Rebellious Contract Beast

Zhu Qingtian was furious when he saw this. There were two reasons for his anger. The first one was of course Wu Gong's despicable behavior. They were originally fighting between the two of them, but Wu Gong took advantage of his inattention and swung his blade at the weakling below!
It's like two tigers fighting each other, and one of them suddenly runs over and kills the other tiger's cub. It's so insidious and shameless!
But objectively speaking, both of them are equally good. After all, Zhu Qingtian relied on his high level of cultivation and used his Dharma body to demolish the Evil Tiger Hall into ruins. This was something that no one else had done and was really excessive.

It was totally his retribution to meet Wu Gong.

The second reason is also what made Zhu Qingtian most angry. In a duel between masters, the outcome of life and death is often decided in a flash. In this situation, Wu Gong was able to distract himself and attack his subordinates. It was clearly a disguised way of looking down on him!

How could Zhu Qingtian bear this anger?
The spiritual power all over his body was vibrating, and he forced Wu Gong back several feet away. Then he stood up and rushed forward.

"you wanna die!"

With a roar, he quickly swung the magic weapon in his hand, and the strong wind he stirred up was like waves, one layer after another, and one layer higher than the other. The attack was like a rainstorm, all falling on the opponent.

Wu Gong switched from offense to defense, calmly dealing with each of Zhu Qingtian's attacks. The speed was so fast that it was dizzying. For the gang members below, their movements were completely unpredictable.
The fight between the two was hard to resolve. It was supposed to be a fight between the Tiger Gang and the Pillow Knife Society, but now it completely turned into a duel between Wu Gong and Zhu Qingtian. Others could not intervene at all. Once they were trapped, it would be no different from seeking death. Therefore, they could only be spectators and cheer for their own boss.

However, if the fighting continues like this, it is hard to say when the winner will be decided, but what is certain is that the area where they are will definitely suffer extremely serious damage.

So before long, a large group of soldiers on horseback rushed over from a distance and surrounded everyone without saying a word.

"Stop!" With a loud shout, a man in official uniform walked forward and raised his hand slightly. A powerful pressure enveloped everyone.

Wu Gong and Zhu Qingtian were unwilling to see this, but when they saw the city official come out in person, they had to stop and did not dare to kill indiscriminately.

And this battle just ended like that.

Shen Yi also heard about this later, but he didn't take it too seriously. After all, it wasn't a bad thing.

In this battle, the so-called leader of the Tiger Gang unveiled his mysterious veil and appeared in the public eye. At the same time, he also clearly told Zhu Qingtian that the Tiger Gang was never a soft persimmon that he could easily bully, and the Xu family should not think that they could take down the entire Tiger Gang by relying on Zhu Qingtian alone.

Shen Yi did nothing these two days except taking some pills to digest the red qi. When he had nothing to do, he would spread a blanket by the steps in the front yard, bask in the sun and sleep. At night, he would play the game of house with the old witch, in which the evil master bullied the slave.

The old witch usually makes some elixirs, and when they are almost done, she plucks the strings of her zither. If there is really nothing to do, she will sit in the pavilion with a plate of snacks and a pot of tea for the whole afternoon.

Today, Shen Yi surprisingly did not stay in the front yard, but sneaked to the back door.

"Xuan Li? Have you arrived yet?"

"Here we are, wait for me to open the door."

After looking around and making sure that there was no one around, Shen Yi pulled the door open. Outside the door, Wu Sheng was observing the surrounding environment with a sneaky look.

"Did you bring anything?"

"I brought it. Here it is."

I saw him take out a package of something unknown from the storage space, wrapped tightly with cloth. When I opened it, I saw several pieces of gold, shining in the sun.

When Shen Yi saw it, his eyes lit up. He quickly snatched it and weighed it with his paw. It was one hundred and fifty taels, the weight was correct.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Yantao had some connections and actually got the gold.

"Great job! Keep it up."

"Can you share some? We brothers have also contributed a lot of effort." Wu Sheng asked, rubbing his hands.

Hearing this, Shen Yi glanced at him, took out a small box from the storage space and pushed it to him.

"This is your reward, okay?"

Wu Sheng hurriedly opened the box, but was greatly disappointed when he saw what was inside. It was filled with silver ingots. There were not many pieces, but probably about one thousand taels.

"Why is it only this much? I can take this gold to the bank and exchange it for at least another four or five hundred taels of silver."

