At his words, a flicker of frustration crossed the empress's remnant soul's eyes. She had acted so quickly precisely to deny Li Yun any chance to jack up his price on the spot.
After all, she had seen through him by now. Li Yun might look handsome and harmless, but he was actually a sneaky bastard, and an exceptionally calculating one at that.
If not for Li Yun, how could she have paid such a steep price? How could she have fallen so completely under someone else's control?
Most importantly, she could clearly sense that Li Yun still possessed the means to truly kill her. That was what worried her most.
Now that the soul contract was in place, however, she no longer needed to worry quite so much. After all, if she died, Li Yun's disciple Nannan would be dragged down with her.
With that thought, the empress's remnant soul flew over in front of Li Yun and said, "My word carries the weight of a thousand pieces of gold. How could I go back on it like you?"
Li Yun smiled at her words. He knew exactly how she felt right now: she was smugly congratulating herself for signing a soul contract that would give her leverage over him.
What she had completely failed to realize, however, was that this was all part of Li Yun's plan. The soul contract was the first step toward turning her into his hired hand.
He knew his disciples' circumstances very well. In the end, every one of them came equipped with a protagonist module. He could not keep them confined to his territory forever. What awaited them was venturing out to temper themselves, exploring secret realms, and even entering forbidden zones.
But how could Li Yun, as their master, follow them