71: Chapter 71 The Desire for Control

"System, your data hasn't glitched, has it?"

"If the affinity is still one hundred percent, then why does Xiao Gu have thoughts of not listening to me?"

[Reminder to Host: There are generally three reasons why a Spirit Pet would not obey its master's commands.]

[Reason One: The affinity between the Spirit Pet and the master is too low, and the Spirit Pet does not truly recognize its master in its heart.]

[Reason Two: Due to personality influences, a Spirit Pet may occasionally not obey its master's commands.]

[Reason Three: Due to physical or mental reasons, the Spirit Pet cannot control its own behavior, leading to instances where it violates the master's commands.]

"So, is Xiao Gu's current situation the third one? Did the yin soul bead affect her mental state?"

[No. According to system detection, the Ghost Bone Maiden's current mental state is good. With the calming effect of the ghost flower, the influence of the yin soul bead on her has been reduced to an extremely low level...]

"Then what is going on now???"

Before the system's explanation could sound again, the reason appeared before Jiang Nan.

[The ghost flower has suppressed the negative effects of the yin soul bead, and the Ghost Bone Maiden's condition has improved.]

[Because she is worried about her master's safety and fears that her own insufficient strength might lead to a situation where her master's life is threatened again, as it was when fighting the Red-Clad Evil Ghost, the Ghost Bone Maiden's personality has changed.]

[Your Spirit Pet, the Ghost Bone Maiden, has undergone a personality change: 'Crazy' has transformed into 'Desire for Control'!]

[Desire for Control: A personality change that occurred in the Ghost Bone Maiden due to her worry for her husband's safety. She has paranoid thoughts regarding matters concerning her husband's safety.]

Looking at the series of messages before him, the corners of Jiang Nan's mouth twitched slightly.

Desire for Control? A Spirit Pet trying to control its master? This is simply turning the world upside down!

Being led by the nose by a Spirit Pet would make most Beast Tamers feel that their dignity has been challenged.

But the Ghost Bone Maiden's situation is different. She developed this personality because she was worried about Jiang Nan's safety. How could Jiang Nan have the heart to blame her?

"Sigh... since it's already like this, let's just leave it for now."

Jiang Nan sighed slightly in his heart. In this situation, he could only entrust his hope to time, hoping that time would change the Ghost Bone Maiden's tendency to worry too much about him.

He looked at the Ghost Bone Maiden and chuckled, "Forget it, forget it, then I'll listen to you. Having a survival trait isn't a bad thing; after all, only those who are alive can possess everything... It's just different from my previous idea of wanting to fight side-by-side with you."

"We still have a long way to go in our future, and on the road to that future, I should also listen to the opinions of those around me."

Seeing the smile on Jiang Nan's face, the Ghost Bone Maiden's mood immediately improved significantly.

Before this, she had been so afraid—afraid that if her opinions differed from Jiang Nan's, she would be neglected or even abandoned by him.

But now... her inner worries were wiped away by Jiang Nan's smile!

"Ahem! Ahem!"

Just as Jiang Nan and the Ghost Bone Maiden were being affectionate, preparing to show off the intimate relationship between a master and a Spirit Pet, a muffled sound came from the side.

Turning his head, he saw Principal Luo Xifei standing not far away with a speechless expression on her face.

"You don't need to ask when I arrived. You just need to know that I am very unhappy right now, because you said I couldn't beat the Red-Clad Evil Ghost!"

"...Isn't that the truth?"

"You!"

Principal Luo Xifei was trembling with anger, but she deflated not long after.

Fine, if the Ghost Bone Maiden hadn't seized half of the control over the ghost domain at that time, she really might not have been able to defeat the Red-Clad Evil Ghost.

However, this did not mean that Principal Luo Xifei's strength was weak; on the contrary... it was that the Red-Clad Evil Ghost's strength was too great.

A demonic beast with Lord-level strength already possessed a domain, and as long as there was enough yin energy, it could be immortal, and it could also manifest twenty clones of itself with equal strength to fight...

With such a buggy ability, even a Sovereign-level demonic beast might not necessarily gain an advantage against the Red-Clad Evil Ghost.

"You brat, you're not cute at all! I came here to talk to you about your second Spirit Pet..." Principal Luo Xifei said unhappily.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Nan raised an eyebrow and asked curiously, "What kind of Spirit Pet egg did you find for me? You're a city lord, after all; the Spirit Pet you find for me should at least have a top-tier trait, plus a Beast King-level talent, right?"

"Screw you!" Principal Luo Xifei glared at him irritably. "I want a Spirit Pet with Beast King-level talent myself; how could it ever be your turn?"

"I didn't find a Spirit Pet for you; what I'm giving you is a chance to enter the Elf Race secret realm!"

"The Elf Secret Realm is one of the few secret realms that has established friendly relations with humans; the elves inside are very friendly toward humans."

"Twenty years ago, the Elf King reached a contract with humans. Every ten years, they distribute transfer tokens for the Elf Secret Realm in the human world. Those who possess a transfer token have the opportunity to contract an elf as their Spirit Pet within the Elf Secret Realm."

Hearing these words, Jiang Nan instantly remembered the reason why Director Zhou Shi had hunted down Principal Luo Xifei in the past.

"I remember that Director Zhou Shi hunted you down back then because you had a transfer token in your hand, right? Could that token have been the secret realm transfer token?" Jiang Nan asked curiously.

However, he saw Principal Luo Xifei shake her head, a mischievous smile appearing on her face.

"No! That token was just something I carved out of a random rock. I had the Wind Elf leave elven information on it, and I used it specifically to fish in the black market. It just so happened that the idiot Director Zhou Shi took the bait!"

The more Principal Luo Xifei spoke, the more smug she became. She took a stone token out of her Beast Taming Space; the elven aura on it had already vanished, and it was indeed just a broken rock.

Seeing her smug appearance, Jiang Nan was completely speechless. This person... she really is extremely wicked!

If Director Zhou Shi knew that he had lost his life because of a broken rock, would he be so angry that he crawled out of hell?

"So the transfer token you had was fake?"

"Yeah!"

"Then do you have a second transfer token?"

"No."

"Since you don't have one, how are you going to let me enter the Elf Secret Realm?"

Jiang Nan looked puzzled. Principal Luo Xifei's mouth curled up slightly. She patted Jiang Nan on the shoulder and spoke in a tone of teaching a younger generation.

"Young man, you are still too young!"

"No matter which country it is, in the end, it is a society that relies on connections."

"Your Sister Fei has extensive connections; I have contacts all over the world. Getting you to enter the Elf Secret Realm through the back door is nothing more than a word from me!"

Principal Luo Xifei was full of smugness, but Jiang Nan expressed doubt about this.

He lowered his head in thought, only then remembering that Principal Luo Xifei had a type of Spirit Pet: the Wind Elf!

In other words, Principal Luo Xifei must have once possessed an Elf Secret Realm token; otherwise, she would not have been able to contract a Wind Elf, nor would she have known what the Elf Secret Realm transfer token looked like.

And the connections she spoke of... were likely that Wind Elf!