Chapter 6 Poor Beast

  "What? Say it again!" The emperor thought he had misheard.

  "Your Majesty, General Cold has emptied the imperial pharmacy's storage room." The little eunuch trembled as he knelt on the ground, knowing that this time he was probably doomed. The emperor was notoriously stingy, and General Cold had made him lose a lot of money this time. To be specific, the storage room contained not only ordinary medicines but also many precious and rare ones, which were hard to come by.

  "You, you, why don't you stop him!" The emperor said angrily, his face turned green with rage.

  "Good grief, good grief, can't stop him! General Leng suddenly took out over 10 storage rings, and before the little eunuch could even react, all the medicinal materials had been stored away in the rings." The little eunuch was truly at a loss for words.

  "Rubbish! A bunch of rubbish! Take him away!" The emperor ordered the guards in a rage.

  "Your Majesty, please calm down, the dragon's body is important!" The eunuch Liu Gonggong, who was attending to him, carefully advised, accompanying the emperor is like accompanying a tiger, even if he is the emperor's confidant, at this time he must be careful and not dare to be careless.

  "What a cold engine! It's really too much for people to bear!" The emperor gritted his teeth and said, his originally somewhat handsome face twisted in anger.

  "Your Majesty, calm down. I can see that this Cold Engine Heaven is well-prepared and has been plotting against you. You are no match for him!" Liu Gonggong said with a flattering tone, implying that Cold Engine Heaven had long been prepared and Your Majesty was being manipulated.

  "Liu Gonggong, what good idea do you have to help me regain some face?" The emperor looked at his trusted eunuch with a hopeful expression.

  "Your Majesty, I think this matter should be considered in the long term. For now, Your Majesty has lost some wealth, and General is not pursuing the matter of the Seventh Prince and Miss Xu. This should be considered the best outcome." Liu Gonggong analyzed, knowing that the Emperor was most fond of the Seventh Prince, so he was afraid that General would not let go of the matter of his granddaughter being injured.

  The emperor thought for a moment and said, "Well, you're right. Bring the sedan chair, let's go to Shengfang Palace."

  "Lei Xiao, today we've gained a lot!" Leng Qing Tian was delighted in his heart as he communicated with his spiritual beast. His spiritual beast was a 9th-grade sacred beast, the Flying Thunder Leopard, with attributes of thunder and wind, skilled at flying, extremely fast, and its attack power was among the top in the sacred beasts.

  The taciturn Le Xiao merely nodded his large head slightly, which was already a response to the master.

  "My master, I just discovered today that the taste of robbery is quite good! In the future, when there's another opportunity like this, let's continue to work together, you and me!" Leng Qingtian was laughing triumphantly in his heart.

  In the Spirit Beast Realm, a large black panther had several black lines sliding down its forehead. The master was still addicted to robbery and wanted to drag it along as well. Master, this is a law-abiding good beast! Wuuu... Master, you've been corrupted by Miss. You should know that in its heart, the master has always been very upright. Today's scheme against the emperor was all taught by Miss. Alas, it understood clearly - don't mess with that little ancestor.

  "Miss, why did you dress me and Green Peach Sister up like this?" Cui Zhu looked at the unfamiliar self in the mirror, a plain face that would not be easily recognized even in a crowd, very puzzled.

  "How many people in this Fengdu know you?" Leng Ruo Xue didn't answer, instead asking back, her beautiful eyes shining with colors, sizing up the two of them, very satisfied with her own masterpiece.

  "Of course, everyone knows that I and Qingtao sister are from the Cold General's mansion! If they didn't know our identities, how could those who want to bully Miss be afraid?" Cui Zhu said.

  "That's right, miss. I don't want others to recognize you." Lan Ruo Xue said calmly, her words were already very clear, they could understand better if they wanted to, but if they still didn't understand, she was too lazy to explain, there were no useless people by her side.

  "Understood, miss," Green Peach said hastily, using her eyes to signal to Emerald Bamboo to be quiet, lest they incur the young lady's displeasure.

  "That's still not keeping up." Leng Ruo Xue said, turning around and walking towards the door.

  In the third month of Fengdu, it was just the time when spring was warm and flowers were blooming. Today's weather was exceptionally refreshing, with a gentle breeze and warm sunshine. The streets were crowded with people, mostly couples in love. It seemed that the customs of this Dongchi country were quite open-minded and did not reject free love. Leng Ruoxue casually glanced at the retro buildings on the street, the dazzling shops, and the unique goods that belonged only to this world. Her mood relaxed, and she didn't even realize that her stunning beauty had caused a stir on the street, nor did she notice the deep gaze that had been fixed on her all along.

