An Unexpected Encounter with Xiao Wu

Meng Xuanji carefully examined the bound Jade-faced Thunder Fox.

The Dark Blue Silver Emperor's tendrils had already crawled over every part of her body. Their soft, silky touch made Meng Xuanji feel rather envious.

"So this is what it feels like to be wrapped in a Blue Silver Emperor? It's practically like being touched by hands."

The Blue Silver Emperor's tendrils tightly wrapped around the Jade-faced Thunder Fox's jade-like feet. The firm sensation sent electric tingles straight into her heart.

Her waist, as beautiful as fine jade, rubbed continuously against the Blue Silver Emperor's barbs, revealing a patch of milky-white skin beneath her tattered clothes.

Meng Xuanji had already felt over every inch of the Jade-faced Thunder Fox's body, from her thighs to her lower abdomen, from her collarbone to her waist. Even her most private parts had been thoroughly toyed with by the Blue Silver Emperor, making her pretty face flush crimson with shame.

Bound in place, the Jade-faced Thunder Fox could only think that Meng Xuanji was a pervert, humiliating her with the Blue Silver Emperor even as she was about to die.

"Kill me or torture me, do as you please. Just make it quick."

"Good. You've got guts. I'll grant your wish."

Meng Xuanji had touched enough, so he turned to Hu Liena.

"Do it. Her spirit ring is yours."

Faced with the Jade-faced Thunder Fox, who looked exactly like herself, Hu Liena could not help hesitating.

"But... I can't bring myself to do it when she looks like this. I-I've never killed anyone."

Meng Xuanji had somewhat forgotten that six-year-old Hu Liena did not yet possess the decisive, ruthless temperament she had in the original story.

"It's fine. I'll help you."

Meng Xuanji grabbed Hu Liena's wrist and controlled the spirit power within her body. Like a puppet on strings, she slit the fox's throat in one stroke!

Crack!

Blood sprayed!

The Jade-faced Thunder Fox fell, and a pale purple spirit ring slowly emerged.

Only when the Jade-faced Thunder Fox returned to her fox form did Hu Liena's mind finally catch up.

"Y-you... how did you do that just now?"

Hu Liena froze. Just then, it had felt as though her hand no longer belonged to her. She had swung that blade entirely under Meng Xuanji's control.

"That's the price of my Symbiotic Contract. I give you power, so naturally, you have to give me something in return."

Meng Xuanji had no intention of concealing the truth. Hu Liena would learn it sooner or later anyway.

"Doesn't that mean you can control me whenever you want?" Hu Liena became angry.

"Then what's the difference between me and a toy for you to play with? Was this your real purpose in making me sign the contract?"

"No. You're not a toy."

Meng Xuanji pressed a finger against Hu Liena's lips, stopping her from speaking.

"You're my friend. Unless there are special circumstances, I won't control you to make you do anything you don't want to do." Meng Xuanji's gaze was incomparably earnest. "I truly did this only to help you."

"If you don't trust me, I can dissolve our contract at any time. But if you choose to trust me, I promise I won't control you on a whim in the future, much less restrict your freedom because of it. I might even give you some unexpected rewards."

Sincerity was the ultimate weapon.

Meng Xuanji's words were so frank that Hu Liena's resolve began to waver.

"Is that... true?"

"It's true. I'm not lying to you. I told you, I don't lie to pretty girls."

"Fine, then. I'll trust you one more time."

Hu Liena let the matter of the contract go.

"Then I'm going to absorb the spirit ring. Can you stand guard for me?"

"With pleasure, my lady."

Meng Xuanji obediently stepped aside and used the Dark Blue Silver Emperor to form a barrier around Hu Liena, ensuring that her aura would not leak out.

When Meng Xuanji saw Hu Liena close her eyes and begin refining the spirit ring, he finally let out a long breath.

"Whew, I finally fooled her. Kids really are easy to fool."

Although Hu Liena had accepted the existence of the Symbiotic Contract, it had also served as a reminder to Meng Xuanji.

"Under normal circumstances, no one would willingly agree to a contract that is practically the same as selling themselves. Unless they intend to sell their lives for power, I really can only resort to some underhanded methods."

Hu Liena had been fooled mainly because she was young and trusted Meng Xuanji unconditionally deep down.

If it had been someone as shrewd and experienced as Bibi Dong, this contract might have been signed in reverse.

The moment he thought of Bibi Dong's cold, proud queenly face, Meng Xuanji immediately shook his head.

"No, absolutely not. I'd really be killed. I should think this through carefully. Signing a contract with a Titled Douluo might get me schemed against in who knows what way."

Before finding a suitable opportunity, Meng Xuanji absolutely did not dare reveal the existence of the Symbiotic Contract to Bibi Dong.

"Amazing. You actually took down a thousand-year spirit beast."

A young, lively voice rang out from the trees, and Meng Xuanji reacted immediately.

"Who's there? Come out!"

Bang!

The Blue Silver Emperor smashed into the branch where the voice had come from, but there was no one there anymore.

"Why are you so violent? I was only making a comment. It's not like I was going to do anything to you."

A young girl with pink hair, a carrot hairclip, and a pink rabbit dress flashed before Meng Xuanji. She studied him curiously.

"Big Sister Xiao Wu!"

"Huh? How do you know my name?"

The newcomer was Xiao Wu!

Damn it, why is Xiao Wu here? Does that mean Da Ming and Er Ming are here too?! Is the Star Dou Great Forest trying to screw me over?!

Meng Xuanji immediately steadied himself, doing his best to calm his agitated heart.

"Cough, cough. Sorry, I may have mistaken you for someone else. I know a girl who looks somewhat like you, but I only just realized that you aren't her."

Meng Xuanji spoke with feigned composure.

"So that's how it is. But you guessed right. My name really is Xiao Wu—Wu as in dancing."

"You were really impressive just now. It's my first time seeing a one-ring Spirit Master hunt a thousand-year spirit beast."

"So you saw everything?"

"Yep."

Meng Xuanji's heart instantly turned to stone.

I'm finished. It looks like getting out of here alive is going to be difficult.

Just as Meng Xuanji was about to resign himself to his fate, his heart suddenly clenched!

"Urgh!"

Meng Xuanji groaned and immediately dropped to his knees in agony. An incomparable pain erupted from his chest like a volcano.

"What's wrong? Are you okay?"

Seeing Meng Xuanji's miserable state, Xiao Wu immediately crouched down to comfort him.

"Are you injured? I have some medicinal herbs on me. Hurry and take them."

Xiao Wu had always been kind-hearted. At this time, she still had a happy, complete family, and she had personally witnessed Da Ming and Er Ming hunting ten-thousand-year spirit beasts. Thus, she did not yet feel much revulsion toward Spirit Masters hunting spirit beasts.

This world evolved through constant competition. Rather than worry about those who were already dead, Xiao Wu could not bear to watch a living person die before her eyes.

If Bibi Dong had never hunted Xiao Wu's family, she should have remained this innocent, kind little rabbit forever.