Bai and asked.
"Little Bai, how much longer until this fruit ripens?"