Chapter Thirty-Two: The Murderous Pet

  "First of all, it's the magical pet. A wizard must have a magical pet, and I've prepared two options for you." Xiran pulled out a test tube with one hand, inside which was a red, hairy caterpillar-like tree tendril with two small buds on its head that hadn't sprouted yet, while pointing to something under his feet with the other hand.

  Gua followed his fingers down and found nothing but a puddle of dirty water.

  "These two creatures are new species that I've researched, the one in the test tube is the Magic Bloodsucking Vine, as its name suggests, it can absorb both magic and blood from its enemies and convert them into its own power. And this one on the ground is the Gray Glue Monster." Xiran touched the dirty water with his foot, and Guagua's sensitive dynamic vision immediately noticed that this dirty water was a bit different.

  To put it simply, this dirty water doesn't blend in with the floor at all. The texture is like mercury, forming its own system and being insulated from the floor. It's just like a piece of dirty jelly.

  To be honest, Gua Gu had already fallen in love with this grey glue monster at first sight. It reminded him of the swampy land he loved most in his previous life, which looked ordinary but was actually a sacred place that nurtured him and was his favorite home.

  The grey goo monster has no eyes, no ears, no mouth or nose, nothing at all, just a lump of dirty water-like gelatinous body, no senses at all, not even wisdom, but as a magical creature, it can feel the objects around it and also sense the changes in people's emotions.

  The person opposite him had a good impression of it. It clearly knew this point, and this cognitive point also made it feel happy. The simple-minded small creature's thoughts are the simplest, it will escape from those who have malicious intentions towards it, approach those who like it, and sincerely admire the other party, just like admiring its mother.

  Seeing that Gua was more interested in the Gray Glue Monster, he introduced: "The Gray Mud Monster and the Glue Freezing Monster are both types of mud monsters. The Gray Mud Monster can secrete acidic liquids that corrode all objects clean, including flesh, metal, and stone. The acid liquid of the Glue Freezing Monster will only corrode flesh."

  The great wizard Xilang proudly said, "I have created a new creature through magic, combining the two monsters. This creature can corrode flesh, metal or stone under my command."

  "What's even more bizarre is that the metal it decomposes can be restored through the properties of the jelly-like creature. If such a monster could be mass-produced, then mining would become an extremely simple task."

  Gua looked at him, waiting for him to say something. Given his friendship with Xilang, he didn't believe that Xilang would take care of him like this.

  As expected, Xilang revealed a look of annoyance and kicked the gray glue monster with his foot, saying somewhat angrily: "But this guy is really too stupid, even the simplest instructions will be messed up, and has already ruined several important metals for me."

  The grey glue monster was like a pitiful little animal, shrinking away from the bottom of Xiran's feet and escaping one or two steps, seemingly afraid to escape further.

  Xī Lǎng shook the magical blood-sucking vine in his hand again, and although the creature inside was a kind of plant, its slow crawling movement was no different from that of a caterpillar.

  "And this Bloodsucking Vine, if used well, can not only help you absorb the magic around you and purify your own magical powers, but also help you purify your bloodline and increase your magician level. However, there is a problem - the original of this Bloodsucking Vine comes from the Abyss, its demonic nature is very heavy, even after my modification, it still can't be truly controlled. If you can't restrain it, it will control you, at that time, I can only kill you to free you."

  "It can be said that these two magical creatures are both my proud works and my failed works. If the contract with them fails, the consequences will be disastrous." Xiran said casually.

  "These two magical creatures, choose one to be your familiar. On the one hand, I believe you can fully utilize their abilities and enhance your own powers. On the other hand, I also hope that you can help me control these two little things and assist me in my magical experiments." Xiran said, his slender fingers twirling the stopper on the test tube, as if he was negotiating, but exuding an irresistible aura.

  What else can be said about Gua? Facing a guy like Haric who only has muscles and no brains, he still had the confidence to fight, but when encountering a guy like Xiran who relies on his brain to make a living, he didn't have absolute confidence.

  Moreover, he also hopes to learn more knowledge and magical powers from this great magician.

  Even if the mages are awakened to magical abilities by their innate divine blood, and use magic with their talents, they are ridiculed by other professions as "using their face to fight" or "relying on their ancestors to fight", but Guagua knows that the master of this mage tower, Xilang Oktuo, is not only a powerful mage, but also a hardworking scholar.

  The spellbook on the second floor is a clear proof.

  Gua Gua lowered his head and said: "Gua Gua will listen to everything the master says!"

  "Which one do you want to choose?"

  Gua felt the two demons again, in the magic blood vine he only felt brutal slaughter and a thirst for power, even releasing unreserved killing intent towards the great wizard Xilan. In that lump of gray glue monster, Gua felt weakness and expectation, as well as goodwill towards himself.

  He pointed at the gray goo monster and said, "I want it."

  Xī Lǎng nodded slightly, his face showing a mix of disappointment and expectation, as if it didn't quite match his expectations. Gǔ Guā knew that if he chose the magic blood-sucking vine, he would probably die even earlier. First, let's talk about whether he could tame this ferocious plant, not to mention Xī Lǎng's purpose in creating such a deformed creature, which was hard for him to explain to himself.

  What else can't be said to a humble dog-headed person? Such things can only be thought of with toes.

  Seeing that Gua had already chosen his magical pet, Xilang said: "You want to sign a master-slave contract with your magical pet, it will take a whole day and 100 gold coins worth of materials. The materials are trivial, I have already prepared them, but within this one day, I won't be able to stay here the entire time. So how to sign the master-slave contract with it, I'll give you guidance, but I won't teach you, do you understand?"

  Gua raised his head and looked at Xilang, with an expression that clearly said: "Let's see what you can really do."