Chapter 108: Xue Nv: Su Hao, you really are a good person!

"Phew! This time I finally didn't get lost!"

Looking at the statue before her that made her feel so familiar, the young woman in a white dress with long white hair couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

He stretched out his jade-white little hand and lightly pressed it against the Ice Snow Goddess statue.

The next moment.

Originally appearing ordinary, as if merely a statue carved from common ice, it actually emitted a burst of azure light.

Wisps of white misty cold air drifted out from the ice carving, causing the temperature around the statue to instantly drop to tens of degrees below zero, and a thick layer of ice formed on the ground.

"Is this the divine power of the Ice Snow Goddess? I feel that as long as I stay nearby, even if I do nothing, I can slowly increase my Supernatural Grade, and if I could absorb all this divine power, perhaps..."

Thinking this, a faint smile appeared on her seemingly weak and pure face.

"However, this Ice Snow Goddess statue seems to belong to someone else; I need to go and discuss it with them. If I could live here, that would be even better—I hope they agree to my request..."

Afterwards, she looked around and then headed straight for Su Hao's shelter.

In her eyes, the color-changing pigment seemed to have completely failed; she not only spotted the shelter at a glance but also accurately located the door and lightly knocked on the shelter's door.

Dong dong dong! Su Hao had just come downstairs, preparing to go out and refine the blood-flesh guard corpses, when suddenly a knocking sound came from outside the shelter.

"Who?"

Su Hao frowned slightly; with the Withered Ancient Tree present, ordinary first-rank Supernatural monsters had no right to approach the shelter.

This means the person knocking is at least a Supernatural Second Rank entity, possibly even stronger.

If it were elsewhere, Su Hao might choose to ignore it.

But now that the other party has come to his own doorstep, he can't avoid it—even if he doesn't want to open the door, he must go open it.

However, he couldn't simply open the door just like that.

Su Hao first pulled the Da Xiong Mao out of the blankets, then he controlled the Blood-Colored Magic Book, letting it float to his left front, holding the Gravity Rock Axe in his right hand, and walked slowly toward the door, ready to counterattack at any moment.

However, when he opened the shelter door and saw the slender woman outside wearing a white dress, with long white hair and a jade-white beautiful face, he was instantly dumbfounded.

Objectively speaking, whether in figure or looks, this woman is excellent; Su Hao would at least give her a 9.8 out of 10.

But the moment he thought of her identity, Su Hao lost any inclination to score her, because this woman is...

"Xue Nv?!"

Su Hao widened his eyes, couldn't help but widen them, and instinctively exclaimed.

Holy shit?! I'm fired up—how did a Xue Nv show up at my doorstep this early morning? This must be a hallucination?! "Don't speak yet!"

Under the bewildered gazes of Xue Nv and the Da Xiong Mao behind her, Su Hao closed the door, took a deep breath, then reopened it.

"Not a hallucination..."

Seeing Xue Nv's lovely white face show a hint of confusion, Su Hao felt numb all over, even lacking the thought to resist.

This is a Supernatural Fifth Rank Xue Nv—just a glance could completely freeze the entire shelter; how could he resist?

However, Xue Nv's next words left Su Hao completely bewildered.

"Hello, may I stay in your shelter?"

"Ah?"

Su Hao froze for a moment.

What the heck? A Xue Nv actually wants to live in my shelter, and in a consultative tone—am I hallucinating?! A Xue Nv is an innate Supernatural Fifth Rank being; what does Supernatural Fifth Rank mean? It's a powerful entity capable of influencing the weather.

For a simple example, in my previous life, the Okinawa region of Cherry Blossom Country was directly swallowed by a massive tsunami triggered by a Supernatural Fifth Rank octopus, sinking forever to the seabed.

Likewise, as a Supernatural Fifth Rank Xue Nv, her strength is not weak at all, and her influence may even be greater.

In my previous life, the Divine Xia Official, after multiple observations of extreme cold disasters, announced a hypothesis that Xue Nv could, to some extent, affect extreme cold disasters!

For example, originally after an extreme cold disaster struck, the lowest temperature was only minus sixty or seventy degrees.

