Forcibly subduing the purple marten, Zi'er!

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"Who was it!"

Atop the python, Mo Tianlang's eyes brimmed with fury. The blood Qi of six Divine Repository Realm giant apes was a considerable resource even for him. After all, outside the depths of the Great Wilderness, hunting so many Divine Repository Realm ferocious beasts at once was no easy feat.

The great python roared as it fought the giant apes. Its fleshy wings were torn as well, and the blood dripping from them gleamed like pearls. Someone had actually snatched away its prey. How could it not be furious?

The giant python roared repeatedly, then spread its wings and swept into the sky to search the surrounding ancient forest.

"It's him?"

Standing atop the giant python, Yun Caiyue cast her gaze toward the distant ancient forest and saw two figures vanish into the dense woods in a few bounds.

"Yue'er, did you find something?" Mo Tianlang immediately asked.

"Nothing."

Yet Yun Caiyue gently shook her head. Those two figures she had seen a year ago had actually appeared here.

Had she not seen them now, she would long since have forgotten them. Only after entering the Ancient City of La Mountain had she realized how laughable that contest at Qingyang Mountain had been, like naughty children tussling. There were far too many geniuses in the Great Wilderness. The Ancient City of La Mountain alone already held more than she could keep up with.

The young lord of Qingyang, and that dark-skinned boy-with all she had seen and heard over the past year, she had long since ceased to think much of them.

There was neither contempt nor arrogance in her eyes, only indifference as she watched the figures disappear into the ancient forest. Remembering how she had once invited Qingyang's young lord to meet her in the Ancient City of La Mountain, Yun Caiyue could not help smiling faintly. She truly had been young and ignorant. Only by venturing out could one understand how vast the world was.

Mo Tianlang's gaze also caught the two racing through the ancient forest, but he paid them no mind either. The blood Qi of six Divine Repository Realm giant apes was not something an ordinary person could drain in a short time. Even he, a warrior at the peak of the Divine Repository Realm, would find it somewhat difficult.

They were merely two youths. What could they possibly do?

"Let's go."

Having ultimately found nothing, the great python spread its wings and disappeared into the wild forest.

Qingyang Huan and Jin Wei ran at full speed, charging straight out of Great Locust Mountain. Even then, they did not stop until they were a hundred li away from it.

He naturally valued his life more than an opportunity. Even from afar, that flying python's surging blood Qi bore down on him. He had fled without the slightest hesitation after just one glance.

They found a cave among some rolling hills and sealed its entrance. This place was far from Great Locust Mountain, and Divine Treasure Realm ferocious beasts were scarce. Only then did Qingyang Huan feel at ease.

Only now did he turn his attention to the purple marten in his hand. The little creature's eyes had rolled back, its four little paws hung spread out, and blood seeped from the corner of its mouth. Its breath seemed as faint as a thread.

"Keep squeezing and it'll really die."

Seeing that Qingyang Huan was still channeling blood Qi into his arm as he gripped the little creature, Jin Wei could not help rolling his eyes. He was being far too cautious.

"Better to squeeze it to death than let it escape."

Qingyang Huan did not care, but his words instantly made the little creature's fur stand on end, though its eyes had already rolled back.

Its rolled-back eyes and threadlike breathing vanished. Glimmers shone in its two little eyes, revealing a pleading look.

It even clasped its front paws together and bowed to Qingyang Huan.

This stunned Qingyang Huan. The little creature's intelligence exceeded his expectations.

Buzz!

The next moment, purple light flickered over the little creature's back, followed by a fiery-red berry that dropped down.

"A Blood Essence Fruit! Good stuff!"

The fiery-red fruit made Qingyang Huan's eyes light up. Blood Essence Fruits grew only in places where the flesh and blood of ferocious beasts lay buried, watered by untold quantities of blood. They contained extremely rich blood Qi essence that could be absorbed directly without even needing refinement.

"Is this payment for your life?"

