Chapter 34
Zu Mianmian sat in a daze for a while, holding Zu An’an’s gradually cooling body like a block of wood. When her blank gaze swept over Shi Luoning’s face at the side, she immediately stood up and rushed at her, grabbing her collar and yanking hard.
Right now, Shi Luoning could barely maintain human form. Added with the wound on her stomach having split open and bleeding, her complexion was very ugly. Her hair, which had always been combed neatly and exquisitely, was already scattered in a mess. Compared to Zu Mianmian, she was not much better. She kept muttering,
“This is impossible. This is impossible…”
“Still pretending to be stupid!”
Zu Mianmian was so angry she gritted her teeth.
“Hurry and turn my sister back! You were the one who used gu to kill her!”
Shi Luoning gently shook her head. Her gaze fell on Zu An’an’s corpse.
“I would never hurt my family.”
“An’an is not your family! And if it wasn’t you, then who else? Who doesn’t know fox-beasts are the best at using gu? An’an died for no reason. Wasn’t it you secretly causing trouble behind the scenes?”
This was the first time Zu Mianmian had shown such an imposing manner.
Shi Luoning lifted her eyelids. Her gaze toward Zu Mianmian was calm as still water.
“I never use fatal gu arts.”
She did not look like she was lying. And based on Qiu Qi’s understanding of someone like her, if she had truly done something, she would definitely say it openly and boast about it, because she liked watching people lose control of their emotions to satisfy her own twisted amusement.
But twisted amusement was still something she herself played with. According to Shi Luoning’s own words, An’an’s death had already touched her bottom line.
Yan Wan walked over.
“If I remember correctly, your conversation just now mentioned ‘Master.’ Who is she?”
When Shi Luoning heard this title, her pupils shrank.
“Master… Master was kind to me, and kind to everyone here. She wouldn’t. She wouldn’t do anything to hurt An’an.”
“Was the illusion formation at the entrance set by you?” Yan Wan asked another question.
Shi Luoning shook her head.
“I only know how to use gu.”
Everyone present exchanged glances and had an idea in their hearts.
“So the girls in the prison weren’t tortured into that state by you either?” Qiu Qi pressed.
Shi Luoning raised her head and refuted loudly,
“How many times have I said it? That was only confinement. How can you call that torture?”
Pei Yuqing looked at her and said faintly,
“Then come with us to take a look.”
As soon as her words fell, the sound of blades being sheathed came from behind them. Yin Ci, wrapped in the pungent smell of blood, strode over and said coldly,
“It’s over.”
Ah… if she had not spoken, they really would not have noticed that someone had been diligently swinging a sword in the back.
Yan Wan pulled Shi Luoning up from the ground, while Qiu Qi went to support the soulless Zu Mianmian.
“An’an. Bring An’an.”
Zu Mianmian picked up that thin body and pressed her cheek to hers.
“Sister will never leave you again. From now on, we’ll always be together.”
Qiu Qi felt uncomfortable watching this, but she knew Zu Mianmian could not listen to comforting words right now. She only patted her shoulder.
“Let’s go. We’ll save the remaining people.”
No one knew whether Qiu Qi’s words reminded Shi Luoning of something, but Shi Luoning suddenly jumped up like a corpse coming back to life and ran inward. Everyone followed behind her and saw her hurriedly run into a bedchamber, then rummage through chests and cabinets until she pulled out a stack of papers.
Contracts.
She stood on higher ground, took down some bottles and jars, crushed the herbs and medicinal liquids inside, placed them together with the stack of contracts, and took the candlestick from the side.
“What are you doing?”
“As long as the contracts are gone, no one can control them.”
Shi Luoning did not have time to explain so much. Her hands moved quickly as she destroyed all the contracts.
When only pungent black ash remained in the basin, she raised the corner of her mouth in relief, and her body leaned weakly back against the wall.
“You go.”
Qiu Qi frowned.
“Didn’t you not believe what we said? Why don’t you go see?”
Shi Luoning pressed the back of her head against the wall and turned to look at Qiu Qi. Only a pool of dead water remained in her eyes.
“My lord, I’m tired. I want to rest for a bit. Now that the contracts are gone, you can take the people back, report the mission, and claim the bounty.”
The more she acted like this, the more Qiu Qi felt something was wrong.
“What are you staying here for? To turn into a pile of rotten flesh? Your remaining life will have no meaning.”
Shi Luoning suddenly laughed softly.
