On the third day, when Chen Mo blew the conch shell, the Isolated Island Spirit arrived as expected.
This time, it brought Chen Mo a pearl from the Bright Moon Clam, another rare treasure.
Chen Mo gladly accepted it, though he couldn't help but have a subtle feeling—
What the heck is this feeling of being kept?!
"Friend, you are being far too polite."
"Woo—"
Seeing the smile on Chen Mo's face after he accepted the gift, the Isolated Island Spirit thought of the many treasures still remaining in its little treasury.
However, it couldn't give them all to Chen Mo at once; what if its friend disappeared after receiving the treasures? That would be regrettable.
It's not that it mourned its treasures, but rather that it didn't want Chen Mo to leave.
Perhaps... if it brought its friend a treasure every day, then the friend would never leave, would it?
Monitoring Room.
"This lad is really treating the Isolated Island Spirit as if it's a Spirit of Many Treasures," laughed a professor from Shenghai Spirit University.
"Many Isolated Island Spirits, like dragons, have a fondness for collecting treasures."
A representative from Xuanwu Group added, and then swiftly changed the subject:
"Preliminary investigations haven't detected any Hanhai Giant Whale pods nearby, which means this Isolated Island Spirit might have gotten separated from its group."
"Hehe, if this kid can't secure it, then let the old man have a try. Didn't expect to come across such a find while attending this event," chuckled an old man with white hair, representing Qingluan Group.
"I'm afraid you won't be able to secure it either! Isolated Island Spirits yearn for freedom and are extremely difficult to contract. Chen Mo has the talent of 'Beast Speech' with spirits, which is why he gets along so well with this Isolated Island Spirit. What are you going to use to contract the Isolated Island Spirit, your old face?" Chen Gong from Hongmeng Group remarked with a laugh.
"Even if I can't contract it, capturing it should be possible, right?" the old man huffed.
"If we're talking about capture, then why should we let Qingluan Group have it?"
"Cough cough, our school is actually in need of a guardian spirit beast, and I believe this Isolated Island Spirit is fated to be with our school."
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A group of people, all over fifty, started arguing. They each represented one of the major powers within Initial City, and naturally, none wanted to give up the Isolated Island Spirit so easily.
"All this arguing won't lead to a conclusion. How about this? Whoever can recruit Chen Mo, the Isolated Island Spirit will belong to their faction. Besides, the Isolated Island Spirit is destined to be with Chen Mo, perhaps he will be able to contract it once he's grown stronger?" Chen Gong suggested at this point.
"Agreed!"
"Seems fair."
"Let's do that!"
Everyone consented, all the while secretly considering what bargaining chips to offer when the training period ended.
The penultimate day of training.
Aside from the strongest Iron-Backed Turtle, all other Transcendent Rank spirit beasts on Training Island had been captured by Chen Mo in exchange for points.
Now his score had reached 1800 points, and He Siyao was an even more formidable 3800 points—it was safe to say the first and second places were secured.
Chen Mo went to the seaside, took out the conch shell, and blew it.
Soon after, a "small island" appeared larger and larger in his sight.
"Star Sea, I'm going back tomorrow. You should hurry and find your group! Otherwise, there'll be no one to help you deal with the barnacles in the future. Or you can find a powerful Spirit Master to contract with you, so you'll have someone to talk to."
Chen Mo spoke first.
Having spent these days together, Chen Mo, of course, had his thoughts about the Isolated Island Spirit before him.
It would be great if a contract could be made.
Alas, the level of his Spiritual Space was just too low.
Don't even mention a Commander Stage Spiritual Beast like the Isolated Island Spirit, if Xiao Jiu doesn't work harder, after its ascension to Transcendent, the contract will be automatically terminated.
It can only be said that it's fate but no destiny.
"Whoo—" (Can't I stay?)
After a long silence, the giant whale finally spoke up to retain Chen Mo.
Having said that, it took out a deep blue semi-transparent gemstone from under its tongue, the size of a fist, with irregular edges, but the inside seemed to have flowing water, quite beautiful.
It tried to use a treasure to retain Chen Mo.
"This is a Monarch Stage Crystal Core!"
He Siyao exclaimed from the side.
Her Lianyan Butterfly sensed the surging water Spiritual Power contained within the Crystal Core.
The value of a Monarch Stage Crystal Core, an Extraordinary Rank Crystal Core, even a Commander Stage Crystal Core are vastly different, the one before their eyes could possibly be worth tens of millions, or even higher!
Because Crystal Cores have the property of absorbing surrounding Spiritual Power, the effect of Extraordinary and Commander Stage Crystal Cores is not very noticeable, often taking ten days or half a month to charge.
While the Monarch Stage Crystal Core, due to its powerful property of absorbing Spiritual Power, can be used to assist Spiritual Beasts in their cultivation.
The moment he saw the Monarch Stage Crystal Core, Chen Mo felt an impulse—to have the Blazing Flame Fox blow up all the mechanical dragonflies nearby.
An innocent man holds no blame but possesses a dangerous treasure.
A rare item worth several hundred thousand is nothing to those big shots, but a Spirit Beast Crystal Core of the Monarch Stage would definitely attract envy.
Now, whether he accepts this Crystal Core or not, Chen Mo felt that both it and the Isolated Island Spirit were quite in danger.
However, he still remained calm. Destroying the mechanical dragonflies now would be pointless, not to mention there was an eye-witness nearby.
"This is too valuable, I can't accept it. There's no time to explain now, Star Sea, you must take the Crystal Core and flee immediately! Remember not to come back!"
In the blink of an eye, Chen Mo thought through many things, then spoke to the Isolated Island Spirit.
"Whoo??"
The Isolated Island Spirit was very puzzled, but out of trust for Chen Mo, it took back the Crystal Core and then dived into the sea, its figure slowly disappearing.
Inside the monitoring room.
"This kid... it's just a Monarch Stage Crystal Core, eh? He thinks so lowly of us?"
The little old man from the Qingluan Group laughed.
"So we're just watching this Isolated Island Spirit leave?"
"Of course we should first chase down the Isolated Island Spirit! Not to mention this water-type Monarch Stage Crystal Core, just the Isolated Island Spirit itself is the greatest wealth!"
As the representative of the Xuanwu Group spoke, he had already summoned his own Spiritual Beast, a Sky Hunting Seagull with a wingspan of several meters.
The Sky Hunting Seagull soared into the sky, flying quickly in the direction where the Isolated Island Spirit had disappeared.
Seeing this, others also summoned their own Spiritual Beasts, with the exception of Instructor Jiang and Chen Gong.
"Why aren't you going?"
Instructor Jiang asked curiously.
"The talent skill of the Isolated Island Spirit is to conceal its breath, it's not so easy to capture in the sea, I won't waste my efforts."
Chen Gong smirked.
An hour later, everyone returned one after another, some with expressionless faces, some with ashen complexions.
They knew the Isolated Island Spirit was difficult to catch, but they didn't expect to not even see a shadow.
"Wait, that kid Chen Mo seems to have a conch that can summon the Isolated Island Spirit."
At that moment, someone spoke up.
"Right, right, if he blows that horn, that Isolated Island Spirit would definitely scurry out immediately."
The little old man chimed in.
"However, how do we make Chen Mo willingly blow the horn?"
It seems things have circled back to the starting point, which family can recruit Chen Mo.
Then that family can happily acquire an Isolated Island Spirit plus a Monarch Stage Crystal Core.