Rebirth of the Prime Dragon Master
Chapter 40 Rocky's Big Change

It was fortunate that few people would come deep into the thick bamboo forest. Otherwise, theywould be shocked to see what had happened there.

After learning the Magical Evaluation Skill for about a month, Rocky was able to master the firstgrade of the skill, enough to help him know the quality and star level of most animals. But until now,he was still not able to tell the star level and quality of Uriah, whose power was much stronger.

He had learned a lot about the skill, telling apart the quality of spirit-manipulated beasts. But theseroyal spirit manipulators that he lived with would not lend any beasts to him as yet. Besides, Miaforbade him from going out of the dragon field. They denied him a chance to use what he hadlearned recently.

Besides the Magical Evaluation Skill, Rocky had also cultivated with the magical saliva for onemonth. His strength had reached the fourth grade of the Mortal Stage from the third grade, whichwas a significant improvement. Now, he didn’t need to dilute the magical saliva. Instead, he coulddrink it directly because his body could absorb it more readily.

The magical saliva and daily exercise helped much in rebuilding his body. Just last month, he wasvery weak. Nobody would have expected him to make such big strides in a matter of weeks. At thebeginning, he had been but a skinny boy, unlike the fine young man he now was.

Most importantly, Uriah spat four drops of the magical saliva daily, rather than three drops. Rockyused one drop every day and saved the other three in the bottle. Now, he had three bottles of themagical saliva. He had a plan. If he could meet Marcia again, he'd ask for an exchange of thespiritual crystals with the magical saliva.

"I need to go back for a while. You had better stay here quietly. Don't run all the time. I'll only beaway for a short time,” he told Uriah, who was sitting by, quietly enjoying his meal

Uriah turned back and growled in reply, only for a moment before going on happily with his meal.Shortly after, Rocky left the bamboo forest, heading straight to his room, where he met Flint. As Flintentered the room, he nodded to acknowledge Rocky politely. During the month, they hardly spoketo each other, since Rocky mostly stayed in the forest. They rarely met.

Meeting in the room today was by coincidence, as Flint too had come back to take his Cloud Tigerfor a walk.

However, Rocky remembered Flint had agreed to lend him the Cloud Tiger last time when he helpedtreat it. He had almost forgotten. "Flint, wait a moment!” he called out.

"What's the matter?” Flint turned back.

"Err, I remember you have promised to lend me your Cloud Tiger?" Rocky asked with a bit ofhesitation, hoping that Flint was not forgetful.

"Yes, I do. But I thought you were kidding at that moment.” If Rocky didn't mention it, Flint hadalready forgotten it.

"Can I borrow it for a few days, please? Don't worry. I won't abuse it. I only need it one hour everynight,” Rocky added.

Flint thought for a moment before he agreed to lend out the Cloud Tiger to Rocky for three days."No problem!" Rocky gestured to show that he agreed with him.

So Flint left the room with Cloud Tiger.

After taking a short nap in his room, Rocky went to the kitchen, where he had helped the cooksbefore. During the month, whenever he came back, he would gladly help them with chores. So Jerryand the other cooks were so fond of him and enjoyed having him around. It also gave hisopportunity to get some vegetables for Uriah, who had lately eaten so much raw meat that it gotRocky worried.

Just before Rocky entered the kitchen, he heard people's excited chitchat, but he didn't pay muchattention to what they were saying.

"Bear, your Lion Eagle has reached the first grade in such a short time. I am even envious of you.""Me, too! My war beast hasn't made any progress so far and it only eats and sleeps all the day.""But Bear is so excellent that we are unable to keep pace with him. He must be feeding the beastsomething else, besides what we all feed ours.”

When Rocky understood what they were talking about, he looked around and saw a group ofpeople walking toward the dragon field. Bear was at the front of the group, flanked by two youngmen that Rocky had once taught a lesson. Behind them, a few other young men followed.

Every one among them had brought their war beasts. All at one star, two stars or three stars. Bear'sLion Eagle was the only three-star war beast among them. It was the highest-ranking among themall — about thirty spirit manipulators in total.

The higher star level a beast had, the more potential it had. That meant a three-star beast here hadsuch a promising future, especially among these newcomers.

As they walked around, Bear and his group didn't take notice of Rocky. Rocky had changed a lotduring the month, so they didn't recognize him at once.

"In fact, I only give Lion Eagle a red spiritual crystal. The leader of the Ximen Clan knew that I hadselected a three-star, so he gave me the crystal to encourage me," Bear boasting, when he heardthem all flowing with praises.

"Red spiritual crystal? That's a priceless treasure! Boy, you're so lucky! The leader of the Ximen Clangave it to you! It is such a rich and powerful clan, and it's a pity that I don't belong there." Theyoung men envied Bear.

"That's just but a tip of the iceberg. The leader promised me another crystal if I go back with thebest grade from the dragon field," Bear said with a proud expression.

As he expected, all the young men grew envious.

"It is just a red spiritual crystal. Not a big deal!” A disdainful voice cut in.

Surprised, Bear and his partners lifted their heads to size up the cynic — a young man, right in theireyes, looking at them with a cocky smile.

"You are..." Bear and his crew thought the party-pooper was familiar, but they couldn't quite put aname to the face.

"I am your grandfather!” Rocky crossed his arms.

"You are..." Bear gazed at Rocky carefully and shouted in surprise, "You... you are Basil Long?""That's right, my grandson!" Rocky smiled.