Chapter 76 Helping Qinglin with the Contract, Little Fairy Doctor's Heart Poison Has No Cure

The three of them set off immediately, heading deep into the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

In this part of the Magical Beast Mountain Range, apart from the Amethyst Winged Lion King, there were no other Demonic Beasts at the Dou Huang Rank.

However, Gu He knew that deep inside, there was a Six-Winged Fish Lion Serpent Beast with strength nearing the Dou Huang Rank.

Its body resembled a fish, its head resembled a lion, and it belonged to the water snake species.

Gu He came to a halt in front of a massive waterfall.

The waterfall cascaded down three thousand feet, showing no signs of any Demonic Beast lurking about.

But looking at Qing Lin, who was clutching the edge of his robe, Gu He smiled calmly and instructed,

"Qing Lin, you must be strong when the time calls for it, do you understand?"

Qing Lin nodded, feeling at a loss.

Gu He patted her shoulder and stepped forward to the riverbank.

Stepping onto the reef, a cyan-white flame covered the soles of his feet, its scorching aura resembling erupting magma.

"Clang!"

He stomped his foot heavily onto the reef.

A layer of pale cyan flame suddenly covered the surface of the river, thin like an invisible membrane, yet in an instant—

It evaporated all the river water!

Before the waterfall upstream could cascade down to fill it, at that very moment!

A massive beast from the riverbed shot into the sky!

The lion-headed, snake-like beast glared with blood-red eyes, flapping its six purple wings, its black snake body undulating in the sky as if it were still in the water.

"Roar—!"

Five water-gun-like attacks shot directly at Gu He's face, but with a wave of his sleeve, Gu He instantly evaporated the attacks.

The Six-Winged Fish Lion Serpent Beast felt Gu He's aura and was terrified. It was a Rank 5 Demonic Beast that possessed Divine Sense and was on the verge of developing intelligence and the ability to speak. It was quite cunning and, upon encountering a powerhouse, only wanted to save its own life.

Qing Lin was initially a bit afraid upon seeing the behemoth.

She no longer had the memories of contracting Demonic Beasts in the past, and having traveled with Xiao Yi Xian to the Izumo Empire, which was famous for its poisons, she had mostly seen humans, so she only found this novel now.

However, the cowering appearance of the Six-Winged Fish Lion Serpent Beast gave her a bit of courage.

Gu He gently patted her back and whispered,

"Just pretend that I couldn't defeat this Demonic Beast, and then our little Qing Lin bravely stood up and took care of this snake."

Qing Lin was slightly startled, "I... can I?"

Gu He looked into her cyan eyes, where the three-flower pattern seemed like a real, lush green flower slowly blooming,

"You can. Use your eyes, use the Pupil Control Technique I gave you before."

Qing Lin blinked, seemingly having understood.

Afterwards, with a determined face, she blocked in front of Gu He, facing the Six-Winged Fish Lion Serpent Beast directly. Looking at its ugly lion head, she shouted loudly,

"Don't you dare hurt my Lord!!"

The Six-Winged Fish Lion Serpent Beast was bewildered. It had only spat a few water jets and hadn't dared to use its major attacks, fearing it would anger this human who looked like someone not to be trifled with.

Of course, that was if it could make expressions.

It looked at this petite girl and only felt a pain in its red eyes.

Then its consciousness began to scatter, as if it had entered a mist formed by flowers and butterflies, only to be broken apart and then re-guided,

It felt as if, in this moment and at this place, the girl before it was its deity.

"Acknowledge me as your master." Qing Lin's expression was serious, her cyan eyes shining brightly, and the flower pattern seemed to rotate once.

The Six-Winged Fish Lion Serpent Beast twisted and circled uneasily, feeling that its body and consciousness were no longer its own.

It wanted to break through the river surface again and dive into the water, yet its body became docile against its will.

