Chapter 135: Contract With Me

The fox also heard Yuan Yao's words, it suddenly froze, wary and on guard as it stared at Yuan Yao, a hint of disbelief flickering in its eyes.

This human actually thinks she's pretty?

Whether human or beast, they all think they're ugly.

Because it's a mixed-breed fox, and a particularly mixed one at that, otherwise it wouldn't look so strange.

Colored ears, white belly fur, fiery red back, a red-and-white fox tail, and that pair of strange heterochromatic eyes…

This counts as pretty?

The fox felt she was mocking it, and it instantly flared with anger, baring its teeth and mentally snarling: "You stinky human, do you think you're good-looking?!"

Yuan Yao suddenly heard a childish male voice, and she froze for a moment.

This fox can actually send mental messages?!

It's clearly just a first-tier spirit beast!

In the cultivation world, only fourth-tier spirit beasts can send mental messages, and only fifth-tier or higher can speak human language!

And it's merely a low-tier spirit beast—how could it…?

The fox seemed to realize it had been careless, exposing its ability to send mental messages, and its heterochromatic eyes narrowed slightly.

Before Yuan Yao could react, the fox darted backward and fled.

"Don't go!"

Yuan Yao immediately exerted her mental power to lock its movements.

Only see that oddly shaped fox instantly frozen, its tiny paws on the ground, as if struggling to clench.

Yuan Yao limped over.

Then she crouched down, raised her hand, and stroked its fluffy head.

"You're really pretty, as pretty as my sword."

The Phantom Spirit Sword trembled slightly, as if expressing dissatisfaction.

The little fox still felt she was humiliating it, and it bared its teeth fiercely at her.

"Do you want to be my spirit pet?" Yuan Yao didn't know what it was thinking then, because she genuinely thought this little fox was pretty and exactly to her liking.

The golden egg she had contracted in the Wuduan Mijing earlier hasn't hatched yet, and she doesn't know how many years it'll take.

Moreover, that golden egg is very likely to turn out ugly.

She wants a spirit pet.

Exactly like this little fox!

The little fox suddenly froze, its eyes complex as it stared at Yuan Yao.

"Are you willing?" Yuan Yao asked with a smiling face.

"If I become your spirit pet, will you take me away from here?" the little fox earnestly sent mentally.

"Yes."

"Do you really think I'm pretty?" the little fox asked cautiously.

"Really." Yuan Yao frowned, "Don't you think you're pretty yourself?"

After a pause, she continued smiling and sent mentally: "I feel you're a one-of-a-kind existence in the cultivation world! Little fox, want to follow me?"

Hearing those words, the little fox's heart pounded violently in its chest, the throbbing so loud it almost felt deafening.

Its eye sockets grew slightly moist.

"You've got good taste," it said.

Its voice was a little choked.

The spirit beasts here all despise it for being ugly, despise it for being a mixed breed.

Those humans who suddenly appeared today, upon seeing it, after finding it odd, almost all would remark: "Oh, no wonder it looks so strange—it's just a mixed-breed fox."

Their tones held contempt, curiosity, disgust…

There was no liking.

It didn't like them either.

Today, it overheard other spirit beasts saying these humans carry many treasures and medicinal pills—if you can snatch them, do so!

Because no one knows when these humans will come again.

It also heard them say: Ancestors once said this place is merely a mustard-seed pocket of a mighty human cultivator, not a true heaven and earth…

Back then the little fox couldn't help wondering what the true heaven and earth would be like, and how it would differ from here.

Tonight, it had planned to ambush the human girl before it, then steal her treasures and pills, but it didn't expect her to devour the mental power it had painstakingly cultivated.

What it didn't expect even more was that she would say these things to it.

It uncertainly asked: "Will you really take me away?"

Yuan Yao raised an eyebrow: "Only if you form a contract with me will I take you away."

"What's a spirit pet?" the little fox blinked innocently.

Yuan Yao: "……"

After a few seconds of serious thought, she said: "It's my partner."

The little fox still didn't quite get it, after all it had never encountered outside knowledge: "Are you the leader, and I'm to follow you?"

"You can understand it that way," Yuan Yao nodded.

Upon hearing that, the little fox's eyes lit up: "Then I'm willing to be your spirit pet."

Yuan Yao reached out her hand toward it.

It lowered its gaze to look at her hand, white with a hint of red, paused a moment, then tentatively reached out and placed its soft paw upon her palm.

Yuan Yao slowly closed her grip.

The little fox felt the warmth coming from its paw and involuntarily shivered.

"Do you have a name?"

The little fox shook its head.

Yuan Yao smiled sweetly at it, "Then you shall be called Little Fox."

Little Fox stared blankly.

At the same time, many people outside the secret realm saw Yuan Yao talking to herself to the little fox, and they all showed subtle expressions.

Yuan Yao's taste is actually so strange.

Strange as it may be, that's fine.

She actually wants to contract a mixed-breed fox as a spirit pet!

"This Yuan Yao..."

"What kind of spirit pet matches what kind of master." Holy Sect's Yan Lao couldn't help laughing, feeling extremely pleased.

Yuan Yao actually likes this broken mixed-breed fox!

Truly laughable!

Yan Lao was about to retort with a few mocking words when suddenly a loud 'bang' rang out; the chair he was sitting on seemed to have been struck by some heavy object and instantly shattered into pieces!

Caught off guard, Yan Lao lost his support and fell heavily onto the hard ground with a thud!

"Ouch..."

Yan Lao twisted his lower back, the pain making his face contort slightly.

Many people present were first startled, then couldn't help laughing quietly.

Yan Lao sensed the strange looks from the crowd, his face turning ashen; he climbed to his feet, his gaze sweeping like a blade toward Thousand Jade Mountain.

Yan Lao was about to speak, but discovered he couldn't make any sound.

He stood there with his mouth open going 'ah' for a while, looking especially comical.

Everyone stifled their laughter.

Yan Lao's face turned green with rage; he flung his sleeve angrily and immediately ordered someone to bring him a new chair.

At this moment, none of the people present expected that the fox they despised and considered lowly would one day become so powerful, its terrifying strength surpassing everyone's imagination.

Sitting on the high platform, Xu Yanzhi watched the mixed-breed fox being contracted by Yuan Yao, his clear eyes flickering slightly.

This fox...

Seems not simple.

At the moment this thought arose, his contracted beast sent him a mental message: "Master, I want to eat it!"

Xu Yanzhi could feel the urgency of his own contracted beast.

"Why do you have this idea?" Xu Yanzhi transmitted his question without changing his expression.

The contracted beast couldn't explain why, but it felt the mixed-breed fox could serve as a great tonic.

Perhaps it could also use the mixed-breed fox to break through its cultivation.