Lin Moyu shook his head again and said, “It’s impossible to just let it go like this. Since it stole my things, it must pay a price.”

The Dragon Hawk roared again, "Don't go too far. The fact that I'm willing to spare you is already me giving you face."

Lin Moyu snapped his fingers, and the space beside him distorted as the Great Sword Dao Venerable appeared.

The aura of the Dao Venerable 6th Realm shot straight into the clouds, standing toe-to-toe with the Dragon Hawk.

The Dragon Hawk's eyes instantly turned sharp. A human Dao Venerable 6th Realm powerhouse was enough to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with it. Lin Moyu said, "I don't need you to give me face."

The Dragon Hawk stared at the Great Sword Dao Venerable beside Lin Moyu, then looked back at Lin Moyu, its massive eyes filled with complexity.

It hadn't expected Lin Moyu to have a Dao Venerable 6th Realm powerhouse backing him; no wonder he dared to challenge it.

The Dragon Hawk's voice was low. "What exactly do you want?"

Lin Moyu said, "Your bird stole my things, so naturally, it must be punished. I want it to become my friend's spirit pet. What do you think?"

The Dragon Hawk roared fiercely, "Absolutely not!"

Lin Moyu smiled. "Don't be in such a hurry to refuse. In our human race, there is a saying: there is no deal that cannot be negotiated, only prices that aren't suitable. As long as the benefits are sufficient, there is nothing that cannot be traded."

"Of course, there are some things that cannot be traded, but my condition shouldn't fall into that category."

"Furthermore, I said that I only want the Light Crow to become a spirit pet; I am not trying to kill it, nor will I imprison it. On that basis, you can propose any conditions you have, and I can pay a price."

The Dragon Hawk snorted coldly. "The Light Crow is my subordinate; I would never sell out my own brother for benefits."

Before it could finish speaking, Lin Moyu interrupted, "Your soul seems to be injured, doesn't it?"

The Dragon Hawk was stunned and instinctively replied, "How do you know?"

The next second, its aura surged violently as if it were about to lose complete control, and it roared madly, "How do you know? Speak! How do you know!"

"What else do you know? What else do you know?"

"I'm going to kill you! Kill you!"

The Dragon Hawk appeared deranged and incredibly manic, with countless thunderbolts raining down upon Lin Moyu, covering the sky and earth.

At this moment, it had completely forgotten that the Light Crow was in Lin Moyu's hands, and that by attacking, it might put the Light Crow in mortal danger.

The Light Crow shivered. "It's over, it's over. The Boss has gone crazy again."

Lin Moyu didn't know how strong a crazed Dao Venerable 6th Realm could be.

He had never seen a Dao Venerable 6th Realm existence fighting at full strength.

Back then, the Great Sword Dao Venerable and Zhao Dongsheng were in a state of ultimate sublimation; compared to their prime, they were significantly weaker.

However, this Dragon Hawk before him, despite having an injured soul and appearing mad, did not have its combat power affected.

Daoist Master Tafeng took a half-step back and returned to Lin Moyu's side. Lin Moyu ordered him to protect Gu Qingxuan.

The Great Sword Dao Venerable let out a soft shout, transforming his fingers into a sword. The Great Dao of Sword emerged, manifesting as a sharp blade that slashed through the thunderbolts.

The thunderbolts exploded with a roar, causing a catastrophe in the mountain forests for thousands of miles. The land was scorched for a thousand miles, and countless living beings perished.

The Dragon Hawk became even more frantic, screaming incessantly and raining down even more thunderbolts.

The area for thousands of miles turned into a sea of thunder, leaving nothing but scorched earth.

The Great Sword Dao Venerable used the power of the Great Dao to resist the thunderbolts, holding up a space within the sea of thunder.

Lin Moyu murmured to himself, "It seems this guy is heavily affected."

He had already realized that the fundamental reason the Dragon Hawk was so difficult to talk to, and why it would go crazy at the drop of a hat, was its soul injury.

Lin Moyu naturally had a way to treat soul injuries.

If the injury wasn't severe, the Power of Life from the Undying Great Dao could handle it.

If the injury was more severe, a single spirit flower would suffice.

