Totems were something Tianming had been troubled over recently. If he showed a mighty totem, he would be exposed like Li Qingyu and have the same ending.

“That’s easy!” Huiye Shi said.

“What’s easy?” Tianming was surprised.

“Our clan also has idiots that want to have lifebound beasts and totems together. They’ll use blood pacts to form a symbiotic bond with wildbeasts. They do have both in the end, but we usually call them idiots.”

“Why?” Tianming asked.

“The lifebound beasts contracted this way are usually very stupid, cultivate slowly, and have weak battle power. Growing them is hard. You have an extra number, yes, but you sacrifice your talent to do so. Your cultivation speed will slow down. It’s a mistake made when they’re young that they regret for life. Honestly,...