CHAPTER 389: CHAPTER 389: REQUEST TO ESTABLISH A RELATIONSHIP

"Building card? To renovate a house?" Jiang Yuan’s first reaction was to redo the new place in Carefree City, but then he wondered if the cave he had just brought the Bluebird back from counted as a building.

Right now, aside from the Teleportation Array he built himself, even Bluebird couldn’t enter or exit freely. If it could be transformed into a secret base, wouldn’t that be exciting?

"Is this your Teleportation Array?" He was pondering how to make the most of the building card when the Bluebird, who had instantly arrived at the unfamiliar cave, exclaimed in shock, her eyes filled with astonishment as her little brain went into overdrive staring at the Ancient Teleportation Array.

How is that possible?!

Weren’t all Ancient Teleportation Arrays destroyed? How could there be a survivor?

She was shocked but dared not speak up, since her mind’s remaining memories said all Ancient Teleportation Arrays were destroyed because of something very important, but she couldn’t recall what exactly.

This hazy feeling was very uncomfortable, and Bluebird frowned slightly, sighing quietly to herself.

Jiang Yuan looked confused, "Yeah, so what?"

Then, he belatedly thought, could the big boss in reincarnation recognize the Ancient Teleportation Array?

The Bluebird then blinked with a serious expression and asked, "Didn’t you say there was a small courtyard? But this... it’s a cave, and a very basic one at that."

"Follow me." Jiang Yuan figured she might not want to be exposed, so he led the way into the courtyard without asking further questions.

What first caught Bluebird’s eye was the beautiful Furong Spirit Pool. Her eyes lit up as she inhaled a breath full of thick Spiritual Energy, her fair little feet scuffling excitedly on the ground, "Little brother, you’re too modest. How can you say this yard is just ’okay’? It’s fantastic!"

Then she looked up and saw the Tree House, her eyes glowing longing, "Such a beautiful Tree House! If only I could live in..."

"The Tree House belongs to Yun Mo; it already has an owner." Jiang Yuan interrupted her delusions and pointed at the Furong Spirit Pool, "This belongs to Bai Yunqi. You can harness Spiritual Energy at the shore for cultivation, but you need Bai Yunqi’s consent to enter the Spirit Pool. The same goes for the Tree House—you need Yun Mo’s permission to go upstairs."

Such good treasures and they all have owners?

Bluebird looked up enviously just in time to see the Ice-winged Eagle focused on cultivating the "Five Elements Thunder Technique" in the treetop, her big watery eyes almost turning red with jealousy, "Foundation Establishment Realm and already monopolizing such treasures? Little brother..."

She turned around, pouting, stomping her little foot as she pleaded, "Whatever he does for you, little brother, I can do it too!"

"Yun Mo is my steed, carrying me around every day. If not for accomplishments, he at least endures hardships." Jiang Yuan teased her, "Besides, I’m your savior; you said you’d repay my kindness verbally. It’s only right to really do something for me, isn’t it?"

The treatment for steeds here is this good?

Thinking about her former steed... she couldn’t remember, but it probably didn’t have such treatment.

"You can wander around the yard. I’ll go make grilled fish for you." He still had to think of ways to help Bluebird quickly advance her Realm to claim rewards, setting everything needed to ensure she wouldn’t move or meddle without permission. Afterward, Jiang Yuan went to the kitchen to prepare meals with the collected ingredients.

"Carefree Lotus?! It’s growing so well?"

"Such a big farm! Wow, there are even watermelons!"

"Eh? There’s even a medicinal garden?"

"A watermill, poultry house, livestock shed... what’s that? I couldn’t enter but it looks like it’s weaving nearby..."

Bluebird wandered around getting familiar with the surroundings. After seeing the Furong Spirit Pool and Tree House, she decided to latch onto little brother for cultivation here. Naturally, she needed to deeply understand the place to find her footing and secure a stable position.

Then, she wandered out of the courtyard area.

