Beastmaster: I don’t want to be a breeder!

The glow of the morning sun spilled onto the wooden table in the tea room, casting dappled shadows. Li Shiji skillfully arranged the tea set, rinsing the pot with hot water and warming the cups. Then, he gently took a few tea leaves from a pristine jade box and placed them into the purple clay teapot. As the water reached the right temperature, a delicate fragrance of tea began to permeate the room.

"You've come."

"I've come."

Li Cunxu sat cross-legged on a round cushion opposite Li Shiji's tea table.

"Drink tea."

Li Shiji pushed a cup of tea towards him. Li Cunxu took a small sip, exclaiming it was excellent tea.

With just one sip, Li Cunxu could clearly feel his mental strength increase significantly. If he were to finish the whole pot, wouldn't it directly boost his mental strength to the peak of Bronze rank!

Li Cunxu's mental strength was at the advanced Bronze level, still a distance from the peak of Bronze.

Li Cunxu took another sip, and his mental strength improved again, though not as much as with the first sip.

While savoring the fragrance (and miraculous effects) of the tea, he pondered whether to tell Li Shiji that he had killed his second brother.

Li Cunxu thought about it and ultimately decided not to tell him.

Telling the truth would shatter his fixed impression of Li Shiyin, causing unnecessary distress, and serving no purpose. After all, the person was already dead, so what could be done?

"Your Half-Saint Lotus Eye is quite unique. To think it could nurture a slime to such excellence in such a short time, earning second place among the freshmen at Divine Capital University."

Li Shiji exclaimed in admiration. After looking into it carefully, he discovered that Li Cunxu was truly remarkable, possessing the talent of his own younger years. If the first place freshman hadn't been an even more monstrous double-legend talent, Li Cunxu would have been the top freshman.

Li Cunxu wasn't surprised that Li Shiji mentioned his second place, because someone else had also mentioned it yesterday.

"Grandfather, I don't have a Half-Saint Lotus Eye."

Li Cunxu said, removing the cosmetic contact lens from his left eye.

Li Cunxu's words and actions led Li Shiji to a pleasant conjecture.

Could it be that Li Cunxu didn't have just a Half-Saint Lotus Eye, but a complete pair?

However, Li Cunxu's next action overturned his conjecture.

Li Cunxu removed the cosmetic contact lens from his right eye, revealing a pair of scarlet eyes.

His eyes were like dazzling blood-colored jewels, with pupils like blood-red lotuses slowly blooming, mysterious and beautiful.

Li Shiji was very happy; another pair of mutated Saint Lotus Eyes.

Both siblings had actually mutated and awakened the Red Lotus Eye.

Immediately afterward, Li Shiji felt that something was wrong. Li Cunxu's Red Lotus Eye didn't seem like Li Anle's Red Lotus Eye, even though both pairs of eyes were red.

Li Anle's Red Lotus Eye was filled with the karmic fire of burning sins. Gazing into them would make guilty people feel inexplicably uneasy.

Li Cunxu's Red Lotus Eye, however, was filled with bloodlust and slaughter. The moment Li Cunxu opened his eyes, it was as if he were in a world of endless blood and fire, filled with the wails of the deeply sinful.

"This isn't the Red Lotus Eye, is it?"

Li Shiji said, somewhat excited, his voice inexplicably louder.

"No, it's not the Red Lotus Eye, but another mutated Lotus Eye, called the 'Blood Lotus Eye'."

Hearing Li Cunxu's admission, Li Shiji felt incredibly excited.

Happiness, such happiness.

A pair of Red Lotus Eyes could create a Red Lotus Li family, and a pair of Blood Lotus Eyes could naturally also create a Blood Lotus Li family. He would become the ancestor of two great families.

"What are its pupil techniques?"

