I'm Calm, Your Minotaur!

In the dimly lit house, with only the faint glow of candlelight, Jiang Lin placed the Three-Part Contract he had just drafted in front of the group.

As they looked at the contract, several of them had tears in their eyes...

In the contract, Jiang Lin agreed to team up with Jiji Bo and the others, but if they got into the top three (the top three would receive spirit stone rewards), Jiang Lin would get 60%, and the remaining 40% would be split among the four of them.

As for the performance bonuses from the Sun Moon Sect, Jiang Lin wasn't so greedy as to take 20%. After all, everyone has a family to support, so taking only 10% would be fine.

Although Jiang Lin only reduced their pay by 10%, they were all almost in tears.

You know, it's really not easy to get even a feather out of Brother Jiang, who's such a tightwad!

The Diao Da feather, stained with ink, was placed on the contract. "Brother Jiang! Rest assured! In this Sect Grand Tournament, we will definitely follow your Brother Jiang!"

"That's right, Brother Jiang! This time, if you say one, we absolutely won't say two!"

Jiji Bo and Fang Chaoqun also took photos of the pig's trotters and handprints with tears in their eyes.

"Alright, alright." Jiang Lin put away the contract, still feeling a bit of a headache. "You two should swear an oath to your Dao hearts."

"Huh? Do we still have to do that?"

For cultivators, swearing an oath with their Dao heart is far more secure than a contract. If they break it, although they won't be struck by lightning, the entanglement with the Great Dao in the unseen realm is even more severe than being struck by lightning.

As for why Jiang Lin went to the trouble of signing the contract...

It's about a sense of ritual; life should have a little ritual...

"No oath? Fine then." Jiang Lin took out their contract, placed it on the table, and turned to leave.

"Wait! Brother Jiang! We swear! We will definitely abide by the terms of the contract!"

As they spoke, the four men raised their hands and swore an oath.

A heart appeared above their heads, and the content of their vows merged into that "heart of the Dao".

"Yes, very good."

Jiang Lin wasn't worried that everyone would suddenly become jealous when it came time to divide the spoils.

Although such things often happen in Wild Mountain Cultivators and some sects, Jiang Lin absolutely trusts Jiji Bo and the others; this is a kind of trust between friends.

Therefore, even without a contract or oath, even if it's just a verbal agreement, Jiang Lin wouldn't think much of it.

But these guys love to cause trouble for themselves! To prevent them from doing something reckless again, these measures still need to be taken.

"That's settled then. I need to focus on my cultivation during this time, and I also need to get some more undergarments, we're running out of stock."

Strength is still very important. I need to reach the Dragon Gate Realm in the near future, otherwise I won't even qualify for the competition.

"Brother Jiang, don't worry about breaking through. If the heavenly lightning comes, we'll protect Brother Jiang..."

"Yes, yes, I believe Brother Jiang can definitely do it..."

"Old Cow ~~~ Don't do this~~~"

Just as Jiji Bo was about to flatter Jiang Lin again, a woman's voice faintly came from outside the courtyard.

This is Jiji Bo's house. Judging from this sound, it's like...

"Feifei?!"

In an instant, Jiji Bo's face turned pale.

Jiang Lin and the others also looked at the top of Jiji Bo's head, where there seemed to be a few blades of grass.

"Feifei ~~~ Is it really okay~~~"

"Oh, Old Cow ~~~ That big idiot isn't home, what's wrong with that~~"

But~~~

"There's no 'but' about it~~~"

"Let's go inside then~~~"

"Why don't we just go inside some random room? Isn't it better to just stay there?"

Inside the house, Jiji Bo's face turned completely green, and he raised his Nine-Toothed Rake, ready to rush out!

"Jiji Bo! Calm down!"

"Yeah, Old Pig! If you go out now, you'll be live-streaming Animal World!"

"Old Pig! You have to choose to forgive her!"

This time, Jiang Lin and the others held Jiji Bo to prevent him from running away.

But the Jiji Bo was so thick that the group kept twisting and turning, piling it up like a human pyramid, with the Jiji Bo at the bottom.

"Hey? Feifei? Why do I hear sounds coming from your storeroom?"

"Oh, don't worry, he's gone to make pig feed, he won't be back for a while... Good luck..."

"Ughhhh!!!"

Jiji Bo unleashed its inner power, sending Jiang Lin and the others who were pressing down on it flying, and then charged out with its rake in hand.

"Minotaur! I, Old Pig, will fight you to the death!"

"Bang!"

The door was flung open!

In the courtyard, the Old Pig leaped up, raised his Nine-Toothed Rake, and swung it down at the Minotaur!

"Jiji Bo, calm down!"

"Calm down, you Minotaur!"

"Jiji Bo! What are you doing!"

"Feifei! After I finish eating beef hotpot today, I'm divorcing you!"

Jiang Lin and the others also quickly stood up and looked towards the door.

As a result, Jiang Lin did not see any interspecies communication in the Animal World outside the door, but only saw Jiji Bo holding a rake and fighting fiercely with the Old Cow.

"Don't want!"

Jiji Bo found an opportunity and swung his rake down. The Old Cow dodged to the side, and Feifei pig weighing four or five hundred pounds, covered her face and screamed.

"Bang..."

The rake smashed into a cart, instantly shattering the cart and the boxes on it, turning the cream cake into a pulp that fell to the ground.

There was also a sign on the cake that read, "Happy Birthday to my husband who weighs 500 pounds..."

For a moment, the atmosphere in the courtyard froze.

400-pound Feifei the duck sat beside the cake, tears dripping down her face...

After a long while, Feifei shouted loudly at Jiji Bo:

"Jiji Bo! I want a divorce!"

The Nine-Toothed Rake fell from Jiji Bo's pig trotters, and a few gusts of afternoon breeze brushed past Jiji Bo's head, causing a few pig hairs to flutter in the wind...

Jiang Lin didn't know what happened next, but the general plot was that Jiji Bo was getting fatter and fatter, and seemed to be about to break through to 500 pounds.

So Jiji Bo's wife, the 400-pound Little Feifei, wanted to make a birthday cake for her husband.

After all, ever since Jiang Lin "invented" birthday cakes a few years ago, birthday cakes have become the norm for most important occasions. Of course, for ordinary people, birthday cakes are a way to commemorate age.

But for monks, age doesn't seem to matter so much; what matters is commemorating special days.

For example, her husband has reached 500 pounds...

And Old Cow Niu happens to be an expert at making birthday cakes at the Sun Moon Sect.

So Little Feifei started preparing months ago. Her secret rendezvous with Old Cow at night was also because of the birthday cake; she wanted to surprise her husband.

Then...

Looking at the cake on the ground, Jiang Lin felt that there was no more to come...

Anyway, when Jiang Lin and the others left, Jiji Bo was hugging his wife's big pig leg and begging for forgiveness.

Jiang Lin and the others naturally couldn't stay any longer, so they could only leave silently.

Jiang Lin went to Fox Auntie of West Street, the Wine-selling Lass of the East, Widow Wang of West Street, and Deer Lass of North Street to buy some bellybands from the four sub-agents. After discussing the matters and delivery time, Jiang Lin went to pick up Little Niannian.

Holding Little Niannian in his arms, Jiang Lin flew towards Twin Pearl Peak on his Sword Flight.

Jiang Lin wanted to strengthen his bond with his daughter, so he stopped at the foot of the mountain and took Little Niannian hiking.

As soon as Jiang Lin reached the summit, he saw his master pacing back and forth in front of his house, looking adorably cautious, as if afraid of being discovered by others.