Rebellious Contract Beast

The girl stopped talking, just waved her hand to signal everyone around her to disperse, then she stood up and walked to a more open area in the backyard.

As she stopped walking.

Zhu Yanzheng seemed to come to his senses suddenly, with a look of surprise on his face.

How did she agree?
And you agreed so quickly?
He was a little messy, but he quickly calmed down.

No matter why she agreed so quickly, it's better this way.

After all, before coming to Mingyanyuan, he was still wondering what to do if He Jian Chu Yun did not agree.

Taking a deep breath, he walked towards He Jian Hatsuyun with his sword in hand until he stopped opposite him.

"Come on." He Jianchuyun said calmly and took out a sword, but this was not the Broken Rainbow Sword, it was just an ordinary iron sword.

Shen Yi in the pavilion shook his head as he watched this scene, then grabbed the teapot and took several gulps.

Zhu Yanzheng should have completely realized his current situation.

Inside the Zhu Mansion, He Jian Yanqiu wanted to kill him, and outside the Zhu Mansion, the entire Xu family wanted to kill him.

I just don’t know whether Wan Gaoyue will take action. If she also wants Zhu Yanzheng to die, then it will basically be a fatal kill.

To put it bluntly, this situation is a dead end, and it is difficult to avoid death.

If you can't survive, no matter what your future achievements are, they are all false!

Shen Yi could also see that Zhu Yanzheng came to Mingyanyuan with the mentality of going to die. Since he could not take revenge and he was in a desperate situation, he might as well fight with real swords and guns. When he died, he would be able to give an explanation to his relatives in the underworld.

At least you don't have to live with guilt.

From this point of view, Zhu Yantao and Zhu Yanzheng have a very good relationship.

It's a pity. The old witch's cultivation level is at the Qi Condensation Stage of the Consciousness Stage, which is one level higher than Zhu Yanzheng's. How can she be beaten with her head?

It's really no different from committing suicide.

Just as Shen Yi was thinking about these, Zhu Yanzheng had already moved on the field. His attack was a killing move, aiming directly at He Jianchuyun's vitals. But just as he got close, he heard a crisp "click" sound, and Zhu Yanzheng stopped and stared blankly at the sword in his hand.

His weapon broke, and he didn't even see how it broke!

"you lose."

The girl's nonchalant voice reached his ears, and Zhu Yanzheng came to his senses. He looked down and saw that the iron sword in the other party's hand was pointing at his throat. She only needed to stab forward slightly to take his life.

But the duel had just begun, and he lost halfway through his move. How could Zhu Yanzheng be willing to accept this?
He yelled, "No! I didn't lose!"

After he roared, he raised the broken sword in his hand and chopped it down at He Jian Chu Yun, but as expected, he missed.

Hey~
The girl sighed in her heart, feeling somewhat helpless, and lightly slapped Zhu Yanzheng away with her palm.

But she obviously did not use too much force. After Zhu Yanzheng landed on the ground, he quickly got up, holding the broken sword. Spiritual energy flowed around his body. He burst out his own cultivation to the extreme, leaving a trail of afterimages on the flat ground, and rushed towards He Jianchuyun.

"Accept!"

Before the move was completely landed, blood began to flow from the corner of Zhu Yanzheng's mouth.

He used a secret technique to force his cultivation level up to a higher level.

As for the cost?

He no longer cared about the cost.

"Tsurumi Hatsuun! Either you die today, or I live!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the broken sword in his hand slashed down with a chaotic and violent sword light, but when it landed on Tsurumi Hatsuyun, there was no splatter of blood as imagined, but instead maple leaves exploded all over the sky.

"what!"

The red maple leaves dancing wildly in the air suddenly blocked his sight. Among the red maple leaves in the sky, countless human figures were swaying.

"Come out!"

He slashed with his sword, but hit nothing. The next moment he realized something and turned his head abruptly. His spiritual energy vibrated and the so-called human figure was just a maple leaf.

"Where are you!"

He didn't know what He Jianchuyun had done, but after these maple leaves appeared, he always felt that there were people everywhere, and he wished he could grow two more hands to guard against everything around him.

puff~
In the distance, Xiang Tao couldn't help laughing. Shen Yi grinned and uttered two words: "Boring."

From Zhu Yanzheng's perspective, he thought he was having a thrilling battle with He Jian Chu Yun.

But from other people's perspectives, Zhu Yanzheng's figure could no longer be seen on the field. He was wrapped in a large number of maple leaves. Countless maple leaves were swirling around him, and he was swinging his sword randomly in the circle of maple leaves.

As for Tsurumi Chuyun?

She had already left the venue and walked back to the pavilion at a leisurely pace.

I picked up the teapot and was about to pour a cup of tea, but after shaking it, I found that there was not a drop of tea left in it.

