Chapter 50: Seeking Reinforcements

Once this thought emerged, Seeing Pei Ye's thinking couldn't help but veer toward the black dragon—what about it? Did it carry anything?

"Do divine beasts have memories when they are born?" Seeing Pei Ye asked Zhu Gaoyang.

Zhu Gaoyang was stunned for a moment: "What do you mean? They do indeed master the method of forming contracts from the moment they are born, and they also understand how to use their own abilities."

"No, I mean... that kind." Seeing Pei Ye frowned as he described it, "It knows what is in the human world, it has even read storybooks, and can use stories from them as examples..."

Zhu Gaoyang was silent for a long while before saying: "I don't understand what you are talking about. First of all, divine beasts cannot speak at all."

"...?!"

"They are just more spiritual. Aside from some talents imprinted in their bloodlines, they are no different from a newborn infant. They have to go through growth and be influenced by what they see and hear among humans before they might learn to use human language."

Seeing Pei Ye was dumbfounded, but he also suddenly understood.

So the purpose of the black dragon's descent was to bring that soul that could speak into the human world?

The struggle between the Immortal Hunt and the Demonic Calamity was already a matter of a quite high level, requiring the mobilization of figures like Zhu Gaoyang, and yet now they were merely stepping stones for some power to borrow strength?

"In any case, we still have one divine beast as an aid." Zhu Gaoyang pulled the topic back, "Frost and cold are the Qiongqi's own abilities, so this divine beast should be able to control fire. I remember that this direction passes by a deep pool shaped like a rat; it should be residing there."

"No, it's behind us." Seeing Pei Ye said, "It's chasing us."

"What?" Zhu Gaoyang was stunned for a moment, not reacting.

He looked at Seeing Pei Ye's profile, while Seeing Pei Ye just buried his head and hurried on his way. After a long time, he finally reacted.

"Oh... you kid, so fast..."

Seeing Pei Ye heard a note of loss for the first time from the tone of this man who had entered the enemy camp alone, and couldn't help but say: "Do you really want a divine beast?"

"Who wouldn't?" Zhu Gaoyang said, "However, I do especially want one."

"Oh." Seeing Pei Ye stopped talking.

After a moment of silence, the person on his back was always twisting this way and that.

Seeing Pei Ye couldn't help but say: "What are you doing?"

"You... would you consider letting it go to me? I can recommend you to the Long Jun Dongting Sword Pulse. To be honest, at your stage, a divine beast won't provide you with much improvement, but a sect can let you advance a thousand miles in a day."

This was indeed the truth. The contract of a divine beast lies in shared life and symbiosis, with both sharing benefits; they are the closest partners who will never betray each other.

But a divine beast does not master any peerless martial arts, nor is it a famous martial arts master. For a village boy with no background, the benefits a divine beast provides are too distant and lofty.

For the youth at this moment, what would be most helpful was naturally a sect, not to mention an immortal gate holy land with such a prestigious name as 【Long Jun Dongting】; the previous Big and Small Yun Mountains were the difference between a finger and a thigh compared to it.

"This... I still have to ask for its own opinion." Seeing Pei Ye said.

"That goes without saying, ask it."

Seeing Pei Ye was just about to open his mouth when a calm voice came from his abdomen.

"I think it's okay."

"?"

"Although this person is not the bright moon, he can be considered a long-burning lamp."

"..."

"How is it? What... what is its attitude?" Zhu Gaoyang looked at Seeing Pei Ye's suddenly silent face and asked with some trepidation and expectation.

"It says it's unwilling." Seeing Pei Ye said with a straight face, "It dislikes your..."

Seeing Pei Ye tilted his head to examine this face that was weak but still flawlessly perfect, his mind flashing through his flawless character, flawless talent, flawless background... finally, he withdrew his gaze and said: "Hair is too long."

"?"

Afterward, no matter how earnestly Zhu Gaoyang tried to persuade him, Seeing Pei Ye just ignored him. Gradually, the voice behind him lowered, and Seeing Pei Ye turned his head to look—he had fallen asleep.

In the deep forest in the dead of night, only Seeing Pei Ye was left running quietly alone.

It wasn't until the sky was bright that Zhu Gaoyang woke up.

But the way he woke up left him stunned.

A violent tumble buried him in the withered leaves.

Zhu Gaoyang pulled his head out and cast a questioning gaze toward Seeing Pei Ye, who was also sitting on the ground covered in withered leaves.

How do you trip while running?

But Seeing Pei Ye's expression was very solemn: "It is interfering with me."

"What?"

"That seed, I feel that the degree of its hatching has deepened. Just now I wanted to leap across, but it yanked my leg."

Zhu Gaoyang raised his head; the two cliff walls above were about three zhang apart, and that was where they had fallen from.

"It was subconscious." Seeing Pei Ye's voice carried a chill, "Just like fetal movement, but such a single unconscious act can control my body."

Zhu Gaoyang took a deep breath: "Either we go faster, or I kill you and try. We'll both die here, and as for whose hands this thing falls into next, we'll leave it to the heavens."

Seeing Pei Ye rolled his eyes and hoisted him back up: "Then let's just hurry up and go."

Climbing back onto the cliff and sprinting westward again, Zhu Gaoyang said in a low voice: "If it truly comes to the necessary moment, I will kill you and try."

"... Mm."

Seeing Pei Ye was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked: "Have you ever heard of the 'Dantian Seed Immortal Method'?"

He clearly felt Zhu Gaoyang's body on his back stiffen abruptly: "How do you know about this?"

Seeing Pei Ye didn't answer, saying: "Do you think this could be the method to control this thing?"

Zhu Gaoyang was silent for a moment, then said: "Do you know what it is?"

Seeing Pei Ye shook his head honestly: "I've only heard the name."

"This is a legendary strange art and absolute classic. Its true name should be called 'The Salary Record'; the specific effects are not very clear, but it is indeed a strange skill related to Dantian Seeds."

"Do you think this cultivation method is what the Candle World Sect uses to control this seed?"

Zhu Gaoyang was silent for a moment, then said: "I don't think so. Although this strange classic is mysterious, since ancient times, one could still find some traces of people practicing it, and these people have no connection to the Candle World Sect."

Seeing Pei Ye retorted: "It might not have been created specifically to control this seed, but perhaps it just happens to be able to control this seed."

"Of course, that is also possible. But I have no leads so far. Now that we are in the deep mountains, where can we go to find it?"

Seeing Pei Ye fell silent.

"The Immortal Platform told me it might have drifted near Xincang Mountain and wanted me to be careful in searching for it." Zhu Gaoyang sighed, "This instruction was only given orally and not written down. Shang Lang asked about it the whole way, but I didn't reveal a word. How did you know about it?"

"A few days ago in Fenghuai, someone asked me about this martial art."

"What kind of person?"

"A woman, named Ming Qitian."

"..."

"Hey? Asleep again?"

"No, what, what was the name?"

"Ming Qitian, she said her name was Ming Qitian." Seeing Pei Ye articulated clearly.

Seeing Pei Ye clearly felt the body on his back react strongly: "Where, where is she now?"

"I don't know. It was several days ago. After she asked me, she seemed to leave Fenghuai and went elsewhere to search."

"..." Seeing Pei Ye felt the body on his back go limp again.

"Are you trying to find her? She left me a small jade sword."

The back suddenly braced up: "Why didn't you say so earlier?!"

Seeing Pei Ye knew his knowledge was poor again, and asked: "Who is she? What can you do if you contact her?"

Zhu Gaoyang rolled his eyes: "Save our lives." ===== CHAPTER 51 =====