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[Look, Yunjin is a contract mage and has a strong affinity with you. Moreover, she has the talent to resonate with nature, simply born to be the perfect host for you.]

[So, if I successfully help you kill Gu Wanglan, then after the battle, if you really don't like me, I can transfer your contract to Yunjin...!]

At the end, Yino slightly lowered his eyelids and tapped the golden stigmata on the back of his hand, which seemed a bit dazed.

For Yino, after last night's interaction in the tent, he was very confident in grasping Yunjin's heart.

So, since the Nine-Colored Deer was more compatible with Yunjin, Yino didn't mind letting Yunjin become the Nine-Colored Deer's host.

Anyway, Yunjin would eventually be his. At that time, he could have Yunjin provide him with assistance, which wouldn't be much different from directly squeezing the Nine-Colored Deer's spiritual energy.

[Meh...]

And just as Yino was making his own little plans, the golden stigmata on the back of his hand flickered with a faint glow.

At some point, Yino also sensed an unprecedented feeling of desolation and loneliness.

He was clearly standing in front of the statue, but the scene before his eyes seemed like a dream back to the devastated snow village. He saw the village with corpses everywhere, he saw a cold and beautiful girl wrapped in bandages, wearing a blood-red evening gown, walking up to the deer.

The blood-colored vines in her open palm tightly wrapped around the neck of the Nine-Colored Divine Deer, draining the natural spiritual energy from its body...

At the end of the flashback, the illusion turned, and in the endless darkness of the dungeon, a crisp footstep woke up the unconscious little deer.

The little deer slowly opened its eyes, and a boy in white clothes holding an oil lamp walked towards him.

[...]

Wangxue didn't say anything, but with the visual language of a comic strip, she instantly let Yino deeply resonate with her inner world. This was the true communication method of spirit beasts, often a more empathetic experience than language.

[Ha... So you don't hate me that much after all]

After resonating with the Nine-Colored Deer's state of mind, Yino suddenly felt a strange depression in his heart. He couldn't help but jokingly try to lighten the mood.

[Wangxue will be obedient, don't abandon me please!]

In the dark cage at the deepest part of the dungeon, the antlers of the white little deer emitted a nine-colored glow, like a little sun, gradually warming up Yino's previously oppressed mood. Instantly, Yino also widened his eyes, feeling his whole body filled with the warmth of sunshine.

A tear the size of a bean slid down the corner of his eye. Yino raised his hand to wipe it, only to find that he had actually shed tears while watching Wangxue's memories.

It was truly amazing...

In just a few short seconds, the Nine-Colored Deer had actually used its resonance ability to move Yino, the poison resistance king in his previous life, to tears.

[Alright, alright, hurry up and eat. I was just asking]

[Burp...]

This time, Wangxue didn't make a sound, but responded with a burp of satisfaction.

In an instant, Yino also returned from the previous spiritual world to reality, looking at this dull statue with a hint of disbelief.

"No way, there's no spiritual energy left in this statue?"

[Maa!]

The little deer called out happily. In just a short while, she had already become energetic and full of spirit, as if the emotional bonding and coquettishness with Yino just now were all an act.

Now, Wangxue wasn't sad at all. Instead, Yino felt like he had been tricked into shedding tears.

[So are you full?]

[Maa...]

The little deer stopped and licked its lips with lingering desire.

This time, it was Yino's turn to feel like he had encountered a bottomless pit.

In his previous life when playing the game, Wangxue was imprisoned in the Mountain Temple and couldn't come out, so all the hidden energy resources in this underground Divine Deer Shrine belonged to the player who discovered this place. Yino was only at the Qi Refining stage at that time, but after absorbing this spiritual energy, he directly reached the late Foundation Establishment stage.

If he went back and fought Gu Wanglan again, he could directly break through to the Core Formation stage, equivalent to an official cheat.

Yino originally thought that Wangxue would eat more than half, and the remaining spiritual energy could also help Yino break through to the Core Formation stage and directly take off.

