All Things Are Contracts

Chapter 120: Parting (2)

In Myriad Purple City, Baizhi excitedly browsed from stall to stall, while Zhanyue just followed behind her, watching over her. For these few days, Zhanyue had only been accompanying her to enjoy herself freely. Until the princess’s mansion was completed and Baizhi truly moved in.

The servants from the Bai family and Baizhi’s grandmother were all brought over. As for the Bai family and that family ranking competition, they were no longer important. With the princess as their backing, even if the Bai family ranked at the bottom among the families, who would dare to look down on them or offend them? At least Bai Yulou hadn’t completely fallen out with Baizhi, and Baizhi still had feelings for the Bai family, so the Bai family was currently in a mysterious state of stability.

Outside Myriad Purple City, Baizhi’s eyes were full of reluctance. Parting was inevitable, and now was the time. She didn’t want to restrict Zhanyue’s freedom, but she was still very reluctant to part.

“Cultivate well, delve into pill refining, and pay attention to martial arts too. Next time we meet, I’ll be checking, you know,” Zhanyue said, holding Baizhi’s hand. A Alchemist’s status is given by others, but true strength comes from oneself, so Zhanyue still hoped Baizhi would have some self-protection ability.

“I’ll entrust these two little ones to your care,” Zhanyue looked at the two little cat spirits rubbing against his legs. It was inconvenient for him to travel with them, and the two little cats currently had no combat power. Keeping them in his storage ring wasn’t a good choice for him or for the two little cat spirits. With Baizhi, they wouldn’t have to stay in the cramped storage space, and Baizhi could nurture them with the best resources.

Baizhi picked up the two little cats and nodded.

“Don’t be like this. I’m just going to study. When I advance to the Profound Realm, I’ll come back,” Zhanyue said. “Don’t forget, even if we’re far apart, we can communicate at any time. We’re already much luckier than others.” Zhanyue felt this space divine ability was truly wonderful. Baizhi could refine pills in the rear, continuously supplying him, and if he needed any herbs for pill refining, he could ask Baizhi to collect them for him.

Unable to bear looking at Baizhi’s eyes any longer, Zhanyue took a deep breath, summoned the Heaven Punishing Demon Sword, and flew away on it, quickly leaving Myriad Purple City. He feared if he lingered any longer, he really wouldn’t be able to leave.

Only after Zhanyue had completely disappeared from sight did Baizhi turn to go back to her mansion. The princess’s mansion had just been built, and many miscellaneous matters still needed her decision, including which herbs to plant in which fields. But thinking that she could write to Zhanyue at any time, and Zhanyue could immediately sense it, she wasn’t so sad.

“Yesterday I had another idea. I wonder if I can develop this kind of fifth-grade pill,” Soon, Baizhi immersed herself in pill dao again, temporarily forgetting the sorrow of parting.

Zhanyue, flying away on his sword, finally breathed a sigh of relief as Myriad Purple City faded into the distance. Baizhi’s situation was temporarily resolved satisfactorily. With the Empress’s protection, no one in the Thousand Charms Empire would dare to have designs on Baizhi.

“Sister, this journey to the Eastern Kingdom’s Academy Town is long. I’m afraid only you and I will be companions,” Zhanyue knew the illumination Goddess was always hiding in a place he couldn’t see, her methods mystical. The Light Contractor’s mastery of light was unparalleled.

“Perfect. All along, I’ve only been orally teaching you some knowledge and techniques, without personally training you. On this journey, I’ll help you build a solid foundation,” the illumination Goddess smiled.

Zhanyue’s heart sank, thinking to himself that he was in trouble. He feared he wouldn’t escape beatings on this journey.

