866: Chapter 867 Master-Servant Contract

Her small figure suddenly stood tall, and those large glazed eyes no longer held a trace of innocence or hesitation, leaving only an urgency that could burn through everything and a desperate madness!

"If Senior has concerns and worries that my clan would be disadvantageous to you..." Her voice trembled slightly, yet it was as clear as shattering ice jade, "Xue Li is willing to use her demon soul as a covenant and asks Senior to plant a Master-Servant Seal within my Primordial Spirit!"

Boom!

As soon as these words were spoken, even though Yao Delong's resolve was as firm as a rock, his mind couldn't help but be severely shaken!

He abruptly looked up, his gaze piercing toward Xue Li like a physical substance!

A Master-Servant Contract! For the Yao Race, this was a humiliation more thorough than death! It was absolute submission, placing one's Soul, fate, and life or death entirely in the hands of another! A Sky Fox possessing the Peak Bloodline of the Yao Race was actually willing to go this far for her father?!

Xue Li met Yao Delong's gaze, which was as sharp as a sword, without the slightest retreat! She suddenly lowered her head, her forehead slamming heavily onto the cold jade tiles!

"Buzz—!"

A pure, ancient silver Soul light, carrying the unique noble Aura of the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox, suddenly erupted from her small body! Above her head, it condensed into a complex and profound mysterious contract rune, seemingly woven from countless fox tails! The rune flowed with an ice-blue luster, emitting an Aura of absolute submission and unconditional sacrifice!

"Xue Li, the legitimate daughter of the Xue family of the Qingqiu Royal Clan, using Bloodline and Soul as a guide, respectfully invites Senior to establish the contract! From the day the contract is formed, Xue Li's life shall be Senior's life! Xue Li's Soul shall be Senior's servant! If there is any disobedience, let ten thousand tribulations fall upon me, and may my Soul Fly Away and Spirit Scatter!" The young girl's clear and resolute voice echoed within the Soul light, carrying a heart-shaking tragedy and piety!

Looking at that small figure prostrate on the ground, offering up everything, and seeing the contract rune above her head symbolizing total submission, the last trace of doubt in Yao Delong's heart was completely ignited, then transformed into a blazing fire!

A young girl, to save her father, was willing to discard her freedom and offer up her Soul! This decisiveness and courage moved him!

Opportunities are sought in danger! In the struggle for the Great Dao, how can one be timid and hesitant?!

"Good!"

Hesitation vanished from Yao Delong's eyes, replaced only by the sharpness to cut through everything and the confidence to control fate!

"This seat shall grant your request and take a trip to Qingqiu!"

The moment the words fell, his powerful Primordial Spirit power instantly condensed, transforming into a mark as solid as substance, flickering with a chaotic nine-colored halo, and unhesitatingly branded itself into the core of the floating contract rune!

"Buzz—!"

The contract rune erupted with a blinding brilliance, then transformed into two streaks of light! One merged into the center of Xue Li's brow, and the other vanished into the depths of Yao Delong's Primordial Spirit!

A feeling of being closely connected, minds linked, and clearly defined as master and servant was instantly established!

Yao Delong clearly "saw" Xue Li's Origin—it had actually reached the level of an Eighth Order Peak Demon General! Furthermore, deep within her Bloodline lay dormant an extremely pure, vast, and frigid ancient power! This was the true foundation belonging to the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Royal Clan!

As for Xue Li, she felt a will as vast as the starry sky and as deep as the Nine Nether firmly envelop her Soul, making her unable to produce even a shred of resistance, leaving only the deepest awe and submission.

The contract was established!

Xue Li looked up, tears still wet on her small face, yet already blooming with the immense joy of finding life in a desperate situation and a smile of relief! She was no longer alone!

"Thank you, Master, for fulfilling my wish!" She immediately changed her form of address, her voice trembling with the feeling of having survived a disaster.

Yao Delong nodded slightly: "Get up. We will set off for the central region tomorrow morning."

