Feng Xi told stories, sang lullabies, and finally managed to coax the Icefield Earth-Shaking Bear to sleep.
Everyone: "..."
Every day spent with Feng Xi was a day that refreshed one's worldview!
Feng Xi moved close to Qin Shifeng and handed him a slip of paper.
"Senior Brother Qin, do you have a way to forcibly contract this Icefield Earth-Shaking Bear?"
Qin Shifeng: …You might as well just kill me!
I'm a mid Golden Core Stage cultivator trying to contract a late Golden Core Stage ice-type demonic beast?
Are you afraid I won't die fast enough?!
"Junior Sister Feng Xi, forgive my inability.
We of Beast-Taming Sect can only forcibly contract demonic beasts whose cultivation is lower than our own, and it's best if the gap is significant. Otherwise, there's a risk of divine sense backlash."
Feng Xi blinked, "Then can you teach me your Beast-Taming Sect's beast-taming incantation? I'll give it a try!"
Qin Shifeng thought she had gone mad!
Even they from Beast-Taming Sect wouldn't dare try, she, who had never learned the beast-taming incantation before, wanted to try?
He flatly refused!
"No! Leaving aside whether you can learn it or not, the key is that your cultivation is too low!
Even if you barely form a contract, it will cause backlash against you and damage your sea of consciousness, or even cause it to collapse!
Besides, your dantian is injured. This is just courting death."
Feng Xi smiled faintly, "Then are we just going to wait here to die?"
Qin Shifeng fell silent.
That's right. If they couldn't contract the Icefield Earth-Shaking Bear, sooner or later it would eat them.
Wait for rescue?
Stop dreaming!
Even if Shen Zhilan and the others managed to successfully leave the Extreme Cold Ice Plains, they wouldn't survive long enough to see reinforcements arrive.
Qin Shifeng steeled his heart, "Then I'll try to contract it."
Even if he failed, Feng Xi could pacify the Icefield Earth-Shaking Bear. Only sacrificing himself would be enough.
It had to be said, when Qin Shifeng wasn't suffering from his bootlicking tendencies, he was actually quite responsible.
Feng Xi shook her head, "Let me do it. It's not on guard against me. I'm the most likely to succeed."
Qin Shifeng still felt like it's inappropriate.
At that moment, the others had also seen the note.
The vast majority disagreed.
The only two who agreed were Jun Wen and Xing Wu.
These two already blindly worshipped Feng Xi!
Put simply, their level of trust in Feng Xi was approaching that of the Heavenly Dao itself!
In the end, everyone agreed.
Trying meant death, not trying also meant death. They might as well take a gamble!
If Feng Xi failed, they would die together, that's all!
Qin Shifeng began teaching Feng Xi Beast-Taming Sect's exclusive beast-taming incantation.
Although there were other beast-taming incantations in the Northern Region, none could compare to Beast-Taming Sect's.
At this point, no one cared about sect taboos or not being allowed to spread sect techniques, preserving their small lives was more important.
Of course, Qin Shifeng couldn't openly teach her. He could only give her a jade slip and let her fumble through it herself.
If she didn't understand something, he would explain.
Qin Shifeng felt uneasy. Back then, it had taken him a month to learn the beast-taming incantation, the fastest in Beast-Taming Sect's history.
Is it even possible for Feng Xi to learn it in two or three days?
Then, before the Icefield Earth-Shaking Bear even woke from that nap, Feng Xi said she had learned it.
Qin Shifeng: "..."
Is teasing me fun?!
But there's no way to verify it now. He could only choose to believe her.
The next morning, when Feng Xi fed the Icefield Earth-Shaking Bear red tuna, she placed different poisons into the bellies of several fish.
If it ate only one type, or two or three types, nothing would happen. But if it swallowed them all, its divine sense would become muddled.
The Icefield Earth-Shaking Bear was no longer wary of Feng Xi. After all, in its eyes, Feng Xi was just a tiny ant.
She had even helped it bring a pile of reserve rations, she clearly had no intention of resisting.
So it gobbled down all the fish.
