Luo Yunyi was stunned for a moment upon hearing this. Who was speaking?
"Are you willing to accompany him forever, never leaving nor abandoning?" The voice sounded again.
Holding the egg in his palm, Luo Yunyi’s face lit up with a smile once more. Without hesitation, he softly replied, "I am willing."
In the next moment, a golden light enveloped Luo Yunyi, making him feel a warmth all over, an indescribable comfort. A warm current surged through his body. A mysterious bond formed between his heart and the egg in his palm, allowing him to sense the egg’s condition.
Is this the formation of a contract?
Before Luo Yunyi could think further, his vision suddenly blurred, and he found himself in a hall. In the middle of the hall was a platform, with an array plate placed on it.
The voice sounded again: "Master, please place your hand upon it."
"Are you the Secret Realm?" Luo Yunyi asked aloud.
"Yes," the voice replied.
Luo Yunyi was somewhat shocked that the Secret Realm had its own consciousness.
He stepped forward and, as instructed, placed his right hand on the array plate. In the next moment, a light flashed.
Images suddenly appeared in Luo Yunyi’s mind, showing the true appearance of the Secret Realm. Whenever he wished, he could view any corner of the Secret Realm.
He recalled those cultivators earlier, and immediately pictures came to his mind of cultivators interacting with their spirit beasts, as well as those eliminated in the first round, who were now sitting idly on the ground, waiting.
The voice of the Secret Realm sounded once more: "Master, hello, we have been waiting for a long time. The one in your arms is the little master. I have always been waiting for someone to come and take us away. Now, we’ve finally waited for you. We can leave now."
"Little master?" Luo Yunyi murmured, touching the egg in his arms.
"Yes, Master. The little master’s kin created me to seek a destined person for the little master and leave me here to guard the little master, awaiting the destined one’s arrival. I’ve waited for so long, and every hundred years, I would select a group of people to come in, but none were the little master’s destined person," the Secret Realm responded calmly.
"Do you have a name?" Luo Yunyi asked.
"I do not have a name. Master can give me one."
"Then I’ll call you Ling Yun. Thank you for taking care of it all these years," Luo Yunyi said with a smile.
"Thank you, Master. Ling Yun, I have a name now, too." Compared to the previous impassive tone, the Secret Realm’s tone was now much lighter, "And the little master? Does the master want to give the little master a name too?"
"Of course." Luo Yunyi gently stroked the egg at his chest, "What should we call him? Is he a girl or a boy?"
"I don’t know either. Master, you’re bonded with the little master, and you don’t know?" Ling Yun asked curiously.
"Hmm, I don’t know either. Let’s give him a nickname for now, Tuantuan. We can give him a different name when he grows up." Luo Yunyi remembered seeing the little thing with its fluffy yellow feathers at first, and smiled softly.
"Tuantuan." Ling Yun repeated the name, "Both I and the little master have names now, thank you, Master."
The egg in Luo Yunyi’s arms quivered slightly, seemingly happy to have a name.
"Well then, Master, let’s go. Oh, let me throw those people out first." Ling Yun said, and before Luo Yunyi could react, it began to operate.
Then a scenario appeared in Luo Yunyi’s mind.