Chapter 136: Elder Xian (2/2)
Alex nodded in understanding as he said, ”I see. I will do as you say, elder. In the meantime, can I know what I should and should not feed my cat?”
”Stop treating a monster like a house pet. They are used to living in the wild and will eat anything they can. As for beast companions, they need even less food as long as you give them your Qi from time to time. It was probably hungry in the first place since you never fed it your Qi since you didn't know about it.”
”Now that you do know it is staying with you, feed in a little Qi every day and it will be satisfied.” The elder said.
”Oh, and what about the different monster cores? I heard that monsters can eat other monster's cores to increase their own cultivation. Does that mean, I can feed the cores to my cat and he will increase in cultivation as well?” he asked.
”Yes and No. While it can eat cores to increase its cultivation, if it eats a core from a monster stronger than it, it will not be able to handle all the energy and will die. There have been cases where the monsters simply exploded from eating a monster core from a much stronger monster.”
”Also it is better if you don't feed your beasts as many cores. Similar to normal cultivators, they also need to stabilize their cultivation base before breaking through. If you keep on feeding them from very early on without properly maintaining their cultivation, they will end up with a bad cultivation foundation and will end up much weaker than what they should have been.”
”Well, that is all I will tell you. Learn other things on your own at the library,” the elder said and went back to sitting on the chair and started petting the little rabbit he was petting when Alex first came in.
”I understand, Thank you … uh, what should I call you, elder?” he asked.
”You can call me elder Xian,” the elder said.
”Thank you for the information elder Xian,” Alex bowed a little in respect as he called back Pearl and started to leave the shop.
”Where do you think you are going boy?” the elder suddenly shouted from behind him.
Alex stopped in surprise and turned around to look at the elder with a curious face, ”Do you have some more things to tell me, elder Xian?” he asked.
”No, I don't, boy,” the elder simply said which confused Alex even more, but then he followed it up with, ”But you should know I am not operating a charity here. You came into my shop and took information from me, it's time you pay up.”
”Oh, yes elder,” Alex was a little surprised, but still complied and took out some spirit stones and gave them to the elder. The elder took what was handed and simply said, ”I have checked your little cat, he is perfectly healthy and you have nothing to worry about.”
”I see, thank you, elder.” Finally, Alex left the shop and went back to his room.