Bab 8: The Beast Pretending to Be Pitiful (1)

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"That's right. I don't want others to recognize you two," Leng Ruoxue said indifferently. She had said things very clearly before. It would be best if they could understand, but if they still didn't understand, she wouldn't bother to explain. She would not leave useless people around her.

"Miss, Lü Tao understands," Lü Tao said hurriedly before Cui Zhu could react and signaled Cui Zhu to be silent with her eyes so as not to cause the young miss to be unhappy.

"Keep up then." Leng Ruoxue finished speaking, turned, and walked out the door.

March in Phoenix City was the time when spring flowers started blooming. The weather today was especially refreshing. The wind was warm, the sun was shining, and the streets were bustling, mostly with pairs of lovers. The customs of the Eastern Lagoon Empire were rather open and carefree, and people were able to love freely. Leng Ruoxue looked at the traditional buildings on the streets, the dazzling arrays of shops, and the products that belonged to this world with a relaxed mood. She did not even realize that her peerless beauty was causing a storm on the streets, nor did she notice the deep gazes that had been watching her.

Leng Ruoxue walked into a pet store. She saw the word 'Feng' on the store sign when she entered. She knew that this was the second most popular shop among the Five Great Families. The store area was not small, and it was divided into two floors. When she walked in, she first saw a few rows of shelves. The shelves were full of cages for pets. In the cages, the cute little beasts were either lying on their stomachs or standing. Although they were being sold as pets, they were all spirit beasts of relatively low level, cute in appearance, without any aggressiveness, and easy to tame. They had all been tamed, and no contract was required. They were the most suitable pets for noble ladies and young misses.

Leng Ruoxue loved small animals, especially dogs. She had once raised one herself, but it got into an accident later. Since then, she had not raised any pets. Now that she saw these cute little things, she was very excited and wanted to buy one to raise. But she could only recognize bunnies among the beasts. Although the bunnies were very cute, she didn't have much interest in them.

At this moment, she clearly felt that a gaze was watching her. She subconsciously searched for it and saw a cage in a somewhat isolated corner. There was a small black beast enclosed in the cage. Is it a cat? She thought it was a cat because it looked a little like a Persian cat, but it had a large fox-like tail. It was lying in the cage with its big, round, blue eyes looking at her pitifully. This gaze really made her not have the heart to reject it! Well, she admitted that it was cute. This little thing was really good at pretending to be innocent and pitiful. If she hadn't caught the lightning-fast flash of cunning in this little thing's eyes, she would have been fooled.

The clerk, who had been lost in her beauty for a long time since she entered the store, finally recovered. He hurriedly stepped forward and looked at Leng Ruoxue in amazement.

"Miss, may I help you with anything?" the clerk said very politely, fully demonstrating his professionalism.

Leng Ruoxue pointed at the little guy in the cage. "How much for it?"

"Miss wants to buy it? Miss, to tell you the truth, it's not in good physical condition now. I am afraid it will not last long. There are many cute pets in our shop, and there are better ones upstairs. Why don't you look at others?" He tried to dissuade her and was only short of telling her not to buy it directly.

Leng Ruoxue looked at the enthusiastic clerk with some amusement. "I am only interested in it. How much for it?"

"Miss, are you sure you want to buy it?"

"Yes." Leng Ruoxue nodded gently. How could this little thing be about to die? Even though its black fur looked dull and its small body thin, seeming as though the wind could blow it away, Leng Ruoxue didn't believe that it was as weak as it appeared to be.

"Fifty gold coins," the clerk said helplessly. He said everything he should say, yet this young lady still insisted on buying, so it was not possible for him not to sell it. However, he did not violate the Feng family's business ethics on 'honesty and integrity'!

Leng Ruoxue motioned for Lü Tao to pay. Then she took the weak-looking thing from the clerk, turned around, walked out of the store, and then shopped around again.

"Spring Wind House? That's a restaurant, right? I'm hungry, so let's go have something to eat." Leng Ruoxue looked at the small three-story building with exquisite and luxurious furnishings not far away.

