All Things Are Contracts

Chapter 118: Meeting the First Life Again

Myriad Purple City, as the capital and largest city of the Thousand Charms Empire, covered a vast area. To its south was a small forest called Changye Forest, a royal property that had been partially cleared for medicinal herb fields. Now, a hundred acres of this land had been granted to Baizhi as her fief, including those herb fields. While a hundred acres wasn’t large, its location within the capital made it extremely valuable. With this safe herb field in such a prime location, Baizhi wouldn’t lack for income. The Empress’s gift was truly comprehensive.

Inside a luxurious carriage, Baizhi nestled in Zhanyue’s arms, looking like a love bird. Though she was a princess, she didn’t care about exposing her relationship with Zhanyue, while Zhanyue wanted to stake his claim, warning potential suitors that this beauty was taken.

“What did Her Majesty ask you?” Zhanyue asked curiously.

“She asked about my background, my cultivation level, and some questions about pill refining. She also had me refine a fifth-grade pill in front of her. I could see Her Majesty is very knowledgeable about pill dao. She said she’d guide me when she has time,” Baizhi smiled. The meeting had gone much better than she expected. After all, the Empress wasn’t really considering her as an heir, but just checking if her qualities matched the princess title. The result satisfied the Empress: Baizhi had a clean background, stunning beauty, a gentle personality, exceptional talent, was already in the Profound Realm at a young age, and was a fifth-grade Alchemist. She wouldn’t shame the title of princess of the Thousand Charms Empire.

“Your Highness, we’ve arrived,” the female official driving the carriage reminded them.

They stepped down from the carriage to see a huge wall completely enclosing the herb fields, now serving as the wall for the princess’s mansion.

“Construction of the princess’s mansion is underway, so Your Highness may need to wait ten to fifteen days before moving in,” the official said.

“My mansion doesn’t need to be too large. Leave as much space as possible for the herb fields; growing more herbs is good,” Baizhi said. She didn’t care much about the size or grandeur of her mansion.

“Al-alright, I’ll inform them right away,” the official immediately sent subordinates to notify the workers.

“Also, can I bring my servants from the Bai family? I’m used to their service,” Baizhi asked. As the young miss of the Bai family, she naturally had servants there, and she had a good relationship with the maids she had chosen herself.

“Of course. The princess can form her own staff of servants, maids, and guards. If you need more people, you can request them directly from the palace,” the official said.

Baizhi thought for a moment and said, “Alright, then please help me request some guards from the palace according to the rules, preferably all female.”

The official nodded, “Of course.”

With personnel arrangements settled, Baizhi could establish herself here smoothly. As for the princess mansion’s financial sources, between the palace’s annual allowance and the herb fields, there was no worry.

“By the way, Your Highness, as a core member of the royal family, you can go to the Imperial Inheritance Hall to receive benefits for royal descendants,” the official continued.

“Royal descendants?” Zhanyue asked, confused. “Doesn’t the current Empress have no children?”

The official was polite to Zhanyue too, as specifically instructed by Gong Xiaoyun. She didn’t dare offend him. “In response to young master, although Her Majesty has no children, both the previous Empress and the current one had family and relatives. They themselves might have passed away, but they left descendants. Although not in the main royal line, they are collateral descendants. Most of them have been settled elsewhere. Only those with excellent qualities are eligible to return to the Imperial Inheritance Hall to receive royal benefits. They need to pass multiple assessments, but the princess doesn’t need to.”

“I see,” Zhanyue nodded. The previous Empress and the current one had lived for an unknown number of years. Their relatives without cultivation talent probably died long ago, but they still had descendants continuing to this day, forming the current royal collateral branches. There were quite a few people, but the Empress didn’t support idlers. Only those who passed assessments could enter the Imperial Inheritance Hall.

Baizhi looked at the mansion under construction, which wasn’t much to see.

“Let’s go to the Imperial Inheritance Hall,” she said.

The two got back in the carriage and headed for the Imperial Inheritance Hall.

After they left, the workers dared to start discussing.

“Did you see just now? That white-clothed woman is the new princess appointed by Her Majesty. She’s like a fairy descended from heaven,” one said.

“Indeed, even in this capital full of beauties, I’ve never seen such a beautiful woman. I didn’t dare to look too much. But who was that man beside the princess? Could he be a eunuch from the palace?” another chimed in.