"Come on, if it wasn't for my idea, would you have the money? Besides, isn't the money from the Tiger Gang enough for you to spend?"

"That's true, but this is gold..."

"Alright, alright, I know what you want to say. I'll talk to the old witch about the elixir. You guys go back and wait for news."

"Master Xuanli is so generous!"

"Get lost, remember, don't tell that old witch a word about the gold, if it goes to waste none of you will have a good life!"

"Yes, yes, then Master Xuanli, I will go back first?"

"Go! Go! Go."

After closing the door, Shen Yi took one of the pieces of gold, put it in his mouth and bit it. After confirming the hardness, he nodded with satisfaction, humming a little tune and went forward.

If I calculate, I can melt another big gold brick in two days, which is really wonderful.
"Gold loves me, I love gold, the money is coming in, yoyochekenao~sigasiga! Um, old witch?"

Returning to the backyard, Shen Yi suddenly found that the pavilion was empty. The old witch was rarely inside. He turned his head towards the front yard. For some reason, the old witch and Zhu Hong and the others had all gone to the main hall.

Moreover, the number of people was not right. There were only six people in the entire Mingyan Courtyard, including Zhuhong, the old witch and four maidservants, but there were nine people in the hall.

"Well, it looks like we have guests."

Shen Yi muttered something, thought about it, and then walked towards the hall.

"You're too polite, Chu Yun. We can do it ourselves."

"Yes, the reason why I haven't come to visit you for so long is that a lot of things happened in the master's family. Please don't blame me, Miss Chuyun."

"This is...Xuan Li?"

When Shen Yi came in, the conversation in the hall paused, and the three people sitting on the side all looked at him.

He Jianchuyun nodded and replied, "Yes, he is Xuan Li." After that, he winked at Shen Yi, signaling him not to mess around.

Shen Yi couldn't help but curl his lips at the situation. He simply walked to the side and hunched over, looking at the three people with his eyes.

Of the three people, one was sitting and two were standing, all of whom he did not know. The one sitting was wearing a brocade suit, very elegantly dressed, and looked to be in his twenties or nearly thirty, obviously a member of a certain family.

The other two people standing next to him were wearing tight clothes and had very strong bodies. Their temperaments were not what ordinary people had. They looked very much like the retainers served by those big families.

Shen Yi's gaze slowly moved downwards and soon landed on the tokens on the waists of the two retainers. These were silver-plated but had gold edges and had the word "Zhao" engraved on them.

"He's from the Zhao family in Hengzhou."

Shen Yi was very surprised. He thought that the Zhao family would never show up. But it was the Tsurumi clan that was wiped out, not the Zhao family. The head of the Zhao family was the old witch's grandfather. How could he cut off contact with her like this?
"Chu Yun, Xuan Li is so thin, is there something wrong with him?"

"Xuan Li has a perverse personality. He usually doesn't want to stay in the spirit-loving instrument. His body is too large to move around outside. This is what he did on purpose. Don't worry."

"I see."

"What stage has Xuan Li reached now?"

"It should be almost adolescence."

"So fast!"

"Uh... I fed him a lot of beast-nourishing pills, so it's not that fast..."

"..." After chatting about some random things for a while, the three members of the Zhao family finally turned their eyes away from Shen Yi and continued to talk about the previous topic with He Jianchuyun.

"What happened to the Zhao family? Is it serious?"

"Well..." The young man sitting on the chair hesitated for a moment and said, "Chu Yun, you don't have to worry about the Zhao family's affairs. This time I came here mainly to see how you are doing and whether you are doing well. Seeing that you are safe and sound, I feel relieved. I can also report to the head of the family when I go back."

"Thank you for your concern, cousin. Although I am far away in Jiangzhou, the Zhao family is still my maternal family. I can't just ignore it. If you encounter trouble, maybe I can find a way to help you. Isn't it a little too polite for you to hide it from me, cousin?" He Jianchuyun was a little dissatisfied and said to the young man with a frown.

The other party was stunned when he heard this: "This... Chuyun, you said it before. I have never treated you as an outsider. Naturally, someone will worry about the master's family's affairs. You know that there is no benefit except adding trouble. I am doing this for your own good."

"Is it serious?"

"Not really... Alas~" The young man suddenly sighed and continued, "Since you want to know, I'll tell you. Since you left, the head of the family has been busy dealing with the people from the Cha Ying Division. You also know that the minions of the Xiang family have been looking for you..."

The young man slowly recounted what happened to the Zhao family after the Tsurumi family was wiped out.

