Protect Our Chief
Chapter 805 - 12: Subduing the Cyan Flood Dragon! Liyao Enters the Mortal World
Moreover, the personalities of young Fierce Beasts have not yet take shape, making them relatively easier to train. This contrasts with high-tier Fierce Beasts whose personalities are already set, making it difficult to get them to obey. Fierce Beasts that live among humans from a young age are also more human-like in nature.
Take the Primordial Water Spirit Turtle of the Wang Family, for instance. Because it has always lived next to the Wang Family, it is noticeably more human-like than wild Fierce Beasts.
Many of Wang Shouzhe’s children and grandchildren used to ride the Primordial Water Spirit Turtle to school when they were young.
However, this approach has a clear drawback: the training cycle is too long.
The Primordial Water Spirit Turtle at home enjoys abundant nourishment every year, and its cultivation progress has been quite fast for a Primordial Water Spirit Turtle. Yet, after decades, it has just barely reached Tier Four.
Considering the current overall combat strength of the Wang Family, it can no longer keep up with the main force and can only stay in Zhuwei Lake to ferry children around.
This issue is actually quite common in the Black Tortoise World.
Examples include Celestial River Zhenren’s Purple Mansion Old Turtle, Binglan Ascendant’s Profound Ice Suffering Flood Dragon, and even Ancestor Fire Fox; their levels are actually a step below their respective masters.
There are, of course, cases of taming mature Fierce Beasts for one’s use, but the premise is that the family’s development speed must be sufficient to suppress them. Otherwise, there is a high risk of things going awry.
Historically, there have been far too many instances of Fierce Beasts rebelling after being tamed.
This is also the main reason Wang Shouzhe previously did not think of taming the Primordial Water Cyan Flood Dragon; it simply posed too much risk.
"Alright, let’s give it a try then. To make it more willing, our Wang Family only requires its service for a hundred years. After a hundred years, we can negotiate whether it stays or leaves," Wang Shouzhe thought for a while and finally agreed.
He was confident in the family’s potential for development and was currently in dire need of a Tier Seven Spirit Beast. In a few decades, the number of Purple Mansion Realm cultivators within the family would see an explosive growth.
By then, how could a mere Tier Seven Primordial Water Cyan Dragon not be contained?
"Brother Shouzhe is indeed clever. It’s much easier to tame if it’s only a hundred years," Ancestor Fire Fox nodded in understanding and immediately began negotiating with the Primordial Water Cyan Flood Dragon with a howl.
As expected, the Primordial Water Cyan Flood Dragon initially rejected it in anger, but the situation was more powerful than the flood dragon. Ancestor Fire Fox was just too vicious in its beating.
After several unsuccessful resistances, it had no choice but to compromise and negotiate terms with Ancestor Fire Fox.
Ultimately, the Primordial Water Cyan Flood Dragon agreed to serve the Wang Family for two hundred years, on the condition that once the Pearl Grass matured, it would be reserved for its Dragon Transformation. Moreover, during its service, the Wang Family would have to provide for its sustenance, ensuring it was not mistreated while it was still growing.
Wang Shouzhe naturally would not refuse these terms.
He wanted a Tier Seven Primordial Water Cyan Dragon, not just a Peak of Sixth Rank Primordial Water Cyan Flood Dragon.
As for two hundred years versus one hundred, it didn’t make much difference to him. A Primordial Water Cyan Dragon, having experienced the generous resources of the Wang Family, would not be willing to leave and struggle outside.
Look at the Primordial Water Spirit Turtle in Zhuwei Lake, living so leisurely and comfortably. Even if you chase it away now, it wouldn’t want to leave.
Subsequently.
Under the auspices of Ancestor Fire Fox as the "intermediary," Wang Shouzhe and the Primordial Water Cyan Flood Dragon both swore oaths in the names of their ancestors and drew up a contract, with blood signatures left to be kept by Ancestor Fire Fox.
After a series of ceremonies, the contract was officially sealed.
In the Black Tortoise World, oaths made in the name of ancestors are quite binding. Neither Wang Shouzhe nor the Primordial Water Cyan Flood Dragon could mess with the name of their ancestors casually.
Unless absolutely necessary, both parties would generally not breach the contract.
The regard and reverence humans have for their bloodline ancestors in this world far exceed that of humans on Earth. After all, the foundation of noble family heritage lies in bloodline. If one does not respect one’s ancestors, how can the connections within the clan be maintained?
And the Primordial Water Cyan Flood Dragon’s reverence for the Ancestor Dragon is even more deeply embedded in its bloodline, surpassing humans in this regard.
Thus, once the contract was signed, both parties felt a sense of closeness to each other, as if they could already sense that they were now kindred spirits.
This is akin to how married couples often experience subtle psychological changes after completing their marriage registration.
"Brother Shouzhe, Little Loach has just become a family-supplied Spirit Beast and is not yet familiar with many rules. It still has some wildness left in it. To avoid scaring the family’s children, let it stay with me for the next two years, and I’ll train it properly," Ancestor Fire Fox said with a crafty smile, squinting its eyes. "Moreover, I need to make sure it learns well so that it understands that even as a Tier Seven Primordial Water Cyan Dragon, its boss is still its boss."
The Primordial Water Cyan Flood Dragon shuddered.
No way~ It didn’t want to follow this cruel fox that enjoyed beating it for no reason. This fox clearly had ill intentions~~!!
It looked pleadingly at Wang Shouzhe, its watery eyes full of earnestness, hoping the newly bonded Patriarch would show some mercy...
"Ancestor Fire Fox makes a valid point," Wang Shouzhe agreed heartily. "The human world has many rules, and the family has countless formalities and details. As a wild Fierce Beast, it surely hasn’t encountered these, and indeed needs to learn them thoroughly. As for the Pearl Grass, I will temporarily keep it and give it to the Cyan Flood Dragon for advancement in two years."