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Ruan Qingyu walked even bolder until the person and the leopard were only an inch away from the cage.
To prove her credibility, she began to perform hand seals in front of the black panther. Phoenix flames, accompanied by a red glow, appeared before the woman and the panther.
Before the black panther, Ruan Qingyu's face, illuminated by the red firelight, possessed a divine quality. Her features were so striking that she resembled a goddess, her slightly closed eyes fluttering gently like butterfly wings.
The black panther let out a low 'snort'; it was beginning to believe the cultivator, even though her cultivation level seemed insufficient to even scratch it.
A mysterious contract totem gradually appeared in mid-air, radiating an unusual light. As Ruan Qingyu stopped making hand seals, the totem remained steadily suspended in mid-air, coalescing without dissipating.
Ruan Qingyu opened her eyes at this moment and saw the black leopard in the cage staring at her with its dark, beastly eyes.
He couldn't help but let a faint smile appear on his face, just to make himself seem less ill-intentioned.
With his right hand pointing upwards and his left hand as a blade, he made a cut at his fingertips. Instantly, a round drop of blood fell onto the totem.
"With this as our pledge, we will never harm each other, be of one heart and one mind, and never be separated." Ruan Qingyu chanted the incantation softly, her eyes fixed on the black leopard in the cage.
To everyone's surprise, after hearing the contract, the black panther suddenly took a half step back, its pupils revealing a human-like confusion.
It saw Ruan Qingyu's eager eyes, and the urgent, yet completely harmless, emotion emanating from the Soul Pill.
The black panther's drooping head suddenly rose again, and finally it roared, "Awoo, awoo, awoo, awoo." As the black panther's low growl subsided, the totem suddenly split in two.
It pounced on the two of them, its previously confused eyes widening in shock. This was because it had fully received the message of the contract; it was no ignorant beast.
It is precisely because I understand that I am struggling at this moment. However, the contract has now reached a critical juncture, and it cannot afford to fail.
Even Ruan Qingyu, who was focused on receiving the contract, only thought that it had become unwilling after discovering that the contract was a master-servant contract.
Now that things have come to this, she has no choice but to agree, even if she doesn't want to. She chose this contract precisely because she knew that once the contract was started, neither party could back out.
From its initial struggle, the black panther, seeing Ruan Qingyu's unwavering gaze, revealed a hint of helplessness in its beastly eyes. After a long while, it opened its mouth wide and spat out a mouthful of blood.
Upon seeing this, Ruan Qingyu was overjoyed. It seemed that it was willing to continue signing the complete contract, so she raised her left hand and made another cut on her right palm, and a large amount of blood flowed into the contract totem.
The golden-red totem gradually became brighter, accompanied by a breathtaking power surging in from above.
Both sides knew that this was the oppressive force of the Heavenly Dao's oath descending upon the world, and they were just waiting for the aura of the Heavenly Dao to dissipate. Then the contract would be firmly established in their dantian and sea of consciousness.
Ruan Qingyu used her divine sense to examine herself and saw that her previously empty sea of consciousness now contained a totem with the appearance of a black panther.
The black panther had shed its beastly nature and seemed to have become completely human. Its gaze towards Ruan Qingyu held a hint of mystery, but more than anything, it showed affection.
Ruan Qingyu's face was pale at this moment, simply because she had lost too much blood at once. But feeling the affection emanating from the black panther, she finally felt relieved.
Before she could feel at ease, the black leopard in the cage suddenly began to shrink from the height of a person until it was the size of a palm. With a howl, the black leopard collapsed to the ground.
Ruan Qingyu: "How could this be!" She hadn't even done anything to the monster, and it was gone just like that?
In her haste, she reached into the cage, intending to pull the black panther out. But the cage that had imprisoned the panther for countless years seemed oblivious to Ruan Qingyu's actions.
She let her lift the black panther out, looking at the little panther lying motionless in her palm. Ruan Qingyu frowned as she looked at it, her divine sense probing into its body was unimpeded, but she found nothing.
However, the black panther was still breathing. Seeing this, Ruan Qingyu did not hesitate and quickly retreated towards the outside of the forbidden area, hiding the palm-sized black panther in her chest.
The journey was swift, and tonight's operation proceeded smoothly as usual. When they returned to the courtyard, it was still pitch black, so there was no need to worry about being discovered.
Ruan Qingyu carefully took the little black panther out of her arms and placed it on the soft couch. She thought back to when they first met; the black panther was covered in wounds, but now it looked perfectly fine.
She simply assumed it had shrunk and then returned to normal. With one major issue resolved, Ruan Qingyu, feeling intensely sleepy, drifted off to sleep.
She slept very well until Ruan Qingyu noticed something tugging at her sleeve. She even let out a low whimper.
He suddenly woke up and immediately went to look at the soft couch. But he couldn't see the black panther. He tried to get out of bed, but then he saw a familiar figure at his feet.
"You're awake? What are you doing here? Are you hungry?" She showed none of the fear she had when dealing with the little black leopard, unlike when she was with the adult black leopard in its cage.
