Chapter 64: The Equal Contract

  This stone room is extremely small, with only a stone platform in the center that can hold two people. In one corner of the stone room, there are only some clear water and dry food, nothing else.

  He fiercely grasped a handful of air, feeling the thick and intense battle aura within it, several times denser than the outside world. Jiang Heng's mouth involuntarily curled up into a smile. This place was simply tailor-made for him. The violent auras that entered his body were directly filtered out by the dragon aura under his skin, and streams of pure battle aura poured straight into his dantian.

  "Not bad, I didn't think the Jiang family had a place like this. Hehe, you've really benefited from this, kid." The figure of Tianyi emerged and took a look around the stone room, his eyes also revealing a hint of surprise.

  "Teacher, since all the spiritual medicines have been found, can we start now?" Jiang Huan took out the Ghost Face Flower and Snake Foot Vine, placing them on the stone platform.

  "Ah, right, you first take out that dragon egg," said Tianyi.

  "Dragon egg?" Jiang Huan waved his hand and a blood-red dragon egg appeared on the stone pedestal. Since he obtained this dragon egg last time, Jiang Huan had been carrying it in his necklace, without having the leisure to ask about it.

  "Hao'er, you first acknowledge your master with a drop of blood."

  "En", Jiang Hao responded with a sound, biting his finger and dripping a drop of essence blood onto the dragon egg.

  Hmph!

  As soon as the blood dripped onto the dragon egg, it instantly emitted a red glow, and in the twinkling of an eye, it seemed to be telling something.

  "Hao'er, continue!" Seeing this, a hint of joy appeared on Tian's face.

  Although he didn't know what was going on, Jiang Hao still followed Yu Tian's words and continued to drip his vital blood onto the dragon egg. Every time a drop of vital blood fell, the red glow would brighten up a bit more.

  It had been half a stick of incense, and even with Jiang Hao's strength in breaking through the war master realm, he had already lost more than half of his vital energy. The dragon egg, after absorbing so much vital energy, had actually become crystal-like on its surface, flashing a dazzling red light.

  Buzz!

  Just as Jiang Hao was about to collapse, the red mang on top of the dragon egg suddenly retracted, and a mysterious array appeared. The array quickly shrank into a light spot that shot directly into Jiang Hao's brow, this process happened so fast that Jiang Hao didn't have time to react.

  Jiang Hao only felt a chill in the sea of consciousness, and that light point floated out. He calmed down and took a closer look, and it was actually a mysterious dragon-shaped light, but it only had a vague shadow, and even its facial features couldn't be seen clearly.

  "Teacher!" Jiang Hao opened his eyes, his face was pale as paper, with a puzzled expression looking at Tianyi.

  "Haha, you're really lucky, maybe it's because you have the dragon clan bloodline in you, this little guy has already recognized you as its master." Arcane said with a smile.

  "What does it mean to acknowledge me as the master?"

  "Humans can tame magical beasts to be their combat companions or mounts, but the success rate is not very high. After all, ordinary low-level magical beasts are easy to tame, but they are not strong in battle, while high-level magical beasts have astonishing strength and also possess a fairly high level of intelligence, so not just anyone can tame them."

  "Generally speaking, the easiest to tame are the young of magical beasts. There are only two ways to tame a magical beast: one is to defeat it and then forcibly cast a master-slave contract to enslave it; the other is to let the magical beast willingly submit through an equal contract, which is what everyone yearns for, but also the most difficult method to achieve."

  "But teacher, you said they were demons, yet this one is clearly just an egg. And earlier, wasn't that its own magic formation?" Jiang Huan asked with a hint of curiosity.

  "Haha, that's why I said you're lucky. This isn't an ordinary egg, the dragon tribe is at the top of the magical beasts, their intelligence is in no way inferior to humans. Moreover, the bloodline power on your body made this little guy feel a sense of closeness, and with your constant infusion of spiritual energy, this little guy has autonomously formed an equal contract array, so from now on you'll have your own magical beast!"