“You now possess quite a few techniques and battle skills, and even have divine weapons like the Heaven Punishing Demon Sword and extraordinary skills like the sword flight technique. If you can integrate them all, your strength will surely advance again,” the illumination Goddess said. Zhanyue now had contract objects like the illumination Goddess, the mysterious watch, and the Earth Mother Golden Cauldron. He had mastered two high-grade flames, the Solar Essence Fire and the Earth Vein Ghost Fire, along with two cultivation techniques, the ‘Earth Vein Ghost Fire Body Forging and Pill Refining Method’ and the ‘Sun illumination Scripture’. His battle skills included the ‘Flame King Blast’, ‘Heaven-Burning Finger’, and ‘Phantom Form Sword Technique’. For movement, he had the ‘Phantom Light Step’, and the Silver Moon Armor as his trump card. Ordinary Profound Star Realm experts were no match for him.

“It’s a pity. I know the imperial seal of the Thousand Charms Empire is my contract object, but I can’t take it away. I wonder what benefits that thing could give me,” Zhanyue said with some regret. But this matter couldn’t be rushed. If the Empress knew he was coveting the imperial seal in her hands, it would be another trouble.

“Sister, I have an idea. I wonder if the ‘Phantom Form Sword Technique’ can be integrated into the ‘Twelve Light-Splitting Swords’. If I could use the sword flight technique to perform the ‘Phantom Form Sword Technique’, it would surely make opponents unable to defend,” Zhanyue said.

“The idea is good, but integrating two techniques is not an easy task. You’ll have to put in a lot of hard work on this journey,” the illumination Goddess agreed with Zhanyue’s idea. “Also, you need to study well the ‘Sun illumination Scripture’ that little girl gave you. I’ve looked at it. It’s an extremely profound soul cultivation method, though unfortunately only males can cultivate it. Not to mention anything else, you’re quite good at deceiving young girls. She gave you such a rare technique without any hesitation.”

“Sister, is that deceiving? We exchanged true hearts. To help her get the princess title, I even gave away the divine object of the Longevity Pill formula,” Zhanyue said.

“Is that so? I remember you picked up this pill formula in the Mountain Goblin’s underground palace, getting it without any effort. Moreover, I see you were the most excited about that little girl becoming a princess. The princess who is so noble outside is at your mercy in private,” the illumination Goddess said teasingly.

Zhanyue blushed, his thoughts exposed. Ever since the illumination Goddess removed her divine facade, Zhanyue felt she was simply a witch.

“Speaking of nobility, who could be nobler than you, Sister? Sister, how long can you stay this time?” Zhanyue tried to change the subject but failed.

“Noble? What, do you want to ‘bully’ me?” the illumination Goddess found teasing Zhanyue to be quite enjoyable.

“…….” Zhanyue was speechless. “Alright, Sister, I still prefer your lofty, otherworldly appearance.”

“I played the role of the divine maiden others saw for a lifetime in my previous life. Living again, I don’t want to constrain myself like that anymore,” the illumination Goddess said lightly, then added, “I’ll see after I send you to the Academy Town. The Nightmare Clan has become so clever and cunning now, I need to investigate why. They’ve even learned to hide their strengths, which is unbelievable.”

“Be careful, someone is following you,” the illumination Goddess suddenly warned.

“Following me? Aren’t I in the sky?” Zhanyue, who was concentrating on sword flight, was startled. Could it be a Spirit God Realm expert? Who could it be?

“Not Spirit God Realm, it’s a Sun Profound Realm expert, with extremely heavy killing intent. Actually, I noticed a few days ago that a killing intent was often locked onto you. But seeing you and that girl playing so happily, I didn’t tell you, not wanting to disturb your time together before parting. After you left Myriad Purple City, he followed. He seems to be using some special flying device,” the illumination Goddess said.

“Sun Profound Realm? Sister, don’t intervene. Let me play with him,” Zhanyue knew that if the illumination Goddess acted, this Sun Profound Realm expert would probably be instantly killed, which wouldn’t be interesting. But he was curious about who wanted to deal with him. The Bai family? The Golden Pill Cultivator’s people? Both seemed unlikely. They didn’t know his background and wouldn’t dare to act rashly.