Animal-eared Girl Era: Start by Forming a Contract with an SSS-Class School Belle

"Gulp, gulp!"

Picking up the cup full of golden blood, Yunxi poured it into her mouth in big gulps, and finished drinking it in just a few seconds.

Every cell in her body *once again began to crazily absorb the mysterious essence contained in the golden blood; countless cells scrambled for it.*

*Once her cells absorbed the mysterious essence—*

Yunxi *felt an extreme sense of comfort radiate all over her body, inside and out.*

A joyful expression appeared on her exquisitely beautiful face.

"Mmm..." She couldn't help but hum out loud.

After ten minutes had passed and the golden blood was fully digested, Yunxi licked her lips with her little tongue.

*She wondered, was it her imagination, or did the deeper insights into the Power of Space within her mind suddenly turn from vague to clear?*

It had only been ten minutes.

Her realm had advanced another step.

In the Saint Realm, one condensed an Elemental Body or Attribute Body, but in order to advance to the Saint Realm, *she needed to continuously deepen her understanding of the Power of Space, so that her body would evolve into a Spatial Body.*

"Golden blood has this kind of effect too!" Yunxi covered her mouth with her small hand, utterly shocked.

The mysterious essence in the golden blood had sharply accelerated her evolution toward a Spatial Body!

Even though it was just a tiny bit, it had saved her two or three years of time!

*By her calculations, going from Supreme to Quasi-Saint, and from Quasi-Saint to the Saint Realm, the transitional Quasi-Saint stage alone should have required two or three hundred years.*

But now, the golden blood could greatly speed up the process of condensing, drastically shortening and smoothing the transitional phase.

If the golden blood could be continuously supplied, its effect was almost comparable to a Rule Fragment Crystal, maybe even easier to absorb than a Rule Fragment Crystal!

"Bee-boo, bee-boo, bee-boo!"

Yunxi's communicator received a message.

Opening it, she saw it was a message from Young Master Hong, Hong Tao.

[Tomorrow, the Conception Crystal Stone Trial Ground will be open for three days. Honorable Kunpeng Supreme and Principal Yunxi, you have two free spots. If needed, please bring trainees on-site by noon tomorrow. Realm restriction: Great Grandmaster Realm.]

Yunxi's brows furrowed slightly.

The Conception Crystal Stone ore vein was an underground mine, filled with Spirit Illusion attribute elf demon beasts. They existed between reality and illusion, able to shuttle through the earth and crystal ore. The more densely packed the Conception Crystals, the more Spiritual Illusion Elves could be found. At their main base, there was even Conception Crystal Essence present.

On the other side.

Inside Villa No. 10 of the No. 3 Lakeview Villa District,

Cheng Bingxi, with her super long, killer legs, stood on the balcony, beautiful eyes filled with worry and hope as she stared at the large gate, unmoving, like a faithful stone statue waiting for her beloved.

Nangong Siyao called out from the living room, "Sister Bingxi, those Spatial Blades in the spatial tunnel can't hurt him."

"Xiao Ye is very safe right now; don't worry!"

Liu Ya, legs crossed, chewing a fiery red Devil's Pepper, chimed in, "That's right, Bingxi, you really don't need to worry. In the principal's secret realm, what could possibly happen to him?"

Nangong Siyao said helplessly, "We've already gathered all the resources for the template upgrade. Once Xiao Ye's back, we can start upgrading."

After coming back, she had told the other two girls everything that happened in the secret realm, and shared the good news with Cheng Bingxi, but Bingxi had kept fixated on the danger Xiao Ye was in, saying that she couldn't relax until she saw him safe with her own eyes.

So Cheng Bingxi stood on the balcony for more than an hour, her long legs getting numb, but she still refused to move!

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Through all three years of high school, as Xiao Ye's desk mate and best buddy, she had accompanied him from a naïve boy to adulthood, and watched him mature, growing from weak to strong.

Xiao Ye had already taken a place in her heart that no one could shake.

