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

Just as Cheng Gang was rambling on, a middle-aged man with a weathered face, silver hair, and a white robe broke into a cold sweat,

and hurried over, saying carefully,

"Venerable Lord, please come over to the president's loft, I'll make sure to give you a satisfactory answer."

Cheng Gang shot him a sideways glance and snorted, "You're such an old perv, what's up with following a grown man around all day?"

The weathered silver-haired man was mortified, *Who's the real perv here, always sneaking peeks in the women's uniform department?* But he didn't dare say it out loud, so he explained,

"Venerable Lord, I'm innocent, I was just inspecting the store, yes, just doing a store inspection."

Xiao Ye sized the man up and noticed that though he had a weathered face, his silver hair made him look quite dashing.

*He must've grown up in a hurry! Not that old in years, but definitely old in looks.*

No wonder Cheng Gang called him "old man."

"Brother Xiao, this is the branch president of the Red Moon Chamber of Commerce, just call him Old Xu," Cheng Gang introduced from the side.

The weathered-faced man saw Xiao Ye's weird look, and said awkwardly, "Hello, Mr. Xiao."

Xiao Ye nodded in greeting and smiled, "Chairman Xu."

After that, Chairman Xu, ever the weathered-faced guy, led Xiao Ye and Cheng Gang up to the president's loft.

The top floor of Red Moon Building.

Elegant and exquisite furniture, unique treasures displayed everywhere.

"Mr. Xiao, do you need Energy Liquid? I'll arrange it for you right away." The impatiently-aged Chairman Xu pulled out a communication device and gave an order.

Soon, the sales assistant who had received Xiao Ye before arrived, holding a delicate little box.

Chairman Xu handed the delicate box to Xiao Ye and smiled,

"This is a storage ring with 100 cubic meters of space, inside are four hundred vials of Energy Liquid—two hundred Grandmaster Realm, and two hundred Grandmaster Realm each."

"Whoa!" The sales assistant gasped in shock and stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

Damn, this guy who looked cool as hell wasn't some broke student after all—he was actually a VIP guest of the president!

Not to mention the person standing next to him—the sales assistant snuck a cautious peek at Cheng Gang out of the corner of his eye.

Nearly scared his soul out of his body.

Venerable! The Vajra Venerable, one of the famous Ten Venerables of Devil City!

The young man clearly had close ties with Vajra Venerable, too.

The sales assistant felt a pang of regret and frustration well up inside. *Why couldn't I see what's in front of me? I should've served this guy better!*

Otherwise, a promotion and a raise would be right around the corner!

Screw the rules, screw restrictions, to the big shots, they don't mean squat!

Xiao Ye didn't know about the sales assistant's inner drama, he started calculating. Reader support at M*VLEM*PYR made this translation possible.

Whether it was the Golden Dragon or the White Fox, leveling up just one rank took two Crystal Cores, which meant eight vials of Energy Liquid.

One Summoned Beast would need at least eighty at the Grandmaster Realm stage.

Two Summoned Beasts would need at least one hundred sixty.

Two hundred bottles each of Grandmaster Realm and Grandmaster Realm Energy Liquid—that should be enough for both Summoned Beasts to reach the Venerable Realm.

Finishing his calculation, Xiao Ye took the storage ring, asking, "How many Crystal Cores do you want? I'll pay you."

Chairman Xu glanced at Vajra Venerable's face, waved his hand, and laughed,

"This is our first time meeting, Mr. Xiao. I almost neglected you. No need to pay, consider it a welcome gift from this old man."

Xiao Ye hesitated for a second, but Cheng Gang chuckled and said, "Take it, Brother Xiao, it's just Old Xu's way of being nice."

Hearing that, Xiao Ye put the ring away and thanked him, "Then thank you, Chairman Xu."

The weathered-faced, silver-haired president of Red Moon smiled and handed over a card, no bigger than a palm.

"Mr. Xiao, this is the Red Moon Chamber of Commerce Super VIP Card. With this, you get a twenty percent discount on everything, and priority shopping privileges."

Afterward, Chairman Xu respectfully escorted Cheng Gang and Xiao Ye out of the loft.

"Whew!" The weathered-faced man wiped his back, letting out a breath. *Just now, I hadn't even realized my back was drenched in cold sweat.*

Out on the street, Vajra Venerable Cheng Gang laughed, "Brother Xiao, this Old Xu also clawed his way up from nothing. He was born in a low-tier base city and made it all the way to president of Red Moon Chamber of Commerce. You could say he's a real inspirational guy."

"You should get to know him better—he's a solid dude."

Xiao Ye tucked the storage ring into his system space, not too interested in Chairman Xu.

*He just wanted to hurry back, hand the Energy Liquid over to his two cultivation girls, and then have Liu Ya try on all those uniforms, especially the bunny girl, the schoolgirl outfit, and those skimpy cutout skirts.*

No kidding! With two cultivation girls, Xiao Ye was getting stronger every minute—and still had his hands free.

He could get flirty with Kunpeng Academy goddess Liu Ya, so of course he didn't want to stand here shooting the breeze with this big oaf Cheng Gang.

"Uh." Seeing how bored Xiao Ye looked, Cheng Gang rubbed his hands together and suggested,

"Brother Xiao, let's go to Kunpeng Academy together. I have an old friend I haven't seen in ages, just happened to be heading there today."

Xiao Ye nodded thoughtfully and said, "Old friend?"

Cheng Gang was surprised, "Yeah, that's the famous assistant instructor, Liu Ya."

Cheng Gang sighed, *Liu Ya was his old crush back in the day, but she never liked him, ended up forming a contract with another man; turns out that guy died to a Demon Beast later on.*

Liu Ya was still single to this day.

By now, Cheng Gang was long since married and only saw Liu Ya as an old friend, all his old hormone-fueled feelings having faded away.

Liu Ya called him a few days ago, probably because she ran into some trouble. As an old friend, Cheng Gang wanted to check in, see if he could help. Yeah, he couldn't get the Rule Fragment right now, but as Venerable, he could help with other stuff.

"Uh!" Xiao Ye suddenly got stuck—Liu Ya had become his wife! Going back this time, Cheng Gang might just find out. *Who knows what face he'll make when he learns about this?*

Cheng Yi had told Xiao Ye the story of Cheng Gang and Liu Ya.

To be honest, Cheng Gang had it pretty rough—his old flame got contracted by another man, and that guy always fooled around, never even touched Cheng Gang's white moonlight, Liu Ya. So to this day, Liu Ya was still pure.

After that guy died, Cheng Gang had been married for years and couldn't be with Liu Ya anymore.

Yep, in the end, Xiao Ye got her!

A smile crept across Xiao Ye's face.

But that smile faded quickly—*it was brutal: he couldn't break through Liu Ya's passive defense. The main route was blocked, so "exercise" could only take other forms.*

*Guess he'd have to become a Great Venerable or Venerable before he could break through and finally "eat the meat." What a damn tragedy!*

"Come on, let's go!" Cheng Gang introduced with interest, "Now, let me tell you—my old friend is none other than the famous assistant instructor Liu Ya. A hundred years ago, she was known as the most beautiful professor!"

"Once we're there, I'll introduce you so she can take you as her disciple."

"Heh! With her guidance, you'll get the absolute most out of your talent, it's a real win for you."

Xiao Ye was dumbfounded—Cheng Gang didn't know that Liu Ya had already taken him as a disciple. Heck, Liu Ya was already his wife!

Damn, hope when the truth comes out, Cheng Gang doesn't lose his mind.