C5 Recurrent Distress
"Two low rank Spiritual Stone, I'll take them."
Seeing that Chu Xiong was about to be bought to cook, a pale and thin young man squeezed out of the crowd and shouted out a high price.
Chu Xiong, who was originally looked down upon by others, instantly rose in price.
The two words "Gui Yun" were embroidered on the youth's chest. He was actually a Daoist from the Gui Yun Monastery, one of the Three Great Way of the Qing State.
This market was jointly managed by the three great sects of the Qing State. Not only would the Daoist Priest of the Gui Yun Monastery come, the Daoist Priest of the other great sect, the "Pine Forest" monastery, would also come.
"Gui Yun Monastery!" the cook whispered.
Gui Yun Monastery was one of the three great sects. As an independent monk, he did not dare to compete with the cultivators from Gui Yun Monastery for the Black Bear. Besides, he had initially bought Black Bear for cooking, so it didn't matter if there were one more dish or one less dish at the table.
That would be too much for him.
"It belongs to the Taoist Fellow." Seeing that the price had doubled, Chen Xiaolian was naturally overjoyed and nodded his head in agreement.
The young man nodded and threw a white stone the size of two fingernails to the young man with the sharp chin.
After which, the young man looked at the crowd and then looked at Black Bear.
"This bear is extraordinary …" The young man looked at Chu Xiong with glowing eyes.
"Taoist Fellow has good eyesight, I was able to see that this bear is not ordinary with a single glance." With his sharp chin, he kept the Spiritual Stone in his arms and agreed. However, he scoffed in his heart. It was just an ordinary black bear. He had already checked it long ago, so what could possibly stand out about it? However, he couldn't say such words. What else could he do?
"Is there something special about this bear?"
"It's just an ordinary bear, that's right!"
The few people who had yet to leave did not notice Chu Xiong's extraordinary character and could not help but discuss among themselves.
The young man walked in front of Chu Xiong, coughed lightly and scanned the surroundings. Then, he started to carefully size Chu Xiong up.
After a while, the crowd became impatient from waiting. The young man was still surrounding Chu Xiong and praising him non-stop.
"Good, good, very good." Zhang Xuan nodded his head, but he didn't say anything. The crowd was dismayed by his words.
His sharp chin could not hold back anymore, "Taoist Fellow, how is it good? Can you tell this Penniless Priest?
"Sure."
He stretched out a finger and pointed at Chu Xiong's fur, saying, "This black bear is no ordinary black bear, it's a savage Heterogeneity."
"Savage Heterogeneity!"
"How is this possible!"
"No way!"
"That's it!"
The young man's words immediately caused the surrounding crowd to burst into an uproar. There was only one expression on his face – he did not believe it! Everyone here was a cultivator. Even if their eyesight was a bit poor, how could their spiritual energy perception be wrong?
There was not even the slightest bit of spiritual energy on Black Bear's body!
The young man ignored their reactions and continued, "The color of its hair is clear in black; its nails are hard but not brittle; its nose is wet but not sticky; and its paws are thick and sturdy. All the signs indicate that it was a cross between a savage Heterogeneity and a black bear. "
His words were clear and precise, causing the surrounding people to be silent for a moment. Although everyone here was a cultivator, they couldn't recognize all the wild beasts and could not help but make a mistake.
"Even though it doesn't have any spiritual energy at the moment, as long as the opportunity arrives, it will definitely be able to degenerate and become a spirit of the phoenix!" The young man raised his voice and explained why Chu Xiong didn't have any spiritual energy at the moment.
The scrawny man's intestines turned green from regret. He had only sold two low-ranked Spiritual Stone in the Wilderness, it was a huge loss!
The savage Heterogeneity was different from normal wild beasts and Spiritual Beast. Due to their origin in the Wilderness, many savage Heterogeneity had strange abilities that ordinary people had never seen before.
When savage Heterogeneity of the same rank fought with Spiritual Beast, the chances of them winning were much higher.
Chu Xiong heard the youth's words and was a bit stunned, he himself...
With such a great background!
The young man made a single-handed sign and put Chu Xiong into the Spiritual Beast bag.
On the mountain road leading to Gui Yun Monastery, a young man muttered while walking: "If it wasn't for the fact that I have to observe the three Match next month and I don't have a Spiritual Stone myself, I wouldn't buy a black bear as my own Spiritual Beast no matter what."
