"Of course it's true."
Jiang Chen nodded seriously.
"That's great!"
Yuna reached out her small hand, weakly grabbing the corner of Jiang Chen's clothes, murmuring, "Big brother, I want to go out, I really want to go out..."
"Don't rush to agree just yet."
Jiang Chen gently patted Yuna's small hand, trying to make her relax, then said, "Once we form an equal contract, a close bond will be established. Neither party can harm the other, and the one who breaks the contract will face a death sentence."
This was unfair to Yuna because she only had one life.
Therefore, an equal contract could only be formed willingly and voluntarily by both parties.
"I know, but..."
Yuna looked at Jiang Chen, paused, and said, "Mom and Dad said that the person who forms an equal contract with me needs to meet them first."
Meet the parents?
Jiang Chen was slightly stunned and asked in confusion, "But aren't your parents already... because of sealing the Demon God..."
"Yes."
Yuna nodded, pleading, "So, big brother, would you be willing to go to my parents' graves and let them see you?"
"To their graves... Alright."
Jiang Chen nodded.
"Great, I'll take you there now!"
Yuna's face lit up with joy. She struggled to get up from the wooden bed, eager to take Jiang Chen to her parents' graves.
She seemed very afraid that Jiang Chen would change his mind the next second.
"Your body, there's no rush."
Jiang Chen frowned slightly.
"It's okay, I'm much better now!"
Yuna bit her lip and got up from the wooden bed.
She held a handkerchief in one hand, carefully wiping the blood off her face.
Her other hand still clung to the corner of Jiang Chen's clothes, a radiant smile on her face.
"Big brother, I'll take you there."
With that, Yuna, somewhat unsteadily, led Jiang Chen out of the tree hole.
Jiang Chen had no choice but to follow closely behind.
Outside the tree hole, Qing Ying looked over and asked, "Brother Mortal World, where are you going?"
Tao Xiaoyao also blinked her eyes, her eye sockets slightly red.
"Wait here, I'll be right back."
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Jiang Chen said and then followed Yuna, heading to the left side of the tree stump.
After walking down the snowy slope and through a ruin, they quickly arrived at their destination.
It was a chaotic graveyard covered in white snow!
Apart from a few crooked tombstones sticking out of the snow, everything else was buried under ice and snow.
In the depths of the chaotic graveyard, a single upright tombstone stood alone.
This tombstone was positioned higher and was some distance away from the other tombstones.
It was clear that the tomb's owner had a unique status in life.
"We're here..."
Yuna came to the tombstone, a trace of sorrow on her face, and knelt down slowly, whispering something.
Her expression alternated between sadness, pain, and grievance...
Jiang Chen also walked closer and saw the two lines of words on the tombstone.
On the left, it read:
[Lord Aireway]
On the right, it read:
[Lady Shirley]
Below were two large characters:
[Grave]
"So Yuna's parents were the Lord of Dreamland City and his wife."
Jiang Chen murmured to himself, slightly distracted.
"Big brother, put your hand here."
Yuna's voice suddenly sounded. She was kneeling in front of the tombstone, looking at Jiang Chen.
Jiang Chen came back to his senses and realized that Yuna had somehow drawn a simple magic circle in the snow.
It was two triangles, one upright and one inverted.
Yuna placed her hand in one of the triangles.
"An equal contract..."
Jiang Chen murmured, placing his hand in the other triangle.
Instantly.
A red light shone from the magic circle.
One of the triangles flew into Jiang Chen's body, while the other flew into Yuna's body.
[Yuna's favorability towards you has increased!]
[You have formed an equal contract with Yuna!]
With the system's prompt, Jiang Chen could feel a slight soul connection with Yuna.
After forming the equal contract, they could communicate through their thoughts.
Just like players, no matter how far apart, could chat with friends.
Moreover, this thought transmission was almost instantaneous!
At the same time, Jiang Chen could now see some basic information about Yuna!
[Yuna: LV5] (Weak)
[Class: Arcane Mage]
[Health Points: 45/200]
[Arcane Energy: 50]
"Arcane Mage?"
Jiang Chen was puzzled and muttered to himself, "This should be a magic class, but it doesn't have Mana Points or Spell Power, only Arcane Energy..."
At this moment.
"So big brother's name is Mortal World!"
