"Let go of me! You bastard, loosen your grip! You're hurting me!" A young girl's voice came from the Lightning Ferret's mouth.
Hua Qiang's hand paused, and he unconsciously loosened his grip a little.
Feeling the pressure around her neck ease and her breathing become smoother, the Lightning Ferret's eyes flashed. She opened her mouth, intending to spray Hua Qiang with her ultimate move: Lightning Saliva!
That saliva was poisonous, highly corrosive, and had a paralyzing effect.
If it hit you, you would be in for a world of hurt.
"If you dare spit on me, I'll snap your neck!" Hua Qiang noticed that the Lightning Ferret was about to pull something and immediately warned her.
The Lightning Ferret's mouth hung open, but she did not dare make another move.
Her neck was clamped tight again. If she so much as twitched, this human would immediately snap it.
"Don't, I won't spit!"
Hearing the ferret's voice, Hua Qiang asked in surprise, "You're female?"
"Pah, pah, pah! Why do you make it sound so crude? This young lady is a girl. Don't put it so vulgarly!"
Seeing that she admitted to being female, Hua Qiang was even more delighted.
Female was good. He would feel more at ease leaving her by his sister's side.
His expression darkened as he coldly asked the Lightning Ferret, "Do you want to live or die?"
"What nonsense! Who would want to die if they could live?" The Lightning Ferret rolled her eyes at Hua Qiang. The charm flashing through that gaze made goosebumps rise all over his body.
Damn it, could you stand a beast rolling its eyes at you?
"If you want to live, acknowledge me as your master. Otherwise... die!"
The Lightning Ferret's expression turned ugly. This really was trouble brought on by greed.
Why had she ever set her sights on this human?
She had wanted to capture him, keep him penned up, and have him make delicious food for her every day.
And now, the tables had turned. She had been captured by him instead, and he even wanted her to become his pet.
What a colossal loss!
The more the Lightning Ferret thought about it, the angrier, more unwilling, and more aggrieved she became. Her eyes reddened, and tears welled up in them.
"Don't put on a miserable act or pretend to be pitiful in front of me. It's useless!"
Hua Qiang said expressionlessly, "You have only two choices: acknowledge me as your master and live, or refuse and die!"
"I don't mind killing you. That would make me a little stronger!"
The Lightning Ferret was dumbfounded. She felt as though she could no longer understand human speech.
She could not understand Hua Qiang's words at all!
What the hell would killing me do for you?
At most, he could eat some meat!
He actually said it could make him stronger. Did she have such an attribute?
How had she not known?
"I'll give you three seconds to think it over. The countdown begins: three, two..."
"Stop!" The Lightning Ferret finally could not take it anymore and directly cut off Hua Qiang's countdown.
"I am willing to acknowledge you as my master!" After saying this, the Lightning Ferret's head drooped weakly.
She accepted her fate.
"Very good. Then make a Heavenly Dao Oath!"
With an expression of utter despair, the Lightning Ferret spat out a mouthful of heart's blood. Dipping her tiny claws into it, she traced symbols through the air and began chanting:
"I, Lightning Ferret Diao Xiaobai, willingly acknowledge my master... What is your name?"
Diao Xiaobai tilted her little head and looked at Hua Qiang.
"Hua Qiang!"
The Lightning Ferret gave Hua Qiang another charm-filled eye roll, then continued, "I acknowledge Hua Qiang as my master and shall never betray him for all eternity!"
"If I violate this oath, may heaven strike me with five thunderbolts, may I die without a whole corpse, and may I not enter reincarnation after death..."
As Diao Xiaobai finished her lengthy oath, the sky, which had been clear for ten thousand miles beneath the blazing sun, suddenly flashed with a bolt of purple lightning.
Hua Qiang felt a Heavenly Dao Will descend upon him in the unseen darkness. Then, a connection of mind and spirit formed between him and the Lightning Ferret.
He could completely control this snow-white Lightning Ferret. With a single thought, he could kill her, and she could not defy any of his commands.
