All Things Are Contracts

Chapter 20: Azure Wind Realm

Soon, Zhanyue learned from a book about the principle of “coloring” illumination Stones. Normally, illumination Stones were transparent and colorless, of the light attribute. But in places with extremely dense elements, they would spontaneously absorb surrounding elements to complete the coloring. Throwing illumination Stones into volcano lava could yield fire-attribute stones, placing them in deep sea could produce water-attribute stones, putting them in the eye of a storm could create wind-attribute stones, and so on for other attributes.

Colored illumination Stones were worth twice as much and were indispensable for contractors who could use elemental powers in their cultivation.

After putting all the illumination Stones back into the ring, Zhanyue excitedly took out his reward from this journey, the purple-quality battle technique – Flame King Blast. An apple-sized glass ball flickered with purple light. Zhanyue held it in his hand, marveling at the mysteriousness of this world’s techniques. This glass ball contained the copy of “Flame King Blast.” He sat cross-legged, using his contractor power to envelop and refine it. Soon, the glass ball changed from purple to colorless, and Zhanyue’s mind remembered the cultivation method for “Flame King Blast.” Suddenly, Zhanyue had an inspiration and used State Reversal on the glass ball, but the imagined return to purple color didn’t occur.

“Ah, the technique and this glass ball aren’t one entity. This thing is ultimately just a carrier. I can regress the state of the glass ball, but not the technique inside,” Zhanyue said regretfully, realizing his divine ability wasn’t omnipotent.

“If… if the human body is just a carrier for the soul, then I probably can’t bring the dead back to life either,” Zhanyue suddenly thought. Unless the soul hadn’t dispersed, he could only regress the physical body. “Nevermind, I won’t think about these things for now. Unless someone is dead, I can heal any injury, no matter how severe. What more could I ask for?”

“Even purple-grade techniques are so complex, it probably won’t be easy to master in a short time,” Zhanyue sighed, then rented a cultivation room in the city and began training. This journey had made him deeply aware of the gap in strength between himself and others. To survive well in this world, one’s own strength was the greatest guarantee.

While he was diligently cultivating, the situation in the City Lord’s mansion suddenly changed drastically.

Wind Lord lay on the bed, his old face dark, with black mist lingering around his head, clearly showing signs of poisoning. He hadn’t woken up yet.

“Grandfather!” Holy Maiden Lixi looked at her grandfather on the sickbed, her face pale. She felt his pulse and breathed a sigh of relief; he was still alive. She gathered all her strength, activating the power of light to dispel the black mist lingering around Wind Lord’s head. The black mist dissipated instantly as if it had met its nemesis. Light contractors also possessed terrifying healing abilities.

The Holy Maiden collapsed on the ground. People around were about to help her up but were stopped by her.

“Don’t touch me, you can’t withstand the cold poison,” the Holy Maiden scolded.

Due to power exhaustion, cold air was emanating from the Holy Maiden’s body.

Mi Hongchen, standing nearby, couldn’t bear to just watch. She took out her cavalry spear and planted it next to the Holy Maiden.

“Sun Yang Domain!” Mi Hongchen deployed her domain. As the domain expanded, the surrounding people, including Eagle King, felt unbearably hot. Then the domain continuously shrank, only enveloping the Holy Maiden. Although it couldn’t completely dispel the cold poison, it greatly reduced Lixi’s suffering.

“Thank you, Sister Mi,” Lixi said gratefully. Even though Mi Hongchen was highly skilled, she still couldn’t completely suppress the cold poison like Zhanyue could. But at this moment, Lixi didn’t dare to ask someone to find Zhanyue, fearing it would expose his secret.

“So powerful… At such a young age, she’s mastered a domain that only Spirit God Realm experts have a chance to grasp, and can control it at will. If this woman advances to Spirit God Realm, she might become an existence like Thunder Lord or Sword Lord,” Golden Lion Kieran swallowed hard. Although they were both beast contractors and both at the late stage of Sun Profound Realm, the difference in their strength was like heaven and earth.

“Cough cough…” With the yin poison in his body cured by the light-system healing technique, Wind Lord finally woke up. Light contractors were a nightmare for nightmares but a blessing for humans. Countless people had been saved by the illumination Goddess in the past, and the value of the Holy Maiden was self-evident.

