Taming

Xiao Fan didn't have time to study the contract system in detail at the moment, as the dying Fairy Fish not far away was the most important thing on his mind right now.

Within just a few minutes, the condition of the Fairy Fish not far away visibly deteriorated.

Most of its body had turned into water elemental, and the remaining fish body was a pale grayish-white, with a faint life force like a candle flickering in the wind, ready to be extinguished at any moment.

Xiao Fan's heart leaped into his throat. If he spent any more time studying the new system, the Fairy Fish might die before the contract was even completed.

Thinking of this, Xiao Fan dared not delay any longer and went straight to the Contract Hall in the newly released Contract System.

But after he finished reading the complete rules, he froze on the spot, his face filled with astonishment.

He had only skimmed the introduction and caught a single, simple rule:

By simply acquiring the physical tokens of the target beast, such as its fur, scales, or Claw, one can directly establish a symbiotic contract with the help of the temple's power.

At the time, he felt that the contract process of this Game System was much simpler than the traditional process that Zijin had just taught him.

But now, after carefully reading the rules, he realized that he was completely wrong; the system had already secretly laid down hard barriers.

"Damn this broken system! I knew there's no such thing as a free lunch. How could the contract process be so simple? Turns out there were some harsh conditions waiting for us!"

Xiao Fan clenched his fists, muttering angrily under his breath, his eyes filled with helplessness.

The Contract Hall forges alliances with exotic beasts, but there is a prerequisite.

The beast to be contracted must be in a completely tamed state; otherwise, no matter how complete the token is, the temple contract array cannot be activated.

"But what constitutes a tamed state?"

Xiao Fan searched through all the system's comments, but found not a single clear explanation.

Should we defeat the beasts until they completely submit and lose all will to resist? Or should we stay with them for a long time, building up enough goodwill to make them willingly follow us? Or should we use some special method to extinguish their wild nature?

Countless thoughts swirled in Xiao Fan's mind, but there was not a single definite answer.

"Does that mean if a beast willingly proposes a contract, it has met the standard for taming?"

Xiao Fan secretly speculated.

Despite his speculations, Xiao Fan was not entirely certain.

He turned to look at the faintly breathing Fairy Fish, his mind racing.

At this moment, the Fairy Fish was severely injured, its life force was greatly depleted, and it had no power to resist at all. Even its Life Crystal was almost gone.

Moreover, she secretly hoped to form a contract with him in exchange for a glimmer of hope for survival.

"I wonder if this state of the Fairy Fish can be considered tamed?"

"Never mind, let's give it a try first. If it really doesn't work, we'll follow Zijin's method."

Thinking of this, Xiao Fan quickly ran to the Fairy Fish.

A close-up look at the Fairy Fish reveals its half-human, half-fish appearance to be even more terrifying.

However, because the Fairy Fish was in such a bad state at the moment, her fear was mixed with a touch of pity.

Xiao Fan looked the Fairy Fish up and down, finally focusing on her scales.

"Could you give me a piece of your fish?"

Xiao Fan asked directly.

Although the Fairy Fish was puzzled as to why Xiao Fan didn't sign a contract but instead wanted her fish scales, she didn't ask any further questions.

In her current state, she can't resist whatever Xiao Fan does.

With a thought, a fish scale flew off the Fairy Fish. Xiao Fan caught it and immediately opened the Contract Hall, selecting to put the scale inside.

The system notification appeared the next second.

"This beast is untamed and cannot be bound by contract."