Ever since he was defeated by the Heavenly Principles, Apep, who had lived a bitter life for most of his existence, naturally felt quite unpleasant seeing Azhdaha, his junior, looking so smug.
They were both dragons, both among the Seven Dragon Sovereigns of the elements. Just because he chose to seek revenge against the Heavenly Principles, he had endured for nearly ten thousand years beneath this desolate Desert.
Azhdaha, on the other hand, had long ago chosen to cooperate with Morax and with humans, and now enjoyed a wonderful situation, respected by humans and trusted by friends. Wasn't such a life much more comfortable than the days before the Heavenly Principles arrived?
Apep asked with some hesitation, "Join your faction? What's in it for me?"
Miyashiro sneered, "Benefits? At the very least, compared to you fighting alone, the chances of ultimately defeating the Heavenly Principles will be a little higher."
Apep said, "You don't even have enough resolve to oppose the Heavenly Principles, yet you think you can defeat it? That's simply wishful thinking."
Miyashiro crossed his arms and said, "That's still much more advisable than your method of throwing an egg against a rock."
Apep remained silent for a long time before asking, "If I join you, do you need me to do anything?"
Miyashiro's heart brightened upon hearing this, and he replied, "Don't do anything at all. Your top priority right now is to recuperate and restore yourself to your peak condition. However, to facilitate communication between us, I need you to sign a psychic contract with me!"
As soon as Miyashiro spoke, both Apep and Azhdaha, who was beside him, changed their expressions. Apep asked, "Is it the same kind of contract you signed with Azhdaha? Are there any specific requirements?"
Miyashiro said, "Not really. It's just that after signing the psychic contract, I can summon you to my side from a long distance whenever I need you.
Other than that, there are no other effects. If you don't believe me, you can ask Azhdaha or Nahida. They both signed psychic contracts with me. It's been a while since I signed a psychic contract with Azhdaha, and this is the first time I've summoned him.
Normally, I neither restrict his freedom nor give him special commands. As long as he doesn't cause any trouble in the human world, I don't care."
Apep glanced at Azhdaha beside him, his eyes seeming to question the truth of the matter. Although Azhdaha was at odds with Apep, he still silently nodded.
After a long silence, Apep finally made up his mind: "Alright, I agree to sign a psychic contract with you. However, in return, I also have a condition."
Miyashiro asked with some surprise, "What condition?"
Apep sighed and said, "Back then, after I was infected with forbidden knowledge, I knew I couldn't eradicate the pollution of forbidden knowledge. So, before the world within me was completely polluted, I released all my people who lived inside me, letting them find hope of survival in the outside world.
Now, thousands of years have passed. I originally thought all my people had vanished, but the moment my Oasis Core was reactivated, I could sense that some of my people still survived in certain corners of Sumeru.
They have adapted very well, but I know they have never stopped searching for their homeland. I hope you can help bring my people back, back to their home."
As Apep spoke, his eyes softened considerably, and his tone was filled with benevolence towards his people, which immediately resonated with Nahida, who was also the Lord of Sumeru.
Nahida unconsciously tugged on Miyashiro's clothes, then nodded to him and said, "Miyashiro, I think we should help with this."
Seeing that Nahida had already answered first, Miyashiro said with some concern, "But Sumeru is so vast, how can we find Apep's people?"
Apep said, "My people, like me, are an adaptable species. They will change according to Sumeru's environment. Currently, the life forms most adapted to Sumeru's land are Fungi. Therefore, my people should choose Fungi as their appearance and integrate into their communities.
However, although they have the same appearance, their internal structure is completely different. Ordinary Fungi evolve from spores and possess a complete ecological structure of life, while my people are elemental life forms composed of Dendro elemental power. Inside them, there is only the flow of elements. People with elemental vision should be able to easily identify them."
Miyashiro said with a headache, "The Fungi in Sumeru... I estimate there are even more of them than the population of Sumeru. Your people certainly chose a large group. But there aren't many people in all of Sumeru who possess elemental vision. This workload is not just a little bit large."
Nahida said, "Don't worry about this, leave it to me. I should be able to find them. I can entrust this matter to my Dependents. There are many of them, they move freely in the rainforest, and they all possess the ability of elemental vision."
Miyashiro said, "Your Dependents? Oh, you mean the Aranara, right? That's indeed a good choice."
Nahida smiled and said, "That's right, they are a group of very cute little guys, just a little afraid of strangers."
Miyashiro also smiled and said, "It seems that a god's Dependents don't necessarily have to be mighty and majestic. The Aranara are indeed the most suitable Dependents for Nahida."
At this moment, Nahida suddenly seemed to remember something, her expression changed, and she said, "Wait, Apep just mentioned the word 'adaptation'. When we first met Apep, we could sense that a huge void had formed within him. That was because forbidden knowledge had already become a part of his body.
And when we eliminated the residual forbidden knowledge in Irminsul, it caused this kind of elemental power void. So, the situation of Apep's people at this time is probably not very optimistic.
Without further ado, I'll contact them now."
After Nahida finished speaking, she immediately extended her right hand towards the rainforest, and a Emerald green of Dendro elemental power slowly spread out.
At the same time, the Aranara, who were daydreaming, playing, cooking, singing, dancing, and so on in various areas of the rainforest, all turned in the same direction, closed their eyes, and carefully felt the message from Nahida. Then, they immediately collectively burrowed underground and began to act.
After transmitting the message, Nahida looked at Apep and said, "Apep, I have already sent the Aranara to search."
Apep nodded upon hearing this and said, "Thank you, Buer. Human, come and sign the psychic contract you mentioned."
Miyashiro nodded, then took out a scroll from the Kamui Dimension behind him. After opening it, he signed his name in the designated spot, bit his finger, and pressed his fingerprint onto it, then handed it to Apep.
Miyashiro added, "Just sign your name on this scroll with your blood."
Apep looked at the scroll, wanting to check for any malicious clauses in the contract, but the next moment, he froze, because he didn't recognize a single word on the scroll; it was covered in unknown characters.
Apep looked at Azhdaha and Buer with a strange, scrutinizing gaze. How dare you sign a contract whose specific content you don't even know?
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