All Things Are Contracts

Chapter 91: Open Scheme

The Ghost Boat Master remained silent as the small boat slowly drifted away from Ghost Island. Soon, the eerie fog dissipated, and Black Whale Island appeared before the two again after a year, still that rarely visited small island, unchanged.

After disembarking, looking at the gradually receding boat and Ghost Boat Master, the two sighed with emotion, not knowing when they would be able to enter Ghost Island again. However, the Human Heritage Realm was the shared wealth of the Human Race. Zhanyue felt this matter wasn’t just his alone.

“Sister, where are you?” Zhanyue asked hurriedly. After leaving Ghost Island, his connection with the illumination Goddess finally resumed.

“I’m rushing to the Alchemy Capital of the Thousand Charms Empire. You’re out?” The familiar voice rang in Zhanyue’s mind again, only then allowing him to feel at ease. The illumination Goddess was his biggest backer in this world.

“I’m out. Many things happened this year, I need to have a good talk with you.” Zhanyue sighed as if meeting an old friend he hadn’t seen in a long time.

“Okay.” The illumination Goddess didn’t say more. She could feel Zhanyue’s changes, it was a kind of sublimation. This kid was much stronger than a year ago. “I traveled the world this year, living freely. I’ll wait for you in the Alchemy Capital. It’s been a long time since we met.”

A hint of a smile appeared at the corner of Zhanyue’s mouth. The illumination Goddess had finally finished her investigation of the current state of the world and planned to return to his side. From now on, he had a big thigh to hug, and an super thick one at that.

“What are you smiling about so sneakily?” Baizhi beside him asked, seeing Zhanyue’s sudden smile.

“Nothing, just happy.” Zhanyue said.

Baizhi looked at Zhanyue, her eyes complex. After leaving Ghost Island, her problem could no longer be delayed. She also didn’t exchange for the pill formula, although the pill formula couldn’t solve her problem.

“Don’t worry, you’re my person, you can’t run even if you want to.” Zhanyue comforted.

Baizhi’s pretty face reddened slightly, her eyes full of resentment. Although she was still wearing a veil, Zhanyue could feel her shyness. “What do you mean… I’m your person, I haven’t agreed to anything.”

As the two flirted, they suddenly felt two auras appear not far away.

Baizhi’s expression changed. “It’s Bai Wu and Bai Liu, they sensed my aura.”

Sure enough, not long after, two people in identical attire, wearing blue tight-fitting clothes, with short hair, sharp eyes, and an overbearing air, appeared before the two. They were Bai Wu and Bai Liu, the Bai Family’s two trusted subordinates tracking Baizhi. The two had calculated the timing and waited early on Black Whale Island.

Bai Wu was at the fourth level of the Star Profound Realm while Bai Liu was at the third level. At this moment, the two could no longer pose any threat to Zhanyue. Zhanyue just looked at them coldly.

“Y-Young Miss, you entered the Profound Realm?” The two were startled upon sensing Baizhi’s aura. Baizhi was just in her early twenties, yet she had already entered the Profound Realm. The two of them were in their late thirties when they entered the Profound Realm, already considered to have outstanding talent. Only then were they selected by the Bai Family Patriarch to join the guard squad and become the Bai Family’s trusted aides.

“That’s right, so what? You still want to catch me and take me back?” At this moment, Baizhi no longer feared the two. Using her Charm Phantom Divine Art, she could easily run away. She was now a Profound practitioner and no longer someone who didn’t know any martial arts. That poisoned dagger would also not be something the two could endure.

The two exchanged glances. They didn’t expect Baizhi to become so bold. Then Bai Wu said with a wry smile, “Young Miss, if you don’t come back with us, I’m afraid our lives won’t be secure. Also… we won’t forcibly catch you, but there is one thing we must inform you of.”

“What is it?” Baizhi asked. She and Zhanyue suddenly had a bad premonition.

“Old Madam… Old Madam is afraid she won’t last much longer. She misses you dearly.” Bai Wu said.

At this moment, Zhanyue could clearly feel Baizhi’s body tremble and then shake violently. He quickly gripped Baizhi’s small hand and comforted, “What they said may not be true.” Zhanyue felt a bit helpless. He knew the Old Madam they mentioned was Baizhi’s grandmother, currently her only direct relative and the only one in the Bai Manor on her side. To think the Bai Family would use such an open scheme. Regardless of whether what the two said was true or false, Baizhi would have no choice but to return.

Bai Wu and Bai Liu’s pupils fiercely contracted upon seeing the hands held together. What they feared most had still happened. But at the moment, they didn’t dare make a scene.

“I… I’ll go back with you.” Baizhi thought a lot but ultimately decided to return. Her grandmother’s health had always been poor. What the two said might not be false. She at least had to go see her grandmother one last time. She looked at Zhanyue apologetically and said, “Sorry, originally I wanted to slowly figure out a solution with you. But don’t worry, no matter what, I won’t marry that Golden Pill Elder. Baizhi will always belong only to you.”

Baizhi tore off her veil, revealing her exquisite features. Tears welled up in her eyes but she held them back from falling. She directly embraced Zhanyue and kissed him. This kiss lasted a long time, making Bai Wu and Bai Liu’s scalps go numb. They secretly thought that the Golden Pill Elder was already being cuckolded.