But with Xue Nv's intervention, the lowest temperature could possibly reach minus seventy or eighty degrees! Of course, while she can lower temperatures, she can also raise the lowest temperature a bit, such as making it only minus forty or fifty degrees.

Extreme cold disasters are supernatural calamities spread across the world, and yet Xue Nv can influence disasters of this magnitude—her ability goes without saying.

To put it bluntly, if Xue Nv is willing, just a slight thought could freeze everything within tens of kilometers—whether it's Su Hao or the Da Xiong Mao, none would have a chance to survive.

Yet such a terrifying being shows a weak appearance, looking at Su Hao with expectant eyes.

In such a scene, Su Hao wouldn't even dare to think about it in his dreams...

"Ah, I know, wait a moment, I'll give you something."

Seeing Su Hao standing silently in place, his eyes twitching occasionally, Xue Nv slightly opened her mouth and suddenly came to a realization.

She stretched out her jade-white little hand; a flash of light passed over her palm, and a scroll made of unknown paper appeared in her hand.

"What's your name?"

"... Su Hao."

Although Su Hao didn't know what Xue Nv wanted to do, facing the absolute power gap, he had no choice; after a moment of silence, he honestly answered her question.

"Su Hao... I understand."

Xue Nv nodded, and immediately a rune resembling a snowflake appeared in her azure eyes.

Immediately after.

She unfolded the scroll, and a terrifying surge of spiritual power burst forth, instantly lowering the surrounding temperature by several degrees, causing the entire hall of the shelter to be covered in a thick layer of frost.

Such a shocking scene was merely the inadvertent effect of Xue Nv channeling her spiritual power.

Just as normal breathing creates airflow, Xue Nv's power is so immense that merely adjusting her spiritual power slightly can affect the surrounding environment.

And the purpose of her channeling spiritual power was simply to leave her mark on this scroll.

Afterwards, she handed the scroll to Su Hao.

"I've already drafted the contract's contents; please sign it as well."

"Ah?"

Su Hao froze again, instinctively taking the scroll from Xue Nv's hand.

Damn it, could this be some kind of slave scroll……

However, when he saw the content on the scroll, he couldn't help but widen his eyes.

【Equality Contract Scroll】

Supernatural Grade: Seventh Rank

Effect: The two parties who sign the contract shall maintain an equal cooperative relationship, must not violate the contract's content, and must not do anything that goes against the interests of both parties.

The Goddess of Truth, Maat, witnesses this contract; violators will suffer backlash from the contract, and their souls and bodies will be completely destroyed by that backlash.

Contract content: Humanity——Su Hao provides lodging for Xue Nv—Emilia, and provides simple living facilities, sharing part of the usage rights of the Ice Snow Goddess statue.

Xue Nv—Emilia provides protection around the sanctuary, and according to the actual situation, offers some help within her ability.

Contract parties: Xue Nv—Emilia, (blank).

……

"Ah?"

"I'm not seeing things, right? This is actually a Seventh‑Rank Supernatural Equality Contract?!"

Looking at the content displayed on the contract, Su Hao couldn't help but rub his eyes, once doubting that he had misread it.

The content of this contract is simple: Su Hao provides lodging for Xue Nv, room and board, and shares the usage rights of the Ice Snow Goddess statue with Xue Nv.

And Xue Nv provides protection for Su Hao's sanctuary, and to a certain extent gives him some help.

Damn it, can this even be called an equality contract? Where's the equality?!

Su Hao was dumbfounded; it's not that this equality contract is unfair to him.

But rather, this equality contract is way too unfair to Xue Nv!!

Xue Nv is a formidable Fifth‑Rank Supernatural being capable of destroying a city single‑handedly; even looking across the whole Dark Forest, she is the strongest.

Yet such a powerhouse showed up at Su Hao's sanctuary door early in the morning, saying she wanted to work as his guard.

And to dispel Su Hao's doubts, she proactively signed an equality contract.

All Su Hao needs to provide is a room, plus an Ice Snow Goddess statue of unknown purpose.

