Why isn't what I command considered a beast?

"Bai Ling, how come the Mirror of Life and Death is in the Secondary Profession Experiment Center?"

Mingxi, like a traitor who had never seen the world before, looked around furtively.

He chatted casually with Bai Ling.

Seeing her adorable, curious, and mischievous expression, Bai Ling smiled gently and explained, "After Qi Shen discovered that the Mirror of Life and Death was a spiritual artifact, he specially sent someone to deliver it to us."

His point was that if the Mirror of Life and Death could be contracted, then that person would need to provide the He family with ten slots to enter the Abyss Secret Realm free of charge.

If a suitable contractor cannot be found, it will remain in the experimental center for the prop masters to study.

He is a selfless person.

Mingxi asked curiously, "So, many people have already tried to contract with the Mirror of Life and Death?"

"There are quite a few." Bai Ling nodded: "Because of the special nature of spiritual artifacts, the Sub-Profession Experiment Center has formulated relevant rules."

Although it is not legally binding, it is a customary rule among associate professionals.

First, once a prop maker confirms the creation of a spiritual prop, the Secondary Profession Experimentation Center has the right of first refusal to purchase it.

Mingxi said she understood.

Just as tenants have the right of first refusal to purchase the rented property, landlords who want to sell the property must not only notify the tenants in a timely manner, but also, under the same conditions, give priority to selling the property to the tenants.

It's not exactly an unfair contract term.

"If the prop master sells or donates the prop to the Secondary Profession Experimentation Center, the Secondary Profession Experimentation Center can retain it unconditionally for five years and use it for all activities except auctions and sales, including but not limited to selling contract qualifications, renting, and exhibiting."

Although the Mirror of Life and Death in the Abyss Secret Realm still belongs to the God of Enlightenment, it has actually already gone through this process.

You have now obtained the qualification for a contract through our Conferred God Platform.

Mingxi expressed her gratitude.

Bai Ling smiled and continued:

"If the spiritual item has not been contracted after five years, then the secondary profession experimental center will need to conduct a nationwide contracting activity, publicly announce the existence of the spiritual item to the entire alliance, and cooperate with relevant national departments and the Beast Taming Center to select suitable Beast Tamers and give them the opportunity to contract with the spiritual item."

She had no idea that there were such rules regarding spiritual items.

The main problem is that spiritual items are too rare, and sometimes they are worn out before five years are up due to research and other reasons.

Sometimes it might not appear for eight or ten years, so there are very few spiritual items that are actually publicly available for universal contracting.

Mingxi's social circle is still quite limited, and she hadn't paid attention to it before, so it's not surprising that she hadn't heard of these things.

Is participation in the National Contractual Agreement free of charge?

Bai Ling nodded and then shook her head: "You only need to pay a certain service fee. As for the specific amount of the service fee, the local experimental centers will set the price according to the actual situation, but it will be at most three to five hundred star coins."

"In other words, if someone is lucky enough to successfully complete the contract, they don't need to pay for the items."

"Yes."

"If I successfully contract the Mirror of Life and Death today, I won't have to pay, right?" Mingxi felt it was necessary to ask in advance.

If she actually succeeds by sheer luck, she doesn't want to be chased for debts afterward.

Bai Ling smiled again.

"No need. If you succeed, you only need to provide the He family with the right to use the Mirror of Life and Death 10 times."

Mingxi felt relieved and her interest was piqued.

"Sister Bai Ling, do you know which other spiritual items in our alliance are currently undergoing public contracting?"

Free things are often the most expensive.

But sometimes things that are free are really appealing.

Bai Ling found it somewhat amusing to see her cat-like eyes wide open, gleaming with golden light.

"As far as I know, our Blue Star currently has a total of 3 spiritual artifacts. In addition to the Mirror of Life and Death in the Abyss Secret Realm, the other two are the Star God Scepter of Tanzania and the Woods Hut of the Bear Country."

Mingxi's eyes shone brightly, "Are both the Star God's Scepter and the cabin in the woods publicly disclosed in their contracts?"

Regardless of what these two props are, since they are spiritual props, they must be good things.

"The cabin in the woods was made twelve years ago by Avde Tyushka Ivanov, the only SSS-level prop master in the Russian Bear Country. It is a defensive building prop that is windproof, earthquakeproof, coldproof and heatproof, and of SSS-level quality. It was officially put into public contract by the whole nation six years ago and has been unclaimed ever since."

Building props!

What a good thing.

Mingxi's eyes shone even brighter.

"As for the Star God Scepter, it has existed for over five hundred years. It is not only a spiritual artifact, but it is also said to be a rule artifact."

Currently, only the Tanzanian royal family has direct access to the Star God Scepter, and there has never been a public contract.

However, there will be one or two exhibitions each year.

This year's Blue Sun Cup is being held in the capital of Tanzania. If you're lucky, you might even get to see the Star God's Scepter.

Is it the Scepter of the Star God?

It sounds awesome.

Unfortunately, it belongs to the royal family.

It can only be admired from afar, not touched.

So, the royal family and such just aren't grand enough.

"Miss Ming, we've arrived."

While chatting, Bai Ling had already led Ming Xi to their destination.

It's a very ordinary studio.

A man and a woman were sitting at a long table by the door, seemingly responsible for taking notes and receiving guests.

As Mingxi and the others approached.

The studio door was just pulled open from the inside, and four people came out: two dejected young men, a somewhat gloomy middle-aged man, and an expressionless old man in gray at the back.

"Grandpa Yu, how are they?" He Changming, sitting at the long table, raised his head, his slightly upturned peach blossom eyes coldly sweeping over the two young men before finally looking at the old man in gray.

The old man, called Grandpa Yu, curled his lip and shook his head: "What can we do? We're all just wasting our time here."

The old man exuded disdain and impatience.

He Changming didn't care about his attitude; he knew the other party wasn't targeting him.

Actually, he was just asking a routine question.

The answer was already clear when I saw the expressions on their faces.

Or rather, he simply didn't believe that anyone could successfully contract the Mirror of Life and Death inside.

The entire He family was wiped out.

How could these shady connections possibly succeed?

“He Changming was sent by the He family to supervise the contract of the Mirror of Life and Death. He is a direct descendant of the God of Enlightenment. The old man in gray is also a member of the He family, but he is a retainer of the He family and his surname is Yu.”

Bai Ling whispered something in Ming Xi's ear.

Mingxi acknowledged receipt.

She understood what Bai Ling meant: avoid offending these two people if possible.

Especially that young man named He Changming, a descendant of He Ningqi, if you really think about it, his status is on par with Chu Kuangsheng.

Although Bai Ling had deliberately lowered her voice, everyone present was a beast tamer with excellent hearing.

He Changming and the retainer had already looked over, their gazes sharp!