Chapter 533 Reunion (1/2)

Da Zi had become accustomed to speaking its mind freely after being separated from Gao Peng for so long, like a child throwing a tantrum when no one was looking.

It's not like Gao Peng's around to hear me say these things about him...

Both masters and familiars could communicate with each other through a Blood Contract. The only downside to it was its limited communication range. Both parties needed to be within a certain distance in order to communicate through their Blood Contract.

Gao Peng narrowed his eyes. He was now hearing Da Zi's voice in his head. It had to be close. After much experimentation, he had discovered that different types of familiars had different communication ranges.

At first, he had assumed that this was largely decided by a familiar's power level. However, he had later realized that this wasn't necessarily the case.

One time, one of his familiars had been promoted to a new grade during an experiment, causing him to receive Spiritual Feedback. Later, Gao Peng had found out that the communication range between him and another unpromoted familiar had increased.

The spiritual fortitude of both master and familiar was the determining factor behind this increase in communication range.

After conducting his own experiments on the subject, Gao Peng was able to conclude that communication through a Blood Contract was carried out between the souls of a master and a familiar. The stronger both parties were spiritually, the more ground their mental wavelengths would be able to cover.

Blood Contract communication would be established only when the souls of both parties overlapped with each other. Simply put, the fact that he could now hear Da Zi's voice in his head meant that their Soul Powers were overlapping right then.

Gao Peng heaved a sigh of relief. Thank god it's still alive.

Da Zi was still continuing its rant through its Blood Contract. While it was going on about what a terrible master Gao Peng was, the latter suddenly spoke in its head. ”Where are you?”

Da Zi stopped short in its rant.

Seconds passed in silence. Then, Da Zi started making odd quacking sounds in Gao Peng's head, as if it was being grabbed by the neck like a duck.

”Gao, Gao, Gao... Gao Peng?!” Da Zi shouted ecstatically, ”Where are you, Gao Peng? I miss you so much!

”Come save me, Gao Peng! There's been this huge worm chasing after me for the past four days!” it said, sobbing.

Gao Peng didn't know how to react to this. ”Are you out in the ocean right now?” he asked. In spite of its many, many flaws, there was no way Gao Peng would let Da Zi be put in harm's way.

”Yeah... I thought you were also stranded somewhere in the ocean like me,” it said cheekily. ”I didn't even know there was land here. Which direction should I fly in?”

Gao Peng pondered this for a moment. There were no noticeable landmarks out in the water, nor were there any mountains near the shore. He figured that since he still couldn't see Da Zi, this had to mean that it was still a long way from shore.

However, this didn't mean that he was completely out of options.

”Let me ask you something—how long have you been badmouthing me just now?” asked Gao Peng.

Da Zi seemed flustered by the question and began playing coy. ”What? I wasn't talking behind your back just now. How could I? You must have heard wrong. Maybe it was Goldie you've been hearing in your head. What did it say about me while I was gone?”

”I'm not going to ask you again. Have you been badmouthing me for the past few days?” asked Gao Peng calmly.

A series of unintelligible sounds came from Da Zi's end. Then, like a child caught with his hand in the cookie jar, it said in a small voice, ”Well, I wasn't badmouthing you all the time. Sometimes I took breaks from it, you know.”

Gao Peng nodded. ”Then just keep flying forward. You should see land soon. Your pursuer, what kind of monster is it? Flying-type? Water-type?”