Chapter 67 of 70
Chapter 67: What If We Repent Now
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The little lovers are being passionate with each other for a while, then discussed about the trial tower again.
Sister Fang’s strand of long hair is hanging along her shoulders, “Brother Agang, who do you think can reach a hundred floors?”
“It’s impossible for anyone to exceed eighty floors. This tower is to tell us that there are still mountains beyond the mountains. The cultivation base is endless.” Brother Agang said in a daze.
Bai Yuming’s lips upturned, showing a frown.
This is indeed the case for ordinary disciples. But for Duanmu Jinyan, who has Yan Yaozi and the protagonist’s halo, this trial tower is just a decoration for the protagonist to use.
He remembered that Duanmu Jinyan climbed to the ninety-first floor with his cultivation base in out of the body period. If Duanmu Jinyan who’s in the distraction period enters the tower again, he’ll definitely break through a hundred floors.
Unfortunately, Duanmu Jinyan had the opportunity to go to the secret realm and head straight towards the Fit period, losing the chance to climb the trial tower.
This can be regarded as a small regret in the original story, or maybe it’s because the author wanted to tell everyone that it’s impossible for everything to go well, right?
“It’s a pity ah, the top floor gives out good defensive materials. If you have that material, any artifacts will be able to withstand the attacks of the two realms.” Sister Fang said as if she was almost able to obtain the materials, with her words full of deep frustration.
“It’s alright. Wait until we make a lot of money, then we can still buy it.” Brother Agang said with a bit of honesty, comforting Sister Fang, “Moreover, I still have the wolf cub, and I can still climb higher in the future to gain better rewards.”
Inner disciples can’t climb to the top floor, let alone outer disciples.
If he has to rely on the wolf cub to climb to more than thirty floors, then the top floor is almost a dream.
“Brother Agang is right. We have a battle pet now, and we’re still on the thirty-sixth floor, the future will only get better and better.” Sister Fang smiled again, imagining the infinite future for them both.
Bai Yuming had a hindsight when he’s waiting to see the little couple leave.
If the materials given on the top floor can improve artifacts defensive power, then it can also improve the house’s defensive ability.
And there are also the two great realms.
This house was originally able to withstand the attacks from a Fit period cultivators. Along with this material, it can resist the attacks from Mahayana cultivators.
Such materials can be sold for millions of high-grade spirit stones at the auction alone.
Liangji sect is relying on the fact that no disciples can climb to a hundred floors, placing a hanging carrot that the donkey can’t eat on top of the trial tower.
But what if he can climb it?
Mo Shulin spent half an hour in the trial tower.
The higher the level, the longer it takes, though the time and the profit will always be proportional.
Mo Shulin thought that Bai Yuming would read scripts as usual to pass the time, so that he wouldn’t be bored. Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked out of the trial tower, he saw Bai Yuming rushing towards him with excitement on his face.
“I’m on the twelfth floor this time.” Mo Shulin’s words has a bit of satisfaction in it.
In fact, he can also pass through the thirteenth floor. But the battle will last for a long time, and Mo Shulin didn’t want Bai Yuming to wait too long so he came out early.
“Hurry, let’s go back! I have a very important things to tell you.” Bai Yuming discovered a huge business opportunity, and he’s so excited that his heart is leaping out of his chest.
“Oh.” Mo Shulin’s eyes gleamed.
He always felt that this scene is like a wife who can’t wait to pull her mighty and brave husband back home when she sees him.
The two hurried back to Yuexue Peak.
Back at Yuexue Peak, Bai Yuming began to pull his belt in front of Mo Shulin.
But before Mo Shulin became tense from the excitement, Bai Yuming turned into a fat rabbit, a round and cute fat rabbit.
Mo Shulin: “…”
It seems that a basin of cold water was poured on top of his head head.
The fat rabbit couldn’t feel Mo Shulin’s emotional changes, he said in a hurry: “Hurry up, hold me!”
Mo Shulin: “…”
If possible, he would prefer to hold Bai Yuming instead of the fat rabbit.
Mo Shulin is now an adult, so he doesn’t need wind talismans to hold the fat rabbit. His body right now is just right to pick up the fat rabbit.
“Aren’t there good materials in the top floor?” The fat rabbit jumped with excitement in Mo Shulin’s arms.
“Yes.” Mo Shulin maintained the muscle in his body with little effort, no longer worried that he would be knocked to the ground by the fat rabbit.