"Miss, let's go somewhere else. This place isn't good," Cui Zhu said with an unnatural expression.

"Isn't good? What's wrong? I've decided. I want to eat here." She was really hungry.

"Miss…" This time even Lü Tao spoke out to stop her. Her expression was not very good.

"Give me a reason." Leng Ruoxue's eyes flashed unpleasantly. She hated being hungry.

"Miss once went to the Spring Wind House for the seventh prince, but something happened later, and you are now forbidden to enter!" Lü Tao explained cautiously, for fear that her young miss would be angry.

That damn seventh prince again. Leng Ruoxue really hated that nasty seventh prince. He actually prevented her from even entering a place to eat. This sealed the tragic end of the unlucky seventh prince in the future.

"Let's go home!" Leng Ruoxue lost the desire to eat out.

Back at the general's mansion, Leng Ruoxue lay lazily on a recliner after eating. She held the now-fed little beast in her arms, basking in the sun, very relaxed.

"Lü Tao, are there any other places in Phoenix City where I am not welcomed?" Leng Ruoxue asked casually while eating fruit and feeding her little pet in passing.

"Only the businesses of the Xu family. The Spring Wind House is also owned by the Xu family," Lü Tao explained.

"The Xu family?" Very good. She craved it in her heart. Anyone who dares to provoke me, Leng Ruoxue, will live to regret it, Leng Ruoxue thought as her hand gently stroked the soft fur of the little beast. Suddenly, she felt a tingling pain in her fingertips. This ungrateful little thing actually bit her. But before she could get angry, she felt a little dizzy, and then she heard a voice in her mind saying, "I am willing to enter into a soul bond contract with you, where our souls will accompany each other through life and death." Then a gorgeously intricate purple contract array enveloped her and the little beast, and the contract was formally established.

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Bab 9: The Beast Pretending to Be Pitiful (2)

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At the side, Lü Tao was a little dumbfounded: "Miss… actually made a contract with a low-level spirit beast…"

"W-what kind of contract is this?" Lü Tao was stunned and speechless because this contract array was something she had never seen before.

After more than ten minutes, the gorgeously intricate purple contract array slowly disappeared. Leng Ruoxue held the little black beast in both hands, her beautiful eyes shining with raging flames. She stared at the little beast fiercely, wanting to bore a hole in its small body with her stare. But the little beast used its cute appearance and watery blue eyes with tears spinning in them to stare at her innocently and pitiful.

Pretending to be pitiful again… Leng Ruoxue was even angrier. If it weren't a little beast, Leng Ruoxue would have choked it to death. However, while she could be cold-blooded to humans, she had always been very caring toward animals, so she really couldn't do it.

"Big Sister, Big Sister, wuuuuu… Big Sister is so fierce!" An immature male voice sounded in Leng Ruoxue's ears.

"Are you the one talking?" Leng Ruoxue looked at the little beast in front of her suspiciously because most spirit beasts would address their owners as masters after establishing a contract.

"Baby can talk with Big Sister after making the contract." The little black beast nodded aggrievedly and looked at Leng Ruoxue with a perfectly guileless look.

"Don't you dare look at me with this expression!" The flames of anger in Leng Ruoxue's eyes burned more vigorously.

"Tell me. Why did you establish the contract without my consent?" Leng Ruoxue's face was covered with frost. She hated the feeling of being forced by deceit.

"B-Baby likes Big Sister." The fluffy beast's face actually showed a shy expression.

"So you forced it on me just because you like me…" Leng Ruoxue was speechless. Moreover, what was that 'soul bond contract'? Why had she never heard of it before?

She knew two types of contracts. Equal contracts: the two parties who entered into the contract were of equal status as friends and could not be forced. If one party was injured and died, the other party would not suffer any harm. Master-slave contracts: this kind of contract was a type of forced contract where the initiative was in the hands of the human. The status of the two parties was not equal. The human was the master, and the spirit beast would follow. If the master died, the spirit beast would also die. However, if the spirit beast died, the master would not be affected. This type of contract was the most unfair way of contracting with the spirit beasts. This was also the main reason why some proud spirit beasts would rather die than be in a contract with humans. There were very few humans who would be willing to enter into an equal contract with spirit beasts after all. However, it was precisely because of master-slave contracts that the status of beast trainers was becoming better and better.

