Chapter 162: Owner, Is It Really Good for You to Be So Violent?

“Reconciled, I’m reconciled, stop hitting me!”

The Human-Eating Blood Thorn Vine King was in pain all over his body, and in the end he couldn’t bear the fists with purple-gold flames falling onto his body anymore, so he screamed in submission.

Lou Mu Yan grabbed his main branch vine with one hand and punched with the other. Hearing that he suddenly said he was reconciled, she furrowed her brows, “I still haven’t fought enough yet, why don’t you fight back? I’m the only one fighting, what a disappointment.”

It was rare to be able to have a hearty fight. The body of the Human-Eating Blood Thorn Vine King was very durable against being beaten, so she vented a bit while she was at it. But the only thing that made her dissatisfied was that this Demonic Plant only knew how to dodge, and it didn’t even hurt or itch when he fought back. It really swept away half of her interest.

“…” The Human-Eating Blood Thorn Vine King really wanted to just kneel.

What did she mean that she hadn’t fought enough and that him not fighting back even disappointed her—he wasn’t a fool, he also wanted to fight back too! But could he even fight back?

Her whole body was covered with a layer of Purple-Gold Spirit Flame. The moment he touched it, he’d burn, and the toughness of her body was even comparable to that of a Demonic Beast alright?

If he fought back, he’d not only not be able to hurt her much, but he’d also pay with himself and be burned as well. It wasn’t like he had a brain spasm.

Hearing Lou Mu Yan’s words, Bing Ji looked up at the sky speechlessly and muttered, “Little Owner, is it really good for you to be so violent?”

“Bing Ji, you have an opinion against me?” Although Bing Ji’s voice was soft, but it still fell in Lou Mu Yan’s ears. She narrowed her eyes and said dangerously.

It just so happened that she hadn’t fought enough and wasn’t satisfied. If this stinky bird dared to talk back, then she’d let him transform back into his original form and also abuse him a bit.

Bing Ji immediately put on a flattering smile, “How’s that possible? My pure heart for Little Owner can be reflected by the sun and the moon. I’m just complimenting that you fought well, fought really well. Little Owner just needs to be this violent to make people like you.”

After he finished speaking, he immediately attracted the contemptuous gazes from Mo Yan and Chi. Such a shameful Divine Beast that loses face truly was unheard of.

Bing Ji just ignored the two beast’s gaze. As if he wanted to be punished by Owner so violently.

Lou Mu Yan rolled her eyes. Bing Ji really had no moral integrity.

She stomped a foot heavily on the area where the head was on the main body of the Human-Eating Blood Thorn Vine King and crushed it a few times, “Are you really reconciled or fake reconciled?”

Fuck, this damned woman actually trampled on his head—but he didn’t dare reveal his feelings verbally, “I’m really reconciled!”

Be a Spirit Pet—well, then he’ll be a Spirit Pet. At least it was better than being beaten and burned to death!

The Human-Eating Blood Thorn Vine King was extremely regretful at this time. Had he known early on, then when these people entered his area, he wouldn’t take the initiative to attack them. This was really ‘losing one’s army on top of losing one’s wife’.

When Lou Mu Yan saw that he was indeed really scared after being beaten by her, did she retrieve her foot and raised an eyebrow: “I’ll sign a Contract of Equals with you now. We’ll be partners from now on. I won’t enslave you either, and I’ll also help you improve your strength.

“Of course, if you want to go back on your word, I won’t force you either.” Then she added. When she contracted Spirit Pets, she never liked to force them.

“…” Do I dare to go back on my word? The Human-Eating Blood Thorn Vine King had a mouthful of old blood stuck in his chest. If he dared to go back on it, then this little grandaunt would definitely beat him to death.

Contract of Equals, partner, help him improve his strength—it didn’t sound that bad. Aye! He’ll just pretend he boarded a pirate ship1.

“Just contract, I’m willing to be your Spirit Pet.”

It was just a pity for the life he spent here proclaiming himself King and this land as his. But he had also long wanted to go out and see the outside world. Few humans and Demonic Beasts came here and there was no fresh blood to provide nourishment. Relying on absorbing Spiritual Force to cultivate really was just too slow.

Originally he thought to wait until he could transform before going out, as he, right now, simply couldn’t move out of this area at all. So it was actually good if he was contracted by this woman as he could escape that monster’s control, and he also didn’t have to wait hundreds to a thousand years to transform.

Lou Mu Yan revealed a hint of satisfaction in her eyes. This time she actually profited in coming to Sunset Cloud Mountain Range.

Her two hands kept forming seals and she mouthed an obscure spell. Strips of jade-coloured runes flew out of her body, wounding around the Human-Eating Blood Thorn Vine King.

A drop of blood essence fell from her fingertip and dripped onto the top of the other party’s head. A warm light circle enveloped the one human and one Demon, constantly flowing with colourful, glaze-like colours.

After a while, the colourful glaze light circle vanished, and there was also a spiritual connection between Lou Mu Yan and the Human-Eating Blood Thorn Vine King.

The originally reluctant Human-Eating Blood Thorn Vine King’s cultivation base, after the contract, suddenly skyrocketed, and the dark golden-coloured vines grew numerous main branches again, while the roots returned in his body again.

He was completely shocked inwardly. The green fog on this woman could actually allow him to evolve. He instantly soared from Initial-Phase Tier 6 to Middle-Phase Tier 6 strength. This was the result that he could only obtain after cultivating at least ten years.

Of course, if he absorbed the blood of high-level Sword Masters and Demonic Beasts, then he could also advance quickly, but it still wasn’t as miraculous as the green fog.

