Soul Contract

Hearing Ye Chen's words, both Li Mei and Zhen Yunqi were stunned.

Li Mei was naive, and she didn't understand things at a bigger level, so when he said this, she became puzzled.

Meanwhile, Zhen Yunqi didn't intend to force him to work for her, so she was stunned at his misunderstanding and hurriedly shook her head.

"Ye Chen, I don't intend to force you with these two conditions. You can think of this like negotiation where you will have benefits."

"My sect is a business sect, and we purchase lot of natural materials like beast cores, precious wood, spring water, metals, and even blood essence. This is something crucial for your development if you want to become stronger and have no people threaten you."

"If you agree to work with me, we will both benefit from this, but of course you can also decide not to, which will leave me with no choice but to abandon this place."

"After this, you will be left alone; if you are lucky, you will survive under someone's protection, and if you are not, you will become food for some spiritual mountain," she explained.

The spiritual mountains divine power was limited to the area of mountain; however, it was not fixed, and they could increase the area with the help of natural treasures or by consuming other spiritual mountains.

This will also help spiritual mountains to become strong physically, and it would be hard for any cultivator to uproot or destroy them.

With the business sect helping him to acquire natural treasures, it would be quite easy, especially since they always procured these materials for various reasons.

This will avoid anyone suspicious, and Ye Chen will be able to grow without any problem.

However, if he didn't agree to work with her, then she would abandon this land and leave with everyone.

It's not like she hadn't thought of destroying the mountain; it's just she can't do it, and even if she did, it would cause a large commotion.

The importance of the spiritual mountain was too great; if the kingdom found out she destroyed one, they would execute her along with the sect.

So, the best choice was to stay away from this place and inform every power.

After this, she would have nothing to do with this land and could live peacefully somewhere else, as everyone knew the secret now.

But this might not be the case for Ye Chen, who will be dragged into the war and will be forced to obey them.

If he didn't, then he would become the food of some spiritual mountain.

Ye Chen understood this, but he remained smiling and gazed into Zhen Yunqi's eyes.

He was a spiritual mountain, and he knew that his existence was something that cannot be kept hidden no matter what.

It's just that he has been born now, so the mountain didn't show any special characteristics.

However, with time, the spiritual Qi on the mountain will increase, which would result in giving birth to some extraordinary treasures that only appeared on the spiritual mountains.

These treasures will always have heavenly vision when they are born, which will attract the attention of everyone regardless of whether Ye Chen remains hidden or not.

Zhen Yunqi must be aware of this, yet she still dared to give an option to work with her, which meant she could hide the heavenly vision from everyone.

'As expected, she isn't a simple woman," Ye Chen muttered in his heart.

When he saw her getting back without any anxiousness, he understood that she must have a have a way to deal with heavenly vision and have a way to kill him silently.

Although he was only half right, it confirmed that Zhen Yunqi was hiding some secrets.

'A pity that my divine eye won't work on because of her high cultivation,' he thought silently and spoke.

"I agree to work with you," he said.

There was no harm in working with beautiful women like her; moreover, he can have her disciple accompany him everywhere.

Not to mention there must be fairies outside waiting for him.

So, there was no need to throw his life away for no reason.

Hearing him Zhen Yunqi was relieved, as she did not want to abandon this place.

"As you have guessed, I can hide the heavenly vision and the golden mark of yours. But before that, we should sign a soul contract," she replied, taking out an old yellow scroll made from beast hide.

"This soul contract will prevent any of us from saying anything about your true existence to others; if you want someone else to know, then that person must also sign a soul contract with you," she explained.

These kinds of contracts were normal in the cultivation world, and most of the time they were used to handle strong slaves or keep secrets.

This contract also has another name, and that was a 'Cursed Contract' because it won't let you go from restrictions no matter how strong you become.

However, to get hands on one was very hard and costly; unless it's crucial, no one will take out one.

"Here, I have already written the conditions; now all is left to drip our blood on it and not to resist when the seal will enter our foreheads," Zhen Yunqi said.

The contract process was very simple and could not be forced upon others. Of course, if you can leave the person with no choice, then they will let the seal enter their forehead.

Ye Chen and Li Mei didn't know this, but after she explained, they understood.

'What a complicated stuff!' Li Mei thought inwardly before biting her finger and dripping some drops of blood on the yellow scroll.

After her Ye Chen and Zhen Yunqi also followed the suit and dripped their blood on the scroll.

The moment they did this, the scroll shone with blood red color, and three complicated seals formed above it before moving towards them.

If any one of them resisted now, the seal would fail to enter, but no one did.

Hence, the seal entered inside their forehead without any problem, and they all felt some kind of restriction placed on them.

This restriction was harmless but profound, stopping them from disclosing about Ye Chen's identity and things related to him.

After this, the scroll shone brightly and turned into ashes. This made Zhen Yunqi's heart bleed with pain.

One had to know that this scroll cost a lot, especially for a third-grade sect like hers.

'Well, as long as he can help me, it will be good,' she thought and turned towards him.

"Ye Chen, what is your divine power?" she inquired seriously.

Hearing this, Li Mei perked her ears up and glanced at Ye Chen with a cold look.