The letter Ke Chongbo sent back seemed to have been written in several batches, probably writing down whatever he encountered, so the contents were rather scattered.
Ke Chongzhen quickly finished reading the page and was once again shaken.
"Spirit beast contracts?"
Ke Minglu and Wen Yan had sharp ears and immediately moved closer.
Then they saw the contents as well and were equally shocked.
"Sect Master Mu actually knows how to contract spirit beasts?!"
Ke Minglu's eyes lit up as he looked at his wife, "Did you know about this?"
Wen Yan shook her head, "I didn't know before either! But Wanxuan Sect has so many spirit beasts, Sect Master Mu must understand the way of beast control!"
Without such ability, how could she make so many spirit beasts obey her?
She just hadn't expected that Mu Shiyue would even help others contract spirit beasts!
After all, contracting for oneself and contracting for others were two completely different matters, with very different levels of difficulty.
Ke Minglu happily looked at his eldest son, "Ah Zhen, you can contract your spirit beast now!"
Although Ke Chongzhen was only at early Spirit Severing Stage, at his age he's an absolute genius.
After stepping into Spirit Severing Stage, his cultivation growth slowed down.
This was normal, after all, Ke Minglu and Wen Yan had also stayed at Spirit Severing Stage for many years and still hadn't broken through.
Ke Chongzhen often traveled around, hoping to temper himself through dangerous environments.
Breaking through wasn't easy. After all, many people were stuck at the Spirit Severing Stage.
But once, while traveling, he picked up a spirit beast egg.
After bringing it back and spending a great deal of effort hatching it, he discovered it was a Dark Scarlet Bell Deer.
The mature form of a Dark Scarlet Bell Deer could reach fifth-rank. It ran extremely fast and could also carry people.
He raised the young deer for a period of time, and the bond between man and beast grew strong.
Ke Chongzhen then developed the idea of contracting it.
If they formed a contract, they might be able to go much farther together, perhaps even break through fifth-rank and advance to Soul Transformation Stage.
After all, working together with one heart was far stronger than fighting alone.
Of course, this wasn't guaranteed. After all, Ke Minglu had been contracted for many years and still hadn't broken through.
However, Ke Minglu and the Xuanling Azure Beast had signed a friendship contract, while Ke Chongzhen wanted to form a soul contract.
But this wasn't something he could do just because he wanted to.
Previously, he had gone to seek out cultivators from Myriad Beast Sect, hoping they could help form the contract.
However, the other party found excuses to brush him off, saying there were too many people in line and the masters capable of forming contracts were very busy, so he needed to wait for some time.
But Ke Chongzhen knew this was just an excuse.
They hadn't offended Myriad Beast Sect. Given Myriad Beast Sect's status and monopolistic power, who would dare offend them?
Even if one might not necessarily find a contract beast, what if they did?
If someone found an exceptionally good spirit beast but couldn't contract it because they had offended Myriad Beast Sect, wouldn't that be infuriating?
Ke Chongzhen naturally wouldn't clash with people from Myriad Beast Sect.
The arrogance of Myriad Beast Sect was nothing new, after all, they controlled a unique secret method.
A thousand years ago, spiritual energy fluctuated violently, and many places suffered natural disasters.
In the face of an enraged heaven and earth, cultivators were powerless to resist.
After that, many things were lost.
And some people seized this opportunity to monopolize certain secret techniques.
Of course, Myriad Beast Sect wasn't foolish and wouldn't push things too far. If they truly provoked public outrage, things would turn ugly.
They grasped the balance very precisely.
Moreover, they were extremely skilled at treating people differently according to status.
Given Ke Chongzhen's identity, position, and strength, he should have been among those treated seriously and politely.
Logically speaking, if he proactively went to seek help, people from Myriad Beast Sect should have been very enthusiastic.
But unfortunately, Ke Minglu and Wen Yan had previously offended some people.
Earlier, when Ke Chongbo had been hunted down, the couple had been furious.
They then ruthlessly dealt with several Golden Core cultivators.
They knew that anyone who dared act against Ke Chongbo must have been from another peak.
They quickly locked onto a target—Cui Yi'an, the Peak Master of Annan Peak.
Cui Yi'an and Ke Minglu competed openly and secretly for the position of Sect Master on a regular basis.
Cui Yi'an appeared upright on the surface but loved using underhanded tactics.
This incident involving Ke Chongbo must've had something to do with him!
Thus, Ke Minglu directly stormed Annan Peak and demanded an explanation from Cui Yi'an.
Naturally, Cui Yi'an claimed innocence in the face of such accusations.
Those Golden Core cultivators also claimed that they merely disliked Ke Chongbo's arrogance and wanted to teach him a lesson, never intending to take his life.
After rounds of back-and-forth pushing and pulling, Ke Minglu directly smashed Annan Peak, nearly angering Cui Yi'an to death.
But Cui Yi'an couldn't retaliate, because Wen Yan was also a Peak Master.
With the couple joining forces, they were truly unstoppable.
Thus, Cui Yi'an could only endure it.
However, there was no way he could swallow this humiliation quietly. After all, he's also a Peak Master, yet his territory had been smashed, that's utterly humiliating when spoken of outside!
As it happened, Cui Yi'an's daughter was the dao companion of a certain Peak Master in Myriad Beast Sect.
—Over so many years, various sects had developed countless connections with one another, and marital ties were extremely common.
Ke Chongzhen wanted to contract a spirit beast?
Then he could just wait!
Ke Chongzhen also understood the trickery involved, but he couldn't smash Myriad Beast Sect.
After all, if matters escalated too far, things would become difficult to contain.
Besides, Myriad Beast Sect had already said that there were too many people in line. They couldn't open a back door just for him and make everyone else wait indefinitely, right?
Although opening back doors had always existed, and Myriad Beast Sect's tendency to fawn on the rich and powerful had long been known throughout the cultivation world, once they adopted an official, by-the-book attitude, Ke Chongzhen couldn't turn hostile.
And he didn't believe that aside from Myriad Beast Sect, there's no one else who could help with forming contracts.
Yet unexpectedly, for a time, he truly couldn't find anyone!
Myriad Beast Sect had monopolized things thoroughly!
In fact, several hundred years ago, there were still quite a few cultivators and sects that knew how to form contracts.
But as time passed, contracting spirit beasts became increasingly difficult. Some cultivators who contracted spirit beasts ended up encountering accidents, with both cultivator and beast dying together.
As a result, fewer and fewer people knew about contracting.
Many years later, people reviewed the situation and discovered that cultivators and spirit beasts contracted through Myriad Beast Sect were generally fine, whereas those who contracted on their own encountered all kinds of dangers, especially attacks by multiple spirit beasts at once.
At that point, who wouldn't understand what was going on?
But by then, Myriad Beast Sect had already secured its monopolistic position, and fewer and fewer cultivators outside understood how to form contracts.
By now, there were almost no cultivators who knew how to form contracts.
Ke Chongzhen wanted to find someone to help with contracting, but simply couldn't.
Previously, the family of three had even considered trying to win over other people within Myriad Beast Sect to help with contracting.
After all, no sect was completely united inside.
There were plenty of internal struggles within Myriad Beast Sect as well.
But now, it seemed they had another option!
Ke Chongzhen's eyes sparkled, "Yes, I can ask Sect Master Mu for help…"
But soon, he frowned again, "But would Sect Master Mu help me?"
Ke Minglu and Wen Yan both frowned.
Yes, that is the important point!
"We'll write to Little Bo and have him ask Sect Master Mu."
"Alright!"