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

Forming a contract in the Beast Girl era was pretty much like registering your marriage—once the contract was set, it didn't matter if you were just pretending to be a couple anymore.

You could do anything you wanted!

This was the first time Mu Qingxue had seen her dad act so tough, and with everyone staring at her, she had no choice but to give in for now. She lowered her head and said, "I got it, I'll take part in the Forbidden Land Test two days from now."

Mu Cheng turned his gaze to Xiao Ye, "What about you?"

With the arrow already nocked, there was no turning back. Xiao Ye replied, "Me too."

Mu Cheng laughed, "Good! Very good."

"The next few days, you two should get yourselves ready. Check out anything related to the Forbidden Land Test, figure out your ways to get through the trials. Only then can you cruise right through and pass the test with flying colors."

"Xue'er, I've already given you access to all our family's info on the Forbidden Land."

The dinner banquet ended.

Xiao Ye stood there dumbfounded as Mu Qingxue dragged him straight into the bathroom, hand in hand.

"Hey, what are you doing, dragging me in here, just the two of us?"

"This is Villa Number One, the place your parents live. There's no way I'm doing it here with you."

"If we were in your villa, maybe I'd consider it!"

Hearing Xiao Ye's resistance, Mu Qingxue shot him a shy and furious glare, stomped her foot, and snapped, "What are you thinking? I never said I wanted to do anything with you!"

*Not doing anything? So he got all worked up for nothing.*

Xiao Ye's excitement instantly died down, and he squinted at her, "So what do you want then?"

Mu Qingxue bit her rosy lower lip so hard it practically started to glisten. Her beautiful eyes gazed at him deeply, her pretty face tangled in conflict.

*After everything that happened—the Heart of the Secret Realm, the Underground Crystal Ore, pretending to be a couple, beating Ye Fan—Xiao Ye had definitely carved out a space deep in her heart.*

*If she really had to form a contract with a guy right now, Xiao Ye was her only choice.*

But still!

*Xiao Ye already had three Beast Girls, which meant his Beastmaster potential was spread thin. After the contract, the Summoned Beast's potential would be tied to the Contractor. Odds were, their achievements would never surpass the Great Venerable Realm. Forming a contract with him basically meant cutting off her own future and willingly giving up any chance at glory!*

After a long moment, she steeled herself and made up her mind inside, then said,

"Xiao Ye, I'm willing to form a contract with you, but I have one condition. You have to promise me."

Xiao Ye looked at her with interest, "What's the condition?"

Mu Qingxue said, "Once the Summoned Beast reaches the Great Venerable Realm, we have to willingly end the contract. Since you've contracted with multiple Beast Girls, there's no way either of us can ever reach the Venerable Realm."

*After saying that, Mu Qingxue got a little nervous—what if Xiao Ye refused? Ending a contract voluntarily required both sides to agree; otherwise, the template could take too much damage. If one side forced it, it could even cause irreversible, permanent harm to the template.*

Xiao Ye's face soured. *So this woman thought his Beastmaster potential wasn't enough, huh.*

Still, Mu Qingxue had an SSS-level Time Candle Dragon template, one of the rare Time Attribute Summoned Beast templates. Contracting with her meant he could inherit a Time Attribute innate skill.

As the saying went, space was king, but time was emperor.

These two high-tier attributes were super sought-after in the world, and Xiao Ye was no exception. *He was definitely drooling over them, too.*

So yeah, making a contract with Mu Qingxue was a huge win for him!

Xiao Ye curled his lips and said, "No problem!"

Mu Qingxue lit up, her face full of joy, "Then it's settled. As soon as our realm hits the Great Venerable Realm, we'll end the contract ourselves!"

Xiao Ye scoffed, "Heh, just hope you don't end up stuck on me and can't bear to let go when the time comes."

Mu Qingxue rolled her eyes, not caring. *Cling to him? Like that'd ever happen.*

Both of them walked out of the bathroom with flushed faces, only to get caught red-handed by Mu Cheng and Song Xi'Er!

