Chapter 325 - Chapter 325: Chapter 324: The Inverted Master-Servant Relationship

Chapter 325: Chapter 324: The Inverted Master-Servant Relationship

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Jiang Li had already suspected that there was something wrong with the Master-Servant contract in the Lingxi World. Back then, he was uncertain, but after closely observing today how the humans in the Lingxi World nurtured their contract beasts, he confirmed the authenticity of these contracts.

The contracts signed between humans and beasts were indeed Master-Servant contracts, but the Beast Tamers were the servants and the contract beasts were the masters.

That’s why he let Xia Chao sign a Master-Servant contract with him.

Xia Chao was his servant.

The reason why humans could sense spiritual energy’s existence indeed came from the Master-Servant contract. But the process wasn’t as people imagined – forming an intimate connection with the contract beast and enhancing people’s perceptive abilities.

The truth was that the contract beasts, as potential powerhouses, gifted a part of their perceptive abilities to their human Beast Tamers.

Jiang Li could erase his Master-Servant contract with Xia Chao, but he wasn’t sure whether he could do the same if Xia Chao established a contract with Qing Chong in the future.

After all, Xia Chao was his servant. He needed to be cautious with him.

“Qing Chong has great potential. You can sign a contract with him.” Jiang Li suggested.

“Great potential?” Xia Chao heard this concept for the first time. Could a moth’s potential be so significant just because it could evolve into a one-star Dustwing Moth?

“I have told you before, your world is called the Lingxi World, and I come from the Jiuzhou World. Above our shared worlds, there is the existence of the Immortal Realm.”

“The Immortal Realm? I think I’ve heard of the Immortal Realm.” Xia Chao recalled a legend from the recesses of his memory.

“The legend said that a long, long time ago, in an era that cannot be verified, someone broke through the limit and trained their contract beast to become eight-star, and the man and the beast ascended together to the Immortal Realm. Is the legend real?”

The star level division of contract beasts can be equated with the cultivation system.

One star corresponds to the Qi Cultivation Stage, two stars to the Foundation Establishment Stage, three stars to the Golden Core Stage…six stars correspond to the Body Integration Realm, seven stars to the Transcendance Tribulation Stage, and eight stars correspond to Earth Immortal.

“I’m not sure about the truth of the legends in your world, but the Immortal Realm does exist.”

If the legend is true, then the potential of the Lingxi World is quite considerable.

“In the Immortal Realm, there’s a kind of Immortal Beast called a Dragon. It’s vital and vigorous, and it has offspring scattered across the Ten Thousand Realms. Your creature Qing Chong is no exception. It must have had some relationship with a real dragon in its ancestry.”

Jiang Li casually used spiritual energy to create the illusion of a majestic and imposing real Dragon. Its dazzling golden scales and elegant and slender body, along with its round, domineering eyes, irresistibly commanded respect and worship.

Xia Chao couldn’t imagine how such a being would have any relationship with Qing Chong’s ancestors.

Nor could Jiang Li.

“If you trace the origin, most of the Demon Beasts have had some relationship with a Dragon.”

“Qing Chong also has real Dragon blood in its body, but it’s very thin and hard to trigger.”

“Doesn’t that mean it’s very hard for it to evolve?” Xia Chao questioned.

“With me around, not to mention that it has Dragon blood, even if it doesn’t, I can still make it evolve into a Dragon.” Jiang Li had this confidence.

“So, Qing Chong’s potential isn’t zero?”

“What you call ‘potential’ should be the limit of a Demon Beast’s blood lineage. If calculated this way, Qing Chong’s potential is at six stars.”

Even a Demon Beast can’t forcibly become a seven-star Transcendance Tribulation Stage by relying on its blood lineage.

“Not only does Qing Chong have great potential, but you also have quite a bit yourself. You have a single Wood-element spiritual root. Just because the people of the Lingxi World don’t consider spiritual roots, it doesn’t mean they don’t have them.”

Everyone has a spiritual root. This is a theorem.

In fact, the humans in the Lingxi World are not summoning contract beasts by luck. Instead, the higher the Beast Tamer’s cultivation talent, the higher the potential of the contracted beast they summon. The two factors correspond.

