Brownstone Mountain, a small hill on the westernmost side of the Flamestone Mountains.

The back mountain of Brownstone Mountain, as well as the seven large mountains nearby, are the forbidden land of the Yanshi tribe.

The people of the Yanshi tribe can now only operate in the front mountain of Brownstone Mountain, and their camp is on the side of the front mountain.

There is a huge cave where the tribesmen live at night, and there is a protruding platform outside the cave.

The platform is nine zhang long and five zhang wide, and can accommodate hundreds of people. There is a bonfire in the center of the platform, which burns as long as it is not windy or rainy.

At this moment, there are two women sitting next to the bonfire, one is a fire baby, and the other is a woman named Atu.

Ah Tu is nearly fifty years old, and he can be regarded as old in today's world.

She looked nervously at the young fire baby, but the fire baby's eyes fell on the three people at the edge of the platform.

There were Jia Chao, Stubborn Stone and Xia Yun, and at this moment, Stubborn Stone was looking at the rabbit that came out of the bamboo basket with a helpless expression.

Jia Chao put a clay pot in the bamboo basket, and the rabbit was in this clay pot.

The stubborn stone thought that Jia Chao would stew and eat this rabbit, but he didn't expect that this rabbit was the contract beast that Huowa said.

He grabbed Jia Chao's short hair and shook his head, and asked him with a look of hatred and bitterness:

"Ah Chao! Why don't you discuss such a big matter with me? ”

Jia Chao looked at the old man in front of him speechlessly, completely unaware of the seriousness of the problem.

"Didn't you say that as long as I have a contract beast, I can be a chief? Does it matter if the contract beast is a rabbit or something else? ”

The stubborn stone nodded fiercely, "Yes! It's very important! ”

Seeing Jia Chao and the stubborn stone like this, Xia Yun, who was leaning on the saber-toothed tiger on the side, "giggled".

"Grandpa Stubborn Stone, wasn't Ah Chao's awakening carried out under your guidance?"

The stubborn stone looked at Xia Yun and shook his head speechlessly.

Xia Yun was a little surprised when she saw this, she looked at Jia Chao and said:

"Then Ah Chao, when you awakened, didn't you receive the inheritance in the rune stone?"

Jia Chao spread his hands and said, "No, I just feel that there is a suction force, and I almost sucked my soul in!" ”

As soon as he said this, there was no reaction on the stubborn stone's face, but Xia Yun looked at him with wide eyes, and reached out to touch the beast spirit seal on his chest.

"What's wrong, Ah Yun?" Seeing that Xia Yun's expression was a little abnormal, the stubborn stone raised his eyes to look at her and asked.

Xia Yun shook his head and didn't speak, his starry eyes kept flickering.

Seeing this, the stubborn stone did not continue to ask, and said to Jia Chao with a long sigh:

"Ah Chao, you ask Ah Yun if the initial contract beast is important to you!"

Hearing this, Jia Chao turned his head to look at Xia Yun blankly, Xia Yun put away his surprised expression when he saw this, sat down again and began to explain to Jia Chao.

Jia Chao listened for a long time, and finally summarized the knowledge points explained by Xia Yun.

It turns out that each Beast Whisperer can have many Contract Beasts, depending on the size of the Beast Whisperer's [Sea of Souls].

Generally speaking, the size of the Sea of Souls of the Beast Whisperer and the Beast Spirit Seal correspond, and the more powerful the Beast Whisperer, the larger the Beast Spirit Seal.

For most newly awakened beast whisperers, the soul power in the sea of souls can only allow the beast whisperer to have one contract beast, and this contract beast is the initial contract beast.

Whether the initial contract beast is strong or not determines the efficiency of the beast whisperer's hunting. The more efficient the hunt, the faster the Beast Whisperer will grow.

Therefore, most beast whisperers will choose some beasts with strong attack power as contract beasts, especially fierce beasts such as tigers, leopards, and wolves.

