Chapter 77
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Chapter 77: Choices
"Martial Uncle Li, can my junior brother and I take a look at this mutated baby crocodile first?" Zhou Chu couldn’t help but say.
Wang Yu also nodded in agreement.
The old man nodded and shook his sleeve towards the cage, causing the cage door to open by itself. Then, he reached into the air with one hand.
The newly born baby crocodile flew out of the cage and landed steadily in the old man’s hand.
"You two can take a good look, but I advise you not to waste your efforts. Even if this spirit beast is mutated, you won’t see any unusual signs in a newborn," Martial Uncle Li said lightly, handing the baby crocodile to Wang Yu first.
Wang Yu received it with both hands and looked closely.
The baby crocodile’s skin was covered with black spots, and its belly was snowy white. When he touched it, the skin felt slightly cool, soft, and very elastic; it looked no different from an ordinary baby crocodile.
After thinking for a moment, Wang Yu suddenly made a hand gesture, and a light yellow Spell Pattern flickered in his eyes. The air around him instantly turned light yellow, and the baby crocodile in his hand was surrounded by a faint layer of blood light.
It was the Qi Observing Technique.
Wang Yu glanced at Martial Uncle Li and Zhou Chu.
One had a blood aura that stood at least two inches high on the surface, while the other had a blood aura of less than half an inch.
But that glance seemed to have revealed something to Martial Uncle Li, who immediately shot a glare at Wang Yu.
Wang Yu felt a chill in his heart and quickly gave the old man a smile before looking at the three crocodile eggs in the cage.
The three crocodile eggs were also covered in a blood aura, but the thickness of the aura was even stronger than that of the young crocodile.
In particular, one larger egg emitted a blood aura that was almost half an inch high, nearly matching that of the man in the yellow shirt.
Wang Yu pondered for a moment before handing the young crocodile in his hand to the man in the yellow shirt.
"Junior Brother Wang, how about you let me have this mutated Iron-headed Crocodile?"
"The Long-armed Rabbit I have now was raised many years ago and doesn’t have any powerful abilities. I’ve always wanted to raise a second spirit beast, and this mutated Iron-headed Crocodile seems just right for me. I want to take a chance on my luck," the man in the yellow shirt suddenly said to Wang Yu after checking the young beast in his hands.
"This…" Wang Yu glanced at the young crocodile in the hands of the man in the yellow shirt, then looked at the other three beast eggs in the cage, showing a hesitant expression.
Next to them, Martial Uncle Li smiled but said nothing, allowing the two to discuss.
"Junior Brother Wang, if you are willing to give up this young beast, I won’t forget this favor. Coincidentally, I have some exclusive notes on raising spirit beasts from years ago. Although it’s not the same type of spirit beast, it still has some useful information. I only hope that you won’t share it after reading." After some hesitation, Zhou Chu reluctantly took out a book and handed it over.
"The exclusive insights of inner disciples are quite valuable; they could even be placed in the scripture hall for other disciples to read in exchange for spirit stones."
"This kid Zhou Chu, although his cultivation isn’t high, he still has skills in raising spirit beasts," Martial Uncle Li finally spoke, though it was unclear what he meant by that.
"Since Martial Brother Zhou likes it so much, how could I disagree? Martial Uncle Li, I will choose another Iron-headed Crocodile egg." After thinking for a moment, Wang Yu suddenly smiled and took the book.
"Thank you, Junior Brother, for your help. Martial Uncle Li, I want to sign the Spiritual Contract right away." Upon hearing this, Zhou Chu was overjoyed, as if afraid Wang Yu might change his mind, and quickly spoke to the old man.
Spiritual Contract?
Wang Yu showed a curious expression upon hearing this.
"If I were you, I would not rush to sign the Spiritual Contract."
Although signing the Spiritual Contract will make the young beast grow faster, it is still a mutated young beast. Its growth at first won’t be slow either, so it’s best to feed it for a while and see how it goes.
"If you find something wrong, you still have a chance to change your mind. Otherwise, you will have to suffer the pain of the Spiritual Contract backlash," Martial Uncle Li said calmly to Zhou Chu.
"Martial Uncle is right. This is a safer approach. I do not want to experience the pain of the Spiritual Contract backlash. By the way, how many spirit stones does this young crocodile need?" Zhou Chu shivered at the thought and quickly thanked him.
"A regular Iron-headed Crocodile young beast needs two hundred spirit stones, but this mutated young crocodile costs five hundred spirit stones," the old man quoted a price that surprised Wang Yu greatly.
"So expensive? It seems better to use this price for Junior Brother Wang’s free slot," the man in the yellow shirt said, his face turning pale.
"Zhou, you should know the rules of the Spirit Beast Hall. Free slots for spirit beasts cannot be transferred or indirectly transferred; otherwise, it will violate the rules," the old man said with a stern face.
"I was just joking. Although five hundred spirit stones is a lot, Junior Brother can still gather that much," Zhou Chu replied, startled, and hurriedly took out a storage bag from his pocket, spilling out a large pile of white crystals and four red crystals.
This is the middle-grade spirit stone!
Wang Yu saw the red crystals and his pupils shrank.
Although he had learned from books that spirit stones are divided into three quality levels, and that spirit stones of middle grade or higher have special attributes and are rarer, he had never seen a real one before; a middle-grade spirit stone is worth one hundred lower-grade spirit stones.
Wait, the blue crystal in the cage should also be a middle-grade spirit stone.
Wang Yu instinctively glanced at the blue crystal in the cage.
"Four middle-grade fire attribute spirit stones and one hundred lower grade spirit stones," Zhou Chu quickly recognized the exact number of spirit stones with a sweep of his divine sense, and with a flick of his sleeve, all the spirit stones vanished.
Zhou Chu showed a pained expression, but when he looked at the young crocodile in his hands, he became very happy again.
At that moment, Martial Uncle Li took out the largest Iron-headed Crocodile egg from under Wang Yu’s fingers.
He then asked Wang Yu for the inner disciple Token, chanted a spell to verify it, and gave the Token back before saying calmly:
"New inner disciples can use their free spirit beast quota to have a Spiritual Contract made for them and the spirit beast at no cost, but since you are a physical bloodline user, the Spiritual Contract will naturally turn into a blood pact."
"First, drop your blood on this beast egg. I will do the magic below, and do not resist the power of the contract."
After Martial Uncle Li finished speaking, he had Wang Yu hold the beast egg and bite his finger, squeezing several drops of blood onto the surface of the beast egg.
Then, he took out a black scroll from his robe, chanted some words, and slowly opened it.
With a "poof" sound.
The scroll caught fire in the wind, and a silver light flew out and disappeared into the beast egg in a flash.
The blood on the surface of the beast egg quickly vanished, but the next moment, a red light flew out from the egg and vanished into Wang Yu’s forehead.
Wang Yu only heard a "hiss" sound in his ears and felt nothing unusual after that.
"The smaller the young beast, the stronger the bond. Since you made a contract directly with the beast egg, the effect will naturally be better. This Iron-headed Crocodile will sense you from the moment it is born and will never recognize anyone else as its master."
"In addition, I have a basic knowledge book about raising spirit beasts, which is provided free for all inner disciples. You two can leave now; I will notify you when the beast egg hatches."
Martial Uncle Li put the beast egg back into the iron cage, cast a spell to create a white light shield over it, threw a thick book to Wang Yu, and then began to send everyone away.