Chapter 2 King of Scrolls
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Chen Mo finished his meditation and walked to the door.
Opening the door, he was greeted by a little fox with snow-white fur and an endearing appearance.
Strangely, the little white fox's pupils were blood-red as if burning with flames, indicating it had the bloodline of the Blazing Flame Fox.
However, a true Blazing Flame Fox would have vibrant orange-red fur with flames flickering between the strands.
The little creature in front of him had the bloodline of a Spiritual Beast, but not much.
"Jiu?"
Seeing Chen Mo, the little fox's eyes glimmered with a hint of joy, and with an elegant and nimble leap, it nimbly dived into Chen Mo's arms.
"You really are punctual. Hang on, I'll get it for you."
After merging with his memories, he felt familiar with the little fox before him.
This was a little fox that came every day punctually to "ask for food." Because of its "jiu jiu jiu" cries and its entirely snow-white body, Chen Mo named it Bai Xiaojiu, usually calling it Jiu Bao.
In his memories, the first time he saw Jiu Bao, the little thing was emaciated, filthy all over, and its eyes were full of wariness and caution.
Chen Mo didn't know whether Jiu Bao was abandoned by its parents, or if its parents had died. Regardless, when he saw the little creature, it was already wandering. Due to its extremely poor talent, no one wanted to adopt it.
Perhaps a similar experience touched Chen Mo. After discovering the little fox, he continued to feed it. The little fox often brought some wild fruits as a "reward."
Soon, Chen Mo retrieved a bowl of small dried fish and an apple from the refrigerator.
The little fox didn't hold back, transforming into a food-eating fox, happily munching away.
"Jiu Bao, try to have some restraint; look, you're almost as round as a ball!"
Chen Mo attempted to use his animal speech talent.
"Jiu jiu jiu!" (I'm only this fat because you keep feeding me! And I'm not fat at all!)
The little white fox shot Chen Mo a sidelong glance, and continued eating the shredded meat by itself.
But halfway through eating, the little white fox seemed to realize something, its eyes widening in disbelief as it looked at Chen Mo.
"Jiu?" (Why can you talk to me now?)
Previously, when they didn't share a language, they communicated purely through thoughts.
"It's simple, I've already established the Beast Taming Space, and my awakening spirit beast talent happens to relate to this."
Chen Mo said calmly.
"Jiu!?"
The little white fox's eyes suddenly froze.
Obviously, they agreed to be failures together, yet you quietly worked hard!
Besides, it felt a bit desolate inside.
The development of the Beast Taming Space meant Chen Mo was about to enter the domain of a Spirit Master and contract his own Spiritual Beast.
Coming for a snack now seemed a bit inappropriate.
"I can contract a Spiritual Beast now. How about being my first one?"
Just as the little fox was secretly feeling sorrowful, it suddenly heard Chen Mo asking it.
Contracting the white fox before him wasn't a choice Chen Mo made on impulse.
After all, his Spirit Master talent could continuously add entries to a Spiritual Beast, so the talent of the Spiritual Beast itself wasn't important.
By the time he completed some challenges to gain entries like [Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox Bloodline] and [Outstanding Fire Series Talent], wouldn't Xiao Jiu transform from a loser to a genius?
Government-assigned Spiritual Beast talents weren't much better, and besides, he had already spent a year with the white fox in front of him, which meant there was no need for adaptation.
More importantly, the little white fox was beautiful!
When he used to play card games, Chen Mo was swayed by appearances, rather than strength.
It'd be even better if the little fox could take form as a reward in the future!
"Jiu?" (Are you serious?)
The little white fox's crimson pupils showed hesitation.
It wasn't that it was unwilling to contract with Chen Mo.
But it didn't want to hold Chen Mo back.
It knew its talent: up to now, it couldn't even release a simple spark, despite its little bit of Spiritual Beast bloodline being barely different from a regular wild beast.
Originally fellow sufferers, comforting each other wasn't too bad.
But now that Chen Mo had developed his Spiritual Space, he could completely form a contract with a better Spiritual Beast than itself.
"Don't overthink it. To me, there are no inferior Spiritual Beasts, only inferior Spirit Masters. If you don't object, let's make this delightful decision!"
Chen Mo rubbed the little fox's head, speaking somewhat forcefully.
He understood that the little fox, having wandered from a young age, possessed a very sensitive heart, so he directly decided with an "it must be you" stance.
"Jiu~"
Hearing Chen Mo's firm voice, the little fox felt an unexplainable warmth and peace inside.
Enjoying Chen Mo's caress, the little fellow squinted its eyes comfortably.
Does forming a contract with Chen Mo mean that it will have an owner, a home from now on?
Transitioning from an intermittent meal ticket to a very stable meal ticket!
"You eat first, and we'll start the contract afterward."
"Jiu!"
While the little fox was busy eating, Chen Mo was considering his entry talents.
After contracting Xiao Jiu, the two daily challenges of [Tough Skin and Thick Flesh] and [Swift] seemed achievable.
The effects of these two entries were decent, but for now, [Swift] seemed more suitable for Xiao Jiu.
Moreover, in the process of gaining the [Tough Skin and Thick Flesh] entry—
Either he or Xiao Jiu would inevitably take a nasty beating.
As for the two weekly challenges, they seemed useless, so Chen Mo refreshed the [Slacking Master] challenge first.
The text shattered into emerald light spots, disappearing out of thin air.
Quickly, some blue light spots appeared above the book, reforming into a line of new text.
"It feels like opening a pack; if there were sound effects, it'd have that feeling."
Chen Mo quipped and then looked towards the refreshed challenge—
Volume King (Blue)
Practice or train for no less than 80 hours within a week.
[Volume King] Entry Effect: The longer the practice time, the more significant the training effects.
"This will work! Wahoo, take off!"
Chen Mo felt a joy of scoring high in his heart.
What he needed most now were entries that improve talents, as he and Xiao Jiu shared the same plight and had lackluster talents.
The effect of the [Volume King] entry was very straightforward and rude; as long as he worked hard, his training speed would accelerate!
Cram! Push hard! I'll out-cram you all!
With a guaranteed bottom, Chen Mo refreshed the other weekly challenge [Comedy Master] too, resulting in [Magical Girl (Water)], which could enhance the speed of learning water series moves.
The challenge required learning a new water move, and since Chen Mo didn't have any Water Element Spiritual Beasts, it was obviously unachievable, and thus directly passed over.
After determining the weekly challenges, Chen Mo looked at the lonely monthly challenge below.
"The effect of the Drunk Immortal entry is decent, but unfortunately, the price of rare-level wine isn't something I can afford now."
The Spirit Master Association adopted the ranking division of the Spirit Realm for spirit materials, with six grades in total: Common, Rare, Precious, Epic, Legendary, and Mythical, each grade further divided into 10 levels.
Among them, the price of rare spirit materials ranged from several thousand to hundreds of thousands.
"I can only refresh it, maybe it'll turn out purple?"
Since he couldn't complete it, Chen Mo didn't hesitate and directly chose to refresh.
The blue light shattered, and the recomposed text had a touch of purple—remarkably, it turned out to be a purple entry!
Thunderbolt King (Purple)
Within 5 minutes, withstand 10 strikes of Awakening Level or above intensity lightning.
[Thunderbolt King] Entry Effect: Possess an electrical cultivation talent, enhance electrical skill damage, 50% immunity to electrical damage.
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