Chapter 77

"Li Shishu, can you let me and Shidi take a look at this mutated young crocodile?" Zhou Chu couldn't help but say.

Wang Yu also nodded in agreement.

The old man nodded, flicked his sleeve at the cage door, and the cage door opened on its own; he then grabbed into the void with one hand.

That newly born young crocodile flew out of the cage on its own and landed steadily in the old man's hand.

"You two can take a good look, but I advise you not to waste your effort. For a spirit beast just born like this, even if it has mutated, you won't be able to see any abnormalities at all," Li Shishu said faintly and handed the young crocodile in his hand to Wang Yu first.

Wang Yu took it with both hands and looked at it carefully.

The young crocodile's body was covered with some black spots, its belly was snow-white, and when he touched it with his hand, he felt the skin was slightly cool, soft, and very elastic; otherwise, he couldn't see any difference from an ordinary young crocodile at all.

After Wang Yu pondered in his heart, he suddenly formed a seal with one hand, and a pale yellow magic pattern flashed in his eyes and vanished. The void all around instantly turned pale yellow, and a layer of faint, thin blood light appeared on the surface of the young crocodile in his hand.

It was exactly the Qi Observation Art.

Wang Yu's gaze subconsciously swept over Li Shishu and Zhou Chu.

The blood light on the surface of the former's body was a full two inches high, while the latter's was no more than half an inch.

But this glance seemed to have made Li Shishu discover something; he immediately glared at Wang Yu.

Wang Yu felt a slight chill in his heart, hurriedly gave the old man a smiling face, and then looked at the three crocodile eggs in the cage.

The surfaces of the three crocodile eggs were also wrapped in blood light, but the thickness of the blood light was even stronger than that of the young crocodile.

Especially one of the larger beast eggs; the blood light it emitted was vaguely close to half an inch high, barely comparable to that of the yellow-robed man.

Wang Yu was thoughtful, and only then did he hand the young crocodile in his hand to the yellow-robed man beside him.

"Wang Shidi, how about you let me have this mutated Iron-Headed Crocodile?

This long-armed rabbit I have now was raised in my early years and doesn't have any very powerful abilities. I have always wanted to raise a second spirit beast; I feel this mutated Iron-Headed Crocodile is just right, and I want to gamble on my own luck," the yellow-robed man suddenly turned his head and said to Wang Yu beside him after checking the young beast in his hand.

"This..." Wang Yu looked at the young crocodile in the yellow-robed man's hand, then looked at the other three beast eggs in the cage, his face showing hesitation.

Li Shishu beside them smiled without a word, letting the two of them discuss it.

"Wang Shidi, if you are willing to yield this young beast, Li Li Shixiong will not forget this favor. Coincidentally, I have some exclusive notes I made while raising spirit beasts in my early years. Although they are not for the same type of spirit beast, they still have some reference value; I only hope that after Shidi reads them, you will not spread them outside," Zhou Chu saw this, hesitated for a moment, and then somewhat reluctantly took out a book and handed it over.

"The exclusive insights of an inner sect disciple have considerable value and can even be placed in the Scripture Depository for other disciples to read for spirit stones.

This brat Zhou Chu, although his cultivation is not high, still has a knack for raising spirit beasts," Li Shishu finally spoke, but it was unclear what he meant by these words.

"Since Li Li Shixiong Zhou likes it so much, how could Shidi disagree? Li Shishu, I will choose another Iron-Headed Crocodile egg instead," Wang Yu thought about it again and suddenly smiled as he took the book.

"Many thanks for your consideration, Shidi. Li Shishu, I want to sign the spirit contract immediately," Zhou Chu was overjoyed upon hearing this, and as if afraid Wang Yu would go back on his word, he hurriedly said to the old man.

Spirit contract?

Upon hearing this, Wang Yu showed a curious expression.

"If I were you, I wouldn't be in such a hurry to sign the spirit contract.

