Daily Life at the College (VIII)
The day after the call, Linyin asked Song Baiyue out for dinner.
The place was the same one they always ate at, and the portions were generous and filling, and the food was very good. However, her customer didn't seem very satisfied, especially after the waiter refilled Rin's tea three times in ten minutes.
"We can do it ourselves." He took the teapot, put it aside, and smiled at Su Lian.
Lin Yin smelled a hint of tension, but didn't understand what he was unhappy about - was it because Su Lian only poured water for her and not for him?
"You need this to make a contract with the beast, 5 gold coins each."
After Su Lian walked away, Song Baiyue handed her a glass tube and said coldly, "No bargaining."
"It's so expensive." Lin Yin stared at the glass tube and subconsciously started bargaining. "Four gold coins each, I want two."
What do you mean by “no bargaining”? That’s because you haven’t met her.
"...One bottle is enough." The medicine is of very good quality.
"But there are two of us."
Song Baiyue raised an eyebrow, and his mint-colored pupils narrowed slightly, "Who else are you going to help?"
"Both are for friends." Lin Yin realized that he must have misunderstood. "I don't use these. I don't care about phantom beasts."
"What I said on the voice call is that if it's your turn, it's fine." Song Baiyue took back the glass tube. "As for the others, I don't care."
“…” Lin Yin didn’t say anything.
"Do you think signing a contract with an alien beast is a simple matter?" Song Baiyue knocked on the table. "Mythical beasts are all breeds that have undergone genetic optimization and have been domesticated for generations. If you sign a contract with an alien beast without taking any precautions, their untamed mental power will explode your brain."
Does she know what he has to pay for these bottles of genetic medicine?
Why could she use his hard work on others so easily?
It was the first time that Linyin saw Song Baiyue's obvious emotional fluctuations. She was a little surprised, but she did not give in. "I have already promised them. As the boss, I can't break my promise. If you don't give me this, I can think of other ways."
With that, she stood up without hesitation and said, "Thank you for coming here today."
The shadow cast by the pale ceiling light in the small restaurant just happened to cover her, like a barrier that he dared not touch.
Song Baiyue closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
As the ancestors of the mythical beasts, the strange beasts have not been genetically modified by humans. Before him, he had never heard of anyone being able to directly conclude a contract with them.
The official version of his contract experience that was circulated outside sounded like this:
Xiao Ming went out for a walk and met a wolf king. He gave it a handful of dog food, and the wolf king followed Xiao Ming back home. From then on, he helped him guard the house and wagged his tail at him.
This is an incredible miracle.
Miracles are not so easy to replicate, whether they are natural or man-made. The conditions for the latter are even more demanding.
Linyin stood there for several seconds with her back to him, but she didn't hear any pleas to stay. After a moment's hesitation, she turned around and picked up the refilled, unfinished tea on the table. "I'll finish my tea and leave."
She sat down and planned to change her thinking, appeal to his emotions and explain things to him with reason.
"Honestly, don't you think this world is ridiculous?"
"A scumbag like Nia Kari, with Ds in all three areas of quality, but as soon as he says he wants to work hard and contract a mythical beast, the next second, ten thousand mythical beast eggs will be placed before him for him to choose from."
The teacup was too shallow for the long straw to balance in. She pulled out the straw and threw it on the table, the remaining liquid splattering like blood from a person's heart.
"Crystal and Yuzhu have been working illegal jobs everywhere since they started school, working from dawn to dusk all year long. In the end, they couldn't even afford to buy a Frost Wolf."
"Oh, by the way, in case you didn't know," Rin said, her expression as calm as the black sea, "the Frost Wolf is called the 'poor man's exclusive' mythical beast by Nia Kari and his group. We can't even afford a poor man's mythical beast."
Song Baiyue didn't say anything, but his beautiful mint-colored eyes showed his emotion.
"They say humans only have a future if they combine with mythical beasts, but those who say that can't beat me. So I don't believe anything else they say. If wild beasts can't be directly contracted, then how did the first generation of mythical beasts appear?"
"And the so-called 'mental stability index' used to rank people is even more ridiculous. A 100kg strength fluctuation of 20kg, and a 1000kg strength fluctuation of 400kg—any normal person would want the latter. How can the former be considered mentally superior?"
"Nia Kari's mental stability index is 220, which is higher than yours, Song Baiyue. Isn't that ridiculous?"
Linyin's hair trembled slightly. "I know, 5 gold coins is already a polite price. 5 gold coins is no problem." She looked at his hand as it withdrew and lowered her head slightly. "It was wrong of me to bargain before. Please forgive my greed."
Song Baiyue's heart trembled.
He lowered his eyes and saw that the girl who always had her back straight was now admitting her mistake for her friend's sake.
"If you still choose to take it back, I respect all your decisions."
Linyin had tried her best and decided to accept failure calmly. Of course, a direct contract was dangerous, but while a Heaven-level beast was out of reach, a Mysterious-level beast might not be out of reach.
"You don't need to apologize like this." Song Baiyue's voice was even lower than usual. As if he had made up his mind, he handed her two glass tubes. "After the injection, you can't use a normal spiritual contract, you can only use a blood contract."