Song Xi'Er's eyes darted between them, reminding,

"Xue'er, Xiao Ye, you two are in that lovey-dovey honeymoon phase now. We get it, but you really need to watch yourselves. Don't go overboard, take care of your health."

Mu Cheng's eyes burned with murderous intent, as he said, "Xiao Ye, keep it under control, will you? Like they say, there are only bulls that die from hard work, never land ruined by too much plowing." PartofaserieshostedbyMyVirtualLibraryEmpire(MV&LEMP&YR).

On the surface, it sounded like he was worrying about Xiao Ye, but really, he was warning him, *Don't do anything in front of me. Whatever you get up to in private, just keep it discreet.*

*If someone got his precious daughter in her own villa, he'd have half a mind to murder them.*

Mu Qingxue blushed furiously, stomping her foot, "What are you two even talking about?"

*Bulls dying from hard work, land getting ruined—what kind of way is that to describe your daughter?*

Xiao Ye, on the other hand, was totally chill and said with a smile, "It's what Qingxue needs, right? How could I say no? Anyway, we'll be more careful from now on."

The murderous glint faded from Mu Cheng's eyes, and he nodded in satisfaction.

Song Xi'Er walked into the room, grabbed something, stuffed it into Mu Qingxue's pocket, then shoved the pair straight out of Villa Number One, waving them off as she said,

"Go back to your own villa! Seriously, you two have no sense of place. Just seeing you makes me embarrassed!"

Out on the boulevard, Mu Qingxue strode ahead, her face burning red, while Xiao Ye poked her and said, "Hey, what did your mom just give you? All secretive and stuff."

Mu Qingxue shot him a glare, snapping, "It's nothing!"

"And stop saying it's what I need—it makes me sound so desperate! It's embarrassing."

*Now that they were about to form a contract, their relationship was taking a leap forward, way past the whole partner-in-business phase. They were basically at the doorstep of marriage now. That's why Xiao Ye just helped himself, feeling zero awkwardness as he grabbed whatever was in her pocket.*

"Wait, what the…"

"Du… durex!"

Xiao Ye was stunned.

Mu Qingxue yelped and snatched it back, clutching it tight with a look of shame and fury, "Xiao Ye! How could you just take my stuff?"

Xiao Ye curled his lips, "Your stuff? Seriously, what are you gonna do with this?"

Mu Qingxue thought for a second and realized, *Yeah, this thing was definitely for Xiao Ye to use.* So she quickly handed him the scorching-hot object, covered her face, and bolted, saying,

"Fine, it's yours!"

Ten minutes later, the two of them arrived at Mu Qingxue's Villa Number Three.

After looking up info on the Forbidden Land Test, Mu Qingxue sent Xiao Ye a copy and told him to check it out himself.

*Right now, Mu Qingxue just did not want to deal with him.*

Xiao Ye curled his lips and checked the Forbidden Land data on his own.

[Different Realms, different zones of the test, different types of Demon Beasts, and different sets of challenges.]

[There were a total of three trials in the Forbidden Land Test.]

[First Trial: Potential Test—it measured the potential of both Contractors, predicted the potential of the Summoned Beast after the contract, then revealed the Potential Level. If it's high enough, you pass.]

[Second Trial: Compatibility Test—by fighting Demon Beasts, it checked how well the Contractors worked together. If your teamwork was strong enough, you passed.]

[Third Trial: Combat Power Test—it measured your combined combat limit. It was a battle of attrition. If you lasted one hour against swarms of enemies, you passed.]

After learning all that, Xiao Ye dug into the details of each specific trial.

[For Grandmaster Realm and Venerable Realm, the Demon Beasts you faced included Space Type Flight Demon Beasts, Phantom Spirit Type Demon Beasts, Blazing Fire Demon Beasts of the Fire Attribute, Berserk Demon Beasts with the Thunder Attribute, and so on.]

[Flight Demon Beast traits: razor-sharp sense of space, notices even the tiniest move within the area, can teleport, unleash space-type innate skills like Space Slash, sneak into the back of space to play dirty, and the higher their Realm, the more broken their innate skills become.]

Xiao Ye was overjoyed. *Space Attribute Demon Beasts! He could extract Space Type Rule Fragments from them!*