Yao Chen Signs a Contract of Servitude

In the ruins of the Xiao Family, everything was reduced to ashes in the fire, and the few remaining items were carefully tended by the later Dou Zhe.

Basically, anything of value was taken by those who came to steal items.

But some things still remain.

Amidst the ruins, Zhu Zhuqing waved her hand and remotely retrieved a ring, slightly blackened from the ashes.

He gently rubbed the ring a few times, and a fluorescent light appeared on his finger and was directly injected into the ring.

The once ordinary ring suddenly trembled, but the trembling lasted only a moment before returning to normal, as if nothing had ever happened.

"Stop playing dead, come out here."

Zhu Zhuqing flicked her finger lightly on the ring, and a white stream of light instantly shot out from the ring.

The white streak of light transformed into a human shape in mid-air before crashing headlong into the ruins.

Yao Chen was a little confused. He was suddenly awakened from his slumber by an extremely pure spiritual energy.

The energy restored one-tenth of his soul before he even had time to react.

Once he regained consciousness, he immediately discovered that the ring he was residing in was in the hands of a powerful woman.

Knowing his own situation well, how could he dare to expose himself?

My first instinct was to play dead to avoid it.

But to his surprise, less than a second after he had been feigning death, a powerful force suddenly struck his Soul Body, ejecting him directly from the ring he was residing in.

Seeing that his plan to feign death had failed, Yao Chen could only hope that Zhu Zhuqing was a good person.

"My name is Yao Chen. I have met the Venerable One and thank you for saving my life."

After straightening his disheveled robes, Yao Chen forced a smile and walked out of the ruins, bowing respectfully to Zhu Zhuqing.

"Okay, now, let's rob you. Hand over everything you have!"

Zhu Zhuqing shook the ring off her hand and said.

She didn't believe that a Ninth-Grade Alchemist's Yao Chen space ring contained nothing of value.

The reason they didn't bring it up in the original story was probably to give Xiao Yan some training.

As Eighth-Grade Alchemist, he has quite a collection.

"Your Excellency, is there really no need for this?!"

Yao Chen's smile almost froze. Had he, Yao Chen, been dead for too long? Why was this person not giving him any face at all?

"What's wrong with me saving your life and getting a little something in return?"

"If it weren't for me, how long do you think it would take you to encounter someone in these ruins who could restore your soul?"

Zhu Zhuqing flexed her fingers and slightly raised her eyes. If Yao Chen didn't know his place, she wouldn't recommend killing him to steal his treasure.

"Of course, of course!"

Yao Chen's pupils contracted; he sensed Zhu Zhuqing's suffocating killing intent.

He was initially somewhat reluctant, but immediately changed his mind.

He immediately released the ring from its binding and handed control of it over to Zhu Zhuqing.

Having gained control of the ring, Zhu Zhuqing instantly probed into the spatial ring with her mind.

Then, a look of disgust involuntarily appeared on his face.

There really wasn't anything in that old man's ring.

Aside from martial arts techniques and combat skills, there are only a few people who refine medicine.

There really isn't any elixir available.

"Um, I usually carry quite a few spatial rings. This ring is for storing books and alchemy equipment."

The other two rings were probably taken by someone else when I faked my death to escape and break free of the binding.

Yao Chen roughly guessed what Zhu Zhuqing was looking for, but the ring he used to store medicinal herbs and pills had been taken away by Elder Mugu. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been reduced to absorbing Xiao Yan's Dou Qi to survive.

His own accumulation of medicinal herbs alone is enough for him to live another lifetime.

Zhu Zhuqing wasn't particularly interested in any elixirs; it's just that plucking feathers from passing geese and leaving skins from departing beasts had become her guiding principle in doing things.

She wouldn't save someone for no reason, nor would she be interested in martial arts techniques or fighting skills.

He wasn't bragging, but even the most powerful techniques and fighting skills can't compare to directly applying the laws of nature.

She originally wanted to get some Eighth-grade Pills from Yao Chen to show off. After all, Rank 8 pills could at least offset several days of her cultivation by absorbing Negative Energy, right?

It's a pity that all that work was for nothing, and I didn't gain anything.

Zhu Zhuqing's eyes gradually moved upwards, looking at Yao Chen... and the Heavenly Flames within his body.

"Robbery! Hand over your Heavenly Flames!"

Zhu Zhuqing's words immediately made Yao Chen lose his composure.

"Your Excellency, this is unacceptable! I am Ninth Rank Alchemist. I have a use for the Heavenly Flames; I can refine pills for you."

The Bone Chilling Cold Flame is practically Yao Chen's lifeblood, so how could he possibly hand it over so easily?

He would rather be a wage earner than summon the Bone Chilling Cold Flame.

He didn't think Zhu Zhuqing was from the Hall of Souls, and at such a young age she was already a Dou Zun powerhouse. It wasn't shameful for her to beg for food under such a person.

"No need, I can make it myself."

Zhu Zhuqing shook her head; she didn't need Yao Chen to refine any pills for her.

She can now easily make Seventh-Grade Elixir, but only those of the same or higher grade will ever be effective for her.

Yao Chen, in his current state, can at most refine seventh-grade items, which is even worse than her.

"Your Excellency, can't we discuss this? I... I was once an Eighth Rank Alchemist!"

Even if you don't need me, your subordinates must need the pills.

I'm really useful now.

The Heavenly Flames is absolutely not going to be handed over, not even under duress; the only option left is to sell oneself into servitude.

"Alright, sign this contract."

After Yao Chen finished speaking, Yao Chen Zhu Zhuqing placed a contract in front of him.

Looking at the contract of sale in front of him, Yao Chen glanced at Zhu Zhuqing, whose expression was indifferent, and he felt that something was wrong.

However, the increasingly chilling coldness in Zhu Zhuqing's calm eyes forced him to sign the contract of servitude.

Almost the instant his signature fell, Yao Chen felt an unseen force lock onto his soul.

It felt like he would immediately die and vanish the moment he did anything that violated the contract.

"What the hell is this?!"

Yao Chen originally thought it was just a paper agreement, but he didn't expect it to actually work. What kind of Black Technology is this?

There's no Black Technology, but the Power of Cause and Effect still exists.

Yao Chen was the guide that Zhu Zhuqing found for Xiao Yixian.

As her strength gradually increased, ordinary poisons became less and less effective against Xiao Yixian.

However, with Yao Chen's help, Xiao Yixian was able to use her alchemy skills to refine poison pills.

As long as her alchemy skills are profound enough, Xiao Yixian's improvement will never reach its limit.

People always have to rely on their own efforts.

She didn't expect Xiao Yixian to be too outstanding, but she absolutely couldn't let her rely on her parents.

"Come back, and help me bring someone along in a while."

Zhu Zhuqing tossed the ring to Yao Chen and said.

Although this ring is Narecept Ring, it is not an ordinary Narecept Ring.

It has a certain Soul Nourishing Function, which is one of the reasons why Yao Chen's soul has been able to survive for so many years.