Chapter 18: The First Soul Contract
"This bastard really understood what I said!"
Under the moonlight, Feng Qing'an clearly saw Heishan climbing over the wall and couldn't help but say.
Even though Black Mountain's hair almost blended into the night and could not be seen at all in the dark, Feng Qing'an, whose five senses had become extremely sharp after months of hard training, could still easily distinguish it from the surrounding environment.
This was one of the few positive feedbacks he had gained from his practice. Apart from that, he had not felt any special changes so far. However, he firmly believed that this was because his soul power had not reached the threshold of qualitative change.
[Side quest: Farsightedness III, completed]
[Reward: System authority: Pet identification, enabled]
Feng Qing'an stood by the window for a while. Just as he was about to go to bed and start his daily practice, he suddenly heard a mechanical sound. The sudden change made him temporarily postpone his preparations for practice.
He stood in his room and looked around, then looked out the window at the room where his parents slept. After making sure that they had turned off the lights and gone to bed, he quietly opened the room and sneaked into the yard. He looked at the newly bought chickens and ducks in the chicken coops and duck houses in the yard, and he caught one with his quick eyes and hands.
"Identification!"
Feng Qing'an recited silently. There was no familiar mechanical sound, but a brief message was projected into his consciousness.
【Type: Three Yellow Chicken】
[Potential level: None]
[Combat Power Level: None]
"They are all nothing? What's the difference between having it identified and not having it identified?"
Feng Qing'an complained in his heart, and he probably knew what was going on. The object of appraisal was too ordinary, with neither potential nor combat power, so it could not be rated.
However, Feng Qingan would not return to his room like this since he had just opened the permission. He caught another duck from the duck pen and conducted another identification. The result was not unexpected.
[Species: White Duck]
[Potential level: None]
[Combat Power Level: None]
Not only ducks, Feng Qingan even tried the geese which he had never harmed before, but...
[Type: Goose]
[Potential level: None]
[Combat Power Level: None]
After trying all the chickens, ducks and geese in the yard, Feng Qing'an cursed but was still unwilling to give up. He ran to the cowshed and tested it again, with the same result.
[Type: Cattle]
[Potential level: None]
[Combat Power Level: None]
Back in the room, Feng Qing'an was depressed. It was the same as not trying at all. He couldn't see anything. He only knew that there were potentials and combat power levels, but he had no idea what the specific levels were or how they were divided. He also got no response when he asked the system.
"Boil!"
This was the reward he got after working so hard for months. Feng Qing'an went to bed feeling depressed. It took him a long time to calm down and enter the state of cultivation. He sat cross-legged on the bed and began his daily practice to accumulate soul power.
Oh oh oh——
The loud crowing of a rooster sounded, and Feng Qing'an opened his eyes. They were bright, his mind was clear, and he was full of energy, without any feeling of fatigue.
Feng Qing'an got out of bed and walked to the bed. He looked into the yard and saw a familiar figure dozing on the ground. Who else could it be but Heishan who climbed over the wall last night?
"Identification!"
Feng Qingan walked up to the wolfhound that had gone crazy all night, squatted down, and reached out to touch its head. Heishan's eyelids trembled, but after his nose twitched twice, he did not open his eyes again.
【Name：Black Mountain】
[Race: Wolfhound]
[Attribute: Beast]
[Potential Level: Spiritual Enlightenment - Low Level]
[Combat Power Level: None]
"Finally not nothing, but, awakening the spirit?"
Feng Qingan pondered the information implicitly revealed in it. Based on the content of the previously released tasks, he had some ideas and speculations.
"Opening spiritual wisdom? That's called awakening the spirit. So, the first step for a pet to become extraordinary is to grow a brain? Without a brain, it won't even be eligible to sign a contract with a beastmaster."
Feng Qingan felt that his guess was pretty good. It was very important to be able to communicate with each other. He had chosen Heishan back home because dogs were the only animals in the village that cooperated best with humans.
"But what is the next level of awakening the spirit?"
There must be higher levels, this is beyond doubt, but unfortunately, the system does not provide him with popular science, and he does not even know the specific classification of Beastmasters. He is certainly entry-level one, there is no need to guess this.
Daydreaming was useless, so Feng Qing'an quickly gave up thinking. When his cultivation reached a certain standard, what he wanted to know would naturally appear before him.
"Spiritual Attraction!"
Looking at the silly dog lying down to catch up on his sleep, Feng Qing'an began his daily soul-guiding practice for it. After all, he had already seen the results, so he had to keep up the good work.
Although he was the one who suffered and Heishan was the one who benefited, this guy would be following him in the future, so it wasn't a disadvantage. It's just that he always felt a little uncomfortable. This dog's life was too comfortable.
"Isn't being a beastmaster too miserable?"
Feng Qingan couldn't help but have such a thought. But even though he was thinking, his hands were not slow to act.
The quiet and ordinary days passed by like this. During the day, he would guide the dog's spirit and refine his blood, and then go to the village school for classes. After returning home at night and finishing his homework, he would practice again until he fell asleep. This went on day after day, and Feng Qing'an persisted.
With the nourishment of daily soul-drawing and blood-refining, as well as its own nightly climbing over the wall to hunt for food, Black Mountain's body grew at a speed almost visible to the naked eye.
The overly tall and mighty body made people who saw this wolfdog again after a while feel a sense of horror or even fear.
When it was young, Heishan was just a ball of black and gray fur. He looked silly and cute, making people want to hug him and caress him. But now that Heishan is nearly four months old and still in the growth stage, he looks intimidating.
The wolfhound's hair was still thick and luxuriant, and extremely flowing, without any signs of tangling. The hair was shiny and glossy, but even this thick hair could not conceal the sturdy body underneath.
"This dog has grown too big!"
Whenever Heishan went out, the villagers who saw his figure would be frightened at first. But when Feng Qing'an appeared beside him, those who were not scared away or crying on the spot could not help but sigh.
"Should we put an iron chain on Xiao Hei?"
Even Yin, looking at Heishan, who was as strong as a calf, had to consult Feng's father. This dog could easily scare people if it ran out now, because its size was far beyond the range of a normal dog.
"What a well behaved dog! Why waste this money? You might as well buy two pounds of meat!"
This is the response of Fengfu
But even so, some people were surprised and wondered if the dog had become a spirit. However, the hunter who was best at raising dogs in the village, Erpang's father, gave an explanation.
"This is the cub of the wolf king in the mountains. Moreover, if it follows the right person, it will naturally not be like an ordinary dog. What does he eat? What do you feed your dog ? How can it be compared?"
In this way, the abnormality of Heishan was barely revealed, and Feng Qingan also accumulated enough soul power he expected .
"Practice hard for 120 days, practice diligently without stopping, and you will succeed today!"
