Equal Contract: The Stories of Zhang Xuantao, Zhang Xuansheng, and the Great Sage Equal to Heaven

Hearing Zhang Xuanchen extend an olive branch, the Golden Monkey's heart stirred with excitement once more.

His gaze darted back and forth between Zhang Xuanchen and the rest of the clan.

The Golden Monkey yearns for freedom most of all. It senses that the bloodline within it has not been fully awakened, and it must leave the Dark Night Forest to fully awaken its bloodline.

More importantly, it yearns for freedom, and its purpose in cultivating itself is twofold: first, to avenge its grievances, and second, to live a carefree and unrestrained life.

Although the human before it was still very weak, under the influence of its Fiery Golden Eyes, this Zhang Xuanchen possessed great fortune.

In addition, he possessed a faint dragon's might and a ball of Spirit Fire within his body.

Furthermore, at the age of nineteen, his cultivation broke through to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, making him an absolute Heavenly Talent in this small Small World.

Following him would never tarnish my reputation.

But...

The Golden Monkey scratched frantically all over its body, finally speaking up to plead, "Xuan Chen is possible, but... I have so many clansmen..."

Zhang Xuanchen was taken aback. So the reason he couldn't make up his mind was because of his own clan.

I didn't realize he was such a family-oriented monkey.

No wonder these Azure Gold Profound Monkey listen to the Golden Monkey so much.

He laughed and said, "Of course I'll take them all with me. I'm not alone; I have Lineage and territory behind me."

Enough for them to multiply and thrive.

When the time comes, I'll just use Spirit Stone to advance one or two Third-grade Spirit Vein.

As for Spirit Stone, there are so many spirit peaches here that we can't eat them all, so we can sell some of them.

Little Peach, is that okay?

Upon hearing Zhang Xuanchen's question, Little Peach immediately raised her delicate white hand.

I agree, I agree!

Anyway, these peaches will be left here uneaten after I leave, so I might as well take them all and exchange them for other delicious food.

These peaches, whether they are First Stage or Third Stage, are of no use to her; the only difference is their taste.

It's nothing compared to the delicacies Zhang Xuanchen brought out.

Hearing this, Zhang Xuanchen felt ashamed.

The peaches here are all large, plump, and of excellent quality; they would never be sold if they weren't too many to eat.

If we're going to sell, we'll only sell some First Stage Spirit Peaches and some common Second Stage Spirit Peaches; we absolutely won't sell anything else.

Among them are rare spiritual peaches that can help people break through to higher realms, enough for him and Zhang Guangyao to break through a minor realm.

This will double their overall strength.

It's even possible that the Ancestor could break through to the Late Golden Core!

She chuckled softly, "Little Peach, I'm not just taking these peaches with me, but all the peach trees here."

Wouldn't it be wonderful to build such a Peach Blossom Spring in our Zhang Family territory someday?

"But I'll have to trouble you to look after things then."

Upon hearing this, Little Peach patted her chest and assured him:

"Of course, no problem. I may not be able to take care of other Spirit Plant, but I will absolutely not let a single peach tree die!"

Zhang Xuanchen smiled and nodded, then said, "We've almost finished eating."

Let's sign Equal Contract now, then dig up the trees, and then leave this place.

Equal Contract has no master-servant distinction, imposes no restrictions on either party, requires the consent of both parties, and once signed, their fates will be intertwined.

If one party dies, the other party will not die, but will suffer severe trauma.

It can be said that they are all in the same boat, sharing both prosperity and adversity.

The best option to subdue the Azure Gold Profound Monkey is to sign Equal Contract with Golden Monkey.

After all, the gap in cultivation level between them was too great at the moment, making it impossible to sign Master-Servant Contract. He hadn't even considered that possibility.

As soon as Zhang Xuanchen finished speaking, the Golden Monkey agreed without hesitation. Having inherited memories, it naturally knew what Equal Contract was.

Humans are so considerate, why bother with all the fuss?

Both parties agreed that the man and the monkey would simultaneously expel a drop of blood and sit facing each other.

A crimson-gold contract array appeared below.

The fates of a human and a monkey are intertwined.

Thirty seconds later, the Equal Contract was formed!

The whole process went incredibly smoothly.

The moment the contract array disappeared, Zhang Xuanchen's cultivation level continued to rise, directly reaching the peak of the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage!

Moreover, the barrier leading to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage is extremely fragile; it could be said that he could break through it in just three days if he wanted to!

