All Things Are Contracts

Chapter 155: Deal

After working for a while, the old man finally stretched. He had evenly distributed the mysterious ancient active microbes on the surface of the Silver Moon Armor, then applied a layer of unknown “oil”. The entire suit of armor now gleamed brilliantly, shining with silver light.

Zhanyue eagerly put it on. The originally “stiff” metal armor now fit perfectly, as flexible as wearing a beast hide garment. Moreover, Zhanyue felt that while the previous Silver Moon Armor could resist sharp weapon cuts, it had limited absorption against blunt impacts. Now it not only retained the metal properties but also gained beast hide characteristics, significantly improving its absorption of blunt force impacts and elevating its defensive capabilities to a new level.

“This really is a treasure,” Zhanyue was overjoyed. His investment in this old man hadn’t been in vain.

“The secret of the ancient active microbes isn’t just this. Remember how they first came to life by absorbing beast blood? In the future, if you have the chance, you can soak the armor in beast blood, letting the active microbes absorb and feed. It will surely surprise you. The higher the quality of the beast blood, the better the effect should be,” Bai Bole continued to explain.

“Is that so? I’ll remember,” Zhanyue nodded, planning to try with high-quality beast blood later.

After leaving Bai Bole’s place, Zhanyue was in high spirits. The Silver Moon Armor was his strongest trump card, and now this trump card had made another qualitative leap. How could he not be happy?

“Everything is arranged,” Zhanyue took a deep breath and landed in Gong Xiaoyu’s courtyard.

Gong Xiaoyu had very few teaching duties and spent most of her time in free activities. She was quite a homebody, hiding at home to cultivate every day. In her words, she had been busy with official duties in the Thousand Charms Empire, but now in the academy, she could seize the time to cultivate well in preparation for the great changes of the ages.

“Knock, knock, knock.” Zhanyue politely knocked on Gong Xiaoyu’s courtyard door. Soon, a familiar female voice came, “Come in, I’m in the cultivation room.”

Passing through the small courtyard, Zhanyue entered Gong Xiaoyu’s cultivation room. Gong Xiaoyu was wearing light green clothes with her hair down, without makeup, sweat still on her forehead and hair. Zhanyue realized that this woman was not only beautiful but also had an excellent figure. He only dared to glance briefly before averting his eyes, reminding himself not to look improperly.

Gong Xiaoyu used profound energy to dry the moisture from her body, then put on a long robe, covering her shapely figure. People often compare women to water, but Zhanyue knew this woman before him was truly made of water. Gong Xiaoyu smiled slightly, and even without makeup, she was still enchantingly beautiful.

“What are you looking at?” Gong Xiaoyu said teasingly.

“Uh,” Zhanyue withdrew his gaze from Gong Xiaoyu, embarrassed, “Should I go out first so you can dress up?”

“What? Do I look that bad?” Gong Xiaoyu asked in return.

“No, not at all. Lady Gong is naturally beautiful, how could you look bad?” Zhanyue quickly said, knowing he needed her help and should speak sweetly. “In terms of beauty, Lady Gong probably surpasses all in the Thousand Charms Empire.”

Gong Xiaoyu giggled, “Won’t Baizhi be jealous if she hears you praising other women like this? Besides, how many people from the Thousand Charms Empire have you seen to say I surpass them all? Let’s talk business. You didn’t come here just to flirt with me, did you?”

“I wouldn’t dare,” Zhanyue took out the pill and said seriously, “Senior Alchemist gave me a ninth-grade pill. This pill can help me quickly break through to the Profound Realm. However, the pill is explosive, with fierce medicinal effects. I fear I won’t be able to suppress its power after taking it. I cultivate a fire-based technique, and this pill is also an extremely strong fire-attribute pill. It needs to be suppressed with gentle water power. Looking across the world, only you, Lady Gong, are most suitable to protect me and help me refine this pill.”

Gong Xiaoyu looked at the pill and could feel its intense fire attribute power. “That senior really thinks highly of you, willing to give you a ninth-grade pill. So you’re just looking for me to protect you. I thought…”

“Thought what?” Zhanyue asked, puzzled.

Gong Xiaoyu gave him a sideways glance, “I didn’t expect you to be so innocent. I can certainly help you with protection, but what benefit do I get?”

“Benefit?” Zhanyue didn’t know how to answer for a moment, so he said, “Whatever Lady Gong needs me to do, as long as it’s within my ability, I’ll naturally do my best.”

“I do indeed have something I need your help with,” Gong Xiaoyu said. “I assume you’ll be entering the Book World soon. I want you to obtain something from the Book World for me.”

“What thing?” Zhanyue wasn’t surprised that Gong Xiaoyu knew about the Book World, but he was puzzled about what she wanted, as he hadn’t obtained anything yet.

“I don’t know either. Anyway, we’ll talk about it after you come out of the Book World,” Gong Xiaoyu actually didn’t know either, as the Thousand Charms Empress hadn’t said what the item was, seemingly saying it out loud would affect causality.

“I don’t know what the Book World will be like either. What if I don’t get that item?” Zhanyue asked again. Gong Xiaoyu’s request was indeed strange. If she really needed him to get something from the Book World, she could just tell him directly. Saying she didn’t know seemed odd.

“You don’t need to worry about that. When the time comes, I’ll know whether you’ve obtained it or not. Just don’t break your promise,” Gong Xiaoyu said.

Zhanyue spoke seriously, “I’m not one to break my word. As long as what I bring back from the Book World includes what you need, I’ll naturally keep my promise.”

Gong Xiaoyu nodded, “I believe you. Let’s begin then.”

“Right here? Don’t we need any extra preparations?” Zhanyue hadn’t expected Gong Xiaoyu to be so direct.

“It’s just helping you refine a pill, what extra preparations do we need? Prepare a bed?” Gong Xiaoyu teased. “This is my cultivation room, and no one dares to disturb us here. It’s perfect.”

Zhanyue laughed awkwardly. This woman had liked teasing him since their first meeting. It’s fortunate he was a gentleman. But… even if he had impure thoughts, he probably couldn’t beat her anyway, even wearing the Silver Moon Armor.

The two sat cross-legged. Zhanyue immediately swallowed the ninth-grade pill, instantly feeling as if he had swallowed a volcano. That volcano immediately erupted inside him, starting to burn his dantian and internal organs. His face was instantly covered with blue veins, the pain unbearable.

Gong Xiaoyu’s previous playfulness disappeared, replaced by a serious expression. She controlled gentle water power to enter Zhanyue’s body through his seven apertures, suppressing the “volcano”, letting it erupt slowly and gradually release its medicinal power.