A day later, Xu Chunniang arrived at the agreed location. After waiting for about half an incense stick's time, a bat silently approached her. Upon landing, it transformed into a Bat-winged Demon person.
"You came rather promptly."
As he spoke, the Bat-winged Demon person tossed her a scroll. "This is the Blood Contract. If there's no problem, just imprint your soul aura into it."
Xu Chunniang took the scroll and opened it. Written upon it in blood were the terms of their transaction.
After reading it, she did not immediately imprint her soul aura into the scroll. Instead, she looked at the Bat-winged Demon person.
"What is a Blood Contract?"
"You don't even know what a Blood Contract is, yet you somehow appeared in the Triple Prison. Could something have gone wrong during your ascension?"
The Bat-winged Demon person gave her a surprised look and explained, "A Blood Contract is a contract established with blood and soul aura as its medium, witnessed by the seven demon emperors. It carries immense binding force and is the most widely used of all contracts in the Demon Realm.
"Those who violate a Blood Contract will suffer the curse of the Seven Sovereigns. They will watch their own souls scatter away bit by bit, dying amid endless agony."
Xu Chunniang replied without changing her expression, "Something did indeed go wrong during my ascension. Not long after I arrived in the First Prison, I was accidentally teleported here. That is why I know nothing of the Demon Realm.
"How do I know whether this Blood Contract you speak of is real?"
Though questioned, the Bat-winged Demon person was not angered in the slightest. He tossed a bone shard to Xu Chunniang. "This is what I promised you. You may examine it first."
Xu Chunniang caught