All Things Are Contracts

Chapter 94: One Old, One Young

From the crowd, a young girl in green clothes walked over. Like a newly bloomed daisy, her fair face still had a look of childishness. Based on this world’s age, she was only about sixteen or seventeen years old, still a few years away from officially coming of age. Give her a few more years and she would be a devastating beauty. The little girl had her hair tied in two buns, with the rest of her green tresses hanging down to her waist. The material of that green silk dress was extraordinary. Under the sunlight, it seemed to be dyed with a layer of soft light, making her particularly eye-catching amidst the crowd, like the gentle moon in the night sky.

The most attention-grabbing thing was the white flower by the little girl’s ear. It resembled a peony but was much smaller. That flower seemed to be a living thing, its variety indiscernible, but it was not some artificial decoration. If an ordinary person wore this flower, it would appear gaudy and vulgar. However, on this little girl, it added an incomparable charm. The flower and the person complemented each other, both capable of toppling cities with their beauty. The red beauty and the flower’s splendor, neither wasting their youth.

On that pure and lively face, a pair of curious beautiful eyes stared intently at the two little cats. She handed the candied hawthorn stick in her hand to the old man behind her. That old man actually didn’t look old. Dressed in gray clothes, although he had white hair and a white beard, his skin was smooth and delicate, clearly skilled in nourishing his appearance. His stature wasn’t tall and straight, standing behind the girl like an old servant. The old man’s right hand held two iron balls that he was turning. He reached out his left hand to take the little girl’s candied hawthorn stick, also curiously observing Zhanyue and the two little cats.

“Can I pet them?” The little girl looked at Zhanyue and asked, her eyes filled with eagerness.

Zhanyue was completely defenseless against those eyes. Besides, there was a Spirit God Realm powerhouse standing behind the little girl. He nodded, just hoping this girl would leave after looking and petting enough.

The little girl bent down and petted the white cat. Little Snow was a bit scared and moved closer to Zhanyue’s leg.

“Don’t be afraid, little darling. Big sister won’t hurt you.” The little girl stroked the white cat’s soft fur, then extended her sinful hand towards Little Ink. Little Ink looked up at Zhanyue, the meaning in its expression probably being, can I scratch her?

Zhanyue quickly shook his head. This little girl went out with a Spirit God Realm powerhouse in tow. This was treatment only the Light Holy Maiden would have. Who knew what her identity was? She couldn’t be offended lightly.

The little black cat understood and allowed the little girl to pet it without resisting.

After playing with the little cats for a while, it attracted the attention of countless people around. Both the cuteness of the little cats and the stunning beauty of the girl were existences that drew gazes. But due to the powerful aura of that old man, the surrounding people didn’t dare come up to strike up a conversation.

“Are you selling these two little fellows of yours? You can name any price.” The little girl stood up. She also wasn’t used to being stared at by a group of people like this.

Zhanyue’s heart thudded. He secretly thought, not good, this old and young pair wouldn’t be trying to forcefully buy and sell, right?

“Not selling. These little cats have a close relationship with me. It’s not something that can be measured with a price.” Zhanyue refused. He needed to nip the little girl’s thoughts in the bud at the first opportunity.

The little girl furrowed her brows and asked again, “Then what about exchanging for techniques or pills? Definitely high-grade techniques and high-grade pills you can’t find outside.”

She hadn’t given up.

Zhanyue still shook his head and picked up the two little fellows. “I don’t treat these two little fellows as pets, but as friends. I won’t exchange them.” He was already prepared that if that old man wanted to forcefully buy and sell, he would escape at any time. After all, this was a big street. A Spirit God Realm powerhouse also couldn’t stoop so low as to make a move to kill him, right?

The little girl was out of options. She looked at Zhanyue a bit angrily. “Alright then. Can you tell me their species? I’ll go find similar ones.”

“Um…” Zhanyue was a bit awkward for a moment. The other party’s request wasn’t excessive. It’s just, these little cats were demon beasts from the previous Primal Era. Where would there be the same species in this world? Although they really looked similar to the cats Zhanyue was familiar with, unfortunately, this world only had dogs and no cats, let alone bred pet cats. Otherwise, how could the little girl be like this?

“They are close relatives of tigers, also a mutated lineage of tiger beasts. I can’t explain the specifics clearly either.” Zhanyue said. Although there were no cats, there were tigers.

“Really? Tigers are all big and fierce. How are they as cute as them?” The little girl didn’t believe it.

