Chapter 513: Waiting
"Don’t beat around the bush." Shen Xu urged and Dongfang Jing nodded before speaking.
"We want to make the contract of binding." He said and Shen Xu gasped in surprise.
"You..., you..., do you know what you are saying?" He asked.
The contract of binding was not a slave or servitude contract. However, it was still a contract between a superior and an inferior.
Most importantly, the inferior party was absolutely loyal and could never betray the superior party but the counterpart had no such restrictions.
In essence, Dongfang Jing and Chen Yi would be loyal to Shen Xu for an eternity but the double wasn’t obliged to never betray.
"You are both talented and have a limitless future. Are you really willing to put yourselves in such a disadvantageous position?" Zhen Yuan asked, looking at the two with a solemn expression.
"The contract of binding cannot be broken and betrayal means death. Have you really thought about it?" Shen Xu asked and Dongfang Jing smiled before speaking.
"Shen Xu, Zhen Yuan, you have never been obliged to look out for us but you have consistently done so." He started and quickly continued.
"In fact, the contract is less about repaying you and more about taking advantage of you." Dongfang Jing said and chuckled.
He was not wrong!
After all, once the contract was made, Dongfang Jing and Chen Yi would become Shen Xu’s surbodinates.
Although he wasn’t obligated to take care of them, his personality wouldn’t let him ignore them.
"Aren’t you afraid that we will send you to your death?" Shen Xu asked and Dongfang Jing shrugged.
"You don’t need the contract to send us to our death." He said.
"Our cultivation level may be the same but we are no match for you." Chen Yi added.
At this, Shen Xu turned to Zhen Yuan.
[Ayuan, what do you think?] He transmitted.
[They are right.] Zhen Yuan said and quickly continued.
[They have always paid for the things we gave them but the compensation is always below the true value. Although there is no cause and effect, there is consience and guilt.]
[Also, you indeed have this fate with them.] Zhen Yuan concluded and Shen Xu raised an eyebrow.
[What do you mean?] He asked.
[I am not sure but you can make a contract with peace of mind. These two will be of help in the future.] Zhen Yuan said.
Shen Xu nodded when he heard this.
"Okay." He said, looking at Dongfang Jing and Chen Yi.
Making the contract was easy since both sides were willing.
After the contract, the Dongfang couple left and the two entered the space.
Compared to before, the space was larger, the elemental laws were more pronounced, and the plants were at least five hundred thousand years older.
"I thought the time flow would change." Shen Xu said with a disappointed face.
"Maybe it has." Zhen Yuan started, rubbing the double’s hair.
"Xiaoxu, I think your cultivation is suppressing its advancement." The man said and Shen Xu furrowed his brows in disgust.
"It better not disappoint me when we ascend." He muttered.
Sisteen real years passed in the blink of an eye.
On this day, Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan left the main space and went to the portable mountain.
Seeing the two, Xuanyuan Yang sighed and visibly relaxed.
"Did you think we had forgotten about the secret realm?" Shen Xu asked with a teasing smile.
’It’s not impossible.’ Yang Shi thought, looking at the two with suspicious eyes.
After that, the group exited the portable mountain and reappeared on the remote Island.
"There are still eight months before the secret realm opens. What should we do until then?" Xuanyuan Yue asked.
"Eat, drink, and relax." Yang Shi answered, looking at Xuanyuan Yue as if she had asked the most stupid question in the world.
"Mother, can you tell us about the immortal realm?" Xuanyuan Xing asked and everyone turned to look at Feng Xue.
Seeing the looks, Feng Xue smiled and began talking.
"The immortal realm is divided into lower, middle, and upper. However, the distance between the three tiers is insurmountable to ordinary cultivators." She started.
"As far as I know, there are three ways to go to the middle level from the lower level."
"First is to join a major sect or association. Second is to board a level thirteen ship and the final way is through luck. Maybe encounter an ancient formation." She said.
"A level thirteen ship..." Xuanyuan Yang trailled.
"There probably aren’t any in the lower level." Feng Xue said and sighed with a solemn expression.
"I was born in the upper level of the immortal realm and don’t know much about the lower and middle levels." She said and paused before continuing.
"There is no phoenix clan in the lower and middle levels so the triplets and I will most likely ascend to the clan’s ascension pool in the upper level."
"This..." Mo Ling muttered and subconsciously reached for Xuanyuan Xing’s hand.
"Can’t we ascend to the same place?" Xuanyuan Xing asked but Feng Xue shook her head.
"The immortal realm has the human clan, the monster clan, the ghost clan, and the ancient clans. Each clan has their own ascension pools but the divine monster races are special so they have ascension pools in their own clan grounds." Feng Xue explained and Xuanyuan Xing clenched his hands in discomfort.
"We are really going to be separated again." He muttered.
"What about the rest of us? Where will we ascend?" Chen Yi asked.
"The ascension pools of the human clan are all in the lower level." Feng Xue said.
"We will enter the secret realm after eight months and spend ten thousand years preparing for ascension. After that will be ascension and we probably won’t reunite for tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years." Shen Xu said and quickly continued.
"Let’s enjoy this time and later enter the secret realm with peace of mind." He said.
In fact, Shen Xu also felt reluctant to part with the people who had accompanied him for so many years.
However, they each had their own destiny and would eventually reunite when fate allowed.
