Creating a paradise in an ant nest

Chapter 84 A Young Spirit Beast, A Tremendous Shock

Liu He returned to the Spirit Wood Garden and began studying the "Soul-Taming Contract Law" from the Spirit Pet Pavilion.

After careful study, he understood the difference between it and ordinary contract law.

"I see."

"The name sounds so imposing, but it's more of a gimmick than a substance."

He thought to himself.

The so-called beast taming contract is essentially an "unequal" contract, like a master-servant contract.

Cultivators can sense the status and location of spirit beasts through contracts and can control them to a certain extent.

A contract is a spiritual beast's spiritual sea of ​​consciousness planted by a cultivator with their own divine soul.

Therefore, the acceptance of spirit beasts is necessary.

How could a spirit beast easily accept someone else planting a contract within its soul?

No matter what kind of spirit beast you contract, it will be difficult; the difficulty just varies depending on the type of spirit beast.

The easiest is undoubtedly the spirit pet.

Cultivators feed the young spirit pets to build a bond, and since spirit pets are generally docile, it is easy to form a contract with them.

Besides spirit pets, the stronger and more promising a spirit beast is, the more difficult it is to form a contract with it.

Some spirit beasts are even impossible to contract, as they are "unyielding to the death," preferring death to giving up their freedom to become someone else's tamed beast.

"This Soul-Suppressing Contract Technique simply adds the effect of soul-suppressing to the ordinary contract technique, using a powerful soul to suppress the soul of the spirit beast, thus reducing its will to resist."

The contract it establishes is a regular contract, not some mysterious contract that allows for the sharing of talents.

"That makes sense. It was a freebie that came with the purchase of the Netherworld Ferocious Cat; how could it possibly give me the true contract secrets of the Lingrui Immortal Sect?"

Liu He wasn't surprised; he was just curious and wanted to broaden his horizons, not expecting to find some secret technique.

Buying the Netherworld Ferocious Cat for 150 spirit stones was already a steal.

"According to the secret manual, this law of contracts has limitations."

It requires one's own cultivation level and spiritual strength to far exceed those of the contracted spirit beast in order to perform this skill; otherwise, one will suffer a backlash.

Even if the conditions are met, there is still a possibility of failure. Some spirit beasts would rather die than submit; they are not afraid of death and therefore are not afraid of soul-shaking. This method is only effective against spirit beasts with a will to survive.

"It seems to have little practical effect."

Liu He speculated about the practical applications of this contract law.

The so-called will to survive is just the fear of death.

It requires not only a cultivation level and spiritual strength far exceeding that of the spirit beast, but also that the spirit beast possesses a will to survive.

Even without the Soul-Taming Contract Technique, a normal contract technique would likely be sufficient to successfully form a contract in this situation.

In reality, it is very rare for this contract law to be applied.

"I doubt anyone would use this kind of contract method to contract a Netherworld Cat. What if it were a wild spirit beast?"

He suddenly realized that this kind of contract method would be very suitable for powerful wild spirit beast cubs.

As he guessed, the beast-taming cultivators of the Lingrui Immortal Sect captured the cubs of powerful spirit beasts and, unwilling to give them up, forcibly formed contracts with them in this way.

If the adult spirit beast is far weaker than the cultivator, it has no value in forming a contract.

"It's time to feed them."

Liu He has been back from Lingxiao Market for most of the day, but he hasn't fed the Wilderness Spirit Dog and the Netherworld Ferocious Cat yet.

He first had to retrieve the animal feed from the anthill.

He took the ten-pound bag of animal feed out of the ant nest and took out one grain from it.

Just as he was about to release it into the ant nest, a mischievous idea flashed through his mind.

"Why not put out more animal feed, give them a little shock, and let them know that I can eat my fill if I follow them?"

Thinking of this, he immediately ordered the ants to dig a new, spacious nest chamber deep inside the anthill, making it large and wide enough.

The ants sprang into action, digging and building nest chambers beneath the magical cave, excavating the ant nest from the loose soil.

After a while, they dug out a nest that was even larger than the magical artifact cave.

Liu He grabbed a handful of animal feed and threw it into the ant nest.

A single grain of animal feed is about the size of a soybean, and the handful he grabbed contained over a thousand grains.

"Move them all into the new nest room."

The ants sprang into action, carrying the food to the new nest chamber in a grand procession.

Liu He then placed another spirit stone inside, allowing the ants to carry it into their nest for lighting.

The Spirit Artifact Cave.

As soon as Liu He appeared, the Wilderness Spirit Dog wagged its tail and came up to him, barking.

"Are you hungry? Come on, let me show you some food."

He picked up the Wilderness Spirit Dog, carried the cage of the Netherworld Cat, and used his lightness skill to rush to the new nest chamber deep inside the anthill.

