The air was deathly still.
Not only the yellow-skinned rat spirit, but its furry face was filled with a blank expression that seemed to say, "Am I hallucinating?" Even the surging demonic wind around it seemed to freeze for a moment, as if even the rules of heaven and earth were confused by this earth-shattering answer.
The weasel's request for a title, to put it bluntly, means that it enjoyed the enormous favor of "transforming into a human" or even "ascending to immortality" that it shouldn't have been entitled to. Therefore, the karmic burden that is equal to or even more terrifying than this favor must be borne by the unlucky guy who gave the ill-advised reply.
However, it's really hard to say whether this prerequisite of "working from 6 am to 9 pm, a monthly salary of three low-grade spirit stones, no days off all year round, and working until the next life" can really be considered a blessing.
Even the most ruthless Heaven can distinguish between "eternal life" and "never being able to be reborn."
And so, the human and the demon stared at each other, waiting for the will of Heaven to make its decision, for a full three seconds.
"Bang!"
A soft sound was heard, accompanied by a wisp of golden-brown smoke.
When the smoke cleared, there was no longer any majestic yellow rat spirit on the boulder.
Instead, a boy who looked to be about fourteen or fifteen years old was huddled up and squatting in the same spot.
He had a head of fluffy, soft short hair that shimmered with a dark golden sheen even in the dim forest. His large, round eyes were unfocused and wet, with a pitiful redness at the corners. Combined with his pert nose and slightly parted lips, he looked exactly like a bewildered little beast that had been toyed with by fate.
Let's look at Shen Zhaozhao again.
This wicked woman not only did not suffer any of the karmic repercussions that would have shattered her soul, but instead felt extremely refreshed.
She sheathed her sword with a "whoosh," her movements so fast it was as if she was afraid he would run away. In a few steps, she darted in front of the boy and, without the slightest hesitation, vigorously ruffled his short, fluffy, dark gold hair twice.
It felt silky smooth and warm to the touch, still carrying a trace of the lingering warmth of its newly transformed demonic energy. Shen Zhaozhao exclaimed sincerely, "Truly worthy of being a demonic beast that has just achieved the Golden Core stage, the feel of it is just different!"
The boy shuddered as she rubbed him, and his blank, empty eyes finally focused.
He tremblingly raised his fair, human hand, turning it over and over to look at it, then touched his smooth cheek in disbelief. Finally, his gaze settled on Shen Zhaozhao, who was smiling exceptionally brightly before him.
The huge gap in his understanding instantly shattered his newly reconstructed worldview.
"Aaaaaaah!!!"
A piercing scream rang out, and the boy sprang up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. Pointing at Shen Zhaozhao, he screamed in despair, "Are you sick?! Are you a psychopath?! What kind of rubbish did you spout?! You believe I'll bite you to death right now and do justice to heaven!!!"
After shouting, he actually bared his white teeth and let out a threatening growl, as if he was about to pounce on this damned bastard and tear him apart!
However, the moment the boy moved, it was as if he had crashed into an invisible, indestructible wall.
"Well!"
He groaned, his entire body frozen in mid-air, maintaining an extremely awkward pouncing and biting posture, unable to move even a finger.
Shen Zhaozhao slowly withdrew her hand, looking leisurely at the contract worker who was being held down by the power of the rules, her smile growing even brighter.
"Xiao Huang, your ideological awareness is not good enough."
She stretched out her finger and poked the boy's soft cheek without any hesitation.
"You forgot? My exact words were 'a hardworking, conscientious, and devoted contract worker who'd be working for me for the rest of his life'!"
Shen Zhaozhao leaned close to the boy's ear and began to whisper devilishly, "How could a 'diligent and hardworking' employee possibly harbor even the slightest thought of killing your future wise, powerful, benevolent, and magnanimous master?"
juvenile:"?!?!"
Xiao Huang was so angry that her whole body was trembling, her lips were shaking, but she couldn't utter a single word. Only her beautiful big eyes quickly filled with tears of humiliation, which swirled wildly in her eyes, about to fall but not quite. She was extremely aggrieved.
Looking into those round, tearful eyes and that delicate, pitiful face... Shen Zhaozhao's heart skipped a beat.
Isn't this appearance... a bit too cute?
However, despite the evasive action, the next second, Shen Zhaozhao still ruthlessly pulled out a dazzling jade contract from her storage bag.
Just kidding, what's wrong with flashing it once?
Does flashing by mean I don't have to work for her anymore?
"Look at you, so pathetic and ignorant!"
While comforting Xiao Huang in a tone of "I'm doing this for your own good," Shen Zhaozhao spread out the contract and said, "Don't worry, I'm the kindest person, and I can't stand seeing a promising talent like you take the wrong path."
"So, before I came, I specially asked a fellow Daoist from the Beast Taming Sect to prepare a welcome gift for you~"
The moment the words left his mouth, the jade contract, gleaming with a dark golden light, was firmly placed right under the boy's nose.
At the top of the contract, a line of large, golden characters, written in a flamboyant and elegant style, almost blinded Xiao Huang: "Nine-Nine-Six Blessings and Heart-to-Heart Contract."
The tiny characters below are densely packed together, and every word exudes a sinister, heartless stench of "selling oneself to death."
The tears that had been welling up in the boy's eyes suddenly burst forth!
He stared in horror at the ominous contract, desperately trying to shrink back!
But he can't move!
It just won't move!
That damned power of the rules pinned him to the spot, leaving him no choice but to watch helplessly as that damned woman, with a smile even more despicable than those demonic cultivators, approached him step by step!
"Don't be afraid, okay?"
Shen Zhaozhao's voice was extremely low, carrying a tenderness that sent chills down one's spine: "Come on, let's sign this 'blessing'~"
"Sign it, and from this day forward, you'll be my, Chen Zhaozhao's, glorious, official, contracted spirit pet~"
"Buzz!"
The dark golden contract seemed to sense its prey, suddenly bursting forth with dazzling golden light, and mysterious runes began to writhe as if alive—
"No, no!!! Ahhhhh!!!"
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