"Where's my tea?"

"I just drank it all."

"you……"

"Old witch, I have to say something to you. You are too mean. You were trapped in the solo dance before the fight was over."

He Jian Chu Yun glanced at him and said unhappily, "What else? Are you really going to kill him? Let him suffer on his own. When he's tired, he'll be able to talk properly."

"Hey, you old witch who kills without blinking an eye, you don't kill people anymore?"

Shen Yi said in a sarcastic tone, He Jian Chuyun rolled his eyes and didn't bother to pay attention to him.

It is true that she kills people, but she never kills innocent people, nor does she kill people without reason.

The reason why Zhu Yanzheng acted like this was simply because of Zhu Yantao's death, but what did Zhu Yantao's death have to do with her?
She just wanted to try and see if she could clear up the misunderstanding.

In addition, the reason why she killed the priest when Tsurumi Mansion was still there was not because he misjudged Shen Yi's rank. The main reason was that the priest was too talkative. After the Jieming Dharma Ceremony, because he had contracted a contracted beast that was suspected to be inferior, he spread the matter everywhere and also made up a rumor about himself, saying that his contracted beast was inferior. As a result, he lost the support of the entire Tsurumi clan and was ready to compromise and marry the eldest son of a subsidiary family.

He Jianchuyun was so angry that he was caught and chopped to pieces.

But she was too lazy to explain so much to Shen Yi, because she knew that even if she explained, Shen Yi would still use the words "kill without blinking an eye" to mock her next time.

Shaking her head, she called Zhinuan to refill her tea, then sat in the pavilion and watched Zhu Yanzheng waving his broken sword around on the field.

"Got you!"

"Accept!"

"Huh? No?"

"Hmph! A little trick!"

"Look—the sword!"

"is not!"

"Is this your true form? He Jianchuyun, is this all you can do? It seems I overestimated you!"

"..."

"Where are you!"

"Tsurumi Hatsuun! Get out here!" "Ah!!!"

"..."

Is that it? Zhu Yanzheng performed a sword dance for everyone in the venue for free. The only thing missing was He Jianchuyun playing the piano and music.

It was unknown how long it had been, but Zhu Yanzheng's physical strength finally reached its limit. After swinging his sword at the flying maple leaves again, he staggered and fell to the ground.

"Hu~hu~hu~..."

He was breathing heavily, and the maple leaves flying around him fell to the ground one by one and disappeared. The sound of rubbing disappeared, and the sound that came into his ears turned into the laughter of Xiqing Jiuyue and others.

He realized something and had no time to rest. He looked around quickly and soon found Tsurumi Hatsuun who was sitting in the pavilion drinking tea.

"you……"

The next second, Zhu Yanzheng's eyes were bloodshot and his expression became extremely ferocious.

"He Jian Chu Yun, why do you want to humiliate me like this!"

The girl in the pavilion didn't even look at him, she just asked back, "Have you had enough of the fuss?"

"I'll fight you!"

At this moment, Zhu Yanzheng's mentality had exploded. He tightly grasped the broken sword in his hand and tried to stand up, but failed. He sat back down just after he got up a little.

"Why, you want to fight me with just this little ability?"

"Tsurumi Hatsuun! I've said before that this duel is a life-or-death one. Either you die or I live! I will fight you to the death!"

"Really?" Wen Yanhe saw Chu Yun laughing and said sarcastically, "It's just a little trick, and you can't even lift your sword. What can you use to fight to the death with me? What's the basis for fighting to the death with me?"

"I..." Zhu Yanzheng wanted to refute loudly, but quickly closed his mouth, as if waking up from a dream.

Yes, Tsurumi Hatsuun only used a small trick to make him miserable. How could he fight her to the death? How could he avenge his brother?

"Hehe..." After a moment of silence, he grinned and laughed out loud, a sad laugh.

"Zhu Yanzheng, you are such a waste..."

He came to Mingyanyuan with no intention of returning alive. Since he couldn't kill He Jian Chu Yun, he would die here... This is also good.

Thinking of this, he used his remaining strength to pick up the broken sword, pointed it at his abdomen, and prepared to commit suicide by disembowelment.

He Jianchuyun frowned, realizing something was wrong. Seeing Zhu Yanzheng preparing to commit suicide, at the critical moment, spiritual power flowed through her fingertips and a sword energy shot out.

Ah!
Zhu Yanzheng let out a scream, and in the blink of an eye his hand holding the sword was covered in blood. The broken sword also flew out of his hand, and no one knew where it flew to.

After reacting, he looked at Tsurumi Hatsuun and shouted angrily, "Why are you stopping me?"

"You can die if you want, but please don't die here and dirty my yard."

