A lifetime only had one choice, so this was very important for both humans and monster beasts.
However, given Xiaoyao's situation, both Dongfang Wunian and the elder felt that Xiaoyao should take this Innate Spirit Beast, because this Innate Spirit Beast was really too powerful.
Generally speaking, unless an Innate Spirit Beast was willing or had been tamed, it wouldn't submit to someone weaker than itself. It would rather die than sign a contract. Because of this, generally Innate Spirit Beasts were weaker than their masters.
But Xiaoyao, with only Human Level strength, had a Monster Clan member willing to become his Innate Spirit Beast. This was such a fortunate thing! At the same time, Xiaoyao was a practitioner of the Divine Farmer's Art with no attack power - an Innate Spirit Beast was his best offensive method.
Having this Innate Spirit Beast should only bring enormous benefits to Xiaoyao, without any drawbacks.
At this moment, Dongfang Wunian and the elder even felt that Xiaoyao's ten-thousand-year ginseng was worth it. If comparing the ten-thousand-year ginseng with the snow wolf as an Innate Spirit Beast, anyone would choose the snow wolf, and might even be willing to give up another ten-thousand-year ginseng.
So Xiaoyao was lucky, extremely lucky. At least that's what Dongfang Wunian and the elder thought. They felt Xiaoyao could only possibly agree - there was no reason at all to refuse.
Unless Xiaoyao didn't understand the situation.
But Xiaoyao's answer surprised them. His response was not only a refusal, but he also knew about Innate Spirit Beasts.
"I know, I know what an Innate Spirit Beast is! But I still can't - you can't become my Innate Spirit Beast. Go back," Xiaoyao said to the snow wolf.
"Why?" Everyone wanted to know this answer.
"Because I can no longer have an Innate Spirit Beast," Xiaoyao said lightly.
"What do you mean?" Dongfang Wunian was puzzled.
"It means I already have an Innate Spirit Beast, and you can only have one Innate Spirit Beast. I can't possibly have a second one," Xiaoyao smiled and said lightly.
"You already have an Innate Spirit Beast? Where is it? What is it?" Dongfang Wunian asked in succession, finally thinking of a possibility but immediately dismissing the thought.
How could it be... How could anyone choose such a...
"It's this little glutton," Xiaoyao patted Chi Chi, who had already pounced into his arms, and Chi Chi looked proud.
"Ah..." Both Dongfang Wunian and the elder opened their mouths wide, while the snow wolf frowned. No one had expected it to be Chi Chi, yet it seemed quite normal. Xiaoyao could give up the ten-thousand-year ginseng for Chi Chi's sake. At the same time, he could understand Chi Chi's words that no one else could understand.
Now it seemed to make some sense. Xiaoyao had never broken through his foundation skills - apparently Chi Chi was also a reason. But why would Xiaoyao do such a thing, making Chi Chi his Innate Spirit Beast?
Actually, the reason had been mentioned before. Xiaoyao had qi deviation, so he needed to release large amounts of internal energy. Just practicing the Divine Farmer's Art wasn't enough - he needed other methods to release it, or his life would definitely be in danger.
So Xiaoyao went to a spirit pet shop and randomly bought a small monster beast - the current Chi Chi - then signed a contract with Chi Chi, making it his Innate Spirit Beast. Signing a contract with a small monster beast like Chi Chi was really too easy, without any difficulty.
After Chi Chi became an Innate Spirit Beast, it began consuming half of his internal energy. This was exactly what Xiaoyao wanted - the rest was controlling his own body.
For some unknown reason, Chi Chi gradually became able to consume internal energy. Beyond that half, it could also consume Xiaoyao's excess internal energy that needed to be released.
This might be due to the evolution of the Innate Spirit Beast. The internal energy Xiaoyao released caused Chi Chi to begin evolving bit by bit. Over these ten-plus years, Chi Chi had been constantly evolving, gaining some incredible abilities.
Perhaps only Innate Spirit Beasts raised from childhood would have this kind of ability. No one else on this continent would do what Xiaoyao did. Even knowing Chi Chi's abilities, unless they were people dedicated to life assistance, those martial artists still wouldn't raise Innate Pets.
Because that would very likely be counterproductive.
"Chi chi!!" Chi Chi called out proudly, seeming very proud to be Xiaoyao's Innate Spirit Beast. At the same time, it wouldn't allow others to steal this position. Of course, it didn't know this position was impossible to steal.
At this moment, Dongfang Wunian felt it was a pity. Xiaoyao should have had a powerful monster beast like the snow wolf as his Innate Spirit Beast, but instead had an Innate Spirit Beast that seemed useless.
