"What do we do now?" a Spiritual Beast asked.
"Miss, let us give it a try," Fifth Yan, who had been paying attention to the outside, suddenly spoke up.
Dugu Qianye called Fifth Yan over. Fifth Yan looked at the cage and stretched out his right hand with fingers curved and palm facing up. Gradually, lightning appeared in his palm, hissing as it grew. He approached the side of the cage, grabbed an iron bar, and all the electricity from the cage transferred along Fifth Yan’s right hand into his body, where he absorbed it. Soon, the steel cage turned into a regular cage.
After letting go of the bar, Fifth Yan looked at Dugu Qianye and said, "Miss, it’s done."
Dugu Qianye looked at the cage and then at Fifth Yan, whose face had turned sowhat pale, and asked with concern, "Are you alright?"
"I’m fine. We of the Dark Clan have electrical bodies; these currents can’t hurt , and absorbing them is actually beneficial for our cultivation. Master can call the others out to work together, it will be faster that way," Fifth Yan said.
Dugu Qianye called out the other mbers of the Dark Clan. They had all been watching the situation from inside the Refining Demon Pot, and without needing Dugu Qianye’s instructions, they knew what to do. They went to the cages one after another and absorbed all the electricity on the cages into their bodies. After all the cages were dealt with, Dugu Qianye put the people of the Dark Clan back into the Refining Demon Pot.
"Master, they just sent a ssage, soone is coming," the Bee King communicated to Dugu Qianye just as she was about to break the cage.
Soone was coming?
Dugu Qianye instructed the Spiritual Beasts to act as they had before, she fiddled around in the outside room, then flashed into the Refining Demon Pot, keeping an ear out for what was happening outside.
Two n walked in, chatting and laughing, seemingly guards coming to change shifts. Upon seeing the two people lying on the ground, their expressions changed, and they hurried over to check.
"Are they dead?"
"This isn’t good, quickly check inside."
The two ca inside and, on seeing the Spiritual Beasts lying in the cages, heaved a sigh of relief. Dead people didn’t matter, as long as the Spiritual Beasts were still there, they would be fine!
"It must have been soone sneaking in! To dare such audacity even with the Heavenly Venerable here! I’ll stay here and watch, you go report to our superiors!" one of them said.
"Alright," the other nodded, prepared to leave, but just two steps out, he collapsed to the ground with a thud.
"What’s wrong with you? Useless, tripping while running! You... I, I feel dizzy too..." That person also fell down after finishing his sentence.
Dugu Qianye erged from the Refining Demon Pot, approached the two n, and swiftly dealt with them with a knife each. She had sprinkled a potent sleeping powder in the outer room; anyone who slled it would surely faint.
With everything settled, Dugu Qianye waved to the Beast Beasts, who had co back to life in their cages, and said, "Let’s begin..."
At Dugu Qianye’s command, the Beasts began attacking the cages that held them. Based on the strength of a Spiritual Beast’s body, they should have been able to pry open the cages, but when they tried, the iron bars didn’t budge.
Dugu Qianye asked in surprise, "What’s wrong?"
The Spiritual Beasts returned inside their cages and said, "This cage is not just any Super Divine Artifact. It not only controls our Spiritual Power but also limits our strength. We simply can’t muster any force right now."
The Spiritual Beasts were all very frustrated, thinking that without the electric current, they could leave, but now they were faced with this situation.
"Can’t you just break these cages directly?" a faint voice ca from a cage in one corner. The other Spiritual Beasts nodded in agreent.
Dugu Qianye shook her head and said, "No, Yong Xing is here. Any slight disturbance, and he would notice. Then, I couldn’t rescue you all."
Hearing Dugu Qianye say this, the Beasts despaired. They had waited so long for soone to co, and now there was no way to rescue them, giving them hope only to shatter it. This feeling made their mood plumt.
Dugu Qianye looked at the cages, considering moving them to the Refining Demon Pot and then destroying them, but she sadly discovered that the cages were actually connected to the ground.
"Could it be that Jian Fengxing refined these Divine Artifacts right here on the spot?" Dugu Qianye said helplessly.
At that mont, the Spiritual Fox woke up and said, "What if I contract with you?"
"You an, to contract and then go back to the Spiritual Beast Space?" Dugu Qianye asked.
The Spiritual Fox nodded and said, "Without you, I definitely couldn’t survive this ti. I don’t want to stay here anymore. I’m willing to contract with you, please accept !"
The Spiritual Fox understood that Dugu Qianye’s visit was purely accidental, but such accidents didn’t happen often. It had been imprisoned here for over a thousand years, and aside from the guards, it had only seen two people; one was Jian Yuezhi, who contracted with the White Tiger and then left. Now there was Dugu Qianye, perhaps the last chance for freedom. They were always aware of the sounds from behind, the incessant knocking, it was the information conveyed by the mice that led them to know that the current situation wasn’t optimistic.
Dugu Qianye looked at the Spiritual Fox and asked, "Are you really willing to follow ?"
The Spiritual Fox nodded and said, "Following you, at least I could leave this place without seeing the light of day. If I miss this chance, I don’t know when I’ll be able to get out. And you saved , your scent tells you’re not a bad person!"
Dugu Qianye then rembered that she had contracted with so many auspicious beasts, their aura making her seem more amiable.
"Alright," Dugu Qianye nodded. Seeing Dugu Qianye agree, the Spiritual Fox took the initiative to contract.
The Formation for contracting appeared, linking the two together. After the contract was complete, Dugu Qianye took the Spiritual Fox into the Refining Demon Pot. Once inside, seeing so many noble Spiritual Beasts like the Phoenix and the Dragon Clan, and even the most noble bloodline of the fox clan, the Nine-Tailed Fox, it felt wise about its decision to acknowledge a master.
Seeing the Spiritual Fox leave the cage, the other Spiritual Beasts also beca restless, but the thought of losing their freedom if they took a master made so hesitate.
The Purple-tailed Spiritual Monkey ca to the front of the cage and said, "You’ve taken the Spiritual Fox, take too." Without waiting for Dugu Qianye’s refusal, it took the initiative to form a contract too.
With one leading the way, other Spiritual Beasts also started contracting with Dugu Qianye in succession.
The Four-winged Money Leopard, looking at its neighbour who was still hesitating, said, "Being a master’s beast does indeed an losing so freedom, but compared with this dark life, an everlasting prison, old neighbor, think about it for yourself." Afterwards, it too acknowledged Dugu Qianye as master and entered the Refining Demon Pot.
Those who were hesitating had an epiphany upon hearing the words of the Four-winged Money Leopard.
That’s right! Spiritual Beasts had always believed that contracting with a master ant losing freedom, especially for such noble and powerful creatures, who were too proud to ever acknowledge a human master. These notions had occupied their thoughts and led them into a fallacy. The current situation gave them no choice but freedom with conditions or absolute lack of freedom. How to decide wasn’t sothing to hesitate over at all!
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