Chapter 103: You’ve Contracted Three Pet Beasts
Song Tiantian turned and left with a flourish.
In this world, not everything can go as one wishes.
Song Tiantian hummed a little tune. Even without the Wish Bird, her future was still bright.
“Walk, walk, walk,
Brave heroes, walk with me.
We’ll walk through Qingshan, yet remain young····”
This was a song from Song Tiantian’s world. Song Tiantian had always loved this song, it had an indescribable sense of freedom.
She hummed it line by line.
Actually, Song Tiantian rarely hummed songs. She was tone-deaf, and only if she had listened to a song for a very, very long time could she find some semblance of melody.
She only knew one or two songs.
Furthermore, the original host couldn’t sing either, and she was afraid of being exposed.
Since letting the Wish Bird go was her wish, she should be happy now that it was fulfilled and not dwell on trivial matters.
If it weren’t for her, the Wish Bird might have been trapped in that small glass enclosure its entire life.
At least, at this moment, she had decided the Wish Bird’s fate.
The Wish Bird mocking her was due to its own insufficient Realm. This was the only time she would be a do-gooder.
For some reason, as she sang this familiar song, Song Tiantian’s heart suddenly felt open.
“···No matter which tower the Yellow Crane has flown to,
Yellow millet, oh, a dream, winds and clouds change again.
Resentment is scattered upon the mortal world.
Row a small boat,
Oh~~~ let me roam freely.
Carefree, oh, distant,
Heaven and earth compete with me for freedom····”
Freedom was the pursuit of all things in heaven and earth.
It was the Wish Bird’s pursuit, and also Song Tiantian’s pursuit.
At least now, Song Tiantian felt she was free.
There was no superior pressuring her, and her daily work was also very easy.
She had her own Skills and possessed a certain social Status.
This was the dream life she had pursued in her previous life.
She just wondered how Dr. Bai was doing? Had the Ghost been eliminated?
“If you could have sung music like this before, perhaps I would have formed a Contract with you then.”
The Wish Bird flew back, circling above Song Tiantian’s head.
“You’re so stupid. You shouldn’t have come back. You were so arrogant just now; what if you had angered me? Your Strength is no match for mine. Wish Bird, learn to be smarter in the future!”
Because of the Wish Bird’s Inner Voice, Song Tiantian was a bit displeased with it and didn’t give it much face at this moment.
However, she could hear the Wish Bird’s Inner Voice, and what the Wish Bird was saying now was sincere.
But there were no “if”s in this world.
Although the Wish Bird said it wasn’t afraid, it still put some distance between itself and Song Tiantian.
“I, the Wish Bird, am not an ungrateful wretch. My Skills cannot be casually bestowed upon others. However, I have a pair of special Spirit Eyes. Even if I were willing to form a Contract with you before, I couldn’t have, because you had already reached the Contract limit of three Pet Beasts.”
After the Wish Bird finished speaking, its figure became like an afterimage, flying away at extreme speed.
Song Tiantian was stunned. She knew the Wish Bird was telling the truth.
She had contracted three Pet Beasts, but she only had Big White and the Hell Ghost Vine. Where was the third one?
Could it be the System?
The System was also a Pet Beast.
Her Pet Beast Space was also excessively large.
Song Tiantian felt like she had forgotten something.
She had never thought of summoning all her Pet Beasts.
Song Tiantian recalled the Official Pet Beast summoning technique and summoned all her Pet Beasts.
Big White was extremely happy to see Song Tiantian. The Hell Ghost Vine was not as affectionate towards Song Tiantian, appearing somewhat aloof, but its heart had already fully recognized Song Tiantian as its Owner.
The third Pet Beast was one Song Tiantian had never chosen to summon.
Song Tiantian summoned it for the first time, and a System panel appeared before her.
Song Tiantian was confused, and then her third Pet Beast was the System.
Then, when she was a One-star Beast Tamer, how could she have contracted two Pet Beasts? She had contracted Big White and then become a One-star Beast Tamer.
If she had successfully contracted before, she wouldn’t have been able to contract the Hell Ghost Vine as a Two-star Beast Tamer. If she could contract the Hell Ghost Vine, she could have contracted the Wish Bird.
Big White was silly, lacking much life experience, and knew nothing.
However, the Hell Ghost Vine was knowledgeable and possessed considerable intelligence. Song Tiantian voiced her questions to the Hell Ghost Vine.
The Hell Ghost Vine responded to Song Tiantian with mental fluctuations.
【Master, your first contracted Pet Beast should have been the Ghost, but it was an incomplete Ghost, only a part of it. That’s why you could still contract Big White at One-star, and me at Two-star.
But I am also not complete; I was severely injured.
The Wish Bird’s Mental Power is exceptionally strong; it was not damaged, so you couldn’t contract it.
The Wish Bird appears to have no rank, but it is actually an Eight-star Fierce Beast. It is not a One-star, which is why others couldn’t contract it.】
“An Eight-star Fierce Beast? Couldn’t it have escaped long ago? Why was it trapped for so long!”
【The Wish Bird is very special. Legend has it that no one can capture a Wish Bird, but once captured, a Wish Bird cannot escape unless someone is willing to release it without any reward. Only then can the Wish Bird truly regain its Freedom and be promoted to a Nine-star Fierce Beast.】
“Why didn’t you tell me such important information!”
【You didn’t ask!】
The Hell Ghost Vine said to Song Tiantian with great grievance.
Song Tiantian suddenly understood why the Wish Bird’s attitude towards her had soured, why it had always been hot and cold towards her.
Because she had a part of her heart in it, but also a part of her selfishness.
She had never truly achieved selflessness.
Only after the Wish Bird flew away, when things were irreversible, did she say it was fine without expecting anything in return.
No wonder the Wish Bird flew out; it turned out the Wish Bird had never left.
Song Tiantian looked in the direction the Wish Bird had disappeared, her heart filled with mixed emotions.
In the end, she softly uttered two words: goodbye.
No one could capture a Wish Bird, so how could it have been captured? This was a contradiction. The only explanation was that the Wish Bird had allowed itself to be captured.
But the Wish Bird’s Depression was not fake.
The Wish Bird’s despair was also not fake. Song Tiantian could hear the Wish Bird’s Inner Voice, which was why she empathized with it.
The nature of contracting Pet Beasts is inherently reciprocal. If one party is unwilling, contracted Pet Beasts provide no assistance to the Beast Tamer.
Song Tiantian no longer dwelled on the Wish Bird matter; she was more concerned about the Ghost.
“Isn’t it impossible to contract a Ghost?”
She had actually contracted a Ghost, but didn’t the Ghost still want to kill her?
【Contracting a Ghost is difficult, but not impossible. Unless someone is willing to completely sacrifice their own Soul to help another person, and their Souls must also merge. The Ghost probably didn’t truly want to kill you. If it really wanted to kill you, it’s a Nine-star Fierce Beast; it would have killed you long ago. Besides, you and it are contracted; you rise and fall together.】