Immediately, under the continuous gaze of Qing Lin's eyes, its wide, bright red, diamond-shaped pupils gradually dilated.

"Roar—" It let out a low whine and completely surrendered.

Qing Lin immediately formed a contract with it—

A one-sided master-benefiting contract.

Having learned the spatial method of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, she immediately stored the ugly-headed Six-Winged Fish Lion Serpent Beast into the space within her eyes.

"Teacher, I did it!" Qing Lin jumped almost three feet high. Her slightly weary face was full of joy, her cherry lips smiling, and her cheeks were flushed red, like fresh lychees.

Gu He ruffled her hair, his face filled with a gentle smile and affection, "Well done!"

"When you become stronger in the future, Teacher will take you to contract even more handsome snake-type Demonic Beasts!"

Qing Lin couldn't help but laugh, "I don't care about the beauty of the contracted beast, as long as Teacher is with me, that's enough!"

Gu He smiled helplessly.

Qing Lin stammered, "Teacher assumed you were in danger just now, and Qing Lin took it to heart..."

"That's why I was so brave!"

Gu He pressed her little head against his chest and rubbed it vigorously.

"Good girl." His smile was light.

Not far away, Xiao Yi Xian watched the warm interaction between Gu He and Qing Lin, gazing at the murmuring river, and remained silent.

The deep, bottomless green river water was just like her current mood.

She never opposed Gu He being close to Qing Lin; Qing Lin was like her little sister, obedient and cute.

But there would always be a second or two where she felt exceptionally lonely.

While traveling in the Izumo Empire, she had met a female poison master in her fifties who was still unmarried. It was said that she had been deceived by her first love, and later, she taught herself poison arts and made the man impotent.

She would always say, "You can't find a three-legged toad, but three-legged men are everywhere."

But she seemed to understand matters of the heart very well and had earnestly told Xiao Yi Xian,

"When you have emotional fluctuations for a man, start worrying about his daily life, and start asking and caring about what he is doing right now, then congratulations—you have fallen for him."

Xiao Yi Xian felt like she was her relationship strategist.

Gu He was the only Gu He, and Xiao Yi Xian was Gu He's unique Xiao Yi Xian.

The poison she planted herself, she did not want to cure, nor could she cure it.

"What's wrong, Xiao Yi Xian?"

Suddenly, a shadow fell, and Gu He's steady, powerful voice sounded in Xiao Yi Xian's ear.

A breeze stirred Xiao Yi Xian's loose purple-red robes. She looked up slightly, her silvery-white hair fluttering, "I..."

She had not yet withdrawn from her thoughts and did not know what to say for a moment.

"I want to take you to find Beast Fire." Gu He looked into her eyes and said firmly.

Xiao Yi Xian was stunned, her beautiful eyes slightly surprised, "Beast Fire?"

Gu He nodded, "I saw this a long time ago in the Sect's Dou Technique Pavilion. Deep in this Magical Beast Mountain Range, there is a bird-like Demonic Beast that is snow-white all over."

"It is called a Firefly Bat, and it looks a bit like a white Phoenix. It lives in cold ice caves and possesses a light-white Beast Fire within its body."

"Ancient texts call it Bat Fire."

"Let's go together!" Gu He pulled Xiao Yi Xian up, the warmth in his eyes like a hot current, melting away the haze in the depths of Xiao Yi Xian's eyes.

"Teacher..."

"Teacher, I..."

Xiao Yi Xian was incoherent.

She could not describe how many thoughts had flashed through her mind; her eye sockets slowly turned red, like falling flower petals.

"Okay, let's go get the Beast Fire together!" Xiao Yi Xian glanced at Qing Lin and Gu He, her gaze gradually becoming firm, her voice clear and ethereal.

She raised a happy smile, her silver hair dancing like snowflakes, exceptionally beautiful.

Gu He, her Teacher.

The strong light that pulled her up from the abyss.

The poison she was afflicted with was incurable, and it had always been incurable...