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

"Last time you left in such a hurry, you still hadn't given me a massage. When we get back today, remember to make it up to me," Yunxi said.

For once, Xiao Ye didn't try to bargain, and agreed directly, "Alright."

Yunxi asked in surprise, "You'd better not play dumb when the time comes."

Xiao Ye grinned and said, "Body check... oh, no, massage and stuff, that's what I'm best at. My greatest quality is being happy to help others. I do what I say, so you don't have to doubt me, Yunxi."

"Fine!" Yunxi swayed her proud, curvy figure as she left.

Mu Qingxue pouted, huffing, "You're still staring—she's gone, but you just keep staring!"

Xiao Ye scratched his head, "What am I staring at?"

"Hmph!" Mu Qingxue said with jealousy, "You know exactly what you're looking at."

"Men really are all the same, can't walk past a pretty girl."

Xiao Ye felt a bit baffled, pursed his lips, and muttered, "What I look at is none of your business. It's not like you let me touch you."

Mu Qingxue mumbled under her breath, "Not letting you touch doesn't mean you can't look."

"I'm about to form a contract with you, and you're looking at other girls in front of me—is that really okay?"

Xiao Ye shrugged, "You should eat more papaya. What's there to see? It's not like you got any."

"We're supposed to break the contract when we reach the Great Venerable Realm—those were your words. Are you going back on them? Are you jealous?"

"Me—" Mu Qingxue choked, *Actually, I could go my whole life without breaking the contract. I really do envy your talent. After making the contract, my Summoned Beast cultivation would soar like crazy.*

But with her pride, she'd never say such things, so she insisted,

"I'm Mu Qingxue. How could I go back on my word, how could I be jealous!"

The spatial fold above disappeared, and Xiao Ye and Mu Qingxue reappeared within the Mu Family members' spiritual sense; but outside the canyon, the spatial fold above remained, so the Mu Family couldn't see what was happening beyond the canyon.

Since this was the Dark Night Realm, the Mu Family had nothing to worry about. What just happened, they simply assumed was the work of the clan's ancestor. They were all Great Venerables, even high-level Supremes; only the ancestor at the Saint Realm could block their spiritual sense like that.

"Huh, how come the Demon Beasts haven't attacked yet? There's no sign of movement at all."

"It's been over ten minutes—there should've been a big battle in the canyon by now."

"Where are the Demon Beasts? Haven't they entered the canyon yet?"

In the face of these questions, Mu Cheng said, "It's fine, just keep watching. The ancestor knows what he's doing."

But the longer they waited, the more uneasy everyone felt.

Half an hour passed, and not a single Demon Beast entered the canyon.

On site, Mu Qingxue looked down at the ground and saw the tops of her feet.

There's a saying: If you look down and can't see your toes, you're a real beauty on earth.

But for her, she could not only see her toes, but her whole instep, crystal clear!

"Ugh! Why do you have to be so disappointing, damn!" *Mu Qingxue felt a wave of dissatisfaction with herself and slapped the part of herself she was unhappy with twice.*

She cared a lot about what Xiao Ye had said. Even if she didn't admit it out loud, she'd made a note to eat papaya every day when she got home; after a while, she'd make sure Xiao Ye looked at her differently!

She was determined to make Xiao Ye unable to look away—let him drool over her!

Xiao Ye frowned. It'd been half an hour, and forget Demon Beasts, he hadn't even seen a single hair.

He had a bold idea.

*Could it be that Yunxi grabbed all the Demon Beasts outside the canyon?*

"Sheesh!" Xiao Ye took a sharp breath, *If you take all the Demon Beasts, how are we supposed to do the trial?*

*Are we seriously supposed to just hang out here doing nothing for an hour and still pass the trial?*

Xiao Ye planned to ask Mu Qingxue, so he looked over at her—and saw something that shocked him.

Mu Qingxue was actually slapping her soft parts twice, and kept muttering under her breath.

He caught phrases like "make him drool" and "look at me with new eyes."

Xiao Ye suddenly popped up behind her, their faces almost touching, and said, "Hey, what are you doing? Who do you want to make drool? Who are you talking about?"

"We're in the middle of the trial, okay? Whatever plans you have, save them for after it's over. Can't you tell what's important right now?"

The two of them stared at each other. Mu Qingxue let out an "ah" and pushed him away, her pretty face flushed, "Why are you so close, you want to die? Who do I want to make drool? Some ghost—let the ghost drool to death!"

"Hmph! That ghost really is just a dead ghost."

Xiao Ye's eyes widened. *She's not talking about me, is she?*

"Ugh, where are the Demon Beasts? Why haven't they come yet?" She realized she'd been zoning out for over half an hour only now.

Xiao Ye slapped his forehead, exasperated, "If the Demon Beasts don't show up, are we just gonna chat for an hour and it counts as a clear pass?"

Mu Qingxue shook her head, "No idea. Maybe it does."

She'd already lost interest in the trial and just wanted to get back to the City Lord's Mansion. As for what she planned to do there, only she knew.

Another half hour passed.

Two hundred kilometers from Xiao Ye, beside the altar,

The Mu Family members were running out of patience, all clamoring to check things out in person.

Their Clan Leader, Mu Cheng, was stopping them, saying, "Everyone, calm down. The hour's up, the trial period is over; now we can step in."

"Let's go!"

Mu Cheng led the way through Shield Void, and the Mu Family followed one after another. My Virtual Library Empire (M-VLEMPYR)

In the sunken canyon, the Mu Family emerged at the canyon's edge, and were stunned to find that the mobs of Demon Beasts crowding the exits had vanished.

South, north, east, west!

The Demon Beast Groups at all four exits were gone!

This was beyond weird, something was definitely wrong.

Mu Cheng pulled out an ancient talisman, left a sound-transmitting message on it with his spiritual sense, then activated the talisman. It transformed into a beam of light and sped off through Shield Void.

Next, Mu Cheng told the Mu Family, "Second Brother, Third Brother, Fourth Sister, Fifth Brother, go check on the Demon Beast lairs. I suspect this wasn't the ancestor's doing."

The Mu Family gasped, going on guard, "You mean, someone from outside invaded our Dark Night Realm?"

The Dark Night Realm was the Mu Family's most critical private Dimension Secret Realm, storing the family's valuables and home to the clan ancestor.

Mu Cheng nodded, "Just a suspicion, not certain. Go check and we'll know."

"Alright!" "Then we'll go now!" Mu Cheng's siblings dashed off through Shield Void.

Mu Cheng and Song Xi'Er walked over to Xiao Ye and Mu Qingxue. Mu Qingxue asked, "Does this mean we passed?"

Mu Cheng shook his head, "No."

"We'll try again later. Something urgent just happened—I'm afraid our Mu Family's safety is at risk."

*Xiao Ye felt his heart skip a beat.*

*Mu Qingxue glanced at Xiao Ye, maybe on purpose, maybe not.*

The two of them thought of Yunxi at the same time.

"Shh!" Xiao Ye gave her a gesture to keep quiet. Mu Qingxue looked conflicted, wondering if she should spill the beans.

Very soon, the older generation all returned, looking serious:

"The Space Type Demon Beast lair is empty, every beast missing!"

"The Phantom Spirit Type Demon Beast lair is also completely empty, all the Demon Beasts gone."

"Thunder Attribute Demon Beasts too."

"Same with the Ice Attribute Demon Beasts."