"Master." Suddenly, the tortoise spoke.
The two people stood there dumbfounded and looking at the tortoise.
Although they were already used to Little Whiteâs chatter, they had not expected to hear another beast speak so clearly, and what was amazing was that just like when Little White met Chu Miao, this tortoise was also calling Ye Xuan âMasterâ as soon as they met.
"I thought it would take you ten thousand years to find her and come back for me, but I underestimated you." The tortoise continued.
"What do you mean?" Ye Xuan could tell that the tortoise was talking to him so he asked.
"You donât remember? So, you havenât regained your memories yet? But it will be only a short time, once you find the legacy you left for yourself later, you will remember everything." The tortoise continued.
"What legacy did I leave for myself? When did I do that and why?" Ye Xuan couldnât understand most of what was being said and asked a few questions in succession.
"Even if I tell you now it might not help. It is better for you to find it yourself.
I can only tell you that the legacy is in this battlefield. I can only say that your vision was good. As soon as you started to cultivate you managed to find a way to enter the battlefield again.
But master, can you first sign a contract with me, and this time, sign the soul contract please. I donât want to wait for thousands of years every time you decide to do something willful and I canât find you.
If we had a soul contract, it would have been easier for me to find you as long as you could cultivate." It was obvious that the tortoise was disgruntled by the fact that it had been left behind.
However, it still wanted Ye Xuan as its master even though it called him willful.
"I donât know how to sign the contract." Ye Xuan stated.
He could tell from how he felt that whatever the tortoise said was true, but he couldnât remember anything.
"I will do it, just drop some blood on me and I will handle the rest." The tortoise was quite impatient at this time.
It hadnât seen its master in a long time and wanted to re-establish their connection. It felt as if, if everything was delayed, the opportunity might disappear.
"Okay then." Ye Xuan agreed and took out a dagger to make a small cut on his finger before dripping blood on the head of the tortoise.
Chu Miao watched from the side and realized that a light and an ancient pattern had appeared around the two human and tortoise.
It was identical to the one that appeared when she made the contract with Little White.
The process was also the same and soon, a connection was complete.
The two were now master and beast but they had an equal contract.
As Chu Miao watched this and observed how Ye Xuan started to interact with the tortoise after the contract was signed and it shrunk to the size of a plan and landed on Ye Xuanâs hand, she thought of the novels she had read before the apocalypse.
She loved fantasy novels which was why she had read apocalypse novels so much. But apart from reading about the apocalypse, cultivation books were also a favorite and she hadnât thought much about it before, but now looking at the tortoise and thinking of Little White, she wondered if they had something to do with the famous ancient beasts of the east, west, north, and south.
Among the four famous beasts, there was a white tiger, a black tortoise, azure dragon, and vermilion bird.
So far, she had contracted a white tiger and Ye Xuan had just contracted a black tortoise. So, could they be the legendary divine beasts?
She didnât know but she kept it in mind. She had to talk to Little White later when she had the time.
As the two started to bond, Chu Miao looked around the bottom of the lake and was surprised to find more herbs which she didnât know what they were used for but she could feel the dense spiritual energy in them.
She knew that if they were used in alchemy, the pills made would be of a superior quality.
She didnât stand on ceremony and went ahead to start collecting the herbs.
Among the herbs, she also found some smooth stones of different colors, which she didnât know if they were useful.
However, in the spirit of not being wasteful, she still took the stones and put them away in her space ring.
"Your woman hasnât changed at all. She doesnât leave behind anything good she sees at all. Look at the way she is sweeping the lake.
From the look of it, I can tell that she is just like you and hasnât regained her memories. Why is she still the same?" The tortoise used its connection with Ye Xuan to ask this question because it didnât want to be on the bad side of that petty woman.
Ye Xuan was shocked when he heard what the tortoise said.
"What do you mean?" He also used his connection with the tortoise to ask.
He didnât understand what the tortoise meant by his woman, does that mean that this wasnât his and Chu Miaoâs life together?
The tortoise looked at its owner who was shocked and sighed. He hoped that they would regain their memories soon.
"Both of you need to find your legacy and regain your memories. Looking at the two of you acting like you just met and fell in love is awkward for me.
I can almost smell the scent of that white tiger on her which means they have already met, didnât that cunning beast tell you guys anything?" The tortoise asked in a surprised tone.
"No, it hasnât said anything about our past life." Ye Xuan was already convinced by his beast about his previous life. He just hoped to recover those memories, especially if they involved Chu Miao.