  Jiang Hao's heart was filled with joy, and he held the dragon egg that was still flashing with red light into his arms. His spirit stirred, and the dragon egg actually shook slightly, as if it could sense Jiang Hao's presence.

  "Teacher, when will this dragon egg hatch?" Jiang Hao held the dragon egg and liked it more and more as he looked at it.

  "Ah! Haonan, actually this is the key issue. The lifespan of the dragon tribe is extremely long, and their reproductive capacity is not strong. It often takes a thousand years to give birth to a single dragon egg! And it takes decades or even hundreds of years for the dragon egg to hatch."

  "But you don't have to worry too much." Zi Tian hastily said, seeing the disappointed look on Jiang Huan's face, "The dragon egg needs a lot of battle energy to hatch, so I had you take it out."

  "Teacher, are you saying that as long as it absorbs enough battle aura, it will hatch on its own?"

  "Fortunately, the battle aura required is quite substantial, and of course, the environment here is just right. Such a thick battle aura is perfect for incubating dragon eggs."

  Jiang Hao's face finally broke into a smile again, although he had lost a lot of vital energy and his body was now empty and hollow. But Yu Tian's words had already set Jiang Hao's mind racing with all sorts of ideas - to think that he could have a dragon as his own partner, the whole world would be within his grasp.

  Jiang Hao gently stroked the dragon egg in his arms, constantly fantasizing about riding a dragon to soar through the skies in the future.

  "Hehe, since you like emitting red light so much, I'll call you Little Red from now on. Little Red, you have to work hard and come out early, haha." Jiang Hao patted the dragon egg excitedly and said.

  It seemed to have sensed Jiang Hao's delight, and the dragon egg also leaned into Jiang Hao's arms.

  Jiang Hao gently placed the dragon egg beside him, then sat cross-legged with his hands forming a mysterious and extraordinary seal. A swirling whirlwind of battle energy poured down from his crown, transforming into pure battle energy liquids that dripped into his dantian. Having consumed so much of his vital energy, Jiang Hao naturally wanted to recover as soon as possible.

  While beside the dragon egg, red light flickered and rapidly absorbed the battle aura in the air, forming a vortex that was actually twice as large as Jiang Hao's.

  In the small stone room, one big and one small were frantically absorbing, two whirlpools of air traversed the stone room, bringing bursts of whistling sounds. Standing aside, Yi Tian couldn't help but shake his head - these two guys had to make such a huge commotion, if the Jiang family elders knew someone was so recklessly devouring this wild battle energy, they'd probably be shocked speechless.

  Even someone as strong as Jiang Yuan wouldn't dare to cultivate in such a way, after all the violent energy is extremely difficult to eliminate. Moreover, if you let it run rampant inside your body, even if your strength is great, your mind will be slowly eroded until it's irreparable. Therefore, every once in a while, one must stop cultivating to eliminate the violent energy within their body before continuing.

  In less than an hour, Jiang Heng had already come out of his cultivation. Although the consumed spiritual blood had not fully recovered, the feeling of emptiness in his body had completely disappeared. His dantian was filled with battle energy and his breath had also returned to its peak state.

  And when Jiang Huan opened his eyes, he saw the dragon egg absorbing the war aura beside him, and he was also shocked to sweat, cursing the abnormality in his heart. However, looking at the red light flashing on the dragon egg, it was clearly developing in the direction that Jiang Huan hoped for.

  "Teacher!"

  "Alright, I've recovered. Now, hand over those two spiritual medicines to me. Next, I'm going to refine a low-grade elixir - the Clear Spirit Elixir! You don't need to rush with your cultivation either, just watch carefully. The process of refining high-grade elixirs will be beneficial for you." Yi Tian said calmly.

  It's said that Emperor Tian is going to refine the elixir, Jiang Huan's heart was filled with joy. Nowadays, he himself can be considered a lower-grade dan master. If he could observe the refining of high-grade elixirs, it would indeed bring him no small benefit.

  Jiang Hao hastily handed over the two spiritual medicines to Yi Tian, then sat down beside him, calming his mind and watching Yi Tian's every move with wide eyes.