Chapter 730: Winning Trust

The light divine deer replied, "This... I can't explain it clearly either. At least everything in life is done willingly, and each day isn't too troublesome. If I became your mount, I'm afraid it would be hard to achieve those two points."

Xiao Feng didn't know how to respond for a moment.

As a mount, one must first lose freedom; although with a player's help one can gain faster leveling speed, without freedom, even great strength may not bring happiness.

This is quite a troublesome point.

Mang Mei also fell silent.

After a long while, she said, "Alright, I give up... Elder Brother Xiao Feng, let's go look elsewhere."

"Eh? But..."

Xiao Feng felt a bit unwilling to give up so quickly.

"Go on, I wish you good luck." The light divine deer let out a gentle laugh, seeing them retreat knowing the difficulty, also feeling relieved.

Xiao Feng stood frozen in place, leading his teammates—neither going nor staying was an option.

Just then, the young light divine deer suddenly let out a tender cry!

The fawn seemed to say something to its mother, its gaze pointing at Mang Mei, and it lifted its two forelegs, kicking in the air a few times, as if wanting to come over and get close to Mang Mei.

"This..."

The light divine deer let out a surprised sound, looked at Mang Mei, somewhat puzzled, and said, "My child says it senses ultimate kindness in this young lady. Although she possesses evil power, her heart is pure..."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Feng thought there was a turning point!

He quickly echoed, "Exactly, exactly! Our Mang Mei is the best! She's friendly to everyone, normally she wouldn't even step on an ant, she loves and protects plants, cares about climate and nature, like an angel bestowed by heaven, kind beyond compare! As for the evil power, that's from obtaining a job-change certificate from the Death God Kingdom's divine envoys, and it actually has nothing to do with her inner self! She became willing to bear this evil power in order to grow stronger, to have greater strength to protect the weak, embodying the spirit of 'I would sacrifice myself to save all beings; if I don't enter hell, who will?' We friends all deeply admire her!"

After saying all that, his teammates were left dumbfounded.

When did Old Xiao become so eloquent?

Before, he clearly only knew how to scold people!

"Xiao, Elder Brother Xiao Feng... I, I don't have that..."

Mang Mei's pretty face flushed, she was embarrassed by the praise.

Such exaggerated praise would make even the thick-skinned Li Li feel ashamed, let alone her, this thin-skinned little sister.

But the light divine deer actually believed those words!

That pure, flawless divine deer, like moonlight, stared into Mang Mei's eyes for a long time.

It slowly said, "Indeed, it is a pure and flawless soul, fitting for our Light Divine Deer Clan. But... child, you must think clearly: if you follow her, you will no longer be able to freely roam the Elemental Sea."

Those last words were directed at her young fawn.

Mang Mei knew this was her chance; hearing this, she no longer cared about shyness and quickly said, "If I have time in the future, I'll take it to more beautiful places—not just the Elemental Sea, but the Ten Thousand Heavens World. I will treat it as a partner, not merely a mount."

Her words were sincere.

The light divine deer can tell whether she is sincere.

Upon hearing it, the fawn let out a long cry, flew over, and circled around Mang Mei in the air.

It then rubbed its little head against her long legs.

Seeing this, the Great Divine Deer Mother sighed helplessly, "Well, since it's its own choice, I shouldn't interfere; let nature take its course."

Xiao Feng and the others exchanged glances.

Taming this mount is also too easy!

It doesn't require any martial force, and hardly even needs to move one's lips.

What moves the divine deer's heart is entirely Mang Mei's kindness and sincerity!

Moreover, the speed is incredibly fast!

Such a result far exceeded everyone's expectations.

Mang Mei and the fawn played for a while, then she said to the Divine Deer Mother, "Don't worry, I'll take good care of it. Um... for its safety, I want to make it my mount; I hope you can understand."

If a player's mount dies, it loses loyalty but does not truly die; after resting a while, it can be resummoned.

The higher the mount's grade, the longer its "dormant time" after death.

No matter what, it's still far better than actually dying!

The Divine Deer Mother replied, "Mm, let's do that. I hope you can always keep a kind heart and not disappoint my child's expectations of you."

Mang Mei nodded: "I will keep your advice in mind!"

Saying that, she used the mount capture command on the fawn.

With both parties willing, the capture command succeeded instantly.

A bond formed between the person and the deer; both seemed quite happy.

Mang Mei shared the fawn's information with Xiao Feng and the others to check.

【Light Divine Deer (Unnamed) (Blind Archer's Mount)】

Species: Light Divine Deer

Quality: Tier 4 (max growth to level 650)

Talents: Flight, Light Power, Dual Riding (pending activation)

Level: 20 (juvenile)

Loyalty: 95

HP: 180,000/180,000

MP: 50,000/50,000

Physical Defense: 2000

Magic Defense: 2000

Normal Speed: No data

Skills: Light Purification, Resurrection Technique

Stamina: 78/100

The little deer's level is still low, it cannot be ridden, just like Old Zhang's Vermilion Bird; there is temporarily no speed data.

However, a mount of fourth-stage quality definitely won't be slow.

A level 20 little deer has already mastered two skills. It is a priest-class support mount that can grant the owner purification technique to remove control status, and can also help resurrect the owner's teammates.

Bringing this mount is equivalent to having an extra resurrection technique, which can greatly increase fault tolerance in dungeon battles!

During outdoor battles, it can also quickly pull people to fill positions, saving time spent running the map.

Just these two skills alone already have tremendous value!

When Xiao Feng and the others were preparing to say goodbye to the Divine Deer Mother, the Divine Deer Mother also said to Mang Mei: "In the future, if you have enough strength, you can go to the Myriad Heavens Battlefield to look for a treasure called the Myriad Beast Spirit. After all land-beast-type spirit beasts consume it, they have a high chance of rising in rank."

Mang Mei heard this and immediately nodded, saying: "Okay, I will strive to find it!"

Xiao Feng also nodded secretly, and the database gained information about a new item.

Myriad Beast Spirit……

When you have free time, you must definitely bring back a hundred or so, so that your friends' mounts can all leap forward a level!

All together, upgrade to ninth stage!

Whether it works or not, first blow some hot air in your heart—anyway, there's no loss!

"Since my child already has a home, I too must leave this place. Before I go, I'll give you a heads-up: on Nine-Colored Island now there exists a being that even I dare not provoke. If you encounter her, you must absolutely be careful."

The Divine Deer Mother said to Xiao Feng and the others:

Then she flew over and affectionately nuzzled her little deer baby for a while.

Afterward, she turned into a beam of white light and vanished into the horizon.

That speed……is so fast that the naked eye can't even perceive it; it's probably more than twice as fast as the Wind Riding Technique!

(End of chapter)