All Things Are Contracts

Chapter 81: The Mysterious Baizhi

“Heavenly King Bronze Cauldron?” Hearing these words, Zhanyue also suddenly awoke and came to Baizhi’s side.

“You know about the Heavenly King Bronze Cauldron too?” The fire lynx looked at Zhanyue.

Zhanyue nodded, “Legend has it that the Heavenly King Bronze Cauldron and the Earth Mother Golden Cauldron are the two supreme treasures of ancient alchemy. I’ve seen her cauldron many times but never noticed anything unusual.”

Baizhi was equally puzzled, “This cauldron is indeed an antique, kept in the Bai family’s treasury until I contracted it. But I’ve never felt anything special about it either.”

The fire lynx said with certainty, “There’s no mistake. This cauldron’s shape and the mysterious heavenly patterns on it are definitely the Heavenly King Bronze Cauldron. Unfortunately, it’s been sealed, so naturally you can’t feel anything special. One of my ancestors was once an attendant to an alchemy divine lord, serving as a fire-controlling beast. That divine lord once borrowed the Heavenly King Bronze Cauldron for pill refining, so I have its memory in my bloodline. There’s absolutely no mistake.”

“Is it really the Heavenly King Bronze Cauldron? Could it be a replica?” Baizhi asked excitedly, but still couldn’t help doubting.

“No, although this cauldron is sealed, its material won’t be different. I wouldn’t mistake it. What a pity, this girl is truly carrying treasures she can’t use. It’s the same with the South Ming Leaving Fire and the Heavenly King Bronze Cauldron. Whoever set the seal on this cauldron must be a great power. It’s beyond my ability to remove it,” the fire lynx said somewhat regretfully.

“Well then, you two stay here. I’ll go out and get you something to eat,” the fire lynx knew these two still needed food, so it went out to find some for them.

“Is this real?” Baizhi felt like she was dreaming. At this moment, she had dropped all disguises, revealing her most beautiful appearance. She had previously envied Zhanyue for mastering extreme fires and having an extraordinary cauldron, but now the fire lynx said she had the South Ming Leaving Fire and the Heavenly King Bronze Cauldron.

“Silly girl, it really is…” Zhanyue sighed, “I was lamenting earlier about how unfair heaven was, giving you such great alchemy talent but not the matching tools. Now it seems I overthought it. You must be heaven’s favorite daughter.”

“Hmph, what favorite daughter? I haven’t awakened anything, and this cauldron is sealed,” Although Baizhi was very happy, she remained calm. But she felt some relief, thinking this might reduce the gap between her and Zhanyue. She didn’t know when she had gradually started to like this guy, but compared to Zhanyue’s terrifying combat power and talent, she inevitably felt a bit inferior. Apart from pill refining, she could hardly do anything else, always feeling like she was holding Zhanyue back.

Zhanyue summoned his cauldron and smiled slightly, “Let me tell you a secret. This cauldron of mine is the Earth Mother Golden Cauldron. What a coincidence, right?”

Baizhi’s mouth opened slightly, but she also understood. This cauldron indeed had an extraordinary origin. Then she thought of the two supreme treasures of alchemy – she had contracted the Heavenly King Bronze Cauldron, and Zhanyue had contracted the Earth Mother Golden Cauldron. Didn’t this mean they were a match made in heaven? Thinking of this, Baizhi’s face turned bright red with embarrassment.

Zhanyue looked at her suddenly reddened face with confusion, “You didn’t blush when I kissed you earlier, why is your face so red now?”

“It’s nothing, who… who’s blushing. Before… before it was because I thought… I thought I was going to die,” Baizhi said softly. Never in her life had she felt so shy.

The more Zhanyue looked at this girl, the more adorable he found her. This little beauty was truly as pure as a blank sheet of paper, truly living up to her name. He reached out and pulled Baizhi into his arms, “What about now? You’re alive and kicking. Do you still dare to talk like that?”

Baizhi struggled symbolically a few times, then said with a red face, “What are you doing, you big liar, big pervert. How did I talk? You must be remembering wrong.”

Zhanyue looked at that cute and charming little face, red as if about to drip water, and stopped teasing her. Her face was too thin; this was already the limit of intimacy for them at the moment.

“By the way, I haven’t asked you. Earlier I felt my body was at its last gasp, why did it suddenly get better? Even eighth or ninth-grade healing pills shouldn’t have such a terrifying effect, right?” Baizhi asked. She had been puzzled about how she suddenly went from near death to full of vitality.

