Chapter 4

The Grand Elder saw that I remained unmoved and had no choice but to give me the spirit fox.

He didn’t want to give the powerful white tiger to a child who had only just begun cultivating, but the white tiger refused to lower his head for anyone except Emily.

The white tiger was exceptionally rare, and the Grand Elder was afraid of injuring him.

In the end, he could only wave his hand and let the matter go.

He ordered the formation for the bonding ceremony to be set up. Once the bond was complete, the spirit beast and its master would become partners and remain together for life after life.

If a spirit beast disobeyed its master’s commands, it would suffer a backlash.

In my previous life, I had worried about the white tiger being harmed by the backlash, so I kept delaying the forced bonding ceremony with him.

I never expected Emily to take advantage of my hesitation.

The spiritual power from the ceremony stimulated the spirit fox. He wrapped his tail tightly around me, afraid I would regret my choice.

After Emily and the white tiger completed their bond, she looked at me smugly. 【Sister, look at how tightly the spirit fox is clinging to you. You two really are a perfect match.】

Her words carried the unmistakable smugness of someone who had gotten away with something.

So I didn’t even need to respond. Someone else immediately spoke up for me.

【Emily, if your sister hadn’t given way to you, how could you have gotten this exceptional white tiger? Don’t act ungrateful after getting exactly what you wanted! If I were you, I’d kneel and thank your sister. How can you be so arrogant?】

The elders of the Bennett family had always doted on me, and my fellow disciples respected me as well.

I trained hard every day and never hesitated to teach my younger brothers and sisters the techniques I knew.

So in their hearts, they accepted that the white tiger should have gone to me.

But in the end, he had been given to Emily instead. How could they possibly be satisfied?

Seeing Emily being treated unfairly, the white tiger anxiously tried to leap forward and attack the other person.

But he had forgotten something.

A bonded spirit beast shared its power with its master.

Emily had only just begun cultivating. Where would she get any spiritual power from?

This was the first time in both my lives that the white tiger had suffered a setback.

I laughed inwardly. 【Don’t worry. We’ll take it slowly. You’ll have plenty of chances to suffer setbacks in the future.】

As for the spirit fox, who was wrapped tightly around me, he fainted peacefully once the bonding ceremony was complete.