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

The underground crystal ore completely collapsed and vanished into nothingness.

Hong Dingtian grabbed him by the neck, his face twisted with rage, "Who was it, who did this!"

The intelligence officer trembled with fear, "After investigation, it seemed to be a conception crystal stone intent bombardment. All conception crystal stones exploded, which is what caused the total collapse of the underground crystal ore."

"The elves guarding the crystal stones disappeared without a trace, like they evaporated from this world, not a single one left."

Hong Dingtian threw him to the ground, his expression grim.

*Intent bombardment was a method only possessed by the Elf King Beast bloodline. The total collapse of the underground crystal ore was, without a doubt, the work of the Elf Race.*

"Elf King, all these years my family treated you well, but even before you were caught, you stabbed us in the back!"

"Fine, just great!"

Hong Tao and the other man both wore dark expressions.

*With the disappearance of the underground crystal ore, the Hong family was about to lose this industry forever, and their business would take a huge hit.*

The industries attached to the conception crystal stones would all go out of business too.

The Hong family's assets would be cut in half.

This dealt an enormous blow to the Hong family.

"Bang!!" Hong Tao dropped to his knees before Hong Dingtian, bowed his head in shame, and said, "Father, I'm sorry, all this happened because I was careless. I shouldn't have rushed to set up the plan to take down Xiao Ye."

As Hong Tao knelt, his contractor—the fat lady—also knelt down, but she kept silent with her head lowered.

Hong Dingtian didn't look at them. He grabbed a wine pot from the table, gulped down several huge mouthfuls, and didn't stop until he finished the whole jug. Only then did he sigh.

"There's no way to fix any of this now. Nothing we say will help."

"Xiao Tao, from now on, the Hong family needs to put everything into growing the martial arts hall industry, and all the secondary businesses related to it. Do whatever you can to claw back some of the lost profits."

Hong Tao hurriedly promised, "Father, don't worry. Under my management, the number of Hong Family Martial Arts Halls has exploded. Once these halls find their footing in every base city nationwide, profits will explode too, enough to cover some of the losses from the underground crystal ore."

The three-hundred-pound fat lady also said, "I'll do my utmost to support Hong Tao, and I'll mobilize some strength from my own family as well."

Hong Dingtian nodded, gave Hong Tao a deep, searching look, and said,

"Xiao Tao, this is your last chance. If you can't develop the Hong Family Martial Arts Hall, I'll have to consider replacing the Young Master of the Hong Family."

"Hong Lie may be behind you in cultivation, but his business sense is way better than yours."

Hong Tao's kneeling body suddenly shuddered. He promised again.

Hong Dingtian said, "What I want is results, not promises."

...

On the other side.

In the back courtyard of the City Lord's Mansion.

Jie Gangtai and Mu Qingxue, a bit recovered, had just returned.

Mu Qingxue entered her own villa and shut the door behind her. Jie Gangtai stood outside, not daring to go in, and even took out a handkerchief to wipe the dust off the door.

Before he left, he called out, "Xue'Er, if anything happens just send me a message, I'll come running right away."

There was no reply from inside.

Jie Gangtai grinned, "Taking a shower, huh? I get it."

Before, whenever the Moonlight Goddess left him on read, she was either showering or sleeping. Just now, after Mu Qingxue went in, she definitely went to shower.

Stretching lazily, Jie Gangtai also said,

"That underground crystal ore place was stuffy as hell, covered me in dust and grime, I'm going home to wash up too." The most up-to-date version is on M(VLEMPY)R.

"Xue'Er, see ya!"

Inside the villa, where 'taking a shower' had always been an excuse or a cover, Mu Qingxue really did go take a shower this time.

She wanted to wash away all traces left by that man.

Half an hour later, Mu Qingxue put on a black, tight-fitting combat suit, showing off her perfect body proportions.

In the training room, just like last time, she dragged out a human-shaped punching dummy. On a piece of A4 paper, she wrote "Xiao Ye," then stuck it over the dummy's face.

This underground crystal ore ordeal—she hadn't broken through, and even lost her virginity!

*She felt incredibly stifled and needed to let off some steam.*

Next, Mu Qingxue pounded and kicked the dummy as hard as she could, especially focusing on its crotch area, giving it some real special treatment!

Bam! Bam! Bam!

The dummy's crotch was caved in, but Mu Qingxue still felt furious.

"That bastard Xiao Ye, I don't ever want to see him again."

"Hmph, once I hit Supreme, I'll go see him again, beat him until he calls me Grandpa, and then I'll f***ing castrate him!"

"That jerk contracted three beast girls, split up all his potential and foundation, he'll never reach beyond Great Venerable in his life, serves him right."

Bang—!

Mu Qingxue's pretty eyes locked onto the dummy's face with Xiao Ye's name on it. She dropped into a full split and kicked that damn face with everything she had.

The dummy's head burst open instantly.

"Tsss!!!"

But right after, there was a sharp gasp, as Mu Qingxue's forceful movement tore at her wounded, freshly taken body. The intense pain made her whole heart tremble.

Thud—she collapsed to the floor, legs shaking.

"Damn it, damn it all!"

"Xiao Ye, this is all your fault!"

"So damn vigorous when you were detoxing!"

"Bzz bzz bzz!" The communicator on the side buzzed. Mu Qingxue extended her spiritual power to scan it and found the call was coming from City Lord Mu Cheng.

She struggled, biting back the pain as she crawled over to the locker to answer the phone.

"Come to the City Lord's Hall, I have something important for you!" City Lord Mu Cheng said.

Mu Qingxue had wanted to report to him anyway, and replied, "Give me ten minutes."

She hung up, chugged down a healing potion, and after a few minutes, the pain eased and the wound probably healed. Only then did she get up and head to the City Lord's Hall.

City Lord's Hall.

City Lord Mu Cheng and the City Lord's Wife were both present.

Their faces were stern; something very important was about to be shared with Mu Qingxue.

Just then, through the side door of the hall, walked a girl with stunning looks, perfect body proportions, and a black leather combat suit.

She was definitely a national-level beauty—but, the only flaw? She was as flat as an airport runway.

Mu Cheng frowned as he saw Mu Qingxue still stuck at Great Grandmaster, her face pale and haggard.

"Xue'Er, are you alright?" City Lord's Wife Song Xi'Er asked, worried.

Mu Cheng said, "What happened?"

Mu Qingxue gave a general rundown of the underground crystal ore incident, skipping some details and processes, and focused on how the Hong family had set things up and treated her like a tool.

Both Mu Cheng and Song Xi'Er listened with dark faces, their eyes full of murderous intent.

"The Hong family is getting way out of line. They set up martial arts halls all over the country without approval from the City Lord's Mansion. They're supposed to be one of Devil City's major clans, so I let some things slide. But now, they even dared to use my own daughter!"

"Hmph! So they don't give a damn about the City Lord's Mansion, huh? Looks like it's time to remind them who's boss around here!"

Shanghai Base City was a top-tier base city, and as its City Lord's Mansion, the family had a living Saint Realm elder at the top.

*He might have stayed out of worldly affairs for a long time, but the authority of the City Lord's Mansion could not be challenged!*