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

"How do I know if the resources you'll give me next time won't only be a third of your clan's monthly output?"

Xiao Ye narrowed his eyes, a dangerous glint flashing within them, "Looks like I have no choice but to use some heavy-handed tactics!"

"Do you still remember how you were captured by me?"

The Elf King shivered all over in terror, pointed to the sky, and said, "I can swear a bloodline oath, I'll swear to the Phantom Spirit Ancestor, from now on, all the resources I offer up will absolutely be a third, if I break this oath, I, the Elf King, will never advance to Venerable Realm in my life."

A blaze of light flared from his bloodline, illuminating the sincerity of his words.

He retracted his hand, then sulked, "Elder Xiao, you believe me now, right?"

Bloodline oaths were basically heavenly oaths; if the oath was broken, the curse would come true and manifest in reality.

Seeing him this sincere, Xiao Ye stopped pressing, stretched out his hand, and said, "Hand it over."

The Elf King forced a sheepish smile.

"Our clan doesn't have any storage rings with a large space, Elder Xiao, please follow me."

He led the way ahead, the Elf Elders following behind.

A minute later, the Elf King and Elf Elders led Xiao Ye to the core of the Elf Race's territory—the place where they stored Conception Essence and Conception Crystal Stones.

This was a small space beneath the Elf Race's grounds, a cave exquisitely decorated.

Xiao Ye stepped inside, and what met his eyes were three massive blocks of Essence, each a hundred meters wide.

There were also nine equally massive blocks of Crystal Stone.

More than a dozen cubical blocks, each a hundred meters across—Crystal Stones and Essence—packed the entire cave, leaving just a narrow path.

The Elf King proudly gestured and said, "Elder Xiao, these are all the Crystal Stone and Essence resources our clan currently has. Since I swore a bloodline oath, I'll never break my word—a third goes to Elder Xiao without question!"

Xiao Ye wasn't shy about it; with a sweep of his hand, he put away one hundred-meter block of Essence, then the three hundred-meter cubical Crystal Stones on the other side.

In an instant, the small cave opened up and felt spacious.

The Elf King and Elf Elders couldn't help but show envy in their eyes.

Such a huge personal storage space, it was truly envy-inducing!

"Later!"

Xiao Ye clapped his hands and entered the Heart of the Secret Realm, leaving the Holy Spirit Secret Realm behind.

He'd given Liu Ya access to freely come and go from the Holy Spirit Secret Realm; she could control the circular halo and leave anytime she wanted, so he didn't need to worry about her getting stuck if things went wrong.

It was now eight o'clock in the morning.

Kunpeng Academy first-year Heaven's Chosen class.

A woman with a perfectly proportioned figure was walking down the hallway, her beautiful eyes scanning the crowd, looking for someone.

Instead, she saw a group of people gathered around a chubby kid, endlessly flattering him.

"Brother Ye, you really deserve your rep, you advanced to the Grandmaster Realm so fast! School hasn't even been in session for a month!"

"Brother Ye, you're already the number-one prodigy of the freshman class."

"Yeah, at this rate, by the time you graduate senior year, you'll be breaking through to Great Grandmaster Realm!"

The chubby kid was named Ding Ye, an SS-ranked Beastmaster with an SS-ranked Contractor template.

He was starting to get full of himself, his face smug as he said, "Of course, who am I? I'm Ding Ye!"

Chubby Ding Ye looked around, sharp-eyed as ever, and spotted a gorgeous long-haired beauty with straight black hair standing at the door. She didn't look very old, and she wasn't a student in the prodigy class—probably just a regular freshman.

Long straight black hair—jet-black and sleek.

He squeezed through the crowd, put on what he thought was his most suave smile, and said,

"Hey, freshman girl, you need something?" T!h-a#n$k you for r^e.ad!i+ng$.$ Th-is^ was b&r%ou$g%ht to you by M|V|L*$E-M%P$YR..

Mu Qingxue saw that greasy smirk on his face and instinctively took two steps back, saying, "I'm looking for Xiao Ye. Is Xiao Ye here?"

