"The ownership password! What on earth is it? Why is this Adamantine Staff such a damn pain?!"
Xiao Tian really had a headache.
Xiao Tian rattled off things like, "I'm Sun Wukong, the Great Sage Equaling Heaven!" "Your Grandpa Sun is here!" and "Hey! Fiend, don't run! Take a blow from Old Sun's staff!" But not one of them was right.
Yao Lao laughed heartily. "It seems a spiritual treasure like this isn't so easy to claim. Xiao Tian, don't rush. Since you share a destined connection with it, you'll have a chance to make it fully yours in the future."
Xiao Tian said miserably, "Yao Lao, help me think of something too."
Yao Lao shook his head. "No. Spiritual treasures have awareness; sincerity works wonders. Think of it yourself. I'll rest for a while first, then teach you to refine Qi Gathering Powder and Rejuvenation Powder later."
"All right."
Xiao Tian spent the entire day wrestling with the Adamantine Staff. He talked until his mouth was parched and drank several buckets of water.
"Heavens! This is too hard! Oh, Gold-Banded Staff, dear staff! Give me a hint, will you?!"
Troubled, Xiao Tian wondered whether he should go find his little brother Er Huo and drag him over to brainstorm together.
Suddenly, Xiao Tian remembered a classic line from a movie he had watched in his previous life, and his eyes lit up.
"Then let's try again!"
"Once, a sincere love lay before me, but I failed to cherish it. If Heaven could give me another chance, I would say three words to that girl: I love you..."
Ownership binding failed!
Xiao Tian's face instantly turned green.
"Damn! This is so hard!"
"Great Sage Sun, give me a hint!"
The Adamantine Staff remained cold and as motionless as a mountain.
Gripping the Adamantine Staff, Xiao Tian took a deep breath and said fiercely, "Then let's try one more time! If this doesn't work, I'll take you out to beat dogs first!"
Buzz!
Ownership binding progress: 50%!
Xiao Tian was stunned!
"Heavens! Just how obsessed are you with beating dogs?!"
Xiao Tian kept repeating that line, but the system notification never sounded again.
"Could there be a second-stage password? Good grief! Isn't this a bit too fancy?! Great Sage Sun, what are you playing at?!"
Xiao Tian could only rack his brains and ponder.
Half an hour later, Xiao Tian felt a little despair! He had finally found a little hope, only to be dealt a blow with a club!
Knock, knock!
"Brother Tian, are you there?"
Xun'er knocked on the door.
Xiao Tian first hid the Adamantine Hoop under his bedding, then hurried to open the door. Looking at Xun'er in her limited-edition Snowdown Teddy Annie outfit, he couldn't resist reaching out his wicked hand to rub her porcelain-white, ice-smooth little face.
"Xun'er, what's the matter?"
"Brother Tian, people from the Jia Lie Clan and the Ao Ba Family Clan are visiting. Little Brother Xiao Yan is being bullied!"
"What?!" Xiao Tian immediately flared up. They dared bully his little brother Er Huo? Were they asking for a hammering?!
"Wait here. I'll get my dog-beating staff!"
Seeing the rusty scrap-metal rod Xiao Tian brought out, Xun'er widened her eyes and said adorably, "Brother Tian, you really got your hands on it."
"Of course! This staff is really handy for beating dogs! One day, I, Xiao Tian, will beat a Celestial Hound!"
Ownership binding progress: 80%!
Xiao Tian was stunned. Even that worked?
"Brother Tian, let's hurry over! There's a highly gifted literary talent named Jia Lie Ya who's very good at composing poetry. He's stunned Xiao Yan, Xiao Ning, and the others into silence."
"Huh? Composing poetry? That's bullying?"
"Yes. That Jia Lie Ya really does have some ink in his belly. Little Brother Xiao Yan has come up with lots of quatrains, but he's nearly scraped the bottom of his reserves."
Xiao Tian's heart lurched. I'm a poor student! Doesn't that mean I'm screwed?
"Forget it! I'll just beat the dogs! Daring to act so arrogantly in my Xiao Clan! Compose poetry, my ass!"