Chapter 253: [anti-law] Re-contracted
After selling off all the supplies smuggled from the Real World, Yuan Zhu spent another week cultivating feelings with the brother and sister.
Every day, besides freeloading Shadow Dream Hole like crazy in Tiger Demon Stance to gain experience points; he would call upon the village’s resources to conduct a series of experiments, collecting the data he wanted; finally, he would set aside several hours to specifically teach and cultivate the Little Girl into talent, while also giving Younger Brother a hand.
For the past three days, Yuan Zhu was either imparting his personal experience on cultivating Holy Light to the two of them; or teaching basic knowledge that doesn’t exist in Insect City (elementary + middle school), and using this to improve their relationship.
He acted with sincerity, invested high sunk costs, and the results were good.
The brother and sister quickly moved from the initial sense of unfamiliarity after a long separation despite wanting to get close; rapidly entering a state of familiarity and tacit understanding. Their attitude toward Yuan Zhu included brotherly affection without blood ties, as well as the grace of a mentor who imparts the Way and teaches skills.
Yuan Zhu successfully reinforced and deepened their bond from multiple dimensions, including savior, loyalty, family affection, friendship, monopoly on their essential cultivation resources, and providing a bright future…
Now, it was time to reveal his true intentions, making the two willingly sign Anti-Law Contracts to work for him!
Soon, Yuan Zhu summoned the brother and sister through Dream Power and said: “Since I returned to the Underground World, nearly half a month has passed. Both of your strengths have improved. Xiao Tiao has smoothly promoted to Earth Rank, condensing three Acupoints. A Tang, you have also successfully established a connection with Golden Cicada Alchemy Furnace and preliminarily controlled it. With your current strength, even if you leave the village, you can protect yourselves in the Underground World and have a place in other Insect Cities.”
Hearing Yuan Zhu’s words, the Little Girl felt something was off the more he spoke, and anxiously said nervously: “Big Brother, are you abandoning us? What exactly did we do wrong?”
Yuan Zhu smiled: “I have no intention of abandoning you. On the contrary, I have a choice for you two. Is it to follow me out of the Underground World to another unfamiliar Otherworld? Or stay here, become administrators of Animal Husbandry Village, manage my industries, have inexhaustible resources, and continuously get stronger.”
The Little Girl quickly stated: “Of course I’m going with you!”
Yuan Zhu waved his hand, signaling her to calm down: “Don’t rush to answer. Listen to me finish. If you choose to follow me away to my hometown, your current cultivation will face stagnation, even rejection of the environment, inability to adapt to Du Ling, leading to the ruin of your achievements and deaths.”
Eclosion World’s unique Corrupt Spiritual Energy + Iron Poison + Immortal Zombie Tendrils pollution nurtures ‘Qi Refiners’. After smuggling to the clean and tidy Running, losing intake of ‘Polluting Energy’, their strength will surely plummet, even facing issues like realm regression.
But ‘ruin of achievements and deaths’ is an exaggerated description. Yuan Zhu just wanted to scare the two siblings a bit and test their true hearts.
Then, he continued: “If you stay, I will still value you highly. After all, you are the people I trust most in the Underground World. With you managing Animal Husbandry Village for me, I am very reassured. And you will become my spokespersons, with the highest power, able to arbitrarily allocate and draw cultivation resources without worrying about growth.”
Younger Brother is the most honest and dutiful, clearly knowing that he has today all thanks to Brother Zhuzi. Thus, he has no stray thoughts in his heart, only the intent to repay kindness.
So he looked at his petite big sister, waiting for her to decide. Big sister is like a mother; Younger Brother listens to his sister. What’s wrong with that?
The Little Girl is adept at reading expressions, mature and sharp-minded inwardly. As soon as Yuan Zhu finished speaking, she had already analyzed Brother Zhuzi’s true intentions from his tone and rhetoric.
Making the comparison so obviously exaggerated—isn’t it just testing our true hearts, wanting us to follow fearlessly through thick and thin! Just say it outright; acting coy at this age!
She rolled her eyes inwardly and sighed: So childish!
Then she answered: “Which path we choose isn’t important. What’s important is which path Big Brother needs us to choose? Both choices can help you. But I hope to choose the one most useful to you!”
The Little Girl’s words were sincere, her emotions genuine, full of emotional value. She was really good at speaking, giving him the feeling of facing a ‘rainbow-colored Little Spicy Stick’.
So good at speaking, say more in the future!
Yuan Zhu smiled satisfactorily: “Animal Husbandry Village now has abundant talents, with development plans proceeding orderly without need for worry. But in my hometown, I am very short on manpower. Naturally, I hope you siblings can follow me back to Du Ling Star.”
