Rong Guang said irritably, "My Ninth Royal Uncle, don't mock me. How could I have brought it out? It's not that I wanted to pull out its fangs, but it followed me out, didn't it?"
"..."
Xuanyuan Xun looked speechlessly at Rong Guang, then at the Nine Venomous Yin Python prostrating on the ground, rolling his eyes several times.
Seeing that Xuanyuan Xun had no intention of acting, Rong Guang quickly said, "Ninth Royal Uncle, stop watching the show and help me deal with it quickly!"
He gestured towards the Nine Venomous Yin Python, scaring it into lowering its head even further.
Xuan Yuanzhe said irritably, "Which eye of yours saw me watching a show? Besides, how do you plan to deal with it?"
He pointed at the Nine Venomous Yin Python, which was trying its best to minimize its presence.
But the Nine Venomous Yin Python's body was simply too large. No matter how much it tried to be inconspicuous, it couldn't disappear from sight.
Rong Guang didn't even look at the trembling Nine Venomous Yin Python and casually said, "Deal with it? Of course, I'll..."
He made a throat-slitting gesture here.
Xuanyuan Xun looked at him as if he were an idiot and said, "Are you sure? It's not easy to find a contract beast that matches your attributes like the Nine Venomous Yin Python!"
"Contract beast?"
Rong Guang asked, completely bewildered, "What contract beast? It practically wanted to eat me just now. How could it become my contract beast?"
If Xuanyuan Xun didn't know Rong Guang well, he would have thought Rong Guang was showing off.
He shook his head and said, "Take a closer look. Its head is bowed to the ground, its entire body is pressed tightly against the ground, and its gaze towards you is filled with caution. Don't all these signs indicate that it's willing to submit to you?"
Rong Guang paused and asked, "Really?"
Xuanyuan Xun nodded without speaking.
Rong Guang looked at the Nine Venomous Yin Python in disbelief and realized that everything Xuanyuan Xun had said was true.
He must have been so focused on how to kill the Nine Venomous Yin Python earlier that he had overlooked its changes.
"Is this Nine Venomous Yin Python really willing to submit to me?"
Rong Guang looked at Xuanyuan Xun, silently inquiring.
Xuanyuan Xun returned a confirming smile and said, "Go try! Having one more combat partner is better than having a pile of rotten flesh!"
Rong Guang hesitated for a moment and looked uncertainly at the Nine Venomous Yin Python.
Seeing him look over, a glimmer of hope appeared in the Nine Venomous Yin Python's sinister eyes.
Rong Guang's lips moved for a moment. He swallowed and asked, "Are you... really... willing... to submit to me?"
The Nine Venomous Yin Python was stunned, then raised its head and nodded fiercely.
It could understand human language, but Rong Guang's question was so sudden that it was overwhelmed.
Rong Guang was overjoyed and confirmed again, "Are you really willing to recognize me as your master?"
The Nine Venomous Yin Python nodded again and even made a movement it thought was cute.
Rong Guang was taken aback, then beamed with joy and shouted, "Good!"
Then, he forced out a drop of his own vital blood and said, "If you truly wish to become my contract beast, then let's sign the contract!"
With a "whoosh," the Nine Venomous Yin Python sprang up, startling Rong Guang.
Rong Guang thought the Nine Venomous Yin Python was about to fight him again and instinctively reached for the rope in his hand.
Who would have thought that after leaping up, the Nine Venomous Yin Python would spit out a drop of blood from its mouth?
That drop of blood flew towards Rong Guang's vital blood and quickly merged with it.
"Master-servant contract, complete!"
A majestic voice sounded simultaneously in the minds of Rong Guang and the Nine Venomous Yin Python.
"Master!"
The Nine Venomous Yin Python cautiously transmitted to Rong Guang.
Rong Guang felt as if he were dreaming and transmitted back to the Nine Venomous Yin Python, "Are you... the Nine Venomous Yin Python?"
"Master, it's me!"
The Nine Venomous Yin Python said plaintively.
Rong Guang still found it hard to believe and asked, "Why do you want to recognize me as your master?"
The Nine Venomous Yin Python said dejectedly, "Master, you defeated me, so naturally, I must submit to you!"
Rong Guang's smile was so wide his mouth wouldn't close. "Is that so? You should return to the contract space first!"
After saying that, he prepared to send the Nine Venomous Yin Python into the contract space.
The so-called contract space was a special space automatically generated after a human and a beast signed a contract.
"Master, could you release my fangs and jaw first?"
The Nine Venomous Yin Python quickly transmitted pitifully.
"Oh, oh, oh..."
Rong Guang replied with embarrassment. He had been so overwhelmed by the joy of having a contract beast that he had forgotten that the Origin Venom Tree was still stuck in the Nine Venomous Yin Python's mouth.
With a thought, the Origin Venom Tree returned to his hand.
At the same time, the rope tied to the Nine Venomous Yin Python's fangs was also retracted by him.
"Thank you, Master!"
After thanking him, the Nine Venomous Yin Python quickly transformed into a slender snake, no thicker than a little finger, and burrowed into the contract space.
Now that it had become Rong Guang's contract beast, if it harbored any ill intentions towards Rong Guang, Heaven's will would instantly obliterate it.
Seeing the Nine Venomous Yin Python return to the contract space, Rong Guang excitedly jumped in front of Xuanyuan Xun, as if presenting a treasure, and said, "Ninth Royal Uncle, great kindness needs no thanks. If there's ever anything I, Rong Guang, can do for you in the future, just ask!"
Xuanyuan Xun smiled faintly and said, "We are brothers, no need to be so polite! Besides, you were just momentarily blinded by the situation. Once you came to your senses, you would have understood the Nine Venomous Yin Python's intentions even without my reminder!"
Rong Guang shook his head and said, "Ninth Royal Uncle, you are too humble! If it weren't for you, I might have truly lost a combat partner."
Xuanyuan Xun knew that further argument would be pointless.
So, he smiled and asked, "Brother Rong, did you find anything at the end of the first passage on the right?"
Hearing this, Rong Guang patted his forehead fiercely and said apologetically, "I'm truly sorry, Ninth Royal Uncle. I was so preoccupied with fighting the Nine Venomous Yin Python that I forgot to investigate ahead."
Xuanyuan Xun didn't blame him and smiled, "You can ask the Nine Venomous Yin Python if the end of that passage has nine intersections like this one."
"Nine intersections like this one?"
Rong Guang was extremely shocked and quickly transmitted to the Nine Venomous Yin Python in the contract space, "Nine Venomous Yin Python, what's at the end of the passage you were in?"
Having just become Rong Guang's contract beast, the Nine Venomous Yin Python naturally wanted to perform well.
It quickly transmitted, "Master, it's not just the passage I was in. The ends of all nine passages here have nine intersections."