When she woke up the next day, Anyi didn't wake up until noon.
Because she had been talking to Xuezhu all night last night, about moving to Zhumeng Garden, Silver Snake Pavilion, animal pets, future plans...
An Yi had no reservations about what she could say. In the end, she gave Xuezhu two choices:
1. She will return the slave registration documents to Xuezhu and give her a sum of money so that Xuezhu can regain his freedom and no longer have to be a slave.
2. If Xuezhu, who has regained his freedom, wants to continue to follow him, he must complete all the contents of "The Essentials of Controlling the Beast" within one month.
Although there are two choices, An Yi hopes that Xuezhu will choose the second one.
In this beast-controlling world, women have no inheritance rights and barely have any social status until they get married.
Therefore, most women will pin their future on finding a husband, rather than thinking about making money and making themselves more powerful.
Even though they can go to school and learn beast control, due to the system itself, they are sent to the beast control academy by their families not to realize their own life value, but to meet better men so that they can get married quickly.
Because of this, when Anyi and Xuezhu were talking seriously, their words were mixed with a lot of advice and affirmation.
"The world outside is infinite, and you are more powerful than you think!"
"In my eyes, you have a calm temperament and are careful and prudent in doing things. As long as you make up your mind, you will move forward bravely and not be afraid of difficulties. Believe me, as long as you seize the opportunity, you will succeed in whatever you do!"
"You are very important to me, not because you think about everything for me, but because your character of not taking your word lightly and doing what you say is always worth learning from!"
"Although many people say that a maid should do what a maid should do and not expect too much, but I tell you this is complete nonsense. No one should be born to serve others!"
...
Xuezhu was touched by Anyi's words, but seemed a little hurt. She did not reply immediately, walked out of the room absentmindedly, sat on the steps outside the house, looked at the cold full moon above her head, and said nothing.
The cold wind blowing from Zhumengyuan is mixed with the fragrance of plum blossoms.
Various emotions were stirring in her heart, and desire and ambition emerged from the deepest part of her heart, but she was choked by reason and reality, and she felt that she could not breathe.
She hugged her body tremblingly, resisting painfully all the experiences her past life had told her, feeling that her internal organs were being reshaped.
"I'm not a servant, I'm a human being!" This thought flashed through her mind again. She was trembling with excitement and fear, thinking, "Was it a dream just now? What the lady said was terrible. I am actually qualified to learn how to control beasts?" "
Xuezhu didn't return to the room until the fifth watch. She felt her head was swollen. An Yi's words were so impactful that she felt dizzy.
However, because of those words, she knew that something in her heart had been pried open, like a skylight being opened in a tightly sealed room. From then on, she finally glimpsed the vastness of the sky.
In her dream, Anyi murmured, wrapped herself tightly in the quilt and turned over.
Xuezhu stared at Anyi and listened deeply to her heart. She seemed to see Anyi's dream: the bright moon lingering with the fragrance of flowers, reflecting the jade buildings in the sky, and the mythical beasts and spiritual objects that she had the opportunity to touch and possess.
When Anyi woke up, Xuezhu was not in the house.
Since she didn't have enough sleep, she tried to close her eyes and squint for a while, but the snake cubs in the beast control space were so hungry that they started beating gongs and drums and wouldn't let her sleep for another minute.
She had no choice but to get up from the warm bed with difficulty, put on her clothes with her eyes closed, and her groggy mind tried to think about where to buy cheap rat monsters!
"Why are her snake cubs so edible?" she thought: "No reason! Why do they have to eat them every meal? Why can they only eat live monsters and not human food?"
Anyi yawned, took a mouthful of warm water and rinsed her mouth. As soon as she walked out of the house, she saw Xuezhu reading a book seriously. It was the "Yu Beast Cutting Essentials" she had given her yesterday.
"Xue Zhu, could it be that you haven't slept all night?" An Yi asked worriedly.
"Miss is awake! No, Xuezhu squinted for a while. Are you hungry? What do you want to eat?"
"I'm going out to eat at noon. By the way, when there's no one around, you don't need to call me miss, just call me Anyi!"
Xuezhu smiled and said nothing.
An Yi didn't say any more. Although it was nice to have someone serving her, she still preferred an equal relationship. Xuezhu probably wasn't used to this kind of relationship yet, so take your time.
"By the way, miss, Mr. Zhang came to see you early in the morning. He seemed very angry and asked miss to go to Tianxiang Tower to find him at noon."
"I know." Anyi yawned again and stretched.
She decided not to stay up late next time. She was so sleepy!
Seeing Xuezhu closing the book and planning to go out with her, An Yi stopped him: "Your task this month is to learn all the contents of "The Essentials of Controlling Beasts". You don't need to do anything else. If you don't understand or need anything, you can do it in time. tell me."
"Miss...is this okay?"
"Most people take a year to complete the course, and there are teachers to guide you. You only have one month. If you can't do it, you don't have to follow me in the future and find another way out."
An Yi looked at Xuezhu and said seriously: "You can do it, I look forward to your good news!"
If you go all out, it is not difficult to do it with Xuezhu's serious nature. The only difficulty is that the content in the book is not simply memorized, but also requires practice.
In other words, if you want to learn how to learn, you need at least a magic pet!
Anyi would not take the initiative to give Xuezhu a magic pet, she would wait for Xuezhu to muster up the courage to ask her for it.
...
After leaving the General's Mansion, An Yi bought five large baskets of rat monsters. The money was really not spent, and the five thousand silver notes were just gone.
She looked at the updated missions in the Beast Control Space, and there was only one.
[Dear, there are a group of tomb-robber beast hunters wandering in the Cangwu Tomb Forest in Hongfeng Valley. Those deceased are really pitiful and helpless. If you get rid of these beast hunters today, the Dark Lin Treasure Snake will gain the soul-stealing resurrection attribute. . 】
[Soul-stealing resurrection attribute, after being killed by an enemy or a monster, the enemy or monster dies, and at the same time it resurrects itself. It can be used once a year. 】
Anyi gave up decisively, not to mention her inability. Even if she rode a fast horse to Hongfeng Valley immediately, it would still be a week later.
The missions given out by the Beast Controlling Space are very casual, and they come up as they come up, without considering her actual situation and abilities.
A biting cold wind passed overhead, and dark clouds drifted in from the north, covering the gray sun.
People on the street wrapped their clothes tightly and either walked back quickly or ran towards the nearest eaves. After a while, big raindrops fell.
Although she was holding an umbrella, Anyi was still wet and cold from the rain due to the wind.
When she rushed to Tianxiang Tower, Zhang Zhenlin had already arrived.
The food and wine on the table had already been set, and Zhang Zhenlin was sitting by the window of the private room on the second floor, toasting and chatting with a handsome and elegant young man.
The young man sat with a glass of wine in his hand, looking intently at the raindrops falling along the eaves outside the window. He nodded, and his well-jointed hands naturally touched Lei Yuhu's silly round face covered with black stripes.
When Zhang Zhenlin finished speaking, he turned his head and blinked with a smile with his obsidian eyes. His eyes were very deep and bright, perfectly embedded in his angular face.
An Yi was surprised for a while. Although the boy was not wearing a mask today, she knew who he was.
It was the young man in black who helped her get rid of the Thunder Talisman chain the night before yesterday, Xiao Ze who claimed to be from the Divine Beast Sect!
