The Ascension of Contracted Spirits

Chapter 338 - 172: There’s no goose like me in this world, only because the name of the Immortal is unknown!_1

Inside the manor, Lao Liu, who had just been scared out of his wits, had finally recovered.

Being simple-minded, once he no long felt the terror emanating from the Darkest Abyss, he changed to another lawn and continued munching on his lunch.

Meanwhile, Ye Hanjun and Goose Immortal were engaged in a staring contest, neither of them uttering a word.

This silence lasted for several minutes until Ye Hanjun took the initiative to break it, once again asking:

"Speak up, how did you mutate?"

"The process of evolving from ’Savage’ to ’Heaven’ is certainly not a simple one. There must be more to it than meets the eye."

"Also, you said you ’finally gained freedom’ and ’wandered in search of a destined partner’. Did you deliberately seek out a patron of the Blood Covenant to establish a pact? Why and how did you do that?"

"Hey, hey, hey!" Goose Immortal frowned, "I’m sharing secrets with you and here you are, interrogating me!"

"I’ve answered so many of your questions, isn’t it your turn to tell me about yourself? Who are you, what’s your background, what’s your past, what’s your position, why do you have two contracted beasts, and why do you own a Law-Figure-World?"

Goose Immortal listed off, resentfully throwing out a dozen questions.

From its demeanor, it seemed that it was somewhat intimidated due to its lack of understanding of Ye Hanjun’s true capabilities.

Framing the situation thusly, Goose Immortal wasn’t nearly as brazen as it had been initially in trying to take charge of the situation.

"That’s pretty straightforward. I hold dual positions and had an Active Awakening simultaneously, which is why the number of my Contract Imprints far exceed that of others."

Ye Hanjun rendered such a groundbreaking revelation nonchalantly, manifesting the Law-Figure-World affiliated with the Instructor.

As an ancient stone door suspended behind him, Goose Immortal’s mouth gaped wide open in disbelief.

"Dual, dual positions? And dual superior positions with an Active Awakening at the same time, each with an established Law-Figure-World?"

"I have read various sutras and scriptures. How come I’ve never come across such a thing? You better not be lying or I’ll haunt you every day!"

"Why would I lie about such a thing?" Ye Hanjun shrugged, "Now that you’ve heard of it, you’ve learned something new. Doesn’t it feel enriching?"

"Pah!" Goose Immortal fluttered its wings, seemingly ready to peck.

Huazhu teleported next to Ye Hanjun instantly.

Its golden pupils stared fixedly at Goose Immortal.

It seemed as if Goose Immortal was a step away from an unforeseen danger.

"Tsh, your bodyguard seems quite nimble, huh? Seems like it’s got a few skills."

"But wait and see. It’ll only take me a few days to recover to the Perfection stage of Rainbow Light."

"At that time, none of your tricks will work. If you encounter dangers that you can’t handle, you’ll still have to rely on me."

Goose Immortal might as well have pasted the words ’I’m the main anchor’, ’better to embrace sooner than regret later’ on its snout.

"You’re clearly beyond Rainbow Light. Before the sealing of your bloodlines, what was your ranking?"

Ye Hanjun no longer beat around the bush, asking the crux of the issue.

He hadn’t thought it would turn out to be a mismatched summoning after all.

Goose Immortal, at least, was knowing enough to suppress its ranking, avoiding the torture of self-destruction through pact rejection.

"I, the Immortal, peaked at the Great Completion of Jade Infant!"

Raising its wing, Goose Immortal proudly declared:

"How about that? Are you surprised?"

"Since you’re now stuck at the 2nd ranking, I can only recover to the Perfection stage of Rainbow Light."

"Wait till you advance to the 3rd ranking, the sealing will be completely lifted and I can revert to my mutated bloodline form."

"By then, not to blow my own trumpet, but not many can outcompete me at the same ranking. Even if I can’t win, I won’t die easily, my survival skills are top-notch."

"Uh... quite impressive."

Ye Hanjun replied halfheartedly, then added:

"I entered a Blood Covenant with a female demon of the Great Completion of the Life Wheel. If it weren’t for a timely sealing, I would’ve been blown apart by the contract."

"On this point, you’re quite reliable. Keep up the good work and you’ll help me keep her in check in the future."

"Huh?"

Goose Immortal’s mouth fell open, and its eyes widened:

"What did you say? Your other Blood Covenant is the Great Completion of the Life Wheel? How is that possible!"

"Don’t the ancient texts state that the Blood Covenant of the human race only seeks a Clay Body Fetus to sign the pact with?"

"The reason I know of this is because I deliberately sealed myself and reduced my strength, then slept for thousands of years, and just when I found a suitable summoner..."

"You willingly slept for thousands of years to find a patron for the Blood Covenant?"

Ye Hanjun furrowed his brows, finding this quite unexpected.

"This dates back to a long, long time ago. I might have to share the long story."

Clearing his throat, Goose Immortal began dramatically:

"It was a dark and windy night, I was still an egg, about this big."

"My yet-to-be-seen parents were being hunted by a natural enemy and both lost their lives."

"However, I managed to break out of the egg shell, survived by luck and thus, the world had one more uncultivated Iron Wing Goose, who could only plaintively squawk and was bullied wherever he went."

"Of course, without me, the Goose Immortal, the myriad races would be as in deep night... I was hard and tough. The ordinary beasts found it hard to manage me, and in the end, they would spit me out, stomping on me a couple of times, losing interest."

"So, after many trials and tribulations, I somehow managed to grow up."

"Just when I was about to rule over that patch of forest solely by my own power while surviving like an indestructible cockroach...an old Green Phoenix happened to pass by, caught me and since then, I, the Immortal with tear-filled eyes, lost my freedom..."