"The Blazing Lotus Bloodfire uses blood as fuel. As long as there's blood, the fire won't extinguish. When recovered, the Blazing Lotus Bloodfire can be converted into Saint Blood. Saint Blood can activate the second pupil technique, Blood Banquet Holy Meal."

Li Cunxu paused, took a sip of tea, and continued, "Blood Banquet Holy Meal consumes Saint Blood to increase the quality of the Holy Meal. The limit is a legendary-quality Holy Meal."

After hearing this, Li Shiji understood why Li Cunxu was able to nurture the slime to that extent, but he wasn't that happy. He asked, "Is your Blood Lotus Eye related to the Crimson Blood God?"

The Blood Lotus Eye had too many elements of 'blood,' and nowadays, anything related to 'blood' was mostly inseparable from the Crimson Blood God.

Li Cunxu didn't answer immediately. He took another sip of tea. The teacup was empty, and Li Cunxu didn't stand on ceremony, pouring himself another cup of tea.

This question was difficult to answer.

Was the Blood Lotus Eye related to the Crimson Blood God?

It wasn't related, yet it was.

It wasn't related because the Blood Lotus Eye wasn't mutated by the power of the Crimson Blood God.

It was related because the Blood Lotus Eye was awakened by the fruit of a mutated Blood Awakening Tree in the Blood Infant Pool created by the Blood God Sect.

There was no direct relationship with the Crimson Blood God, but there was an indirect relationship.

How should he explain it?

First, he couldn't fabricate lies. A person like Li Shiji would be able to see through whether Li Cunxu was telling the truth at a glance.

Second, he definitely couldn't reveal the Blood Awakening Tree.

The Blood Awakening Tree could grow a mutated Blood Awakening Fruit every ten years that allowed people to awaken mutated talents with 100% certainty. If Li Shiji knew about this, he would definitely seek benefits for his sons.

Although Li Shiji's sons were Li Cunxu's uncles, Li Cunxu didn't want to benefit them.

First, they loved infighting and would resort to any means when fighting. They were suspected of being involved in the incident with Li Cunxu's parents.

Second, his uncles who loved infighting were also suspected of being involved with his Peach Blossom Calamity curse.

Third, they knew about his parents' funeral but didn't show up.

They knew about the funeral and had even visited the dying Li father in the hospital, but on the day of the funeral, they didn't appear.

"The Blood Lotus Eye has some connection with the Blood God Sect, but don't worry, I don't have any hidden dangers left by the Evil God on my body. Otherwise, the president of Divine Capital University wouldn't be so assured about me."

With the legendary president of Divine Capital University vouching for him, Li Shiji no longer dwelled on the matter.

Li Shiji asked, "Why did you disguise the Blood Lotus Eye as a Half-Saint Lotus Eye?"

Of course, it was because of your enemy, Li Shiyin, but he certainly couldn't explain it that way.

Li Cunxu said vaguely, "I don't want to rely on the power of the Saint Lotus Family. I want to create my own world."

Then why are you now revealing your carefully hidden Blood Lotus Eye?

Li Shiji was about to ask when he suddenly remembered Li Cunxu's battle with Ao Meng in the intelligence report. Li Cunxu's trump card pet, the Slime Xiao Ruan, was completely overwhelmed by the opponent's Saint Lotus Armored蛟. He assumed that Li Cunxu wanted the power of the Saint Lotus Carp, so he revealed the Blood Lotus Eye.

In fact, Li Cunxu only came back to reveal the Blood Lotus Eye because he had a life-saving jade pendant and was no longer afraid of the threat of the venomous snake Li Shiyin.

After chatting for a while, Li Cunxu and Li Shiji stopped talking because there was nothing more to say.

Although they were grandfather and grandson, the two were strangers with blood ties.

Seeing that Li Cunxu wanted to leave, Li Shiji tossed Li Cunxu a bag of tea.

"This is Tier 2 Azure God Tea, which can effectively improve mental strength without side effects. Drink all of this bag, and you can start advancing to Silver rank."