Chapter 238 I finally won her over!
"Zuo Shan, listen to me. This is a newly hatched blue-winged whale calf. It is a mutated beast that can fly on land, sea, and air. When it grows up, it can fly at an extremely fast speed."
We plan to use our family's contract formation to bind it to the baby. It will grow up alongside the baby and become his most loyal companion, protecting him and fighting alongside him.
After considering it for a moment, Mortilan Shield still didn't dare to tell her directly that this fathead fish might be a legendary divine beast cub.
Firstly, she may never have heard of the legend of the Kunpeng, and secondly, people who haven't seen the flying behemoth in that video wouldn't believe the legend.
But everything else he said was true. Being able to contract such a powerful beast cub would definitely benefit the baby immensely in the future.
“But shouldn’t a contract be based on mutual consent? What’s the difference between forcing a contract like this and forcibly buying someone into slavery?” Zuo Shan shook his head.
It wasn't that she was being pretentious, but in her view, whether it was a mutated beast or a human, as long as they possessed intelligence, they were essentially no different.
Strong humans can hunt mutated beasts, and high-level mutated beasts can also devour humans; this is a necessity for survival and evolution.
However, if you want to be partners who fight side by side, you should be equal and help each other, rather than forcibly enslaving each other through contracts, or even threatening each other's loyalty with life and death.
“Okay, let’s let the baby try to communicate with it first.” Modilan Shield was defeated by her clear gaze and made a concession.
"Kid, what are you doing? You're letting this woman control your will?" Caesar Lan Shield set up a soundproof barrier, grabbed his grandson, and said angrily.
“Grandfather, I am not letting her control my will, but I think what she said makes a lot of sense.”
Do you remember the fourth-tier Lightning Falcon cub that helped me form a contract? Just before the contract was about to be completed, its mother rushed into the contract formation and pecked through the cub's head.
After that incident, I vowed never to contract a mutated beast again in my life.
"Today, if it weren't for the fact that it might be the only divine beast cub in the world, I wouldn't have agreed to activate the family's contract formation," said Mortilan Shield.
Upon hearing him bring up the matter, Caesar Lannister immediately fell silent. For the grandson who had already lost his mother, that incident was like adding insult to injury, and he became even more taciturn from then on.
"Furthermore, I hope you will respect Miss Zuo Shan. If nothing unexpected happens, she will be the future matriarch of the Lan Dun family," Mori Lan Dun added.
He silently added in his mind: Once he wins her over, he'll marry her.
"Are you crazy? She's just a Tier 1 ability user! And she doesn't seem to have any family background. Our Lan Dun family absolutely cannot let such a useless woman become the matriarch!" Caesar Lan Dun roared.
"Don't forget, she gave birth to the most outstanding descendant of the Lan Dun family. That alone is enough to make her stand out among all the prominent socialites in the central district!" said Mori Lan Dun.
Although this wasn't what he truly cared about, he knew it was the most effective weapon to attack his grandfather's outdated ideas.
Sure enough, when Caesar Lann looked at Achen, his gloomy gaze softened.
The Lan Dun family has been passed down to this day, with more than a dozen descendants, including direct and collateral branches, but none of them can match the talent of this kid, Mo Di.
He used to worry about who could take over the Lan Dun family after Modi, but he never expected that this Miss Zuo would give birth to a monstrous genius for him.
Fine, fine. No matter how bad this woman's own conditions are, for the sake of Ah Chen's baby, he has to grit his teeth and accept her as his granddaughter-in-law.
At worst, he could find someone to teach her manners and train a few loyal and capable servants, which would eventually allow her to stand up for herself.
On the other hand, Zuo Shan was also quite tempted after hearing Xiao Bai's words. Moreover, Bao Bao had clearly been very interested in this fathead fish before. Perhaps they could spark a romance?
Thinking of this, she carried the baby over and squatted down next to the fathead fish.
Matt had already used his mental net to temporarily suppress the bighead carp, preventing it from suddenly attacking and harming the baby.
Ah Chen went over, stretched out his chubby little paw to pat the fathead fish's head, and then touched its huge fins.
All of this seemed very new and interesting to him. Of course, what the baby was most interested in was the colorful light cluster inside the fathead fish.
He carefully released his spiritual energy, this time not into a hook, but into a small sphere, and gently touched the seven-colored ball of light.