Although the Ice Snow Goddess statue contains her divine power and is at least Supernatural Fourth Rank.

However, before he has enough strength and knows how to use it, the statue in Su Hao's hands is merely a high‑end decoration, and he would never dare to use it recklessly.

Otherwise, he might end up like Suolu, turning into a bizarre monster.

Suolu could protect a city, and his left‑behind treasury even contains Fourth‑Rank Supernatural items, showing his strength is at least Supernatural Fourth Rank.

Such a powerful being, affected by divine power, turns into that kind of monster; Su Hao would hardly have any thoughts about using the Ice Snow Goddess statue. Thus, by signing this contract, Su Hao essentially gets a room plus a statue whose usefulness is uncertain—maybe never—and recruits a Fifth‑Rank Supernatural Xue Nv as a guard.

No no!

According to the contract, this Ice Snow Goddess statue is not being given to Xue Nv; rather, it grants the other party partial usage rights, making it a shared property of both parties.

Roughly speaking, doesn't this mean Su Hao just picked up a Fifth‑Rank Supernatural Xue Nv for free?

"Damn, is this really an equality contract? "What's wrong? Are you dissatisfied with the contract's terms? But I don't like going out, and I won't do anything else—I can only protect your sanctuary.""

Seeing Su Hao standing there silent, Xue Nv slightly lowered her head, her cheeks puffed a bit, showing a slightly aggrieved expression.

Su Hao：！！！

"Huh? Why are you feeling wronged now? At this moment you shouldn't be furious; with a thought you could ice‑seal the whole forest, turn me—this clueless person—into an ice sculpture, and leave with the Ice Snow Goddess statue. Why does this Fifth‑Rank Supernatural Xue Nv seem like a naïve girl who's never seen the world, or a bit simple‑minded?"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible, this must be an illusion!"

Su Hao hurriedly shook his head, tossing that thought out of his mind.

What a joke—how could a Fifth‑Rank Supernatural Xue Nv be like that?

This must be because she disdains taking my worthless junk for free, and she has nothing suitable for me that equals the value of the Ice Snow Goddess statue, so she did this.

"I have no objections to the contract's content; I was just distracted by some thoughts."

Su Hao gave a faint smile, then slightly focused his mental power to leave his mark on the contract's signature line.

The next moment.

The contract scroll burst into blinding golden light, splitting into two golden orbs—one flew toward Su Hao, the other toward Xue Nv, merging into their foreheads.

【Contract established; please comply with its terms, or you'll regret it!】

With the contract's establishment, Xue Nv let out a breath of relief, a faint smile appearing on her face.

Great, this way I won't have to worry about getting lost when flying back……

"Can I go in now? I've flown so far these past days, I'm exhausted and really want to rest."

Xue Nv stretched, showing off her curvaceous figure to the fullest, looking at Su Hao with anticipation in her eyes.

"Cough, of course—inside the sanctuary there are still plenty of empty rooms; pick whichever you like."

Su Hao gave a light cough, quickly averted his gaze, stepped back, and turned sideways to let Xue Nv enter.

Now that the contract's signed, there's nothing to worry about.

In the long time ahead, Xue Nv will become the sanctuary's ultimate invincible guardian; we'll have to support her well.

As long as no mighty Sixth‑Rank Supernatural enemy shows up, with Xue Nv this great deity present, the sanctuary's safety needs no worry.

As for Sixth‑Rank Supernatural beings, the Dark Forest might not even have such experts.

"I heard humans have something called a bed that lets people sleep more comfortably—is that really true?"

After entering the sanctuary, Xue Nv gazed at the spacious Hall, the exquisite sofas, dining tables, and other furnishings, then suddenly looked at Su Hao with curiosity.

"Bed?"

Su Hao blinked, wondering if a Fifth‑Rank Supernatural like Xue Nv had never even seen a bed, or if the bed she referred to was actually something special.

Su Hao didn't dwell on it; he brought Xue Nv to an empty, unoccupied room and pointed to a double bed there, saying:

"Is this the bed you mean? Sleeping on it is indeed more comfortable than sleeping on a straw mat."

