Ke Chongbo was too excited and directly twisted his neck, crying out in pain.
Mu Shiyue stepped forward, "Stop yelling."
Then, with one hand gripping his neck and the other pressing on his head, she gently pressed, waited for him to relax, and then suddenly knocked a certain spot on his neck.
"Ah!" Ke Chongbo let out a painful cry and almost jumped up.
"Alright," Mu Shiyue said, releasing him.
"Ah? That's it?" Ke Chongbo cautiously touched his neck, then realized that it's really fine!
There's still a bit of residual soreness from the earlier pain, but not much.
He shook his head and found that there's only slight stiffness, no pain at all, and was immediately amazed.
"Sect Master Mu, you're way too amazing!" he exclaimed in shock. "I thought I'd have to take medicine!"
"What medicine?" Mu Shiyue glanced at him. "It's just a minor issue."
Ke Chongbo shook his head, "This isn't a minor issue at all!"
"I've twisted my neck before. I had to see a physician, spent several days, and applied medicine for a long time before it got better!"
Mu Shiyue waved her hand, "For something this small, there's no need for medicine."
She also knew that this world didn't have bone-setting doctors, so when people encountered this kind of problem, they had to go through a physician and be fussed over for quite a while.
Seeing Mu Shiyue's attitude, Ke Chongbo understood that she genuinely didn't think this was anything special.
Moreover, there's something even more important right now!
Not just him, everyone else was extremely anxious as well.
They surrounded Chu Jingzhuo, "The contract was formed?"
"So fast?"
"Wasn't it said to take at least three days?"
"It formed!" Chu Jingzhuo was extremely excited, raising the little green snake in his hand and shouting loudly. "We just signed a soul contract!"
After going inside, Mu Shiyue had explained to him that forming a soul contract was relatively complicated.
The key point was that one had to obtain the spirit beast's wholehearted trust and willingness in order to sign a soul contract.
However, after the contract, their cultivation speed would increase significantly.
Chu Jingzhuo was currently at Golden Core Stage, while Xiao Qing had just been born and had no strength to speak of.
After the contract, the little green snake's strength would rapidly increase under Chu Jingzhuo's influence.
Originally, it might've taken several years to grow into a third-rank spirit beast. But with Chu Jingzhuo, its cultivation speed would be greatly shortened.
—If Chu Jingzhuo were to contract a sixth-rank spirit beast, his own cultivation speed would also skyrocket.
Correspondingly, if one side was injured, the other side would also be injured.
However, Mu Shiyue also taught him a secret method that could transfer damage.
For example, if they encountered an enemy, he could transfer the damage he suffered to his contracted beast, effectively giving himself an extra life.
But this couldn't cross the line.
If the contracted beast died from severe injuries, he would also die.
—This method also applied to the contracted beast.
Once Xiao Qing grew up, if it encountered danger, it could also use damage transfer.
In short, the two sides were in a relationship of shared life and death.
Moreover, the soul contract had another drawback.
If one side had ordinary aptitude and a very low upper limit, the other side would be extremely burdened.
They would have to put in double the effort in order to advance!
Thus, signing a soul contract meant that a cultivator gained both an armor and a weak point.
If one used a mutual-friend contract, there were fewer benefits, but if the other side died, one could still live.
Each had its own pros and cons.
As for the master–servant contract, Mu Shiyue didn't mention it at all.
She liked spirit beasts and wouldn't allow them to be treated like slaves.
Mu Shiyue explained these differences to Chu Jingzhuo in detail and then asked him which contract he chose.
Chu Jingzhuo hesitated briefly, then quickly made his decision. He chose the soul contract!
He said to Mu Shiyue, "Xiao Qing was left to me by my father. He would definitely want Xiao Qing and me to be together forever. And just as you said, one must exchange true sincerity for true sincerity."
With a serious expression, he continued, "Xiao Qing might just be an ordinary spirit beast with a low upper limit, but I will work hard to protect it! I also believe that with my aptitude and effort, I can protect it well!"
Seeing that these words were spoken after careful consideration, Mu Shiyue was very satisfied.
Then she told him that this snake should be a Qingling Cloud Snake.
The mature form of a Qingling Cloud Snake was generally around fourth to fifth-rank.
Moreover, snake type spirit beasts also had the potential to evolve into lesser dragons.
So Chu Jingzhuo didn't need to worry about being dragged down.
After receiving Master's assurance, Chu Jingzhuo was overjoyed.
No matter what Xiao Qing's future held, he would sign the contract with it.
But with such a promising future, of course he was even happier!
Fifth-rank corresponded to Spirit Severing Stage.
Being able to become a Spirit Severing Stage cultivator was already very good, he didn't have excessive ambitions.
At present, Spirit Severing Stage cultivators were already very powerful figures.
Ke Chongbo's parents were both Spirit Severing Stage powerhouses and were already peak masters!
After explaining everything clearly, Mu Shiyue helped them form the contract.
After hearing his explanation, everyone became even more curious, "So how exactly did you sign the contract?"
Even Ke Chongbo was extremely curious.
He hadn't contracted a spirit beast before!
"Master drew an array, had us sit inside it, and then taught me to recite some incantations," Chu Jingzhuo said, grinning foolishly in his happiness.
"What incantations?"
He didn't explain in detail, "You'll know once you have contracted beasts. When the time comes, Master will definitely teach you! There's no use in me saying so much now."
That's true.
There's no point asking in such detail, they didn't even have contracted beasts!
Thinking of this, their eyes all turned red.
Especially when they looked at the little green snake coiled around Chu Jingzhuo's hand, clearly much closer to him now, they were filled with envy.
Who wouldn't want a contracted beast?!
"I'll go into Myriad Beast Forest later and see if I can find a spirit beast egg," Meng Fanzé couldn't help saying.
A flicker passed through Qin Yiwei's eyes, "I think you'd be best suited to contract a fox."
"Huh? Why?" Meng Fanzé was confused.
He only wanted to contract a spirit beast and hadn't thought about specifying the type.
"It suits you," Qin Yiwei said with a slight smile.
For someone as simple-minded as Meng Fanzé, of course he needed a fox to balance him out.
Even if it's a spirit beast, it would definitely be smarter than him.
If he had a fox as a contracted beast, he probably wouldn't be so easily fooled and scammed.
Of course, this was only Qin Yiwei's thought.
How could it be so easy to find the spirit beast one wanted?
Being able to find a spirit beast egg would already be good enough, and he still wanted to choose?
Did he really think they were eggs sold everywhere?
"Really? Then I'll pay more attention in the future and see if I can pick a fox-type spirit beast!" Meng Fanzé said seriously.
The others twitched at the corners of their mouths. Sure enough, Fifth Junior Brother was still simple-minded.
"Aowoo~"
"Ying~"
"Moo~"
Seeing Mu Shiyue come out, several little cubs happily ran over, hugging her legs and acting cute.
Even though she had only gone inside for less than an hour, they missed her so much!
"You just want snacks, right?" Mu Shiyue tapped their little heads.
"Ying! Ying!"
"Aowoo~!"
"Moo!"
The three little ones didn't care and continued acting cute.
"Master, what can Xiao Qing eat?" Even Chu Jingzhuo carried Xiao Qing over.
But unexpectedly, as soon as he came over, Xiao Qing whooshed out of his hand and flew straight onto Mu Shiyue.
Mu Shiyue: "..."
Chu Jingzhuo: "..."