Chapter 15

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

She clutched the floor with both hands, and the veins on her slender hands were popping due to the pain. Blood kept gushing out of her mouth, nose, and ears.

Fragmented images flashed through her mind.

In the dark and confined space, a gentle female voice seemed to be saying something. She could not open her eyes, but her surroundings were warm—as if she had returned to her mother’s womb.

However, she seemed to be able to vaguely sense a hidden, dark force, brutal and cold, constantly spying on her, or rather… observing her?

She had been having this nightmare since she could remember until she was seven years old.

However, unlike in the past, the images this time lasted longer than any of the dreams.

In the dark space, she could hardly feel the passage of time, but she could feel a steady flow of power flowing into her body, and the mysterious woman she had never seen was getting weaker and weaker.

Although she could not see her face, Yan Xi felt a sense of affection in her heart, as if they were related by blood.

The other party’s strength seemed to be weakening bit by bit, but she was still trying hard to support her growth.

Yan Xi felt her body growing bit by bit. She began to stretch her curled-up feet, and her immature consciousness began to drift aimlessly around until it touched another extremely cold body of consciousness.

It was the power that had been spying on her.

Alarm bells rang in her heart. It was the feeling of being targeted by a natural predator that was engraved in her soul.

However, the other party’s consciousness seemed to have just formed. Without any hesitation, she used her spiritual sense to “bite” the other party’s body. She tore something off. Taking advantage of the other party’s daze, she ran wildly toward her mother.

In the darkness, a pair of blood-red eyes appeared.

It was the most terrifying thing she had ever seen.

She refused to look directly at it.

“Ugly girl! Wake up!” An angry male voice exploded in her mind! It was Chi Li!

Yan Xi returned to her senses, and the dream she was immersed in suddenly shattered. A loud voice reverberated in Yan Xi’s mind, and a shadow rose from the depths of her loose sea of consciousness with difficulty.

Immediately after, the shadow became more and more solid, and it was actually in the shape of a book!

It was the Beast-Taming Art!

It looked majestic. The wisp of golden flame that Chi Li had sent over flew toward the page uncontrollably, and in the end, it carved the image of a phoenix with its wings spread.

The phoenix let out a long cry toward the sky!

In the next second, the book disappeared, and the Beast-Taming Art method was imprinted in her mind—as if she had known it all her life.

“Hmm?”

Yan Xi stood up and realized that she was covered in blood.

“Ugly girl, what happened to you just now?” Chi Li’s voice echoed in her mind.

“I’m fine. I just had a nightmare.” Yan Xi shook her head and tried to recall the dream. However, it was a little murky.

In the past, she would dream about her mother becoming weak, but this time, there seemed to be something more.

She vaguely remembered what she saw at the end of the dream, but she forgot it when she woke up.

Chi Li’s looked at the young lady whose face was covered in blood and raised his eyebrows.

He had clearly felt a power in her body just now.

That power even scared him a little.

Yan Xi sat up and adjusted her breathing for a while before she could calm down.

She still remembered that before she sank into the nightmare, she had faintly heard Chi Li mention the life contract. His voice was clearly flustered and exasperated.

“Did the signing of the contract fail? What is the life contract you mentioned earlier?” Yan Xi asked. She could faintly feel that there was something extra in her spiritual sense. The contract did not seem to have failed, but Chi Li’s angry voice made her doubt her judgment.

Chi Li’s face turned dark once he heard this.

He had never thought that he would sign a life contract with a little girl who had no cultivation base and was not even a fraction of his age.

Seeing that Chi Li did not want to answer, Yan Xi did not care. She was more concerned about whether the ice poison in her body could be cured. “If the contract failed, does that mean our cooperation will end?”

Yan Xi thought of the ice poison and frowned. Just as she was about to ask Chi Li if he could change the transaction method or sign another contract, she heard a voice that sounded like he was gritting his teeth.

“It failed, but it didn’t at the same time.”

“Huh?”

Chi Li took a deep breath and explained, “I originally wanted to sign an ordinary contract with you, but I don’t know why it became a life contract. A life contract is stricter than an ordinary contract. From now on, I will live and die with you.”

He thought of his glory days when he could control the clouds and rain with a flip of his hand. Then, he thought of how he was now bound to a little girl with no cultivation base. This contrast made it difficult for him to accept.

Yan Xi’s black eyes narrowed. “You’re saying that you made a mistake and made the contract between us become a life contract?”

Hearing Yan Xi’s words full of disdain, Chi Li almost popped a vein in anger.

“How could I make a mistake?” Chi Li was very dissatisfied that his competency was being questioned. “Stupid girl, there’s something strange about you.”

Hearing him say this, Yan Xi thought of her dream and the book that suddenly appeared in her spiritual sense. She felt a little guilty.

She skipped the topic and turned her attention to the most urgent problem—her cultivation. “No matter whose problem it is, we’re all in the same boat now. The most important thing now is to increase my strength. Only after I get rid of the ice poison can I go and help you collect the heavenly treasures to recover your soul.”

Inside the bracelet, Chi Li’s golden eyes squinted slightly—as if an inextinguishable flame was dancing in his eyes.

He did not know why, but he felt a sense of affection for this ugly girl. Although he said that he disliked it, he was actually not that resistant to signing a life contract with her.

Furthermore, the power that had condensed in that instant when he had signed the contract with her was comparable to that of a thousand years of his slumber.

He had a faint feeling that the chance of his recovery was with the ugly girl.

However…

“Not now,” Chi Li shook his head and said to Yan Xi, “Your body is now riddled with injuries. Your physique is too poor. You can’t withstand the battle between my natal fire and the ice poison in your body. In order to deal with the ice poison, you must first get better.”

Yan Xi looked at her body. Because of long-term malnutrition, abuse, and depression, she looked very thin and sick.

Yan Xi pursed her lips and planned to make an exercise plan starting tomorrow. She would start running every day and mix up some body-strengthening medicine.

However, just as Yan Xi thought about it, a huge amount of information accompanied by Chi Li’s voice sounded in her mind.

“This is a medical book that I once obtained by chance. There’s a recipe for healing and forging your body inside. Once your physique has improved, I’ll help you deal with the ice poison.”

Yan Xi saw a big golden book suddenly appear in her spiritual sea.

Yan Xi tried to flip through it. There were some descriptions of herbs and some pill recipes in the front.

Yan Xi looked at it and a warm feeling rose in her heart. She had also studied herbs and potions in her previous life, so she could naturally see that some of the formulas in this medical book were much more exquisite than what she had come into contact with before.