Younger Brother realized belatedly: “Then we’ll go with you!”
Yuan Zhu said again: “If you want to leave, you must adapt to the Real World environment to survive. To achieve that, you must pay a certain price. You know about the Cicada City noble heirs successively forming contracts with Demon God. Mao Mao King, right?”
The Little Girl, following Meng Xiyue, had seen quite a few Cicada City young lords and Young Ladies signing Anti-Law. She had some understanding: “Do we also need to sign a contract with Mao Mao King? Sell ourselves to gain the ability to survive in ‘Du Ling’?”
“No, it’s signing Anti-Law Contract with me. Regardless of whether your bodies can adapt to Reality, whether the Qi Refining System is suppressed or weakened. With Anti-Law’s guarantee, you can live and act freely, even incorporating the Qi Refining System into Anti-Law for a second transformation.”
Hearing it was contracting with Yuan Zhu, not selling themselves to Mao Mao King despite hearts belonging to the Yuan family, the siblings both breathed a sigh of relief. They expressed willingness to agree, hurry and establish the contract.
This eager behavior of selling themselves to prove sincerity and loyalty stunned Yuan Zhu.
“Wait, I’m afraid I didn’t explain clearly.”
Saying this, Yuan Zhu took out two parchment-written ‘Anti-Law Contracts’ from Soul Space, blessed with Anti-Law. Shadow power, a standard ‘Contract’.
Once the users read it in detail and fully understand the content, they can sign to activate the Anti-Law Contract.
At this time, Yuan Zhu held the clauses, explaining them one by one to the siblings. For his chosen ‘own people’, Yuan Zhu didn’t hide anything; all kinds of ‘Pledges of Servitude’ were openly written out.
The Anti-Law he gave the siblings was the highest sincerity kind. The price directly maxed to highest level Soul Contract; the siblings would sell everything to Yuan Zhu.
As the price, Yuan Zhu offered ‘loan interest’ of 0, and upon signing, he would provide equivalent resources to cultivate the siblings—everything the best treatment, highest permission, maximum resources.
The over-a-century-old siblings, after hearing Yuan Zhu’s sincerity, sighed that they didn’t misjudge Boss! He truly cares for them, so they both decisively agreed, raising hands to press blood handprints at the bottom of the parchment.
Then an awkward scene occurred: the mutually rushing trio failed to successfully sign Anti-Law.
Through Anti-Law. Shadow’s feedback, Yuan Zhu got a ‘insufficient chips’ response. The super high treatment he offered wasn’t enough to directly exchange for the siblings’ ‘souls’.
Boss Brother now Earth Rank, standard Seed-level powerhouse; big sister stuck at Human Rank, but she just established contact with a Golden Cicada Alchemy Furnace, skyrocketing her value.
And Yuan Zhu’s current Anti-Law. Shadow offered treatment couldn’t buy out everything from these two. Even though subjectively, they were very willing to sell themselves to Brother Zhuzi.
But Anti-Law doesn’t allow it! This doesn’t conform to Benevolent God’s behavior standards.
“Uh…”
At this moment, Yuan Zhu was exceptionally embarrassed.
After a moment of awkward silence, Snake Snake timely provided a remedial measure, redrafting the Anti-Law. Contract content.
This time, still highest level Soul Contract. But not a one-time buyout, designed as a ladder mode.
First stage, Yuan Zhu would offer the highest chips Anti-Law. Shadow could provide, contracting with the siblings. At the same time, he retains priority trading qualification for further acquiring their souls, etc.
It looks very much like a Mortgage Agreement. The siblings mortgage ‘soul, loyalty, ownership’ to Anti-Law rather than selling to Yuan Zhu. Brother Zhuzi then continuously improves and strengthens Anti-Law. Shadow to recharge the siblings via mortgage until the chips paid buy them out, becoming his ‘Private Property’.
And the price he pays will surely be very high. Snake Snake calculated: the resources and price to truly buy out the two even far exceed the value they currently contain.
Yuan Zhu complained to Snake Snake: “This is probably the most failed Anti-Law I’ve ever made in history, right?”
Facing the two siblings, Yuan Zhu had no idea of crazy exploiting and squeezing Goblins and Orc mixed-bloods. Nor of tightly binding Nie Yin to prevent her from fleeing midway. Instead, full of goodwill toward the siblings, willing to offer a ‘loss-making’ contract.
Of course, even if the Anti-Law Contract is signed as a treaty of ceding territory and paying reparations, as long as users taste the benefits of Anti-Law, they will slowly sink into it.