“Don’t talk nonsense. There are no eunuchs in the imperial palace. He’s probably the princess’s guard or something.”

“Ah, the princess’s guard. It’s a pity we don’t have any skills. We can’t even dream of such a job.” After chatting, they returned to their work. After all, they were just ordinary construction workers.

The “princess’s guard” they were talking about was now “bullying” the princess in the carriage, making Baizhi’s face flush red. Baizhi was now lying in Zhanyue’s arms, clothes disheveled, far from the image of a celestial fairy.

“Brother Zhan, there are people outside,” Baizhi reminded.

“Isn’t that better?” Zhanyue wasn’t being very proper.

“Ah…” In the silence, the illumination Goddess sighed inwardly. This boy was really a lecher. But he was indeed at a passionate age, and he wasn’t fooling around everywhere. As both teacher and friend to Zhanyue, she naturally wouldn’t criticize too much, but she worried Zhanyue might become too obsessed with such things and neglect his cultivation. However, so far Zhanyue hadn’t shown that side.

“Brother Zhan, you’re really not behaving. But last night I was all prepared, why did you give up?” Baizhi said, a bit helplessly. Zhanyue was just teasing, not daring to actually do anything. She didn’t really mind these things, and even looked forward to them a bit.

Zhanyue looked at the beauty in his arms helplessly, “Do you really not know anything?”

Baizhi asked, puzzled, “Know what?”

Zhanyue thought for a moment and decided to be honest with Baizhi. Just as he was about to speak, Baizhi’s face turned cold, her gaze becoming unfamiliar.

“How is it, feeling comfortable holding me?” ‘Baizhi’ asked, her tone icy. “Shouldn’t you remove your dirty hands from my clothes?”

However, Zhanyue didn’t listen to her, instead hugging her tighter. His hand even pinched a sensitive spot.

“You… you’re courting death!” Baizhi said angrily.

“If you have the ability, then burn me to death with fire,” Zhanyue said shamelessly.

Baizhi was speechless, “Forget it, it’s just a stinking sack of flesh. Let me tell you something important. First, you can’t tell her about my existence in advance. Second, you can’t ruin her body. She has a pure yin physique. If she loses her virginity prematurely, my technique will be flawed. You’ve been restraining yourself well before, and I’m quite satisfied with that.”

“Senior, what kind of existence are you exactly?” Zhanyue asked, a bit scared. Everything he did and said, the ‘her’ inside Baizhi could see and hear.

“I am Baizhi, and Baizhi is me. If she doesn’t mind intimate contact with you, then I won’t mind either. In the past, forget about such frivolous behavior, even approaching within three feet of me would have resulted in being burned to ashes. Now I can’t even generate a bit of disgust. I don’t know if cultivating this ‘Three Lives Reincarnation Art’ is good or bad for me. I came out this time because I feared your unintentional actions might ruin the future for both me and Baizhi.”

“Senior, you’re confusing me. When will you two merge? Will she still know me then?” Zhanyue asked worriedly.

“Confused? I’m the first life, Baizhi is the third life, and the memories of the second life haven’t awakened yet. It will be even more confusing then. You’d better hope that my second life didn’t fall in love with someone, or I might really transfer my affections,” Baizhi said with a cold smile. Her words really startled Zhanyue, his face turning black.

Seeing her tactics were effective, ‘Baizhi’ smiled smugly, “It’s so easy for me to tease you. Don’t worry, I was pure in my first life, pure in my second life, so the third life must also remain pure. Only when the three lives merge can the ‘Three Lives Reincarnation Art’ be considered complete. Whether you can have a taste then depends on your abilities. I don’t know what our personality will be like after we three merge. But we won’t forget you, at least.”

The first life of Baizhi retreated, and Baizhi returned to her usual self.

“What’s wrong, Brother Zhan? I seem to have zoned out for a moment?” Baizhi blinked innocently. Zhanyue withdrew his wandering hands, no longer in the mood to tease Baizhi.

“It’s nothing,” Zhanyue comforted her. The first life’s memories could hear all his words, so he didn’t dare say much. He could only sigh inwardly that having so many secrets wasn’t a good thing for this girl. But now he didn’t need to worry about her safety. Anyone who underestimated Baizhi would be in for trouble. “If I hadn’t interfered, the Golden Pill Cultivator might have been incinerated by the South Ming Fire. I guess I’ve done a good deed. If I have the chance in the future, I should ask him for some reward money.”