"Yes, Master!" Xue Li's voice was full of energy! She immediately hopped forward, extending a pair of small paws, and in a somewhat comical but incredibly hardworking posture, began pounding Yao Delong's back, her tail wagging rapidly as if trying to merge all her gratitude into this small service.

Deep within Lietian Peak, inside an Immortal Cave constructed from dark red demon crystals where Evil Qi surged.

The Lietian Blood-Eyed Hou was sitting cross-legged on a massive piece of blood jade, his expression flickering and his eyes flashing intensely!

In his hand, he tightly gripped the jade bottle containing the "great void spirit nurturing pill." The bottle was cold, yet it felt incredibly scalding to him!

'Notify the clan!' A seductive voice roared in his mind, 'While he's resting and off guard! As long as the clan sends a true Demon Emperor to kill him with thunderous force! The Heart Sword Restriction in my Sea of Consciousness will naturally vanish! I'll be free!'

This thought was like a venomous snake, frantically biting at his reason. Freedom! Breaking free from a controlled fate! What a massive temptation!

He had even pulled out an emergency transmission jade talisman carved with a ferocious Hou head and emitting a royal Aura! It only needed a sliver of Demonic Power to activate... but in the next moment, another cold voice sounded, like a bucket of ice water over his head!

'Fool! Don't forget that battle in the Pill Venerable Secret Realm! This kid was only at the Soul Transformation Stage then! Yet he went head-to-head with the Half-step Integration Stage Vice Sect Master of the Nine Nether Sect, Ye Wushang, and even heavily injured him with one strike! Now, I can't even see through his cultivation! His Aura is as deep as an abyss and a prison!'

'Can an ordinary early-stage Demon Emperor steadily defeat him? If they fail... as long as he reacts, even if he only has one breath left, a single thought could detonate the Heart Sword in my Sea of Consciousness! I'll be the first to have my form and spirit annihilated!'

'Besides... this kid is a fellow who can casually take out an eighth-order spirit nurturing pill! Following him, maybe...' The Lietian Blood-Eyed Hou subconsciously stroked the jade bottle, feeling the Aura emitted by the pill inside that his Primordial Spirit craved, '...it's more promising than going back to that Hou main family that despised me?'

Greed, fear of the unknown, and wariness of Yao Delong's unfathomable methods finally outweighed the impulse to betray.

'Forget it, forget it... this kid is very wicked, better not provoke him!' Like dropping a hot potato, he threw the transmission jade talisman back into the depths of his storage space, let out a long sigh as if he had made a difficult decision, and began to convince himself: 'Working well together, maybe... I can even get more pills? Yes, exactly!'

However, just as he had convinced himself and was preparing to meditate quietly—

"Report—!!!"

A panicked and sharp roar, filled with fear, sounded outside the Immortal Cave like a thunderclap!

A seventh-order Demon Marshal responsible for the outer perimeter patrol, like a startled rabbit, came rolling and crawling into the Immortal Cave, his face white with terror:

"Great King! It's bad! Something terrible has happened!"

The Lietian Blood-Eyed Hou's train of thought was interrupted, and he was already irritable; hearing this, anger rose in his heart, and his Evil Qi instantly erupted: "What's the panic?! Has the sky fallen?"

The Demon Marshal, hit by the Evil Qi, almost collapsed to the ground, stammering: "It's... it's the Howling Moon Celestial Wolf Clan! Silver Extreme Overlord! That... that fierce god brought dozens of elites and is aggressively blocking the mountain gate! He's... he's already started fighting with Demon King Yuan! They keep saying... saying we must hand over a white fox! Otherwise, they'll flatten our Lietian Peak!"

"What?!" The Lietian Blood-Eyed Hou stood up abruptly, a fierce light exploding from his blood-diamond-like vertical pupils, his ferocious face instantly twisting!

A violent, bloodthirsty, and terrifying Demonic Qi capable of tearing the sky apart erupted, making the entire Immortal Cave hum and shake!