If Xiaoyao knew Dongfang Wunian's thoughts, he would only laugh. He didn't think Chi Chi was useless. On the contrary, Chi Chi had always been useful. Moreover, Chi Chi was still evolving and advancing - who could be certain its future usefulness would be less than the snow wolf's?
If time could start over, Xiaoyao would still choose Chi Chi as his Innate Spirit Beast. He would never regret this decision in his entire life!!
Because it's Chi Chi!
Because there was no choice!
Because it was destined... Damn, I should have known not to give the Second Miss soup!!
Xiaoyao had been a bit troubled lately, just a little bit troubled.
However, his troubles were what many people wanted. Who knows how many people in Heavenly Gate wanted his treatment.
Envy, jealousy, hate.
These three words could express most people's feelings.
After returning from training, Xiaoyao originally thought he could quietly and secretly open the treasure vault, but unexpectedly, after returning, he became busy. Not only did he have to do medicinal garden work, but he also had to work in the kitchen.
As an outer staff member of Heavenly Gate, Xiaoyao felt he should follow arrangements from above, so he began running between both places.
Going to work in the kitchen was mainly to make food for Dongfang Wunian, because besides what Xiaoyao made, she seemed unable to eat any other food.
Xiaoyao found this somewhat strange. There seemed to be no reason for this. Since she had started eating food, she should be able to eat anything. Why did she now only like food he made?
Xiaoyao experimented with this and found that it wasn't like she could eat anything he made. If he cooked something poorly, she couldn't eat it!
Damn, this Second Miss was really hard to serve. Not only did he have to cook, but it had to taste good too.
When Xiaoyao discovered he only needed to handle Dongfang Wunian's meals, he stopped doing other things. With reasonable arrangements, he could completely go once a day, or even every other day. He could arrange for others to help watch the fire and help with things that didn't require skill or where skill quality didn't matter.
No one dared have any opinions about this. As long as Dongfang Wunian could eat, they wouldn't have any opinions. They even hoped Xiaoyao would do this, because then they could master Xiaoyao's culinary skills and possibly replicate some meals for Dongfang Wunian.
If their kitchen could make food that Dongfang Wunian could eat, then future credit would be theirs, and they could receive rewards from the sect master.
However, something they couldn't understand happened. No matter how they cooked, even exactly copying Xiaoyao's procedures, ingredients, and everything else, Dongfang Wunian couldn't eat even one bite of what they made.
Why was this? No one could explain, including the two parties involved - Xiaoyao and Dongfang Wunian.
Xiaoyao didn't care about this. Anyway, he would just cook a bit while here - it was incidental. If he had to leave, he wouldn't stay here because of this reason. If Dongfang Wunian couldn't eat other food then, Xiaoyao would tell her she could continue eating Fasting Pills.
Whether she could continue eating food had nothing to do with him. He couldn't possibly cook for her for the rest of his life.
Because Xiaoyao was now valued, his actions generally wouldn't be managed by anyone, especially medicinal garden matters. Even if he did nothing, there would be no problem. Moreover, he had always done his work very well, so even fewer people would manage him.
Xiaoyao was now generally in the medicinal garden. Except for going to the kitchen, basically no one disturbed his life. This situation also allowed him to slowly implement his treasure vault opening plan.
Using Chi Chi's characteristics, he dug a secret passage from his small house directly into the treasure vault. He didn't even need to open the main door, which meant future people wouldn't suspect the treasure vault had been opened.
This secret passage wasn't very large, especially the section passing through the treasure vault's bluestone wall, only a Chi Chi-sized hole. Xiaoyao used Bone Shrinking Technique and Soft Body Techniques to enter directly. Of course, Chi Chi had already explored the situation inside and confirmed there was no danger before entering.
For Xiaoyao, Chi Chi was an excellent advance scout. He didn't think any mechanisms would pose danger to Chi Chi. Besides Chi Chi's special devouring ability to consume everything, he could resolve any mechanisms.
For Xiaoyao, the mechanisms in this treasure vault were also treasures, and they ranked among the top treasures. Because of this, for quite a while after entering the treasure vault, Xiaoyao barely touched anything in the treasure vault, he was just studying these mechanisms.
If people knew this, they would definitely be shocked and find it unimaginable. When a person entered such a large treasure vault, what first caught his interest wasn't the treasures in the vault, but the facilities in the vault.
However, value was hard to explain clearly. If mechanism masters came, they would also study the mechanisms, of course, referring to those mechanism masters who weren't influenced by money and only focused on Mechanical Techniques.
For Xiaoyao, this treasure vault itself was a treasure vault. The Mechanical Techniques inside, as well as the vault's design, were all types of treasures!
(End of Chapter)