A calling voice sounded from her heart, and she automatically understood its meaning. She also conveyed the message to Xiaobai through her mind, informing it of the contract.
As a spiritual beast, Xiaobai had a high IQ. He quickly understood what Xu Chunniang said and rolled on the ground with joy.
"This time I came back with a new partner."
Xu Chunniang briefly told Xiaobai how she got the little tiger. "It's very powerful, and its cultivation is not worse than mine, but it seems to have a bad temper."
She was originally worried that Xiaobai would be unhappy after learning the news.
Unexpectedly, after hearing that the new friend was very strong, Xiaobai was not depressed at all. Instead, he became very energetic and wanted to meet the new friend.
“Squeak, squeak!”
Xu Chunniang was speechless. It turned out that Xiaobai was thinking that the more powerful the new partner was, the safer it would be.
From a certain perspective, this is not a bad idea.
"Not now. It's still in a bad mood and might hurt you if you're not careful. Let's wait for some time."
After hearing this, Xiaobai was still a little curious about his new friend, but he stopped clamoring to meet him.
Xu Chunniang thought for a moment, entered the walnut world, and released the little tiger from the spirit beast bag.
"roar!"
As soon as the little tiger jumped out of the spirit beast bag, it growled a warning at Xu Chunniang and looked around uneasily.
After finding himself in an independent space, he became noticeably more irritable.
"You don't look like a spiritual beast, but more like a ferocious beast."
Xu Chunniang shook her head and said to herself, "There are hundreds of spirit beasts in the Beast Mountain, but I picked you alone, which means we are destined to be together."
The little tiger raised his head high, with disdain in his eyes and a heavy breath coming out of his nose, full of disgust for Xu Chunniang.
He seemed to feel that she was not worthy of being his master.
In response, Xu Chunniang just smiled.
"I advise you to behave yourself in my territory. I don't intend to tame your temper. I just want us to live in peace."
Upon hearing this, the little tiger showed a skeptical expression.
Xu Chunniang's expression remained unchanged and she continued to speak.
"If you can control your temper, we can sign an equal contract. If you refuse to repent, I can't give up your foundation-building combat power in vain. However, if I do that, it will inevitably damage your soul."
After hearing these words, the little tiger actually showed a hint of thought. If it was an equal contract, it would not be driven around by others.
But monks are very deceitful. Who knows if she is trying to deceive its trust and cooperation
Even the monks at the Beast Taming Peak who made pacts with spirit beasts rarely concluded equal contracts.
Because once an equal contract is concluded, if the spirit beast does not cooperate, the cultivator cannot drive it by force.
"Concluding an equal contract is different from other contracts. It requires your wholehearted cooperation to successfully conclude the contract. If you don't want to, you can interrupt it at any time during the contract conclusion process."
Seeing that the little tiger no longer resisted, Xu Chunniang began to recite the incantation silently, while her spiritual consciousness enveloped the little tiger.
A hint of hesitation flashed across the little tiger's eyes, but he ultimately did not resist the power of the contract.
If it is an equal contract, it is not unacceptable.
Even the old man who brought it out of the Black Domain Mountain did not sign an equal contract with his spirit beast.
In this case, she could not be considered its owner.
With the little tiger's silent acceptance, the contract was concluded extremely smoothly.
But after the contract was signed, it still held its head high, looking superior and insolent.
It seemed to be warning Xu Chunniang not to try to drive it.
It was only due to the situation that it was forced to sign this contract with her.
Seeing this, Xu Chunniang just smiled slightly.
The two parties who make the covenant must not harm each other, and there must be spiritual connection between them.
It may not be obvious now, but as time goes by, the feelings and tacit understanding will only grow deeper.
"It's more spacious here than in the spirit beast bag. Since you don't like staying in the spirit beast bag, just stay in here."
After saying this, Xu Chunniang left the walnut world, leaving the little tiger alone inside.
The little tiger shook his head proudly and found a clean rock to lie down.
This place is nice. At least there aren't so many ignorant people disturbing its tranquility.
Xu Chunniang returned to the cave and did not look through the formation jade slips. She had the idea of refining her spiritual consciousness again.
Some time has passed since the last time I used heavenly fire to refine my soul.
She felt that both her body and her soul had almost recovered.
The effect of Heavenly Fire Refining the Soul was remarkable. It condensed the spiritual consciousness in a short period of time and increased the strength by a full double.
However, this method is overbearing and has many side effects.
Not only can it not be used multiple times in a short period of time, but after refining the spirit, while the spiritual consciousness condenses, its range is directly reduced by half.
Nearly a month has passed since today, and the range of her spiritual awareness has only increased slightly since it was reduced.
If I refine my spirit again, the strength of my spiritual consciousness will increase, and my range will probably be reduced again.
These are all normal situations after condensing spiritual consciousness, and are mentioned in the Spirit Refining Technique.
Xu Chunniang took a deep breath and sat cross-legged. She looked inward at her soul, found the real body of the little walnut, and touched it lightly with her spiritual consciousness.
"A ray of heavenly fire, thank you."
The little walnut trembled slightly, and soon it readily released a ray of heavenly fire.
By the second time of refining her spirit, Xu Chunniang already had experience.
She controlled her spiritual consciousness and rushed towards the heavenly fire. At the same time, she increased the speed of the Spirit Refining Technique to the extreme.
The heavenly fire burned the spiritual consciousness mercilessly, and the high temperature caused the surrounding air to distort.
Soon, she was sweating profusely and her whole body was soaked with sweat.
It was still the familiar pain, but it didn't seem as intense as last time.
Perhaps it was because he had adapted a little after the previous experience, or perhaps it was because his spiritual awareness was stronger than last time.
The spiritual consciousness continued to rush towards the sky fire.
This process will not end until this ray of heavenly fire is completely extinguished.
Xu Chunniang gasped for breath, and it was not until an hour later that she slowly recovered her energy. She carefully released her spiritual sense to sense its intensity.
After being tempered and refined by the heavenly fire, his spiritual consciousness became more condensed, but the effect was slightly worse than the first time.
At the same time, the maximum range that the spiritual sense could detect was reduced again.
She thought thoughtfully, it seemed that as the strength of her spiritual consciousness increased, the speed of its enhancement would become slower and slower.
Until the spiritual consciousness is condensed to the extreme and can no longer be condensed or compressed, the first level of the spiritual refining technique is considered to be successfully practiced.
After this spiritual training, Xu Chunniang still slept for three full days before she regained her spirit.
The reason why she needed to rest for so long was, after all, because her cultivation level was too low and her body was over-consumed.
After all, the cultivation level of the first foundation building stage is just barely reaching the threshold for practicing the soul refining technique.
Xu Chunniang frowned slightly, then quickly relaxed.
She remembered the reward the sect had given her before. In addition to 100,000 contribution points, it also included four chances to go to the Dragon Pond.