C85 Warm Heart.

Su Qingbo looked at Ye Changchun and said with a bitter smile, "Brother Ye, this thing … How did you swallow it?"

Just by looking at the Contract Gem, he already felt a great rejection in his heart. He felt that eating the Contract Gem was like eating shit.

This feeling was too uncomfortable.

Ye Changchun thought for a while and replied, "I didn't think too much at that time. Isn't there an old saying that goes, 'Good medicine is in the stomach?' I felt that the gem was disgusting, so I swallowed it."

"..."

Both of them and the ant were speechless.

Su Qingbo closed his eyes and said with a bitter smile, "I will do some psychological work and see if I can eat it. If it still doesn't work, then forget it."

"Senior, don't give up. It will definitely be fine." Zhang Ping encouraged.

Ye Changchun also nodded and said, "Brother Su, Zhang Ping is right. Don't give up. Don't you have a granddaughter? Think about her. Maybe you can do it!"

"I'll do my best."

Su Qingbo couldn't help but smile bitterly. He then looked at the Contract Gem in his hand seriously.

He looked at the Contract Gem and still felt a sense of disgust. However, with Zhang Ping, Ye Changchun, and the others' encouragement, as well as Ye Changchun's mention of his granddaughter, he indeed had a lot of faith in himself.

"Eat it, the good medicine is in the stomach!"

He thought to himself, then closed his eyes and swallowed the Contract Gem.

After swallowing the Contract Gem, he felt something slide down from his body. He instinctively controlled the water and the Contract Gem returned to his hand.

"..."

At this moment, everyone was speechless.

Zhang Ping knew that if he kept rejecting it, even if he ate it, he would still be able to pull it out.

However, this knowledge came from Zhang Ping's original memories. Simply put, it was the conclusion of Zhang Ping's experiments.

Now, he finally saw that it was actually possible to eat it and pull it out.

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

He had taken out the Contract Gem with great determination, but the Contract Gem still did not digest.

"Brother Su, could it be that eating in this state is useless?" Ye Changchun guessed.

Although he had also transformed, the body of a tree man was still a real body. He could eat it originally, but Su Qingbo's body of water was an elemental body, so there was no digesting ability.

"Then wouldn't it only work if I turn back into a human form?" Su Qingbo frowned slightly.

He thought for a while and then dived into the water again. In a moment, he took out a piece of animal fur. This fur had waterproof properties, and it was still dry when he took it out from the water.

Su Qingbo came to the shore, and he put on animal fur. Then, his body gradually changed from the body of water to the body of human flesh and blood.

The body of water could not tell how old he was. It was obvious when he turned back into a human.

He was too old.

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

His weathered face was filled with deep wrinkles, and there was a long scar at the bottom of his eyes. It was extremely sinister.

"I'm sorry." Seeing Zhang Ping looking at him in surprise, he said.

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

"Hehe, if he wasn't about to die of old age, who would be willing to maintain that form? However, after a long time, he really doesn't get used to the old arms and legs of a human." Su Qingbo sighed.

Then he looked at the Contract Gem in his hand.

Probably because he had experienced it for the first time, he did not feel so repulsed the second time.

He tried to put the gem into his mouth, and then he found that the hardness of the Contract Gem had changed rapidly. If it was said that the hardness was about the same as a candy when he held it in his hand, then after it was put into his mouth, it became like tofu.

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

"Let me see."

After saying that, Zhang Ping used the appraisal on Su Qingbo. Sure enough, the Contract Gem had already taken effect this time.

He nodded and said, "It's done. Then I'll give the order."

"Come on."

Su Qingbo was calm when the time came.

"I order you to maintain the current state of being lost. You are not allowed to worsen, you are not allowed to heal, and you are not allowed to sink!" Zhang Ping looked at Su Qingbo and organized his thoughts in his heart before he gave the order.

Su Qingbo closed his eyes and opened them after a while. He asked uncertainly, "Is that all?"

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

The next moment, Su Qingbo returned to his original body of water and said, "My body is too old. I think I won't be able to use my ability even if I change a few times. I hope it will be useful."

"Senior Su, don't worry. My ability is specialized in recovering from loss. There will definitely be no problem," Zhang Ping said with a smile.

Ye Changchun said with a smile, "That's right. Zhang Ping's ability is indeed useful. Brother Su, just put your heart in your stomach."

In fact, Su Qingbo felt no change. That was because Zhang Ping's order was to maintain his current mental state, so there would naturally be no big changes.

Ye Changchun was different. His loss had already been eliminated, so his forgetfulness was gone. His senses were naturally stronger.

At this time, the Theron crawled onto Zhang Ping's leg and nudged Zhang Ping's stomach with its head.

"What's wrong? Are you hungry?" Zhang Ping looked at the little Theron and could not help but pat its head.

The little Theron gestured with its hands and looked at Ye Changchun first, then looked at Su Qingbo. Finally, it opened its mouth and let out a soft sound.

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

The little Theron nodded and revealed an expression of martyrdom.

It saw with its own eyes how Su Qingbo ate the Contract Gem.

Although it did not understand why Su Qingbo ate the Contract Gem despite feeling disgusted, it was still shocked.

Therefore, it wanted to give it a try.

"Let me think about it. Then, I'll give you three orders. Is that okay?" Zhang Ping looked at the small Theron and asked sincerely.

The small Theron vaguely understood what Zhang Ping meant, and at the same time, it felt Zhang Ping's sincerity. It thought for a while and nodded in agreement.

In the next moment, Zhang Ping condensed another Contract Gem and handed it to the small Theron with his hand. He smiled and said, "Alright, eat it."

When the small Theron saw the Contract Gem, it suddenly regretted it.

It slowly retreated, but when it raised its head and saw Zhang Ping's encouraging eyes, it regained its courage and gritted its teeth as it looked at the Contract Gem.

"It's okay. Don't be in a hurry. Don't force yourself if you can't eat it." Zhang Ping looked at its gritted teeth and said with a smile.

In the past, he dreamed of having a summoned beast.

However, after treating Ye Changchun and Su Qingbo, his mood had changed.

If he needed absolute orders from his companions to trust them and entrust them to him, then wouldn't he be a failure?

Therefore, when the small Theron expressed its willingness to eat the Contract Gem, he knew very well that the small Theron actually did not understand the meaning of the Contract Gem. It only wanted to eat it because it trusted him.

This kind of trust without any distractions was not as precious as the so-called 'absolute command'.

Therefore, he gave up on the so-called 'absolute command' and only prepared three orders. Furthermore, he had already thought of the uses of these three orders.

The small Theron raised its head and looked at Zhang Ping.

From Zhang Ping's eyes, it saw affection, love, and trust. This gaze was incomparably warm, and it gave it a great courage.

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