After the little green snake calmed down, Chu Jingzhuo also let out a sigh of relief.
Then, came the key point.
He looked at Mu Shiyue, "Master, how do you form a contract?"
Don't be fooled by the fact that cultivators can contract spirit beasts, how many can truly do so?
Moreover, contracting also has its intricacies. There seem to be various incantations and the like.
This kind of knowledge is rarely used, so naturally, not many people understand it.
Everyone knows that one can form a contract, but how exactly is it done?
When Chu Jingzhuo brought the spirit beast egg back earlier, everyone had already discussed this issue.
They were very concerned about the incubation and contracting of the spirit beast egg.
However, they didn't worry for long, because they unanimously believed that they could just look for Master, Master would definitely know!
So, Chu Jingzhuo really came to ask Master.
Meeting the disciples' curious gazes, as if they were looking at an encyclopedia, Mu Shiyue's mouth twitched.
She really didn't know when her status in her disciples' hearts had become so lofty.
She really wanted to say that she didn't know either, but she actually did know!
"First, you need to confirm whether you truly want to bind with it."
"Confirmed!" Chu Jingzhuo nodded seriously.
"Do you know what happens after contracting a spirit beast?"
"I know." Chu Jingzhuo nodded. "If we sign a contract, then we share life and death, fortune and misfortune."
"Your understanding is too superficial," Mu Shiyue shook her head.
"Hm?"
Everyone looked at her in confusion.
"There are a total of three types of contracts. What you described is a soul contract."
"Three types of contracts?" The several people became even more curious.
They had only heard of contracts, but didn't actually understand the specific classifications.
"One is the soul contract. You and Xiao Qing will share life and death, fortune and misfortune. No matter who dies, the other will suffer severe damage, even death. This type of contract relationship is difficult to undo and is basically binding for a lifetime. However, this requires both sides to be truly willing from the bottom of their hearts in order to form the contract."
"One is the mutual-friend contract, which is a cooperative relationship. If one side dies, the damage the other side suffers will be much lighter, and the contract relationship can be dissolved at any time."
"There is also the master-servant contract. One side will transfer the injuries it suffers to the other side, and the controlled side must obey unconditionally. Generally, only when a cultivator's strength overwhelmingly surpasses that of the spirit beast can such a contract be signed. However, this type of contract is prone to backlash."
"Generally speaking, cultivators will choose the second type, the mutual-friend contract. It has low difficulty and is friendly to both sides."
Mu Shiyue carefully explained the differences between the various contract relationships to the disciples.
Not to mention the disciples who had never seen much of the world, even Ke Chongbo was shocked by this explanation.
"Sect Master Mu, you're amazing. You actually understand this so clearly!"
Mu Shiyue was even more shocked than he was, "Isn't this common knowledge?!"
"No!" Ke Chongbo's eyes widened even more than hers. "How is this common knowledge? This is the first time I've heard such a detailed explanation!"
"..." Mu Shiyue was stunned. "Aren't you a disciple of Changtian Sect? Is this your first time knowing about these contracts?!"
Changtian Sect is one of the top ten sects, and Ke Chongbo is the son of a big shot. Yet he had never heard of this?
"I've only heard of soul contracts and mutual-friend contracts. I've never heard of master-servant contracts," Ke Chongbo said honestly. "And it wasn't explained as thoroughly as you did."
"Isn't this… something everyone knows?" Mu Shiyue still found it unbelievable.
"Of course not!" Ke Chongbo shook his head. "I can bet that other people know even less!"
Mu Shiyue wore an expression of existential doubt, "Th-this… what's going on?"
In just a thousand years, had the cultivators of this world declined this badly?
This was clearly the most basic common knowledge!
It's normal for the disciples not to know, after all, their experiences were different from Ke Chongbo's, Wanxuan Sect had few records, and the Mu couple probably didn't have time to teach them these things.
Moreover, for their former selves, contracting spirit beasts was simply a fantasy. There was no need to waste time understanding it at all.
But Ke Chongbo was different!
Changtian Sect should have a heritage of several thousand years, right?!
Mu Shiyue vaguely remembered that in her previous life, someone from Changtian Sect had come to visit her.
But at the time, she had been wholeheartedly focused on cultivating, extremely driven, indifferent to worldly affairs, and hadn't interacted much with others.
Facing Mu Shiyue's doubts, Ke Chongbo was also very indignant, "We don't really have opportunities to contract spirit beasts. Even if we understand it, it's not very useful."
"Hm?" Mu Shiyue frowned, discovering a problem. "You also don't have a contracted beast?"
That's right, given Ke Chongbo's status, he should've had a contracted beast!
In her previous life, she had seen many cultivators with contracted beasts.
"No." Ke Chongbo shook his head. "Only my father has one contracted beast."
"Your mother doesn't have one either?"
As soon as the question left her mouth, Mu Shiyue knew she had asked something unnecessary.
When Wen Yan had come earlier, she hadn't had a spirit beast by her side either.
And when she saw the Soul-Devouring Tiger, she had been especially shocked.
"No." Ke Chongbo shook his head. "Only my father has one."
"You don't want to contract a spirit beast?" Mu Shiyue was surprised.
"How could that be!" Ke Chongbo's eyes widened. "If I had a contracted beast, I would've been happy enough to die!"
Did he not want one?
He simply didn't have one!
Ke Chongbo thought Sect Master Mu was mocking him.
How could Mu Shiyue have the time to mock him? She was completely puzzled, "Aren't your parents elders of Changtian Sect? How did they not find you a contracted beast?"
Mu Shiyue's question made Ke Chongbo's face turn green. He helplessly raised his hands in surrender, "Sect Master Mu, not everyone is as liked by spirit beasts as you are! Spirit beasts nowadays are very fierce!"
He lowered his head and looked at the young ones circling around Mu Shiyue's feet, his eyes turning red with envy.
"I heard my mother say that a thousand years ago, contracting spirit beasts was much easier, and many cultivators could contract a spirit beast. But a thousand years ago, the world's spiritual qi underwent a violent upheaval.
"After that, the generational power gap among cultivators became even more severe. Fusion Stage ancestors were almost gone.
"On the contrary, spirit beasts became fiercer. Moreover, they became unwilling to be contracted."
Ke Chongbo explained, "As time passed, cultivators and spirit beasts became increasingly distinct from one another. The difficulty of contracting spirit beasts skyrocketed. By now, aside from the Myriad Beast Sect's beast tamers, it's very hard for others to contract spirit beasts."
He shrugged, "And to contract a spirit beast, you still have to find cultivators from Myriad Beast Sect to help. Otherwise, you simply can't contract one. By now, some small sects' traditions regarding spirit beasts may have already been cut off. What we know is also very limited."
"You even need to find cultivators from Myriad Beast Sect to help in order to contract?" Chu Jingzhuo sharply caught the key point.
"Mm." Ke Chongbo nodded. "They're the only ones who know how. When my father contracted his spirit beast back then, he also had them help."
"Then wouldn't that mean they charge a fee?" Meng Fanzé also asked.
"Mm, and the fee is quite expensive."
"How much?"
"Generally, it starts at one excellent grade spirit stone."
"One excellent grade spirit stone?!" Several people sucked in a sharp breath, all shocked.
That's outright robbery, isn't it?!
"Who told them to have the exclusive technique?" Ke Chongbo was also very helpless.
Mu Shiyue: "..."
This is the result of monopoly, isn't it?