The main gate of the courtyard suddenly opened, and in the bright sunlight a tall, handsome figure walked in.

He grinned, flashing two rows of sparkling white teeth, smiling at her.

Cheng Bingxi's pretty face lit up with joy, all of her worries vanishing in an instant. She did a backflip off the balcony and threw herself into Xiao Ye's arms.

"You're finally back. I was so worried about you!"

"Yeah, I'm back." Xiao Ye rubbed her small face with his hand, surprised, "Hey, why are your eyes red?"

"Don't tell me it's because of me!"

"If that's the case, I guess I owe you some serious compensation!"

He emphasized the word 'compensation.'

Cheng Bingxi puffed out her cheeks, "Of course not! I just had some spicy pepper just now, and it went straight through me."

*Hmph! He could still tease me at a time like this, when I was so worried about him.*

Suddenly, Xiao Ye froze, "Why are you touching me all over?"

Cheng Bingxi's small hands squeezed here and squeezed there.

*Wait, did she really want compensation?*

Cheng Bingxi huffed, "I'm just touching my Contractor, what's wrong with that? Got a problem?"

After two minutes, her hands finally stopped moving.

She let out a sigh of relief in her heart.

No external injuries!

*Looks like that Spatial Attack really didn't hurt him!*

Having been poked and prodded all over, Xiao Ye *only felt all the more like he needed to properly compensate Cheng Bingxi. He decided he'd find a good chance to do it.*

The two walked inside and came to the living room on the second floor.

Nangong Siyao and Liu Ya didn't seem particularly surprised to see Xiao Ye return completely unscathed; they just started chatting as naturally as before.

Liu Ya handed over a Devil's Pepper with a score over a hundred, curiously asking, "Did you really gather all the resources needed to upgrade the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox template?"

Xiao Ye hurriedly pushed the pepper away, shoving it toward Cheng Bingxi. If you weren't in the Great Venerable Realm and you ate this thing, you'd end up with hemorrhoids! He nodded in response, "Yep."

"Bingxi's template will be able to upgrade soon."

"Hey, Teaching Assistant, did you check on that? Any gathering spots for Spirit Illusion attribute demon beasts?" Xiao Ye asked.

To extract the Spirit Illusion Type Rule Fragment Crystal needed to upgrade the Spirit Illusion Cat template, they would have to head to a location packed with Spirit Illusion type demon beasts.

Liu Ya frowned, "Checked it. Spirit Illusion attribute demon beasts generally dwell inside Crystal Ores. The bigger the crystal mine, the more Spirit Illusion demon beasts you'll find."

"But, all those crystal mines are owned and strictly controlled by the big family clans. They wouldn't let any outsiders into those places."

"But in terms of numbers, Hong's Conception Crystal Ore contains the highest population."

Xiao Ye rubbed his brow, "That's a headache."

At this moment, Cheng Bingxi suddenly yelped, her lips swollen and red from the spice, her face flushed as she blew out sharp breaths.

"So spicy, I'm dying!"

"Water, I need water!"

Xiao Ye had just pushed that level-100 Devil's Pepper close to her, and she had absentmindedly popped it in her mouth without thinking.

That's how she ended up in this fiery-mouth mess.

Xiao Ye, Liu Ya, and Nangong Siyao stared in shock. *You actually ate it?*

Liu Ya handed her a glass of water, and Cheng Bingxi gulped it down, feeling slightly better after.

Watching Cheng Bingxi's swollen lips, Xiao Ye snorted out a laugh, gathered nearby Wood Element, and used healing magic to help reduce her swelling.

After a minute, the comedic episode ended, and Cheng Bingxi was back to normal.

"Alright, let's upgrade the template right now!"

Xiao Ye waved his hand, and a glowing circular halo appeared in front of the group.

This was the spatial halo for entering the Saint Spirit Secret Realm, connecting to a stabilized passage into the Saint Spirit Secret Realm!