Chen Mo felt a bit emotional; for him, it was almost an unsolvable predicament.
But Granny Meng solved it casually.
Indeed, it confirmed the old saying: When you're out of your depth, rely on power and background.
After the training session, the other students returned to Blue Star in turn on a ship, escorted by Instructor Jiang and the troops.
Chen Mo, on the other hand, followed Chen Meng to the seaside, accompanied by her brother Chen Gong.
"Your acting was a bit exaggerated, please be more mindful next time."
Chen Meng said with a smile.
"Was it... okay?"
Chen Mo was a bit startled; he felt he had performed pretty well.
"Chirp!" (Not natural enough!)
Xiao Jiu in his arms shook its head repeatedly, disappointed with its master's acting.
"Let's go! I'll take you to meet your big friend."
Chen Meng spoke.
"What do you plan to do with the Isolated Island Spirit after finding it?"
Chen Mo asked.
"It's up to you! The Isolated Island Spirit is precious, but I don't necessarily need it. If you want to make a contract with it, I'll give it to you."
"I would love to. The problem is... my Spiritual Space doesn't allow it!"
Chen Mo sighed.
The Isolated Island Spirit was a Commander Rank Spiritual Beast, meaning his Spiritual Space had to reach Level 4 to make a contract.
By the time his Spiritual Space upgraded to Level 4, who knows how long it would take!
Once, a pure friendship was before him, but sadly, he couldn't seize it!
Seeing Chen Mo's distressed look, Chen Meng couldn't help but laugh before she said:
"Alright, I won't tease you anymore, here, take this."
She took out a heart-shaped gemstone as blue as the sea from her Space Bracelet, which seemed to have waves churning inside, somewhat similar to the Monarch Stage Crystal Core given by the Isolated Island Spirit.
"What is this?"
Chen Mo asked curiously.
"The Heart of the Sea. It forms a small space inside where Water Element Spiritual Beasts can live. 50 meters long, 10 meters wide, and 10 meters high. Of course, for the Isolated Island Spirit, it might be almost the size of a fish tank, but later you can use Space Stones to expand its volume."
"There's such an amazing thing! Sister Meng, how much is this?"
Feeling suddenly wealthy, Chen Mo was ready to buy the Heart of the Sea.
"About 20 million!"
Chen Meng said lightly.
Then Chen Mo was instantly silenced.
He then realized that a Space Ring with about 10 cubic meters of storage space on the market would cost 1 million.
He thought he had become rich, but still, he was very poor.
Although a Spirit Master makes money fast, the spending is faster!
"Let it be a debt for now! Or if you prefer, you can exchange for that Crystal Core your friend gave you."
"No problem!"
Chen Mo readily agreed.
As long as he contracted with the Isolated Island Spirit, everything of the Isolated Island Spirit's would be his.
Buying a house in advance for the Isolated Island Spirit with its own items, that's not too much, right?
"Let's go."
Chen Meng summoned a Summoning Array under her feet, which, with a brilliant light, produced a Spiritual Beast resembling a pegasus with a helical horn on its forehead. It had a pair of snow-white wings, and its whole body's fur was glowing white without a speck of dust.
The Light Unicorn.
Chen Mo curiously scanned its information with his bracelet.
[Spiritual Beast Name: Light Unicorn]
[Growth Level: Monarch 2nd Rank]
[Species Level: Monarch 9th Rank]
[Description: A mysterious and rare light and wind dual-element Spiritual Beast, its forehead horn can unleash powerful Light Energy. It has only been spotted in Alfheim Forest in the West Continent.]
Chen Meng gracefully sat on the unicorn, and next to her, Chen Gong also summoned his own Water Element Spiritual Beast, a Commander Eighth Rank Reverse Hammerhead Shark.
"Chen Mo, come aboard!"
Chen Gong smiled and waved at Chen Mo.
Chen Mo sighed, he had thought he would also get a chance to ride the unicorn.
"Set off!"
Chen Gong's Reverse Hammerhead Shark, like an enthusiastic dog, dashed frantically as soon as it hit the water.
This made things tough for Chen Mo, who sat atop it.
