Chapter Seven Preparing for Seclusion

  "What... what kind of contract is this?" Green Peach stared blankly, unable to speak, because the contract array was something she had never seen before.

  After more than ten minutes, the magnificent and complex purple contract array slowly disappeared. Cold-as-snow held up the small black beast with both hands, her beautiful eyes flashing with fierce flames as she glared at it fiercely, wishing to stare a hole through its tiny body. However, the little beast looked back at her with its cute and lovely appearance, its big blue eyes shining with innocence and pitifulness, tears welling up in its eyes.

  Again pretending to be pitiful, Leng Ruo Xue got even angrier. If it weren't for the fact that it was just a small animal, Leng Ruo Xue would have strangled it to death. However, while she could be ruthless towards humans, she had always been kind-hearted towards animals, so she really couldn't bring herself to do it.

  "Sister, sister, waaah... Sister is so mean!" A childish male voice echoed in Leng Ruo Xue's ears.

  "Are you talking?" Cold-as-snow Fox gazed at the small beast in front of her with suspicion, because usually after a spiritual contract, they would call their master.

  "After making a contract with his sister, the baby can speak." The little black beast nodded reluctantly, looking at Leng Ruoxue with an innocent face.

  "Don't look at me with that expression!" The flames of anger in her icy eyes burned even more fiercely.

  "Why did you sign a contract without my consent?" Cold Snow's face was covered with frost, she hated this feeling of being calculated and forced.

  "Baby, baby, likes sister." The small beast's fluffy face unexpectedly revealed a shy expression.

  "Like me? Then come on...!" Leng Ruo Xue was truly speechless, what kind of thing is this?! And just now that contract 'Soul Oath Contract', how did she not know about it?!

  She knew of two types of contracts: Equal Contract: The parties signing the contract are equal in status, like friends, and cannot be forced. If one party is injured or dies, the other will not be harmed; Master-Servant Contract: This type of contract is a coercive contract where humans hold the initiative, and the parties signing the contract are unequal in status. Humans are the masters, and spiritual beasts are the servants. If the master dies, the spiritual beast will also die. If the spiritual beast dies, the master will not be harmed. This type of contract is the most unfair to spiritual beasts, which is why some proud spiritual beasts would rather die than sign a contract with humans. After all, there are few people who would be willing to sign an equal contract with spiritual beasts. However, it was precisely because of the Master-Servant Contract that the status of beast tamers became higher and higher.

  "What kind of contract did you just sign with me?" She still remembered the voice that said "soul together, life shared, same birth and death" when the contract was made, a type of contract that was not within her known range.

  "It's a soulmate contract, baby will always be with sister forever and ever, never leaving sister's side." Little beast said happily.

  “……”

  "What if I'm dead?"

  "That baby will also die, sister gives birth, baby is born, sister dies, baby will also follow and die, baby will never leave sister's side."

  “……”

  Wait, what's this about never leaving her? ... Could it be that she thinks of it that way, is this little thing planning to cling to her? This life isn't enough? Does it want to follow her for all eternity? Is that the meaning?! Han Yuxi was somewhat unsettled, what kind of crappy contract was this, how could it be so overbearing? And the contract had already been formed, she didn't even have the chance to refuse, could only acknowledge it. Moreover, she still had to protect this little thing that seemed to have no attacking power at all, lest it die and she herself also end up finished.

  "Where did you learn this contract?" Leng Ruoxue was very curious, as this contract was not within the realm of human knowledge. Yet a small beast could, and had even calculated her, thinking of which made Leng Ruoxue's temper flare up.

  "The baby doesn't know, the baby will know when it's born." The little beast knew that it had made its beloved sister angry, so it was a bit careful, and Shui Shui's big eyes would occasionally steal a glance at Leng Ruo Xue.

  “……”

  It's clear that Leng Ruo Xue has figured it out - this is just a minor, and even if you ask, it's like not asking at all, they don't know anything.

  "Is 'Baby' your name?" Leng Ruoxue heard it call itself Baby.

  The little beast named Baby nodded its head, its bright blue eyes gazing longingly at Leng Ruoxue.

  She gazed at the small beast in front of her with a calm and introspective expression, wondering if this little guy wasn't just a low-ranking spirit beast. As far as she knew, only high-ranking spirit beasts that had opened their spiritual wisdom would give themselves names, while low-ranking spirit beasts didn't have that kind of intelligence. But thinking about it, this little thing probably didn't even know what kind of spirit beast it was itself, so she didn't ask either. Anyway, there would come a day when she would find out.

  "Then from now on, sister will call you baby!" said Leng Ruoxue, acknowledging this younger brother, after all they are now in the same boat.

  "Miss, the old master is back."