The effect of the spirit flower had long been verified on Saint Master Gu Hanyu; it was more than enough to treat a Dao Venerable 6th Realm guy.

However, what needed to be done now was how to get this guy to calm down.

Getting a crazed Dao Venerable 6th Realm to calm down was difficult.

Lin Moyu looked at the Light Crow. "What exactly is going on with your Boss?"

The Light Crow shivered. "I don't know either. The Boss used to be very good, but ever since it advanced to the 6th Realm, it suddenly started having problems and would go crazy from time to time."

"When it's not crazy, it's still very good to us, even better than before."

"But once it goes crazy, it can't control anything."

Lin Moyu frowned. "How long does it stay crazy each time?"

The Light Crow said, "It's hard to say. Sometimes long, sometimes short. When it's long, it can be half a day; when it's short, it can still be an hour."

Lin Moyu said, "Is there no way to wake it up when it's going crazy?"

The Light Crow shook its head. "No way. Other brothers have tried before, but they didn't succeed; instead, they lost their lives. Afterward, the Boss felt very guilty, but it couldn't control itself."

Through the Light Crow's description, Lin Moyu roughly understood that the soul injury was the Dragon Hawk's own secret, and outsiders were unaware of it.

Perhaps because of some special reason, or maybe because something went wrong during its breakthrough.

The soul injury made it difficult to control itself, causing it to go crazy from time to time.

For now, apart from waiting for it to recover on its own, it seemed there was no good solution.

Fortunately, the Great Sword Dao Venerable's power was enough to endure in the sea of thunder; as long as it wasn't provoked further, it wouldn't be a big problem.

Lin Moyu was somewhat curious; the way the Light Crow and the Dragon Hawk interacted was strange, unlike the way other spirit beasts interacted.

Powerful spirit beasts held absolute authority over weaker spirit beasts.

Furthermore, in the eyes of those Dao Venerable Realm spirit beasts, other weaker spirit beasts were merely food.

Heavenly Venerable Realm spirit beasts were just slightly stronger food.

There was no such thing as calling each other brothers.

Even some spirit beasts with superior intelligence that learned from the human race to establish their own forces still viewed weaker spirit beasts as cannon fodder, only slightly better than food.

"You said it takes good care of you; tell me about that."

The Light Crow snorted softly and lowered its little head. "Why should I tell you?"

Lin Moyu smiled. "You probably don't have the right to refuse."

The Light Crow shouted, "Although I'm afraid of death, I have backbone, and I just won't tell you."

Lin Moyu smiled. "If you tell me in detail, I might have a way to cure your Boss."

The Light Crow was stunned. "Impossible, you must be lying to me."

Lin Moyu said, "Why not try? Think about it, why was I able to tell that your Boss's soul had a problem?"

The Light Crow wasn't stupid; once reminded by Lin Moyu, it seemed that was indeed the case.

The Light Crow thought for a moment and finally told the story about the Dragon Hawk.

When the Dragon Hawk first arrived here, it was just an ordinary wild beast, not even considered a spirit beast.

In this land, wild beasts were the lowest existence; any spirit beast could feed on wild beasts.

Even a Super God Realm rabbit could easily kill a tiger that wasn't a spirit beast.

In this world, species were no longer important; what mattered was the realm and power.

Among ordinary wild beasts, those that could survive and evolve into spirit beasts were one in ten thousand.

The Dragon Hawk became the lucky one, but the reason it was able to survive was that it encountered a kind spirit beast.

That spirit beast was a Thunder Eagle with Dao Venerable 3rd Realm cultivation; it took in the Dragon Hawk and provided it with many heavenly treasures.

The Dragon Hawk successfully evolved and became a spirit beast.

The area where it lived was called the Thunder Eagle Tribe, and the Dao Venerable 3rd Realm Thunder Eagle protected all the spirit beasts within the area.

The spirit beasts in the Thunder Eagle Tribe lived in peace and harmony, even calling each other brothers, completely different from spirit beasts in other areas.

The Dragon Hawk grew up in that environment and became stronger and stronger.

Its growth speed was astonishing; in just ten thousand years, it had already reached the Dao Venerable Realm.

Yet many spirit beasts older than it hadn't even reached the Heavenly Venerable Realm.

