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

Xiao Ye jumped right in, not putting up much of a guard, since with Yunxi's life-saving item, he didn't need to worry about getting screwed over.

If danger came, Yunxi could handle it.

But the next second, the absorption result from the Soul Capturing Pearl left him stunned.

[No detached primordial spirit detected, unable to activate forced absorption function]

No detached primordial spirit?

Xiao Ye opened the Template Adjuster's template viewing function.

[SSS-level Time Candle Dragon Template]

[Template Flaw: Inhabited by a Saint Realm primordial spirit, left a primordial spirit mark, Saint Realm primordial spirit has now left]

Already left?

The last test result showed that the Saint Realm primordial spirit was always waiting for the chance to seize the physical body.

But now it had left!

Too much of a coincidence, and right at this moment!

*Xiao Ye felt like that Saint Realm primordial spirit somehow knew in advance that he was going to make a move on her, and so it bailed early.*

Mu Qingxue, seeing Xiao Ye staring dazed at her, shoved him away, tidied up her messy hair, her heart pounding a little, and said, "Don't get the wrong idea. There's no way I'd develop any special feelings for you."

"It's not like I have any urge to do that with you. I wouldn't get excited, and I'm definitely not looking forward to it!"

Xiao Ye watched Mu Qingxue stubbornly deny everything, but couldn't figure out what she meant, and really didn't have the energy to think about it.

His focus was all on that Saint Realm primordial spirit.

That primordial spirit was a remnant soul stripped from Mu Qingxue's past life Saint Realm body—a fragmented soul, basically an avatar, not reliant on the main body. The main soul right now was Mu Qingxue.

*Xiao Ye had no idea how the main soul reincarnated into Mu Qingxue.*

But that detached primordial spirit already knew about him, and it was a time attribute Saint Realm primordial spirit with time innate skills.

"Mu Qingxue, what innate skills do you have right now?" Xiao Ye asked, curious.

Mu Qingxue shot him a glare, "Why do you care? My innate skills are none of your damn business."

Xiao Ye twitched at the corners of his mouth, "We're at least pretending to be a couple here. Getting to know each other seems pretty reasonable, right?"

Mu Qingxue thought about it and realized he had a point, so she replied, "Right now I have two innate skills. One lets me prophesy things that'll happen in the future, and the other lets me foresee what's about to happen in the next few seconds."

"Both of these innate skills burn through time factors super fast. I can only use them a few times, especially the divination skill. Just using it once will use up all my time factors."

Prophecy, foresight?

Xiao Ye nodded in understanding.

*He figured that Saint Realm primordial spirit must have used an innate skill like that, saw what was coming, and left ahead of time.*

Rule-level Treasure, Soul Capturing Pearl—Xiao Ye didn't know how strong it was, but it sounded badass as hell. Even a Saint Realm primordial spirit couldn't deal with it. Otherwise, she wouldn't have run away.

The day went by in a flash, and soon it was evening.

At Villa One, Xiao Ye attended the Mu Family's family banquet as promised.

This time, not only was Mu Cheng's immediate family there, but also his siblings and other relatives—more than twenty people in total.

Because of him, the marriage alliance between the Mu Family and the Imperial Capital's Ye Family had fallen through, which meant Mu Family would lose out on a bunch of hidden benefits.

*Xiao Ye expected someone to give him a hard time at the banquet, but he was overthinking things. The Mu Family seemed seriously united. Not only did no one look down on him, they actually all praised him, and admired how he beat the Ye Family Young Master, Ye Fan.* The most up‑to‑date version is on M4VLEMP4YR.

All of Mu Qingxue's aunts and uncles from her father's generation fully accepted him, recognizing him as Mu Qingxue's partner.

The cousins in Mu Qingxue's generation also got along really well with him. Nobody showed any signs of being left out.

"Xiao Ye, you're awesome. Let me make a toast to you!" The City Lord, Mu Cheng, sitting at the head of the table, was in a great mood, insisting on toasting.

Xiao Ye didn't dare be slow about it, "Father-in-law, if we're toasting, it should be me toasting you!"

"Come on, cheers!"

They clinked glasses and both drank in one go.

Mu Qingxue, sitting next to Xiao Ye, stared dazedly at the scene, feeling like it was unreal.

Before the banquet ended, right in front of everyone, Mu Cheng laid out his demand to Xiao Ye: he and Mu Qingxue needed to form a bond contract, and for that grand wedding to happen, they first had to pass the family forbidden land test.

Mu Cheng said that before he and Song Xi'Er got together, they'd also gone through that family forbidden land and passed the test.

The Mu Family Forbidden Land was a Dimension Secret Realm, the private domain of a Saint Realm ancestor, with its own test zone. Every Mu Family member had to pass the forbidden land test before forming a contract.

Mu Cheng said, "You two should prepare for a couple of days. I'll use my secret realm authority to let you take the forbidden land test in two days. Pass, and you'll get to form your contract. If not, uh..."

He paused for a second.

*Xiao Ye guessed,* *Break us up?*

Mu Cheng said a bit awkwardly, "If you fail, just wait a while and try again, until you pass!"

Mu Cheng's younger brother joked, "No pressure, man. Back in the day, big bro took the test three times before he passed. You, Xiao Ye, are even better than he was then, so you'll probably pass on your first try."

Mu Cheng's face darkened, "Hmph, you wanna talk? Back then, you and your wife had to go through it six times before you passed!"

Mu Cheng's little brother's smile froze instantly.

Song Xi'Er and Mu Cheng's sister-in-law both burst out laughing, the whole place roaring with laughter.

*Mu Qingxue started to panic inside.*

*She didn't want to form a contract with any man. Xiao Ye was no exception.*

*If they took the test in two days, with Xiao Ye's insane combat power, they'd probably breeze right through.*

*By then, her dad, Mu Cheng, would probably force them to form a contract, and then make a huge announcement to the city, throwing an enormous wedding!*

Mu Qingxue quickly waved her hands, saying, "There's no rush for me and Xiao Ye. We can take the test in a year or two."

Xiao Ye quickly added, "Yeah, no need to rush the bond contract. I'm good whenever."

Mu Cheng's face turned serious as he said sternly, "Xue'Er, this time it's not up to you. Outside, everyone in the upper circles of Shanghai Base City already knows about Xiao Ye beating Ye Family Young Master Ye Fan and that post you made. Inside, Xiao Ye is already accepted by our family. You're twenty now; it's long overdue for you to find a man to form a contract with. That's the tradition of the Beast Girl era, and it's the Mu Family rule."

"So you and Xiao Ye must take the test in two days, and you have to pass it the first time, then form the contract!"

"Hmph, don't try to fool us. With your combat power, passing the test isn't hard. Don't deliberately fail just to push off forming the contract!"

Mu Cheng's tone was so firm that Mu Qingxue had no room to object.

Everyone present looked on, all thinking it was only right for the two to take the test, pass it, and form a contract.

Song Xi'Er also lost any resistance she felt toward Xiao Ye—his excellence had won her over.

Mu Qingxue froze up.

*She and Xiao Ye were really going to have to form a contract!*

*Xiao Ye's face darkened. He seriously never intended to form a contract with Mu Qingxue!*