He took another proper look at the purple marten in his grasp. He had thought he already held it in high enough regard, yet he had still underestimated it.

Not only was this little creature born with a Thunder Bone Rune, it even had a Spatial Bone Rune.

"Haha! I've wanted to get a storage Bone Rune for ages. To think I'd get one without any effort at all!"

Buzz, buzz, buzz!

But as Qingyang Huan laughed, the purple marten began squeaking. Purple light blazed all over its body, and Blood Essence Fruits dropped out one after another, eight in all.

And that was not the end. Purple copper ingots, beast bones, and great medicinal herbs followed, more than twenty items falling out of thin air.

"Purple copper ore marrow."

Seeing the purple crystal that fell, no larger than an infant's fist and crystalline throughout, Qingyang Huan's eyes lit up again.

It seemed this little creature had been the biggest winner in the struggle between the Qingyang Clan and the Inkstone Mountain Tribe over the ore vein. Purple copper ore marrow was the true core of the vein. With it, ordinary copper ore could be continuously transformed into purple copper ore.

"Squeak, squeak..."

Clutched in Qingyang Huan's hand, the purple marten cried pitifully. Its two purple, bean-sized eyes pleaded with him, and glistening drops even fell from them.

"You want me to let you go?"

At his words, the little creature nodded fiercely, waving its little paws and pointing at the Blood Essence Fruits, beast bones, and ore marrow piled below.

It meant, I've given you all my treasures. Can I trade them for my life?

Mm.

Indeed, by now, the killing intent in Qingyang Huan's heart had faded. He had realized that this little fellow was a real treasure alive.

No wonder it had charged into the swamp at the very beginning, where there had been a Thousand-Year Wood Heart, then later gone to the purple copper vein. It was practically a walking treasure.

"I really can't bear to kill you now!"

The purple marten's eyes instantly lit up, and it nodded incessantly.

"Ten Divine Treasure Realm ferocious beasts?"

Qingyang Huan suddenly shouted, making the little creature shrink back instinctively. Yet with its neck held in someone else's grip, there was nothing it could do.

"No, no. Five."

"Six, no more!"

"Fine, seven. Deal!"

At that very instant, faint purple light flickered from the Stone Spear, and a series of abstruse, incomprehensible patterns flashed through Qingyang Huan's mind, resembling individual characters.

"Ferocious Beast Contract!"

In that brief moment, he had obtained an overbearing contract akin to a master-servant contract from the Stone Spear, at the price of seven Divine Treasure Realm ferocious beasts' blood Qi.

A living treasure that could seek out treasures-it would be such a waste to kill it!

Wouldn't it be better to have it stay by his side and help him gather treasures?

With a sweep of his large hand, he cut the purple marten's neck and squeezed out a drop of shimmering purple blood. Qingyang Huan then forced out a drop of his own essence blood.

Squeak, squeak, squeak!

At that moment, the purple marten sensed something too. Its four little paws immediately clawed wildly, trying to break free.

"Condense!"

But how could Qingyang Huan let it escape? The two drops of blood, one red and one purple, condensed together into an intricate cloud pattern, then split into two parts that sank into him and the purple marten respectively.

"I'm going to kill you! Ah..."

In that instant, he could understand the squeaks of the purple marten in his grasp!

As soon as he released his grip, the purple marten lunged at him, baring its teeth and claws.

"You bad person! I... I... I'll bite you to death! I'll scratch you to death..."

Yet Qingyang Huan stopped the purple marten with one hand. The contract was already established, with him as the master at that. How could the little creature stir up any more waves?

"Boohoo... my treasures!"

The next moment, the purple marten lunged toward the pile of Blood Essence Fruits and ore marrow on the ground, sprawling its entire little body over them.

"Zi'er worked so hard to collect all these! They're all Zi'er's! You stole Zi'er's Thousand-Year Tree Heart, then captured Zi'er too! Boohoo..."