webnovelvip Chapter 14 Unit 4
Chapter 14 Unit 4
Zhou Qi showed his skills in the assessment. In this year's Liangyi Sword Sect assessment, no one was promoted to a direct disciple again.
After the assessment, life returned to normal.The two elders of the Lihen sect had already left, but Bailifeng refused to leave. Jiang Changge arranged her to stay as a guest, and announced the retreat again.
Ming Yi has already left, and Jiang Chang Pavilion has been closed again. The two reasons for Jiang Xiaozhou to practice hard are gone. He was happy and relaxed, so he started to study Xiaobai.
After so long, Xiaobai still looks almost the same as when he was just born.Bai Lifeng told him that Jinluo White Wolf's infancy is five years, and the first two years are really long.It is necessary to grow from a calf-high body to half-height, and then maintain this peak state in the long youth and adulthood, until the age of 60, enter the aging period, and then meet death.
"However, if the master is willing to sign a blood contract with the spirit beasts, then they can share the master's lifespan and stay with the master forever." Bailifeng touched the double-headed phoenix beside him: "What it signed with me is The bloodline contract, the double-headed phoenix is a branch of the phoenix clan, and it has a very long lifespan, so maybe I'll be the one to take advantage of him in the future."
The double-headed phoenix leaned close to her side, biting her sleeve with open mouth.
At this time, they were digging spiritual grass for Xiaobai who had a growing appetite at the back mountain of Liangyi Sword Sect.
Jiang Xiaozhou threw a phoenix fruit to it, and the double-headed phoenix opened its mouth to catch it, swallowed it whole, and then bit Jiang Xiaozhou's sleeve with the other end.
"Hey, hey——" Bailifeng grabbed it by the neck and pulled it back, "Don't be so rude." Fortunately, she still knows the word rude.
Jiang Xiaozhou couldn't help laughing at the interaction between the two of them. Such a harmonious relationship is always pleasant.
Bailifeng bowed her head and counted on Double-headed Phoenix, caught a glimpse of his smile out of the corner of her eye, and thought to herself: It's really beautiful, why didn't I notice it before.
The double-headed phoenix is connected with her heart, the more she likes it, the more the double-headed phoenix leans into Jiang Xiaozhou's arms, pulling back and forth with one person and one beast, Bailifeng looks a bit embarrassed.
After a while, she brought the topic back to Xiaobai: "After so long, Xiaobai still hasn't changed at all. I think there are two possibilities."
Jiang Xiaozhou put his arms around Xiaobai, leaned over and asked, "What do you say?"
Bailifeng dodged back without showing a trace: "One is that Xiaobai didn't get the nutrients it needs to grow, just like this spirit grass—" She pulled out the spirit grass from the ground, "It needs sunlight and soil , and there is aura to grow, if we only give it aura, but don't give it sunshine and soil, it still won't grow up."
"Yeah." Jiang Xiaozhou nodded his head, thinking that these people are very powerful and know everything.
His biggest advantage is that he can see the advantages of others and follow their advice.
Bai Lifeng was stared at by his completely trusting eyes, and spoke more vigorously: "Another possibility is that Xiaobai is actually growing, but it is growing so slowly that we can't see it, but we can't see it. I don’t think that’s likely the reason.”
"why?"
"Do you know any creature that grows very slowly?"
Jiang Xiaozhou thought for a while and said, "A creature with a very long lifespan?"
"Yes, for example, the lifespan of the double-headed phoenix is limited to 1000 years, so the young of the double-headed phoenix is more than 30 years. The lifespan of the dragon of the Southern Darkness is limited to 1 years, and their lifespan is as long as 500 years when they are young. The longer it is, the more fragile it is in its infancy, which means that the spirit beast will be stronger and more intelligent after it grows up. Although there are some exceptions, such as a kind of spirit beast in Jiushui Prefecture, called Jiuzhuan Ruyi Carp, which can live up to 10 years. But the strength is very weak, if it wasn't for the people from Sifang Feiyu Academy watching all the time, they would have been chopped up to make soup."
"It must be delicious..." Jiang Xiaozhou hurriedly chased away the imagination about fish soup in his mind, and asked seriously: "You mean, according to the second possibility, Xiaobai might be that kind of guy like an ancient spirit beast ?”
Bai Lifeng rolled her eyes: "How can there be so many ancient spirit beasts for you to pick up in the world, you should collect Chinese cabbage."
Jiang Xiaozhou stroked Xiaobai's hair rather melancholy: "Xiaobai, Xiaobai, why don't you grow up after eating so much?"
Early the next morning, Jiang Xiaozhou was woken up by Xiaobai's wailing.
In a daze, he stretched out his hand to touch Xiaobai, only to feel that his tentacles were hot, and quickly opened his eyes, only to see Xiaobai rolling over and over on the bed, with red light around its eyes, and its fur all over its body was blown up. A pained sound came out of his mouth.
"Xiaobai?! What's the matter with you?" Jiang Xiaozhou's heart skipped a beat. He jumped up and touched Xiaobai tentatively. He saw that its eyes were even more red, and it looked a little crazy, but the mouth was still there. He whimpered, sounding a little aggrieved.
