"Aaaaah! You damned human! You despicable bastard! Who gave you the right to make a pact with me! Untie me right now!"

"Ahhh! I am of noble nine-headed lion blood! How dare you, a mere human, become my master!"

"I'm going to eat you! I'm going to have my father eat you! Ahhh!"

Bazhou was furious and struggled desperately, roaring and shouting at Xiao Feng.

Xiao Feng still had some reservations, so he didn't sign a master-servant contract, but rather an equal contract between a human and a demon beast.

Even with an equal contract, it's not easy to break it.

Besides, the little lion doesn't understand that much.

It had only heard from the elders of its tribe that those humans liked to capture their people, then sign master-servant contracts, turning them into pets and mounts.

The thought of this poor little lion becoming Xiao Feng's pet and mount drove Ba Zhou even crazier.

Unfortunately, it could no longer harm Xiao Feng.

"Little guy, let me remind you, you are now my contracted beast. If you hurt me, you will be punished twice as severely."

"Besides, you clearly have a prejudice against humans. If you hadn't tried to eat me, why would I have attacked you? If you hadn't insulted me, why would I have made a contract with you? I didn't even kill you, did I?"

Xiao Feng began to deceive Bazhou.

After hearing Xiao Feng's words, Ba Zhou couldn't think of any rebuttal for a moment.

It stared at Xiao Feng with its round eyes, glaring angrily, and only knew how to roar at Xiao Feng, demanding that he break the contract with it.

Xiao Feng helplessly spread his hands and said shamelessly, "It's not that I don't want to break the contract, but if I break the contract with you now, I will suffer the backlash myself."

"And your father will definitely not let me go. Even for my own life, I would never break the contract."

"I can promise you that I will break the contract as soon as I am safe."

Ba Zhou was swayed by Xiao Feng's words and asked foolishly, "You're not lying to me, are you? The Great Elder said that you humans love to lie!"

Looking into Ba Zhou's clear, foolish eyes, Xiao Feng spoke without changing his expression: "The struggle between the human race and the demon race has lasted for so many years. The human race often speaks ill of the demon race. But is your demon race really that bad?"

Bazhou was once again swayed by Xiao Feng: "Of course not! We demons are the best! Unlike humans, we're not full of schemes and tricks!"

Xiao Feng said, "Humans think that you demons are full of schemes and tricks, and that you are particularly cruel and bloodthirsty, but I know that you are definitely not that kind of demon."

"So I am not human as you think. I assure you, as long as I can leave the demon race safely, I will never hurt you."

Bazhou was completely confused by Xiao Feng, and a voice in its heart told it that Xiao Feng might really be a good person.

Moreover, Bazhou had previously heard the elders in his clan say that humans were particularly terrifying.

Once a demon is captured, a master-servant contract will definitely be signed immediately.

If the captured demons are of no use to them, they will skin them alive and dismember them.

But Xiao Feng didn't do those things to it; he only made a contract with it to save his life.

Bazhou thought that if it were Xiao Feng, it would be understandable for him to make a pact with the demon race in order to survive.

Xiao Feng keenly sensed that the little lion in front of him had softened its attitude towards him slightly.

He then deliberately acted as if he particularly admired the nine-headed lion, and asked the little lion about the nine-headed lion.

Bazhou idolizes his father the most.

Not only is it a majestic lion king, but it also owns such a large territory.

It dreamed that it would one day become a lion as majestic and powerful as its father.

It told Xiao Feng a lot about the Nine-Headed Lion.

Aside from the secrets that the Nine-Headed Lion lineage wanted to keep, it revealed everything else to Xiao Feng.

Xiao Feng appropriately feigned shock and admiration, completely baffling Ba Zhou, who quickly revealed all his secrets.

What excited Xiao Feng even more was that the treasure guarded by their lion demon clan was actually the Xuanwu Tree, which was extremely precious and rare among humans.

"It's actually the Profound Enlightenment Tree?!" Xiao Feng was completely shocked when he heard the words "Profound Enlightenment Tree".

This time, his shock was very real.

Seeing Xiao Feng's ignorant appearance, Ba Zhou said smugly, "You don't know what the Xuanwu Tree is, do you? I heard from the Great Elder that the Xuanwu Tree has a particularly precious use for both humans and demons!"

"It can enhance your comprehension, increase the success rate of certain things—basically, it's something extremely precious. Only our Lion Demon Clan can protect such a valuable treasure! Now you know how powerful we are?"

Xiao Feng nodded frantically.

This time he truly understood how powerful the lion demon was.

Xiao Feng changed his mind.

Originally, he planned to take Bazhou around the territory of the Nine-Headed Lion to see if there were any more high-grade spiritual herbs, or even top-grade spiritual herbs.

But after learning that the treasure guarded by the Lion Demon Clan was actually the Xuanwu Tree, Xiao Feng became interested in it.

"What's your name?" Xiao Feng asked the little lion.

"Listen up, my name is Bazhou! Ba means domineering! Zhou means the land of Yizhou! My father said that I will have my own territory in the future!" the little lion said proudly.

Xiao Feng quickly said, "Alright, Bazhou, I want to discuss something with you. I want to make a deal with your Lion Demon Clan!"

The Xuanwu Tree is very precious, but its effect on the demon race is not as great as that on the human race.

Moreover, if Xiao Feng could obtain the Profound Enlightenment Tree, he could further enhance his strength and realm, and also use the Profound Enlightenment Tree to comprehend more of the rules of heaven and earth.

He had been searching for the Mysterious Tree for a long time, but had not found it.

Now that he had heard about the Profound Enlightenment Tree here, Xiao Feng did not want to miss this opportunity. He wanted to exchange some treasures that the demon race could use for the Profound Enlightenment Tree.

"Making a trade? What kind of trade do you want to make?"

In order to gain Bazhou's trust, Xiao Feng took out all the meat skewers he had grilled earlier from his system space and gave them all to Bazhou.

As soon as Bazhou saw the food, he immediately lowered his guard against Xiao Feng and started eating the meat skewers in big bites.

After Bazhou finished eating all the meat skewers, Xiao Feng said, "I have many, many treasures here, some of which can also be used by the demon race."

"I still have some pills here. I know that very few alchemists can be found among your demon race, and the pills you refine are not as pure as those refined by humans."

"I'd like to exchange these treasures and elixirs for the Profound Enlightenment Tree. What do you say? If the deal goes through, I can immediately terminate your contract."

Upon hearing Xiao Feng's words, Ba Zhou immediately bared his teeth and said, "I knew you humans were after our treasures!"

"Don't think I don't know how much the Profound Enlightenment Tree can help the human race. There is absolutely no way I will let my clan make this deal with you. You can forget about it!"