Probably because he didn't expect Yan Yan to ask this question, Tonba suddenly paused while rubbing Yan Yan's ankle.
Then it raised its head and called out weakly towards Yan Yan: "Tonba~"
This cry was filled with worries about the uncertain future and caution in admitting one's identity.
Tonba knows that he is a Taotie.
But it doesn't know that from the day it was born, it was destined to be unable to integrate into this world.
Yanyan weakly and distressedly held Tonba into her arms.
Although the little guy was full of anxiety, he still admitted his identity honestly.
Yan Yan was reassured and touched that Tonba didn't lie to her.
Yanyan looked at Tonba's big and beautiful eyes, as clear as blue crystal, which were full of trust and attachment to her.
Such a cute little guy, why is he Taotie!
Tonba himself doesn't know that he will become such a terrible beast in the future. It would be too cruel to dispose of Tonba now.
Yan Yan felt that even entering into a blood oath contract with it was extremely cruel.
The so-called blood oath contract is actually an unequal contract in which one party accepts the other party as the master at the cost of his life.
Yan Yan had read the description of the blood oath contract in ancient books.
When a blood oath contract is signed, the person swearing the oath surrenders his or her heart's blood to the person taking the oath, which is equivalent to surrendering one's life to others.
This contract does not impose any restrictions on the sworn person, and completely protects the sworn person from being harmed by the sworn person, and the sworn person can dispose of the sworn person's life at will.
It can be said that it is a completely unequal contract.
After signing a blood oath contract, Tonba's life is hers. It can only obey her orders. It no longer has any freedom and can no longer come and go like the wind...
Yan Yan is a native of Earth and is very disgusted with things like slavery contracts. Even if it is a monster, Yan Yan is not willing to restrict the other person's freedom.
But if he swears an oath, Canghua will never let Tonba go.
After repeated hesitation, Yan Yan reluctantly spoke: "Tanba? Are you willing to...make a blood oath contract with me? Do you know what the blood oath contract means? That's it..."
"Tonba, tonba!"
Yanyan was ready to explain it carefully to Tonba, but unexpectedly Tonba agreed without thinking and seemed quite happy.
Seeing Tonba happily wagging his big tail and licking the back of his hand, Yanyan finally couldn't bear to tease him: "After signing this contract, you can only follow me from now on. Wherever I go, you must follow me whether you like it or not.
You can't just go wherever you want like before. In other words, you no longer have freedom."
However, because Tonba is a glutton and has a special status, Yanyan cannot deal with its life at will like ordinary creatures, but must keep an eye on it at all times to prevent it from becoming a demon and harming living creatures.
And with Canghua here, even if Yanyan wanted to loosen her control over Tonba, Canghua would not allow Tonba to escape her sight.
From then on, the innocent, free-spirited little monster was completely trapped.
Yanyan didn't know whether Tonba was lucky or unlucky when it met him.
If it hadn't met itself, it would have had many free and comfortable days before it fell into the devil. If it was lucky enough to fall into the devil after three thousand years, as Canghua said, it would still have many long years to spend freely.
But when it met itself, it was completely restrained before it became a demon.
However, the only good thing is that if Tonba fell into a demon while she was still in the Mountain and Sea Realm, she could hide it in the Sumeru Realm, at least she wouldn't have to be killed like those gluttons in the past.
However, Tonba seemed particularly happy. Canghua explained to it how to make a blood oath contract. Tonba opened his chest with a claw and donated his heart's blood without hesitation.
Tonba poured the blood from his heart into Yanyan's palm, and Yanyan pricked his fingertips and put a drop of blood into Tonba's eyebrows.
The blood oath contract is taking effect.
Yanyan's expression is complicated.
But Tonba felt like he had been given a new lease of life.
Seeing Tonba's heartless joy, Yanyan suspected that it might not really know what the blood oath contract was.
But the contract has come into effect, and when Tonba comes to his senses later, it will be too late to regret it.
Yanyan smiled bitterly in her heart.
However, after signing the blood oath contract, Tonba also has a privilege, that is, he can follow Yanyan in and out of the Xumi realm at will.
After finishing the matter with Tonba, Yanyan took him out.
Haomai and Canghua took three days off to take care of mortal affairs.
Before leaving, Yan Yan also had things to arrange, such as...Bi Cheng.
Although they didn't get along for a long time, after calling her master, Yan Yan wanted to help Bi Cheng settle down his future life before leaving.
Although Mu Juaner is gone, she also hopes that Bi Cheng can still live a good life in the future.
She felt that this should be what Mu Juaner wanted.
After walking out of her room, Yan Yan walked to the kitchen. When she reached the front yard, she saw the housekeeper Hao Huaian leading the servants in the mansion busy sweeping the yard.
Seeing Yan Yan, Hao Huaian greeted her warmly: "Hey, Miss Tang got up so early. The banquet competition just ended yesterday. Why didn't you get more sleep?"
Yan Yan was startled when he heard this, and then suddenly realized.
All the memories of these people have been modified by Canghua, and they no longer remember that they experienced the terrible catastrophe in Luwu Mountain.
Yan Yan nodded and said quickly: "I'm going to find my master."
Hao Huaian nodded and praised: "Oh, after this banquet competition, Chef Bi's reputation as a magic chef has become famous, and his future future is limitless! It's a pity, it's so good to entertain all the majors.
It’s such a pity that the caravan leader’s banquet was completely disrupted by this damn weather!”
The old housekeeper sighed with emotion and continued to urge the servants to continue cleaning the courtyard.
Yan Yan continued walking forward calmly, and when passing by Hanlian Garden, he couldn't help but think of Haorui Sheng.
She felt sad and walked to Hanlian Garden.
As I walked closer, I saw several little maids holding brooms and sweeping the fallen leaves in front of the door.
Yan Yan walked over and looked up, only to find that the original horizontal wooden plaque of Hanlian Garden was missing above the lintel of the courtyard door.
She asked several little maids: "Excuse me, sisters, this is..."
Several little maids replied respectfully: "This is the eldest lady's memorial hall."
Yanyan's heart was shaken, and she stepped into the courtyard.
The courtyard is still the same as when she came here, but in the originally exquisitely decorated embroidered pavilion, there are no more splendid painted screens, fragrant sandalwood, and leisurely string music...
There is only a large horizontal table in the middle of the pavilion, and a mahogany carved lacquered spiritual tablet is placed on it.
The tablet clearly reads: The spiritual tablet of Ruisheng, the beloved daughter of Hao family.
Yanyan looked at the dates of birth and death written on the spirit tablet, and she was surprised to find that the year of death was written eighteen years ago.
Eighteen years ago, it was the year that Haorui Sheng was born.
In other words, in the memory modified by Canghua, Haoruisheng died as soon as he was born.
On the way back that day, Haomao talked about Ruisheng and his previous life. Yanyan remembered that he said that as a star, no matter how many lives he reincarnates, he should have no heirs...
Therefore, the heroism in this life is still childless in the eyes of the world.
This feels like an irreversible fate.
Yan Yan looked at Haorui Sheng's tablet and was lost in thought for a while.
She took three sticks of incense from the table, lit them with the ever-burning lamp next to the memorial tablet, and respectfully inserted them into the incense burner in front of the memorial tablet.