All Things Are Contracts

Chapter 181: The Purpose of the Visit

In Zhanyue’s courtyard, Baizhi was lying in Zhanyue’s arms, enjoying his service. Zhanyue was peeling grape-sized spirit fruits and feeding them into Baizhi’s mouth. His fingers occasionally touched those soft cherry lips, sending a tingling sensation through both of them. It was rare that Holy Maiden Lixi and Nangong Weilai were both hiding inside cultivating, allowing the two to share an intimate moment in the courtyard, feeling warm and cozy. After all, it had been a long time since Zhanyue had been alone with Baizhi. Time seemed to return to their days on Ghost Island.

Given their level of intimacy, even if Zhanyue wanted to do something more intimate, Baizhi wouldn’t refuse. But Zhanyue remembered what that ‘person’ inside Baizhi had said. For Baizhi’s future, he couldn’t really ‘eat’ this girl, but collecting some interest in advance was still acceptable.

“Ahem.” A cough interrupted the two. Only then did they realize how careless they had been earlier, not noticing someone approaching so close. Baizhi awkwardly stood up from Zhanyue’s embrace, straightening her disheveled clothes.

“It seems I’ve come at an inconvenient time,” Huang Xueqing’s beautiful eyes ‘mischievously’ surveyed the two.

“No… you’ve come at the right…” Zhanyue was about to complete the sentence when he suddenly realized something was wrong. “You… how did you get in?” He had given orders outside that even if the king of heaven came, no one was to disturb him, refusing all meetings. As the Illumination Goddess’s disciple, even elders like Thunder Lord and Alchemy Daoist had to give him face, so naturally, he wasn’t afraid of offending anyone.

Huang Xueqing walked to the stone table and sat on a stone stool. She was still wearing her veil, but those lively eyes made Baizhi feel hostile. This woman, could what Nangong Weilai said be true, that she also had a thing with Zhanyue? Baizhi couldn’t help but give Zhanyue a suspicious glare.

“Miss Huang, how did you get in?” Zhanyue was a bit exasperated.

“It’s like this,” Huang Xueqing smiled. “I just told the guard at the gate that I was your mistress. If he didn’t believe it, he could come in and ask. He thought for a moment and then didn’t dare to stop me. Simple, right?”

Zhanyue was dumbfounded hearing this. “Wouldn’t that damage your reputation, miss?”

Huang Xueqing said carelessly, “You know it’s fake, I know it’s fake, and now Miss Baizhi knows it’s fake. As for that guard? He wouldn’t dare to spread rumors even with ten thousand guts. How could it damage my reputation?”

Hearing this, Zhanyue nodded. That was indeed true. Nangong Weilai said Huang Xueqing was scheming; he didn’t believe it at first, but now he was starting to. She looked so innocent, like a fairy among flowers, yet her thoughts were hard to fathom. Not evil, but giving a very strange feeling.

“Why have you come to find me so late?” Zhanyue naturally didn’t have much interaction with her and couldn’t guess her intentions.

“Find you?” Huang Xueqing let out a silvery laugh. “Some people really have a high opinion of themselves. I came to see Sister Baizhi.”

Baizhi, who had been standing aside coldly watching the situation develop, didn’t expect Huang Xueqing to say this. Find her? For what? They didn’t even know each other.

“I heard my master say that Elder Alchemy Daoist praised you as an unparalleled genius in alchemy rarely seen in thousands of years. Elder Alchemy Daoist is someone even my master respects and admires. To receive such praise from him, I naturally became very curious. Later, I found out you were living in this courtyard, being kept like a precious treasure by someone,” Huang Xueqing said.

Hearing the phrase “kept like a precious treasure,” Baizhi’s face turned red. She stared at Huang Xueqing and asked, “Has Sister Huang come to discuss alchemy experiences with me?”

Huang Xueqing nodded, “It’s a rare opportunity, I couldn’t miss it. Now that I’ve secured a spot, with nothing else affecting me, I came to find you.”

“Congratulations, Sister Huang. I watched your match too. You’re really amazing. Even that powerful Fan Longyu was no match for you,” Baizhi praised sincerely.

“Just a bit of cleverness. Let’s not talk about that. Do you have an alchemy furnace here? I happen to have several alchemy problems that have been troubling me for a long time,” Huang Xueqing asked, completely ignoring Zhanyue.

“Yes, I have one in my room,” Baizhi said.

“Then let’s go in,” Huang Xueqing suggested.

“What about me?” Zhanyue smiled bitterly. “I’m also an alchemy expert, you know.”

“You… It’s late at night. It wouldn’t be appropriate for a grown man to be in a room with two young ladies, would it?” Huang Xueqing smiled, then followed Baizhi. Baizhi turned back and made a face at Zhanyue, telling him to behave himself.

Zhanyue watched the two beautiful figures leave and smacked his lips. Women’s friendships really develop quickly. “Just wait, Huang Xueqing. There will be a time when you beg to be in the same room with me. We’ll see if you’re still so reserved then.” Zhanyue naturally wasn’t referring to that kind of thing, but to something he had that he believed Huang Xueqing wouldn’t be able to resist.

For a moment, only Zhanyue was left in the courtyard. He looked up at the sky. The night was beautiful, and the star transformed from the Illumination Goddess was particularly bright in the night sky.

“Maintaining this state must be really hard for sister. I wonder when it will end,” Zhanyue sighed. However, the only way he could help the Illumination Goddess was to become stronger as quickly as possible.

He took out a purple piece of wood from his space and threw it out. Then, with a thought, that purple wood transformed into a tall figure, the Ghost Shark Clan avatar with facial features identical to Zhanyue’s.

“Come, fight!” Zhanyue threw the Heaven Painting Halberd from under his Silver Moon Armor to this avatar, which was just right for its physique. He himself held the Heaven Punishing Demon Sword.

When the sun rose, Huang Xueqing finally came out of Baizhi’s room, looking radiant and refreshed. Although a night of alchemy was tiring, she had learned many things from Baizhi, insights that even her master didn’t have.

“Sister Baizhi is truly an unparalleled genius. If you weren’t already part of the Thousand Beauties Kingdom, I would definitely persuade my master to take you as a disciple. This night of exchange has been very fruitful for me,” Huang Xueqing sighed. She was also a top student, but in a different specialization.

“Sister Huang is too kind. Sister Huang has gone very far in combining alchemy and medicine. I’ve learned a lot too,” Baizhi said as she came out.

“Hey hey, so early in the morning, and you’re already complimenting each other. No need for that, there are no outsiders here,” Zhanyue appeared inopportunely beside the two.

“Oh? It seems someone is jealous,” Huang Xueqing looked at Zhanyue and smiled, her beautiful eyes making Zhanyue’s heart flutter. This woman was also a monster.

“Not inviting me to explore alchemy, you’ve missed out on my treasure,” Zhanyue thought, and the Earth Mother Golden Cauldron appeared beside him.