After the news that He Jianchuyun had contracted a Class A God of Life spread, she became a hot commodity in the eyes of the Daliang royal family.

There are too many royal children who are extremely talented but have bad luck and have contracted low-level destiny gods. They are all eagerly waiting for the right person to come to them.

Tsurumi Hatsuyun is undoubtedly the best person to be sacrificed to, and he is the only top-grade A-level god of life. There may not be another one like him in the world!

In order to find her, several factions of the Daliang royal family tried their best, resulting in the number of strong men guarding the border in the south of Daliang increasing several times. Among them, even Ming-level saints went there, just to make the future of the younger generation in the family longer. This shows how much effort the Daliang royal family put in.

If He Jian Chuyun had chosen to go south to Dahong because he was too lazy to do so, he would probably be a walking corpse now.

However, the powerful men from all sides in Daliang and bounty hunters chose to go south to look for her, which was also due to the Zhao family's confusion. It was pure luck for him to be targeted by Feng Dingzhang, but he was also in bad luck.

Because of this, the Zhao family caused dissatisfaction among the royal family of Daliang, especially King Geng. Although they could not wipe out a large family at will, the royal family had many ways to make a family disappear, such as targeting Jiyuansi.

Then a particularly coincidental thing happened in Hengzhou City. Three alchemists simultaneously announced that they would sever ties with the Zhao family and would no longer supply them with elixirs. But this was only the beginning. Afterwards, the prominent Hengzhou family, the Tan Tai clan, deliberately distanced themselves from the Zhao family. Without a backing, and under the targeting of the other three families in Hengzhou City, the Zhao family lost control of the local ghost market. They were stuck in all aspects, which was quite uncomfortable.

Having lost their backers and access to cultivation resources, the Zhao family is in a very dangerous situation. Although nothing may be seen in the short term, in just half a year, the younger generations in the family will begin to fall behind others. If time goes on for a little longer, when the older generation passes away, the Zhao family will only decline and regress to a second-tier family. At that time, the Zhao family in Hengzhou City will undoubtedly be a little lamb squeezed among three evil wolves. One can imagine what the ending will be.

The royal family is like a mountain pressing down on one's head, making it hard to breathe. Even if one wants to resist, one is powerless. The only thing one can do is to be like the Chen family in Jiangzhou, put away one's fangs and claws, and try one's best to please the royal family. Maybe one day they will see pity for oneself and let bygones be bygones.

But no one knows when the day will come when the royal family will have mercy on them. It is a very long time coming and the process is extremely bumpy.

To make matters worse, not long ago, a family war broke out between the Zhao family and the Wudong family. It was because of this war that Xiang Tao and Boyan, who were originally arranged to come to Jiangzhou to serve as guards for He Jian Chuyun, were urgently recalled.

"What happened then?"

"This battle was stopped only after the Tantai clan sent people to intervene. Two spiritual masters from the Wudong clan were seriously injured. As for us..."

"Ok?"

"We lost an ancestor, and the head of the family was seriously injured and has been bedridden ever since. In addition, many other people also died, including Zhao Jingfeng and your uncle..."

"Who?" He Jianchuyun was stunned. He didn't hold the teacup firmly in his hand, and it fell to the ground with a "bang", breaking into pieces.

Her emotions got out of control for a moment, and the aura of the peak of the Pure Level emanated from her unconsciously, startling the young man.

"...Chu Yun you..."

"I'm fine, don't worry... Which uncle is it?"

"Zhao Bingwen...when I searched for the body, I only found a head. Sigh~"

Tsurumi Hatsuyun quickly restrained his breath, then sat in the chair without saying a word.

"Miss……"

Zhuhong who was standing beside her wanted to speak to comfort her, but when she saw that the situation was not right, she quickly shut her mouth.

The atmosphere in the hall was eerily quiet. He Jianchuyun didn't look at anyone. He lowered his head slightly, clenched his hands tightly, his knuckles turned white, and there was a terrifying murderous intent flowing wildly in his eyes.

"Xiang clan, Wudong clan..."

She didn't know what tone she used when she pronounced the two surnames in her mind. Anyway, at this moment, the hatred and murderous intent in her heart reached its peak.

When she becomes invincible, perhaps she will do what Ju Junquan did hundreds of years ago, slaughtering her former enemies with thundering means and exterminating the entire clan with her own strength!

And Qing Yi from Qingyuan Sect actually killed his own mother in front of him. This is unforgivable!
...(End of chapter)