When the female supporting role has a beauty system

Chapter 1159 Xuanyu 15
A sword cultivator, his sword bones ripped out and his dantian shattered, lay in the bushes like a dead dog. When Tan You encountered him, Ming Qi was already on the verge of death.

In Mingqi's case, an equal contract wouldn't work; it has to be a life-bound contract.

Tan You preferred to form a contract between a spirit beast and the spirits of plants and trees. But as fate would have it, before she could find a suitable spirit beast for the Bloodthirsty Vine, she encountered Ming Qi.

It can only be said that this was Mingqi's luck, or perhaps it was Mingqi's destiny to survive. Moreover, Tan You also had a premonition that she would be traveling with Mingqi for a long time.

Inside Biluo Ridge, Mingqi awoke from excruciating pain and immediately sensed two unfamiliar presences beside him. He quickly opened his eyes and saw a female cultivator in black sitting not far away, with a small flowerpot beside her containing a blood-red vine.

Although Ming Qi's cultivation was completely destroyed, his eyesight remained. His gaze swept over Tan You, and then he said with certainty, "A spirit beast?"

"You have a good eye." Tan You fiddled with the leaves of the Bloodthirsty Demon Vine, then poured herself a cup of tea. "You should know your current situation."

Mingqi gasped for breath, feeling utterly powerless, and a sharp pain shot through his back. Recalling the scene before his injury, Mingqi's eyes darkened: "I know, I'm now practically a cripple."

Tan You took a sip of tea: "Your sword bone was dissected, your dantian was shattered—those are just outsiders' opinions. Do you consider yourself a cripple?"

Mingqi took a deep breath: "No, as long as I'm alive, I'm not a cripple."

Tan You snapped her fingers: "No wonder everyone says sword cultivators are crazy. I like that kind of madness."

Mingqi wasn't stupid. He looked at Tan You and said, "You went to so much trouble to save me, you couldn't have just wanted to hear me say these few words, could you? What... what's your purpose?"

"Even if I had an ulterior motive, what could you possibly do with your broken, bellows-like body?" Tan You chuckled. "But you're a smart person, and I enjoy chatting with smart people."

"Do you recognize this?" She flicked the leaves of the Bloodthirsty Demon Vine and looked at Mingqi.

Mingqi looked at the blood-red trunk and the heart-shaped leaves, and immediately recognized it: "This is... the Bloodthirsty Demon Vine?"

"You have some sense." Tan You raised an eyebrow: "The cultivation of the plant race is difficult. Even if their cultivation level is high, they can hardly resist the tribulation of lightning. Countless plant spirits have perished under the heavenly lightning."

"However, if someone helps them share the pressure during the tribulation of lightning, their cultivation speed will be much faster."

Mingqi understood what Tan You meant: "You want me to form a contract with it? An equal contract?"

Tan You scoffed, "The spirits of plants and trees in my Biluo Ridge can only form a life-bound contract with spirit beasts. There are too many loopholes in an equal contract. Plants and trees already have a difficult time cultivating. Do you think I'm doing a good deed by giving them equipment?"

"Even if I agree to the Bloodthirsty Demon Vine signing an equal contract with you, your dantian will still be shattered, which will not help your cultivation."

"Only by signing a life-bound contract will the Bloodthirsty Demon Vine share your lifespan. It will take root in your dantian, repairing your shattered dantian, and you can even share its cultivation."

"When either of you advances in the future, the other will benefit greatly. However, everything has two sides. Since you have inherited the benefits from the Bloodthirsty Demon Vine, you will bear the brunt of it when it undergoes its tribulation."

"You are one, sharing life and death."

"You decide what to do." "By the way, how to persuade this Bloodthirsty Vine to willingly sign a life contract with you is also your own skill. After all, in the end, you are the one who benefits greatly from this."

"Now you are truly penniless, you have nothing."

Mingqi wasn't ungrateful; he understood what Tan You meant. He struggled to sit up: "I understand I got the better deal, but I don't understand, why me?"

Tan You chuckled: "Perhaps it was your time to live. Why did you have to lie on my way back to Biluoling?"

Mingqi fell silent. He sat down opposite Tan You, his calloused fingers gently touching the leaves of the Bloodthirsty Demon Vine. Suddenly, a little girl emerged from the vine, puffing out her cheeks and glaring at Mingqi: "You're so weak! Yaoyao doesn't want to form a contract with you."

Looking at the little girl, Mingqi's previously gloomy mood improved considerably. He accepted the Bloodthirsty Demon Vine's assessment: "Yes, I am very weak now."

Yao Yao paused, not expecting Ming Qi to admit it so readily. She stopped looking at Ming Qi and buried her face in Tan You's arms: "My lord, he is really so weak. I've been helping the poor so far, and I don't know when he will be able to help me resist the lightning tribulation."

Tan You hugged her and said, "He was ambushed. Don't let his current weakness fool you. He was very strong before he was injured. I think his bone age is less than 200, and he has already cultivated to the half-step Nascent Soul stage. Such talent is unparalleled in the cultivation world."

Yao Yao pouted, acknowledging Tan You's words: "If someone else has made him like this, and I form a contract with him, what if he becomes violent and causes my death?"

Tan You chuckled: "So what do you want?"

Yao Yao pressed her cheek against Tan You's: "My lord, can't I form a contract with you? I'm very powerful!"

“Little brat, wait for me here,” Tan You patted her hair bun. “We don’t have a destiny contract, and I’m so fragile. If we made a contract, we would just perish together.”

She sighed and looked at Mingqi again before finally standing in front of him.

Tan You didn't urge them, but said softly, "There's no rush. Let Mingqi recover here first. What if he doesn't want to form a contract with you?"

Yao Yao immediately jumped up and down: "He dares! He dares to look down on me!"

Tan You said softly, "It's a two-way selection process. You have the right to be picky about him, and he has the right to reject you, right?"

Yao Yao lowered her head, looking somewhat listless: "Oh, I'll go back now."

Her figure flashed, and Yaoyao's figure disappeared from the spot.

Tan You fiddled with the heart-shaped leaves of the tree: "You've seen it all, that's the situation. The path I'm showing you is a bit difficult, but at least it's a way to survive."

"You can decide for yourself."

Tan You had been gone for almost the time it takes to brew a cup of tea, and Ming Qi was still deep in thought. He had no choice now. He had lost all his cultivation, and if he went out, he would surely die, and no one in the sect would even know of his demise.

The path Tan You pointed him to was indeed fraught with thorns and the process was indeed tortuous, but there was still hope. It was just helping a spirit of grass and trees overcome its tribulation, wasn't it? It would just mean getting struck by lightning a few more times. As sword cultivators, how many lightning strikes did they usually endure?