As a result, this reserve of spiritual energy, enough to sustain the entire snow village through the winter, wasn't even enough to fill up Wangxue alone!

[Okay, okay, you can eat more than me. The two of us together feel like we could eat a hundred cult members...]

Yino silently muttered.

At the same time, he also withdrew his right hand from the statue and walked towards Yunjin, who was still studying the safe not far away.

"Young Master?"

Yunjin's eyes lit up when she saw Yino approaching.

She rubbed her slightly sore eyes, then pointed to a rune engraving on the safe.

"Young Master, I just discovered that this seal has some similarities with the previous Nine-Colored Compass. The ones on the compass symbolize coordinates, while the runes here represent a certain date..."

"And as far as I know, the legendary Nine-Colored Divine Deer seems to be an Aries, so according to the Western Region's calendar, the Divine Deer's star is most likely in the period of March and April..."

"So, so! According to my speculation, it's very likely that the secret of this box is the Nine-Colored Divine Deer's birthday. It's just that I haven't figured out which day in March or April is the Divine Deer's actual birthday..."

Yunjin was still sharing her decryption findings with Yino non-stop.

At the same time, the golden stigmata on the back of Yino's hand became more and more excited-

[Maa! Maa ya!]

The little deer raised its head, and although it hadn't transformed, even through the mental channel, Yino felt like it was about to put its little face next to his ear and bleat non-stop.

Yino was annoyed by the noise. Although he felt that the date seemed a bit off, at Wangxue's enthusiastic request, he still covered his ears and said indifferently, "Yunjin, try April 7th."

"April 7th? That would be 407. Let me try..."

The silly hair on top of the girl's head curled into a question mark, but she still tried the code with some doubt.

Click--!

With the sound of a mechanism, both of them widened their eyes.

Yunjin tried to pull it open, but in the end, the safe remained motionless. Discover exclusive tales at m,v--Lokepub

They had a false alarm.

"Uh... It doesn't seem right."

Yunjin scratched her face awkwardly.

For a moment, the corner of Yino's mouth also twitched. He raised his right hand and looked at the golden stigmata that had just been excited with a hint of suspicion.

This time, it was the little deer's turn to have its silly hair on top of its head curl into a big question mark.

[But, my birthday is April 7th...]

In the inner world, Wangxue said with a bit of aggrieved cuteness.

Yino raised his eyebrows, finally remembering the password from the original story:

[Don't get too excited. Is there a possibility that this password is the birthday of the village chief's eldest son?]

Wangxue: ?

Yino didn't wait for the little deer's reaction and directly told Yunjin, "Try July 13th."

"Oh, 713..."

Click!

Another crisp sound.

This time, the safe opened with a click. Yunjin, who had been racking her brains, instantly widened her eyes.

At the same time, Wangxue also widened her eyes, the ahoge hair on top of her head that had curled into a question mark became even more confused.

"How... How did Young Master know the password?"

Yunjin raised her little face with admiration.

Sensing Wangxue's grievance in the inner world, Yino felt a bit embarrassed and shrugged his shoulders, "Because I remember the Nine-Colored Deer's birthday is July 13th."

"Huh? So it's July 13th? I thought the Divine Deer was an Aries, born between March and April..."

Yunjin gently scratched her face, also a bit at a loss.

Yino snorted coldly, walked up and opened the safe while saying indifferently, "Although the Northern Luo Snow Village is considered to be on the border of the Western Region and not part of the territory of the Eastern Dynasty, the Nine-Colored Deer is still an Eastern mythical species after all. How can you use the zodiac calendar from the Western Region to calculate its birthday?"

"Ah! That's right. The Nine-Colored Deer isn't a Western mythical creature..."

"Yes, so according to the local calendar of the snow village, the Divine Deer's birthday is July 13th. However, the same date, when converted to the calendar of the Great Dragon Dynasty, is April 7th, and April 7th corresponds to Aries in the Western Region's zodiac, so the Aries legend you heard before wasn't wrong either."

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