“Young Miss, when tigers are cubs, they indeed look very similar to them. At first, I also thought they were cubs of tiger beasts or leopard beasts.” The old man behind her explained. He just wanted to take this girl and leave quickly. They still had important matters. He never had the thought of forcefully buying and selling that Zhanyue was worried about.

“Oh.” The little girl looked at the two little fellows a bit reluctantly. Then her eyes lit up. She took out a purple sphere the size of a fist from a spatial ring.

“This battle technique is called《Twin Dragon Killing Formation》. It’s a double-attack technique suitable for beasts to cultivate. I’m giving it to you. You have to take good care of them. Don’t let them die, or I’ll be sad.” The little girl handed this technique to Zhanyue. Then she left with that old man.

The old man clicked his tongue, wanting to say something but stopping himself. Looking at the technique in Zhanyue’s hand, he really couldn’t muster the face to take it back. He could only sigh and quickly take this little miss who was like a child sending out wealth away. (Later in the text, techniques used for realm cultivation are uniformly called 《Cultivation Techniques》. Skills and moves used in actual combat are uniformly called 《Battle Techniques》. A complete set of《Cultivation Techniques》may come with some inherent《Battle Techniques》. Some《Battle Techniques》can only be used after cultivating specific cultivation techniques. From now on, they will be distinguished like this.)

Zhanyue looked at the extra technique that appeared in his hand, a bit dazed. The forceful buying and selling he imagined didn’t happen. He even got a battle technique suitable for the two little beasts to use for free.

“Young Miss, although our Moon Reflection Pavilion is rich and has countless treasures, it’s not for you to squander like this. That orange-grade beast cultivation battle technique is extremely rare outside. Beast cultivation techniques and battle techniques are inherently more precious and scarce than human cultivation ones. It is at least equivalent to a red-grade human battle technique. Next time you are willful like this, I’ll have no choice but to report to the Old Pavilion Master.” The gray-clothed old man lectured. He was also considered the little girl’s elder and wasn’t some servant. (White, Green, Blue, Purple, Orange, Red, Gold, Rainbow, Divine)

The little girl stuck out her tongue and nodded. “I know, Third Grandpa. I just really found those two little beasts cute and wanted to form a good connection with that young master. Didn’t Grandpa teach me not to cause trouble when out and about, to be friendly with people, and to form many good connections?”

“Form a good connection with him? Did you use ‘Divination Eyes’ to see his capabilities?” The gray-clothed old man was startled and hurriedly asked. He knew what capabilities his little ancestor in front of him had.

“That’s right. In the result of Divination Eyes, I used a secret art to defeat him. Without using a secret art, I’m not his match.” The little girl explained. “I think using one technique to form a good connection with such a talent isn’t a loss.”

The gray-clothed old man was stunned, standing in place. He knew the little girl was an expert at the third level of the Star Profound Realm, and all her skills were the secret arts of the Moon Reflection Pavilion. She had always been the one to defeat others at a higher realm. Today, she encountered a youth who hadn’t entered the Profound Realm. Without using a secret art, she would actually lose to him? It was simply unimaginable and inconceivable. “Is he from the White Cloud Tower?” The old man asked in puzzlement.

“He shouldn’t be. In Divination Eyes, the techniques he used: one for earth traversal, one marvelous movement technique, and a terrifying flame attack that could easily pierce through my defense. Completely different from those experts I know from White Cloud Tower. I didn’t even see through what his contracted item was.” The little girl said. If Zhanyue was standing here, he would probably be scared to death. That little girl hadn’t actually fought him, yet she knew even his trump cards.

“Ay, the world is indeed full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers. Both White Cloud Tower and our Moon Reflection Pavilion have underestimated the people of the world.” The old man sighed.

“Let’s go quickly. Don’t let Wind Lord wait for us too long in the Rising Sun Imperial Capital.” The two were headed in the direction of the imperial capital for this trip.

“That’s great. I can finally see Sister Lixi again. The last time we met was three years ago when Grandpa Wind Lord took her to Moon Reflection Pavilion to seek medicine. Unfortunately, our Moon Reflection Pavilion had no way to treat Sister’s illness. I don’t know how she is now.” The little girl said with some worry.

White Cloud Tower in the sky, Moon Reflection Pavilion in the human realm. With shallow fate, one cannot meet; with deep fortune, they come to the door themselves. This was a doggerel many people knew, referring to the two most mysterious organizations in the world, White Cloud Tower and Moon Reflection Pavilion. Zhanyue naturally didn’t know that the old and young pair he just encountered were people from Moon Reflection Pavilion.