157: spatial nodes

[Ding, detected that the Void Tanuki desires to become your contracted beast or servant. Do you accept?]

"Yes!" Xu Le instinctively chose to accept, making it his servant.

Then, he saw the Tanuki, which had almost been caught by the blue flames, suddenly gain a surge of strength. With a forceful leap, its figure vanished, and when it reappeared, it had already jumped onto Xu Le's foot.

"Why did I agree to take it in as a servant?"

"It's worth nearly a hundred million experience points. If I kill it now, can I still get the experience?"

Sensing Xu Le's hesitation, the Tanuki's entire body huddled up; it was terrifying.

"Crackle..."

Amidst the blazing fire, the Scarlet Flood Dragon and the Coiled Tortoise were burned to death, breathing their last breaths.

[Experience +99.99 million]

[Experience +99.99 million]

The Tanuki trembled with fear. In just over a second, these two, who were about as strong as itself, had been burned to ashes. How terrifying.

"Meow..." (Master, you are so amazing!)

The voice was charming to the ear, like a soft, white hand gently massaging you, making you think of the most beautiful things in the world.

Xu Le's mouth twitched as he carefully checked the Tanuki's skills and talents, only to discover that the other party had a Heaven-Defying talent.

[Acting Silly and Cute] When you have no ill will toward the other party, you can greatly gain their favor. The more severely injured you are, the more favor you gain.

Xu Le saw that the Tanuki's health bar at his feet was critically low; it was so badly injured it was almost out of breath, and its favorability was maxed out.

If not for his firm will, he might have taken it in as a contracted beast instead of a servant.

"Meow..." (Master, you are so handsome, I like you so much!)

Xu Le: "..."

Suddenly, he felt that being able to understand the words of Void Creatures wasn't that great.

This praise was so hardcore it was hard to swallow.

This unscrupulous Tanuki, should he check if it's male or female?

Sensing Xu Le's thoughts, the Tanuki lay down on the spot, revealing its white belly.

Hmm, female.

Bah! This Tanuki is just too... Xu Le was speechless and looked toward the ashes at the bead they had been fighting over.

A hint of craftiness flashed in the Tanuki's eyes as it followed closely behind Xu Le.

[Item] blood purifying bead

[Grade] Legendary

[Item Details] Able to purify the blood within living organisms and promote their growth. If the user is a snake type, it can provide 30 times the effect.

Quite a good item.

Xu Le directly summoned the Little Black Snake, only to see a trace of reluctance on the latter's face.

"Something's not right. Lately, the little guy hasn't been as enthusiastic about coming out to fight as before."

"Before, their faces almost all said 'Where is the enemy? I want to kill it,' but now they're like teenagers addicted to online games. Every time they go out, they have a look of regret as if their pentakill was stolen."

Thinking this, Xu Le handed the blood purifying bead to the Little Black Snake, and as he sent it back to the Contract Space, his mind followed it inside.

What met his eyes was a vast, endless wilderness, completely different from the previous Contract Space which was only the size of a courtyard.

In the center of the wilderness, a peach tree over fifty meters tall stood tall, its branches stretching out and swaying in the wind;

The divine statue stood under the peach tree like a sculpture;

The Little Dog lay lazily under the peach tree, napping, its ears twitching from time to time as it listened to the surrounding sounds;

The Little Demon Monkey was Cultivating spear techniques with a spear in hand, and its sparring partner was the Little Dog's Clone. Whenever a Little Dog Clone died or disappeared when its time was up, several more Little Dogs would appear and rush forward to continue the battle;

As for the Little Silly Crow and the Nine Phoenix, they were racing in a flight competition so far away they only looked like sesame seeds... It had to be said, everyone was having a blast.

Only then did Xu Le learn the whereabouts of the void realm stone.

It turns out it had directly Fusion with his Contract Space.

If he had felt a bit distressed before, seeing the contracted beasts having so much fun now, he felt this was the best outcome.

But while this space was large, it was too monotonous. It would be better if there were a couple of mountains over there and a river over here.

Rumble... The ground broke apart, and two large mountains emerged from the soil... An underground river gushed out, and a winding small river flowed into the distance, disappearing into the horizon.

The pets were startled, each filled with Battle Intent: "Those who invade our home shall be punished, no matter how far they are."

After realizing it was Xu Le, they quickly told him how great this place was.

A moment later, Xu Le remodeled the surrounding space into what the contracted beasts wanted according to their ideas.

These two peaks here, a cliff there, and a small river further away.

Unfortunately, there were no plants; he could only modify the terrain. If he wanted other trees, he would need to transplant them from outside.

The space ring cannot store living things, and Xu Le had no solution for now.

When he left, he realized that under the suggestions of the contracted beasts, the surrounding layout was as ugly as could be.

Once he returned to Blue Star, he would need to find a professional to help with the planning.

The current Contract Space, besides being a place for contracted beasts to play, could also store items, store living things, and even Xu Le himself could go in to hang out.

"No wonder the Heart Buddha Clone waited so many years and wanted to get the void realm stone so badly. It turns out there are so many benefits."

"Meow..." (Master, where did you just go? Can you please not leave me behind?)

Xu Le: "..."

Looking at the expectant and pleading look in the Tanuki's eyes, Xu Le felt a slight pang of conscience.

"Challenging my weakness every day, should I just kill it after all? Even if I don't get a hundred million experience, at least I'll feel better."

Xu Le pondered, his gaze toward the Tanuki becoming increasingly unfriendly.

"Meow..." (Master, I'm a good cat, I'm very obedient.)

Xu Le gave a "Tch." This cat almost had the words "Green Tea" written on its head, yet it claimed to be a good cat.

"Meow..." (I really am a good cat...)

...Seven days later.

Xu Le continued his journey with the Tanuki, and finally, the distance of that calling no longer increased.

He hurried forward and walked up to a patch of space.

The calling in his heart was right ahead, yet he could see nothing and touch nothing, as if there was nothing there at all.

After a moment of silence, he leveled the surrounding area and then began to draw a Contract Array on it.

He trusted his intuition.

Since the location of the calling in his heart was right here, he would just contract this place directly.

"Tsk tsk, little friend, you don't actually think that by drawing a circle and making a mark, you can claim this place for yourself and no one will fight you for the Guiyuan Bridge, do you?"

"What Guiyuan Bridge?"

Xu Le was puzzled. He turned around to see a middle-aged man standing not far away, wearing a black trench coat and holding a tortoise shell in his hands.

"Still pretending? I've already found this place, so how could I not know that this is the space node to leave the Void World?"

"I have to say, your acting is very good. The confusion when you turned around, the shock now—every expression is very nuanced, but you're missing a bit of panic. Otherwise, you could at least win a Best Actor trophy or something."