She even felt a pang of tenderness because the other person was so small. She reached out and patted the other person's head before getting out of bed.
Tomorrow is the last day, and if nothing unexpected happens today, some unexpected people will appear. If they are deliberately causing trouble, she will definitely not let it go.
The black panther, however, was completely different from the one in the cage; it seemed unusually affectionate towards her today. It kept circling around her feet, which puzzled her somewhat.
After thinking for a moment, flames rose from his palm, instantly forming a fireball. He then tossed it to the black panther, which opened its mouth and ate it.
Seeing this, Ruan Qingyu immediately grabbed it by the neck and picked it up to examine it: "This was for you to play with, how did you eat it?"
Looking around, the black panther appeared perfectly normal, without a single sign of injury. Only then did he put it back on the ground and whispered, "From now on, you'll stay by my side. Be good and you'll get meat to eat."
As they were talking, the voices of servants could be heard from outside the courtyard: "Miss Qingyu, I'll leave today's meals outside the door again."
Since they hadn't seen Ruan Qingyu for several days, the servants responsible for delivering the dishes assumed that she was having difficulty in guiding qi into her body.
However, their meal delivery schedule was fixed, so they would simply leave the food at the door regardless of whether anyone answered. But today was different; the wooden door opened quickly.
The two looked up and saw a woman in an orange dress lean out, holding out her hand and saying, "Thank you, give it to me. By the way, do you have any more?"
The two servants who brought the food were stunned for a moment, then immediately said, "Yes, yes, if Miss Qingyu needs these, we'll give them all to you. We'll go get more."
Upon hearing this, Ruan Qingyu gave a kind smile and said, "Thank you both." With that, she took the basket of dishes and took all the food from the two people's hands.
Only after the courtyard gate closed did the two of them come to their senses.
“Li Er, you’re saying this is cultivation? Your demeanor is completely different now. I see the disciples in the other courtyards looking listless, and some are as anxious as ants on a hot pan.”
Li Er shook his head: "I don't know, I don't know. Anyway, whether these people leave or stay is none of our business. Hurry up and deliver the vegetables."
Currently, Ruan Qingyu has not yet reached the Foundation Establishment stage and still needs to eat to maintain her strength. Once she enters the Foundation Establishment stage, she will be able to circulate the spiritual energy between heaven and earth within her body, achieving the state of abstaining from grains.
Upon entering the house, she saw the little black leopard standing on the ground, lost in thought. As soon as it saw her again, it immediately ran over.
"Good boy, you're much cuter than when you were in the cage." Ruan Qingyu patted the black panther's head and took the food out of the basket and placed it in front of the panther.
The food looked good to Ruan Qingyu, but the black leopard wouldn't even glance at it. It just kept circling around Ruan Qingyu, as if it would be happy just to be with her.
As it spun around, making purring noises, Ruan Qingyu looked at it incredulously and snapped her fingers.
A flame suddenly appeared in the air, making the black panther even more excited. Seeing this, Ruan Qingyu threw the flame to the black panther.
Sure enough, the black panther leaped and swallowed the flames whole.
"You can actually devour flames? Do you only eat things containing spiritual energy?" Ruan Qingyu looked at the black leopard, who was now lying obediently on the ground after eating its fill, with a puzzled expression.
Seemingly knowing she was asking him, the black panther looked up and sneezed. Instantly, a purple sphere crackling with lightning flew out, crashing into the ground and creating a crater.
With her eyes wide open, Ruan Qingyu was surprised that the black panther, now smaller, could still launch attacks. Although it seemed much weaker, fortunately, she had signed a contract with it, meaning that any future attacks from the black panther would be for her protection.
Seeing the genuine smile on Ruan Qingyu's face, the black leopard stared at her with its round eyes for a long time without blinking.
Seemingly thinking that Ruan Qingyu enjoyed watching it spit out balls, it simply opened its mouth and spat out several more lightning balls, leaving the floor of the house riddled with holes.
Seeing that the black panther was about to open its mouth again, Ruan Qingyu quickly reached out and covered its mouth.
"Stop spraying. Save it for dealing with my enemies. If you keep destroying this house, we won't have anywhere to stay for the next couple of days." Ruan Qingyu glanced back at the still intact bed and breathed a sigh of relief.
If the black panther weren't temporarily unable to communicate, she would have asked long ago if the Soul Pill could be removed. After all, it wasn't something inside her body, so she would feel at ease if it were removed.
But looking at the small black panther with its round eyes, it didn't seem like a demonic beast capable of normal communication.
After a while, Ruan Qingyu squatted down, facing the black panther: "Do you know about Soul Pills? Can you sense the Soul Pill in my body?"
Black Panther didn't speak, he just stared at her.
"If you can sense the Soul Core inside me, could you please take it out for me?" Based on her current contract with the Black Panther, Ruan Qingyu felt that she still had some advantages as the master.
Upon hearing the word "take out the Soul Pill," the black panther's ears twitched. It tilted its head, seemingly puzzled as to why this person wanted to take out the Soul Pill.
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