Raising Ducks for Daily Rewards-Chapter 52: Silver Shadow

The next day, Fengyu walked to the edge of his field with Zimu in his arms.

Since they were neighbours, he naturally wouldn’t need to go out and could talk with Ming and Ling through their formations.

He arrived at the edge in a few minutes and used his spiritual power to knock on their formation.

Soon, he saw Ming and Ling coming together.

Their faces were as youthful as they had been when he first saw them.

He didn’t know how they achieved such a thing, since even cultivators would age over several years...

But he wasn’t one to pry into the secrets of his friends, so he simply smiled, "You two, there was something I wanted to talk to you about. Do you want to come into my hut?"

"Sure, senior brother, what do you want to talk about?" Ling’er said right away and stepped out, Ming following a bit quietly, not saying much... not that this was unusual.

"You know my little duck, Silver Feather, right?"

"Hmm..." Ling’er tried to think of it.

"It’s the mother of those silver-feathered ducks senior brother sells every few months, right?" Ming jumped in to refresh his sister’s memory.

"Oh her! She’s very beautiful, very, very beautiful!" Ling repeated herself, for she had seen the beauty of this duck once.

Elegantly white, petite yet long feathered, and each feather had a silver edge, looking sharp and cold.

"Exactly. Silver Feather gave birth again, this time it’s her True Descendant."

When he saw both were confused, he explained, "Normal beasts only have a few descendants, but ducks and other beasts who lay many eggs usually only give birth to one beast that fully inherits their bloodline.

This descendant, whether born through a Wild Beast or Spirit Beast, will have the potential to become a Spirit Beast in the end.

Such a thing is only possible for egg-born beasts because they start at the true bottom, while those given birth to by Wild Beasts might have already entered the path at their birth, forcing them to become Wild Beasts.

Well, I’d explain it more, but why don’t I show you Silver Feather first?"

Fengyu smiled and walked into the forest, followed closely by the twins.

Soon he arrived at a small hidden spot and saw Silver Feather caressing her child’s feathers.

"Silver Feather, you should remember them. These are Ming and Ling."

"Quack... quack, quack?"

"She remembers you two, she said that the little girl tried to touch her feathers. She asked whether you were blind not to see that they were sharp," Fengyu, amused, translated for the two.

Ling became lightly red, turning to Ming, she saw that he looked away, holding his hand in front of his mouth.

After calming down, Ming uttered a "Told you so," under his breath.

"Haha, Silver Feather doesn’t mind if you want to pet her, but you have to be careful. The way you approached her was too rash, clearly not realising the danger.

Silver Feather, these two are the ones that will take care of your child when it grows up.

Would your little child like to play with them?"

"Quack quack, quack quack quack."

"You can go play with her child, but you should be careful. Its feathers are a bit spikey."

"Quack quack!" Silver Feather then turned to her child and told it to play with these two big short ducks.

"Squaaack? Squaaaeeack, squaaeeack!" the duck quacked in its baby voice.

Both twins turned to him for a translation.

"What? You think I can understand it? You two speak human tongue, can you understand babies?" he refuted their unasked question.

These two became a bit confused, but Ming already went into position to run, seemingly guessing what was happening.

Seeing this, Ling jumped forward quickly and chased after the duck who, to their surprise, was quite fast!

"Quack quack quack, quack?" – these two human children are talented, right?"

"Hehe, based on my guess, their talents in spiritual planting should be great, and their cultivation talent should also be very good.

If your child can follow them, I will make sure to still take care of it while they will provide all needed resources to allow it to advance.

Your child is also quite active, isn’t it?

It’s better for such a child to play with those of its age rather than with adults."

"Quack, quack, quack... quack?"

"Wind Claw is also active? But, doesn’t Wind Claw already take the job of scouting around our field to see whether there is any stranger?

With this job, he is working plenty already.

Don’t worry, in the future when Wind Claw is stronger, I’ll allow him to go out into the forest and play by himself.

For now he will stay with you guys and protect the field together with you.

Who would think a little duck’s feet could transform into a deadly claw?" Fengyu shook his head, once again marvelling at the greatness of innate spells.

While his Wind Step Spell would enhance the speed at which he moved forward, it couldn’t compare with Wind Claw’s full transforming.

He chatted some more with Silver Feather when he saw the twins come back.

"Senior brother, can I go and show Silver Shadow out courtyard?" Ling’er asked when Ming suddenly reached out to stop her.

"Haha, have you given it a name already?

Don’t worry, I naturally introduced you because I want you to take... Silver Shadow with you when it reaches maturity.

For now, you can play with it from two to eight, but afterward it will have to return for its daily cultivation.

Oh right, Silver Shadow has a mid-grade bloodline, very close to high-grade. In a few days I’ll probably make it reach the high-grade.

By the time it reaches maturity, it shouldn’t be too far from the peak-grade." Fengyu smiled as he told the two, who instantly became shocked.

It’s not a secret that beasts with high-grade bloodlines have the potential to reach the second stage!

There is a saying in the beast taming world – a beast can easily push its bloodline three times, after which it will be difficult to push it without great effort.

This naturally only considers beasts after maturity.

But if it starts off with a high-grade and condenses its bloodline for a long time, by the time its cultivation also reaches the late-stage, it might break through directly to the peak or even second stage!

Such a huge gift...

They looked at Fengyu and didn’t know how to thank him...