204 The Story of Ugly Duckling (1/2)

When the spirit of the Beast Collar pulled the whip, tying the immortal beast, and presenting the immortal beast in front of Tiger King, many of the surrounding Elders didn’t dare to believe that things were actually that simple.

They originally thought that there would be a fierce struggle between two evenly matched opponents, thinking that it would cause them a lot of trouble. However, things have eventually become so. Except for erupting the moonlight from the Green Lake and futilely struggling under the whip, the opponent’s performance could be considered as abysmal.

However, looking from another point of view, this result was normal. No matter how powerful the innate strength of the young immortal beast was, it was, after all, still a spirit beast. And as long as it was a beast, naturally it would be restrained by Beast Master School, even if it was an immortal beast...

Of course, if it was a fully grown immortal beast, perhaps the whole effort of the Beast Master School would come to a dead end. However, for a not yet transformed immortal beast, its power was still limited.

In particular, this dog, which was tightly bounded by the whip, still tried to desperately struggle. It seemed like… it was a bit stupid? Oh, right, if it were clever, it wouldn’t have appeared and received the Emperor Essence on the Green Lake. On the outside, it seemed like a good idea, but in fact, it was nothing short of a suicide...

”Well then, it is time for the Great Elder to leave the mark on it as soon as possible.”

A Jindan Stage Elder promptly said.

Tiger King nodded and, with a thought, that beast collar spirit used a burning torch to heat the branding iron, and then slowly reached out for that beast spirit on the ground.

As long as it left the slave mark on its body, it would never be able to break free. Even if it gradually matured in the future, when its cultivation base nearly reached the peak, thus be able to lift the mark by itself… By then, there would be a more advanced mark waiting for it.

The fate that would await it was to contribute its value at the Beast Master School until its death. Of course, it was still a good fate. Because, in Beast Master School, it would receive the most rigorous training to reach its full potential. Although the downside to that was its loss of freedom, overall, compared to the solitary life in the Grand Cloud Mountain, it would still be a much better choice.

Under the gaze of many Elders, the Beast Collar spirit was about to burn the red hot branding iron on the immortal beast, but then...

Bam!

A ripple of golden light bounced away the branding iron. The Beast Collar spirit roared, ”A contract!? A contract has already been formed! This immortal beast has already exchanged contract with other people, it is not an ownerless thing! My slave brand can’t be marked over it!”

”What!?”

The Elders were dumbfounded. The contract has been exchanged? How was this possible? This immortal beast moon spirit should have been completely formed not long ago, so it was basically like a newborn baby. Before it was born, it was impossible to change the contract, but after it was born… was there a time window?

While the other Elders were incredulous, the most hot tempered one among them, Great Elder Tiger King was instead calmed down.

Because he remembered the words spoken by A Xia previously… It seemed like that young cultivator from a certain big sect finally could not bear but make his move.

Able to come in contact with the immortal beast in advance without them noticing it and then leaving behind a contract with it were indeed powerful moves. Unfortunately, these efforts were doomed to be futile without changing the premise.

Before it transformed its form, moon spirit could not leave the mountain. However, if it wanted to transform its form, it must pass through the moat that was the Beast Master School. And this moat, was impassable.

So, what would happen next? What’s the use in leaving such a contract? Was he going to go back to his sect to look for his Elders, claiming that he found the immortal beast first? What a joke! Even Shengjing Sect people would not do such a high handed method… right?

Thinking to this, Tiger King furrowed his brows. He inwardly knew that a long delay usually meant more problems. He then said to the beast collar spirit, ”Quickly lift up the contract and cover it with our mark.”

However, that beast collar spirit said, ”It’s difficult, this contract… is quite an advanced one. The cultivator who made the contract is a master in contract making technique.”

”Humph, no matter what level it is, since it’s a pet beast contract, putting it in front of us is like showing off a meager skill in front of an expert! Liang Yu, Gong Yang, you two assist the beast collar spirit and crack this contract as soon as possible.”

While talking, Tiger King rose up.

Unsurprisingly, the opposite party’s genuine real move finally appeared.

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”Hm, it’s time. Let’s move.”

Outside the Full Moon Valley, after waiting for a long time, Wang Lu finally issued the start signal.

Xiao Qi was astonished. ”Now? Right now, the opposite party is clearly waiting for us to enter into a trap?”

It must be said that the best opportunity to make their move was just now, when the other side locked the immortal beast using the beast collar and dragged it to the Crown Cloud Peak, when they all thought the victory was at hand and their attention was focused on the immortal beast… Now that they have found that something was wrong, they began to be vigilant!

”No problem, believe me.”

Wang Lu lightly said and then stepped into the Full Moon Valley.

When Wang Lu and the others stepped through the barrier of the Five Mountain Broken Veins Great Array, by its spell, they were directly transmitted to the center of the valley.