Chapter 53: Qi Buli Never won

Its expression changed from sparkly-eyed cuteness to blankness, then to deep contemplation.

Panda: ???

Feng Yao was stunned by this sudden change.

Master-servant contracts meant that if the master died, the servant died, and if the servant died, the master would be severely injured.

If Li Yang contracted with the iron-eating beast, it would be even more troublesome for her to kill the beast.

Feng Yao rushed over in a panic to stop her: “No.”

” Hmm~”

The approach of a pink cloth spirit startled the panda cub, which was still thinking, and it quickly changed the contract, timidly acknowledging Li Yang as its master.

The golden light on both of them quickly merged together.

The master-servant contract was formed.

Li Yang’s eyes curved into crescent moons. She smiled, patted the panda’s head, and said to Feng Yao: “Sorry, I can’t sell it anymore.”

She was instantly stunned, and in a voice that managed to contain three parts anger, three parts grievance, and four parts sadness, she said: “How could you do this?”

Li Yang stared at the panda thoughtfully: “Well, since you’re so cute, like a little dumpling, your name will be Qiuqiu from now on.”

Qiuqiu: “? ? ?”

Zhuang Churan sighed and pulled her behind her: “Fool.”

In the cultivation world, contracts were equivalent to linking the lives of both parties. If the beast was chosen well, it could increase cultivation and become a great help. If the beast was chosen poorly and its abilities were too weak, the master would have to raise it and protect it, easily being dragged down.

In Zhuang Churan’s eyes, his little junior sister was about to become that unlucky person who would be dragged down.

The ancient iron-eating beast, while having a resounding name, was nothing more than a cute cub.

But there was no way, who could stop a child from liking something?

No, it’s a beast that grew up eating celestial and earthly treasures. It can’t be let go like this.

Feng Yao pursed her lips: But… the contract has already been made.

Although the disciples of each sect fought independently, once they encountered demons, they were comrades-in-arms. Because of this, the relationships between the major sects weren’t too bad.

Since Li Yang had already contracted with the iron-eating beast, at least in front of others, she couldn’t have any intention of killing it anymore.

Zhuque was furious: Useless, you useless thing! I contracted with you, taught you cultivation techniques, but you can’t even do such a small thing.

She was scolded badly and her eyes reddened.

Qi Buli’s expression darkened, and he drew his sword: “The iron-eating beast can be yours, but the spirit ore vein must be mine.”

Li Yang: “What spirit ore vein?”

Xiao Qingzhou said: “It’s this little beast’s home. We were mining it, and then it used some method to bury the vein underground.”

Li Yang raised her eyebrows and whispered to the panda cub: “I didn’t expect you to have this kind of ability.”

She understood why there were ice spirit ores everywhere but no trace of the ore vein.

Qi Buli pointed his sword at its rear: “Hand over the spirit ore vein.”

Its stomach answered before its mouth, making a sound: “rumbling~”

The panda cub buried its head, like a small ball, burrowing into Li Yang’s arms.

Starving, so embarrassing.

The next second, a round, plump ice crystal fruit, full of spiritual energy, was placed against its nose.

Its eyes instantly lit up, and it hugged the ice crystal fruit and began to eat.

Li Yang stroked its little tail: “But you also said that the spirit ore vein is its home, it’s its thing.”

The girl looked up at Qi Buli and smiled: “Its things, from now on, are my things.”

“You…” Qi Buli’s blade was covered in frost: “Looking for death.”

The moment his long sword fell, the surrounding air grew colder.

Lou Qi quickly raised his sleeve, lightly blocking his attack.

The man, slightly irritated, rubbed his temples, then offered a fairer solution:  “Qi Buli, how about this?  Both our sects send someone to fight, and whoever wins gets the spirit ore vein.”

With neither side willing to back down, this seemed the most equitable approach.

Qi Buli’s eyes darkened, his sword pointed at Li Yang: “Since she’s contracted with the iron-eating beast, let her come out and fight. What kind of skill is it to just hide behind others?”

Li Yang blinked innocently.

Bai Yu spoke up for her: “Our little junior sister is only at the late Foundation Establishment stage. This is clearly bullying.”

He sneered, striking a domineering and arrogant pose: “When I was at the Foundation Establishment stage, I could already fight Lou Qi, who was at the Golden Core stage.”

Li Yang recalled the content of the book: “But you never won.”

Qi Buli: “That time he was lucky and narrowly escaped. Otherwise, I could have beaten him until he couldn’t get out of bed.”

Li Yang: “But you never won.”

Qi Buli’s eyes narrowed: “He can’t beat me now either.”

Lou Qi admitted: “Yeah, last time it was a draw, but you really haven’t won.”

Qi Buli: “

The man seemed a little agitated, on the verge of an eruption.  He angrily declared: “Fine, Lou Qi, I’ll fight you.”

Zhou Qian facepalmed: “Senior Brother, calm down…”

They had planned to fight Li Yang, but were provoked into changing targets by the siblings’ few words.

Li Yang quickly found a front-row seat.

Qiuqiu shook her arm, showing her two empty paws.

Sister, look, there was an ice crystal fruit here, but now it’s gone.

Li Yang quietly handed over another ice crystal fruit, whispering: “Be good. We’ve angered everyone, so we need to keep a low profile.”

The panda cub tilted its head, indicating it understood, and ate the ice crystal fruit in small bites.

Zhuang Churan, witnessing all this: “

You don’t look like you’re trying to keep a low profile at all.

A fight between two of the cultivation world’s top geniuses was a rare sight.

They had fought many times before, and there was even a kind of tacit understanding between them. They amicably agreed on the boundaries of the arena, drawing a simple circle.

From here to there, whoever stepped out of the circle first lost.

Meng Zhang sat down beside Li Yang: “Li Yang, the way you provoked Qi Buli just now…”

He quietly gave a thumbs-up: “So exciting.”

However, as soon as he sat down, he was excitingly lifted up by Zhuang Churan and excitingly thrown aside.

The woman, with a “don’t touch my junior sister” expression, sat beside Li Yang.

Meng Zhang: “

In less than half an incense stick’s time, they had gone from arguing to watching the spectacle.

Fang Yizhou was even sitting behind Li Yang, emotionlessly reminding them: “Qi Buli… his cultivation has reached the peak of the Golden Core stage.”

He was one step away from breaking through.

His cultivation technique included one that could temporarily increase his cultivation, possibly even to the Nascent Soul stage.

In the same realm, a swordsman versus a talisman cultivator, the outcome seemed predetermined.

“Not necessarily,” Li Yang produced a bag of candied pastries: “He’s Lou Qi.”

It wasn’t only the protagonist who had an aura. If you looked closely, the major antagonists in every book also had their own aura.

That kind of aura where their cultivation was always one level higher than the protagonist’s, and the protagonist could never defeat them in the early stages.

At this stage, when Lou Qi faced Qi Buli, there were only two words to describe the outcome.

He will definitely beat him to a pulp.