Here’s the translation of the traditional Chinese content into English:

The old man said faintly, “Give it up. This isn’t what you want, and it won’t affect your future cultivation. Even hunting magical beasts would be much better than this mutated Earthfire Lizard.”

Long Haochen lowered his head, looking into the Earthfire Lizard’s eyes. Because of their contract, he could feel the lizard’s emotions.

The little thing seemed to understand their conversation. Its emotions were filled with fear, loneliness, pain, and unwillingness.

Of course, Long Haochen wanted a powerful mount partner, but feeling the Earthfire Lizard’s emotional changes, he remembered himself when his parents left him on Mount Odin. At that time, didn’t he have similar feelings? It’s my partner! How can I abandon it like this?

“Senior, is there really no other way? I can’t abandon it.” Long Haochen bent down, not caring about the dirt on the Earthfire Lizard or the flowing dark red blood, and picked it up.

The Earthfire Lizard, held by Long Haochen, calmed down noticeably, pressing its head tightly against his chest, motionless. Like a child finding a relative, its two not-so-thick front paws clung to Long Haochen’s shoulders, its claws tightly gripping his clothes.

The old man hesitated for a moment, then sighed softly, “You are a kind-hearted child. It’s not that there’s no way, but it will cause great harm to yourself.”

Long Haochen, holding the roughly 50-pound Earthfire Lizard, felt its heartbeat, pursed his lips, and said, “Please guide me, Senior.”

The old man said in a deep voice, “If you want it to leave here alive, there’s only one way: change its constitution. Turning darkness into light is the only way it can leave safely.”

Ye Hua said in surprise, “Senior, that seems impossible. How can a dark constitution be converted into light?”

The old man said, “We certainly can’t, but he might be able to. Because of the Equal Contract, this Earthfire Lizard has a much higher acceptance of the energy he transmits. However, this child needs to use his own light-attributed blood to integrate into the Earthfire Lizard’s body, completely washing away its dark constitution.”

Ye Hua gasped, a hint of disbelief appearing on his cold face. “How much blood would that take?”

The old man shook his head and said, “I don’t know. It depends on the Earthfire Lizard’s acceptance of his blood, and the intensity of the light energy contained in his blood. But whether successful or not, it will cause this child to lose a great deal of his vital essence. In my opinion, it’s really not worth it for a Rank 2 magical beast.”

“Haochen.” Ye Hua turned to Long Haochen, about to say something, but he was interrupted for the first time ever.

“Teacher, you don’t need to say anything. I’ve already decided. The contract has been established; this is my fate with it. If I abandon it simply because it’s weak, or even endanger its life, then how am I worthy to be a Guardian Knight?” Long Haochen said firmly, hugging the Earthfire Lizard tighter. He bowed slightly to the old man, saying, “Please instruct me on what I should do, Senior.”

The old man sighed. “Your heart is truly rare, child. Although you didn’t get a powerful mount partner this time, your future achievements will be equally boundless. The method is simple: activate your Equal Contract, and then drip your blood into the contract rune on its body.”

“Thank you, Senior,” Long Haochen replied. He slowly squatted down, placing the Earthfire Lizard on the ground.

The Earthfire Lizard looked up at Long Haochen, making continuous “woo-woo” sounds.

“Don’t be afraid. I will do everything I can to save you. You are already my partner. If I can’t even protect you, what kind of Guardian Knight am I?”

Long Haochen sat cross-legged in front of the Earthfire Lizard, and with a thought, activated the Equal Contract between them.

The Equal Contract, also known as the Equal Summoning Contract, is mainly led by humans. Activating the contract is equivalent to issuing a summons to the magical beast.

A spot of purple light lit up on Long Haochen’s forehead, gradually expanding into a nail-sized purple dot that appeared and disappeared on his forehead.

“Huh,” the one-eyed old man said to Ye Hua with some surprise, “That’s strange, their contract runes seem very complex.”

The more powerful the magical beast a human makes a contract with, the more complex the contract runes that form on each of them will be.

Ye Hua said doubtfully, “No! Isn’t it just a simple spot of light?”

The old man shook his head and said, “No, it’s not that simple. The rune is obscured by that purple light. Although I can’t see what it is exactly, it’s definitely not that simple. Look at the Earthfire Lizard.”

As Long Haochen activated the contract and the contract rune appeared on his forehead, it also appeared on the Earthfire Lizard.

Generally speaking, whether human or magical beast, the contract rune will appear on the head, but this Earthfire Lizard is not like that. A purple light pattern, a foot or so in diameter, slowly emerged from its back, almost covering its entire back. The misty purple light was like a layer of fog covering it. Although it was many times larger than the rune on Long Haochen’s head, the purple mist still obscured its appearance.

Long Haochen said softly to the Earthfire Lizard, “Little fellow, don’t be afraid. I will use the light attribute in my blood to change your constitution. I don’t know if it will be painful, but you must endure it, okay?”

Hearing his words, the Earthfire Lizard nodded very intelligently, its pair of red eyes filled with gratitude and affection.

Long Haochen raised his hands, and with a flick of his left index finger, a faint golden light lit up on his fingertip. The golden light, about two inches long, flickered at his fingertip. External release of Spiritual Energy is a symbol of a Rank 4 Great Knight. Although Rank 3 Knights can also release Spiritual Energy through skills like Light Slash Sword, it’s obviously not the same level as a Rank 4 Great Knight who can release Spiritual Energy without skills.

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With a flash of golden light, Long Haochen cut open his right wrist. Immediately, blood gushed out, almost instantly turning into a stream of blood flowing down into the huge rune on the Earthfire Lizard’s back.

“Ooh—” With a scream, the Earthfire Lizard suddenly raised its head, its body shaking violently. Its four claws gripped hard onto the ancient elven runes on the ground, forcibly stabilizing its body to prevent it from moving.

The old man’s one eye once again revealed a look of surprise. “This Earthfire Lizard is really intelligent. It seems it is not as simple as it appears on the surface.”

Ye Hua smiled wryly, “Hopefully.” He really wanted to stop Long Haochen from doing this. A Rank 2 Earthfire Lizard is really not worth it! What’s more, the Demon Hunt Squad Selection Tournament is in six months. If Long Haochen loses a great deal of vital essence at this time, it is unknown whether he can recover in six months. But can he really stop his disciple? He can’t. Long Haochen’s spirit of not abandoning and not giving up is more precious to him than even the chief of the Demon Hunt Squad.

Long Haochen’s blood dripped into the rune on the Earthfire Lizard’s back, instantly melting into it. Rings of faint golden halo spread out from the purple rune, covering the Earthfire Lizard’s entire body.

With each ring of golden halo passing, the Earthfire Lizard’s body would tremble violently as if electrocuted. But it still didn’t move.

Also, along with the layers of golden halos flowing, the dense dark aura and the fierce aura gradually dissipated from the Earthfire Lizard’s body.

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