They had long since awakened their intelligence, enabling them to understand human speech and even speak themselves.
Yun Heng led Qingxiao, Canglan, and Xuan Mu to the front of the spirit beast crowd.
The surrounding spirit beasts immediately grew vigilant.
A few lightly injured spirit beasts took a few steps forward, shielding the other spirit beasts behind them.
Although they could not sense Yun Heng's exact cultivation level, they could smell the bloody scent of the Spirit-Devouring Desolate Lizard on her.
This human cultivator in front of them was highly likely related to the death of the Spirit-Devouring Desolate Lizard.
Yun Heng got straight to the point.
“Are you willing to sign a contract with me and leave the Northern Wilderness with me?”
The numerous spirit beasts looked at each other.
They clearly hadn't expected her to say something like this right off the bat.
The eyes of several Soul Transformation Realm spirit beasts held vigilance; they did not answer immediately.
Before Yun Heng could persuade them further, Qingxiao and Canglan, who were standing behind her, rushed forward.
Qingxiao slithered to the front of the spirit beast crowd and said impatiently:
“You definitely won't lose out by following Master.”
“The spiritual energy in Master's family is exceptionally dense.”
“Five years ago, Canglan and I were only at the mid stage of the Nascent Soul Realm, but now we're already at the mid stage of the Soul Transformation Realm.”
Hearing this, a commotion instantly broke out among the surrounding spirit beasts.
“What?”
“In just five years, breaking through from the mid stage of the Nascent Soul Realm to the mid stage of the Soul Transformation Realm?”
“How could it be so fast?”
A late stage Nascent Soul Realm spirit beast couldn't help but ask:
“Just how dense is the spiritual energy in your master's family?”
Qingxiao raised its head.
“It's much denser than the spiritual energy in the Qingming Secret Realm.”
Canglan also nodded beside it.
“Not long after we entered, we broke through to the peak of the Nascent Soul Realm.”
“After cultivating inside for a few more years, we directly reached the mid stage of the Soul Transformation Realm.”
The doubt in the eyes of the numerous spirit beasts gradually turned into astonishment and yearning.
For spirit beasts, whether the spiritual energy in the environment was sufficient directly affected their cultivation speed.
If Qingxiao and Canglan weren't lying, that place was indeed far more suitable for cultivation than the Northern Wilderness.
Canglan continued:
“We also have a mountain peak specifically for spirit beasts to live on.”
“The scenery there is exceptionally beautiful, with mountains and water, and spiritual herbs and trees are everywhere.”
“It's much better than this wasteland you're living in now.”
The eyes of the numerous spirit beasts lit up as they listened.
A small young beast hid behind several adult spirit beasts and asked in a low voice:
“Is it true?”
“Of course it's true,” Qingxiao replied immediately.
“Master's family also has many precious spiritual fruits and materials.”
“There's so much we can't possibly finish it all; eating for a hundred years wouldn't be a problem.”
Yun Heng's smile stiffened slightly.
Wasn't this exaggerating a bit too much?
Qingxiao and Canglan were still vigorously persuading the spirit beasts in front of them.
“Currently, there are only the two of us spirit beasts in the family. It's really too lonely.”
“Look, your original homes have already been destroyed, and quite a few of you are injured.”
“You might as well come with Master.”
Canglan nodded repeatedly.
“That's right.”
“Don't worry, Master will definitely not mistreat you.”
The numerous spirit beasts looked at Yun Heng at the same time.
Yun Heng suppressed the stiffness at the corners of her mouth and nodded at them with a smile.
As the sound of their conversation spread, more and more spirit beasts gathered around.
The numerous spirit beasts huddled together, discussing in low voices.
Some spirit beasts were highly tempted, while others were still hesitating.
They had lived in the Northern Wilderness for many years, so suddenly asking them to leave with a stranger, a human cultivator, naturally left them with some reservations.
Yun Heng took a step forward.
“Rest assured, everyone.”
“As long as you are willing to sign a contract with my family, you will be a member of the family.”
“From now on, we will share blessings and face hardships together.”
“I will definitely not mistreat you.”
She extended her right hand, pointing toward where Xuan Mu was standing.
“Those who are willing to go with me now can come to my right side.”
As soon as she finished speaking, a few spirit beasts that had lost their territories were the first to step out.
They came to Xuan Mu's side and stood quietly.
Following closely, over a dozen injured spirit beasts also walked over.
More and more spirit beasts walked over to Yun Heng's right side.
Before long, the spirit beasts willing to leave made up the vast majority of those present.
Only a tiny minority of spirit beasts still chose to remain in the Northern Wilderness.
Yun Heng looked at the massive crowd of spirit beasts gathered around Xuan Mu, highly satisfied.
This trip had not been in vain.
Xuan Mu walked into the spirit beast crowd and quickly finished counting them.
She returned to Yun Heng's side and bowed.
“Young Lord.”
“A total of one hundred Golden Core Realm spirit beasts, two hundred and thirty Nascent Soul Realm spirit beasts, and twenty Soul Transformation Realm spirit beasts are willing to leave with us.”
Exactly three hundred and fifty spirit beasts.
Yun Heng was overjoyed.
Such a large number of spirit beasts was enough to completely fill the originally empty Spirit Beast Peak.
However, she quickly thought of another problem.
Before Yun Heng could even speak, Xuan Mu seemed to already understand her concern.
“Young Lord does not need to sign individual contracts with them one by one.”
“There is a Covenant Platform on Spirit Beast Peak that can allow these spirit beasts to directly sign a Clan-Joining Spirit Covenant.”
“Clan-Joining Spirit Covenant?”
Xuan Mu explained:
“After signing the Clan-Joining Spirit Covenant, they will become subordinate spirit beasts of the family, establishing a connection with the entire family.”
“Normally, they can live and cultivate on Spirit Beast Peak, and they can also use the resources provided by the family.”
“But unlike individual contracts, they won't be directly linked to the Young Lord's divine sense.”
“If family disciples wish to contract a spirit beast in the future, they can sign a new individual contract under mutual consent.”
Yun Heng's eyes lit up.
This was a good method.
It was much more convenient than her personally signing contracts with three hundred and fifty spirit beasts.
Moreover, having too many contracted spirit beasts herself wasn't a good thing either.
Having Qingxiao and Canglan was already enough.
Qingxiao and Canglan seemed to hear her thoughts.
The two spirit beasts immediately nuzzled against Yun Heng's feet.
Qingxiao even climbed up her sleeve and wrapped itself directly around her wrist.
Yun Heng reached out to pat Qingxiao's head, then patted Canglan's head.
Afterward, she looked at Xuan Mu.
“Let's do that.”
Yun Heng opened the entrance to the Guiyuan Spirit Domain.
Xuan Mu led the three hundred and fifty spirit beasts into the spirit domain, heading toward Spirit Beast Peak to sign the Clan-Joining Spirit Covenant.
Qingxiao and Canglan remained by Yun Heng's side.
Now, there was one last thing to do.
“System.”
“Where is that cold vein?”
【Continue heading north.】
Yun Heng followed the direction guided by the System all the way north.
Before long, she arrived before a patch of cracked frozen earth.
There was an extremely large, deep pit in the center of the ground.
Claw marks left behind when the Spirit-Devouring Desolate Lizard burst out of the earth still remained on the edges of the pit.
It seemed this was where it had been sleeping previously.
Grayish-white cold mist constantly billowed out from the deep pit.
Just standing at the edge, Yun Heng could feel the chill transmitting from underground.
The cold vein was right below.
Yun Heng took Qingxiao and Canglan and jumped into the deep pit.
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