Chapter 21: Please call me handsome guy or handsome, thank you

  The thorn bird is not a powerful flying demon pet, but one of the most magical and rare animals in nature.

  It is said that the thorn bird will not stop flying after leaving the nest until it finds a suitable thorny tree to settle down, where it will insert its small body into the sharpest thorns, bleeding and crying, using its life to sing the only song of its lifetime. The beautiful and moving melody is like heavenly music, as if it's the resonance of the soul, making all other sounds in the world fade away. When the song ends, the thorn bird will also exhaust its breath and die, leaving behind an eternal swan song with its tragic and heroic sacrifice to the world.

  Of course, this legend may not be true. At least the thorn bird in front of me is singing happily and doesn't seem to have any intention of writing an eternal song with its own life. However, that soul-stirring and pleasant singing voice indeed makes one's heart flutter and is unforgettable for eternity.

  It turns out that their goal is the thorny bird, no wonder they would hire a summoner and keep it confidential in a mysterious way.

  The thorny bird is extremely rare and loves freedom, with a strong temperament. Once captured, it will immediately self-destruct, so countless noblewomen want to get one as a pet but can't afford it. The only way to tame the thorny bird as a pet is to establish a basic trust relationship between the owner and the bird before it self-destructs, by having a summoner perform a soul contract spell. However, thorny birds mostly appear in remote forests and mountains, so how many noblewomen are willing to come to such places? Therefore, it's even more rare and precious.

  The Mind Contract Technique is actually a very low-level summoning technique that any ordinary novice summoner can use, and Zhuge Mingyue is no exception. To put it bluntly, this is simply a simple spell that deceives the wisdom and instincts of animals, turning them into pets that can be enslaved by others. It only works on some weak and unintelligent animals, and is the most common means used by noblewomen to tame their pets in high society.

  "In a moment, we'll grab the thorny bird and you can immediately cast the Heart Contract Spell on my cousin and it." Lin Yuhans' gaze was scorching hot, his eyes fixed unblinkingly on the thorny bird that was still singing loudly, oblivious to the danger approaching, but his mind wasn't focused on the thorny bird.

  No one knows what Lin Yuxi is thinking in his heart. He went to great lengths to make Wu Tingying happy, and there must be a reason for it.

  "Got it." Zhuge Mingyue replied lightly.

  "Get moving!" Along with Lin Yuhans voice, a fine net flew out of Qin Juans hands and instantly trapped the thorny bird in the middle. Lin Yuhans and Wu Tingxuan rushed out at the same time, guarding around the thorny bird.

  "Haha, finally caught you! You, that summoner, hurry up and chant the spell. Hurry up for me!" Wu Tingying laughed triumphantly, ordering Zhuge Mingyue around, too excited to remember her name, or maybe she hadn't paid attention to it from the start.

  Zhuge Mingyue didn't even bother with her and slowly followed behind a few people.

  "Sorry, Miss Zhuge. My cousin is too excited, don't mind her." Lin Yuhans apologized politely. Although he was also anxious in his heart, he knew that at this time it's best not to provoke Zhuge Mingyue, who was the only summoner in the team. A few hundred gold coins were nothing to him, but the thorny bird had special significance for Lin Yuhans, far beyond what a few hundred gold coins could compare to.

  Zhuge Mingyue began to whisper the incantation of the Soul Contract. The thorny bird, trapped in the fine mesh, sensed danger and instinctively flapped its wings to fly out, but no matter how hard it tried, it could not break through the dense net.

  Wu Tingying suddenly became anxious, stretched out her hand and grasped the thorny bird along with the fine net. The thorny bird flapped wildly, Wu Tingying felt pain but endured it. However, in the next moment, the thorny bird used all its strength to peck again, Wu Tingying could no longer bear it, and her hand loosened. The people beside her saw this and hastily went to grab the fine net.

  The net was caught, but an accident happened. The thorn bird let out a mournful and beautiful long cry, and crashed into a sharp thorn, which pierced its chest with its flexible thorns, and the deep red blood seeped out along the long thorny stem.

  Everyone was stunned, no one had expected such an unexpected event. Zhuge Mingyue's spell also came to a halt.

