"Wait."
Mo Tiange stopped what the Sea Dragon was about to say. "How do I know you're not lying to me this time?"
The Sea Dragon opened its mouth and froze.
After a while, it said, "But you beat me, but you didn't kill me …" It thought that for humans, this behavior was a show of kindness.
Mo Tiange said lightly, "I didn't kill you because you used to be my great ancestor's spiritual beast. For the sake of my great ancestor, since you're not a threat to me, I don't mind letting you go."
This sentence made the Sea Dragon feel Mo Tiange's strong confidence. It couldn't help but ask, "Then you …"
"But for the sake of my great ancestor, are you also kind to me?"
Mo Tiange looked straight at it. "After all, the spiritual beast contract has expired. You're just a demonic beast to me now."
The Sea Dragon floated in the air, and its eyes became distant.
Its injuries were not light, and tiny drops of blood kept dripping into the sea.
"Although we demonic beasts are hostile to humans, we'll be grateful if a human saves us," the Sea Dragon said calmly.
"Six thousand years ago, I lived in the Sea of Returning Ruins. My whole clan was slaughtered, and I was almost killed. It was my master who saved me.
So, I was willing to sign a spiritual beast contract with her and become her spiritual beast. "
Mo Tiange's eyes moved. She put her hand into her Qiankun Bag, took out a jade bottle, and threw it over. "Eat it. Your injuries are very serious."
The Sea Dragon opened its mouth and bit the jade bottle.
There was doubt in its eyes. "You …"
"I also want to make a deal with you."
The Sea Dragon shook its head and didn't speak.
"I know that demonic beasts like you don't have medicinal pills to eat, so your cultivation is much slower than that of humans. Moreover, the most difficult hurdle for demonic beasts is the seventh rank to the eighth rank. If you can pass it, you can transform and become a real spiritual creature, but if you can't, you'll always be a demonic beast."
Mo Tiange raised her eyebrows and said proudly, "I can give you medicinal pills that may help you successfully advance to the eighth rank, but in exchange, you must let your descendants sign a spiritual beast contract with me and tell me that secret."
Mo Tiange smiled. "Of course, the medicinal pills you're biting are not part of the deal. They're just for you to heal."
"…" The Sea Dragon didn't communicate with her again. A trace of doubt flashed in its eyes, but soon, it bit the jade bottle and swallowed all the medicinal pills inside.
Subsequently, a faint layer of spiritual energy appeared around its body, wrapping around its wounds. Then, the wounds lit up with a white light, and in the white light, the wounds healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
After a while, the light dissipated. The Sea Dragon turned its head, wagged its tail, and said, "Thank you, my injuries are much better."
"Mo" Mo Tiange smiled. "Can we talk about our deal?"
The Sea Dragon hesitated for a moment and said, "Our Sea Dragon clan is very happy in this sea. I don't want my descendants to become the spiritual beasts of human cultivators again."
In the face of this answer, Mo Tiange smiled. "Even if I give you medicinal pills that can help you advance to the eighth rank?"
The Sea Dragon twisted its head and seemed to be struggling. After a while, it said, "It's not easy for demonic beasts to advance to the eighth rank. I've been with Master for a thousand years, but I've only advanced from the fifth rank to the seventh rank. No matter how many medicinal pills Master has given me, I've never advanced to the eighth rank. I don't think it's worth exchanging the freedom of my descendants."
Hearing this, Mo Tiange nodded gently. "You care about your descendants very much."
The Sea Dragon blinked and showed some kindness. "As long as you stop hunting the sea beasts in this area, I'll tell you this secret. It's still valid.
Although we sea clans hunt and kill each other, your indiscriminate killing will destroy the balance between us.
The Sea Dragon Clan has a good life here, and we don't want to give it up. "
"I see."
Mo Tiange sighed. She looked at the Sea Dragon and said, "But how can I believe your secret is true?"
The Sea Dragon was stunned. It wagged its tail and seemed a little distressed. "Well, I …"
"You're willing to take the risk to stop me for your descendants, which shows that your clan cares about them very much, right?"
The Sea Dragon fell silent. After a while, its eyes flashed with determination. "Human, even if you kill me, I won't give up the freedom of my descendants."
Mo Tiange smiled and waved her hand. "Don't be in a hurry to refuse. Let me ask you, you're only a seventh-rank demonic beast, but you can live for nearly ten thousand years. So, the lifespan of Sea Dragons can reach ten thousand years?"
The Sea Dragon hesitated for a moment and nodded. "Yes, at least ten thousand years."
"Then, for you, the lifespan of human cultivators is very short, right?"
After a moment of silence, the Sea Dragon agreed again. "Yes.
When I followed Master, I had lived for thousands of years. At that time, Master was still very young, but after Master passed away, I lived for thousands of years … "
"So, let your descendants follow me. Even if I'm as strong as your master in the future, the price is only a thousand years of freedom, right?"
The Sea Dragon didn't object to this conclusion. "Yes."
Mo Tiange smiled. "What if I can let it rush to the eighth rank?
Is it worth more than a thousand years of freedom? "
Upon hearing this, the Sea Dragon froze.
Doubt, calculation, and hesitation flashed in its eyes.
Mo Tiange knew it needed to think, so she didn't urge it. She just waved the Heaven and Earth Fan in her hand and looked around as if she was just standing there watching the scenery.
