The Black-Bellied Crazy Girl's City Summoner

  "What's wrong? Do you have something else?" Zhuge Mingyue stretched out her hand and spread her palm.

  The thorny bird landed fearlessly in her palm, chirping and tweeting non-stop, its voice pleasant to the ear. Its small head nodded along with the chirps, then suddenly flew up, flying a short distance towards the depths of the mountain range, before returning to peck at Zhe Ge Ming Yue's clothes a few times, then flying back in that direction again, only to return once more.

  "Are you asking me to follow you?" Zhuge Mingyue asked, guessing as the thorny bird flew back and forth several times. Zhuge Mingyue was very surprised, this thorny bird actually had such intelligence. The emergence of such a situation is really unthinkable.

  The thorny bird nodded its small head vigorously and chirped even more happily, tugging at Zhuge Mingyue's clothes a few times before flying out.

  "Come on, master, we'll follow you." The parrot exclaimed excitedly, "Little bird, you're really something! Are you going to give us some good stuff? To repay the brilliant and mighty me for saving your life?"

  The thorny bird nodded again.

  This piqued Zhuge Mingyue's interest. What would this thorny bird take her to see?

  Thus, Zhuge Mingyue followed behind the thorny bird with the fat parrot.

  At her speed, she naturally couldn't keep up with the thorny bird's flight speed. However, every time the thorny bird flew a short distance, it would stop on a branch and sing happily, waiting for Zhuge Mingyue to catch up before continuing to fly forward.

  Under the lead of the thorny bird, Zhuge Mingyue gradually left the outer periphery of Xunlong Mountain Range and came to the depths of the mountain range. The scenery around her became more and more unfamiliar, as if she had entered a strange labyrinth, turning around and around, until she arrived at a small forest isolated from the world.

  The thorny bird stopped and landed on Zhuge Mingyue's shoulder, stretching its small beak to preen the fiery red feathers.

  Before me, is a tree with a diameter of six or seven meters thick, probably requiring ten to twenty people to encircle it. The sturdy branches are twisted and gnarled, bearing the marks of years gone by. The dense canopy above is like a giant umbrella covering my head.

  This enormous ancient tree is probably at least tens of thousands of years old, thought Zhuge Mingyue, shocked and tongue-tied.

  At this time, the sky had already darkened, but tens of millions of milky white rays quietly emanated from the tree trunks, like the brightest moonlight, illuminating the entire small forest in a single bright light. In this moonlit glow, a large group of fireflies flew slowly, flashing on and off with tiny sparks of light. The ancient trees, the moonlight, and the sparkling lights were as beautiful as a legendary paradise.

  The thorny bird preened its feathers for a while, then flew out again, chirping and leading Zhuge Mingyue towards the ancient tree. As they drew closer to the ancient tree, Zhuge Mingyue felt an increasingly strong life force emanating from it, which was like a refreshing hot spring bath that instantly revitalized her weary body, restoring its vitality and concentrating her mental energy.

  In front of a tree hole with a diameter of about one foot, the thorny bird stopped, its claws grasping the edge of the tree hole, looking back at Zhuge Mingyue and chirping, while poking its head in to take a look.

  Following the thorny bird for such a long distance, Zhuge Mingyue naturally knew that its consciousness was urging her to hurry up. She took a few steps forward and climbed up several steps along the rough tree trunk, coming to the front of the tree hole and looking inside.

  In the hollow of the tree, a dense white light shone brighter than the light that filtered through the trunk, as crystal clear as an oval-shaped cocoon. Zhuge Mingyue felt clearly that wave after wave of abundant life force was surging from all parts of the ancient tree towards this round cocoon formed by the dense white light, like an inexhaustible spring.

  Looking closely, in the cocoon, something seemed to be showing a faint red color, pulsating rhythmically, like a heart beating vigorously. As life force continued to surge in, the red color pulsed more and more violently, as if it was about to break out of the cocoon.

  "What is this?" Zhuge Mingyue was filled with curiosity, gazing at the thorny bird. The thorny bird seemed to become excited, its cries more urgent and shrill than before, flying back and forth in front of Zhuge Mingyue with a very anxious appearance.

  Zhuge Mingyue carefully observed the glowing cocoon, her mind filled with doubts. What was this? The dense life energy seemed to be emanating from it. Zhuge Mingyue stretched out her hand again and gently touched the cocoon, but there was nothing unusual about it. Just as she was pondering, a sharp pain shot through her hand as the thorny bird pecked at her finger. A drop of blood instantly appeared and dripped down onto the oval-shaped cocoon.

  At this moment, the oval-shaped light cocoon immediately absorbed the drop of fresh blood like a sponge, quickly spreading along a strange texture and extending in four directions. In an instant, a pattern composed of blood-colored lines appeared on the originally white light cocoon.

  The pattern is ancient and mysterious, with a strange beauty, and a familiar feeling. Seal! Is this a seal?

  At this moment, a hoarse and distant sigh suddenly echoed in Zhuge Mingyue's mind. Zhuge Mingyue was startled and before he could react, the old voice continued to echo in his mind, with awkward syllables constantly appearing, which were exactly the summoning spells that Zhuge Mingyue was familiar with, but many of the syllables and turns were ones that Zhuge Mingyue had never heard of.

  It's indeed a seal, Zhuge Mingyue's guess was correct. This is a mysterious seal that seals an ancient summoning spell. It seems that one's own blood has unlocked this seal and grasped the spell.

  The old voice in his mind gradually faded away, but every syllable and every turn of this curse had already been deeply imprinted on his mind.

  But what kind of spell is this? Zhuge Mingyue was surprised, didn't think much and started reciting the mysterious spell that suddenly appeared in her mind.

  Although it was the first time she had recited this incantation, Zhuge Mingyue did so with incredible fluency, as if she had practiced it many times before. Just as she finished the incantation, a brilliant red light suddenly burst forth from within the tree hollow, and an identical beam of red light shot out from her own body at almost the same instant, resonating with the light from the tree hollow. In that moment, Zhuge Mingyue felt an extraordinary sensation, as if she had suddenly acquired some sort of magical power, with both her spiritual energy and life force increasing manifold.

  "Could it be a Blood Oath, did I actually summon my destined demonic familiar?" Zhuge Mingyue thought of a possibility that even she herself didn't dare to believe.

  The Blood Oath, a legendary summoning technique used by the ancient masters of old, capable of summoning a true partner, a magical creature bound to one's very soul. This technique can only be used once in a lifetime, but once the true partner is summoned, the relationship between the summoner and their partner transcends that of mere companions or family, becoming an unbreakable bond where the two are dependent on each other for life and soul. The summoner can share in the life force and spiritual energy of their true partner to a certain extent.

  But was the Blood Oath Alliance that easy to succeed? Soon, Zhuge Mingyue discovered something amiss. His whole body began to feel hot and dry, followed by severe pain spreading throughout his entire body. The blood in his body seemed to come alive, accelerating its flow. Zhuge Mingyue lifted up his sleeve, and could clearly see the blood flowing rapidly. The sealed demonic pet's power was incredibly overbearing. If he couldn't sign the Blood Oath Alliance, and it backfired instead, there would only be one consequence: death!

  "Master, what's wrong?" The parrot also noticed something was off and looked at Zhuge Mingyue, who had beads of sweat the size of peas on his forehead, and squawked in alarm.

  "What is this sealed demon beast after all..." After Zhuge Mingyue managed to say these words, her whole body went limp and she fell to the ground.