However, now is not the time for cultivation; we'll discuss it after we leave this place.

"My turn, my turn!"

Little Peach skipped and hopped to Zhang Xuanchen's side, her white and green peach petals shimmering between her brows, and a beam of light shone into Zhang Xuanchen's forehead.

A terrifying surge of soul energy instantly erupted around the two of them.

As the contract was successfully signed, Zhang Xuanchen's Divine Sense continued to improve.

Foundation Establishment Late Stage, peak of Foundation Establishment Late Stage...

Foundation Establishment Peak...

Early Golden Core!

His Divine Sense strength broke through to the Early Golden Core, and no movement within a radius of thirty miles could escape his soul perception!

That's right, the Golden Monkey brought him a slight improvement in cultivation, while Little Peach brought him an improvement in Divine Sense.

With the Golden Monkey's cultivation at the mid-stage of the Third Stage, it was only enough to raise Zhang Xuanchen's cultivation to the peak of the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage. However, Little Peach forcibly raised his Divine Sense strength from the Foundation Establishment Late Stage to the Early Golden Core. One can imagine how terrifying Little Peach's soul strength had reached!

Opening his eyes, Zhang Xuanchen felt an unparalleled sense of clarity and well-being throughout his body!

Comfortable!

The feeling of improving one's strength without any effort is just so satisfying!

"Haha, we have now signed Equal Contract, and from now on we are one family."

My surname is Zhang, I am from Xuanxiao Mountain, a Jindan Zhang Clan, a seventh-generation Xuan Generation disciple, and also the Clan Leader of the Zhang Clan.

How about I give you names using the surname Zhang?

"I have no objection."

I agree!

Zhang Xuanchen chuckled and said, "Alright, from Little Peach on you'll be called Zhang Xuantao, and I'll still call you Little Peach."

Centuries later, you will be the Xuan Tao Ancestor of my Zhang Clan.

As for Little Gold, from now on he will be called Zhang Xuansheng, and I will call you Great Sage.

Similarly, the next one will be the Zhang Clan's Mysterious Sacred Ancestor.

Upon hearing the name Zhang Xuanchen had given him, Little Gold couldn't help but ask in confusion, "Why not Xuan Jin but Xuan Sheng?"

Little Peach 'Zhang Xuantao.

Logically, it should be called Zhang Xuanjin.

"Haha, because that way I can call you Great Sage. Let me tell you, the words 'Great Sage' represent a legendary story of overthrowing the Heavenly Court!"

I bet you'll like it.

"Oh?" Upon hearing the legendary story, Little Gold immediately became interested. "What legendary story?"

Zhang Xuanchen smiled mysteriously, then took out the Myriad Spirit Ring, tossed it into the air, and poured spiritual power into it. In an instant, a spatial passage leading to the interior of the Myriad Spirit Ring appeared before him.

"No rush, let's transplant all these peach trees to this Myriad Spirit Ring first. We can talk as we move them, which will save some time."

"By the way, Little Peach, because this Myriad Spirit Ring is damaged, the Spiritual Qi concentration inside hasn't reached the level of Third-grade Spirit Vein. Will those Third Stage peach trees be able to survive?"

Little Peach replied, "With me here, there's no problem with survival, but the Spiritual Qi inside is insufficient, so it won't bear peaches in the future."

Zhang Xuanchen breathed a sigh of relief and spoke again:

"It's alright, as long as you're alive, it's fine. Once you return to your Lineage and upgrade your Spirit Vein, it's not too late to move out."

You can eat as many of the peaches as you like, but don't pick them yet, because there are too many and we don't have room to store them.

Little Gold waved to the thousand monkeys and said:

"Men, it's time for us to go out. Get to work and dig up all these peach trees and plant them in this Spirit Ring Space."

Squeak!

Quack!

Upon hearing Little Gold's words, the thousand- Azure Gold Profound Monkey immediately jumped up and down excitedly.

They ran to the peach grove and started digging, moving incredibly fast.

They constantly traveled between the peach grove and the Spirit Ring Space.

Zhang Xuanchen wasn't idle either; he started digging as well.

"Xuan Chen, quick, tell me the story of the Great Sage."

"OK."

Zhang Xuanchen quickly organized his thoughts and then began to explain in detail:

Legend has it that in the Eastern Victory Divine Continent, in the Aolai Kingdom, there is a mountain called Flower Fruit Mountain...

"As for the Great Sage Qi, he's quite extraordinary..."