The King of Urban Mercenaries

At the same time, it also made him trust Jiang Ming more, which is why he chose to sign the contract.

Lin Fei didn’t want to have doubts about Jiang Ming in the future. If that’s the case, it would be more reassuring to sign a contract.

Sometimes trust isn’t just about words; spoken trust isn’t worth trusting. So Lin Fei chose not to rely on such fragile trust, given that he and Jiang Ming hadn’t reached the level of genuine trust yet.

"Since you said you want to sign a Master and Servant Contract, then let’s sign it." Lin Fei said, of course, suggesting the contract was just a casual remark from his side.

At this moment, Jiang Ming closed his eyes and consciously extended his spiritual power. This spiritual power wouldn’t cause any harm, but it was the spiritual power from the center of Jiang Ming’s brow, a power connected to the soul.

Moreover, this spiritual power had other functions, such as being the hub of the entire soul, crucially important. Of course, this soul power cannot be detected by others unless it is intentionally exerted, as it is usually integrated into one’s soul.

Since they were to sign a contract, Lin Fei was not one to drag things out. He immediately released his own soul, signing a wisp of contractual power on Jiang Ming’s soul, and Jiang Ming’s soul power eventually became something in Lin Fei’s mind.

Lin Fei took a bit of Jiang Ming’s soul power and placed it here. This was the contract, and Lin Fei also imprinted a Spiritual Mark in Jiang Ming’s mind.

"Done," Lin Fei said.

Jiang Ming immediately knelt on one knee toward Lin Fei and said, "Jiang Ming greets the Master!"

Lin Fei nodded, "Since you have become my servant, keep your previous name in your heart. I will give you a nickname, consider it a code name, alright?"

Hearing Lin Fei say this, Jiang Ming nodded, while Little Black felt speechless, thinking he’s naming again!

Lin Fei noticed the demon beast’s speechless expression and helplessly asked, "What’s wrong with my naming? Is it really that bad?"

Little Black nodded, "What do you think? Do you think your names sound nice?"

Lin Fei thought for a moment, "Not bad, actually, listen to this—Little Black, the Beast Fire is Little Fire. Isn’t that vivid?" Lin Fei couldn’t understand why such nice names weren’t appreciated by others.

"So, what are you going to call him? Another Little something?" Little Black asked.

Upon hearing Little Black’s words, Lin Fei closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then suddenly came up with something and said, "Alright, I’ll call you Little Knife then! Little Knife, what a nice name!"

Lin Fei said this, but Little Black was speechless—Little Knife, of course!

"Can’t you come up with something new? Lin Fei, did you only graduate from primary school?" Little Black couldn’t stand it any longer. All this ’Little this’ and ’Little that,’ does that make you the big one?

Upon hearing Little Black’s inquiry, Lin Fei thought for a moment, "Me? That’s right, I did graduate from primary school, and I even graduated from kindergarten."

"No wonder, otherwise how could you only know the word ’Little,’" Little Black said, as if having an epiphany.

Lin Fei smiled and shook his head helplessly, saying, "Alright, let’s drop this subject. It’s more important that we continue our journey, but from now on, Little Knife is one of us, so no need to be formal."

"Yes, Master!" Jiang Ming, also known as Little Knife in Lin Fei’s words, replied.

"You don’t need to feel formal, just call me Lin Fei, it’s okay," Lin Fei said, very warmly.

"No, I am your servant, so I must call you Master," Little Knife said, firmly.

After hearing this, Lin Fei sighed. He knew Little Knife was a stubborn guy, so he finally nodded, "Alright, whatever makes you happy. Just call me Master, it’s just a title anyway."

"Hahahaha~ Lin Fei, you say you’re stubborn, but you’ve finally met someone more stubborn than you," Little Black quipped.

Lin Fei was speechless and nodded, "Alright then, where should we go next?"

"Where to? Do you even know where we are?"

"How would I know? With that Audo King chasing after us, I completely forgot where we were going," Lin Fei said.

"Then let’s find a city and enter it first," Little Black suggested.

Then the group headed in one direction, looking for a city. Coincidentally, they hadn’t traveled far before seeing a city rising out of the forest in the distance. The number of demon beasts around them decreased significantly. Now, Lin Fei was no longer afraid of these demon beasts, as the Nascent Soul Realm wasn’t easily challenged.

Gujiang City?

"Is this Gujiang City, one of the three major cities of the Empire? How did we end up here? This place seems to border another empire, so warfare is frequent," Lin Fei said as they headed toward the city.

Just then, upon reaching the city gates, Lin Fei was stopped by a group of soldiers, "Who are you?"

Lin Fei said, "We’re just travelers passing through, what seems to be the problem?"

"We suspect you two might be spies, so you’ll have to come with us," a soldier said, moving towards Lin Fei, his spear gleaming coldly, with traces of blood on it.

"We’re spies?" Lin Fei was taken aback, not expecting to encounter such a situation right after entering the city. This was incredibly unlucky.

"Sir, there must be some mistake. We’re not spies, really," Lin Fei said, pulling some gold from his pocket and discreetly handing it to one of the higher-ups among them.

The leader looked at Lin Fei and smiled, "Hmm, seems you’re not, you look less and less like spies. You may pass, but he has to stay," pointing at Little Knife.

Lin Fei was speechless. This person was insatiable, so he said, "Sir, there might be a misunderstanding. He’s my brother, he came with me, how could he be a spy?" Lin Fei handed another piece of gold to the leader, which wasn’t much value to him.

"Oh, I see, it seems I misunderstood. With this resolved, both of you may enter, but don’t cause any trouble, or you’ll pay for it," the officer said, instructing his men to return and wait for the next people to come through.

Lin Fei sighed and shook his head helplessly, saying to Little Knife, "Let’s go, let’s enter the city, get some supplies, and gather some information."

With that, the two headed into the city.