However, the Dragon Hawk had been taught by the old Thunder Eagle since it was young, and after becoming a Dao Venerable Realm, its intelligence suddenly blossomed.

After its intelligence blossomed, it kept things the same as before, living in harmony with other spirit beasts.

Later, the old Thunder Eagle left for some reason and never returned.

The Dragon Hawk became the strongest member of the tribe. The world of spirit beasts was not peaceful, and other spirit beasts kept coming to fight for territory and plunder food.

The Dragon Hawk succeeded the old Thunder Eagle's position, protecting the spirit beasts in the tribe.

It became stronger and stronger, and fewer and fewer spirit beasts dared to come and cause trouble.

But later, for some reason, it suddenly lost its ability to control itself and would go crazy from time to time.

The Light Crow said, "Actually, we are all very anxious, but we have no way. If you can really cure the Boss's injury, then I agree to become your spirit pet."

Lin Moyu smiled. "I didn't expect to encounter such a kind spirit beast. It seems if I can help, I really should."

Since the Light Crow had spoken up, Lin Moyu felt that this deal could be made.

Calculating the distance, the Thunder Eagle Tribe was about two hundred thousand kilometers away from his Dao Language City.

They could barely be considered neighbors, and neighbors should naturally live in harmony.

For various reasons, the Dragon Hawk was worth saving.

A full three hours later, the thunder finally weakened, and the Dragon Hawk gradually regained its calm.

Lin Moyu smiled. "Calmed down?"

The Dragon Hawk's gaze was cold. After a period of madness, it had temporarily regained its self-control.

According to the Light Crow, every time the Dragon Hawk finished going crazy, there would be a period where it could control itself.

During this time, it would definitely not go crazy again.

The Dragon Hawk's voice was cold. "How did you know I was injured?"

Lin Moyu smiled. "If I said I saw it, would you believe me?"

As he spoke, he waved out a mass of Power of Life; the incredibly pure Power of Life turned into a pure white ball of light, radiating vibrant vitality.

"You should be able to see that this vitality is not harmful to you. Try absorbing it and see if it helps with your injury."

As a Dao Venerable 6th Realm spirit beast, the Dragon Hawk had an extremely strong ability to perceive danger and could fully sense that this vibrant ball of light was not harmful to it.

The Dragon Hawk said with a hint of arrogance, "With your cultivation, it's impossible for you to hurt me."

It opened its mouth and inhaled, immediately sucking the ball of light filled with the Power of Life into its mouth.

"Eh!"

The Dragon Hawk let out a soft sound of surprise; the wonder of the Power of Life exceeded its imagination.

The Power of Life was not ordinary vitality; ordinary vitality did not have much effect on the soul.

However, the Power of Life had a good therapeutic effect on the soul.

The Dragon Hawk sent the Power of Life into its soul and felt as if its soul were bathing in a hot spring, unable to help but let out a comfortable, low roar.

The Dragon Hawk comfortably enjoyed the relief brought by the Power of Life. Lin Moyu watched its soul with the Eye of the Undead and found that its soul had indeed recovered somewhat.

However, Lin Moyu's brows furrowed slightly.

In the Dragon Hawk's soul, a red line appeared.

This red line was very inconspicuous, yet it radiated the power of a Curse.

When the Power of Life was treating the soul, this red line caused the therapeutic effect of the Power of Life to be reduced by at least half.

"Someone has placed a Curse on the Dragon Hawk."

Lin Moyu looked at the red line, feeling a sense of familiarity, as if he had seen it somewhere before.

The Dragon Hawk said with a sigh, "It's been a long time since I felt this comfortable. Kid, do you have more? Give me some more."

Lin Moyu said, "Naturally I have more, but I still need to continue discussing the deal between us."

The Dragon Hawk did not hesitate and directly refused. "I will not sell out my brother. Other than that, we can discuss other things; for example, whatever heavenly treasures you want, everything is negotiable."

Lin Moyu said, "I know you wouldn't sell out my brother, but the Light Crow just agreed to me that as long as I can cure your injury, it will voluntarily become my spirit pet."

The Dragon Hawk stared wide-eyed at the Light Crow. "Did you really say that?"

The Light Crow nodded. "As long as the Boss's injury can be cured, me becoming a spirit pet is nothing."