Chapter 3: The territory on the tribal camp side most likely has scattered fragments of the "Initial Mark," and given the dangerous environment there, very few people will be searching that area.
Su Xiao had a very clear understanding of his own luck, so he decisively chose the more dangerous location where the probability of obtaining "Initial Mark" fragments was higher.
These factors destined Su Xiao to head toward the tribal camp. If, during this summoning of the Storm Flame Dragon Dies, the creature didn't show much resistance and showed even a slight sign of obedience, Su Xiao planned to awaken its "Dragon Devour" ability.
That way, after killing the aberrant beasts, he wouldn't only obtain "Eternal Life Source" and the treasure chests produced by the beasts, but most of their flesh could be devoured by Dies to enhance its strength. The better cuts of meat would be saved, and after returning, Xia could cook them into delicious meals. Thinking about it this way, the aberrant beasts were practically treasures from head to tail.
Having pondered this, Su Xiao felt even more anticipation for heading to the tribal camp territory, with its naturally beautiful scenery and many aberrant beasts. However, he first needed to finish handling matters in Twilight City before setting off.
Su Xiao poured a cup of tea for Piro, who was sitting respectfully across from him. Piro stood up to receive it.
"Gold coins aren't an issue. How you develop this fiefdom depends entirely on you."
Hearing Su Xiao's words, Piro couldn't help but feel excited inside. He naturally understood Su Xiao's meaning—this was granting him maximum authority.
"But I don't want this to be a long process."
Su Xiao didn't explicitly say he wouldn't stay in this world for long, but Piro across the table immediately expressed that he would let Su Xiao see changes in the Twilight City fiefdom as soon as possible.
After having Amu see Piro out, Su Xiao went down to the inner hall on the second floor. A figure was sitting curled up on the sofa, wearing rabbit-eared hooded pajamas, holding a handheld gaming console in both hands. It was Yueshitu, who had come alone.
As for Molei and Hao Mei, Molei was enjoying the joy of mining mineral veins, while Hao Mei had gone to the Hunter's Guild. Originally, Yueshitu had been mining a high-value mineral vein with Molei. If Su Xiao hadn't bluntly said that if she didn't come, he would send someone to "invite" her over, Yueshitu wouldn't have bothered to go out.
"What do you want from me?"
"Summon Xianlulu."
"You can't take her to too dangerous places unless you sign a separation contract, allowing her to escape at critical moments."
"Agreed."
Su Xiao took the separation contract drafted by Yueshitu, confirmed it was fine, and signed it. This wasn't a conventional binding contract. Even if someone tampered with it, they couldn't create any restrictions. The main purpose of this thing was to prevent Su Xiao from forcibly binding Xianlulu, allowing her to feel she could break away on her own when death might be imminent.
Seeing Su Xiao sign the contract, Yueshitu made no visible move, but a summoning array appeared behind her, and then Xianlulu materialized, landing on Yueshitu's head.
"Silly master, I stayed up all night playing games with you last night, and I was sleeping. Sigh~ Master, I can forgive you for being bad, but you have to let me sleep, right?"
Xianlulu was drowsily lying on Yueshitu's head. Yueshitu didn't speak, just pointed diagonally across. Xianlulu followed the direction she pointed, and for a moment, her tail wagged happily, then she asked hesitantly, "Master, do you want me to assist Big Daddy... ah no, assist Bai Ye in battle?"
"Mm."
"No way. You're so silly. If I'm not here, what will you do if you encounter danger?"
"Usually when I encounter danger, aside from shouting, you don't seem to help me much. Your healing output is clearly less than, um..."
Xianlulu covered Yueshitu's mouth and defended herself, "I'm a combat support. You're a spectator summoner. How am I supposed to support you? So I can only cheer you on."
"So I decided this time to let you assist Bai Ye. Besides, if you participate in multiple events, it can improve my world evaluation."
"Well..."
Xianlulu hesitated. Actually, she really wanted to assist Su Xiao, but she was afraid that if she actively jumped onto someone else's shoulder, her master would feel sad, which was why she seemed so hesitant.
"Then... fine. For the sake of my master's world evaluation in this world, I'll assist Bai Ye this time."
"Alright then. I still have very important matters, so I'll go back first."
Yueshitu activated her teleportation equipment and vanished from the spot in the next second. Seeing Yueshitu leave, Xianlulu promptly jumped onto Su Xiao's shoulder.
[Prompt: Light Spirit Xianlulu has attached herself to you.]
[When Xianlulu is attached to you, your True Intelligence attribute and maximum Mana Points will enhance Xianlulu's buff effects/healing output, as well as reduce Xianlulu's skill cooldowns.]
[Your Intelligence attribute is 300 points. Xianlulu's buff state increases by 28%, healing output increases by 22%, and skill cooldown reduction is 2.7%.]
[Your Mana Points are 62,143 points. Xianlulu's buff state increases by 4.1%, healing output increases by 5.9%, and skill cooldown reduction is 94.8%.]
[When attached to you, Xianlulu's buff state overall increases by 32.1%, Xianlulu's healing output increases by 27.9%, and Xianlulu's skill cooldown reduction is 96% (96% is the reduction cap).]
[You obtain the following buffs.]