The fathead fish was first nearly frozen to death by Little White's ice block, and after the ice block was finally removed, it was suppressed by Matt's powerful mental net, which made it extremely frustrated.
When it was still an egg, it drifted around on the seabed, using the natural barrier of its shell to conceal its presence, thus evading the senses of all the powerful sea monsters.
Guided by instinct, it drifted to this shallow sea, where the highest-level sea beasts were only at the third rank, posing no threat to it.
Two days ago, an ocean current unexpectedly brought a high-level energy stone to the ocean. It worked hard to absorb the energy and finally hatched today.
After hatching, it first swallowed the eggshell, and then wandered around nearby, wanting to see the vast new world outside the eggshell.
Just then, it sensed an extremely gentle force, a force that made it feel comfortable both physically and mentally.
It followed its senses to find the source of this power, only to have its head pierced by a hook it had formed. It felt as if most of its strength had been drained away, and it was unwittingly pulled into a net by the hook.
There are many low-level sea creatures in the net; they are all very weak.
It began to struggle, but it didn't have enough strength to break free.
It was dragged ashore along with a group of low-level sea beasts. The spiritual energy that had attracted it then condensed into a hook, pulling it in front of a human cub.
It recognized him; he was the human cub that had lured it there. It opened its mouth wide, wanting to bite off his chubby little paw.
Then he was frozen into a block of ice by a powerful human.
At this moment, the human cub is touching the most sensitive part of its head with that comforting force, a feeling that is truly indescribable.
He was clearly trying to please it, but it wasn't falling for it and resolutely remained aloof, ignoring him!
Achen touched the seven-colored ball with his mental energy, but when it didn't react, he condensed his mental energy into a multi-toothed brush and began to brush the messy seven-colored threads inside its body.
He remembered that his mother used this kind of brush to groom his baby's fur, and every time his baby was brushed, he would hum and moan comfortably.
The fathead fish tried its best to remain aloof, but then it sensed an extremely comfortable feeling coming from all parts of its body. It couldn't help but gently twist its body and make a "chirp chirp" sound, similar to that of a baby bird.
His aloof persona collapsed instantly.
Zuo Shan watched from the side. It was clear that the cub was no longer averse to the baby's approach and had accepted his gestures of affection.
She seized the opportunity and said, "Little one, if you like the baby and want to be his friend for life, then make a contract with him. I will protect you just like I would protect the baby. Otherwise, a cub like you left in the sea will eventually be swallowed by a high-level sea beast."
She knew this cub was different from Xiao Bao; it was far too precious, and if they didn't form a contract, it would be stolen sooner or later.
Although the Kunpeng cub has just hatched, its heritage tells it that it must rely on its mother's protection to grow up safely.
But it couldn't sense its mother's presence. The most comforting scent it could feel after hatching was that of the human baby in front of it. Although he had brought it ashore, he hadn't harmed it and was still trying to please it.
His mother was also trying to please it, and it could sense that both of them were only kind to it and not greedy.
Thinking of this, it raised its head and nodded to them.
On the other side, the Mortilan Shield and the Caesarlan Shield pierced their index fingers, and all four hands simultaneously formed a hand seal, creating a star pattern on the ice surface.
The fathead fish hopped in on its own, and the left fan turned on the switch on the baby's anklet. Ah Chen then floated to the opposite side of the fathead fish, and their eyes met.
The fathead fish opened its mouth and gently pricked the baby's previously cut finger. Before the baby could cry, it stuck out its tongue and licked the blood droplets on his finger.
Starlight patterns lit up beneath the fathead fish and the baby, enveloping them in countless rays. Above their heads, ancient runes flowed and swirled. Moments later, Achen felt his spiritual energy enter the fathead fish's seven-colored ball of light.
"I swear by the honor of the Kunpeng divine beast clan that from this day forward I will form an equal contract with you, to help each other for life, and never betray you! My name is Xingyao, Achen, do you remember it?" The fathead fish suddenly spoke in Achen's mind in the voice of a human baby.
Ah Chen nodded blankly. In fact, he only understood a little bit, but he could sense the fathead fish's friendliness towards him.
The light within the contract array grew brighter and brighter, finally coalescing into a radiant star.
A moment later, the starlight dissipated, and the grandfather and grandson, Caesar Lannister and Morti Lannister, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Contract complete!
I drew a fathead fish, it's not perfect, but I still wanted to share it with everyone.
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