Chapter 101 - Pact (2/2)

Li’s mind goes absent and her hand, which is holding the wire that straps the hawk, slips. The “fish wire”, actually a magic weapon called “Bundling Rope”, is extensible. The hawk falls down into the valley. Lin Luoran is speechless. She hurries to reach out to the Bundling Rope and pulls the golden hawk up…

Lin Luoran stares at the hawk which is almost scared to death. She says frankly, “I’d like to have you as my servant pet. What do you think?”

Li Xi’er blinks. She can’t understand why Lin Luoran just talks to a hawk. Alright, even this hawk is strong, it is only a big bird. Why does Sister Lin want to have it as her servant? Can a hawk work?

Being hanged head down, the golden hawk feels dizzy. It wants to tear these two creatures apart but it can’t move its wings. It’s weird that the hawk never sees any intention of harm in Lin Luoran’s eyes. However, it certainly can’t understand the words Lin just said. The hawk rolls its eyes and nods its head to beg for mercy.

Lin Luoran laughs, “You are too young to understand me. I’m being impatient.”

The golden hawk can’t talk, so it certainly can’t object to Lin Luoran’s offer. Lin takes the chance and bites her finger. She casts a spell silently, draws a magic figure in the air with her blood, and pushes the figure into the hawk’s head… This is the pact that cultivators use to recruit spirit animals as their servants, and the figure drawn with blood is called blood pact. Blood pact is the strictest bond between cultivators and their servants, so it is usually used to deal with fierce animals.

The golden hawk senses the impending of a strong force and instinctively wants to resist. As one of the spirit animals, it has an extraordinary perceptivity. Though its talents are not awakened by now, the hawk knows that this force will take away its freedom… However, will the powerful “creature” here throw it down into the deep valley if it keeps rejecting?

Thinking of the feeling of hanging head down, the hawk is softened. While the hawk hesitates, the blood pact is completed rapidly so that it is too late for the hawk to resist any more!

What? Why the creature seems to be more kind and friendly? The golden hawk is now still too simple to realize that it is experiencing the normal reaction after the master-servant blood pact comes into effect. The hawk stares at Lin Luoran with doubtful eyes.

Once the pact is made, Lin Luoran is able to sense the emotion changes of the golden hawk. She tells Li Xi’er to draw back her Bundling Rope because there is no longer any need to tie up the hawk.

Li Xi’er is stunned by everything that just happened. She can’t understand why Lin Luoran hurt her fingers. Nevertheless, Li is impressed by Lin’s power, and she is confident that the two of them are able to tie up the hawk again if it doesn’t submit. Thus, Li Xi’er draws back the Bundling Rope.

As expected, the minute the hawk is free, it comes right at Li Xi’er and tries to peck her with its beak. It has been bearing grudges against Li for tying it up for so long.

Li Xi’er screams. She forgets about the plan she just made and goes hide behind Lin Luoran.

“Goldie. I give you the name Goldie. Would you like to follow me on the path of cultivation?” Lin Luoran uses her spirit to convey her thoughts into the hawk’s head. The hawk is surprised by the voice in its head and it can understand, strangely.

Goldie? My name is Goldie? Though it doesn’t know what “name” is, it is aware that it refers to its name. Goldie only has basic emotions like pleasure, anger, sorrow, and joy, and it can’t speak. To answer Lin Luoran’s friendliness, it walks closer to her, trying to rub its head against her. Li Xi’er is frightened and almost falls down the terrace.

“How! Sister Lin, how can it understand you!”

Li Xi’er is very surprised that the golden hawk doesn’t act fiercely as she expected. Still, she hides behind Lin Luoran and dares not to come closer to the hawk.

Lin Luoran smiles, “Xi’er, Goldie is obedient, and it will help us get out of the valley later!”

The hawk will help them get out of here? The doubts in Li’s big eyes almost give Goldie an emotional outburst. Li Xi’er sticks her tongue out and decides to shut up.