"Blood contract?"
Song Baiyue took a deep breath and said, "I'll teach you."
This is a widely used contract method. Linyin learned about it in the fantasy beast knowledge class. The whole process is a bit like a marriage oath.
After both parties have connected to the mental resonance device, the contractor only needs to read the contents of the contract to the phantom beast. As long as all qualities are met, failure is rare.
However, each esper beast has different preferences. In addition to the mental stability index, esper beasts often have physical requirements for the contractor. Specific requirements can usually be found in the "Esperanto Statistical Yearbook." Reputable esper beast supply stores will also include relevant information when selling esper beast eggs.
After the contract is concluded, it is like implanting a remote signal receiver in the fantasy beast, and the contractor can give them relatively precise instructions within a certain distance.
And the blood pact...
There are generally no college professors nowadays.
As a librarian, Linyin has come into contact with many professional books. She vaguely remembers that the success rate of blood contracts is not high, and the loss of blood is large, so this method has basically been eliminated.
The two walked into the empty training room one after the other, and Song Baiyue used the terminal authority to open the door.
The holographic projector automatically lit up. Song Baiyue thought about it and chose the projection of the Frost Wolf.
"The Frost Wolf is a mythical beast with excellent overall qualities. Some... scientific research institutions often use its qualities as a benchmark for experiments. Those who are bored don't need to pay much attention to it."
He tried to comfort her, but it had been some time since her impassioned speech, so the comfort seemed a little abrupt and awkward.
He coughed uncomfortably and returned to the topic.
"No matter what method you use, after the monster is unable to resist, take the blood from your fingertips first." He stretched out his finger to signal, and Linyin's eyes were attracted by his slender and beautiful fingers for a moment.
"Mix it with the potion." He took out the glass tube. "The last step is to use the mixed potion to draw the array diagram."
He opened the teaching aid box on the desk and tried to find the ray pen, but the box was empty.
A faint blush of embarrassment appeared on his face.
"The pen is here." Rin saw the ray pen thrown on the first row of seats, picked it up and handed it to him.
Song Baiyue reached out to take it. The pen shaft transmitted the body temperature of both of them. He subconsciously paused for half a second before pulling the pen away.
His mind went blank for a moment, and he pretended to lower his head to adjust the pen tip, with his hair hanging down in front of his forehead, covering his expression.
"Look carefully."
He got ready again, rolled up his sleeves, and revealed a section of his well-defined forearms.
The moment he put pen to paper, his entire demeanor changed. The tip of his pen hovered near the Frost Wolf's brow, his wrist incredibly steady. The dark red tip traced a smooth trajectory through the air, each stroke as if meticulously calculated. The shadowy glow of the projection reflected on his chiseled profile, once again drawing the viewer's attention like a magnet.
The totem gradually took shape, and the outline of the yin-yang fish could be vaguely seen.
"It's your turn."
Song Baiyue casually brushed back the scattered hair on his forehead and turned to look at Linyin.
Oops. I was too busy looking at her face. Linyin scratched her head embarrassedly. "That... it was too fast, I didn't see it clearly."
This so-called "blood contract" only requires a little blood from the fingertips, which should be completely different from the eliminated blood contract that is said to require a large amount of blood.
...Song Baiyue is a special person.
………………
Song Baiyue repeated it three times, and Linyin finally succeeded.
On the way back to the dormitory, the evening breeze, bringing the coolness of early autumn, brushed against her cheeks. Linyin rubbed her temples, thinking that maybe it was because she had stayed up too late recently, and some blurry spots of light occasionally appeared in front of her eyes.
"hiss……"
Suddenly, a sharp pain came over her, and she gasped. She felt the blood vessels on the side of her ear pulsating, and it felt like there was a little cotton-flecked man living on the inside of her scalp, making her brain nerves make a duangduang sound.
It hurts so much.
She stumbled to the nearest wall, resting her head against it and slowly squatted down.
This time the attack seemed particularly intense. The kitten was so anxious that it kept chewing her fingers, and the golden patterns under its fur flickered.
"Stop chewing..." Unable to see clearly, she fumbled and pinched the kitten's neck. The Wuji Qi began to flow automatically, and as it flowed through her ears, it seemed to stagnate slightly.
But soon, that feeling of sluggishness disappeared, so quickly that it seemed as if the previous feeling was just an illusion.
After three weeks of Qi circulation, the pain was reduced to a bearable level and vision returned to normal.
Linyin let out a long sigh, jumped up from the ground, and put the kitten back into the pocket of her training clothes.
In the past, she would suffer from headaches whenever her emotions fluctuated greatly. However, since the golden light spots of Wuji Zhenqi appeared in her body, the frequency and intensity of her headaches have obviously improved a lot.
She always felt that this headache was not accidental. After thinking about it, she communicated with the kitten -
"Do you think I'm allergic to Song Baiyue? Nothing good seems to happen every time I run into him."
The kitten's crystal amber eyes blinked.
What should I do? It really wants to nod.
But as a cat with high moral standards, it also does not allow itself to lie to Rin-
Although it didn't like him very much, he did give a lot to her.
The response to its cute expression was a flurry of stroking the cat's head.
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