I Agree Too

Seeing that she was determined not to accept it, Shen Jingchuan stopped trying to force her. After a moment's thought, as if he had made a great decision, he reached into his Heaven and Earth Ring and took out a small white porcelain bottle, about the size of a palm, and handed it to Xiao Mingshu.

"Sister, you've already reached the Qi Refining Late Stage, you'll definitely need this, keep it."

Xiao Mingshu took the bottle with a puzzled look, uncorked it, and poured out two pills into her palm. The clear, refreshing fragrance of the pills instantly filled the air.

She stared intently, her fingertips trembled violently, and the porcelain vase in her hand almost slipped from her grasp and fell onto the stone table. She looked up at Shen Jingchuan, her eyes wide, her voice trembling slightly:

"High-Grade Qi Condensing Pill?! Where... where did you get that?"

"Sister, please don't ask."

Shen Jingchuan smiled and pushed the porcelain bottle further into her hand:

"Just take it and use it. Don't ask me these kinds of questions again."

Xiao Mingshu held the pill in her hand, feeling her palms burning.

She knew all too well how precious High-Grade Qi Condensing Pills were to Qi Refining Late Stage cultivators; she couldn't bear to refuse even a single one.

But accepting it like that would be too much of a favor.

She looked at Shen Jingchuan and suddenly said, half-jokingly and half-seriously:

"Such a valuable thing is too much for me to accept. How about... I offer myself to you in return? If you marry me, I'll be able to accept it without any guilt."

I thought that teasing him a bit like last time would make Shen Jingchuan feel embarrassed, but to my surprise, he looked up, smiled, and immediately replied:

"OK."

Xiao Mingshu was speechless for a moment, her ears turning red instead. She hadn't expected him to respond so readily and was momentarily at a loss for words. She subconsciously turned to Huan'er beside her and gave her a pleading look.

Huan'er watched from the side, thinking to herself that her young mistress and Young Master Shen were a perfect match; he was handsome and generous.

Seeing the young lady looking over, he suppressed a laugh and nodded, having made up his mind.

He said to Shen Jingchuan in a serious tone:

"Since Young Master Shen has agreed, then I agree too!"

After saying that, she turned and ran. Xiao Mingshu blushed with anger and stood up to chase after her.

"You little brat, you're getting bolder and bolder! I bet you've taken a fancy to Young Master Shen yourself, haven't you? So that I can marry him and you can become his concubine, haven't you been hoping for this all along?"

Huan'er's face flushed red instantly, and she called out without turning her head:

"I didn't!" But their steps quickened, and the two ran off, laughing and joking, one after the other.

Watching the two laughing and running away, Shen Jingchuan shook his head with a smile and hummed softly:

"You little punk, trying to play these tricks on me? Who's afraid of who!"

Shen Jingchuan took out the "Beast Taming Instruction" and studied it carefully. He memorized the Method Formula for the Equal Contract and the basic knowledge of spirit beast breeding. After confirming that the method of operation was correct, he closed the book and got up to go to the stable.

The three horses were grazing leisurely when they saw him enter, and they all looked up and came closer.

Shen Jingchuan first walked up to Big Black, calmed his mind and focused his Spiritual Qi at his fingertips, and gently touched it below the fleshy lump on its forehead, while silently reciting the contract incantation in his heart.

Big Black trusted him completely and had no resistance. It felt a warmth on its forehead, and a faint, almost invisible spiritual light entered its body.

Almost simultaneously, a faint bond formed in Shen Jingchuan's heart as he clearly sensed the affection and excitement emanating from Big Black.

Following the same method, he signed Equal Contracts with Little Black and Treading Snow in turn. Three faint connections, some lively and some quiet, settled in his heart, like three silent companions.

He tried calling out in his heart, "Big Black."

Big Black suddenly raised its head, its ears standing straight up, and its big black eyes staring straight at him.

The next second, a vague thought came through the contract—not a complete sentence, but more like a mixture of happiness, closeness, and a fragmented thought of "wanting to eat an apple," confused and ignorant, like a child who has just come of age.

Shen Jingchuan couldn't help but laugh.

He had thought that signing the contract would allow them to communicate directly, but now he realized that the three of them, who had just stepped into the realm of spirit Demon Beasts and whose intelligence was just beginning to awaken, could only convey simple emotions and scattered thoughts, and were not capable of complete communication at all.

However, being able to understand each other and sense each other's status at any time is already much more convenient than before.

He reached out and patted Big Black's neck, silently chanting in his heart:

"Cultivate yourselves well, and when your intelligence has fully developed, we'll be able to talk properly."

Big Black flicked its tail, nuzzled against his palm, and gave him a sense of agreement.

Shen Jingchuan found a central open space in the stable, took out the Second-Tier Spirit Gathering Formation Plate, placed it steadily on the ground, and then used the contract bond to send his thoughts to call all three horses over.

The three horses, having received the message, immediately trotted over, their six eyes curiously fixed on the bronze plate on the ground, wondering what their master intended to do.

Shen Jingchuan didn't explain further. He reached into his Heaven and Earth Ring and took out one hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones, embedding them into the grooves of the array plate. He then gently activated the array with a hand seal.

With a soft "hum", a layer of pale blue spiritual light floated on the surface of the array plate. The surrounding Spiritual Qi surged and gathered instantly. In just a moment, the concentration of Spiritual Qi energy in the Spirit Gathering Formation became rich, and even the air had a Spiritual Qi quality.

He then focused his mind and, following the three contract marks, slowly transmitted the Demon Beast breathing techniques recorded in the "Beast Taming Instruction" as strands of thought.

Wild Demon Beasts cultivate entirely based on their bloodline instincts. They can only passively absorb some spiritual Spiritual Qi if they accidentally stumble upon a place with Spiritual Qi energy, which is extremely inefficient. They often have to endure for decades or even hundreds of years before they can barely gain intelligence.

The guiding method in the "Beast Taming Instruction" follows the meridians of the Demon Beasts, helping them to straighten the path of Spiritual Qi circulation, changing from "passive absorption" to "active absorption", increasing the absorption efficiency by more than double.

This is also the key reason why spirit beasts raised by cultivators through contracts grow much faster than wild demon Demon Beasts.

The three horses were initially a bit confused, shaking their heads as they stood still, but soon they grasped the key to the method.

They all quieted down, stood in the center of the formation with their eyes closed, their fur faintly glowing with spiritual Spiritual Qi, which seeped into their bodies through their pores.

Shen Jingchuan sat on the futon and watched, feeling much more at ease.

With the Spiritual Qi -Spirit Gathering Formation array continuously supplying spiritual energy and proper guidance, the bloodline awakening of these three little guys can finally proceed steadily forward.

After lunch, Shen Jingchuan returned to the stables.

The array plate was still slowly rotating, and Spiritual Qi energy filled the stable. Three horses stood in the middle with their eyes closed, their bodies shimmering with spiritual light, in a state of meditation.

He raised his hand and made a hand seal. The array plate stopped with a soft hum, and he casually put it into his Heaven and Earth Ring.