Lu Heng was also startled by the white tiger's reaction. He took a few steps back and looked at the psychic white tiger in silence.
Just as Lu Heng was about to talk to the white tiger again, the director's voice echoed in his mind.
"Master, I sense a fire-element psychic nearby."
Lu Heng: "? Director, can you sense the psychic abilities of animals?"
"Yes, I just suddenly sensed it."
Lu Heng moved to the side, pulled out a comfortable single sofa, placed it on the open ground, and sat down again before asking, "Then, when I saw that eagle this morning, could you sense its psychic ability?"
"Not at that time, but I could sense it when I saw those rats just now. A few of them are earth-element psychics."
"Oh?"
Lu Heng pondered. When he came out in the morning, that psychic eagle was very close to him, but the director couldn't sense its element at that time.
Now that he was at the zoo, the director could sense the elements of psychic animals?
Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he got up and paced a few steps in the aisle.
Could it be that because he had advanced to the second tier, the director's abilities had also advanced?
Since the director's original ability was mind-reading, which was a sensing skill, then as he advanced, the director's abilities also advanced?
This meant that as long as he became stronger, the abilities of the psychic animals he contracted would also increase.
But why could he master the director's mind-reading, yet not master the ability to sense the elements of these psychic animals?
The director sensed the problem Lu Heng was thinking about. It had been communicating with Lu Heng all along, so it could also sense what Lu Heng was thinking at this moment.
Of course, as the contracting party, Lu Heng could unilaterally cut off the director's ability to sense his thoughts. He had tried this a few days ago after he could communicate with the director.
He didn't want his pet to pry into his thoughts.
The director reminded him, "Have you tried?"
"Tried what?"
"Sensing their elemental abilities!"
"This... I didn't sense anything."
He could clearly see whether animals had psychic abilities, but he didn't know the specific reason. Therefore, he was also very confused about how to sense the elemental abilities of those animals.
"How did you know their elements?"
"I just sensed it naturally?"
Lu Heng...
Fine, as if he hadn't asked.
He sat back on the sofa, staring at the white tiger behind the iron bars, which was eyeing him menacingly.
White Tiger: "Why is this person looking at me again?"
"Why isn't he bringing me meat?"
"Are all zookeepers this lazy now?"
"And he's glaring at me?"
"If you glare at me again, I'll eat you."
"..."
Lu Heng... another chatterbox.
Lu Heng mobilized his perception and probed into the white tiger's vicinity.
As expected, this time he sensed a faint red glow emanating from the crystal in the white tiger's head.
"It really is a fire-element psychic."
"Are you willing to contract with me?" Lu Heng stood up again and walked to the edge of the bars, asking the white tiger, which was still in a defensive posture inside.
"Are you talking to me?"
"Otherwise? It's not like I'm talking to myself here."
"You weren't just now..."
Lu Heng...
He conjured a basin of ancient well water from his spatial storage and found a fresh chicken.
Lu Heng remembered that the white tiger had mistaken him for a zookeeper earlier, so he decided to try if the white tiger would like the chicken soaked in this ancient well water.
Lu Heng pushed the whole chicken, which had been soaked in the ancient well water, through the animal feeding slot. The white tiger, which had been starving for several days, twitched its nose and then cautiously approached the chicken.
The white tiger glanced at Lu Heng outside the bars again. Unable to resist its hunger, it no longer hesitated, snatched the whole chicken, and found a spot a little further away to eat.
"Munch, munch, delicious! This is much tastier than what the zookeepers fed me before."
The white tiger, which had been starving for days, finished the chicken in a few bites, not even spitting out the bones.
Sticking out its tongue, the white tiger licked its lips. "Anything else?"
"There is, but I'll only give you more if you contract with me."
"Then... what is a contract?"
Lu Heng looked at his hand, then gritted his teeth and took a small knife, cutting a small wound on his finger.
Looking at the blood beads on his finger, Lu Heng resolutely extended his entire hand behind the iron bars.
"Lick my finger."
The white tiger looked at Lu Heng's fair and tender arm, walked closer, and sniffed. Indeed, the pleasant scent from earlier lingered on his hand.
The white tiger extended its tongue and licked Lu Heng's palm. Lu Heng immediately felt a rough brush against his palm, like stiff bristles.
Damn, this was much rougher than the thorns on that cat's tongue.
Just as Lu Heng was muttering to himself, the tiger behind the bars disappeared.
At this moment, Lu Heng also felt a surge of warmth emanating from his body. The crystal in his mind flashed with a faint red light, and then the red light disappeared, and the crystal in his mind returned to its pale white color.
Lu Heng, along with the sofa, flashed back into his spatial dimension. He wanted to see where the white tiger's tattoo was and whether such a large creature would take up space on his skin.
Back in the apartment in his spatial dimension, Lu Heng took off his shirt and examined his skin in the mirror.
Sure enough, a tiger tattoo appeared on his right shoulder.
He flashed again and arrived at the plaza of the city in his spatial dimension. He wanted to test the power of the fire-element psychic ability.
With a thought, a faint red flame appeared in his palm. Lu Heng aimed at the cement ground a few meters away and swung it out.
With a "boom," the cement ground was blasted into a deep pit with a diameter of two meters.
Walking to the edge of the pit, Lu Heng looked down. It was estimated to be over a meter deep.
Looking at the flame that had once again gathered in his palm, Lu Heng's lips curved into an arc.
In his previous life, he didn't have this kind of elemental ability. He could only fight on the front lines miserably, and he had envied those elemental psychics fighting from the back.
In this life, he had the ability to contract with other psychics and thus obtain their elemental abilities. This heaven-defying ability probably wouldn't have a second one in this world.
He retracted the flame in his palm and released the white tiger with his consciousness.
The white tiger crouched in front of Lu Heng, its eyes fixed on him intently.
Lu Heng: "...What kind of look is that?"
"Master, where's my meat?"
Having successfully contracted with Lu Heng, the white tiger appeared extremely docile, but its gaze was too intense.
Lu Heng waved his hand again, and two plucked whole chickens fell in front of the white tiger.
The white tiger stepped forward and sniffed. "This isn't the same kind of chicken."
"Heh, so picky?"
He conjured a large water basin and filled it with half a basin of ancient well water. Lu Heng waved his hand and put the two chickens into it.
"Yes, it's this taste."
Before Lu Heng could instruct it, the white tiger leaped to the basin, drank half of the ancient well water, and then ate the two chickens in the remaining well water.
The satisfied white tiger wagged its tail and crawled to Lu Heng's leg. As it let out a burp, a small fireball was spewed out.
Lu Heng was truly surprised that this fellow could spew fire even when burping. He reacted a beat too late, and the fabric of his pant leg was slightly singed by the fireball.
Fortunately, he now had fire abilities, so this little bit of fire wouldn't burn him.
He stepped into the water basin he had just used, and only then did he extinguish the fire on his pant leg.