Yuna's happy voice sounded.
However, her voice was very faint, and her face was pale.
It seemed that the journey and drawing the equal contract had made her even weaker.
"Are you okay?"
Jiang Chen half-squatted, leaning towards Yuna, who was kneeling on the ground.
"Yes, I just need a few minutes to rest!"
Yuna looked at Jiang Chen in front of her, forcing a smile and nodding.
"You..."
Seeing her empty left eye up close, Jiang Chen's face turned slightly serious.
Yuna also noticed Jiang Chen looking at her left eye.
She tilted her head slightly, thought for a moment, and murmured, "We're about to go outside. If people see my eye, will they be scared?"
Then, she closed her left eye and smiled innocently, "This way, I won't scare anyone!"
"Open it."
Jiang Chen said softly.
"Hmm?"
Yuna was slightly stunned and opened her eye in confusion.
"Here, this is for you."
Jiang Chen took out the [Eye of Truth] and was about to place it back in Yuna's eye socket.
She immediately covered her left eye, a look of surprise and panic on her face.
Jiang Chen frowned slightly, "What's wrong?"
Yuna quickly said, "Big brother, do you not want to take me out?"
"Why do you say that?"
Jiang Chen was taken aback.
"Mom and Dad always told me that people won't be nice to you for no reason, so..."
Yuna covered her eye with one hand and clung tightly to Jiang Chen's clothes with the other, tears welling up in her eyes.
Jiang Chen's heart trembled, "So you think I only agreed to take you out because I took your eye?"
Yuna silently nodded.
"We signed an equal contract; I'm not 'other people.'"
Jiang Chen took a deep breath and said slowly, "Take your hand away."
Then, while Yuna was still in a daze, Jiang Chen grabbed her hand and placed the eye back in her socket.
Because of the pain, Yuna instinctively closed her left eye, but her right eye continued to stare at Jiang Chen.
After a few seconds.
She slowly opened her eyes, her beautiful ice-blue pupils perfectly presented in her eye socket.
At the same time, two lines of tears slid down her stunning face.
[Yuna's favorability towards you has increased!]
"Ugh..."
Yuna lunged forward, throwing herself into Jiang Chen's arms, and started crying loudly.
"Alright... This eye suits you better."
Jiang Chen could feel Yuna trembling as she cried, and he gently patted her back.
At the same time, Jiang Chen noticed.
Yuna's [Arcane Energy] had changed:
[Arcane Energy: 150 (↑100)]
After a few minutes, Yuna's crying gradually subsided, and she calmed down.
She looked up at Jiang Chen, "Big brother, I'm okay now."
"Can you walk?" Jiang Chen asked.
"Yes, I've recovered quite a bit."
Yuna nodded and slowly stood up.
"Let's go!"
Jiang Chen immediately led Yuna away from the chaotic graveyard.
Soon.
They arrived at the giant tree stump.
Qing Ying and Tao Xiaoyao were still waiting there.
"Let's go out."
Jiang Chen said to the two girls.
"Okay!"
The two girls nodded.
"Big brother, wait a moment, I have something to bring."
Yuna's voice sounded, and she quickly ran into the tree hole.
Qing Ying and Tao Xiaoyao were slightly stunned by Yuna's actions.
"Brother Mortal World, is Yuna coming with us?" Qing Ying asked in surprise.
"Yes."
Jiang Chen nodded without saying much.
The two girls didn't ask any more questions.
Soon, Yuna came out, holding an old black book.
A blue diamond-shaped crystal was embedded on the cover.
"What's this?" Jiang Chen asked in confusion.
"This is the Arcane Tome, a weapon left to me by my dad. I've never used it." Yuna replied.
Then, the Arcane Tome turned into a stream of light and merged into her hand.
A small blue diamond-shaped mark appeared on the back of her delicate hand.
Jiang Chen saw that Yuna's [Arcane Energy] had increased again.
[Arcane Energy: 200 (↑50)]
"Goodness, she's only level 5 now, but I have a feeling she'll be incredible in the future..."
Jiang Chen couldn't help but think.
"By the way, Brother Mortal World, where are we going next?" Qing Ying asked.
"The Royal City!"
Jiang Chen knew very well that no other players had reached level 20 yet, and they would be the first team to arrive at the Royal City!