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Fortunately, another independent cultivator soon spoke up, asking the disciple of the Qingling Beast Taming Sect who had just led the group, "Fellow Daoist, why are you checking our spirit beast bags?"
The disciple replied expressionlessly, "The Young Master's contracted spirit beast recently disappeared, and we suspect a cultivator has forcibly detained it. To recover the Young Master's contracted spirit beast, we must inspect all cultivators who have left the Dream Demon Forest. I hope you will cooperate. If anyone deliberately obstructs us, don't blame me, the disciples of the Qingling Beast Taming Sect, for being rude."
As soon as these words were spoken, the monks present were all shocked and could not calm down.
Who doesn't know that the son of your Qingling Beast Taming Sect's leader is at the Jindan stage and still hasn't contracted a spirit beast?!
Who doesn't know that the son of the leader of your Qingling Beast Taming Sect is obsessed with finding a sixth-rank spirit beast, the Flying Winged Tiger?!
What, do you think they are fools?
Just because you're called "Young Sect Master," do you really think you're the next Sect Master of the Qingling Beast Taming Sect? Have you asked the other Peak Masters of the Qingling Beast Taming Sect?
Haha, doesn’t this clearly mean that they have secretly kept the Flying Winged Tiger?
They even claimed that their Young Sect Master's contracted spirit beast had been forcibly seized! So, any Flying Winged Tiger is your Young Sect Master's contracted spirit beast?!
Have you asked about that tier 6 flying winged tiger? Huh?!
Even if we find it, can your Young Master subdue that Flying Winged Tiger? Huh?!
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Although the monks had many thoughts in their minds, they did not dare to express them openly.
The disciples of the Qingling Beast Taming Sect were so powerful that the other cultivators did not dare to resist openly and could only wait helplessly for inspection.
Occasionally, disciples of Xuantian Sect would come out of the Fantasy Demon Forest, their disciple uniforms very conspicuous. These Xuantian Sect disciples were politely escorted out of the Fantasy Demon Forest by the disciples of Qingling Beast Taming Sect who were guarding the exit. Even the handsome male cultivator sitting in the pavilion, Li Haoqing, the son of the sect master of Qingling Beast Taming Sect, did not object.
This made the remaining cultivators even more grief-stricken and angry. Aren't they human beings? Huh?!
After hearing what the leading disciple said, Lin Xia and Uncle Rat exchanged glances, their eyes revealing the same thought: These people are too shameless. What do they mean by calling them the Young Sect Master's contracted spirit beast?! They're nothing but robbers.
Although no contract has been signed with the Flying Winged Tiger, from the perspective of Lin Xia, Uncle Rat, and even the Flying Winged Tiger itself, it has always been and will always be Lin Xia's spirit beast. This is an unquestionable fact and there is no need to be bound by the contract.
However, facing such a robbery incident, Lin Xia couldn't help feeling uncomfortable. It seemed that she had to sign a contract with Ling Cang as soon as possible, otherwise there would always be someone coveting her own spirit beast.
A contracted spirit beast will automatically have a contract mark appear on its forehead. This is a special mark that represents the contractual relationship between the spirit beast and its owner.
This mark usually only appears under specific circumstances, such as when the spirit beast releases powerful power or communicates with its master through spiritual consciousness.
Just as Lin Xia was thinking about signing a contract with the Flying Winged Tiger as soon as possible, the disciples of the Qingling Beast Taming Sect had already checked the male cultivator in front of Lin Xia.
The disciple moved very carefully, not missing any place on the male cultivator's body where the spirit beast bag might be hidden.
Seeing this, Lin Xia knew that it would be her turn next.
Sure enough, the disciple soon came to Lin Xia. When he saw the Rat Uncle squatting on Lin Xia's shoulder, he showed a hint of contempt, as if he was mocking the Rat Uncle's poor qualifications and being just a low-level spirit beast.
Although Mr. Rat was angry, in order not to cause trouble for his master, he pretended to be a spiritual beast with low intelligence and licked his little paws on Lin Xia's shoulder.