His ‘benevolent clauses’ toward the siblings would still firmly lock the two, making them work for him.
Snake Snake hurriedly flattered: “Where is this Clause a failure? How can’t I see it? You’re just using true heart for true heart, striking from the emotional route outside the Contract, piercing the two kids’ fragile mental defenses, trading for ‘moved’. You’re not doing ‘financial fraud’, switching to Emperor Liu’s ’emotional fraud’ route—more slick and advanced! This is the style befitting the lord!”
When the buyout Anti-Law Contract for the siblings was successfully reached through both parties’ joint efforts, faint Shadow Power continuously appeared in their hands.
The Little Girl also precisely perceived through her own Anti-Law that her soul was faintly connected to Yuan Zhu before her eyes. This ‘connection’ made her, always lacking security, feel very reassured.
Just like a kite, no matter how high or far it flies, there’s this kite string (Anti-Law) connecting them, making her exceptionally at ease. Finally bound this big backer; she and her brother’s future finally has a landing.
As for Yuan Zhu’s proposal to ‘stay in Eclosion World, guard Animal Husbandry Village for him, manage industries, arbitrarily draw cultivation resources’, she didn’t consider it at all.
Only marginal groups living in Underground Insect City truly hate everything about the Underground World. Even now qualified to be Animal Husbandry Village administrators, this ‘village’ is still far inferior to Insect City.
And Cicada City’s nobles also desperately make their heirs convert to Mao Mao King, wear Luxury Children’s Wear, worship Otherworld deities to cultivate Anti-Law, yearning to escape this world.
Now, she also has the chance to directly ‘Shatter the Void, Ascension to Upper Realm’. Why would she discard a watermelon for a sesame?! Only by tightly hugging Big Brother’s thigh do they siblings have a beautiful happy future.
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The thoroughly reassured Little Girl now focused her energy on Anti-Law. Shadow. She was very familiar with this power (Shadow); it could be felt everywhere in Shadow Domain.
It’s just that before, this power was insulated from the two. Whenever she tried to draw Shadow Power with Domain. Administrator permission and incorporate it into her own system, it would be automatically attacked and cleansed by ‘Holy Light True Qi’.
Holy Cough True Qi inherits ‘Holy Light’s exclusivity, hostile and restraining toward ‘Shadow Power’.
Now, this ‘Shadow Power’ packaged by Anti-Law exists as an external Plugin, independently without entering her own True Qi cycle.
While the siblings curiously studied Anti-Law + Shadow Power, Yuan Zhu was also observing the two through Anti-Law.
The Anti-Law 0-interest loan limit he gave the siblings was very high; theoretically enough to stack Seed. But the siblings haven’t done Three-Phase Ritual; the only ‘quota’ is occupied by True Qi System.
Thus, the Anti-Law Shadow they can mobilize is not much; using it is like Skull Server, Uniform— not smooth.
To overcome this issue, Yuan Zhu had several solutions:
1 Erase the ‘Holy Light element’ in True Qi, replace with Shadow, mutate into Shadow True Qi. But not advisable.
2 Perform Three-Phase Ritual, then absorb Shadow Power, open second side job.
3 Use Uniform, Skull Server for proxy holding, indirect control.
4 Yuan Zhu suddenly had a flash of inspiration. He always refines ‘pollution’ into ‘Shadow Pollution (Ghost Companion Product)’ then feeds to Holy Seal to burn, extracting Soul Ember. Never reversed it, feeding his cultivated Holy Light Pollution to Tiger Demon for refinement.
Once Holy Light products undergo Ghost Companion Refinement, high chance it can’t refine, just tags with ‘Shadow Tag’. But that’s enough!
Take Shadow-tagged, belonging to Tiger Demon’s ‘Shadow-branded Holy Light’, invest to siblings via Anti-Law. Shadow.
Thus Holy Light goes left hand to right hand, reissued to siblings as Shadow student aid loan. This ‘Shadow Holy Light’ can be smoothly absorbed by True Qi System, refined into brand new Shadow-line. Holy Cough True Qi.
Yuan Zhu: “Snake Snake, do you think my solution is very bold? Very tricky? Very shocking?!”
Snake Snake: “You do have some illness! But Dataized Holy Light and Dataized Shadow are family, both Immortal Scripture products; maybe internally refinable? I think your plan might burst with surprises, worth a try!”
After putting the idea of refining Holy Light Pollution with Universe Within The Belly + Ghost Companion Divine Ability on the agenda, Yuan Zhu dismissed the siblings, letting them familiarize and adapt to Shadow Power. He was about to start a new day of ‘Secluded Cultivation’.
