A mount, Qian Renxue

When he saw that the magical beast he had contracted was actually humanoid, Jiang Li was stunned.

There were humanoid magical beasts, too?

How was he supposed to ride this?

Knights were called knights because their hearts and minds were connected to their mounts, and together, the two could unleash greater power.

Could a mount that could not be ridden still be called a mount?

Was he supposed to stand on the other party's shoulders?

"A humanoid magical beast?"

"There are magical beasts like that?"

"I've never heard of such a thing!"

Not only Jiang Li but also the mountain-guarding elder and Ye Hua cast astonished looks over.

Even Long Haochen and his mount, Haoyue, looked over.

For a moment, the gazes of all four people and one beast in the cave converged on Jiang Li's magical beast.

"Hello, my name is Jiang Li. May I ask your name?"

Jiang Li was the first to recover, and he took the initiative to greet the other party.

He had already judged that the other party possessed considerable intelligence. Coupled with that humanoid appearance, this was why he adopted such a welcoming attitude.

"Hello, my name is Xue Qinghe."

The man looked around in bewilderment, then sensed the flow of power between heaven and earth before turning his gaze to Jiang Li.

Because of their equal contract, although they spoke different languages, they could clearly understand each other's meaning through mental fluctuations.

"What?"

"You said your name was Xue Qinghe?"

Hearing the other party's introduction, Jiang Li was truly dumbfounded.

Had it been just the name, he would not have thought anything of it. The problem was that the aura of light emanating from the other party rivaled that of Long Haochen, the Child of Light, forcing him to consider more.

Because of their equal contract, Jiang Li not only felt a sense of closeness to the other party but could also sense the characteristics of the power within that body.

Named Xue Qinghe, with pure power of light within that rivaled Long Haochen, the Child of Light.

Those two traits alone immediately brought someone to mind.

On another continent, the Douluo Continent, there was Qian Renxue, one of Spirit Hall's three martial-soul fools.

She was clearly the continent's greatest genius, yet at the age when she most needed to cultivate, she had gone off to do undercover work instead. Not only had she wasted her most precious years, but all those years of effort had also come to nothing.

In the end, she had sewn a wedding dress for someone else.

But how had Qian Renxue become his mount?

She was a human Soul Master, while what he had summoned was a magical beast!

Could this teleportation array have classified the Soul Masters of the Douluo Continent as magical beasts?

At this thought, Jiang Li suddenly found it quite reasonable.

The cultivation system of the Douluo Continent was bizarre to begin with. Whether one had a Tool Martial Soul or a Beast Martial Soul, advancement came through plundering the power of Soul Beasts.

In his previous life, someone had once said that Martial Souls on the Douluo Continent were essentially bloodline contamination.

Following that logic, it seemed reasonable enough for the plane's rules to classify Qian Renxue as a magical beast.

After all, different planes had different rules.

For an existence like the Evil Eye Tyrant, being on the Holy Demon Continent made him a magical beast, while on the Douluo Continent, he was a Soul Beast and even had to suffer the restrictions of Soul Beast heavenly tribulations.

"Is this the Holy Demon Continent you spoke of?"

Qian Renxue looked at the boy before her, who was about her age, her eyes filled with surprise.

When he had just heard that her name was Xue Qinghe, his emotions had clearly fluctuated abnormally, as though he had heard it before.

The problem was that this was an entirely different continent, and this was her first time here. How could he have known?

Could Xue Qinghe have some other secret?

Qian Renxue thought of the prince of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family whose identity she had assumed and made a mental note to investigate thoroughly again once she returned.

At this moment, she appeared to be communicating with Jiang Li, but in fact, she was carefully sensing the differences between this continent and the Douluo Continent.

There was no Soul Power between heaven and earth. Instead, there was a power very similar to Soul Power, yet vaguely a cut above it.

Elemental power still existed. Beyond that, with her current cultivation, she could not detect any further abnormalities.

Most importantly, she could sense that she could leave whenever she wished.

