Still Have to Warm Your Bed? Master, I'm Still Little!

"So you've chickened out already? I preferred that unruly look you had just now."

Qin Yang shook his head as he spoke and slowly set the White Fox in his hand down on the floor.

As the hand gripping the back of her neck loosened, the White Fox deftly flipped over and landed on the ground. She gave herself a shake, then circled Qin Yang's legs, rubbing against his pant leg ingratiatingly. "Master is immensely powerful. I was blind not to see it before. From now on, I'll definitely serve Master properly!"

"Heh heh."

Hearing that, Qin Yang smiled as he stared at the White Fox. "Is that really so? The internet says your kind has slippery tongues and that not a single word you say can be trusted."

"Slander!! This is all slander against us foxes!"

The White Fox's fur bristled again. Gritting her teeth, she said indignantly, "They're all stereotypes! Master, don't listen to their nonsense!"

"Whether it's slander or not, I don't know. But there's only one thing I care about..."

"Only by forming a contract can I truly rest easy."

As he spoke, Qin Yang suddenly raised his hand and pressed two fingers together, pointing them at the White Fox's brow. Then he swiped across Little Fox's front paw, cutting a tiny wound and causing blood to immediately well up.

"Hiss..."

The White Fox instinctively sucked in a breath, enduring the pain.

The next moment, a thread of pure Beast Blood flowed from her paw and dripped onto the floor with a patter.

Seeing this, Qin Yang recalled the contract incantations he had read in the library, considering what kind of contract would be suitable.

However.

Since they were master and servant now... it wasn't too much to use the harshest Life-Death Contract, was it? Having made up his mind, Qin Yang searched through his memories as he chanted the contract incantation.

At the same time, he circulated the true essence within his body and directly communicated with the laws of heaven and earth.

The next moment.

Buzz! A faint resonance sounded in the corridor.

The blood on the ground split apart in response, connecting to the White Fox's Niwang Palace. In an instant, it formed a shackle linking life and death around her before vanishing without a trace.

"Whew, it worked."

Seeing that the contract had been formed, Qin Yang finally let out a sigh of relief.

With the blood contract in hand, he now held the White Fox's life and death in his grasp.

If the White Fox dared betray him, no matter how far she fled, he could remotely crush her sea of consciousness and send her straight to drink Meng Po Soup!

That way.

With safeguards in place.

The contract was finally truly complete.

"Master..."

Sensing the changes within her body, the White Fox understood that the faint contract had been formed and helplessly accepted her fate.

But soon, she perked up again.

After all, this world had always been one where the strong devoured the weak.

She was simply inferior in skill. What else could she do? After suffering Qin Yang's palm-flip suppression earlier, the White Fox had already understood the vast gap in their strength. It was like an ocean between mountains, utterly impossible to cross.

Before such terrifying overwhelming strength, no amount of petty scheming would help.

"Good. Now I can probably trust what you say."

Qin Yang clapped his hands, feeling completely at ease.

Foxes were naturally cunning. Without the Life-Death Blood Contract restraining them, they would surely spew lies without end.

Truth mixed with falsehood, falsehood spoken as truth.

It was never wrong to handle things as carefully as possible.

With that thought, Qin Yang looked at the unconscious middle-aged woman on the floor, then turned to the White Fox and asked, "Tell me. Why were you here pretending to be some ghost? And what happened to this injured auntie?"

"Master, I didn't hurt her."

The White Fox trotted lightly over to the woman's side and said aggrievedly, "I only borrowed a little spiritual energy from her. It won't cause any serious harm... At most, this human will run a slight fever. She'll recover soon!"

"That's more like it."

Qin Yang nodded slightly at her words and thought it over carefully.

Although the neighborhood had been unsettled these past few days.

There really had not been a single victim who died.

During this time, the White Fox had at most been playing ghost in the apartment building.

Then she used illusions to frighten people unconscious and took a little vital essence to cultivate. She had not done anything too outrageous.

"But you've got some nerve. You actually dared intrude into human territory?"

Qin Yang looked surprised. "Weren't you afraid the experts in the city would discover you and hunt you down?"

"I was! Of course I was, Master."

The White Fox lay on her side, exposing the fur on her soft belly. Looking exhausted, she said, "That's why I used illusions to hide in this apartment building... I even deliberately avoided the bustling city center and chose this remote, poor neighborhood, all to avoid the three Innate Realm Experts in the city... But who could have guessed that I'd run into you here, Master..."

The White Fox rolled over to look at Qin Yang, her eyes full of resentment.

After all her calculations, she had thought she had avoided everything.

Yet she still ran into an expert.

"Keep a low profile, keep a low profile."

Qin Yang waved a hand and asked again, "What about the elders in your family? Do foxes have litters and litters of young? Aren't there any others of your kind in this apartment building?"

"No, Master. I'm the only one here."

As she said this, the White Fox lay on the ground with her front paws drooping over her chest, reminiscing. "Ever since I got separated from my family during the last beast tide, I've been on my own. Every day, I rely on taking a little vital essence to survive and barely cultivate. I've managed to get by somehow."

Hearing this, Qin Yang remembered something.

So-called beast tides occurred roughly once every twenty years.

Whenever one began, Star Beasts blanketed the sky as they besieged human cities, leaving devastation and death in their wake.

But this little white fox was clearly different from those ferocious beasts. Her temperament was much gentler.

And since she had managed to survive in the city for so long, she was clearly quite intelligent. Having her help him out in the future would be a pretty good choice.

"Not bad, not bad. I picked up a little nine-tailed fox for free. What a score."

Qin Yang nodded in satisfaction and looked at the White Fox. "What's your name?"

"B-Bai Li, Master."

When Bai Li spoke her true name, her tone was somewhat shy. "You can call me Xiao Bai from now on."

If the others in her clan found out.

That she had told a human her true name, her sisters would definitely laugh at her.

But now that her life was in Qin Yang's hands, she could only accept it.

"Xiao Bai? That's a good name."

Qin Yang nodded, recalling the female ghost's appearance from earlier. Curious, he asked, "Was that what you originally looked like?"

"No, Master. I only made that up to scare you humans."

Xiao Bai stuck out her tongue and happily circled Qin Yang. "Let me show you what I really look like."

As soon as she finished speaking.

Green smoke spread through the air.

Xiao Bai's fox form dissipated, quickly condensing into a new appearance.

She became a little Loli with her hair tied into twin buns, looking no more than seven or eight years old at first glance. Delicately lovely, she wore a green outfit. Her eyes flickered in the darkness, giving her an innocent, hazy air.

Qin Yang looked her over and clicked his tongue.

Not bad. This form was pretty good.

"What do you think, Master?"

Xiao Bai spun around, freely showing herself off.

"Ahem, not bad."

Qin Yang coughed lightly, then paused. "Since you're my Beast Pet now, you'll have to take care of the household chores from now on... Things like cleaning, washing clothes, cooking, warming my bed—you'll do all of it."

"Huh?"

Xiao Bai froze at his words. "I have to warm your bed too? Master, I'm still little!"