A long while later, Zhanyue felt those parting lips and dissipating warmth, his heart and soul shaken. He didn’t know when Baizhi’s feelings for him had taken such deep root, and how could he not like this pure and beautiful girl.

Zhanyue looked at Baizhi and comforted, “Don’t worry, go back. It’s good to go see your grandmother too. I’m afraid you’d regret it for life otherwise. Rest assured, I’m far more capable than you think. Leave your problem to me to solve.”

Then, Zhanyue turned to look at the two from the Bai Family and said coldly, “Baizhi will go back with you. You should have seen what happened with us. Help me pass a message to the Bai Family Patriarch. Baizhi’s lifelong matters are for her to decide. If she suffers any grievances after returning, I will certainly come knocking to demand an explanation! The consequences are probably not something the Bai Family can bear.”

Bai Wu and Bai Liu already had opinions about Zhanyue. Hearing these words, how could they not be angered?

“Where did this wild brat come from, he’s really boasting! A chap who hasn’t even entered the Profound Realm dares to threaten my Bai Family?” Bai Wu and Bai Liu found it laughable. A kid at the fifth level of Controlling Spirits used some method to deceive the Young Miss’s affections and even dared to boastfully threaten the Bai Family. The Bai Family Patriarch was a seventh-level Alchemist and a Spirit God Realm powerhouse. That Golden Pill Elder was also a seventh-level Alchemist and a Spirit God Realm powerhouse. This was truly an ant trying to shake a tree, utterly foolish.

Just as the two were looking on disdainfully, Zhanyue’s figure disappeared and then appeared behind the two.

“Be careful!” The two sensed a spine-chilling feeling from behind and were about to circulate their Profound power.

“Roar!” However, a terrifying roar suddenly rang out. The two felt their souls freeze and nearly fainted. It was the ‘Soul-Suppressing Roar’ divine art Zhanyue obtained from the Soul Bone.

Zhanyue’s index fingers on his left and right hands pressed against Bai Wu and Bai Liu’s rear shoulders. Scorching Heaven Finger was immediately activated, piercing through the two Profound practitioners’ bodies like two lines of flaming lasers. Then Zhanyue used the Earth Traversal Technique again to return to Baizhi’s side.

“You two, if the two attacks just now were aimed at your heads, you would be two corpses now!” Zhanyue said with a cold laugh.

Bai Wu and Bai Liu’s expressions were extremely complex. They could feel the intense pain from their shoulders. Although Zhanyue launched a sneak attack and took advantage of them being off-guard, it was an utter humiliation for the two Profound practitioners to be successfully ambushed by someone who hadn’t entered the Profound Realm. What was that figure shifting technique? The Earth Traversal Art? And what was that roar that attacked their souls and made them dizzy? What was that attack that could easily pierce their bodies? These were all formidable techniques they had never seen before.

The two no longer dared underestimate Zhanyue. They weren’t brainless people. For a young man to have such abilities, either he had great fortune or a great background. If it was the former, that was still fine. If it was the latter, then it would be troublesome. Offending him without knowing his identity was not a good thing.

“We’ve experienced Young Master’s techniques. We’ve also taken note of the words Young Master entrusted us to pass on. May we know how to address Young Master so we can report to the Patriarch.” Bai Wu looked at Zhanyue with a complex expression. After taking a healing pill, his complexion improved a lot. Although they might not lose in a head-on battle, it was as Zhanyue said. If Zhanyue’s goal in ambushing them just now wasn’t to show off, but to kill them, then they might already be dead. So he didn’t dare look down on Zhanyue.

“I am Zhan Zilong of Changshan!” Zhanyue left a big name. At this moment, whether it was his real name or a fake name didn’t matter because he wasn’t famous at all. However, he cautiously still gave a pseudonym.

The three all furrowed their brows. Bai Wu and Bai Liu were puzzled because there were no famous clans with the Zhan surname under the Heavens. The most famous was just the City Lord of Rising Sun City in the Eastern Kingdom. Meanwhile Baizhi was confused about where Changshan was and what the heck ‘Zhan Zilong’ was.

“Young Master Zhan, we’ll remember that.”

Bai Wu and Bai Liu called over a boat that had long been prepared and took Baizhi away. Baizhi, dressed in all black, stood at the stern of the boat, looking at Zhanyue with reluctance. Zhanyue watched the boat gradually receding into the distance, his heart also filled with complex emotions. “Damn it, once I reach the Alchemy Capital, I’ll bring Sister to raid the Bai Family if I have to, exterminate that Golden Pill Elder, and take her away.”

However, Zhanyue didn’t want to do that unless absolutely necessary. Baizhi was, after all, a member of the Bai Family. She grew up there since childhood. If she was labeled as betraying the family and biting the hand that fed her, how could she face others in the future? And what then? Have Baizhi follow him to wander the world? Zhanyue felt he still needed to think of a more reliable solution. The illumination Goddess was his nuclear weapon. It’s not like he could use a nuke to solve every problem.

“Shit, I forgot one thing. They took the boat and left! How am I supposed to get back?” Zhanyue suddenly realized this issue.