Due to Little Shrubby's ability of vitality reversal they couldn't really sense the Immortal Qi coming from him thus, he really seemed to be in the spirit realms. Of course, they could tell that there was more to the beast, since Lin Mu had kept him with him.
"Can I take a closer look?" Shang Yingtai asked, making Lin Mu a bit unnerved. "I'm also interested in beast taming and am looking for a suitable beast. This'll help me pick one out for the future. Beasts with wood element are rare after all." She explained, making Lin Mu feel a bit better.
"Little Shrubby." Lin Mu lightly spoke, as the kitten jumped out from his hands onto the table.
"Come here~" Shang Yingtai said in a gentle voice before taking out something from her storage ring.
She opened her palm and a bunch of seeds were present in it.
"I have some treats for you." Shang Yingtai said before a sudden change happened.
Lin Mu watched as rich wood Qi appeared from her hands and was infused into the seeds.
~CRACK~CRACK~CRACK~
Then in the next second, the seeds spontaneously germinated and rapidly grew into small herbs. These herbs matured within seconds and flowered. A minute later, there were already small berries growing on them.
"This is…" Lin Mu couldn't help but be surprised by Shang Yingtai's actions.
He could tell that the seeds were all immortal seeds, and the fruits that had formed on the herbs were immortal fruits too!
While he had seen methods of instantly growing herbs before, that was just for normal plants. Even for spirit herbs, it was a difficult thing to do something like this, especially not for a spirit herb that bore fruits as a resource.
Most others used plants in an offensive way, thus it didn't take much energy. But Shang Yingtai had gone above and beyond, directly growing immortal fruits.
"You can take them." Shang Yingtai said to Little Shrubby, who was eyeing the fruits.
All of them were emanating faint wood elemental energy too, making little Shrubby feel tempted too.
~NOM~
Little Shrubby quickly pounced on the fruits and started to eat. And as he did that, Shang Yingtai was carefully watching him.
'She's using her immortal sense…' Lin Mu discovered, but didn't do anything.
While Little Shrubby was special, his ability to hide his cultivation base came from his bloodline and it was something even immortals would have a hard time sensing. Xukong had already verified this, and Lin Mu was not worried about that.
And neither was Lin Mu worried about anyone else taking an excess interest in Little Shrubby, especially not someone like the Crown Princess. If she wanted, she could easily get her people to find a similar beast after all.
'She doesn't seem to have any malicious intentions at least.' Lin Mu could tell that much.
The princess seemingly watched the energy of all the fruits be perfectly be absorbed by Little Shrubby, leaving her a bit surprised.
"Marvelous… Such high efficiency and absorption rate despite having a conflicting innate element of fire." Shang Yingtai muttered, her eyes gleaming with joy.
Once Little Shrubby was done eating, Shang Yingtai looked at Lin Mu and questioned. "You said it was a Brown Forest Shrubby cat and changed after consuming resources?"
"Yes… it's hard to tell which ones though as I've fed him a lot." Lin Mu replied.
"That's fine. At least I know that species has a potential like this." Shang Yingtai stated. "I've been looking for beasts with the wood element for a while now, but haven't had luck."
"Why are you looking for those specifically?" Lin Mu couldn't help but ask.
"They are compatible with me." Shang Yingtai said plainly. "If I have a suitable beast, I can further improve by abilities after all. I specialize in the wood element as well as the fire element."
"I see…" Lin Mu furrowed his brows before thinking of a good idea. "Well, if you are looking for a wood elemental beast… I might have the perfect suggestion for you."
"Oh? You do?" Shang Yingtai raised her brows and Feng Shun looked too.
"If you desire a wood elemental beast, you should try to find a Fume Wood Panther." Lin Mu answered. "Though if you want one with both fire and wood elements, I don't really know one."
"I can go for both. Nurture a Brown Forest Shrubby cat and the Fume Wood Panther." Shang Yingtai replied. "Though what exactly is a Fume Wood Panther? Do you know Daoist Chu?" she asked the man, who was silently cultivating.
"I'm sorry, but I do not know." The man shook his head.
"I've only read about them too so, at most I can tell you what they look like." Lin Mu replied.
"Sure, please do tell." Shang Yingtai said with a smile.
Lin Mu then told Shang Yingtai about how the Fume Wood Panther looked, as well as some of its characteristics. After learning about it, Shang Yingtai was rather pleased.
"If I do manage to find and tame them, I'll have you to thank." Shang Yingtai said before turning to Feng Shun. "Crown prince was indeed right, there are certainly some knowledgeable people here."
"Of course." The Crown Prince smirked. "Daoist Mu Lin is quite erudite among them all." A light complement escaped his lips.
"If that's all, I should take my leave. It's best I prepare for the coming tournament." Lin Mu said, wanting to end this meeting. "After all, I have your requests to fulfill, so I will have to take this a bit more seriously." He added.
"Ahaha! Of course." Crown Prince Feng Shun didn't mind. "I'll look forward to seeing your performance in the tournament." is the owner.
"Goodbye, Crown Prince, Crown Princess." Lin Mu said before turning to the other two. "It was nice to meet you as well, Daoist Chu and sir monk." He didn't forget them too.
Lin Mu then gestured to Little Shrubby, who quickly jumped into his arms and the two left the private hall.