Following which, the young man snickered, "At any rate, I was just boasting a while ago. The news from the market will be back soon, so it shouldn't be a problem for me to fool around for a while. Hehe!"
Chu Xiong appeared in a simple and crude room. Other than some basic household items, there were no decorations. This was the youth's residence.
The young man was pacing around the room, his eyes twinkling as he pondered deeply.
"I'm finally going to have my own Spiritual Beast." The young man stopped in his tracks, looking at Black Bear with an excited expression and clenching his fist.
Chu Xiong's heart skipped a beat as he stared into the young man's fiery eyes. He suddenly had a bad feeling about this.
The young man took a deep breath, walked out, and quickly returned with a bowl of blood.
He picked up a pen, dipped it in blood, and drew on Chu Xiong's body for a few hours.
It was already dark. Only the bright moon outside shone through the window into the house.
Smelling the smell of blood, Chu Xiong frowned, "Not good!"
Even though he didn't know what the young man was up to, he knew he was in the right.
As for resisting …
Chu Xiong blinked his eyes. If blinking was useful, then he still had a chance...
He now understood that the reason why he couldn't move was because of the talisman on his forehead.
This rune...
What was it?
"Alright!"
The young man let out a light breath and stretched his body. Drawing formations for several hours was not an easy task for a low-level cultivator like him.
However, when he thought of the rewards he would be able to get soon, he felt that everything was worth it.
This was because the next thing he needed to do was sign the 'Blood Contract' with Black Bear.
Blood Contract was a type of contract that linked its master to its master. By signing a Blood Contract, it could control its own.
Even if Black Bear was a wild beast, once they signed the Blood Contract, the youth would be able to control Black Bear. It could be said that if a black bear lived, it would live; if a black bear died, it would die. The Blood Contract's method was also one of the main skills of the Gui Yun temple. Other cultivators, even though they knew the Animal-Controlling method, were definitely not this powerful.
"Today is your lucky day." The young man stared at Chu Xiong's bear face for a while, then smacked his lips and said: "A black bear, can also be this immortal master's Spiritual Beast … "Perhaps, this might be your opportunity."
Facing a wild beast that was much lower in rank than him, this Daoist Priest of the Gui Yun unconsciously used the title given by the immortal master, which was given to him by this mortal.
Next, the young man pulled out a dagger. The blade of the dagger glowed with a brilliant light; it was obviously a treasured item. He held the dagger in his hand, looking at his hands and the dagger in turn. He seemed to be hesitating.
Chu Xiong blinked and stared at the thin guy in front of him. "He..." "It can't be that they're afraid of pain …"
After a long while, the young man gritted his teeth. The dagger in his hand moved and a cut appeared on one of his fingers.
Then, he made another cut on Chu Xiong's paw.
Not good!
Not good!
Chu Xiong blinked with all his might, as he had a bad premonition.
The young man walked in front of Chu Xiong and sat down.
A man and a bear, they were only half a meter apart. The sound of each other's breathing could be heard.
Chu Xiong's entire body muscles uncontrollably tensed up, causing his body size to increase slightly. Even if the other party wanted to take care of him, he could not retaliate. However, Soo Soo's muscles were still capable of doing so.
"I'm about to begin. Don't resist." As if sensing Black Bear's vigilance, the young man frowned slightly and said.
As soon as he finished speaking, the young man placed one hand on his chest while the other made a hand sign and closed his eyes. His whole body was rippling.
Chu Xiong was staring at the young man with bear eyes. The young man suddenly muttered in a low voice and a drop of blood flew out from each of Chu Xiong's and the young man's wounds.
The drop of blood emitted waves of Blood Light in the air and quickly turned into the word "contract".
Chee? Contract? Chu Xiong looked at the blood characters in the air and his heart skipped a beat.
This fellow was planning to sign a contract with him!
The young man cast another incantation, and the bloody characters in the air floated towards Chu Xiong.
"Don't come over, don't come over, don't come over …" Chu Xiong stared at the blood text in the air and prayed in his heart.
The blood word obviously wouldn't listen to Chu Xiong, it brought along a ball of Blood Light and imprinted itself onto Chu Xiong's forehead.
"It's over." Chu Xiong's entire body shivered. He felt that his future was bleak.