Chubby Ding Ye's face darkened. *What, you really had to step back two steps? Do I really look that fat?*

*But Xiao Ye? Who the hell is Xiao Ye?*

*We've been in class for over two weeks, and I don't think there's anyone named Xiao Ye in the prodigy class!*

"Classmate, maybe you're in the wrong place, there's no student named Xiao Ye here," he replied.

Mu Qingxue's brows furrowed, her tone earnest as she said, "No, Xiao Ye is definitely in this class."

She'd double-checked before coming; Xiao Ye was listed as a student in Kunpeng Academy's Heaven's Chosen class.

The chubby kid behind Ding Ye, another prodigy, raised his hand. "Hey, beautiful, I know God Xiao—oh wait, where is Xiao Ye?"

Mu Qingxue's eyes lit up.

The classmate said, "Xiao Ye only came to class during the first couple of days after school started. He was taken as a Disciple by Assistant Instructor Liu Ya, and has been studying one-on-one in her villa ever since. You can find him at Assistant Instructor Liu Ya's place."

Mu Qingxue thanked them and left right away.

Chubby Ding Ye grabbed that prodigy's shoulder, frowning, "What kind of bigshot family is Xiao Ye from? He doesn't even have to show up for class?"

The mention of Xiao Ye brought a look of reverence to that student's eyes as he said,

"God Xiao, huh. I don't know which family he's from, but I do know he's number one on the Heaven's Chosen ranking."

The other students crowded in, all eager to discuss.

"Brother Ye, your family's too far away; you only just made it to Devil City, so it's normal you haven't met God Xiao yet. Let me fill you in."

"God Xiao spent just two days after enrollment before charging into the training grounds solo—then and there, he stomped all over every prodigy at Kunpeng Academy and landed straight at the top of the Heaven's Chosen rankings."

"Man, if I only had half of God Xiao's Realm, I'd be able to wipe the floor with the entire freshman class."

Chubby Ding Ye was shocked to the core.

He pulled out his tablet and checked the Heaven's Chosen rankings; a ranked list flashed before his eyes.

He started scanning from the bottom up.

[Heaven's Chosen Rank 3: Cloud Celestial Monarch, Ge Yao, Senior year prodigies, Grandmaster Ten-Star]

Chubby Ding Ye was confident he could beat this Cloud Celestial Monarch dude, but as his eyes traveled further up the list, seeing ranks two and one, he nearly lost it.

[Heaven's Chosen Rank 1: Xiao Ye, Nangong Siyao, first-year prodigies, Venerable Two-Star]

[Heaven's Chosen Rank 2: Xiao Ye, Cheng Bingxi, first-year prodigies, Grandmaster Ten-Star]

The info on the Heaven's Chosen rankings was certified—no way it wasn't real.

*A first-year at the Venerable Realm?*

*A first-year at Grandmaster Realm Ten-Star?*

*Even the Dean is only at Venerable Realm! Most professors at Kunpeng Academy are just Grandmaster Realm!*

Chubby Ding Ye rubbed his eyes, thinking he must have read it wrong!

But once he looked again, the rankings were still right there.

"Holy shit, I actually read that right!"

In that moment, chubby Ding Ye found his new faith: God Xiao.

The other students, seeing the shock and disbelief written all over his face, clapped him on the shoulder and said,

"Yezi, you can't compare yourself to God Xiao; God Xiao's not even human."

"Ding Ye, take it as a compliment if we call you Ye-ge, but don't let it get to your head. In front of God Xiao, you'd be flattened in a second."

Chubby Ding Ye jerked away from their hands, puffed out his chest, and very dramatically said, "Don't worry, everyone, I haven't lost my mind, and I'm not comparing myself to God Xiao. Let it be known—from now on, I, Ding Ye, am God Xiao's loyal follower! I'll chase after him, step by step, until he disappears beyond my reach."

Meanwhile—

Back at Villa No. 10, Lakeview Villas Area 3, Xiao Ye had just arrived when someone came looking for him.