Chapter 610 – Equal Contract (3k)
“Someone is actually competing with the Kamishiro family for a vase monster?”
The sudden shouting made many people freeze. Their gazes followed the sound, and astonishment filled their eyes. They saw that the bid came from a white-dressed girl wearing a mask on the second floor.
The moment the bid sounded, Shendai Yamaha frowned and looked over. He was surprised to find that the bidder was the person he was planning to deal with.
Doubt arose in his heart: “How does she have so many intermediate magic crystals?”
But the doubt was quickly dispelled: “With her family’s financial situation, she couldn’t afford so much money. It must be the girl beside her who paid.”
Just as he was about to speak up to compete, the man in the black and white kimono beside him pulled his kimono sleeve and whispered, “Since Lord Yamahwa has already decided to deal with her, why tip him off now?”
“Your meaning is that Baichuan will be willing to make a move?”
Hearing this, Shendai Yamaha was not angry but instead showed joy. Listening to the countdown on the stage, he also relaxed his tense body a little.
Holding his phone, the man in the black and white kimono showed a confident color and chuckled, “Baichuan Adult just replied. If the [Divine Blood] potion is really at this level, what does it matter if Baichuan helps you kill someone?”
“It can save me a lot of magic crystals, and there’s no need to compete with the dead.”
Looking at the eyes of those who came to watch the show, Shendai Yamaha comforted himself and lay back in his chair, content to watch Su Jiu’s every move, ignoring the stares.
What do these people know? They don’t know that as long as he makes a move afterward, everything on Su Jiu will be his, and the Dragon Country’s officials will never know the true cause of her death.
Seeing that the Kamishiro family had given up the competition, many people in the VIP seats on the second floor were astonished and looked curiously at Su Jiu’s location. Could it be one of the three elite families of the Cherry Blossom Country under that mask?
“Who is that girl? Why did the Kamishiro family back down?”
“Is it someone from the Fujiwara family, the first family of the Cherry Blossom Country?”
“Heh heh, a bunch of idiots. In my opinion, this is just a prelude to the Kamishiro family drawing their knives.”
Otherwise, given the Kamishiro family’s status in the Cherry Blossom Country, they would not have tolerated such deference to a nobody. It was indeed too abnormal. Of course, some pirates guessed Shendai Yamaha’s intention.
Seeing that Shendai Yamaha directly gave up, Su Jiu was a little surprised, but when she saw his cold gaze, she found it a little funny.
Does this person from the Kamishiro family have a bit too much killing intent?
“Ten pieces…”
Her gaze met Lin’s by her side. The latter pointed to the side, looking serious, and was about to volunteer to make a move.
But who was Su Jiu? As long as Lin arched her butt, she knew what the other party meant. She immediately waved her hand and showed a dead fish eye to refuse, “No need, just pay back the money honestly.”
Su Jiu’s reaction made Lin’s mouth twitch, and her little face collapsed. She immediately acted like a rogue and snorted, “No need, I don’t have money either, so I’ll just not pay it back.”
“There will be Essence Blood you need at the auction later, and you’ll know to listen then.”
Glancing at Lin, Su Jiu didn’t bother with her. As long as there was something she needed later, she would handle Lin easily.
“Then you can sign an equal contract with me now.”
Lin pouted and remained very calm. She thought that if it came to it, she would just sign the current contract with Su Jiu, as she would not engage in selling herself.
After speaking, she casually conjured a purple array in front of her. The array was covered in dense text, and the terms displayed were that she owed Su Jiu ten intermediate magic crystals. She then unconcernedly bit her finger and pressed it onto the array.
Half of the array’s light quickly lit up. Lin looked at the light and then pouted, gesturing for Su Jiu to press her finger as well.
The latter raised an eyebrow, scanned to confirm that the contract was fine, and with a smile, cut her finger and pressed it on.
This type of equal contract was conditional. If the first contract was not fulfilled, the second contract would be more stringent towards the defaulting party, and even more than five modifications could turn it into a master-servant contract.
This was also Su Jiu’s intention. If Miss Bingji wanted to play tricks and escape, she naturally had to use extraordinary means to keep her…
As the two signed the contract, the auction house staff came to collect the magic crystals and also brought Lord Liu Yue to the stage, handing over the cage key quite respectfully.
Taking the key, Su Jiu came to the cage. Without thinking, she opened the cage with a “crack!” and looked at the weak White Deer inside, sighing softly:
“Lord Liu Yue, it’s been a year since we last met. I’ve been craving your fruit wine for a long time.”
“You… are you really the girl who took the Sword God’s inheritance a year ago?”
Lord Liu Yue inside the cage looked at Su Jiu with great surprise, seeming to doubt her identity. He could feel an unfathomable aura from her. Although the aura was familiar, he dared not recognize her.
He knew that half a year ago, she was just a small Warrior Class who could only survive under his protection, but now she was a strong person who could save him from hardship.
“Could this be fake?”
Su Jiu smiled helplessly. Looking at the weak Lord Liu Yue, she felt a little aggrieved. She pursed her lips and reached out to treat his wound:
“I’m going to the Cherry Blossom Country in a few days, so I might not be able to send you back. If you need any breakthrough materials, just say the word, and I’ll exchange them with merit.”