Seeing the worried looks of everyone, Wind Lord smiled, “This old man isn’t that fragile. The yin poison in my body has been resolved. I’ll fully recover in a few days.”

“Grandfather, where exactly did you go?” Lixi asked, somewhat frightened. The enemy that could inflict such severe injuries on Wind Lord, a Spirit God Realm expert, must have been formidable.

Wind Lord Mumu Xingyun looked at his beloved granddaughter with a guilty expression.

“The people who took your grandmother away back then have come again. This time, their target is you… I received the news and went to intercept them, but unexpectedly, they brought three Spirit God Realm experts. I couldn’t match them one against three and had to flee. They don’t know where you are and might go to the Rising Sun Kingdom in vain, but they’ll soon find their way here,” Wind Lord explained.

“They? You mean the people from that small world? That secret realm independent from the world – the Azure Wind Realm?” The Holy Maiden’s face changed. Her grandmother was from the Azure Wind Realm and had a special status there. Wind Lord Mumu Xingyun’s marriage to her wasn’t approved; they had eloped. Later, her grandmother was eventually found and taken back by the people of the Azure Wind Realm. This time their target is me?

Everyone panicked. Three Spirit God Realm experts? To forcibly take away the Holy Maiden? How important was the Holy Maiden to the Myriad Spirits Realm? How could they let them take her away?!

“Don’t panic. As soon as I got the news, I notified Thunder Lord. He will intervene,” Wind Lord Mumu Xingyun said. The Thunder Lord he mentioned was the thunder contractor, the chosen one who was struck by lightning at birth, and currently the publicly acknowledged strongest human.

As they spoke, three terrifying auras enveloped Sun City, causing panic among the city’s inhabitants. Zhanyue walked out of the cultivation room to see three people in cyan robes standing in mid-air. One carried a jade gourd on his back, one stood on a flying centipede, and one had hair like raging fire.

“Hand over the Holy Maiden, and we can avoid a bloodbath,” said the man with fiery hair, his tone extremely arrogant.

The people in the City Lord’s mansion also came out. Mi Hongchen’s eyes turned cold; these people really didn’t take the Eastern Kingdom seriously, daring to threaten the citizens of Sun City.

“You elders are also humans, why speak such treasonous words?” Mi Hongchen replied.

“Humans? How could our Azure Wind Upper Realm be the same as you insects? You think too highly of yourselves,” said the cyan-robed man standing on the flying centipede.

“The light contractor is of our Azure Wind bloodline. We’ve come specifically to retrieve our lost bloodline. You shouldn’t obstruct us,” said the man with fiery hair. He was a fire contractor, at the late stage of Spirit God Realm, the strongest among the three.

“Your Azure Wind bloodline?” Wind Lord forced his tired body to walk out. “You Azure Wind Realm people should have some shame. If you want a light contractor, go make one yourselves. This is my granddaughter, flowing with my blood. How is she of Azure Wind bloodline?”

The three were angered by these words and scolded, “Mumu Xingyun, you old thief. Kidnapping Princess Feiyu back then was a capital offense. The princess used her life to threaten the ancestor to spare your life. If you know what’s good for you, hand over the Holy Maiden quickly. The Holy Maiden has royal blood and is a light contractor. She can receive better education in the Azure Wind Upper Realm and have a brighter future. What talent can your backwater Myriad Spirits Realm produce? Do you have any divine-level techniques suitable for light contractors?”

“I think, since the Holy Maiden is already an adult, she should make her own decision,” the man with the gourd said ‘objectively’.

The Azure Wind Realm people indeed came prepared, starting with the temptation of divine-level techniques. But everyone wasn’t foolish. If the Holy Maiden went to the Azure Wind Realm, she would become their person, no longer belonging to the Myriad Spirits Realm. What would be the point of her cultivating any technique?

Holy Maiden Lixi also walked out, with Mi Hongchen and Wind Lord protecting her on either side.

“Your Highness Holy Maiden, come back with us to the Azure Wind Realm. Your grandmother is waiting for you there. In Azure Wind, you’ll enjoy the same Holy Maiden treatment, and you can obtain divine-level techniques. Moreover, the Azure Wind Realm has ways to resolve the cold poison in your body,” the fire contractor persuaded.