Qiu Shi, who previously summoned the Bone-winged White Tiger, also had high talent. He had dual spiritual roots.

“Spiritual Root? Wood-element?” Xia Chao hadn’t heard these terms before, so Jiang Li took the time to broaden his cultivation knowledge.

Xia Chao had never thought that humans could become strong without relying on contract beasts.

“So, can I become as strong as Big Brother Jiang?”

Jiang Li patted his shoulder, “It’s good to have dreams.”

Xia Chao didn’t know whether Jiang Li was encouraging him or putting him down.

“Don’t use the contract of your world. I’ll teach you a new Beast Taming contract.”

Jiang Li planned to teach Xia Chao the Beast Taming method of the Beast Taming Sect.

The Beast Taming Sect has a prominent reputation in Jiuzhou. Within the sect, there are not only several cultivators at the Body Integration Realm, but also a few Demon Kings. By combining the power of man and beast, they are rarely defeated by those of the same level.

Afterall, it’s a two-on-one scenario.

Xia Chao didn’t understand his intention, and Jiang Li didn’t explain much. There were still many questions about the Master-Servant contract that needed to be clarified.

The Master-Servant contract reversed the relationship between the Beast Tamer and the contract beast. Who did it and whether there was an Outworld Heavenly Demon behind it were all unknowns.

If it was the work of an Outworld Heavenly Demon, how exactly would it destroy humans through the Master-Servant contract? From the current situation, humans merely helped contract beasts cultivate and did not pose a fundamental threat.

Though humans claimed to control contract beasts to combat Demon Beasts, under the reversed roles in the Master-Servant contract, Jiang Li felt more like it was an internal war among Demon Beasts.

As a servant, Xia Chao naturally trusted Jiang Li. Whatever Jiang Li asked him to do, he would do it.

Xia Chao quickly learned the contract of the Beast Taming Sect, as well as the cultivation technique that Jiang Li taught him – “Perennial Power”. It could enhance defensive power and recovery ability, serving more for preserving life than combat.

Jiang Li didn’t need to let Xia Chao first learn “Spiritual Energy Chart” and then create a tailored cultivation technique for him. Since Xia Chao wanted to be a Beast Tamer and liked to fight with the contract beast, he simply gave him “Perennial Power”.

“Also, here’s the ‘Dragon Tiger Arhat Power’, study this too.” Jiang Li handed over the revised stuff rewarded by the system after he defeated Jiang Yixing to Xia Chao.

Of course, it was revised and several times stronger than the original version.

Xia Chao held Qing Chong in his palm and signed the newly learned Beast Taming contract with it.

Signing the contract with Qing Chong felt different from signing the contract with Jiang Li. After signing the contract with Qing Chong, Xia Chao felt a blood-tie with it, and it seemed like he could understand what Qing Chong was saying.

“Hungry…”

Xia Chao thought he was hallucinating. He’d never heard of anyone understanding what a contract beast was saying.

“It’s not an illusion. This is the magic of the Beast Taming Sect’s contract.”

Qing Chong hasn’t awakened his spiritual wisdom yet and could only express simple meanings.

“I remember Qing Chong eats leaves. I’ll go out and buy some.” Xia Chao gritted his teeth. The food of the contract beasts are all things nurtured with spiritual energy to enhance the beasts’ levels, and they’re not cheap.

Jiang Li directly bought some spirit plant leaves from system, ground some elixir into powder, and fed it to Qing Chong, activating the thin streak of real Dragon Blood in Qing Chong’s body.

The color of Qing Chong’s body was green like a leaf, full of vitality, and it became an official one-star contract beast.

“Now, your first task is to confront Qing Chong and try not to lose too badly.”

“Go, Xiao Qing, defeat him!” Jiang Li enthusiastically commanded Qing Chong to attack Xia Chao.

Now, Qing Chong had reached the Qi Cultivation Stage, while Xia Chao hadn’t yet guided Qi into his body and was just a mortal.

Faced with the ferocious Qing Chong, Xia Chao was dumbfounded. Who’s contract beast was Xiao Qing supposed to be?