"Mm‑hm, could you also give me a bed like this? Even a slightly worse one would be fine."

"……"

Looking at Xue Nv's delicate pretty face showing a pleading expression, Su Hao was a bit dazed.

You, a super expert capable of supernatural natural disasters, are you making this expression just for a bed?

Really just a pure, innocent little girl who hasn't seen much of the world...

If I gave that candlewood double bed to Xue Nv, could she occasionally earn some extra money from a part-time bodyguard job?

Forget it, forget it, having a fifth-rank supernatural being work as a security guard is already absurd.

If we let Xue Nv be a personal bodyguard, we might get struck by lightning, right?

Su Hao shook his head, tossed these thoughts aside, pointed his finger around the room, and said with a smile:

"If you're satisfied, then from now on this room will be yours, including this bed, the small sofa, and the bathroom—all yours."

"Really? Really? Is this whole room just for me alone?"

"Of course, if I have the means later, I'll add even better furniture for you!"

"Thank you, Su Hao, you're really a good person."

"……"

Well, being given a "good person" card by a fifth-rank supernatural Xue Nv is unmatched.

Watching Xue Nv's face light up with a bright smile, eager to try, seeming to urgently want to lie on the bed and sleep soundly, Su Hao couldn't help but shake his head and smile.

A fifth-rank supernatural being looks no different from an ordinary person.

"Familiarize yourself with the room yourself, and I won't disturb you."

"Ah, right, remember to lock the door from the inside so you won't be disturbed while resting."

If Xue Nv wakes up on the wrong side of the bed and gets disturbed while sleeping, that person might instantly be frozen solid...

To avoid such an accident, Su Hao taught Xue Nv how to lock the door from the inside and how to use the bathroom, then took the door, returned alone to the living room, and sat blankly on the sofa.

"Really fucking like a dream..."

Recalling what happened these past few minutes, Su Hao felt utterly unreal.

A first-rank supernatural being, a sanctuary, actually has a fifth-rank supernatural voluntarily working as his guard—who would believe that if it got out?

Not to mention saying it out loud; even if Su Hao heard this, he'd have to reply, "Yeah, yeah, you're really awesome!" "Not wanting to think too much, this is ultimately a good thing."

After a while, Su Hao shook his head and smiled, went outside the sanctuary, and took out the corpses of five blood flesh guards.

"Refine!"

As Su Hao's thoughts turned, strands of blood-red light wrapped their corpses.

Not long after, the five blood lights vanished, leaving on the ground some bright red blood droplets like jelly, and five beating hearts.

【Blood Flesh Guard's Essence Blood】

Supernatural Grade: Second Rank

Effect: After consumption, it can increase one's recovery ability; if one's physique is relatively weak, there is a risk of degeneration.

……

"A new blood, not bad!"

Su Hao nodded, collecting all 150 drops of blood on the ground into his Storage Bag.

With this blood, his mental strength and physique can improve a bit.

Afterwards, he turned his gaze to the remaining five hearts.

【Blood Flesh Guard's Heart】

Supernatural Grade: Second Rank

Effect: After consumption, there is an extremely small chance to obtain super-regeneration; as long as one's heart is not destroyed, one will not truly die.

But there is a relatively high chance of degenerating into a blood flesh guard.

……

"Holy shit! Super-regeneration isn't that just a weakened version of a blood flesh guard?"

Su Hao couldn't help but widen his eyes.

Although this super-regeneration ability is useless to him, giving it to the Da Xiong Mao would be perfect.

With its powerful fleshly defense plus super-regeneration, the Da Xiong Mao would basically be unkillable! However, the blood flesh guard's heart cannot be used directly; it must first be synthesized.

Coincidentally, we have five blood flesh guard hearts here, exactly enough for one synthesis.

"Let's talk about it in a couple days."

Su Hao pondered for a moment, then shook his head; his top priority now is to advance.

Afterwards, he first used the Item Refining Technique on the butcher's corpses one by one, obtaining sixteen butcher hearts, brought those sixteen hearts back to his room, and began today's synthesis.

(End of Chapter)