Chapter 845: Playing with People's Hearts

When all the hell hounds stared at Ye Qingran's bone staff, drooling, everyone was speechless.

Unscientific, too unscientific!

These hell hounds are clearly dead things; how could they be interested in food?

Seeing the hell hounds gathering toward her, Ye Qingran's eyes lit up.

The facts proved her guess correct!

Ye Qingran ran toward the edge of the tomb chamber holding the bone staff, with twelve hell hounds hot on her heels.

They didn't realize they were getting farther from the Thirteen Demon Guards, and their glow was fading.

Ye Qingran felt quite satisfied.

As long as she kept at it, once the hell hounds' glow faded, they'd all be hers.

"Delicious big bone, come get it if you want to eat!"

Ye Qingran sped up, almost at the tomb chamber's edge, just one step from success, when all the hell hounds seemed to receive some command, stopped, looked at the big bone then at the Thirteen Demon Guards behind them, appearing torn.

The crystal on the demon armor flashed rapidly; the hell hounds shook their heads and turned back!

"Huh?" Ye Qingran wasn't having it.

She had gone to great trouble to trick these hell hounds over; how could she let them go back?

But it was obvious the big bone no longer worked; she had to think of something else.

"Screw it!"

Ye Qingran's gaze deepened; she needed a quick battle, for once the hell hounds returned to the demon armor's side, she'd have no chance.

Ye Qingran thought, summoning Jiu Tian Xi Rang again, shaping it into a huge net to cast over the hell hounds.

The hell hounds were ensnared by the net formed from Jiu Tian Xi Rang; plus they were far from the crystal, their strength plummeted, making it hard for them to break free quickly.

Watching the hell hounds barking wildly and struggling, Ye Qingran's face showed no joy, only worry.

Jiu Tian Xi Rang was already scarce; turning it into such a large net greatly reduced its power—if the hell hounds struggled hard, they could tear a hole and escape.

"Hey, do you have any good ideas?"

Fu Hanxiu arrogantly lifted his chin: "Of course."

Ye Qingran slapped Fu Hanxiu's butt with a "smack": "If you have one, spit it out—watch me beat you!"

Fu Hanxiu silently cursed this woman as a real tigress—she'd surely never marry!

He reluctantly thought he'd marry her when they grew up.

"Just drop a drop of essence blood on them, and it'll be fine?"

"What? Such things are usually sealed on one's body..."

"Isn't this an ancient thing? The seal is already weak; with your ability you can still break it."

Ye Qingran raised her eyebrows, thinking Fu Hanxiu made a lot of sense.

"But these hell hounds are too ugly, not to my taste; I'd rather give this chance to someone else."

The hell hounds never imagined they'd be utterly despised by someone.

"Come here a moment." Ye Qingran beckoned, and Xuan Yuan Luo and the others came over.

"Want to raise a hell hound?"

"What?"

"That exciting?"

Seeing everyone's expressions, Ye Qingran thought, if this were modern times, raising a hell hound would be cooler than raising a husky or whatever.

"Can you really raise one?" Xuan Yuan Luo was very interested.

"He says yes." Ye Qingran pointed at Fu Hanxiu.

Fu Hanxiu pursed his lips.

She does the good deeds, he takes the blame.

But what else can he do? Indulging her for the sake of her being unmarriageable.

"I want to raise one."

"Those who want one, pick yourselves, then I'll take care of it."

Xuan Yuan Luo picked one that glared at him, baring its teeth: "This one!" Let you stare at me, let you stare at me!

Ye Qingran probed the hell hound with her mental power; indeed there was a seal inside. The seal's purpose was to prevent others from stealing the hell hound. After all, hell hounds have no emotions—whoever controls them becomes their master.

Those who have cultivated spiritual intelligence are another matter!

The seal inside the hell hound had weathered over ages; Ye Qingran destroyed it with little effort.

"First drop of blood on it."

Xuan Yuan Luo unhesitatingly forced out a drop of essence blood; as it fell on the hell hound, a red blood mist burst forth.

The rest of the process was much like a normal contract between humans and spirit beasts.

Everything went smoothly; Xuan Yuan Luo sensed an invisible bond forming between himself and the hell hound.

"Come out!" Xuan Yuan Luo commanded; the hell hound walked over, Ye Qingran opened a gap for it, and it went to his side, wagging its tail.

"Yeh-yeh-yeh, so cute, Sis Ye, I want one too."

Ye Qingran: "......"

"May I ask, which eye of yours saw it as cute?"

Soon, Ye Qingran also secured a hell hound for Xia Zhimeng.

Afterward, Ling Shaoyang, Feng Yi, and the others also each got their own hell hound.

Han Xing Leng Yue, Bai Bing, and the three girls, like Ye Qingran, had no interest in ugly things.

Qin Feixue, Hong Wu, and Duan Yu, on the other hand, weren't picky at all.

Fu Er and Fu San think the Hellhound is quite interesting, each of them also got one.

In the end, all twelve Hellhounds were distributed.

"Mother, I still prefer Husky."

Xiao Hu said to Ye Qingran.

Mother once painted a Husky for them, and they thought the Husky looked very amusing.

"I like big wolfdogs."

Compared with cute dogs, Xiao Chen prefers the fierce ones.

"Didn't you say your favorite dog was Little Silver?"

Although Little Silver is a wolf leader, Xiao Hu and Xiao Chen always treat it as a dog.

Xiao Hu and Xiao Chen stared at each other, then covered their mouths.

Hope Little Silver didn't hear.

All the Hellhounds were internally digested, and Ye Qingran withdrew the Jiu Tian Xi Rang.

"Come, let me see the result; have the Hellhounds line up in a row."

Soon, the twelve Hellhounds, on their owners' command, stood in a line.

"Squat!"

Then they squatted again, not very neatly.

"Not bad!" Ye Qingran was pleased, "From now on we'll have our own Hellhound legion!"

Fu Hanxiu poured a basin of cold water, "A Hellhound without demon armor is incomplete."

"Fine..."

Ye Qingran glanced toward the demon armor, where thirteen demon guards bristled with murderous intent, making her feel overwhelmed.

If the Hellhounds are this troublesome, how should we deal with these thirteen demon guards?

"Ye Qingran, you really are shameless!"

A scolding voice came, and it was Bai Zichuan.

Ye Qingran crossed her hands over her chest, unhurried, "Oh, Bai Zichuan, tell me how I'm shameless?"

"With so many Hellhounds, how can you take them all for your people? After all, many of us have fought Hellhounds to the death, we deserve a share, right? Yet you keep every single one for yourself!" Bai Zichuan shouted. "Everyone, judge for yourselves—am I wrong to accuse her? Isn't what she did shameless?"

Bai Zichuan was evidently clever; he knows what the disaster‑water east‑pull is and how to play with people's hearts.