  "Got it." Cold-as-snow stood up from teasing the baby and walked towards Listening Snow Pavilion. Upon returning to her room, she saw her grandfather sitting in a chair with a pleased expression on his face, eating the pastries she had prepared earlier.

  "Xu?r, come quickly." Lěng Jìng Tiān couldn't wait to tell her about his performance in the imperial palace as soon as he saw Lěng Ruò Xu? enter.

  She quietly poured tea for her grandfather while listening intently, but even if he didn't tell her, she could guess how furious the Emperor would be, especially about the broken engagement. The most favored seventh prince being jilted by a fool wouldn't sound good when it got out!

  "Grandfather, I plan to go into seclusion." After patiently listening to Leng Qingtian's words, Leng Ruoxue suddenly said

  She wants to learn too many things, and she is now too weak. The Great Spirit Master may already be considered a strong person in the eyes of ordinary people, but for her, it is far from enough. She hopes that she can break through the Great Spirit Master as soon as possible and advance to the Spirit King, because only by becoming the Spirit King can one foot step into the threshold of a strong person. From the Great Spirit Master to the Spirit King, although it seems like only one level, but it is not so easy to break through. From ancient times to the present, I don't know how many Spirit Masters have been stuck at the Great Spirit Master level. Unless some top-level families can help break through with the help of elixirs, but that is only available to elite disciples within the family, and ordinary disciples do not have that qualification. Moreover, only by advancing to the Spirit King can one learn advanced spiritual techniques, which is also what she is most interested in.

  "Grandpa supports you." Leng Qingtian was delighted to see his beloved granddaughter working so hard, and he also felt very relieved. After all, the Leng family may have few people, but they had never been weak. He just couldn't bear to be separated from his granddaughter for too long.

  "Xue'er, this is for you." Leng Qingtian took out a storage ring and handed it to his granddaughter.

  "There are the medicinal materials that were stolen from the imperial palace this time, as well as the various spiritual techniques that Grandfather has collected over the years. However, except for fire and wind systems, all the others only have primary and intermediate levels." Alas, he didn't expect that the Leng family would actually produce a freak with full-system spiritual power attributes. Yesterday, when he used the testing crystal to test Xue'er, he was shocked, because Xue'er's innate talent was too freakish. Not only did she possess full-system spiritual power attributes, but her spiritual affinity was also super-grade or higher, and even her mental power was super-grade or higher. At that time, he was stunned, because this meant that the Leng family would have a freak who combined the professions of spiritual master, alchemist, artifact master, and beast tamer into one person.

  The history of the Rhombus Continent is long, but in history, there has never been a person who combines four professions. Perhaps it's because you can't have both fish and bear paws at the same time. A Spirit Master may not necessarily become an Artifact Master, Alchemy Master, or Beast Tamer, but an Artifact Master, Alchemy Master, and Beast Tamer must first become a Spirit Master. Artifact Masters and Alchemy Masters require spiritual power to be fire-attribute, while Beast Tamers require the affinity of their spiritual beasts to be super-grade. Next, mental strength must at least reach super-grade. For a Spirit Master, high mental strength is beneficial, but what's most important for a Spirit Master is not mental strength, but rather the affinity of their spiritual power. The higher the affinity, the greater the person's future achievements will be. In other words, even if a fire-attribute Spirit Master has super-grade affinity, they cannot become an Alchemy Master or Artifact Master if their mental strength doesn't reach super-grade. Similarly, an Alchemy Master or Artifact Master with super-grade mental strength but not super-grade affinity in spiritual power cannot become a strong Spirit Master.

  Her spiritual power was of the fire attribute, with affinity and spiritual power both surpassing super-tier. Such an anomaly would not be allowed to grow by any major powers unless it belonged to a top-tier power or had the protection of one. He immediately told Xue'er that she mustn't let anyone know about her gift until she had absolute strength.

  Leng Ruo Xue took the storage ring from her grandfather's hand, acknowledged its master, and then made some preparations before closing up. Before heading to the secret room for seclusion, she looked at Bao Bao with a reluctant gaze, feeling somewhat helpless.

  "Baby, sister is going into seclusion now, you be good and don't be naughty, got it?"

  "Sister... you have to come out quickly, baby will miss you!" Baby said with tears in his eyes.

  "Uh-huh, Grandpa, I'm going."

  "Xue'er, Grandpa will miss you too!" Leng Qingtian hastily said, not willing to let a little beast steal the attention of his precious granddaughter.

  Leng Ruo Xue didn't expect that Grandfather would actually compete with a small spirit beast for favor, and couldn't help but find it somewhat amusing. The brief feeling of separation also faded a lot, after bidding farewell, she walked towards the inner chamber.