“Xue pays formal respects to Owner.” The Human-Eating Blood Thorn Vine King was much more sincere at this time. That green fog was a good thing. It might actually be a good choice to follow this woman, and the resistance in his heart also eased a lot.

Lou Mu Yan was also amazed inwardly at the effect of the green sea of fog. Not only could it remove poison, heal wounds, had a repairing function, and nourished the meridian, but it could also promote the advancement of Spirit Pets?

No. There was no such situation when she contracted Mo Yan, Bing Ji and Miao Miao.

Lou Mu Yan’s eyes were as deep as the sea. It seemed that the green fog was only useful for Demonic Plants—then was it also useful for Spiritual Herbs? An idea suddenly popped up in her mind. She could try it when she returned.

She knew that this kind of advancement was only obvious when contracting. The green sea of fog in her body could help Xue, but it would no longer be as fast and miraculous as it was just now.

“Xue Xue, can you still turn smaller?” Lou Mu Yan furrowed her brows and looked the Human-Eating Blood Thorn Vine King up and down. It’d be too flamboyant to release such a figure in the future.

“…” The Human-Eating Blood Thorn Vine King couldn’t help but hold his forehead with a vine. Xue Xue? Could I not want this name? But he didn’t dare to resist, otherwise it was immediate service with flames.

Remembering the power of the Purple-Gold Spirit Flame, he couldn’t resist shuddering. He’d never forget the burning sensation just now. Now that he was finally repaired by the green fog in that woman, it would be best if he didn’t seek death.

“Owner, I can become the size of your Seven-Coloured Parrot.” The Human-Eating Blood Thorn Vine King said respectfully.

Only then did Lou Mu Yan nod with satisfaction. With a thought, the jade-coloured rune ribbon that surrounded the Human-Eating Blood Thorn Vine King entered her body, and the Array was also removed.

Xue felt that the moment the suppression from the Array was dissipated, he could consciously reduce the size of his body to the size of Bing Ji.

“You don’t have to be so unfamiliar and respectful to me in the future.” Lou Mu Yan looked at Xue seriously and said, “In the future, we’ll be life and death partners.”

Once the Contract of Equals took effect, then it couldn’t be broken. Their future life and death would be linked together. She regarded all her Spirit Pets as partners and not Spirit Pets.

Xue’s heart tightened and was actually moved by Lou Mu Yan’s sincerity. His guard was lowered a lot. He also found that the contract signed between them didn’t have the coercive oppression on the Spirit Pet from the Owner, and instead, they were equal to each other, so he also didn’t resist being her Spirit Pet anymore.

Either way, the two Divine Beasts opposite were willing to become her Spirit Pets, so there was even less of a problem regarding face for a Demonic Plant like him.

Meanwhile, in just a few breaths after Xue was contracted, in a secret room of a large hall in the Thunder Zone, a leaf-shaped golden Spar suddenly shattered into several pieces.

Seeing this, a Demon Cultivator hurried to Monarch’s resting quarters to report the abnormality.

Translated product by May Our 梦 Come True

1basically he’ll just consider that he joined a criminal organisation he can’t get out from anymore, usually used to mean that they were dragged into something they didn’t want to, so he’ll just have go along with it. Colloquial. It’s also apparently used as a joke/loving banter between couples, be it married or not. For example (an example I found on Baidu), let’s say in a couple, partner 1 and partner 2 is in an argument for something partner 1 did. But partner 2 is angry yet also completely in love and couldn’t bear to do anything to partner 1 because of this love, so partner 2 might say, in a helpless manner, ‘I’ve really boarded your pirate ship’ meaning, ‘who could I blame but myself for loving you so deeply and couldn’t leave you, I’ll just have to go along with everything now, nothing matters anymore’. Lol. Also in Chinese it’s 贼船 (zéi chuán). Could be translated to ‘thief ship’ or ‘ship of thieves’.

Random note 1: Xue is literally named ‘Blood’ lol. Bing Ji is ‘Ice Halberd’. Mo Yan is ‘Ink Flame’ and Miao Miao aka Jin Miao is ‘Golden Vast’ (the word ‘vast’ in this case is water-related only. Like ‘vast ocean’).

Random note 2: X is pronounced like ‘Shh’, so Xue Xue is like ‘Shoo-e Shoo-e’ said quickly (kinda). The reason why it’s not just written as ‘sh’ is because ‘sh’ is actually a different pronunciation in Chinese (e.g. Shi Feng’s Shi is ‘sh’). So ‘Xuan’ in Old Man Tian Xuan is ‘Shoo-an’ (kinda). Also, although Xue Clan pinyin is also ‘Xue’, it is pronounced SLIGHTLY differently because of the tones in Chinese. Just imagine different accents of the same English word.

And so Ming Xiu is ‘Sh-ew’ kinda… or something like ‘shiu’.

Also ‘q’ is pronounced like ‘Ch’ so Qing in Ye Qing Han is ‘Ching’. (Once again, it’s not written as ‘Ch’ because ‘ch’ is a different pronunciation, e.g. like in ‘Chi Yi Xuan’.)

And ‘zh’ is KINDA, only KINDA pronounced like the English ‘ch’ with the similarity being that when you say ‘ch’, your tongue touches the roof of your mouth… Hard to explain.

…or listen to Google or something pronounce the words XD. That’s at least somewhat accurate (though even the same word can potentially have COMPLETELY different pronunciations… in different contexts… and even different meanings. Sometimes same meaning but different pronunciations. Example: Xue (blood) can also be pronounced as Xie (blood) How do you know which one to use? You just do.)