After eating, it felt slightly dizzy.
Had it not slept well last night?
Then it saw Feng Xi, wearing her fluffy little hat, forming hand seals.
As she formed the seals, a beast-taming seal materialized in the air.
The seal split into two, one half hovering above the Icefield Earth-Shaking Bear's head, the other above Feng Xi's.
The Icefield Earth-Shaking Bear was amused!
This tiny ant wouldn't be trying to contract me, right?
Is she stupid?
A Qi Refining Stage little waste contracting me, a late Golden Core Stage ice-type demonic beast?
What was she thinking?!
Or is this some new trick to amuse me?
But it quickly stopped laughing. Because the beast-taming seal above Feng Xi's head was slowly moving toward it.
Once the two seals merged, it would be contracted by her!
The Icefield Earth-Shaking Bear immediately roared in fury and tried to attack Feng Xi.
How could Qin Shifeng and the others allow that? They attacked almost simultaneously, spirit techniques, spirit artifacts, flying swords, everything they could use.
Jun Wen even grabbed the Icefield Earth-Shaking Bear's tail!
He had already made up his mind. If necessary, he would abandon his cleanliness obsession and use his flying sword to stab the Icefield Earth-Shaking Bear's… rear.
That would at least make it suffer!
Even the severely injured people struggled desperately to buy Feng Xi time.
Everyone strove toward one goal. At this moment, there were no sect divisions, no differences in strength.
Only full commitment!
Feng Xi had no leisure to notice any of this. Her sea of consciousness throbbed with waves of pain!
If she hadn't been tempered by those ancient scrolls before, it would've already burst!
Gritting her teeth, she pushed the beast-taming seal toward the Icefield Earth-Shaking Bear.
So what if you're late Golden Core Stage?!
I can contract a phoenix and the Spirit of Chaos, so what are you?!
That's right, I'm also the Sect Master of Yunxiao Sect!
This master wants to contract you, and you still dare to resist?
Courting death!
For a moment, her entire bearing changed!
Domineering!
Sharp!
Supreme above all!
The Icefield Earth-Shaking Bear hesitated for an instant.
Though it was brief, it was enough!
The two beast-taming seals merged together.
Contract formed!
But Qin Shifeng and the others didn't dare relax in the slightest. Because now comes the true test.
If Feng Xi couldn't withstand the divine sense backlash of the Icefield Earth-Shaking Bear, it would all be for nothing.
Inside Feng Xi's sea of consciousness, a miniature Icefield Earth-Shaking Bear was currently rampaging wildly.
"You think you can contract me?! I'll kill you!"
And then, there was no "then".
First, it was struck dizzy by the little black ball's lightning. Then it was burned into having curly fur by the phoenix fire of the little phoenix.
Smoke curled from the Icefield Earth-Shaking Bear's mouth…
Outside her sea of consciousness, Feng Xi lay on the ground like a corpse, bleeding from all seven orifices.
The Icefield Earth-Shaking Bear wasn't much better off, its tongue lolled out, eyes bulging, completely motionless.
Everyone: "..."
Did she succeed or not?
Should they take this chance to kill the Icefield Earth-Shaking Bear?
Just as everyone was at a loss, Feng Xi opened her eyes.
She stood up, walked over to the Icefield Earth-Shaking Bear, and began kicking it!
Specifically kicking its face!
"Acting arrogant, huh?! Showing off, huh?! Making me tell stories! Making me sing lullabies!"
"If you got the guts, then get up!"
"If you got the guts, then talk back!"
…
The Icefield Earth-Shaking Bear lay there in utter despair.
This bear just wanted to die.
Right now.
Immediately.
Everyone was overjoyed. It worked? It really worked?!
Feng Xi actually did it?
A Qi Refining Stage cultivator contracting a late Golden Core Stage ice-type demonic beast?
Is she even human?!
They all said Shen Zhilan was a genius, then what was Feng Xi?
A genius among geniuses!!!
Just as everyone was celebrating, Feng Xi said slowly, "I… am about to faint!"
Then, with a choking sound, she collapsed to the ground and lost consciousness…