  Wu Tingying stared blankly at the scene, suddenly jumping up and pointing at Zhuge Mingyue's nose, scolding: "It's all you, it's all your fault. You're so slow, if you were faster, it wouldn't have ended up like this! Are you a pig or something? Reciting an incantation is that slow!"

  Zhuge Mingyue looked at the dying thorny bird, her heart was shocked. She had never seen a bird with such a strong temperament before. As for Wu Tinghuan's scolding, Zhuge Mingyue just gave her a cold glance. But that one glance made Wu Tinghuan's voice stop abruptly. It was an eye full of murderous intent, making people shiver.

  "Miss Zhuge, sorry about that." Lin Yuhans knew it was Wu Tingying's impatience that led to this situation, so he naturally apologized to Zhuge Mingyue. However, his mood wasn't great at the moment either.

  "Cousin, why are you still apologizing to her? It's all her fault that we failed! Cousin, I hate it!" Wu Tingxuan stomped her foot and said angrily before turning around and running away.

  Lin Yuhans saw the situation, hastily apologized to Zhuge Mingyue and rushed to catch up. Qin Juan and others also hurriedly greeted Zhuge Mingyue and followed closely behind.

  Zhuge Mingyue stayed where she was, looking at the thorny bird struggling on the ground. She slowly squatted down and picked up the thorny bird in her hands. The thorny bird let out a weak cry, and Zhuge Mingyue's heart tightened at that moment.

  To save it, but how to save? Zhuge Mingyue carefully put the thorny bird on the ground and searched herself, she didn't bring any medicine because she thought she would be back soon. What to do? Zhuge Mingyue was getting anxious, if this continued, the thorny bird would really not make it. Zhuge Mingyue suddenly remembered something and hastily recited an incantation.

  Very soon, a loud and clear voice suddenly rang out: "Master, are you doing this on purpose? I'm taking a bath! You always summon me at such critical moments, are you trying to sneak a peek at my jade body? Actually, there's no need for you to sneak a look, just say so and I'll be more than happy to show it to you... Ah... it hurts!" The parrot was summoned out and wouldn't stop chattering, then was slapped down by Zhuge Mingyue.

  "Shut up and take a look at this bird quickly, can you save it?" Zhuge Mingyue asked anxiously.

  "Ah, it's done for!" The parrot squawked loudly.

  Zhuge Mingyue's head drooped slightly in despair.

  "But with Little Master here, it can live!" The parrot added.

  Zhuge Mingyue felt like slapping the parrot at this moment, but that could wait for now, what she needed to do was not that.

  "Hurry up and save it." Zhuge Mingyue urged. The thorny bird on the ground stared at Zhuge Mingyue, its eyes were so clear.

  The fat parrot also knew that things couldn't be delayed any longer, so it flapped its wings and flew down to stand in front of the thorny bird. It muttered incantations from its mouth. Soon, a white light shot out from the fat parrot's body and shone onto the thorny bird's body.

  Under the effect of white light, the small wounds on the thorny bird's body were rapidly healing, and blood was no longer seeping out. Watching this, Zhuge Mingyue felt both shocked and delighted.

  "Fat Bird, you're amazing! I didn't expect you to have such an awesome skill." Zhuge Mingyue exclaimed.

  "Please call me handsome or Handsome, thank you. This is my unique skill, Healing Light." The parrot proudly puffed out his chest and showed off.

  "Alright, handsome guy, can this skill of yours be used on people?" Zhuge Mingyue asked casually.

  "No." The parrot shook its head dejectedly.

  At this time, the thorny bird stood up, flapped its wings, looked at Zhuge Mingyue and Fei Yu, called out happily twice, flapped its wings and took off, but did not leave immediately, instead hovering above Zhuge Mingyue's head.

  "Hurry up, be careful next time, don't get caught again." Zhuge Mingyue smiled and waved goodbye to the thorny bird.

  The thorny bird chirped twice and flapped its wings but was reluctant to leave for a long time.

  Digression

  Please call me a wise and powerful baby with unparalleled prestige and majestic aura, thank you!