Zhan Li instantly felt something. The Myriad Longevity Diagram had recognized him as its master and was absorbed into his body.
"So that's how it is, I understand..."
His expression was ecstatic, his excited eyes unfocused as if he were sensing the artifact's power.
Su Luo and Li Tian Jue exchanged a look, finally letting out a sigh of relief.
It seemed they were right.
After a long while, Zhan Li finally calmed down.
He took a deep breath, and just as he was about to say something, he swayed slightly, almost fainting.
Too much blood loss...
"Fourth Senior Brother, I'm sorry, I forgot to stop your bleeding." Su Luo stuck out her tongue and quickly took out a healing pill for Zhan Li, then crushed another and sprinkled it carefully onto his wound.
The bleeding quickly stopped.
Su Luo felt a little embarrassed. The cut from the previous knife had been a bit deep, directly severing Zhan Li's artery.
But she couldn't help it. For the Fourth Senior Brother to recognize this artifact as his master, the Myriad Beasts Diagram needed to absorb half of his blood to achieve unity of man and diagram, truly becoming its master.
Fortunately, Zhan Li's cultivation was good, having reached the Venerable Sixth Stage, and with the healing pills, a special medicine absent in his previous life, healing such a wound was a minor matter. He would recover in a few days.
"I, I'll go back and rest first, my head is so dizzy..."
Zhan Li rubbed his temples and stood up unsteadily. Looking at Li Tian Jue and Su Luo, he saw stars and forced himself to say, "Th-thank you."
Li Tian Jue nodded, "You're welcome, Fourth Senior Brother. Shall I call for a couple of servants to escort you back?"
Zhan Li waved his hand and opened the door himself to leave.
Finally, a major task was accomplished.
Su Luo knew that once Fourth Senior Brother recovered, he would thoroughly research his artifact.
The power of this Myriad Beasts Diagram was beyond her imagination.
According to the information Su Luo saw, this artifact was equivalent to a massive spirit beast space. Any spirit beast or demonic beast defeated by Fourth Senior Brother would become his spirit pet and enter the Myriad Beasts Diagram.
When needed in the future, he could summon them again, as many as he had. Moreover, as long as the summoned spirit pets were not dead, even if severely injured, they could recover slowly if promptly returned to the spirit beast space.
Su Luo could imagine Fourth Senior Brother becoming a top-tier expert comparable to his ancestors, leading countless spirit pet armies and being invincible.
She truly looked forward to this scene!
However, Su Luo also read a very important piece of information from the Divine Eye Mirror.
The foundation of beast taming lay in communication with spirit beasts and demonic beasts. If their hearts were connected, they could communicate and be subdued even without a spirit pet contract.
The three realms of beast taming: Cooperation, Submission, Divine Covenant.
Ordinary people taming spirit beasts or demonic beasts could only achieve a stage of reluctant cooperation. Beast tamers would use spirit pet contracts to make them submissive and obedient, but reaching the level of Divine Covenant was difficult.
This 'Covenant' did not mean contract, but rather 'fittingness'.
Only by communicating freely with spirit beasts and demonic beasts, becoming their friends, could they be recognized. Even the most skilled beast tamers could not achieve this because of the language barrier between humans and beasts; they could only rely on the power of contracts for a rough understanding.
This was why spirit pets occasionally turned against their masters...
Su Luo's heart pounded. Had she discovered something even more powerful?
"What are you spacing out about?"
Li Tian Jue said this while calling for a servant to clean the room and bring some fruit.
Su Luo snapped back to attention, suppressing her thoughts, planning to research it later.
She slowly picked up an orange, peeled it, and ate it, shaking her head and sighing, "Eldest Senior Brother, when did you learn to enjoy yourself, actually affording to eat oranges? Didn't you always say you had to toil your muscles and bones and starve your body?"
Li Tian Jue was speechless. This girl only remembered that sentence?
"Then don't eat it, put it down."
Su Luo giggled, "Don't be so stingy, Eldest Senior Brother! By the way, the demon called Hong Yan earlier said that something might happen in Jade Void City recently. Do you have any thoughts on that?"
Li Tian Jue became serious; he was also thinking about this issue.
"Do you think what he said is true?" he looked at Su Luo.
"We can't be too careful. Secrets revealed by someone on the verge of death are highly credible."
Su Luo quickly finished an orange and picked up another to peel, casually popping two segments into Li Tian Jue's mouth. "But Jade Void City is so large, with countless sects, noble families, and even forces from other countries. If we just guess, we can't determine what exactly will happen."
Li Tian Jue was stunned by the orange segments in his mouth. He had been fed!
But Su Luo did it so naturally, just casually sharing, showing no other intention.
Should he eat it or not?
"Eldest Senior Brother, what's wrong?" Su Luo suddenly looked at him.
Li Tian Jue snapped back to attention, feigning nonchalance as he ate the orange segments, "Yes, what you said makes sense. I'll tell Second Senior Brother to pay more attention to the situation in the city."
Jade Void City was the capital of the Northern Underworld Empire. Not to mention that Second Senior Brother was the Crown Prince of the Northern Underworld Empire, and considering how close Qing Xu Heaven was to Jade Void City, he couldn't stand by and let the demonic cultivators cause trouble.
Directly using the imperial family's power to investigate was much more convenient and efficient than their own investigation. After all, all forces in the city owed some respect to the imperial family.
After chatting for a while, as it was nearing mealtime, Su Luo went to the kitchen by herself, cooked a few dishes, and had dinner at Li Tian Jue's place.
After eating her fill, she returned. The sky had already darkened. Su Luo cultivated for a while longer and prepared to rest.
As she lay in bed, she suddenly remembered something.
Oh no, how much money did I spend today?
Su Luo had originally only planned to buy a voice transmission jade pendant, but later she also bought the Myriad Beasts Diagram for Zhan Li, spending nearly two hundred million spirit coins. This included thirty million from Li Tian Jue. Her hard-earned savings were instantly wiped out.
"Wuwuwu..." She really wanted to cry. She had to earn money quickly again.
Late at night, Purple Bamboo Residence.
Li Tian Jue had just finished his internal cultivation and was preparing for bed after washing up.
Suddenly, the voice transmission jade pendant stirred. He picked it up and connected, hearing Su Luo's aggrieved voice: "Eldest Senior Brother..."
"What's wrong, Su Luo?" Li Tian Jue's heart tightened, thinking she was in trouble.
"I, I'm out of money again."
The girl's voice was soft, with a hint of crying. Li Tian Jue breathed a sigh of relief, knowing Su Luo was fine, yet he was still touched by the sweet and soft voice, as if smelling the scent of oranges again.
He couldn't help but chuckle and lowered his voice, "You're so capable, you'll earn more."
"But it's so tiring... I haven't enjoyed myself for two days, and I'm a pauper again."
"It's alright, Fourth Junior Brother will still return it to you."
"But it takes time, and... next month I'll need over twenty million, and there's no source for it..."
Listening to Su Luo's cooing, Li Tian Jue lay in bed, his usually unshakeable heart melting. Holding the voice transmission jade pendant, he said softly, "Alright, don't worry. Worst comes to worst, I'll help you together, okay?"
"Wuwuwu..."
Unable to do anything about her, Li Tian Jue coaxed her more gently, "Good girl, don't cry. Worst comes to worst, I won't ask you for those thirty million."
"Really?" She sounded a little disbelieving.
"Really."
"Great! Eldest Senior Brother, you promised! A gentleman's word is his bond, so that's settled. Goodnight!"
Uh...
Li Tian Jue held the now silent voice transmission jade pendant, and it took him a long time to react.
He had been played by this girl again!