Contracting the Two Beasts

Contracting the Two Beasts "Ow!"

She cried out and fell to the ground. The branch in her hand flew away with a crack.

The red and yellow figures ahead erupted with intense white light. A white glow also appeared around her, and the three beams began to collide.

Jiang Lu froze where she stood, not daring to move. What was this?

In the end, the light became too fierce for her to withstand, and she instantly fainted.

"N-No, something's wrong!"

Seeing this, the snake and bird cried out and both lost consciousness.

In the instant before they passed out, five words flashed through their minds—How could this happen?!

The light around the one person and two beasts continued to flicker. As it gradually began to lose ground, a gentle aura emerged from Jiang Lu's body, like a tender embrace. The light surrounding her flickered several times, and two totems appeared on her arms before vanishing in an instant.

An ancient voice echoed through the entire cave.

"Master-Servant Contract—formed!"

The light within the cave slowly faded, but the person and two beasts lying on the ground remained unconscious.

A long while later,

The red bird let out a soft whimper and slowly opened its eyes. It shook its head, and clarity gradually returned to its gaze.

Seeing the unconscious snake nearby, it immediately flapped its wings and rushed over, continuously shaking the snake's body as it called out.

"Stinking dragon, wake up! Wake up!"

Its wings kept swatting the snake's body. Several yellow scales fell off, and it paused. Its claws swept the scales aside, then stirred up a few puffs of dust to bury them.

The snake slowly opened its eyes. Why did its body feel a little sore?

Before it could figure out why, its whole body was swallowed by a plump embrace.

"Wuwuwu, stinking dragon, thank goodness you're all right."

Seeing that the snake had awakened, the bird hugged it tightly and spoke excitedly.

Don't leave it alone here. This was an unfamiliar place, and if it got caught and stewed into soup, there would not even be anyone to keep it company.

Hearing this, the snake was instantly moved. Fighting was one thing, but it had not expected this stinking bird to care so much about it. Perhaps it was because they only had each other to rely on now.

Wuwuwu~

From this day onward, it would never curse this stinking bird in its heart again.

"I feel like something's wrong!"

"Me too!"

Suddenly, they spoke in unison. The two beasts stared wide-eyed at each other, and in the instant their gazes met, only they understood what it meant.

Feeling that strange connection within their bodies, the two beasts suddenly let out shrill screams.

"Ahhh!"

A Master-Servant Contract. Clearly, the two of them were supposed to be the masters and that human the servant, so why had they become the servants instead?!

What exactly had happened?!

"Stinking bird, wh-what do we do now?" the little snake asked with a stammer, staring at Jiang Lu in terror.

"What do we do? How would I know what to do?!"

The red bird spoke through gritted teeth. Its already puffed-up feathers seemed even more puffed up. Since they were the servants, they simply could not cancel the contract!

If they tried to cancel it, their current strength meant they would definitely suffer a backlash. They could not bear the consequences.

The two beasts exchanged a glance and cautiously shuffled closer to Jiang Lu. Her eyes were tightly shut.

The little snake lightly nudged Jiang Lu's arm with its tail, but she still did not awaken.

Then it grew bolder, touching her hand one moment and her face the next.

"She doesn't seem particularly special."

So how had she reverse-contracted the two of them?

They were divine beasts. Being contracted by a tiny human from the lower realm—forget telling anyone else, no one would believe it. Even the two beasts involved did not dare believe it now.

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Could this person really withstand the bloodline power brought by the two of them?

"Have we really been bound by a Master-Servant Contract?"

Even now, the red bird could not believe it had been contracted just like that.

The little snake nodded. Its yellow head seemed to wear an utterly numb expression.

The two beasts sat back to back, heads hanging low, filled with despair.

A Master-Servant Contract...

Wuwuwu~

It was the first in its clan to be bound by a Master-Servant Contract. If those dragons found out, where would it put its face?

It had better not run into whoever had ambushed them. It would make them wish they were dead!

"Mm~"

Jiang Lu opened her eyes, climbed up from the ground, and rubbed her dizzy head. Only after she cleared her mind did she notice the two figures sitting back to back.

They hung their heads listlessly, looking utterly devoid of the will to live.

Weren't these the two beasts she had seen before fainting? They had even charged straight at her. What was wrong with them? They looked like eggplants beaten by frost.

"Hey, what's wrong with you two?"

Jiang Lu cautiously got up and wanted to leave, but the two of them blocked the exit. She could only gather her courage and ask.

The bird and snake turned their faces toward her at the same time, both wearing ugly smiles. Then a flash of inspiration struck the little bird. It propped up its round body with its two claws and stood up, wearing a proud, self-satisfied expression as it said:

"Ahem. We are your masters."

Jiang Lu: Did she look like an idiot?

Snake: Brother, you've got some nerve.

Jiang Lu stared straight at it. This little beast was not being honest, and the red figure grew more and more guilty beneath her gaze.

"O-Okay, you're our master."

After saying that, it tucked its head straight into its feathers. Its whole body radiated dejection.

"We formed a contract?"

Jiang Lu looked bewildered. Thinking of the light she had seen before passing out, had it happened then?

She had actually been contracted by two spirit beasts whose ranks she did not even know?

But what spirit beast would willingly form a contract? And judging by how dejected they looked now, it did not seem voluntary at all.

She then picked them up, one in each hand, and examined them over and over.

As she sensed the connection to the two contracted beasts, information about the contract gradually appeared in her mind.

Her hands suddenly loosened. Her eyes widened slightly, filled with the look of the sky collapsing. The two beasts fell straight to the ground with a smack.

What did the information in her mind mean?

Whether it was a Master-Servant Contract or an Equal Contract, a person could contract at most two spirit beasts in a lifetime.

If the contract was undone, a corresponding price had to be paid.

That was why so few people contracted spirit beasts. One reason was incompatibility; the other was to avoid encountering a stronger spirit beast later but being unable to contract it.

Those two precious chances!

Had both been taken by these two tiny spirit beasts of unknown origins!

Taken!

They—

Wuwuwu~

For the moment, Jiang Lu did not know what to say. Although she could cancel the contract, even with a Master-Servant Contract, doing so at her current strength would still cause backlash.

These two spirit beasts were only First-Rank Spirit Beasts, but she herself possessed only Qi Refinement strength. If she wanted to cancel it, she would need to be at least two ranks stronger than them.

Therefore, she would need to wait until she reached the Golden Core stage to dissolve the contract without suffering harm. This was Heavenly Dao's impartiality toward all living beings.

She looked at them: one bird, one snake... uh, a snake with claws. Was that actually a lizard?

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