Chapter 132: Contract of Servitude

This kind of humiliation was impossible for Zhuge Ruolan to accept.

A humiliating capitulation with no rights whatsoever—it was simply… a slave treaty. Even if she, Zhuge Ruolan, were to die right here, she would absolutely never pick up the brush.

Chen Chuyang respected her stubbornness; he had not expected this woman to be one with such backbone, and he expressed his approval.

"I, Chen Chuyang, like women with backbone. Truly, you've earned my respect. I only hope that when lightning enters your body in a moment, you can stay just as tough. I forgot to tell you—my lightning is extremely painful. It invades your body, then destroys your five organs and six viscera. Don't worry, it won't destroy them outright, but shatter them bit by bit, until all your five organs and six viscera are broken, and then it proceeds to destroy your dantian."

"Once your dantian is destroyed, you will never be able to cultivate again. Tell me, when that happens and I dump you in front of the Yin Gui Sect's Faction gates, what do you think your fate will be?"

"It's not worth it over a thousand spirit stones. The grand Holy Maiden of the Yin Gui Sect—can you really not earn a mere thousand spirit stones?"

Chen Chuyang smilingly uttered the most vicious words. These words made Zhuge Ruolan tremble incessantly. She stared at Chen Chuyang, unable to imagine that this person could be so malicious. If he truly did this, after she became a cripple, those people of the Yin Gui Sect would never let her go.

Humiliating her would be the light part. The true horror was that they would extract her soul and refine it into a Yin Ghost, leaving her forever unable to reincarnate.

Tormenting her for all eternity, a fate worse than death—she knew the Yin Gui Sect's methods all too well. They were truly… too vicious.

"You cannot do this."

Chen Chuyang smiled. "Why not? Give me a reason, Holy Maiden."

Zhuge Ruolan fell silent. She and Chen Chuyang had no ties of kinship or any relationship whatsoever. He would not… simply let her go. If she did not sign this contract, she would absolutely not be able to walk out of Longshe Shan.

She regretted it. She should not have come to Longshe Shan personally; otherwise, she would not have ended up in such a state.

"So, Holy Maiden, sign it. As long as you deliver the spirit stones on time, I won't do anything to you."

"I'm only after money. I don't want to kill you."

How could he easily kill someone who would bring him good things?

Chen Chuyang was very clear on sustainable development.

This woman was a treasure, and a Holy Maiden at that. He believed that with her abilities, she could certainly earn even more spirit stones. Wasn't that much faster than his father and the others?

Chen Chuyang had no intention of hanging himself from a single tree; he needed to make more preparations.

Besides, in his eyes, Zhuge Ruolan posed no threat and could not threaten him.

Moreover, he had plenty of means to deal with this woman.

"As long as I sign, you'll let me leave?"

Zhuge Ruolan gritted her teeth and asked again. She needed to ask clearly—she could not be tricked again.

This man had tricked her several times already; she did not really trust him.

Chen Chuyang spread his hands. "You have no choice."

Zhuge Ruolan fell silent.

It was indeed true. She had no opportunity to choose; she could only trust him.

Under someone else's roof, she could only bow her head. Fighting back would only make things worse for herself.

"Fine, I'll sign."

Zhuge Ruolan picked up the brush and signed. But that was not enough—Chuyang also required her to carve a soul imprint. This contract was no simple debt; once a soul imprint was carved, she would not be able to escape.

This was a life-threatening thing. Zhuge Ruolan, with a dark expression, still did as told.

It was equivalent to swearing an oath to the Heavenly Dao—once violated, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Chen Chuyang had guarded against exactly this.

This woman was dangerous, and very venomous.

"What are you doing?"

Zhuge Ruolan saw this person raise his hand, about to make a move on her. Weak as she was, she instinctively wanted to resist.

But how could she be a match for Chen Chuyang?

She could only watch helplessly as Chen Chuyang pressed his hand onto her head. Dodging was impossible.

She sensed that something extra had appeared deep within her soul. Resistance was useless.

Inside her dantian, there was also something extra—it seemed to be a restriction, or perhaps… other means. She could sense it but could not find it.

"What did you do to me?"

Zhuge Ruolan gritted her teeth. This bastard had actually… placed a restriction on her.

Utterly outrageous.

Zhuge Ruolan was furious.

Chen Chuyang explained, "You're dangerous. This is just my precaution. You're a dangerous woman with a lot of ideas. To avoid you taking revenge on me, I can only do this. Don't worry—as long as you don't make a move on me or the people around me, I won't do anything to you."

"These little tricks are just for prevention. They won't cause any harm to your body."

Zhuge Ruolan did not believe such nonsense for a moment. This bastard definitely… would not be so simple.

"You…"

The furious Zhuge Ruolan pointed at Chen Chuyang, wishing she could eat him alive.

Chen Chuyang was unconcerned by this and said, "Don't be like that. Anger is bad for your health. Just peacefully remain your Holy Maiden and don't come bother me, and that'll be fine."

"And don't try to undo those things inside your body. You won't be able to. If you're not careful and—boom—they explode, that would be quite interesting."

Zhuge Ruolan's expression grew even uglier. She had not expected this bastard to dare do such a thing. He was truly… disgusting.

"You said you'd let me leave."

"Now you can go, Holy Maiden Zhuge."

Chen Chuyang pointed down the mountain, letting her leave. He had set up every measure. At the same time, the restrictions he placed were twofold: first, a soul restriction to imprison her soul and freely control her life and death.

Second, he placed a little something on her inner core, which could also control her life and death.

Double insurance, double restriction—all for the purpose of controlling her life and death.

At the very least, he did not need to worry about this woman taking revenge on him.

Otherwise, Chen Chuyang would never release a threatening woman back into the wild.

Zhuge Ruolan stared fixedly at Chen Chuyang, her gaze terrifying. Unfortunately, it could not threaten Chen Chuyang.

"Chen Chuyang, you are something. This is the first time in this Holy Maiden's life that I have been so humiliated."

Zhuge Ruolan pointed at Chen Chuyang and said angrily, "You are the first, and the first person who dared treat this Holy Maiden like this."

"This Holy Maiden will remember you."

Chen Chuyang shrugged and said dismissively, "Remember me if you want. Just remember to deliver my one thousand spirit stones on time. I don't want it to be late and you unable to pay it back."

"Hmph."

Zhuge Ruolan gave a cold snort and said, "The spirit stones, I will have them delivered to you when the time comes."

"I hope you keep your word."

After saying that, she flicked her sleeve and left.

Walking, she limped with every step.

That posture was quite amusing.

Chen Chuyang expressed that this was not his doing — he had done nothing at all.

After watching Zhuge Ruolan leave Longshe Shan, Chen Chuyang smiled.

"This is a God of Wealth. So many good things — I've struck it rich this time."

"Sure enough, a person still needs a windfall, otherwise they'll never get rich their whole life."

Inside that storage bag, spirit stones were actually the least important. There were various spiritual medicines and also some artifacts — many, dozens of artifacts. Chen Chuyang looked down on these things. What caught his eye were the materials inside, and there were quite a lot of them — many precious materials, all prepared by Zhuge Ruolan for Refining Spiritual Artifacts. Now, all of it went cheap to Chen Chuyang.

In a word, Chen Chuyang had struck it rich.

"People, sure enough, robbery is the fastest way to wealth. Cough, cough, cough — I'm not robbing, this is compensation."

To correct himself, this was compensation, not stolen goods.