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

Mu Qingxue felt a little awkward being pinched, a blush coloring her pretty face all the way to her ears. Her pearly white teeth bit down on her lower lip, making her look like a shy little woman.

So, she decided to fight back, throwing herself at the other two and grabbing at their massive chests and long legs.

*These three, when it came to looks, weren't a bit inferior to her. All of them were absolute stunners, but when it came to body shape, the three beast girls stood out in their own way.*

First Madam Cheng Bingxi had super long legs.

Second Madam Nangong Siyao had an epic chest.

Third Madam Liu Ya's legs were long and her chest was huge too.

*As for herself, Mu Qingxue, she was just…average.*

If she had any strengths, it was her skin, which was ridiculously fair—so crystal-clear, it was whiter than snow.

They say there's no friendship without a little roughhousing. After the three of them had their fill, they lay on the couch, sweaty and giggling, looking completely at ease with each other.

"You guys, show her around the place," Xiao Ye said,

Then, Liu Ya, the mature, cool big sister who'd been watching with her arms crossed, became the tour guide and took Mu Qingxue on a walk through the house.

Cheng Bingxi and Nangong Siyao followed along and chimed in with introductions too.

All of them had their own little bedrooms on the third floor, and they brought Mu Qingxue to an empty one for her to move into.

At this, Mu Qingxue was a bit confused, "Wait, you guys don't live with Xiao Ye?"

Liu Ya shook her head, then nodded.

???

*Mu Qingxue was all question marks. What did that mean?*

The three led her to the master bedroom. When she saw the giant bed, three meters by three meters wide, Mu Qingxue seemed to understand something, and her cheeks flushed pink.

Cheng Bingxi leaned in and whispered,

"Usually, we each sleep in our own rooms. Xiao Ye can come to whichever room he wants, whenever he wants to sleep."

"Of course, sometimes we all squeeze in together in the big master bedroom."

Squeezed in together?

*Mu Qingxue's beautiful eyes went wide. So it was true—the jerk was living the life!*

*Would she be squeezed in with them too?*

After explaining the sleeping arrangements, the three took her to the huge underground cultivation room.

"It's kind of barebones down here, just two things," Liu Ya said, pointing at the shelves against the wall, then at the mats on the floor.

On the dozen shelves, the first layer was packed with bottles of pure energy liquid, all different grades—Grandmaster, Great Grandmaster, Venerable Realm—stuffed full, tens of thousands of bottles at a glance.

The second layer held crystal essence stones, each the size of a fist. They were all top-quality, and the quantity was insane.

The third layer had all kinds of snacks, desserts, and fruit—a huge variety.

Mu Qingxue picked up a crystal essence and held it in her palm, her eyes complex.

*It was because of this very thing that she and Xiao Ye ended up connected.*

Liu Ya said, "Qingxue, you probably haven't hit the Venerable Realm yet, right? You can use any of these cultivation resources however you like, especially the crystal essence—it's great for helping to condense power of realm."

Mu Qingxue nodded.

Nangong Siyao winked playfully, "Xue'er, the rest of us are already Five-Star Venerabling you up. As Xiao Ye's beast girl, you can't fall behind."

Mu Qingxue gripped the crystal essence tightly, her gaze determined as she said, "Don't worry, I'll catch up to you guys! I won't drag the team down."

Cheng Bingxi tapped her finger, "You're six levels behind us. So, you'd need six days to catch up. Wait, nope, in six days we'll probably already be at the Great Venerable Realm."

Cheng Bingxi looked a little regretful, "Xue'er, you probably won't be able to catch up."

Nangong Siyao chimed in, "Not necessarily. Xue'er's the number one prodigy of Shanghai Base City. Maybe she doesn't even need one day to upgrade a Venerable Realm rank."

*Mu Qingxue listened and felt like they were full of it.*

*A whole rank in a day?*

*Impossible, totally impossible!*

*What, did they think the Venerable Realm was cabbage, that you could upgrade that easily?*

Liu Ya, sharp-eyed, noticed Mu Qingxue's twitching, skeptical mouth and laughed, "Bingxi, Siyao, Xue'er hasn't upgraded her template yet. This all sounds like a total fairy tale to her—way too much."

"The cultivation speed of an SSS-level template, even at the Venerable Realm, still takes at least two or three years to upgrade a minor rank."

Cheng Bingxi suddenly realized, slapping Siyao's chest, "Oh! That's right!"

"I totally forgot Xue'er hasn't upgraded her template yet."

Nangong Siyao moved Bingxi's mischievous hand, and said, "No big deal. For us, upgrading templates is simple—we just pool our resources and level up."

Liu Ya nodded in agreement.

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*Upgrading templates?*

*Could you really upgrade a template? Hadn't heard of that since ancient times.*

*Once a template awakened, it was set for life—no way to change it, no upgrades or downgrades.*

*But they just talked about this wild stuff like it was nothing!*

Wait a second!

*Mu Qingxue suddenly remembered what her mom, Song Xi'Er, had told her before she left the City Lord's Mansion, and the coin-sized template detection supreme treasure in her storage ring.*

"Hey, sisters, can I ask something?" she cut in,

Cheng Bingxi, Siyao, and Liu Ya all looked over with curious eyes, "What's up?"

Mu Qingxue asked tentatively, "Your template level, isn't it SSS-level?"

The three of them smiled and, in perfect unison, said, "Nope! It used to be SSS-level, but now that we've upgraded, it's mythical-level."

*Mu Qingxue's eyes went wide in shock, half-believing, half-doubting.*

She pulled out the template detection treasure and asked,

"Could I get a strand of your hair? I want to confirm the template level."

As Xiao Ye's fourth beast girl, the three saw her as one of their own. They didn't have any defenses and helped her out with three long hairs.

"Thanks!" Mu Qingxue placed the hairs above the treasure. Instantly, it gave off suction and sucked all three hairs inside.

Cheng Bingxi, Nangong Siyao, and Liu Ya watched quietly from the side, just as curious about what kind of result that small, coin-sized gadget could produce.

Ever since upgrading their templates, their summoned beast stats had skyrocketed, but they'd never re-tested their template levels.

Mu Qingxue cranked the detector to maximum power, and the template detection treasure floated in midair, shining with blue light.

Just as the four of them thought the results were about to come out, the detector suddenly shook and shuddered violently. Crack-like lines, like a spiderweb, spread over its surface.

With a sharp "pop!" the detector exploded, shattering into fragments that shot out in all directions.

Mu Qingxue was quick as lightning, sweeping up the fragments before they could hurt the other three.

Staring at the fragments still smoking, her eyes went blank with shock.

Mythical-level template!

*Only at mythical-level would something surpass the detector's limits and make it blow up.*

*These three beast girls—all of their templates were mythical-level!*

Xiao Ye heard the explosion from downstairs and rushed from the living room, only relaxing when he saw all four of them unharmed.

*He'd thought maybe Mu Qingxue had gotten into a fight with the three of them.*

Cheng Bingxi took the chance to say, "Xiao Ye, Xue'er's template is outdated. You need to think about rounding up some resources and help Xue'er upgrade."

*Upgrade?*

*Mu Qingxue's stunned yet hopeful gaze turned to him.*

*Hope burst into a fiery blaze inside her.*

*She really, really hoped her SSS-level Temporal Candle Dragon template could upgrade to mythical-level, too!*

But Xiao Ye just shook his head and said coolly, "Upgrade my ass. The deal with this little chick is, once she hits the Great Venerable Realm, our contract is over. We're just in a temporary contract—no need to go all out for her."

"If I help her upgrade and she bails, wouldn't she be getting all the benefits for free?"