"This is a life-and-death duel. Since I lose, there is only one way left, and that is death!"

"You...sigh~"

He Jianchuyun was speechless for a while. She had no choice but to stand up, sigh in her heart, and said to Zhu Yanzheng helplessly: "Why are you doing this?"

"Why bother?" Zhu Yanzheng looked like he was digesting something so ridiculous that he couldn't stop laughing. He raised his head and laughed, "Hahahaha! You actually asked me why?"

After laughing, he stood up and pointed at He Jian Chu Yun and said word by word: "Let me ask you, if your loved ones were assassinated and died, what would you do?"

"Of course I will do everything I can, regardless of the cost, and will not let my enemies go!"

"If you know that, then why are you asking me why I am doing this?"

"Zhu Yanzheng, I know what you want to say, but to be honest, your brother's death has nothing to do with me."

"Don't try to quibble. You were the one who had the most to do with Yan Tao when he was alive. How can his death have nothing to do with you?"

"It's inexplicable. It's your brother who keeps pestering me. How would I know how he died? Besides, I'm not so petty as to take his life for such a small matter."

"Humph! If it was just for this little thing, you certainly wouldn't have taken Yan Tao's life, but you took away all the money from Yan Tao and threw it away after using it. This behavior is simply despicable! Don't say you didn't know!"

"What?" These words made He Jian Chuyun look puzzled.

What a joke! She is an alchemist, destined to be one of the richest people in the world. How much money does Zhu Yantao, an unpopular bastard of the Zhu family, have on him that is worthy of her covetousness?
Besides, she has never liked money. Even if she was poor, she would never use her beauty to cheat people for money.

She just thought it was a misunderstanding, but later He Jian Chu Yun reacted and all of Zhu Yantao's behaviors emerged in her mind. She didn't understand it before, but now after thinking about it carefully, everything seems to make sense.

After Shen Yi, who was standing next to them, heard the conversation between the two, he couldn't help but feel nervous and his face changed immediately.

"Holy crap! No!"

No one noticed Shen Yi's abnormality at this time. Soon, He Jianchuyun asked Zhu Yanzheng a question with a strange tone.

"I covet your brother's money. May I ask...how much is it?"

"You cheated Zhu Yantao out of more than 2,000 gold coins. Don't try to pretend you didn't know!"

"Two thousand taels of gold? Nothing else?"

Zhu Yanzheng felt a little strange, and his tone softened: "Except gold, there is nothing else."

The people around looked at each other in bewilderment. Gold? Who would want gold for nothing?
No, that's not right. Who in Mingyanyuan likes gold the most?

Almost at the same time, except for Ji Yue Xi Qing and other maidservants, everyone else's eyes shifted to Shen Yi.

Zhu Yanzheng was even more puzzled. Why were they looking at the contracted beast?
Shen Yi had already stood up, looking a little overwhelmed: "Don't look at me, damn it!"

As soon as he raised his head, the old witch's eyes met his, and her slightly cold words echoed in his mind.

"Xuan Li, you really are..."

"Old witch, I suddenly remembered something I didn't do, so I'm leaving now."

Without saying a word, Shen Yi spread his little wings and jumped out of the pavilion.

"Asshole! Stop right there!" He Jianchuyun shouted, but Shen Yi didn't listen at all. He flapped his little wings and flew away.

I obtained the gold by cheating with my own ability, and it is impossible for me to give it back!
"Damn it!" He Jianchuyun was so angry that he cursed in his heart and wanted to use something to knock Shen Yi down, but after searching for a long time, he couldn't find anything useful, so he had to give up in the end.

"I know what happened. My subordinates made mistakes because they were ignorant. I will find a way to return your brother's things to you. I have 100,000 taels of silver..."

"You're trying to buy my brother's life with money. Impossible!"

"Why are you in such a hurry? I was also wrong in defrauding your brother of his gold, but your brother's death has nothing to do with me. I heard that you went to see your father the day you returned to the Zhu Mansion. Didn't he tell you something?"

"My father is deliberately hiding it for you. What can he tell me?"

"Hmm? Am I some extraordinary person? Zhu Yantao is your father's biological son. In comparison, I am just an outsider. If I really killed Zhu Yantao, why would your father conceal it from me?"

“This…” Zhu Yanzheng couldn’t answer for a moment. He had previously suspected that Zhu Yantao might not have been killed by He Jian Chuyun, but this suspicion was only a slight one and he had no clue to think further. But now after hearing what the other party said, his doubts became even stronger.

"Then... Zhu Yantao was fine in the Zhu Mansion, so why did he suddenly... pester you?"

He Jianchuyun rolled his eyes at him and said unhappily, "How should I know that? You should ask Wan Gaoyue."

"Wan Gaoyue..."

...(End of chapter)