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

Watching the once-innocent maiden, now a newlywed, lying on the bed at his mercy,

Xiao Ye began his massage journey.

The skin felt delicate and smooth, and Xiao Ye gave the massage according to the human acupoint chart provided by the Template Adjuster.

There were 720 acupoints in the human body, 52 single acupoints, 309 dual acupoints, and 50 extraordinary acupoints outside the meridians.

Ren Ying Acupoint, Shui Tu Acupoint, Qi Hu Acupoint...

From the front of the body to the back, from the back down to the groin, from there to the soles of the feet.

Xiao Ye massaged each spot meticulously and methodically,

his techniques shifting from kneading, to poking, to pressing, over and over again.

Half an hour later, the massage ended.

Cheng Bingxi, holding a fragrant handkerchief, came over and wiped the sweat off Xiao Ye's forehead,

[Template Adjuster]

[SSS-level Five-Clawed Golden Dragon Template: Nangong Siyao] (Upgradable)

[Existing Issue: The excess energy from the overflow of the Rule Fragment Crystal is temporarily being suppressed]

After Xiao Ye checked the results, *he felt a sense of liberation wash over him—at least in the coming days, the newlywed Nangong Siyao would finally stop clinging to him all the time.*

Xiao Ye looked at Nangong Siyao, whose cheeks were flushed, and said, "How do you feel?"

Nangong Siyao tilted her head and thought for a second, then said, "Tingly, numb, super comfy!"

"..." Xiao Ye was speechless, *That was not what he had meant to ask.*

*Forget it, Nangong Siyao would notice the change in a few days anyway; after all, with her particular cravings toned down, the one reaping the benefits would be him, Xiao Ye.*

Cheng Bingxi glanced at Nangong Siyao, who looked blissed out, scooted over, grabbed Xiao Ye's hand, and said expectantly,

"I want a massage too!"

Xiao Ye opened up the Template Adjuster and checked Cheng Bingxi's template.

[Template Adjuster Scanning]

[SSS-level Nine-tailed Celestial Fox Template: Cheng Bingxi] (Upgradable)

[Existing Issue: Realm is low so the template is stable, energy overflow effects are minimal]

*Damn, this really stumped Xiao Ye.*

*So according to this, every template at a high realm would be at least somewhat unstable, causing side effects?*

*Which means, all the Venerable Ones of the apocalypse on Blue Star—each of them had a few screws loose?*

*Worse yet, these were issues that couldn't be fixed easily, since an unstable template would keep causing problems every so often.*

"Please, Xiao Ye honey!" Cheng Bingxi pouted as she saw Xiao Ye frown, thinking he didn't want to do it. She leaned close and whined, her voice going straight to Xiao Ye's bones.

"No problem."

So, Xiao Ye got busy giving Cheng Bingxi a perfectly ordinary massage.

Ten minutes later, the three of them—now fully dressed—ran downstairs for some air. It was mid-morning, and the sunlight was warm and cozy.

And what did they see? A burly guy lurking outside the yard, sneakily peeking in here.

Every now and then he muttered,

"Sister Kunpeng ought to be home."

"Damn it, she swiped all my treasured potions, and now my wife's been mad at me for days!" He gritted his teeth as he spoke.

"Today I'm not leaving until Sister Kunpeng gives me an explanation—just give me back a few potions!"

Xiao Ye walked over to the yard gate and said, "Who are you, and what do you want?"

Seeing three still-sort-of-young faces, the burly guy straightened up, grinned, and said,

"You three are this year's top scorers on the college entrance exam, right?"

Xiao Ye was surprised, "Yeah, you know us?"

The burly man leaped right over the yard gate and, putting on a showy, grand air, said,

"Of course! Maybe you don't know me, but you've definitely heard of the Top Ten Venerable Ones of the Demon City." This is part of a series from My Virtual Library Empire (M|V|L1EMPYR).

Cheng Bingxi and Nangong Siyao narrowed their beautiful eyes and said in surprise, "Wait, you're..."

"That's right!" The burly man's square face broke into a proud smile, "I am Vajra Venerable, one of the Top Ten Venerable Ones of the Demon City!"

*Yeah, the Vajra Venerable who barely made the top ten,* he added silently.

"Wow! You're really the Vajra Venerable! A real Venerable—so cool!" Nangong Siyao's eyes glimmered with pure admiration and awe.

Xiao Ye and Cheng Bingxi also showed him genuine respect.

*A legendary, overwhelmingly powerful Venerable, someone whose heroic feats had rocked Dragon Country—totally worthy of anyone's admiration.*

Feeling all the reverence coming from these three prodigies, Vajra Venerable was absolutely delighted,

"Mmhmm, you have to look up to me if you want to someday become a Venerable yourself!"

"Follow my example and you'll become someone everyone respects, a national hero like me!"

Vajra Venerable stood with his back to Xiao Ye and the others, hands clasped behind him, clearly playing up his dignity.

Suddenly, a sexy voice drifted from a third-floor window, "Isn't that Second-Flat Vajra? What brings you to my place today?"

"Oh right, last time you whined about running out of potions and turning into Second-Flat, was that for real?"

"!"

The pose Vajra Venerable was striking froze up, and his grin stiffened awkwardly.

He sneaked a glance at the three top scorers, only to see Xiao Ye and the others eyeing him with suspicion, *like they were thinking, you're a Second-Flat?*

"I'm socially dead!"

Vajra Venerable nearly faceplanted.

*It had taken so much work to build up this awe-inspiring image for these three prodigies—only for it to crumble in less than a second!*

Vajra Venerable was fuming inside and shouted, "Sister Kunpeng, you old virgin, give me back my potions!"

He shot up to the third floor in a flash and barged through the window into the boudoir of the alluring, dominatrix-like Yun Bing.

"I, Vajra Venerable, demand an explanation today, give me back a few potions!"

Upstairs came Vajra Venerable's booming voice.

But right after that,

"Bang bang bang!"

"Ow! Not the face! If my face gets swollen, how am I supposed to go out!"

"Ow ow ow! Quit kicking me, you kick me there again and my balls are gonna explode!"

Wails of agony from Vajra Venerable rang out from the third floor.

Ten minutes later, things finally calmed down.

With a whoosh, Yun Bing dragged Vajra Venerable by the collar down from the third floor, tossed him on the ground, and said coldly,

"Don't you dare go in my third-floor boudoir without permission!"

Vajra Venerable, face bruised and swollen, pleaded desperately, "I won't, never again."

"Hmph!" Only then did the alluring dominatrix Yun Bing let Vajra Venerable off the hook. She snorted, "So what did you come here for? You gave me those potions, why would I give them back?"

Vajra Venerable's mouth twitched, *like hell I gave them to you! You snatched them in broad daylight, okay?*

Cheng Gang, being sensible, kept his mouth shut—he could tell this trip was a waste of time, nine times out of ten.

Still, getting to know the three top scorers wasn't so bad.

Cheng Gang glanced at Xiao Ye and the others, about to say something else.

But then he noticed—Xiao Ye, unlike the two girls, kept staring at his crotch. What was up with that?

"Second-Flat, huh?" Xiao Ye mumbled, but everyone there heard it.

Like a reflex, everyone's eyes got all weird as they stared at Vajra Venerable Cheng Gang.

"!" The burly Cheng Gang, who had just stood up, nearly lost his footing.

*Social death, I'm totally socially dead!*

*Can't you people just let it go already?!*