Wind Lord’s face changed. How did they know about the cold poison in the Holy Maiden’s body? There must be a traitor in his Mumu clan!

“No need to trouble you elders. I’m living quite well here,” Lixi didn’t waver at all. She had her grandfather’s protection here, but in the Azure Wind Realm, she feared she would just be a puppet.

“Sigh, do you really want to force us to take action?” The man with fiery hair looked regretful. “The Azure Wind Upper Realm can lead to the path of longevity, something this Myriad Spirits Realm can’t compare to. Are you sure you don’t want to reconsider?”

Lixi shook her head, “I’ve heard many legends about the Azure Wind Realm, but never heard of them doing anything when humans were in peril. What’s the point of longevity if you’re just a bunch of cold-blooded bystanders? Every roadside stone is long-lived, but does anyone envy becoming a stone?”

The three were stunned, not knowing how to refute for a moment. “Hmph, silver-tongued. You don’t know the wonders of longevity, that’s why you dare to speak so superficially. Today, it’s not up to you. Take her!”

Just as the battle was about to erupt, a hearty laugh was heard, sounding like thunder.

“Although I don’t know the method of longevity, I do know how to make the three of you short-lived!” A purple-haired, purple-bearded man in purple robes landed in front of everyone, shielding them behind him. His hair was disheveled, looking quite carefree. He was even barefoot, like a beggar, not caring about his image. There were still some bloodstains on him, as if he had just been through a battle.

“Old freak, you’ve finally come,” Wind Lord breathed a sigh of relief seeing Thunder Lord arrive.

“I was hunting star beasts in the outer realm. As soon as I got your message, I rushed back. Not too late, right?” Thunder Lord smiled, then looked at the Holy Maiden.

“My granddaughter has grown so big, indeed taking after her grandmother, so beautiful and charming,” Thunder Lord smiled.

“Hello, Godfather,” Holy Maiden Lixi said happily. With Thunder Lord here, there was nothing to worry about.

The three looked at Thunder Lord like mice seeing a cat. “How did he get back?”

“Back then, you took Alan away when I wasn’t around. Now you want to forcibly take my precious granddaughter while I’m away? Is it the Azure Wind Ancestor who gave you this courage? If you want to take my granddaughter, let that old thing come personally. In our battle years ago, we were evenly matched. I wonder if he’s improved over these years!”

Seeing Thunder Lord’s arrival, the three knew that forcibly taking the Holy Maiden was impossible now. “Since Thunder Lord has intervened, we’ll take our leave.”

“You hurt my old brother Xingyun and think you can just leave like this? Do you think our Myriad Spirits Realm has no one?” Thunder Lord moved like lightning, and the three hurriedly defended, but there was no defense possible. Thunder Lord flashed behind the three, and they simultaneously spat out blood. Before they could see Thunder Lord’s move, the three were already severely injured.

“This time I’ll leave some face for the Azure Wind Ancestor and won’t kill you. But if you dare to target the Holy Maiden again, I’ll kill you for sure. Get lost!” Thunder Lord threatened.

“Hmph! We’re leaving.” Although the three were unwilling, they didn’t dare to linger. The gap between them and Thunder Lord was too great.

“Thunder Lord, although you’re strong, you can’t solve the cold poison in the Holy Maiden’s body. A Holy Maiden who can’t resolve the cold poison is just useless! You’ll eventually have to come begging us!” the fire contractor said resentfully.

“Hmph.” Thunder Lord let out an angry snort, and a bolt of lightning struck the fire contractor from the clear sky, instantly blasting him into pieces. However, he had already elementalized his body and quickly reassembled, though his injuries were even more severe.

Watching the battle in the sky, Mi Hongchen puzzledly asked Wind Lord beside her, “Why is it that although they’re all Spirit God Realm, Thunder Lord can so easily severely injure them? They don’t even have the ability to fight back.”

Wind Lord Mumu Xingyun smiled mysteriously, “Who said Thunder Lord is at Spirit God Realm?”

The common people below didn’t know what had happened, only that the arrogant people from the Azure Wind Realm had fled in a sorry state, and they cheered jubilantly. Only Zhanyue was full of worry, “There are too many people coveting that girl. Night Lord, the Nightmare race, and now the Azure Wind Realm. Sigh, I hope her luck will be better.”

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