“The trial tower allows to bring battle pets.” The fat rabbit continued.
Mo Shulin understood, raised his eyebrows, nodded, “Mn.”
“And I’m a battle pet.” The fat rabbit’s face is full of determination. Then he can enter the tower as Mo Shulin’s battle pet and go straight to the top!
“What should we do if we got discovered?” Mo Shulin was a little worried.
Although Liangji sect didn’t expressly prohibit elders from entering the tower, but given that the sect attitude towards Bai Yuming is already very poor, he couldn’t let Bai Yuming do something that would affect his face for just some materials.
“If they find it, they’ll find it. Aren’t we compliance with the rules?” The fat rabbit said, leaning his rabbit face up.
Mo Shulin felt that the fat rabbit’s logic does make sense, but Mo Shulin still didn’t want the fat rabbit to go there, so he thought of a reasonable excuse, “Every battle pets are contracted.”
“Right.” The fat rabbit rested his paw on his chin, thinking hard.
It’s impossible for Liangji sect to let them drill into such a big loophole. All the pets that enters together can only be released if they have a contract with the disciple. Otherwise, if you can casually lease two demon beast, the disciples can go straight to the top floor.
“Then we’ll form a contract.” The fat rabbit felt that contracts isn’t a big deal, and after the contract is concluded, it can be resolved again.
Mo Shulin didn’t expect that such great thing would fall on him at this day, even the hands that’s holding the fat rabbit began to tremble. Forming a contract means that the two will have a certain degree of soul connection.
Without waiting for Mo Shulin to be ecstatic for a while, the fat rabbit denied, “Not good. I’m going to die in the future, if I form a contract with you, doesn’t it means that I pitted you?”
Even the worst contract would have to spit out two mouthfuls of blood when it got terminated. If it’s like those life and death contracts, that’s about living and dying together, then it means direct death.
Mo Shulin restrains the impulse in his heart, pretending to be calm and said: “No. If master and I form a contract, I may be able to break through the Qi refining period and reach the foundation building period, and then I’ll be able to fly with swords. “
That’s right. The contract can also slightly improve your cultivation.” The fat rabbit thought this is a good method to help the little villain break through his status quo.
In the original story, Mo Shulin’s cultivation base didn’t begin to improve until he became a demon cultivator. If it can improve Mo Shulin’s cultivation through the contract, wouldn’t it change the original plot?
A seemingly small step is actually an important milestone in changing destiny.
The fat rabbit felt that Mo Shulin’s words is in line with his expectations, immediately became determined: “Then let’s hurry up to form the contract. If the contract is successful, maybe my future will also change, and I won’t have to die.”
Mo Shulin nodded. This is really the truth.
There are many types of contracts, including master-servant contracts, equality contracts, soul contracts, life and death contracts and so on.
The fairest nature is the equality contract, which can be terminated unilaterally, and only a few mouthfuls of blood are needed to terminate the contract. Compared to the latter, either the soul will be damaged, or to bound their lives and death together, these few mouthfuls of blood are totally worth it.
What Mo Shulin didn’t expect was for the fat rabbit to say: “Let’s sign the master and servant contract.”
“No!” Mo Shulin immediately objected.
The master-servant contract is the most unfair contract. The master can control everything about the servant. However, if the servant dies, the master will only feel a headache and can rest for a few days without any physical damage.
“Don’t be so agitated, I can just sign that servant’s contract.” Of course, the fat rabbit knew that Mo Shulin will be unwilling to be the servant. However, if he’s the one who proposes to sign this master-servant contract, it means that he’s willing to be the lower party.
Mo Shulin knew that he has to promptly refuse, but he had inexplicable thoughts regarding the content of the master-servant contract.
If he can become Bai Yuming’s master, he can always know Bai Yuming’s location at any time, and he can also teach the disobedient Bai Yuming a lesson. As long as he thinks about it, Bai Yuming has to obediently return by his side and let him have some fun.
An image came to his mind where Bai Yuming is covering his body with clothes using one hand. If such Bai Yuming was on his bed…
Mo Shulin didn’t dare to think about it anymore. He hugged the fat rabbit in his arms, but gritted his teeth and said something against his heart, “No way. It’ll be too dangerous with me and you’ll get hurt.”
He not only means that kind of injury, but also the dangers he’ll encounter after he enters the Demon Realm in the future.
The master-servant contract has a very harsh stipulation. When the master is in a life threatening situations, the contract will passively allocates half of the damage to the servant in order to protect the master.