These beasts can catch their prey on their own, and the beast whisperer only needs to obtain the soul power of the prey through [Sacrifice Spirit] to grow quickly.

After listening to Xia Yun's explanation, Jia Chao's face couldn't help but become serious.

Other people's contract beasts are lions and tigers, and their own contract beasts are rabbits.

Lions and tigers can fight monsters and upgrade by themselves, which is equivalent to being able to hang up and share experience.

And what can your own rabbit do? Can eating grass increase experience?

He suddenly felt that the whole person was not good, if this was a proper number in the game, it would be invalid!

And his beast spirit seal is now so big, he can't find another contract beast.

So he sat up straight, glanced at the rabbit beside him, and asked Xia Yundao seriously:

"Xia Yun, can the initial contract beast be exchanged?"

Xia Yun shook his head and nodded again.

"Generally speaking, you can't change it, because changing the contract beast will make the beast whisperer lose some of its origin.

However, there are also those who encounter the best contract beast and will choose to lose some of their origin to replace the initial contract beast. ”

Hearing this, Jia Chao understood a little, the so-called origin is the upper limit of soul power, and this upper limit usually determines the upper limit of a beast whisperer's growth.

Generally speaking, it is not cost-effective to sacrifice the origin to replace the Contract Beast, as you can get a new Contract Beast as soon as you grow it.

But if the contract beast is strong enough, it can also consider this path.

Jia Chao thought about it and decided to make do with it first, and then wait until he met a more powerful contract beast.

At this time, Xia Yun suddenly asked him again: "By the way, Ah Chao, what contract did you make with Tutu?" ”

Jia Chao: "......"

Are there many different types of contracts?

"It's the kind that mixes my blood with it and drinks it with each other."

As soon as he said this, Xia Yun and Stubborn Stone couldn't sit still at the same time.

Xia Yun's face showed a rather wonderful look, and the stubborn stone sighed vigorously.

"What's wrong?" Jia Chao scratched his head and asked.

"You can hunt hard from tomorrow!" Xia Yun exhaled slowly, and took out a white stone from the animal skin bag around his waist, "This is for you, polished into a spear with a very sharp tip!" ”

Jia Chao took the stone and looked at Xia Yun blankly.

"The contract you made with Bunny is called the [Flesh and Blood Contract], and it is one of the most powerful beast contracts.

A flesh contract cannot be broken unless one of them dies, and the death of one of them causes the other party to lose most of their origin! ”

Jia Chao was stunned on the spot when he heard this, and he was thinking about changing his pet just now, but he was directly shot to death in place.

"Then I'm bound to this dog and rabbit for the rest of my life?"

Xia Yun: "That's why I asked you to hunt hard and strive to become stronger as soon as possible, so that you can collect another contract beast as soon as possible!" ”

Jia Chao: "......"

Looking at the calm rabbit beside him, his mood seemed to have fallen into an ice cellar at the moment.

But he soon thought of the squirrels and centipedes in the back mountains, and some sparkle regained in his eyes.

"Xia Yun, didn't you say that the contract beast still had a chance to awaken the power of the elements when it opened its spiritual intelligence? Aren't spirit beasts that have awakened the power of the elements also very powerful? ”

Xia Yun nodded and said, "Yes!" But your bunny is already a spirit animal, and it doesn't have the power to awaken the elements. ”

"Huh?!" Jia Chao exclaimed in surprise and turned his face to look at Xia Yun, "How do you know?" ”

Xia Yun pointed to the saber-toothed tiger beside him and said:

"My Darkfang told me, and it was already talking to you before you made a contract with Bunny, right? The Beast Whisperer can't talk to an unenlightened beast! ”

These words made Jia Chao completely stunned, he looked at the rabbit viciously, and asked it, "Hey! Rabbit! Is what Xia Yun said true? ”

I only heard the rabbit's ruffian-like tone ringing in his head:

"yes, so what? At the beginning, you asked Huowa to force me to be your contract beast. ”

"Ahh You liar! Jia Chao jumped up from the ground and shouted at the fire baby, "Fire baby! Prepare firewood! Eat roast rabbit at night! ”

Hearing his shout, Huowa, who was staring at Ah Tu with big eyes, immediately stood up and responded, and came to the three of them in a few breaths.