"What contract did you just enter into with me?" She still remembered the voice that said 'our souls will accompany each other through life and death'. This sort of contract was not within the scope of her knowledge.

"It's the soul bond contract. Baby will always be with Big Sister and will never leave you," the little beast said happily.

"…"

"Then what if I die?"

"Then Baby will also die. If Big Sister is alive, Baby will be alive. If Big Sister dies, Baby will also die. Baby will never leave Big Sister."

"…"

Wait, what do you mean by never leave me… It shouldn't be what I'm thinking, right? Is this little thing planning to rely on me? Is it not enough to follow me for this life? It wants to follow me in all my reincarnations? This is what it means, right?! Leng Ruoxue was uncomfortable. What kind of lousy contract is this?! How can it be so overbearing? And the contract has already been established. She had no chance to refuse and could only live with it. Not only that, but she also had to protect this useless-looking thing, which looked as though it did not possess any bit of offensive power, lest it died and she died with it.

"Where did you learn this contract?" Leng Ruoxue was very curious. This contract was not within the scope of people's cognition, but a little beast actually knew about it and tricked her into it. She was so angry just thinking about it.

"Baby doesn't know. Baby knew about it ever since Baby was born." The little beast knew that it had annoyed the big sister it liked, so it was a little cautious, its big watery eyes still peeking at Leng Ruoxue from time to time.

"…"

Leng Ruoxue could see that it was an underage child. Even if she were to probe further, it would not know.

"Is Baby your name?" Leng Ruoxue heard it calling itself Baby.

The little beast named Baby nodded, and its big blue watery eyes looked at Leng Ruoxue with affection.

Leng Ruoxue thoughtfully looked at the little beast in front of her. Could it be that this little guy isn't a low-level spirit beast? As far as she knew, only advanced spirit beasts with intelligence could name themselves, and low-level spirit beasts didn't have that IQ. However, she didn't expect this little thing to know what kind of spirit beast it was, so she did not ask anymore since she would know one day anyway.

"Big Sister will call you Baby from now on then!" Leng Ruoxue said, finally recognizing this younger brother. After all, they were hanging on the same rope now.

"Miss, Old Master has returned."

"Got it." Leng Ruoxue, who was teasing Baby, stood up and walked to Listening Snow Pavilion. In her room, she saw her grandfather sitting in a chair with a smug face, eating the pastries that she had ordered prepared in advance.

"Xue'er, come here quickly." Leng Qingtian couldn't wait to tell Leng Ruoxue about his performance in the palace as soon as he saw her.

Leng Ruoxue listened quietly while pouring tea for her grandfather. In fact, even if her grandfather didn't tell her, she could guess how angry the emperor would be, especially for breaking off the engagement. A simpleton had declined the marriage with the seventh prince most loved by the emperor. It wouldn't sound pleasant if such news were to spread!

"Grandpa, I'm planning to train in seclusion," Leng Ruoxue suddenly said after patiently listening to Leng Qingtian.

There were too many things she wanted to learn, but she was too weak now. A Great Spiritualist might be considered a powerhouse in the eyes of ordinary people, but it is far from enough for her. She hoped to break through as soon as possible and advance to Spiritual Monarch because only then would she be equivalent to stepping into the threshold of the powerhouses. It might only be one stage between Great Spiritualist and Spiritual Monarch, but it was not easy to break through. Throughout history, countless practitioners were stuck at the Great Spiritualist stage. It would be possible to use spirit pills to help with the breakthrough if they were from big families, but only the elites in the families could enjoy this treatment. Disciples with ordinary aptitudes would not have that qualification. Moreover, only when she advanced to the Spiritual Monarch stage could she learn the advanced spiritual skills she was most interested in.

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