Chapter 138: Changes in Pearl (1/2)

Suddenly, the aura inside the room disappeared, leaving Alex finally free to move. He immediately got up and ran to where Pearl had landed.

He took pearl in his arms and started asking, ”are you okay? Are you hurt?”. But Pearl couldn't hear him. ”What is happening?” Alex wondered as he looked at Pearl.

Pearl seemed to be asleep, but his eyes were fully open. His breathing was calm and there were no irregularities in his aura as well. Alex started to worry about what was happening to him.

Suddenly, Pearl jerked as he jumped down from his arms and started running around the room like crazy. ”Meow,” it screamed as if it was in pain.

”Wha-what's wrong?” Alex didn't know what to do. After a few laps around the room, Pearl finally stopped and released a loud growl, that sounded neither like a meow or a cat's purr. It almost sounded like…

Pearl looked up. His fur even more white, eyes filled with great intelligence and-

”Did you grow in size, buddy?” Alex said as he went up to Pearl to grab him. Pearl went from being about 15 cm in length to about 25 cm. He had grown a little bigger.

”Meow,” Pearl meowed in confirmation. Alex got stunned. He could easily tell that Pearl was saying 'YES' to his question. Before, it was a vague feeling of an answer, but now, to him, it felt pretty clear. This was a chance he wasn't expecting.

”What happened to you? Why did you suddenly go to eat the blood essence?” he asked.

”Meow.” A long meow came from Pearl and Alex once again was stunned as he could more clearly understand what Pearl was saying. 'I ate it because I had to.'

”Ho-How do I understand you?” He tried to think back to the records he had read and the lessons his master had given him. ”Master said that once a beast companion turns adult, you can communicate with them. Did she mean that they could communicate both ways and not just the monster understanding the cultivator's word?” he wondered.

”But, that would mean that you are already an adult, and that is impossible, right? I just saw the system calling your infant this afternoon.”

Alex nervously opened the cat's status page once again and was surprised by the difference from before.

[White Cat (Child) - Bonded

Name: Pearl

Cultivation Base: Skin Tempering 8th Realm

Evolution Chance: 40%

Cultivation Method: ????? ?????'s Dominating Body (Shared)]

Pearl had changed from infant to child according to the game. Also, his cultivation base had had a massive leap in the realm.

'Is this normal? Does a beast not need to be an adult to start communicating?' Alex started to wonder. He looked at the Evolution Chance stat and was shocked to see that it had gone from 5% to 40%.

”What brought along such a massive change? Could it be him breaking through? No way, right?” When Alex properly thought about it, he came to a single conclusion. ”It was the blood essence, wasn't it?”

He looked at Pearl and thought, ” That was your mother's blood essence, but it didn't belong to your mother. If it did, it would say White cat, wouldn't it?” He asked.

”Meow,” Pearl meowed in confusion as none of what Alex was talking about made any sense to him.