  She walked into a pet store, and when she came in, she saw the word "wind" on the sign above the door. She knew this was the second-ranked Wind family among the five major families. The store was not small, divided into two floors. As soon as you entered, you would see several rows of shelves, with cages full of pets on them. In the cages were cute little beasts, either lying down or standing up. Although these were all sold as pets, they were all spiritual beasts, but their levels were relatively low, and their shapes were more adorable, without any aggression, and they were easy to tame. They had already been tamed and did not require a contract, making them the most suitable pets for some noblewomen or young ladies.

  Leng Ruo Xue loved small animals, especially dogs. She had raised one before, but something unexpected happened later, and she hadn't kept any pets since then. Now, seeing these adorable little things, she was also moved and wanted to buy one to raise. However, looking around, apart from unfamiliar animals, there were all sorts of little rabbits, which although cute, didn't interest her much.

  At this moment, she clearly felt that a gaze was staring at her, and she subconsciously looked over to see a cage in a slightly secluded corner, with a small black animal locked inside. Was it a cat? It resembled a Persian cat, but it had a large fox-like tail. At the moment, it was lying in the cage, its big round blue eyes gazing at her with a melancholy and pitiful expression that made one's heart ache. The gaze was truly unbearable! Okay, she admitted that she was charmed by this little thing, which was good at pretending to be innocent and pitiful. If she hadn't caught the cunning glint in its eyes that flashed by like lightning, she would have been deceived by it as well.

  For a long time, the shop assistant who had been in a daze since she walked into the store finally came back to his senses and hurriedly walked up, looking at Leng Ruoxue with astonishment.

  "Miss, is there anything I can help you with?" The shop assistant asked politely in a soft voice, fully demonstrating her good professional quality.

  "Cold as snow pointed at the little guy in the cage 'How much is it for sale?'"

  "Miss, do you want to buy it? Honestly, miss, its physical condition isn't very good right now and it probably won't live for much longer. We have so many lovely pets in our store, and there are even better ones upstairs, why not choose another one?" The shop assistant advised with a bitter tone, almost directly telling her not to buy this one.

  Leng Ruo Xue looked at the enthusiastic store clerk with a somewhat amused expression "I just want it, how much does it sell for?"

  "Miss, are you sure you want to buy it?"

  "Hmm." Leng Ruoxue nodded lightly, how could this little thing be about to die? Although its black fur looked dull and lifeless, its small body was thin and weak-looking, but Leng Ruoxue didn't believe it would be as fragile as it appeared.

  "50 gold coins." The shopkeeper said with some helplessness, he had already said everything that needed to be said, but this young lady still insisted on buying it. He couldn't very well not sell it to her, could he? After all, he hadn't gone against the Feng family's business motto of "integrity as the foundation".

  Leng Ruo Xue nodded at the green peach and paid, then took a small, seemingly weak thing from the shop assistant's hand, turned around and left the store, and strolled for a while.

  "'Spring Breeze Building?' That's a restaurant, I'm hungry, let's go eat something." Leng Ruoxue said, looking at the not-too-distant, finely decorated and luxurious three-story building.

  "Miss, let's change places, it's not good there." Cui Zhu said with a somewhat unnatural expression.

  "Not good? What's wrong with it? I've decided, this one is fine." She was really hungry.

  "Miss......" This time even Green Peach was speechless, her expression wasn't very good either.

  "Give me a reason?" Leng Ruoxue's beautiful eyes flashed with a hint of displeasure, she hated being hungry.

  "Miss had been to 'Spring Breeze Building' for the Seventh Prince, but later something happened and Miss was banned from entering!" Green Peach explained carefully, afraid of making Miss angry.

  It's that damned Seventh Prince again. Leng Ruoxue now truly hates that annoying Seventh Prince, who has even made it so she can't enter a place to eat, and this also sealed the fate of that unlucky Seventh Prince's future miserable outcome.

  "Let's go back to the mansion!" Leng Ruo Xue had lost all interest in eating out.

  Returned to the general's mansion, after eating, Leng Ruo Xue lazily lay on a recliner, holding in her arms a small beast that had also eaten its fill, basking in the warm sunlight, feeling very comfortable.

  "Green Peach, which places in Fengdu are not welcoming to girls like me?" Leng Ruoxue asked casually while eating fruit and feeding her small pet.

  "There is only Xu's property, 'Spring Breeze Building' also belongs to Xu." Lü Táo explained.

  "Is it the Xu family?" She remembered, and anyone who dared to provoke her would regret it. Cold Snow was secretly pleased in her heart, while gently stroking the soft fur of the small beast. Suddenly, she felt a sharp pain on her fingertips, that ungrateful little thing had bitten her! However, before she could get angry, she felt dizzy and disoriented, then heard a voice in her mind say "I am willing to sign with you the 'Soul Bound Contract' Soul bound together, life shared, same birth and death". Then, a magnificent and complex purple contract array enveloped the person and beast, and the contract was officially formed.

  The green peach beside her was also stunned "Miss... actually made a contract with a low-level spiritual beast..."