As soon as they stepped out of the spirit artifact cave, both spirit beasts were terrified by the giant ants.

Those ants were enormous to them.

The Wilderness Hound was initially very scared, but it discovered that its master was of high status, and the monsters all made way for its master.

Soon it smelled the aroma of the animal feed.

Liu He led the two spirit beasts into their new nest.

That's—food?

The vast nest space appeared enormous from their perspective, with a dome twenty feet high and several tens of feet deep.

The animal food filled half of the nest chamber, and it is no exaggeration to describe it as "piled up like a mountain"—it truly resembled a hill!

That single grain of animal food was much taller than Liu He.

The Wilderness Hound was shocked; the rich aroma of food made its mouth water.

Can it finish all this food?

It had been hungry before, since animal food was a spiritual resource, and the Spirit Pet Pavilion only fed it the minimum amount, just enough to keep it alive.

"Waaaaah~~"

It trembled with excitement, wishing it could pounce on the mountain of animal food and bury itself in it.

"Haha, go enjoy your animal food, you'll have plenty from now on."

Liu He put down the Wilderness Spirit Dog and watched it struggle to climb onto a grain of animal food, which was many times larger than itself, and gnaw on it.

As for the Netherworld Cat, its impact was no less than that of the Wilderness Hound.

It was just over three months old and more intelligent than a wild dog. It showed curiosity and awe towards the "identity" of the human in front of it.

The Netherworld Cat also possesses the wildness of a wild spirit beast; in its mind, abundant food proves its strength.

"Obsidian beads!"

Liu He suddenly released the obsidian bead and controlled it to smash a grain of beast food.

He placed a large amount of animal food scraps into the Netherworld Cat's cage: "Eat."

He will not release it from the cage anytime soon.

A moment later, the Wilderness Spirit Dog was stuffed; it was only a little over a month old and couldn't eat much.

Its belly was round and full, and it lay lazily at Liu He's feet, belly up, acting coquettishly.

Given its current state, Liu He estimates that a contract could be successfully formed with it using contract law.

"I haven't studied contract law yet, I'll sign the contract in a couple of days."

he thought.

Three days later, Liu He had mastered the ordinary beast taming contract technique.

He cast a contract on the Wilderness Spirit Hound, and as he expected, the Wilderness Spirit Hound did not resist at all, and the contract was successfully established.

"This went too smoothly."

He developed a mysterious connection with the Wilderness Spirit Dog, allowing him to sense the dog's physical condition and location.

This sense of contract is much weaker than the sense of contract between Liu He and the ant colony.

"From now on, you'll be my spirit beast. Oh, right, I haven't named you yet."

"You are naturally timid, with gray and white fur all over your body, so I'll call you — Eight Desolations!"

I hope that you will one day become a powerful and invincible spirit beast, renowned throughout the land.

"Woof woof~~"

The Wilderness Spirit Dog was pleased with the name and let out a tender growl.

Next up is the Netherworld Cat.

"It must be that the contract failed."

Liu He fed the Netherworld Cat for three days. Although he had become somewhat familiar with it, the Netherworld Cat seemed to regard him as a companion who could share a room with him and was no longer wary or defensive. However, it did not show any signs of affection or submission.

"Let's give it a try."

He didn't use the "Soul-Slaying Contract Technique," he used the ordinary contract technique.

A wisp of spiritual energy, carrying Liu He's soul contract, surged towards the Netherworld Ferocious Cat's sea of ​​consciousness.

What is this?

The Nether Cat became wary, quickly realizing that its opponent intended to "subdue" it.

There's enough food to eat if you follow the person in front of you, but getting them to obey isn't so easy.

After a slight hesitation, the Netherworld Cat dispelled that wisp of spiritual energy and soul.

"It seems like the resistance isn't that strong."

"After nurturing it for a while longer, we should be able to successfully form a contract. It would be even easier if we used the Soul-Taming Contract Technique."

"Given the difference in strength between us, my spiritual power is far stronger than itss."

Liu He was only at the fourth level of Qi Refining and had not deliberately cultivated his soul. He was unaware of the strength of his soul.

The soul of a low-level cultivator improves along with their cultivation level.

"Wait, what if I were in reality and used the Soul-Sealing Contract Technique on the Netherworld Cat in the anthill?"

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The moment this thought crossed Liu He's mind, he froze.

He wasn't thinking about the contract with the Netherworld Cat.

"If this idea is feasible, then..."

He imagined countless possibilities.

"The Netherworld Cat in the ant nest is about the size of a flea."

If such a contract can be formed, then the Soul-Sealing Contract Technique would be incredibly useful. Let alone the Netherworld Cat, even a second-tier spirit beast in an anthill would likely have a weaker soul than me.

He became more and more excited as he thought about it; this idea was worth exploring.

He needs to try it out to find out the effects and shortcomings.