"Knock, knock, knock!" There came a burst of knocking at the door.
Xiao Ye opened the door just a crack, poked his head out, and peeked outside.
Suddenly, a stunningly beautiful face popped up just a centimeter away from Xiao Ye's own. "Xiao Ye," she said, "can I come in and chat for a bit?"
It was Si Yao the Fruit Girl! Right now she wore a pleading expression, her round pretty eyes looking adorably innocent, and Xiao Ye could catch a whiff of her fragrant scent.
"Who is it? We were just about to sleep." Cheng Bingxi came over, saw it was Si Yao, and pulled her inside.
The way she moved was so exaggerated that it stirred up her massive assets, treating Xiao Ye to quite the view.
Pure terror, it was just pure terror.
She came to our place in pajamas, was that even okay?
Xiao Ye followed behind them.
On the sofa, Cheng Bingxi curiously asked, "Si Yao, since you haven't formed a contract with a Beastmaster, how are you going to train?"
The Fruit Girl hugged Cheng Bingxi's arm, and the two cuddled together on the sofa. A flash of excitement gleamed in her eyes, though on the surface her face stayed calm as she replied,
"I'll just do the training by myself. Even if I don't have a Summoned Beast, I can still do it."
"Your skin is so nice, Sister Bingxi," the Fruit Girl said, caressing Cheng Bingxi's cheek, her eyes looking even more excited.
Cheng Bingxi was a bit uncomfortable; this was the first time a girl had ever touched her face like this, so she broke in, "You're the same, just as fair."
The Fruit Girl said, "Can I come over and hang out with you a lot in the future?"
"Come over whenever you want."
The two were hitting it off, and Xiao Ye, unable to get a word in, asked the system in his head,
"System, how many Rule Fragment Crystals does it take to complete Si Yao's template?"
The system did not respond.
"Come on, System bro, answer me."
The system did not respond.
"Grandpa System, say something."
"System hottie, System babe, System cutie?"
The system still did not respond.
Xiao Ye snapped in his head, "You good-for-nothing System, what trash, not even a bit of intelligence!"
The system still showed no reaction.
"..."
*Xiao Ye figured out how this System worked—it was pretty much just a machine, only able to run according to some preset code!*
Just then, the Rule Fragment Crystal suddenly lit up, and Xiao Ye understood some new information.
[The SSS-level Five-Clawed Golden Dragon Summoned Beast had already vanished from this universe. In order to conjure a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon Summoned Beast template out of thin air, twelve Rule Fragment Crystals are required—more than for other SSS-level templates. To know how many Rule Fragment Crystals Si Yao needs to complete her template, her body must be scanned first to see how much Rule Power the template absorbed when she awakened.]
This was the information sent by the Rule Fragment Crystal. Xiao Ye then remembered—the crystal had already acknowledged him as master!
Now that he was the master, he could hand the Rule Fragment Crystal to the Fruit Girl to use, and get it back at any time.
"When I take you out in a bit, don't make a scene."
Giving that warning, Xiao Ye pulled the crystal out of system space. "Scan quickly, just don't cause any weird phenomena."
Si Yao and Cheng Bingxi were sitting close together, happily chatting, when Si Yao suddenly felt an incredibly pleasant, comfy feeling spreading through her entire body.
Si Yao's eyes lit up. She wanted to cuddle Cheng Bingxi even more.
[SSS-level Five-Clawed Golden Dragon template completion, 84%. Two more Rule Fragment Crystals required to fully manifest the template.]
This message echoed in Xiao Ye's mind.
"Two more, huh. I only have one on me. Oh, right, the system issued a new quest."
[Current quest: Within one week, raise your Summoned Beast's Realm to Tier Five. Task reward: 100 Evolution Points, 1 Rule Fragment Crystal.]
"System, accept the quest!"
This time, the system responded instantly.
[Quest successfully accepted]
*If he could complete the quest, plus the 100 Evolution Points earned from defeating the Reception Team Captain, that would be 200 Evolution Points total, enough to upgrade the Two-Tailed Form to Three-Tailed Form!*
*With two Rule Fragment Crystals, it would be enough to complete the Fruit Girl's template!*
So Xiao Ye put away the Rule Fragment Crystal, then asked Si Yao, "If someone helped you restore your SSS-level template, how would you thank them?"
"Huh?" The Fruit Girl, Si Yao, looked totally stunned, then snapped back to her senses. "How did you know I'm an SSS-level template? Did my dad tell you?"
"Just a guess! Answer my question," Xiao Ye said with a sip of tea, grinning.
The Fruit Girl's expression got serious, she puffed out her chest and those massive things became even more terrifying. "I'd give myself to him, body and soul!"
"Pfft!" Xiao Ye spit out a mouthful of tea and exclaimed, "Are you for real?"
"Truer than real gold!" Si Yao nodded, then said with utter disappointment, "But who could possibly do that?"
"My father has researched tons of data, and this situation has never come up before—I'm the only case."
"I've already prepared myself to never form a contract in this lifetime."
*So you're planning to die alone?* Xiao Ye griped in his heart.
*In this era, forming a contract is basically the same as getting a marriage certificate. If you never form a contract, what, are you gonna spend your life single?*
After that, Si Yao left, her figure looking lonely as her shadow stretched long.
Cheng Bingxi suddenly jumped onto Xiao Ye and said,
"Come on, come on, let's go back to the bedroom. What a perfect night, we can't let it go to waste."
Xiao Ye asked, "You want to transform into Beast-Eared Girl form?"
Cheng Bingxi shook her head hard.
The next day.
Four in the morning.
Xiao Ye got up early for one reason—to cultivate.
His goal was to raise the Summoned Beast's Realm to Tier Five within a week.
It wasn't just to finish the quest; it was for a better life in the future, too.
Cheng Bingxi had already tossed her bathrobe somewhere god knows where. She was sprawled on the bed like an octopus, and a minute later she was forcibly powered on. After washing up together, they started to cultivate.
Dressed formally, Xiao Ye and Cheng Bingxi immediately activated the Contractual Power, summoning the Two-Tailed Form: Holy White Fox.
Profound energy spread outward as a phantom image floated up from the ground. A Summoned Beast seemed to be pulled from fantasy into reality, materializing vividly on the floor—it was the Two-Tailed Form: Holy White Fox.
Compared to the One Tail Form, the Two-Tailed Form was way more than just an extra tail.
Skill strength, body strength, and cultivation speed all improved accordingly.
Xiao Ye and Cheng Bingxi's bodies disappeared, their consciousnesses entering the mind of the Holy White Fox.
Ten Tier Two Crystal Cores—those were the weekly cultivation resources they'd gotten yesterday.
After swallowing one Tier Two Crystal Core, Xiao Ye could feel the much greater power surging through his body compared to a Tier One Core.
"Poof!" "Poof!" The two immediately began activating the Demon Beast cultivation method.
After digesting two Tier Two Crystal Cores, the Summoned Beast's Realm reached early Tier Two.
Cheng Bingxi exclaimed in delight, "Xiao Ye, we're leveling up super fast!"
"Then let's get to it, wifey Bingxi," Xiao Ye replied.
As they digested more and more Tier Two Crystal Cores, two hours later, the Summoned Beast's Realm reached late Tier Two. Xiao Ye estimated that after just one more core, they could break through to Tier Three.
Feeling the surging power of Tier Three in his body, Xiao Ye thought,
*Si Yao, from the moment I set my eyes on you, you could never escape my grasp!*
*You say you'll give yourself to me, body and soul?*
*That works perfectly for me!*