123: Sharing Life

Ye Xiao felt like a million alpacas were stampeding through his heart.

To say this guy was innocent, he still knew how to hide things.

But to say he was sinister, he still warned him at the last minute.

It was quite good, actually.

However, in the end, Ye Xiao took a deep breath and calmed himself.

At this moment, as the absorption of the red light ended, the Golden Dragon's figure had completely vanished.

Through the feedback from the red moon eye, Ye Xiao knew that the Golden Dragon had now transformed into a dragon egg, quietly lying within the Red Moon Space.

Immediately after, a message popped up.

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Ding! You have contracted a special pet, the Golden Dragon. You can now name it.

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Ye Xiao thought for a moment and said, "Let's call him Xiao Jin."

As the naming concluded, Ye Xiao finally breathed a sigh of relief.

This recent experience was truly fantastical; if it hadn't been his own personal experience, he wouldn't have believed that an ancient dragon would voluntarily come out to be his pet just now.

Such a good deal, practically begging to be taken, was something he might never encounter again in his life.

The thought of owning a dragon pet immediately brightened Ye Xiao's mood.

However, at this very moment, Ye Xiao suddenly felt a powerful suction force coming from within the Red Moon Space.

Immediately after, his experience points began to rapidly drain away.

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Ding! Your pet Xiao Jin has absorbed 10,000 experience points from you. You have lost 10,000 experience points. Your level has dropped to Level 89.

Ding! You have lost 3 Strength...

Ding! You have lost 3 Constitution...

Ding! You have lost 3 Intelligence...

Ding! You have lost 18 Agility...

...Ding! Your pet Xiao Jin has absorbed 10,000 experience points from you. You have lost 10,000 experience points.

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The sudden change caused Ye Xiao to turn pale with fright.

The energy this guy mentioned absorbing earlier was actually his own experience?

At this rate of absorption, he feared it wouldn't be long before he was sucked back to Level 0.

This was what this guy meant by "don't worry"?

After his initial shock, Ye Xiao tried to intervene, but no matter what he did, he couldn't stop the situation.

In his horror, Ye Xiao didn't have time to ponder why this was happening.

He hurriedly entered the depths of the Dense Forest to search for demonic beasts.

Since Xiao Jin, the boss, was no longer presiding, Ye Xiao no longer feared this Dense Forest.

In a blink of an eye, he reached the depths of the Dense Forest.

Soon, he finally found another densely packed group of Level 90 demonic beasts.

Putting everything else aside, Xiao Jin, as the boss here, wasn't exactly a responsible one.

Generally, a boss has an uncrossable territory of its own.

However, the location Ye Xiao was currently in was actually Xiao Jin's territory.

Yet, traces of demonic beasts could be seen everywhere.

One could only say that Xiao Jin's personality was a bit too gentle.

However, the situation quickly changed.

Because his master, Ye Xiao, was not so gentle.

Xiao Jin was still desperately absorbing his experience.

In the blink of an eye, he had already dropped another level and had to quickly make it back.

Thinking of this, Ye Xiao no longer hesitated.

He summoned two clones, and a barrage of fireballs rained down.

In an instant, with Ye Xiao at the center, an area within a hundred meters became scorched earth.

At the same time, Ye Xiao glanced at his experience bar.

Seeing that the rapid decline had begun to slow, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Next, Ye Xiao once again entered a frantic sweeping mode.

For a time, the explosions continuously echoed through this Dense Forest, which had been peaceful for nearly a hundred years.

After each explosion, it meant that dozens or even hundreds of demonic beasts had died.

Time passed by little by little.

Soon, a day and a night went by.

During this time, Ye Xiao barely stopped his actions.

Swathes of demonic beasts were all turned into charcoal under his ruthless bombardment.

With his diligent efforts, his purification points unexpectedly accumulated another 20,000 points.

This speed was more than twice as fast as before.

Of course, this was also due to the fact that the density of demonic beasts in the depths of the Dense Forest was several times higher than in the outer areas.

However, although he gained a large amount of purification points, Ye Xiao's level was still dropping wildly.

After a day and a night of fighting, Ye Xiao's level had not risen but fallen, becoming Level 60.

And it was still dropping.

Seeing this, Ye Xiao couldn't help but curse Xiao Jin in his heart.