At this point, it seemed as if their patience had run out. The leading disciple of the Qingling Beast Taming Sect sullenly surveyed the remaining cultivators and said, "Anyone among you who has a contracted spirit beast, stand on this side. Those without, stand on the other side."
Upon hearing this, all the cultivators automatically divided into two lines, and the side with the contracted spirit beasts was obviously much smaller.
Seeing this, the Qingling Beast Taming Sect disciple continued, "I hope fellow Taoists won't try to take advantage of this situation, or you'll bear the consequences!"
"..."
For a long time, no other monk stood up, and no monk spoke up to refute.
Apart from Lin Xia, there were only six cultivators left on the side with contracted spirit beasts, five of whom were male.
The only beautiful female cultivator, seeing Lin Xia caressing Uncle Rat's head soothingly, couldn't help but lean over and said, "Fellow Daoist! You are so kind to your spirit beast. My spirit beast also doesn't want to stay in the spirit beast bag, but I don't have your patience."
After hearing this, Lin Xia knew that the female cultivator, who didn't understand the situation, had misunderstood. However, she still shamelessly agreed, "You are too kind, fellow Daoist. After all, it is my contracted spirit beast, like a family member. Naturally, I have to consider its feelings."
Lin Xia's words were sincere and heartfelt. Of course, in her heart, Lin Xia also regarded Uncle Rat and Flying Winged Tiger as family. However, the female cultivator was stunned when she heard this. Then, she looked at Lin Xia with even more eager eyes, "My name is Jiang Li. What's your name, friend?"
Lin Xia was confused for a moment, but still responded, "Lin Xia."
Although Lin Xia didn't talk much and seemed a little cold, Jiang Li felt that Lin Xia was a rare good person. After all, a cultivator who treated his contracted spirit beast so gently could not have committed such a heinous crime.
Unfortunately, when Jiang Li wanted to continue chatting with Lin Xia, he was interrupted by a disciple of the Qingling Beast Taming Sect.
A disciple from the Qingling Beast Taming Sect stood in front of Lin Xia and the other seven cultivators who had contracted spirit beasts and spoke, "Could you please take out your spirit beast bags for us to inspect?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the others, including Jiang Li, took out their spirit beast bags as instructed. Lin Xia also took out her own spirit beast bag, the one that Xiaochu, Uncle Rat and Flying Winged Tiger despised so much.
The disciples of the Qingling Beast Taming Sect carefully checked every spirit beast bag, and even asked every cultivator to release the spirit beasts inside, almost not missing any possible clues.
The inspection process was not long, but it seemed like a long time to cultivators like Lin Xia and Jiang Li.
Finally, the disciples of the Qingling Beast Taming Sect finished the inspection and found nothing abnormal, so they signaled Lin Xia and the others that they could leave.
Lin Xia breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and was about to leave with Uncle Rat, but suddenly heard a voice behind her.
"and many more!"
Lin Xia's heart tightened and she looked back, only to see that the male cultivator who had been sitting in the pavilion had stood up at some point and was looking towards them. His eyes met Lin Xia's from afar, and Lin Xia quickly and unnoticeably looked away.
This man is Li Haoqing from the Qingling Beast Taming Sect.
Because they didn't know who was being called, Lin Xia and the other seven were stopped by the disciples of the Qingling Beast Taming Sect.
Li Haoqing's eyes moved around Uncle Rat, as if he was searching for something. Lin Xia felt a little uneasy, wondering why he noticed Uncle Rat.
Uncle Shu was very calm. He thought it was a dream for a cultivator in the Jindan stage to see through Shu Shu's disguise!
Li Haoqing observed carefully for a while, but found nothing unusual. He frowned, as if he was a little confused. Finally, he shook his head and said, "It's okay, let them go."
Lin Xia secretly breathed a sigh of relief, followed the steps of several other cultivators, and quickly left with Uncle Rat.