This was a Heavenly Dao Oath. Certified by the Heavenly Dao, it could not be altered or betrayed.
Otherwise, one would suffer the punishment of the oath!
That punishment was something no one could endure!
Hua Qiang looked at the Lightning Ferret, and his gaze immediately softened. His face was full of delight, completely devoid of its previous icy coldness.
"Diao Xiaobai, that's a good name. It really suits you perfectly—oh, no, not person matching the name, but ferret matching the name. From now on, I'll call you Xiaobai."
"Xiaobai, don't feel too wronged. Follow your master, and you'll eat the finest food and drink the strongest liquor. Your master definitely won't mistreat you."
The Lightning Ferret's gloomy heart immediately stirred when she heard Hua Qiang mention fine food and strong drink.
"Master, can you let me eat that fragrant roasted meat one more time?"
"Oh? No problem!"
Hua Qiang was in a great mood. How could he refuse the first request made by his pet?
He quickly took out a Red-eyed Steel-toothed Rabbit and cleaned it up. Before long, the rabbit meat once again gave off the same nose-stirring, exotic fragrance as before, making the Lightning Ferret swallow saliva nonstop.
It smelled so good!
At that moment, Diao Xiaobai no longer seemed resistant to becoming Hua Qiang's pet. She even felt a little fortunate.
Originally, she had wanted to capture Hua Qiang and make him prepare delicious food for her every day.
Now that she was following Hua Qiang, she could still eat delicious food. The only difference was their status.
But that was no big deal!
As long as she could eat such delectable food every day, who cared who was the master and who was the servant?
She did not care!
After the Lightning Ferret had eaten and drunk her fill, Hua Qiang stood up and patted his butt.
"Xiaobai, now that you're full, it's time to get to work!"
Diao Xiaobai had already adapted to her new role. She asked, "Master, what do you want Xiaobai to do?"
"Well... your master is here to kill some Mutant Beasts for training, and incidentally practice his cooking skills."
"I have a task for you. Go bring back some Mutant Beasts. Don't kill them—leave them with one last breath, so I can finish them off myself."
"There'll be a reward!"
At first, the Lightning Ferret was very reluctant when Hua Qiang told her to capture Mutant Beasts.
But when she heard that he was using them to practice cooking, especially when he added that there would be a reward, the knot in her heart instantly vanished like smoke and clouds.
She asked curiously, "Master, what reward?"
At the word "reward," golden light practically burst from Diao Xiaobai's eyes.
As the Lightning Ferret's master, Hua Qiang knew her thoughts perfectly clearly.
She was a foodie. He had to tempt her with delicious food.
"That depends on what you bring back. The better the quality of the Mutant Beast's meat, the better it will taste when roasted."
"Understood!"
Diao Xiaobai made an OK gesture and shot off like lightning.
She was full now, but she would get hungry later. Shouldn't she go find some delicious ingredients?
Hua Qiang leaned contentedly against a tree trunk, crossing one leg over the other as he hummed a little tune.
Previously, he had considered waiting by a tree stump for rabbits, but now there was no need to wait, because he had a working ferret.
Before long, the Lightning Ferret brought back a level-two Mutant Beast, a Clear Wind Wolf.
She dragged the Clear Wind Wolf over, battered all over and already at death's door, then tossed it at Hua Qiang's feet.
"Master, this is Xiaobai's first trophy. I hope Master likes it!"
"Very good. Keep going!"
Once the Lightning Ferret's figure vanished, Hua Qiang threw a punch at the Clear Wind Wolf.
The Clear Wind Wolf's brains burst apart!
Slaughter Points +2040
He could lie here without doing anything, and Slaughter Points would still roll in.
Hua Qiang could not help giving himself a thumbs-up. He really was too smart to have acquired such an excellent working ferret.
As the sun set in the west, the Lightning Ferret had already delivered nearly twenty thousand Slaughter Points to Hua Qiang.
Hua Qiang called out happily, "Xiaobai, work's over. Let's go home!"
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