Only then did she feel somewhat more at ease.

Because she was curious about this entirely new continent, and because she had detected no danger, Qian Renxue temporarily accepted the contract closely linking her to the boy before her.

"Little Li, this is the mount you contracted? What kind of magical beast is he? And what tier is he?"

Ye Hua hurried forward and asked with concern.

This really was his first time seeing a humanoid magical beast.

Although there were many species of magical beasts, some of which possessed humanoid forms, he had never seen one with such completely human characteristics. Most importantly, he had not detected any aura from him that a magical beast should possess.

"Well... Teacher, I don't understand either."

"His existence may well have something to do with this teleportation array and the Ancient Elves."

"As for his strength, he's equivalent to a sixth-tier magical beast, on par with a fifth-tier human expert!"

Jiang Li had wanted to say outright that Qian Renxue was an angel, but the problem was that she clearly did not want her disguise exposed. They had yet to discuss things properly, so it was better not to expose her for now.

He could sense that Qian Renxue was not someone easy to get along with. Whether this equal contract would prove a blessing or a curse remained unknown.

Meanwhile, Qian Renxue's expression had already darkened.

Although she could not understand Ye Hua's words, she could clearly understand Jiang Li's because of their equal contract.

She did not understand the word "elves."

But although she did not quite understand "magical beast," she could roughly grasp what it meant.

After all, there were Soul Beasts on the Douluo Continent.

They were treating her as a Soul Beast that could be controlled through a contract.

Had she not sensed that the elder beside them was far stronger than her, she would already have erupted.

"Good, good, very good!"

Ye Hua ignored everything else. All he heard was that his disciple had contracted a sixth-tier magical beast, and his heart held nothing but joy.

Even if this disciple of his could never advance any further in strength, with such a magical beast protecting him, he would at least have some power to defend himself.

Unlike the happy and excited Ye Hua, the mountain-guarding elder beside him looked thoughtfully at Qian Renxue.

Although her appearance did not resemble the Ancient Elves recorded in the ancient texts, the pure aura of light emanating from her could not deceive anyone.

Moreover, even when he tried to probe her background, an invisible power had blocked him.

He had originally thought only that boy Long Haochen was worth looking forward to. Now it seemed that even this little fellow with such poor talent was worth looking forward to as well. Perhaps one day, he would bring humanity a pleasant surprise.

"Since the contract is complete, leave this place first."

The mountain-guarding elder spoke in a deep voice, already preparing to send them away.

"We need to leave this place for now. How about we discuss things in detail once we're out?"

"I promise you on my honor as a knight that I will do nothing to harm you during this process."

Jiang Li immediately explained to Qian Renxue. Just now, he had already noticed her displeasure and impatience.

Jiang Li was greatly surprised to learn that the mount he had contracted was Qian Renxue.

But he also knew that, given Qian Renxue's arrogance, if she learned she was a mount, she would absolutely raise her sword and cut him down at once.

So he had to placate her first.

He could sense that this was an opportunity for him.

An opportunity to improve his own talent.

After learning that his contracted mount was Qian Renxue, Jiang Li's first thought was whether he might have a chance to get her to feed some power back to him, just like Long Haochen and Haoyue.

After all, Qian Renxue possessed level-twenty Innate Soul Power, in no way inferior to Long Haochen, the Child of Light. Having her bestow some power on him to enhance and improve his talent seemed like something worth exploring.

But the moment that idea arose, he snuffed it out.

Why would she agree to use her essence to help alter his talent for no reason whatsoever?

Under these circumstances, he quickly thought of another way to break the shackles of his talent and increase his strength.

That was to cultivate Soul Power alongside spiritual power.

Since he could summon Qian Renxue, could Qian Renxue also summon him to the Douluo Plane?

He could try awakening a Martial Soul and absorbing Soul Rings to break through his bottleneck.

Even if that method did not work, the Douluo Continent still had immortal herbs.

This was an opportunity, an opportunity to change his own talent, so he had to placate Qian Renxue first.