The little girl is a very ordinary dog, to put it bluntly, just a mongrel.

However, her incomplete transformation perfectly appealed to Fang Ruotang's aesthetic sense. In addition, because her original form was a mongrel, Fang Ruotang naturally felt a good impression of her, thinking that such a dog would be easy to raise and loyal.

"You...don't even think about it." The little girl raised the spirit beast fruit, preparing to throw it at Fang Ruotang, but the fragrance of the spirit beast fruit went straight to her nose.

She couldn't resist the urge to eat it, but she couldn't bear to smash it.

With a quick dart of eyes, he seized the opportunity, grabbed the spirit beast fruit, and ran away.

Ancestor Yan Yun frowned. "Should we bring her back?"

"No need. It's just a spirit beast fruit. Whether she stays with me or not, I'll give it to her anyway. Giving it to her now is just to let her family know my strength and encourage them to sign a contract with me."

Du Zhong said helplessly, "Sect Master, you're being too lenient. Such a good spirit beast fruit, you just give it to her like that. Even a little demon like her could improve her cultivation after eating it."

Fang Ruotang shrugged indifferently.

She has many.

It's not the kind where you lose one every time you eat it.

The mustard seed space that Master Xingquan gave her can support living things and allows them to enter and exit freely.

Fang Ruotang has a secret realm, but she hasn't made much progress on the Mustard Seed Space. However, she has transplanted and planted all sorts of spiritual fruits in it. Moreover, after the Mustard Seed Space came into her hands, the flow of time within it changed.

Fang Ruotang, who didn't lack these things to begin with, is now completely free.

"Anyway, they're worthless! If you like them, I'll give you some." Fang Ruotang generously took out ten and stuffed them into Du Zhong's arms.

Du Zhong put them all into his storage bag in a second, his face crinkling with smiles.

"Thank you, Sect Master, but do you really intend to take in such a weak demon beast?"

"Hmm, is that not allowed?"

"It's not that it's impossible, but the sect leader already has a dragon and a phoenix under contract, and it must have taken a lot of spiritual power to control them. There's also a crane. If we add another one, it might be difficult to control. It's really not worth wasting a position for such a weak monster."

Du Zhong only learned about the crane after Fang Ruotang had taken it in.

That's all settled now, so he definitely won't say anything more.

But at this moment, I can't help but say a few words.

Cultivators contract spirit beasts to enhance their own strength. Who would do something like Fang Ruotang, just for fun and visual appeal? Isn't that a pure waste?

"Huh? It shouldn't be a big problem!"

Fang Ruotang knew there were limitations to this, after all, she had used it to persuade Wei Ruoyao at the time.

But she didn't realize anything was wrong, so she didn't think about it herself.

Seeing her expression, Du Zhong paused, then asked with difficulty, "Didn't you feel any strain when you were controlling Fan and Da Mei?"

It wasn't that he looked down on Fang Ruotang, but he knew that the sect leader's cultivation level wasn't very high at the moment. However, this dragon and phoenix were not ordinary creatures, and it would take a lot of effort to tame and suppress them.

"A little bit! The two of them like to argue and don't like each other. I actually want them to cooperate so that they can work together in case of a fight in the future, but we haven't succeeded yet. Sometimes it's quite difficult."

Eucommia: ...

This is not about the same thing.

Rong Xing looked at Du Zhong with some sympathy and explained, "These things have no impact on Xiao Liu. They all begged Xiao Liu to sign the contract. There is no situation where they struggled to break away when their master's cultivation level was low."

When a cultivator is weak, contracting with a powerful demon beast can be dangerous because it can backfire, but Fang Ruotang is completely unaffected by this.

The only thing that had an impact was their fondness for vying for Fang Ruotang's affections.

Fang Ruotang's soul is not simple; both the dragon and the phoenix like to occupy her, since spiritual energy is absorbed faster when they are by her side.

However, they couldn't stand each other and didn't want to be together, so the dragon and the phoenix liked to fight.

Um!

Van unilaterally overwhelmed the United States.

But Da Mei is rebellious!

Simply put, he's like an unkillable cockroach. No matter how badly he gets beaten up this time, the next time you meet him, he'll still be cheeky, still be fully recovered, and go back to feed the enemy.

"Um, could you give me a few spirit beast fruits too?"

"Me too!"

After Ancestor Yan Yun spoke, Murong Chen followed suit.

Fang Ruotang asked, puzzled, "Do you have spirit beasts?"

"certainly."

"Why haven't we seen your spirit beasts come out for so long?"

Fang Ruotang was stunned.

Ancestor Yan Yun and Ancestor Murong looked embarrassed and gazed at the sky and earth.

Fang Ruotang asked suspiciously, "Are you hiding something from me? Tell me quickly. You know that you will be treated leniently if you confess and severely if you resist. I can figure it out if I have to find out the truth myself."

"Alright, alright!" Ancestor Yan Yun immediately chose to be honest and told the truth: "When I was undergoing the tribulation, I brought my spirit beast with me. I originally thought that if anything happened, it could take the damage for me. Then it became a spirit beast that advanced with me. However, its cultivation level was unstable, so it has been cultivating in the storage bag. But I am too poor now and can't give it anything good."

Fang Ruotang was speechless and gave Old Ancestor Yan Yun a disdainful look.

They didn't see anything wrong with it. Most people contract spirit beasts so that they can fight for them and increase their strength.

Fang Ruotang currently feels that she doesn't need to, but when it really comes down to the situation where only one of her and the spirit beast can live, she certainly wouldn't be so selfless and noble as to die herself so that the spirit beast can live.

"Why didn't you say you were poor earlier? Our Tianyi Sect, would we ever lack your food and clothing?"

As she spoke, Fang Ruotang gave each of them ten spirit beast fruits.

It is speculated that the situation of Ancestor Murong is the same.

However, he was behind, clearly not to let the spirit beast withstand the tribulation lightning, but probably to let the spirit beast's body be tempered by the tribulation lightning.

"Alright, that's all for now. If you need anything else, just let me know. Elder Du should have some spirit pills for spirit beasts. Go ask him for a few later."

Du Zhong nodded. "There are too many people here. Let's find an inn first. It wouldn't be good if we were being watched."

The group was too conspicuous. Fortunately, when Fang Ruotang took out the spirit beast fruit, the three of them, including Ancestor Yan Yun, set up a barrier at the same time, so they did not attract attention.

"Okay!" Fang Ruotang agreed verbally.

It wasn't that she was truly stupid or unaware of the extraordinary nature of the spirit beast fruit. As soon as the little girl ran away, her shadow simply disappeared into the little girl's shadow, escorting her all the way back.

They found an inn to stay at, and Shadow returned.

The little girl didn't recognize the spirit beast fruit, but she had a keen sense of smell and knew that the passerby had given her something good. She hid all the way back, and with her shadow blocking out the scent, she was safe and sound and didn't get targeted by the great demon.

"What's this?"

The little girl's parents are both of the same animal form.

She had never seen anything like it before, but subconsciously she knew that eating it would benefit her cultivation. She hurriedly set up a protective barrier and searched around for something to hide the fruit and block out its tempting aroma.

But the family was poor and couldn't afford such a good thing, so they could only quickly contact the head of the household to come back.