Seeing this, Hong Shunzhi raised his hand and set up a purification array around him, then touched his forehead with his index finger, muttered a few words, and withdrew it.

Seeing that his eyes were gradually clearing, he said, "I am Hong Shunzhi, the city lord of Hongcheng. The Xu family has now suffered a devastating disaster, and only these few pheasants remain."

“If you are not in my Hongcheng, then you are not under my jurisdiction. But if you are in my Hongcheng, I cannot let you do as you please. Please understand.”

Tengshe looked at him coldly, but didn't argue with him anymore. After all, if it weren't for him, he would have fallen into demonic possession.

"I'll release them if you want, but I want to take everything from the Xu family. The Xu family cultivates by extracting the spiritual power of human spirit beasts, and I am a prime example of what they did."

"I'm going to destroy those things to prevent the Xu family from making a comeback."

The fact that he explained it that way is already quite generous of him.

Hong Shunzhi glanced at the surviving children of the Xu family and nodded, "Do as you please."

He knew a little about what the Xu family had done, but the Xu family had become much more restrained afterward, and no more people had gone missing in Hongcheng, so he stopped paying attention.

Now it seems that it was because the Xu family imprisoned this person.

Having done too many bad things, now the retribution has come.

It's inevitable that they'll retaliate, and what he said isn't wrong; it's best to destroy those evil practices.

The Xu family's wealth, if not comparable to the city lord's mansion, is not much less.

Everyone was envious of the city lord's generosity.

Tengshe collected all the storage artifacts from the Xu family members, and then searched their storeroom, various rooms, and secret chambers, finding everything hidden in the shadows.

Shu Jianyue's lips twitched at the sight. "Is this Teng Snake some kind of golden rat? How come it managed to find something that was hidden so well?"

Chong Jiu held her hand and smiled, "He's just more sensitive to smells. Where there's an entrance, there's a gap, so he can naturally find it by smell."

"Impressive ability!" Shu Jianyue's eyes lit up.

"You like it?" Chong Jiu looked at her.

“I like…” Shu Jianyue glanced at him, but seeing the danger in his eyes, she immediately changed her words and said, “I like his abilities.”

He changed his tune, but then he was secretly annoyed. Why did he change it? What was he afraid of?

Chong Jiu smiled and nodded, "Then bring him under your command."

Shu Jianyue looked at him, "Would they agree?"

"That depends on your skills," Chong Jiu said with a smile.

Shu Jianyue glanced at him sideways and then looked at Tengshe.

She was thinking about how to seduce him... no, recruit him into her ranks.

By this time, Tengshe had already looted the Xu family's belongings. Looking at the trembling little brats, Tengshe snorted coldly and walked over.

Hong Shunzhi thought he was still going to kill them, so he blocked his way.

"Didn't we agree..."

The Teng Snake glanced at him, pushed him aside, and pointed its finger at the forehead of the child in front.

After reviewing all his memories and confirming that there was no such evil technique in them, he let go.

Then he walked directly towards Chongjiu and the others.

Those blocking their way automatically made way, and thousands of eyes were watching the Teng Snake's next move.

Mythical beast!

Previously, it was said that divine beasts had appeared in the Ten Domains. It was not that no one in the Eight Desolations was tempted, but in the end, they were still afraid of the divine power and no one dared to provoke such bad luck.

Now that divine beasts have appeared in the Eight Desolations, we must see them to our hearts' content, so that when we brag in the future, we can say that we have seen divine beasts.

Tengshe bowed to Chongjiu and said, "Thank you for saving me, Your Majesty."

Chong Jiu nodded and looked at Shu Jianyue.

Shu Jianyue coughed lightly and said, "Well, Tengshe, are you interested in forming a contract with me?"

"Don't worry, I have excellent resources here that can help you evolve and transcend tribulation into a divine dragon in the shortest amount of time. Are you interested?"

That expectant look on his face made him look like a conman lying to a child.

Tengshe's eyelids twitched involuntarily, making him feel that making a contract with this woman would be like entering a pit of fire.

don't want!

He looked at Chong Jiu and asked, "Divine Lord, who is this?"

"My wife." Chong Jiu still had a smile on his lips as he looked at Shu Jianyue with a pleasant gaze.

The Teng Snake looked at him in surprise. He had married a human wife?

Before he could figure it out, Shu Jianyue tossed him two spirit fruits and transmitted her voice, saying, "See that divine beast over there? That's Zhu Yan. It evolved after eating the spirit fruits I gave it."

[If you form a contract with me, you'll definitely get plenty of spirit fruits. Believe me, if you eat a few, you too can evolve into a divine dragon.]

[Isn't that a great deal?]

The Teng Snake looked at her as if she were a fraud.

Seeing his reaction, Shu Jianyue knew he didn't believe her, so she continued babbling: "Hey, don't be so skeptical! Why don't you ask him? I also have a divine beast called the Sky-Rising Hou. This one used to be just a Sky-Soaring Monkey, but it evolved into the Zhu Yan after eating a spiritual fruit."

The Teng Snake's eyelids twitched even more.

You should know that his original form didn't have eyelids and never twitched them, but because of her, they've twitched several times now.

Therefore, she must not be a good person. I should stay away from her, otherwise she might scheme against me and I'd probably end up counting money for her.

Besides, how could a rocket monkey possibly evolve into a Zhu Yan? Does it look that stupid?

Seeing Shu Jianyue's coaxing-like manner, Chong Jiu shook his head and looked at Tengshe, saying, "You'll know once you eat these two spiritual fruits."

"The effects on humans are not as good as those on you, but it still has the effect of evolving the spiritual veins."

However, he didn't know whether Zhu Yan had actually evolved after eating this spiritual fruit.

However, Shu Jianyue said that was the case.

The Teng Snake looked at him for a while, then ate the two spiritual fruits.

Sensing the spiritual power and some strange energy within the spiritual fruit, the Teng Snake was stunned.

That actually works!

"So, do you want a contract?" Shu Jianyue looked at him expectantly.

Even Gu Pingsheng, who was standing next to him, could hardly stand it anymore.

He looks just like a con artist trying to fool a child. Seriously, couldn't he have acted less eager? That way, people would be more likely to believe him.

But if it were him, he would probably be just as eager, after all, it's a divine beast!

However, he did not know that Shu Jianyue's reasons for wanting to form a contract were different from his; Shu Jianyue valued the Teng Snake's treasure-hunting ability.

He simply revered it as a divine beast.

Yu Chuan, holding Wu Yan, stepped forward and whispered to Shu Jian Yue, "Mother, watch your expression."

Wu Yan nodded in agreement, thinking that his master looked like a fraud.

"Oh, Mother was in such a hurry that she forgot." Shu Jianyue touched her face, her expression instantly becoming serious.

Tengshe's lips twitched. He looked up at the sky, then pulled him to a secluded corner to prevent eavesdropping. He even set up a barrier there.

After finding out the origins of the sky and how it made a pact with Shu Jianyue, he even gave the sky a sympathetic look.

Sky looked at him blankly, "What kind of expression is that? Do I need your sympathy?"

"I'm being lenient by not pitying you, yet you pity me."

He's been soaring along with his master, why would he need any sympathy?