"Signing an equal contract would be acceptable."
Xia Tianqiong thought about it and decided to back down.
After all, it is necessary to indirectly contract the cat demon by contracting it; it is impossible to actually kill it.
"There are over a hundred taels of gold. A ten-year contract is too short. It should be at least a hundred years."
"No, at most twenty years."
"Eighty years."
Thirty years.
After some haggling, one person and one trickster negotiated and finally agreed to sign a 55-year equal contract, which could be renewed or terminated upon expiration.
The old man, beaming with delight, held a pile of gold, feeling like he had fooled a complete idiot and gotten a great deal.
If it knew that Xia Tianqiong made money easily, it probably wouldn't have had this idea.
"Old man, I have a task for you."
"You need to pay me to do things for you."
The old man looked like a money-grubber.
This is where an equal contract is inferior to a human-made contract; allowing the supernatural to do things, or using its tricks, comes at a price.
Xia Tianqiong didn't care about spending money. "As long as the matter is settled, I'll give you another hundred taels of gold."
"Is this for real?"
The old man smiled like a chrysanthemum, but as he smiled, his expression suddenly froze, as if he had guessed something.
"You want to indirectly form a contract with my main body through me?"
When a clone with a contractual relationship re-integrates into the main body, the contractual relationship is also transferred to the main body.
However, this kind of contractual relationship can only have a partial effect on the subject and cannot completely bind the subject, so it is called an indirect contract.
Xia Tianqiong doesn't care whether it's an indirect contract or not. As long as she can establish a connection with the cat demon's true form, there will be plenty of opportunities to persuade it in the future and sign a complete contract.
"That's right, that's the matter. I'll have you leave in a bit to re-integrate with the other clones into your main body."
"I'm afraid that won't work."
The old man shook his head like a rattle drum.
"What? You think the money is too little? I'll add another hundred taels."
Xia Tianqiong desperately wanted to form a contract with the cat demon, Gui, which was a rare and ferocious demon with a demonic domain and enormous growth potential.
In its previous life, it eventually rose to the rank of Ghost General.
The old man shook his head again, "Once I leave this space, my true form will sense it and know that I have signed a contract with a human."
Given the nature of its original form, it would rather weaken itself and separate me from its own body than allow me to merge into it.
It stopped there.
Actually, there's another guess.
The main body could very well kill Xia Tianqiong, which would both break the contract and prevent the loss of a clone.
The old man's insistence on signing an equal contract was also based on this calculation.
"No way!"
Xia Tianqiong was a little skeptical, as this did not quite match the information he had received.
In his previous life, the ghost hunter didn't say it that way. He made a contract with a clone, and after the clone merged, he naturally made a contract with the cat demon.
The entire process proceeded without any abnormalities or accidents.
But now it seems that's not the case.
What went wrong?
Did the ghost hunter hide crucial information? Or was he just making things up to fool people?
If that's really the case, then Xia Tianqiong is truly in deep trouble.
He cannot indirectly contract with the cat demon, and therefore cannot resolve this life-or-death game.
Ultimately, he will most likely be killed by the cat demon.
Just as despair welled up in my heart, a sudden flash of inspiration struck.
"What if I contract all my clones? Wouldn't that be the same as contracting my main body?"
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