“I told you, it’s a secret technique. But I can only use it mouth to mouth. So don’t be afraid of getting injured in the future. Just let me kiss you, and you’ll be fine,” Zhanyue smiled, not minding teasing the beauty in his arms again.

“Don’t… don’t… I… I…” Baizhi thought for a moment, wanting to say she wouldn’t get injured anymore, or that she didn’t want him to kiss her, but couldn’t say either. Then she wondered if she was being led astray by him.

“You scoundrel, not a word of truth from your mouth. Who would believe that a kiss could heal injuries? You pervert, you rascal!” Baizhi said angrily, blushing.

“You don’t believe me?” Zhanyue smiled, then took out a small knife and cut his finger. Blood immediately flowed out.

“What… what are you doing?” Baizhi glared at him but took out a pill to stop his bleeding.

“No need,” Zhanyue gently kissed Baizhi’s delicate lips, like a dragonfly touching water.

“You!” Baizhi was about to get angry when Zhanyue showed her his finger.

“Look, it’s fine. The wound is gone,” Zhanyue said.

“Oh? It’s actually true,” Baizhi’s eyes widened. Even pills would take time to heal, but this secret technique healed instantly without even leaving a scar.

“I didn’t lie to you, did I? Just a kiss can heal,” Zhanyue was overjoyed inside. What could be more interesting than teasing such a pure and beautiful little girl?

However, Baizhi wasn’t stupid. She suddenly remembered something. “I remember now. Earlier when you blocked that leopard’s claws for me, your clothes were torn and you were bleeding. But when I looked again, there wasn’t a single wound. You didn’t kiss me then. You were just tricking me!”

Zhanyue’s smile froze, his lie exposed. Then he laughed awkwardly, “That was for healing myself. But to heal you, I must transmit true qi through the mouth. If you don’t believe me, you can try cutting your own finger and let me kiss it.”

Baizhi glared at him, crawling out of his arms and looking at him disdainfully, “Cut myself and then let you kiss me? Am I sick?”

“Hmph, and in the future, without my permission, you’re not allowed to hug me, much less kiss me!” Baizhi straightened her disheveled clothes. Zhanyue’s hands hadn’t been behaving, and she was a bit scared.

“Ahem,” an untimely voice sounded, “It’s time for you two to eat.”

The fire lynx had returned with many spirit fruits, all worth quite a few points. Baizhi didn’t dare eat any, afraid she might instantly advance to the Profound Realm and then be unable to return to the secret realm. The fire lynx had to get her some meat from wild beasts, the kind without much spirit energy.

Xue’er and Mo’er, the two little cat demons, were also let out by Zhanyue for some air. The two little ones saw the fire lynx and trembled all over, quickly hiding in Zhanyue’s arms. This was the pressure of a superior being.

“Oh? These two little beasts actually have the bloodline of the ancient divine beast Zouwu,” the fire lynx instantly sensed their bloodline and then withdrew its pressure.

Zhanyue was no longer surprised. In this secret realm, encountering any powerful spirit beast was possible.

“Young Zhan, can your treasure hold me?” the fire lynx suddenly asked curiously.

Zhanyue immediately said, “Senior, please don’t resist. I’ll try.”

Then Zhanyue tried to put the fire lynx into the spatial ring, but it wouldn’t go in no matter what.

“It’s no use. The spatial stability of your ring is too poor. It’s fine for these two little ones with weak strength, but trying to hold me is wishful thinking. What a pity, I wanted to go out with you to see the world,” the fire lynx said somewhat regretfully.

Zhanyue only now realized that this ring had limitations on storing living things. Those too powerful simply couldn’t be put in; the spatial stability wouldn’t allow it.

“Eat quickly, then study the Three Flavors Fire Fusion Technique well. As for these two little ones, let me train them for you. When they grow up, they’ll definitely be good helpers for you,” the fire lynx looked at the two adorable little cat demons and felt a love for talent. These were the younger generation of the demon race, also possessing ancient divine beast bloodlines.

Zhanyue nodded. This was like living in paradise, not only safe but also eating remarkable spirit fruits every day. A month of outside time passed, and Zhanyue’s strength had already reached the ninth stage of Spirit Communication. He could now challenge the Soul Control Realm.