"Tweeter, tweeter, tweeter!"

The Wilderness just ascended, and morning bird songs echoed through the bamboo grove. Bluebird looked at the vast wilds and mountain ranges in shock, taking several breaths to confirm there was no trace of Spiritual Energy. Her face turned pale instantly!

"No wonder no one came to respond to me! Indeed, the end of the magic era has spread far; is there no Spiritual Energy left in the entire world?" She looked back at the peaceful, abundant Spiritual Energy-filled courtyard for a long time before realizing—she must seize the chance to stay in the courtyard!

No matter how they accomplished it, with the Spirit Pool and Divine Wood emitting thick Spiritual Energy, at the very least she could sustain her cultivation. If she couldn’t remain, stepping into a world devoid of Spiritual Energy, she’d be utterly doomed!

After wandering around and witnessing the real world, Bluebird finally calmed down, returning to the courtyard, frantically looking around. The more she looked, the more anxious and distressed she became, realizing she couldn’t do anything. What should she do?

"Come eat fish!" Jiang Yuan had prepared a full fish feast on the stove with various flavors. Besides grilled fish, there were fried, steamed, and stewed dishes; the table was full of fish.

The breakfast completely catered to Bluebird’s taste after her exit from seclusion and was impeccably delicious, but she still couldn’t feel cheerful.

She met little brother’s two "Family Immortals": one accomplished feats of attaching "to the dragon," surviving tough days under the cherry tree; the other excelled in tracking scents, being the main force in gathering herbs and finding Spiritual Medicine;

As for apprentices, let’s leave it unsaid; the earliest members were deeply loyal and emotionally committed to their master;

Yun Mo also tirelessly served as a steed, ready at all times without complaints; even the puppet servants could paint talismans and manage shops...

"Little brother, I’ve seen your courtyard; it’s really fantastic!" Bluebird said in a tender voice after breakfast, overwhelmed by crisis, "But I can’t farm or find herbs and things like that. My cultivation technique is only good for fighting, so I’m thinking... shouldn’t we form a sibling pact?"

Siblings?!

Jiang Yuan looked at her with a face full of question marks, and more surprisingly, a system prompt actually popped up.

[Bluebird actively requests to contract as a sister, contract?]

Does the system mean he can recognize a sworn sister?

Before he could respond, Yun Mo opened his mouth and said, "Generally, forming relationships requires being the same species, right? You’re a Demon Cultivator; the master is human. You can’t form relationships."

"That’s right, your Ice-winged Eagle clan has a habit of forming subordinate relationships." Bai Yunqi realized, "Forming relationships later on means the leader can use the subordinates as shields or borrow their power, right?"

Yun Mo nodded, "Correct, forming a relationship is equivalent to entrusting one’s life to the other party; it’s a very important, solemn matter."

"Are you only four years old, right?" Hu Zhile, who didn’t doubt the fabricated backstory, gently advised, "Your family placed you in a stone cave to avoid disaster, although they couldn’t come to fetch you. You should go to find your family when you’re stronger.

Our Venerable Family is kind and can temporarily shelter you, but don’t get hot-headed and form something unreversible. Finding your family later might cause misunderstandings."

Bluebird looked at the juniors who genuinely treated her like a child, sighing in patience as she explained: "Forming relationships usually splits into two kinds: one is intra-tribal to distinguish hierarchies, where the leader even can dispose of underlings’ lives at any time;

The other kind is the alliance relationship I want with little brother. It’s similar to humans’ sworn siblings, an alliance between different leaders from different tribes.

After becoming siblings, we can request to use each other’s powers, and it’s possible to refuse; neither party has the privilege to arbitrarily handle the other’s life.

However, using a Secret Technique to form a family relationship gives us a shared space where booty can be stored no matter where we find ourselves.

I swear by Daoxin, to repay the kindness of rescue and shelter, little brother will have the right to distribute all the loot!"