“It seems this pavilion has a restriction...” Feng Luan murmured to herself.
If only she had asked Ye Chi about this pavilion while he was still here. Now that she had been stopped, she had no idea how to enter the second floor.
Whether it was what she was thinking or merely an illusion, Ye Chi’s voice seemed to come from outside the door.
“Feng Luan!! You actually Formed a contract with me! And it’s a Master-Servant Contract, no less!!”
His voice drew closer. When Feng Luan turned around, she saw Ye Chi, dressed in a purple robe, striding toward her furiously, anger written across his face. He gripped the jade fan tightly in his hand, looking as though Feng Luan were the murderer of his father.
Ye Chi was absolutely furious.
In his Past Life, he had been a carefree phoenix, ruling supreme in the Barren Realm. Who could have expected him to encounter a woman in red who not only defeated him, but also locked him within the phoenix token for over a hundred years?
Now that the seal had been broken, Ye Chi had thought he had gained his freedom and could once again see the light of day.
He had never expected to be bound by a contract!!
And a damned Master-Servant Contract at that!!
Feng Luan said expressionlessly, “What contract?”
Ye Chi roared furiously, “A Master-Servant Contract! Hurry up and undo it!”
Feng Luan frowned. “I don’t know how.”
She truly did not know how to undo her contract with Ye Chi. She had not even found the contract she had Formed a contract with Ye Chi through. How could she undo a contract that did not even exist?
Seeing that Feng Luan’s expression did not resemble that of someone lying, Ye Chi suddenly remembered the final words the woman in red of his Past Life had spoken when locking him within the phoenix token.
“If the Phoenix Token Acknowledges a master in the future and you meet my reincarnation, she will open the first floor of the pavilion. In the first book on the tenth row, there is a brocade pouch I left for you in the book’s inner compartment. It can let you leave the Phoenix Token.”
Ye Chi had forgotten those words from over a hundred years ago as soon as he sensed the aura outside. Then the brocade pouch probably contained the method to undo the contract!
Feng Luan saw Ye Chi’s expression change from anger to excitement. He carefully examined the first floor of the pavilion before dashing deeper inside.
“Come with me.”
Feng Luan followed him and watched as Ye Chi hurriedly took a book from the shelf. When he opened it, there was a sachet embroidered with a phoenix pattern inside. He opened the brocade pouch urgently and took out a small slip of paper carrying a faint fragrance.
Feng Luan watched the excitement on Ye Chi’s face crack apart in an instant. Flames seemed to leap from his beautiful peach blossom eyes. His fingers crumpled the slip of paper as he turned his head and glared at her with fury and hatred, spitting out four words through clenched teeth: “Despicable and shameless!”
Feng Luan was utterly confused. Ye Chi threw the slip of paper at her, lowered his eyes, and slowly unfolded the crumpled paper.
The slip of paper was covered in elegant, flowing handwriting, with a single sentence written in sweeping strokes.
“Protect my reincarnation, or I will spread the word throughout the Barren Realm that you secretly watched another girl bathe.”
For some reason, Feng Luan felt a little guilty as she touched the tip of her nose. “What does this have to do with me?”
Ye Chi snorted coldly. “Hmph. Does your Past Life have anything to do with you? Despicable and shameless! How dare she threaten me with this!”
After locking him within the phoenix token for so many years, she was still causing him trouble like this. He unilaterally declared that they were no longer friends!
Feng Luan said, “My Past Life is my Past Life, and I am me. If you have complaints, go find my Past Life.”
Ye Chi: “.....”
How was he supposed to find her Past Life?
Her Past Life had long since undergone reincarnation and become her!
Feng Luan glanced sidelong at Ye Chi. “Since things have come to this, accept your fate.” She showed not the slightest guilt over causing trouble for someone else.
The actions of one’s Past Life should not be repaid after reincarnation.
Although Feng Luan’s actions were largely identical to those of her Past Life, she had only recently tricked a free enforcer, after all.
Now that her Past Life had gotten her a contract beast, it was actually quite a good deal.
Ye Chi really wanted to argue, but he had no words.
After all, there was indeed no way to undo the contract. She had probably tied him to the Phoenix Token to prevent him from escaping. As long as Feng Luan had the Phoenix Token Acknowledge a master, the contract would form a contract on its own.
Despicable!
Seeing Ye Chi’s dejected appearance, Feng Luan could not help curling her lips into a smile. She asked, “Is it really that difficult to accept?”
Ye Chi said, “I am a phoenix! Do you know what a phoenix is?”
Feng Luan raised an eyebrow. “I know.”
Ye Chi said, “I am a phoenix, one of the Ten Divine Beasts, and I am different from other spirit beasts! I am a Divine Beast, a Divine Beast!”
Feng Luan nodded. “And then?”
Ye Chi said, “Yet now I have become the contract beast of a mere human third tier martial artist! I refuse to accept this!”
Feng Luan said, “If you refuse, then stay here slowly.”
Ye Chi: “.....”
Without Feng Luan’s permission, he could not leave the Phoenix Token at all.
Feng Luan stopped teasing him and said seriously, “If we find a way to undo the contract in the future, I will naturally undo it with you. I don’t know whether you are loyal to me, and keeping you by my side is dangerous as well.”
Ye Chi seemed somewhat suspicious of Feng Luan’s words. After all, the words of a Divine Beast were exceedingly rare and precious. Divine Beasts possessed powerful bloodlines, and people throughout the world crazily hunted spirit beasts to obtain them, using them as lowly mounts and abusing them at will.
Moreover, he had never feared Heaven or Earth, yet he feared Feng Luan of the Previous Life.
The suppression from her bloodline made it difficult for him to breathe.
Ye Chi said, “How do I know whether what you said is true?”
Feng Luan glanced at him. “Believe it or not, that’s up to you.”
Ye Chi fell into deep thought. In truth, he had great trust in Feng Luan. In his Past Life, although she had locked him within the token, the two of them had still gone from opponents to friends.
As the saying went, one only came to know another through fighting.
Ye Chi snorted softly. “Then I’ll believe you this once.”
Feng Luan raised an eyebrow, the corners of her lips lifting slightly. “Good.”
As though remembering something, Feng Luan asked, “By the way, do you know why I can’t go up to the second floor of this pavilion?”
Ye Chi’s peach blossom eyes glanced at her. He said gloomily, “Because you’re too weak.”
As he spoke, he pointed at the pitch-black staircase leading to the second floor with the jade fan. The transparent wall rippled with a faint purple light, blocking the way upstairs.
“You must reach the Spirit King Realm before the second floor can be unlocked. The same applies to the floors above it; your strength must reach a certain level.” As Ye Chi spoke, he opened the jade fan, then closed it and tapped it against his palm.
Feng Luan understood.
It seemed that this pavilion was connected to her strength.
“All right, I understand.” Feng Luan asked again, “Is within the phoenix token a space? Can it contain living creatures?”
Ye Chi nodded. “Naturally.”
“One final question. When I entered the Phoenix Token, was it my spiritual sense that entered, or did my body come in as well?”
Ye Chi answered, “Yes, the Phoenix Token can contain living creatures. You saw it on the way here as well. This token can be called a minor world. It has abundant spiritual power, and one quarter of an hour inside is equivalent to one shichen in the outside world, making it extremely suitable for cultivation.”
“In the future, you can come here to cultivate whenever you have free time. You can also keep me company and chat with me to pass the time.”
Upon hearing this, Feng Luan nodded to indicate that she understood.
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