Although the growth speed of the young beast will accelerate after signing the spirit contract, this is after all a mutated young beast, and its early growth won't be slow either; it's best to feed it for a period of time and observe before deciding.

If you discover something is wrong, you still have room to go back on it; otherwise, you will have to endure the pain of spirit contract backlash," Li Shishu said faintly to Zhou Chu upon hearing this.

"Shishu's teachings are correct; doing this is safer, and I don't want to endure the pain of spirit contract backlash. By the way, how many spirit stones does this young crocodile need?" Zhou Chu shuddered upon hearing this and thanked him repeatedly.

"An ordinary Iron-Headed Crocodile young beast costs two hundred spirit stones, but this mutated young crocodile costs five hundred," the old man stated an astronomical price that gave Wang Yu a big shock.

"So expensive? At this price, it seems it would have been more cost-effective to use Wang Shidi's free quota," the yellow-robed man's face turned somewhat pale upon hearing this.

"Nephew Zhou, you should know the rules of the Spirit Beast Hall: the free quota for spirit beasts cannot be transferred or disguisedly transferred; otherwise, it will violate sect rules," the old man straightened his face.

"I was just saying; although five hundred spirit stones is a lot, Nephew can still scrape it together," Zhou Chu was startled and hurriedly fished out a storage bag from his bosom, pouring out a large pile of white crystals and four crimson crystals.

These are mid-grade spirit stones!

Wang Yu's pupils shrank slightly when he saw these crimson crystals.

Although he had long known through books that spirit stones were divided into low, mid, and high grades, and that spirit stones above mid-grade had attributes and were even rarer—one mid-grade spirit stone was worth one hundred low-grade spirit stones—this was his first time seeing the real thing.

No, that blue crystal in the cage should also be a mid-grade spirit stone.

Wang Yu's gaze subconsciously looked into the cage again.

"Four mid-grade fire-attribute spirit stones, one hundred low-grade spirit stones." Zhou Chu swept his consciousness over them, identified the exact number of these spirit stones, flicked his sleeve, and all the spirit stones disappeared.

Zhou Chu showed an expression of heartache, but after looking at the young crocodile in his hand, he became full of joy again.

At this time, Li Shishu took out the largest Iron-Headed Crocodile egg from under Wang Yu's finger.

He then asked Wang Yu for his inner sect disciple token, identified it after forming seals and casting spells, returned the token, and said faintly:

"Newly joined inner sect disciples will also be helped to plant a spirit contract with their spirit beast for free when using the free spirit beast quota, but since you are a physical bloodline possessor, the spirit contract will naturally become a blood contract.

You first drip your essence blood onto this beast egg; I will handle the spellcasting below, and do not resist the power of the contract."

After Li Shishu finished speaking, he let Wang Yu hold the beast egg with one hand while biting his finger to squeeze several drops of essence blood onto the surface of the beast egg.

He then took out a black scroll from his bosom, chanted incantations, and slowly opened it.

With a "Puff."

The scroll ignited on its own in the wind, and a ball of silver light flew out from it, vanishing into the beast egg in a flash.

The essence blood on the surface of the beast egg quickly disappeared, but the next moment, another ball of blood red flew out from the egg and vanished into Wang Yu's brow in a flash.

Wang Yu only felt a "hissing" sound in his ears, and then there were no other abnormalities.

"The younger the beast, the stronger the effect of the blood contract. You have set the contract directly with the beast egg, so the effect is naturally even better. From the moment this Iron-Headed Crocodile is born, it will have a sense of you and will absolutely never recognize a second person as its master.

Additionally, I have here a book of basic knowledge on spirit beast cultivation, which is also a free copy for all inner sect disciples. Now you two can leave; once the beast egg hatches, I will naturally send a message to notify you."

Li Shishu put the beast egg back into the iron cage, cast a spell to make a white light shield appear on it, and threw a thick book to Wang Yu before starting to rudely chase them away.