At this time, the stubborn stone also stood up, he put his hand on the back of the angry Jia Chao and patted it:

"Alright, stop making a fuss! Later, we will announce the change of chief in front of everyone!

Whether the contract beast is strong or not, it doesn't matter if it has the power of awakening the elements or not. As long as you're an Beast Whisperer and have a Contract Beast, you're now the most powerful in the tribe. ”

The words of the stubborn stone made Jia Chao calm down a little.

He thought about it for a moment, and the two skills he had now were enough to convince the public.

Although the contract beast is only a rabbit, after using the soul link, it can have a high agility and speed bonus, and its strength has also increased a lot, so it is no problem to fight ordinary people.

As for soul power healing, it can solve most injuries and illnesses, which can be regarded as a magic skill in this backward world.

Thinking of this, he stopped making a fuss, but sat back down.

Throughout the day, Jia Chao had been talking to Stubborn Stone and Xia Yun, and he had learned more about the Baimu Grassland and various beasts.

As the setting sun stretched the shadows of the people on the ground, the hunters and gatherers finally returned to the tribe.

When people saw Jia Chao and the three people sitting on the edge of the platform, they all showed a look of surprise.

Many people deliberately leaned over to look at Jia Chao to confirm that the young chief who was carried to the forest of the dead was really alive.

More people inquired from the tribesmen who stayed in the tribe about what had happened in the tribe and why Chief Ah Chaoshao and Huowa had returned to the tribe.

When everyone arrived, Chief Bear came out of the cave with the help of the thin monkey and the brown mountain.

People looked at his right leg, which was wrapped in a large cloud of black mud, and the voices of the discussion became more and more noisy.

Coming to the bonfire in the center of the platform, Chief Bear pushed away the two people who were supporting him, raised his hand and pressed it down, and everyone suddenly became silent.

Seeing this, Jia Chao, Stubborn Stone and others also leaned towards the center of the platform.

When people saw them coming, they consciously moved out of the way. Jia Chao and Stubborn Stone followed the path to stand by the campfire, looking at Chief Bear in the same silence.

Chief Big Bear looked at the two of them and didn't speak, but instead looked at Xia Yun on the periphery of the crowd.

Seeing this, Xia Yun knew that what Chief Big Bear was going to talk about next was about the internal affairs of the Yanshi tribe.

So she jumped on the saber-toothed tiger's back, patted the spirit beast called Darkfang, and said loudly to the stubborn stone:

"Grandpa Stone, it's time for me to go back and get back to the High Priest!" She looked at Jia Chao again, "Ah Chao, you have to come to our tribe to participate in the trial as soon as possible!" ”

Jia Chao nodded at her, and the stubborn stone waved his hand at her, "Ah Yun, say hello to your father for me!" ”

Xia Yun nodded, and drove the dark fangs down the mountain road, and disappeared in a few breaths.

Seeing Xia Yun leaving, everyone turned to look at Chief Bear.

At this time, I saw the chief of the big bear grinning and shouting:

"Come on, arrest Ah Chao and the stubborn stone!"

Hearing his roar, everyone in the hunting team immediately surrounded Jia Chao and the stubborn stone with weapons.

didn't wait for Jia Chao and the stubborn stone to react, only to hear an "ah" sound from the crowd.

Everyone looked at the voice, only to see that it was Red Fang who had been stabbed in the stomach with a spear.

Seeing this, the clansman named Bai Yuan next to Red Fang immediately took a spear to protect Red Fang.

"What are you doing!" Boulder looked angrily at Chief Bear.

At this time, I only heard the Great Bear Chief laugh and said, "What do you say we are going to do?" ”

Stubborn Stone: "Aren't you afraid of protecting the Holy Beast?" Ah Chao is the person chosen by the Yanlong Ancestor! ”