Before leaving Shenyuan, the little black ball lifted its head to look toward the sky, a trace of pain flashing through its tiny eyes and vanishing in an instant.
Once outside Shenyuan, Feng Xi said to the little black ball, "Pack up all the high-grade spiritual plants inside the secret realm for me, so you won't be thinking about them after you go out."
Little black ball: …Is it me thinking about them, or you?
It glared with its tiny eyes and said, "I can at most control the guardian beasts so they won't attack you. As for the spiritual plants, you have to dig them yourselves.
Also, the secret realm needs to maintain balance. You can't excavate too many high-grade spiritual plants at once."
Feng Xi narrowed her eyes at it, "This won't work, that won't work, then what do I want you for?!
Signing a contract with you is not as good as signing with a pig. Feed it until it's fat and you can at least slaughter it and eat the meat!"
The little black ball was enraged!
"I'm useless?
Do you know that this secret realm itself is a spatial artifact?
Once I absorb enough demonic qi, not only me, you too will be able to freely enter and exit Tianhen Secret Realm. The demon beasts and spiritual plants here will all be for you to take as you wish!
Can you find a more useful partner than me in this world?!"
Even though it signed a contract with Feng Xi, the little black ball would never admit it's her spirit pet. At most, the two were partners.
Feng Xi: (✧◡✧)
Spatial artifact? Spiritual plants and demon beasts free to take?
This time she'd struck it rich!
"My dear little ball, I was joking with you just now!
What useful or useless? Since we've signed a contract, you're my little darling, my little baby. From now on we're closest to each other, even my Fifth Senior Brother has to step aside!"
Little black ball: "…"
Jun Wen: "…"
You switch faces faster than flipping pages!
The little black ball immediately became spirited, "It's good that you know. For you to sign a contract with me, your family's ancestral graves must be smoking!"
Feng Xi smiled, "Not just smoking, they're practically being struck by lightning!
Little ball, besides the secret realm, what other abilities do you have?
Tell me so I can broaden my horizons!"
The little black ball was already floating proudly, its two tiny horns radiating a dominating aura!
"I have plenty of abilities!
Because I can absorb both spiritual qi and demonic qi, once you sign a contract with me, I can disguise you as a demon at any time and no one will be able to tell.
And that's not all. Since I'm composed of primordial chaos qi, in desperate situations I can release some spiritual qi and demonic qi for you.
For example, in places without spiritual qi, where others can't use spiritual power, because of me, you won't have this problem!
Well? Shocked, right?
To meet me, you must have accumulated eight lifetimes of virtue…"
After it finished bragging, Feng Xi asked, "Besides these, anything else? Like offensive abilities?"
The little black ball puffed up even more!
"See my horns? I can generate lightning, lightning from the beginning of heaven and earth, ten thousand times stronger than today's tribulation lightning!
Whoever gets struck will instantly turn to ashes!"
Feng Xi nodded, "Anything else?"
The little black ball had a smug expression, "For now no, but as my cultivation grows, I will gain more abilities. Every one of them would scare you to death!
So be sensible. Don't think that just because we signed a contract, you can order me around. If you anger me, I'll zap you to death with my horns!"
Feng Xi casually asked, "Then can you use these abilities anytime? Or are there limitations?"
The little black ball's tiny eyes flickered, "There is a slight limitation. Since I haven't absorbed enough demonic qi, I can't use them too frequently, the effects are also weakened."
After hearing that, Feng Xi snorted, "Then what are you so smug about?!
You talked for half a day and it's all empty promises!
Including your so-called spatial artifact, who knows what year or century before I can freely go in and out.
So set yourself straight, you are my spirit pet. From now on you must respectfully call me Master, otherwise I won't be polite!"
As she spoke, she moved her divine sense slightly, and the little black ball let out a miserable scream.
Only then did it realize that this brat had baited it on purpose!
It had planned to hide these things, never intending to reveal them.
But the brat was too sinister, deliberately flattering it until it blurted out its entire family background!
Despicable! Shameless! Vile!
Feng Xi said again, "Also, have a correct understanding of yourself. What dog fart spirit of chaos? You are a weak chicken, a little nobody!
Besides me, no one would sign a contract with you out of pity. So be loyal and devoted to me, understand?"
After Feng Xi's barrage of words, the dominating aura of the little black ball completely collapsed .
Even its little horns drooped.
That's right, glorious past or not, that's all in the past. Now, it could only follow this brat!
The pitiful little black ball had no idea there was a term in this world called Pua!
After Feng Xi's full set of psychological manipulation, she completely had it under her control.
Although they signed a contract, this thing's origins are unknown, and it definitely doesn't just want to use her to absorb demonic qi, it's far more complicated than that. So she has no choice but to stay on guard.
Jun Wen, obediently acting like a quail at the side, already had a stunned expression burned on his face.
If it was him, he would definitely treat the little black ball like an ancestor. After all, this thing had a huge background and powerful abilities.
But in front of Feng Xi, the little black ball was cleaned up like… a turtle grandson.
Next, the little black ball led Jun Wen and Feng Xi to excavate high-grade spiritual plants.
It knew the secret realm like the back of its hand, so it chose an area densely packed with high-grade spiritual plants.
The guardian beasts sensed the little black ball and prostrated on the ground, trembling.
The little black ball's shattered confidence instantly revived, its horns perking up again.
Feng Xi glanced at it, "Come here! Use your horns to dig up the plants!"
Little black ball: "…"
Is this something a human would say?!
My noble horns are for digging plants??
Just as it was about to refuse, its divine sense was wracked with pain, it almost cried out of anger!
It had fallen into the hands of a vicious stepmother!
If it had known, it would've never let her have it!
In the end, the little black ball summoned a group of spirit-devouring rats.
These small beasts specialized in gnawing spiritual plants and storing them. They were very good at excavating without damaging the roots.
With the rats helping, Feng Xi and Jun Wen finally had free time.
They just had to stand there and wait.
Feng Xi suddenly felt a little hungry, especially seeing the spiritual plants being delivered by the rats.
Why did they look so delicious?
She swallowed. Should she taste one?
She always believed in a simple principle, whatever you crave, that's what your body is lacking.