Much like the chivalrous warriors who enjoyed their feuds, Su Jiu had always been a sentimental person. She would repay anyone who was good to her, regardless of their stance or identity.
“Jing Zi…”
Slowly walking out of the cage, Lord Liu Yue stood upright. Feeling the healing from the girl’s palm, she seemed to vaguely see the shadow of an old friend whirling in her turbid eyes. Finally, she lowered her head and closed her eyes, saying:
“You saved me, an old deer on its deathbed, and thus repaid our past karma. There’s no need to spend more.”
He knew Su Jiu was repaying his past kindness, but he understood even more that his heart had always housed someone, a person named Yun Jing.
Jing Zi’s words, “I will return,” had deceived the little deer for most of its life. Now that the little deer had become an old deer, he had long intended to see Jing Zi.
“Without the Lord Liu Yue of the past, there would be no Su Jiu of today. Dragon Country is so vast, and there will surely be potions to help you break through to Demigod level,” Su Jiu smiled, her eyes revealing a trace of sincerity, and replied softly.
She understood that her journey so far was not solely due to the cultivation in the ring space but thanks to benefactors from all walks of life that she possessed the current barely self-preserving strength.
“It’s Xiao Lu! I want to ride!”
Just as Lord Liu Yue was about to refuse, Xiao Yezi stood up from the chair. Her shoulder-length short hair fluttered slightly with the wind. Her greenish eyes looked at Lord Liu Yue with joy.
“Su Xiao Ye, my daughter. You can call her Xiao Yezi…” Su Jiu introduced her daughter to Lord Liu Yue, then reached out and patted the back of her head, saying softly, “Call him Grandpa Deer, and don’t say anything rude.”
Lord Liu Yue stood frozen. He seemed to see traces of Jing Zi on Xiao Yezi. Although the two were not alike at all, he felt their temperaments were very similar…
“Grandpa Deer…” Xiao Yezi called out reluctantly, then muttered to herself, “You’re obviously just a little deer.”
“It doesn’t matter what Chen Hu calls himself. Let this little girl ride if she wants to,”
Lord Liu Yue came back to his senses again, his eyes seeming to have regained some spirit. He then gently lifted Xiao Yezi onto his back, allowing her to move around freely.
“Much more comfortable than the sofa.”
Xiao Yezi kept rubbing his fur. As she was young, it was already past nine o’clock. Soon, she lay on Lord Liu Yue’s back and fell asleep.
It seemed for a moment…
He seemed to return to the time when he was first contracted by the Warrior Class Yun Jing. Yun Jing was much older than Xiao Yezi, but she was also very mischievous and liked to lie on his back and sleep.
“Allow me to rest for a while. I haven’t had much sleep these days.”
Seeing Xiao Yezi asleep, he said to Su Jiu, then also lay down on the blanket, closed his eyes, and rested. The experiences of the past few days had made him excessively tired.
His plan to return home and secretly dismantle himself at Bailu Plain had also faded a lot after seeing Xiao Yezi.
Looking at Lord Liu Yue and Xiao Yezi sleeping behind her, Su Jiu looked up at the moonless night and sighed, “After the Divine Blood potion incident, this trip is likely to be fraught with danger. If there’s any hope, I need to find a way for Lord Liu Yue to take Xiao Yezi away from here.”
After sighing, Su Jiu focused her attention on the auction. When some Demigod Level bird Essence Blood appeared on the stage, she could feel Lin’s heartbeat accelerating, but Su Jiu would not bid now…
“Starting bid is five intermediate magic crystals, ten milliliters of Devil Eagle’s Essence Blood…”
The female auctioneer’s voice seemed like cool water poured onto boiling oil, directly stirring up thousands of waves, and soon many Alchemists or Pharmacists began to compete.
Lin clenched her fists, looking at the Essence Blood on the stage, then at the masked girl beside her, feeling extremely conflicted. Although this thing couldn’t improve her, it could temporarily stabilize the cultivation regression caused by her original bloodline.
But if she didn’t repay the money and signed the equal contract, it was very likely that the equal contract would become less equal.
Because the other party would add a not-too-unreasonable demand.
Su Jiu glanced at the former, a smile gradually appearing on her face. It was time to cast her net for the “fallen into decline” young lady.
Although she knew the other party’s thoughts, Su Jiu still pretended to be clueless, grabbed Lin’s small hand, brought it close to her face, and touched her forehead with the back of her hand: “Lin, do you have a fever? Why is your face so red and hot?”
“Heh heh…”
Giving Su Jiu a light glare, Lin knew Su Jiu was pretending to be ignorant. She immediately asked, half-angrily and half-amused, “Tell me, what do you want to add to the contract so that you can help me buy this?”
Su Jiu tilted her head like Xiao Yezi and quietly leaned close to Lin’s ear. It seemed this habit was passed down from father to son; they would habitually do this before doing something bad.
Feeling the warm breath on her ear, Lin swallowed hard, forcing herself to calm down, thinking that she would just reject any excessive demands.
Soon, with bursts of warm air brushing against her earlobe, the gentle voice, like a devil’s whisper, echoed in her ears, lingering for a long time:
“Call me Master… every day, okay?”