This damned stupid dragon, how long was it going to keep absorbing?

Despite his cursing, Ye Xiao continued to wander through the depths of the Dense Forest, searching for demonic beasts.

Just like that, another two days passed.

At this point, the number of demonic beasts in the depths of the Dense Forest, under Ye Xiao's frantic sweeping, had died in the tens of thousands.

Some who had luckily escaped Ye Xiao's slaughter had long since fled to who-knows-where.

Ye Xiao was too lazy to chase them.

But the result of such a frantic extermination of demonic beasts was that after three days, Ye Xiao could no longer see a single trace of a demonic beast.

Therefore, his level began to drop wildly.

Especially since Xiao Jin absorbed experience at a fixed rate of 10,000 points, the lower Ye Xiao's level, the faster it dropped.

Thus, with no other options, --- ---

Ding! Your pet Xiao Jin has absorbed 10,000 experience points from you. You have lost 10,000 experience points. Your level has dropped to Level 59.

...Your level has dropped to Level 58.

...Level 37.

...Level 21.

Ding! Your level has dropped to Level 1.

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Ye Xiao stared blankly at his rapidly declining level, initially thinking it would drop further.

He didn't expect his level to stop moving.

At this moment, Ye Xiao also noticed that Xiao Jin was no longer absorbing his experience points.

Ye Xiao let out a breath.

Not bad, at least he still had Level 1 left.

At this point, Ye Xiao didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

However, just then, in the Red Moon Space, an extremely terrifying energy suddenly surged from the dragon egg.

In an instant, it filled the entire space.

Immediately after, a crisp cracking sound came from the eggshell.

Ye Xiao's consciousness sank into the Red Moon Space.

He then discovered a Golden Dragon hatchling, only the size of a palm, leaping out of the eggshell.

Ye Xiao saw it clearly.

This little guy was almost identical to the previous Golden Dragon.

At this moment, the little guy suddenly opened its small mouth and took a deep breath.

Ye Xiao then saw the rich energy in the space being sucked into its belly.

A moment later, the little guy let out a satisfied burp, then showed a contented expression.

At this moment, as if sensing Ye Xiao's gaze, the little guy opened its mouth again, and in a milky voice, shyly said, "Good person, thank you, I'm alive!"

"Good my ass!"

Ye Xiao was speechless.

This completely wiped out his level. Fortunately, as long as he didn't take off the equipment he was wearing, it would still be effective.

Otherwise, in his current predicament, he would probably be completely finished.

As if seeing Ye Xiao's anger, the little guy quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, I didn't know I needed so much energy. I thought... I thought I only needed a little bit..."

Since things had come to this, Ye Xiao actually had no other choice.

However, at this moment, Xiao Jin suddenly said with some dejection, "I realized that becoming your pet is a huge loss for me."

Ye Xiao glared at him, "You sucked all my experience, and you still dare to say it's a loss?"

Xiao Jin was startled, then said somewhat aggrievedly, "But, I didn't know that by signing a contract with the red moon, I would share life with you. You Human Job Holders are notoriously short-lived. Now I've directly lost half of my lifespan. It's definitely a loss."

Hmm?

Hearing Xiao Jin's words, Ye Xiao was instantly stunned.

Share life?

Ye Xiao asked with somewhat hurried breathing, "How long can you live?"

Xiao Jin blinked and honestly said, "After recovery, I should, I should still be able to live for twenty to thirty thousand years."

Hiss!

When Ye Xiao heard twenty to thirty thousand years, the gloom in his heart immediately vanished.

His expression became incredibly excited.

Even assuming twenty thousand years, now that he shared life with Xiao Jin, wouldn't he be able to live for another ten thousand years without doing anything?

One must know that while Human Job Holders' lifespans also extend with the continuous improvement of their levels and attributes, it is speculated that the longest lifespan for a Nine-Cycle Professional would not exceed 200 years.

However, now, by virtue of the contract with Xiao Jin, Ye Xiao's lifespan had inexplicably increased by at least ten thousand years.

Compared to this, what was a mere Level 90's worth of experience?

What's more, he had 13 times experience gain.

Reaching Level 90 would be a matter of minutes, wouldn't it?

Thinking of this, Ye Xiao's entire mood instantly soared.

His gaze towards Xiao Jin also became much softer.