Advancing to the eighth rank was almost an irresistible temptation for demonic beasts. Although this Sea Dragon refused once, it would be difficult to refuse again.
After a long time, the voice sounded in its mind again. "You're only in the sixth rank. Can you really do it?
This is something even my master couldn't do. "
Mo Tiange smiled. "Wait here for a moment, and you'll know whether it's possible or not."
After that, she touched the spot between her eyebrows and cast a spell.
Under the Sea Dragon's shocked gaze, she entered the Virtual Sky World.
In order to heal Lord Daoist Jinghe, she had used up the Flowerless Golden Fruit, but she still had other spiritual medicines that could help advance.
After wandering around the medicinal field, Mo Tiange grabbed a Hundred Fruits and came out of the Virtual Sky World.
Seeing her suddenly appear in front of it, the Sea Dragon was shocked. It shook its head, somewhat confused. Did humans invent some magic arts again?
But then its eyes were attracted by the Hundred Fruits in Mo Tiange's hand.
Although it had lived in the sea for a long time, it didn't prevent it from seeing that this was a ten-thousand-year-old spiritual fruit!
The ten-thousand-year-old spiritual fruit contained a huge amount of spiritual aura. If it ate it, it was very likely to break through to the eighth rank in one fell swoop!
Seeing the Sea Dragon's shocked look and its undisguised stare at the fruit in her hand, Mo Tiange smiled. "Do you believe me now?"
The Sea Dragon couldn't help but swallow. It moved its eyes away from the Hundred Fruits with difficulty and looked at Mo Tiange.
This time, it was silent for a long time.
Mo Tiange wasn't in a hurry and just waited patiently.
After a long time, the Sea Dragon's voice sounded. "Human, I believe you. Although you're not as strong as my master, with these treasures, maybe you can really make your spiritual beast break through to the eighth rank."
It hesitated for a moment and finally said firmly, "Well, I'll go tell my descendants and see if any of them are willing to be your spiritual beast."
Mo Tiange smiled. "Okay, just go. I'll wait here."
The Sea Dragon nodded, flicked its tail, and dived into the sea in a hurry.
Mo Tiange looked at the place where it disappeared and put away the Hundred Fruits.
She wasn't afraid that the Sea Dragon would come up with some ideas to snatch it. It certainly wouldn't be willing to share a spiritual fruit that could help it break through to the eighth rank with other seventh-rank demonic beasts.
Moreover, if it agreed to her request, it might have another eighth-rank demonic beast among its descendants, which was very attractive to the Sea Dragon who loved its descendants very much.
She tried every possible means to accept a Sea Dragon as a spiritual beast, not only because she felt that this race had wisdom that ordinary demonic beasts didn't have, but more importantly, its descendants were the Old Sea Dragon's weakness.
In the beginning, it had been so malicious to her and wanted to deceive and kill her. How could she dare to believe the secret it told her?
Only if she accepted its descendants as spiritual beasts would she dare to believe its words.
Before long, spiritual aura fluctuations came from the sea again.
Mo Tiange roughly recognized that the leader was a seventh-rank demonic beast, and there were several fifth-rank and sixth-rank demonic beasts.
A moment later, the Sea Dragon emerged with its descendants. "Human, my descendants are willing to agree to your conditions. You can choose one of them."
Mo Tiange looked down. In addition to the Old Sea Dragon, there were five Little Sea Dragons in front of her, three in the fifth rank and two in the sixth rank. They were much smaller than the Old Sea Dragon, and the smallest one had a wound on its tail — it was the one she had injured at the beginning.
"You … are all willing?"
The five Little Sea Dragons all wagged their tails and didn't answer immediately. One of them asked, "Can you really help Grandpa advance?"
Mo Tiange was even more surprised. "Can you also speak human language?"
The Old Sea Dragon said, "As long as we Sea Dragons reach the fifth rank, we will have wisdom no lower than that of other eighth-rank demonic beasts."
"Oh."
Mo Tiange nodded and answered the previous question. "I can only give it a spiritual fruit that can help it advance, but I can't guarantee whether it can really advance."
The five Little Sea Dragons looked at each other and excitedly patted their tails. "Then we're all willing."
Hearing this, Mo Tiange smiled.
It seemed that not only did the Old Sea Dragon love its descendants, but its descendants also respected their ancestor very much, which made her feel relieved.
She turned to the Old Sea Dragon and asked, "Are your descendants thousands of years old?"
The Old Sea Dragon said, "Xiaofan is only 800 years old, and the others are more than 1,000 to 4,000 years old."
"Xiaofan?"
The Little Sea Dragon with a wound on its tail patted the water and timidly said, "It's me."
The Old Sea Dragon pointed to the others with its fin. "This is Xiaoyu, Xiaofeng, Xiaokai, and Xiaoyun."
Mo Tiange wanted to laugh. The names of these Sea Dragons were interesting. She couldn't help but ask, "What about you?"
The Old Sea Dragon answered, "My name is Xiaoqing."
"…" Mo Tiange had the urge to laugh wildly. Her ancestor, Mo Yaoqing, was really a talent!
The Old Sea Dragon sounded like a human old man, but he actually had a name like Xiaoqing!
She suppressed her laughter and asked, "Then what's your surname?
You're not surnamed Cang, are you? "
"No." The Old Sea Dragon shook its head. "Our surname is Bai. My name is Bai Xiaoqing."
"…" This time, Mo Tiange not only wanted to laugh wildly, but also wanted to pound the ground.