Shi Xuan stopped and looked helplessly at the golden crow. This blood-taking contract was the simplest and also the most unfair master-servant contract to spirit beasts. In this kind of contract, the life and death of the spirit beast depended entirely on the master, who could drive it at will.
The ideal equal contract it desired was a mutually beneficial relationship, with mutual ties, where the death of one party would also harm the other. An equal contract requires a contract array, making the process rather complex.
But now, it has recklessly signed a master-servant contract, which shows how much it wants to be taken away by Shi Xuan.
This master-servant contract is a contract model where the partner is trapped and wants to force the completion of the contract. It is the most extreme form of contract when the spirit beast is unwilling.
These two golden crows resisted to the death to avoid being contracted by someone. Shi Xuan never expected that they would do such a thing. Even a life-saving grace should not be repaid in this way.
It was so absurd that the man and the bird stared at each other for a long time.
Shi Xuan sighed and resigned himself to it. Even though it was a master-servant contract, how could he possibly kill this divine beast?
“Let’s go,” Shi Xuan waved, signaling the golden crow to follow, and then went to gather its injured mate into the silver frost.
In the main courtyard of Silver Frost, there is a spiritual spring that is very beneficial for healing spirit beasts, so Shi Xuan placed it there.
Hongmao and Zhaocai were also there. When they saw the new bird, the two of them came over and looked at it curiously.
Shi Xuan looked at the deep red-feathered bird, then at the two golden-red three-legged crows. If it weren't for the fact that the red-feathered bird had been captured first, these two birds should have been called red-feathered birds.
Looking at the two three-legged golden crows, Jin Hong said, "Then you can be called Jin Dada or Jin Duoduo. Anyway, your names already have the character 'Jin' in them, so these names are auspicious."
Jin Dada and Jin Duoduo looked extremely satisfied, and Shi Xuan was also very proud of himself for coming up with such a nice name. For a moment, everyone was happy and the atmosphere was harmonious.
Shi Xuan fetched water from the spiritual spring in the courtyard and gave it to Jin Duoduo to drink. He also gave it some blood-nourishing pills, and it visibly improved a lot.
After settling Jin Duoduo in, Shi Xuan brought Jin Dada out and had it reopen the barrier. The two of them rushed out through the opening.
Jin Dada has now become Shi Xuan's contracted beast, and can communicate with Shi Xuan when Shi Xuan allows it.
In its divine consciousness, it indicated that once its partner's injuries had healed, they could form a contract together, as both of them were quite powerful.
Shi Xuan said, "Let's leave it like this for now. Let it live here even without a contract. Don't worry."
Jin Dada finally breathed a sigh of relief.
It just saw that their new home was spacious and had a good environment. There was a spiritual spring in the yard, and their companions were the divine beast Taotie and the legendary Huanying. No wonder Shi Xuan looked down on them. Divine beasts were probably not so special to her.
Shi Xuan was thinking that with these two, she wondered how much food they would consume. It seemed she needed to earn more spirit stones in the future. Once she returned to the Qian Yuan Continent, she would reorganize the shop, expand the business, and hold more auctions, otherwise these four money-devouring beasts would eat her out of house and home.
When Shi Xuan successfully returned to the top of the cliff, many of the best team members emerged from the spiritual spring.
"Captain, where did you go? We were just looking for you!" Chen Qi, who had come out earlier, saw Shi Xuan walking over and quickly went up to ask.
Shi Xuan replied jokingly, "While you were soaking in the spiritual spring, I went out and made a contract with a divine beast."
"Really?!" Chen Qi didn't believe it. Shen Wuyang also walked to Shi Xuan's side and asked, "Where is the divine beast? Let us see it too."
Shi Xuan turned to the side, completely exposing Jin Dada who was following behind him.
Actually, Jin Dada had never hidden it, but the team members' attention was focused on their captain, and it was only when the mythical beast was mentioned that everyone noticed it.
"This is a divine beast? It doesn't look like one at all; it's not majestic at all!" Chen Qi said.
Jin Dada was clearly unhappy; Shi Xuan even saw it roll its little eyes at Chen Qi.
Shi Xuan laughed and said, "Don't speak ill of it, or it might give you a good slap, and that won't be pleasant."
"This is... could it be a three-legged golden crow?!" Shen Wuyang, who was closest, finally saw the three legs of the golden crow. This kind of mythical beast was not common, and the illustrations in the books were all very abstract. This was the first time he had ever seen a live three-legged golden crow.
Shi Xuan nodded: "So don't mess with it, I won't be responsible if it gets burned by the sun's fire."
At this moment, the team members gathered around curiously to catch a glimpse of the three-legged golden crow.
Some people even tried to give it gifts, such as spiritual plants or spiritual stones, which it accepted. No one knew where it put them, but people speculated that it had its own independent space.
Shi Xuan looked around and found that after being baptized by the spiritual spring, almost everyone had advanced one minor level, and some had even advanced two minor levels.
This is truly cause for celebration. It's equivalent to their best team's overall strength being upgraded by one level. We can have more of this; we can never have too much.
They had dug up all the Dream-Seeking Flowers on the ground, and they had gathered them in a storage bag, which was then handed over to Shi Xuan for unified processing.
Shi Xuan put it away for the time being, and will redistribute it as points when he gets back.
Qiu Chang'an was taken away by Shi Xuan, and since no one else was stopping them from going up the mountain, Shi Xuan led the promoted team members to hunt monsters in the mountains.
As the formation disappeared, all sorts of monsters appeared one after another. The best team members were like fish in water, showing off their skills in this mountainous area for ten whole days, and still not satisfied.
During the ten days of intense fighting, the team members from the five sects got to know each other better and cooperated more seamlessly. The cultivation level that everyone had increased in the spiritual spring was also consolidated, and some team members even made further progress in their battles with demonic beasts, advancing to the next level.
"We've dealt with most of the monsters in these mountains," Shi Xuan said. "This trial ground has been quite successful, and it's about time we left."
The team members all had excited expressions on their faces, and they all looked like they wanted more.
"Captain, we haven't had enough yet! I could play at this intensity for another year!"
“It’s no longer difficult for you. Fighting for another ten years won’t make any difference,” Shi Xuan said. “Let’s rest here for a bit. I’m going to the Spirit Spring to give my spirit beasts a soak.”
The people have all finished soaking; it's the beasts' turn now.
Chen Qi immediately followed up: "Does Jin Dada want to take a bath? I want to see!"
The team members burst into laughter. Only after getting to know Chen Qi did they realize that sometimes he really had nothing to do with the word "ambitious".
Jin Da glared at him and turned his back to him to express his dissatisfaction.
This drew another round of laughter from everyone.
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