I Contracted Myself-Chapter 82 – Warm heart

"Eat it, bitter medicine!"

He thought to himself, then closed his eyes and decisively swallowed the Contract Gem in one gulp.

After swallowing it, he felt something slip from his body. Instinctively, he controlled the clear water to catch it, and the Contract Gem was back in his hand.

"......"

At that moment, everyone was speechless.

Zhang Ping knew that if there was always a sense of repulsion in the heart, even if swallowed, it would come out whole.

This understanding came from the original Zhang Ping's memory, a conclusion from his experiments.

Now he finally saw that it really could be swallowed and then expelled.

"Zhang Ping, what's going on?" Su Qingbo asked, dumbfounded.

He had mustered great determination to swallow the Contract Gem, yet it still wasn't digested.

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"Brother Su, could it be that in your current state, swallowing it is useless?" Ye Changchun speculated.

Though he had transformed, his treant body was still a tangible form capable of eating. But Su Qingbo's clear water body was an elemental form, lacking the ability to digest.

"Does that mean I have to revert to human form for it to work?" Su Qingbo frowned slightly.

He thought for a moment, then submerged himself in the water again, emerging shortly with a piece of animal hide, waterproof and dry even after being taken from the water.

Su Qingbo came to the shore, draped in the animal hide, and gradually transformed his clear water body into a human flesh and blood form.

The clear water body didn't reveal his age, but as a human, it was apparent.

He was very old.

His hair was completely white, and his body was thin and frail.

His weathered face was covered in deep wrinkles, with a long scar under his eye, looking quite fierce.

"Pardon me," he said, seeing Zhang Ping's surprised look.

Zhang Ping quickly apologized, "No, I just didn't expect Senior Su to be so old."

"Hehe, if I weren't nearing the end of my life, who would want to maintain that form all the time? But after so long, it's hard to get used to these old arms and legs of a human," Su Qingbo sighed.

Then he looked at the Contract Gem in his hand.

Having gone through it once, he felt less repulsed the second time.

He tried putting the gem in his mouth and found that its hardness quickly changed. If it was as hard as candy when held, it became as soft as tofu once in his mouth.

After swallowing the Contract Gem, he looked at Zhang Ping and asked, "Zhang Ping, is it effective this time?"

"Let me check."

Zhang Ping used the Appraisal Skill on Su Qingbo, and indeed, the Contract Gem had taken effect.

He nodded, "It's done. I'll start giving orders now."

"Go ahead."

Su Qingbo was calm now that the moment had come.

"I order you to maintain your current lost state, not to worsen, not to heal, and not to fall!" Zhang Ping looked at Su Qingbo, organized his thoughts, and commanded.

Su Qingbo closed his eyes, and after a while, opened them, asking uncertainly, "Is it done?"

"Yes, the order should have taken effect," Zhang Ping nodded.

Su Qingbo then switched back to his clear water form, saying, "My flesh body is too old. If I transform a few more times, I might not be able to use my abilities. I hope this works."

"Don't worry, Senior Su. My ability specializes in treating lost and fallen states. There won't be any problem," Zhang Ping assured with a smile.

Ye Changchun chuckled, "That's right, Zhang Ping's ability is indeed effective. Brother Su, you can rest easy."

In fact, Su Qingbo felt no change because Zhang Ping's command was to maintain his current mental state, so naturally, there was no significant change.

Ye Changchun, on the other hand, had his lost state removed, so his forgetfulness was cured, and he felt the difference quite strongly.

At this moment, Little Theron climbed onto Zhang Ping's lap, nudging his belly with its head.

"What's wrong, hungry?" Zhang Ping looked at Little Theron, couldn't help but stroke its little head, and asked.

Little Theron gestured, first looking at Ye Changchun, then at Su Qingbo, finally opening its mouth and making a small whimpering sound.

"Are you saying you want to eat a Contract Gem too?" Zhang Ping asked in surprise.

Little Theron nodded, showing a determined expression.

It had watched Su Qingbo swallow the Contract Gem.

Although it didn't understand why Su Qingbo forced himself to eat the gem despite finding it disgusting, it was deeply impressed.

So, it wanted to try it too.

"Let me think, how about three commands, is that okay?" Zhang Ping looked at Little Theron, sincerely asking.

Little Theron vaguely understood Zhang Ping's meaning and felt his sincerity. It thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

The next moment, Zhang Ping conjured another Contract Gem, handed it to Little Theron, and smiled, "Alright, eat up."

Seeing the Contract Gem, Little Theron suddenly regretted it.

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It slowly backed away, but when it looked up and saw Zhang Ping's encouraging eyes, it regained its courage, gritting its teeth as it looked at the gem.

"It's okay, don't rush. If you can't eat it, don't force yourself," Zhang Ping said with a smile, seeing its determined expression.

He had always dreamed of having a Summoned Beast.

But after treating Ye Changchun and Su Qingbo, his mindset changed.

If he needed absolute commands to trust and rely on a partner, wouldn't he be failing as a person?

So when Little Theron expressed its willingness to eat the Contract Gem, he knew very well that it didn't understand the gem's significance. It just trusted him and wanted to eat it.

Isn't such pure trust more precious than so-called 'Absolute Command'?

Therefore, he abandoned the idea of 'Absolute Command', preparing only three command opportunities, and he had already thought about the purpose of each command.

Little Theron looked up at Zhang Ping.

From Zhang Ping's eyes, it saw warmth, affection, and trust, filling it with immense courage.

It looked at the Contract Gem, then opened its mouth and swallowed it whole.