Chen Mo clutched desperately at the shark's fin. Xiao Jiu had already been taken back into the Spiritual Space, but the view from the Spiritual Space was first-person, so the thrill was no less intense than what Chen Mo felt.
The Bright Unicorn's flying speed was very fast; no matter how swiftly the Reverse Hammerhead Shark swam, it could maintain the distance between them.
Every so often, the Reverse Hammerhead Shark would slow down, and Chen Mo would forcefully blow the conch.
"Wuu wuu—"
Thus over the sea surface, echoed the distant sound of the conch horn...
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After leaving Chen Mo, the Isolated Island Spirit began to wander aimlessly in the deep sea.
Initially, it didn't know why Chen Mo told it to hurry away, but soon it sensed a powerful Spiritual Beast swiftly swimming in the sea, seemingly searching for its tracks, then it realized the danger. Fortunately, by using its innate skill to conceal its presence, it managed to evade a close call.
Although it escaped the "pursuers," it seemed to have lost its only "friend."
It felt an emptiness inside.
Even though they had only spent a week together, it could arguably be the happiest time since its birth, finally someone could understand its emotions and resonate with its feelings.
It had already grown accustomed to loneliness.
But at this moment, it felt lonelier than ever.
Suddenly, a melodious conch sound came to its ears.
"It's Chen Mo calling me!"
The Isolated Island Spirit was extremely excited, it even wanted to roll around on the spot without thinking too much, and quickly swam towards the direction of the conch sound.
"Wuu—" (Friend!)
Upon seeing Chen Mo, it emitted an excited whale call.
Because it was simple-minded, it didn't consider whether there might be an ambush around Chen Mo at this moment.
Chen Mo walked up to the Isolated Island Spirit, and touched the big fellow's head.
"Big fellow, we meet again. But I have to return to my own world. Would you like to come with me?"
"Wuu!!" (Yes, yes!)
The Isolated Island Spirit didn't hesitate at all, nodding repeatedly.
Although it meant leaving the vast sea, being with Chen Mo was when it truly felt a sense of purpose.
Seeing the Isolated Island Spirit's unconditional trust, Chen Mo felt surprised and a bit heartbroken.
The big fellow must be lacking in love.
"Wuu?" (Are you going to form a contract with me?)
The Isolated Island Spirit asked, having heard from its parents that human Spirit Masters possess a magical power to form contracts with Spiritual Beasts, enabling them to grow together.
"Cough cough, I'm not capable of forming a contract with you yet."
Chen Mo sighed.
The big fellow was really overestimating him.
"But I bought you a big house."
Chen Mo took out the Heart of the Sea, with the deep blue heart-shaped gem churning with waves inside.
Since he had already established a connection with the Heart of the Sea using spiritual power, the moment Chen Mo activated his spiritual power, the Heart of the Sea emitted a beam of blue light, enveloping the Isolated Island Spirit.
The big fellow didn't resist, and smoothly arrived inside the space within the Heart of the Sea.
"Wuu—"
In the Heart of the Sea, the Isolated Island Spirit could clearly perceive the situation outside, and the Water-element Spiritual Power inside was also very abundant.
It wasn't much different from staying in the Spiritual Space.
"Xing Hai, to buy this big house I have incurred quite a debt. As a good friend, could you give me that Crystal Core we talked about earlier to help me out?"
Chen Mo asked.
Although directly asking the Isolated Island Spirit for the Crystal Core would definitely make the big fellow give it to him,
Explaining a bit, letting the Isolated Island Spirit know he took the Crystal Core to provide it a "home," could prevent unnecessary rifts and allow them to get along better in the future.
"Wuu—" (No need to return it! Just bring me tasty food later!)
Moved by hearing that Chen Mo spent all he had and even went into debt to be with it, the Isolated Island Spirit was touched.
He cares about me!
Hence without any hesitation, it took out the previously ungiven Monarch Stage Crystal Core.
Seeing the Isolated Island Spirit's unconditional trust, Chen Mo felt a pang of guilt like a scoundrel.
"Then... let's compensate the big fellow with delicious food every day!"