How could he be willing to let Bai Yuming become injured because of his incompetence.
“What are you afraid of. I’m in the Mahayana period ah.” The fat rabbit felt that Mo Shulin always treated him as a mentally retarded person. “Of course I made this request after thinking it over.”
“Even if I signed the master-servant contract, the one with a higher rank is still low-leveled. I’m in Mahayana period, and you’re in the Qi refining period. Even if you reach the foundation building period, you still can’t move me who’s already in Mahayana period. In addition to the contract that’ll take effect to help you block half of the damage, the other contents are almost ineffective.
“And it doesn’t matter even if it’ll help you block the damage. Who will hurt you when you’re still in this cultivation base. Can you still provoke someone who has crossed the tribulation period to come here?”
“If I wait for you to reach that period, do you think I’ll still be here?”
“What if I become an immortal one step ahead of time?”
If the contract shows that they could break away from the fate of Heaven, then Bai Yuming won’t die because of being framed.
Mo Shulin listened to the fat rabbit’s explanation, unconsciously clenching his fist.
He knew that there was a gap between him and Bai Yuming, but because he was able to become a Demon Lord in his previous life, he subconsciously placed himself in the position of a Demon Lord to make a pair with Bai Yuming.
But in fact, he’s just a disciple in Qi refining period now. There are still thousands or even tens of thousands of years before he can become a Demon Lord.
And Bai Yuming said something very cruel.
What if Bai Yuming becomes immortal one step ahead of time?
Becoming an immortal means severing all ties with Cultivator Continent, and the contract will be dismissed by the Heaven, so he’ll no longer have any contractual relationship with Bai Yuming.
He had never thought that the distance between him and Bai Yuming is so far away.
He even has the delusion to form a relationship with Bai Yuming and become Bai Yuming’s Taoist companion. What a ridiculous idea.
“Okay. Then let’s do the master-servant contract.” Mo Shulin didn’t know what he’s insisting on. He’ll desperately cling to anything just so he can have more contact with Bai Yuming.
But soon, something more ruthless than becoming an immortal has appeared.
Mo Shulin and Bai Yuming couldn’t form a master-servant contract. There’s no reason for it, they just can’t form the contract. The Heaven never responds every time they read the vow of master-servant contract.
“Is there too much difference in our cultivation base? Can this bug still get stuck?” Bai Yuming fixed his eyes on the bowl filled with blood in his hand, became doubtful, “Let’s try the equality contract.”
“Okay.” Mo Shulin naturally agreed. He originally wanted to form the equality contract.
Unfortunately, the equality contract is similarly unresponsive.
After trying the equality contract three times, Bai Yuming became irritable, “Still impossible? Is the Heaven on a vacation?”
Mo Shulin was silent, he’s very uncomfortable, thinking that the Heaven didn’t want him to have any slightest contractual relationship with Bai Yuming, his heart became painful.
“Let’s try the soul contract.” Bai Yuming wanted to confront the Heaven today, he doesn’t believe that he can’t even form a soul contract.
“Alright.” Mo Shulin is also stubborn, wanting to form a successful contract with Bai Yuming. Regardless if one party died and the other party’s soul was damaged, he’s willing to bear the pain of Bai Yuming’s death.
However, the truth is very cruel, and the soul contract also failed.
“Life and death contract.” Bai Yuming gritted his teeth, “Otherwise the blood will be wasted today.”
In order to form the contract, he and Mo Shulin cut their hand to shed some blood.
“…” Mo Shulin didn’t agree, but he honestly knelt on the ground.
He felt that the first three types of contracts had failed, and this last one would certainly not succeed, so this one is just to let himself have a try.
The two of them made a vow to the Heaven while holding a bowl filled with blood.
“I, Mo Shulin.”
“I, Bai Yuming.”
“Wish to form a life and death contract. The Heaven above, proves to all beings, that from today on, I am willing to share misfortune and good fortune with the contracted person, and depend on each other on life and death…”
After reading the vow, a beam of light that only both people can see suddenly fell from the sky.
The light shone on both of them, and the blood in the bowl becomes a transparent liquid with a special luster, symbolizing that their life and death contract had been recognized by the Heaven.
The life and death contract is also known as the husband and wife contract.
Bai Yuming was holding a bowl, neither want to drink, nor not wanting to drink.
He stares at Mo Shulin who was also stunned in the same place, “What if we repent now?”