Jiang Xiaozhou didn't know why it suddenly behaved like this. His mind was in a mess. He thought of his puppy who died of illness in his previous life. He didn't like to socialize with people, so he didn't have many friends. He usually prefers to play with his dog. .
The significance of Xiaobai to him may be even more important than imagined.
He took a few deep breaths, and managed to come up with a way of thinking out of the panic: Bai Lifeng should be allowed to take a look first.
But he didn't know whether he should call Bailifeng over or take Xiaobai to Bailifeng directly.
He went to hug Xiaobai, Xiaobai struggled desperately because of the pain, when he was about to leave, Xiaobai stopped him desperately, not allowing him to leave.
When Jiang Xiaozhou was in trouble, Bailifeng opened the door and came in: "Why, I heard Xiaobai calling early in the morning... Hey, what's wrong with it?!"
"I don't know, I woke up like this this morning..."
Bailifeng saw Jiang Xiaozhou's face was pale and confused, so he first comforted him and said, "It's okay, I'll take a look."
She took a closer look, and immediately understood what was wrong with Xiaobai. She said, "Xiaobai has got the blood curse."
"curse?"
"Although it's called a curse, it's actually a disease." Bailifeng explained in a deep voice: "In the past, spirit beasts often suffered from this disease. There was no reason and it was extremely easy to die. The seniors who raised spirit beasts thought it was a disease from The curse of the bloodline, the spirit beasts are free by nature, they should not be with humans, if they are forced to be raised, then the spirit beasts will be prone to this disease."
"Is there no solution?"
"The only solution is to sign a contract with them to lift the curse of the bloodline." Bailifeng thought for a while and added: "In fact, very few spirit beasts suffer from this disease now. The explanation is that after tens of thousands of years of evolution, some spirit beasts have adapted to living with humans. Especially the Jinluo White Wolf, it shouldn't be..."
Jiang Xiaozhou made a decisive decision: "Fairy Lechi once told me that to sign a contract, you must go to the Beastmaster's Gate. Can Xiaobai last until then?"
"You need to go to the Beastmaster Gate only for signing the bloodline contract, have you considered it?" Bai Lifeng said: "Actually, a long time ago, the bloodline contract
It itself was created to suppress the curse of bloodlines. If you sign a contract with Xiaobai, you will share the same feelings with Xiaobai—including its pain, will you? "
I've been raising it for ten years, even if it's just an egg, I still have feelings.Xiaobai was lying on the bed at this time, his brows drooping, although he was in pain, he still stared at Jiang Xiaozhou closely, for fear that he would lose his sight.
"Xiaobai should be very scared now..." Jiang Xiaozhou said slowly: "I'm only worried that Xiaobai won't be able to survive the Beastmaster Gate, and I can't think of so many other things."
Bailifeng's expression was a bit complicated: "The blood curse will not make the spirit beast die so easily, and some spirit beasts will even suffer for several months before slowly dying."
"Then let's go now."
Jiang Xiaozhou's mobility was unexpectedly strong, he gently hugged Xiaobai, and said softly, "It's okay, it's okay."
When he looked down at Xiao Bai, his eyebrows were gentle and affectionate, Bai Lifeng had never seen such violent mood swings on him.
Zhou Qi must have never seen it.
After the two made a decision, they opened the door, but there was already a person standing outside.
Zhao Nan stood at the door for an unknown amount of time with his sword full of gaps on his back.Bailifeng and Jiang Xiaozhou were so busy going around for Xiaobai that they didn't even notice him.
"Junior brother Zhao looking for me?" Jiang Xiaozhou said quickly: "If there is nothing urgent, wait until I come back."
Zhao Nan frowned: "Where are you going?"
"Beastmaster Gate." Jiang Xiaozhou didn't want to explain too much to him.
Zhao Nan took off the epee and stuck it at Jiang Xiaozhou's door, saying in a deep voice, "I came here just to tell you that you are very strong, but I will definitely defeat you in the future."
"The heavy sword has no front, this is my way."
"My epee must be the strongest."
Jiang Xiaozhou managed to calm down, and when he saw the sword intent between his brows revealed, he knew that he had made another breakthrough.
"Junior brother Zhou, the Dao is three thousand, you and I are different, in the way of the sword, I am not as good as you, you don't have to worry about a failure."
Zhao Nan wanted to say something more, but Bai Lifeng stood up impatiently beside him: "Didn't you see that we are in a hurry?"
She turned to Jiang Xiaozhou and said, "Let's go, ride on both."
It was the first time Jiang Xiaozhou knew that this fiery red spirit beast had such a name, and he asked hesitantly, "Will the double-headed phoenix let me sit on it?"
Bailifeng explained carelessly: "The blood contract I signed with Double-headed Phoenix, we are connected, so you don't have to worry."
What she said was actually very ambiguous, but both of them were anxious, and neither of them touched carefully.
Sure enough, Shuangshuang ran over happily, spread out her fiery red and gorgeous wings, and the radiant feathers were fully displayed in front of Jiang Xiaozhou for the first time, which made him exclaim in surprise.
Bailifeng pulled him, and the two of them sat on the body of the double-headed phoenix. Both of them looked up to the sky and let out a crisp cry, vibrating their wings, and slowly flew up.
Its tail feathers and feet dragged the gorgeous inscription flames, soaring upwards, its figure was hidden in the clouds.