“Hahaha… hahahaha…”
“What do you understand?”
She took a deep breath.
“A demon like you, who cruelly binds others with a Servant Contract, is also qualified to say such things?”
She looked upward. Her eyes carried longing for the past.
“Originally, we were such a beautiful family. People who had been hurt warmed each other, and I was the one who protected them. I built a shelter for them. If not for your interference… if not for you! My beauty would not have been destroyed!”
Qiu Qi could not bear it anymore. She walked up and raised her hand, slapping Shi Luoning across the face. The force was so great that it directly knocked Shi Luoning’s face to the side.
“Fucking wake up.”
Qiu Qi clenched her fist.
“Your so-called protection is sending them into those officials’ and nobles’ beds to obtain what you need? Your so-called protection is taking away her life when she wants to return to her real family? Your so-called protection is dividing girls into ranks according to appearance, so those of lower rank can only eat coarse grains and rice water, and even filling their stomachs becomes difficult?”
Shi Luoning lowered her head, one hand covering her burning cheek. Her scattered long hair hid the panicked expression she wore at this moment.
“Shi Luoning.”
For the first time, Qiu Qi spoke in such a serious voice, cold as if it had just been dug out from beneath thousand-year-old ice.
“If you don’t sober up, then you’re helping your Master commit evil. Those girls all have families of their own. They never belonged to you.”
“You’re lying to me… you’re lying to me…”
Shi Luoning instinctively denied it, but warm tears broke free from her eyes uncontrollably, falling one by one onto the back of the hand she had braced at her side, as if they were about to burn her skin.
She still remembered their first meeting. That woman’s warm palm, her bright red clothes like the most beautiful sunset on the horizon. The scent on her body was the most unforgettable smell Shi Luoning had ever known. Roses mixed with sandalwood, making that rich fragrance deeper. It accompanied her to sleep on every tear-soaked night.
Shi Luoning was indeed a beastman, but she had not cultivated into one herself. When her mother had been pregnant with her, she had once accidentally been bitten in the wild by a red-haired fox that rushed out. Her mother had suffered a high fever for seven days and seven nights, then gave birth to her prematurely.
She was born in beast form. Her wet fur stuck to her body as she trembled and whimpered softly. Aside from her dark red fur, she looked like a rat from the gutter, an ugly little lump.
Humans and beastmen had never gotten along. Shi Luoning’s parents could not accept that their child was actually a fox-beast. Taking advantage of the deep night, they threw her, still wrapped in swaddling clothes, into the river and announced to outsiders that the wife had miscarried.
Beastmen were different from humans. They had memories from birth, so Shi Luoning remembered those things clearly. She remembered the disgusted and frightened look her mother gave her. She remembered her father’s resolute back as he abandoned her.
And she also remembered… those warm hands that pulled her into an embrace.
The woman gently pressed close to her ear and said,
“From now on, we are family.”
Only at that moment did Shi Luoning learn that family was originally such a warm word. She felt as if she had gained a brand-new life.
But such a gentle person—how could she, how could she do such things?
She did not believe it and was unwilling to believe it.
So even when Qiu Qi misunderstood those things as coming from her hand, she only endured her sobs and did not speak. She was afraid that the moment she opened her mouth, she would personally shatter the dream she had painstakingly built over several decades.
“Of course, what I said just now was only my suggestion as an observer.”
Qiu Qi’s voice broke through her memories. Her stiff tone sounded somewhat piercing.
“If you want to continue indulging in your own fantasies, do as you please. Just don’t drag innocent people into the water. But remember this: Zu An’an’s life also has your share in it.”
Shi Luoning opened her pale lips, but could not say a single word. She sat there quietly in a daze. Even after Qiu Qi’s group left, she did not react at all.
…
Lan Tang had waited in the prison until she was nearly asleep before finally waiting for her master to come out. She hurriedly walked up.
“How is it, how is it? Can we take them away?”
Pei Yuqing nodded.
“The contracts have been destroyed. Everyone is free.”
The group of people who had originally been without any ripples now showed joy on their faces. So many so-called rescuers had come and gone, but not once had anyone succeeded. They had not expected this group to actually be so capable.
“Thank you, benefactors!”
The girls knelt and kowtowed.
“Thank us later.”
Qiu Qi waved her hand.
“Do you know where the other girls are locked up? Take us there. We’ll save them together.”
The girl who had asked them for help earlier stumbled to her feet.
“I’ll take you.”
“Forget it. Hurry out and get your wounds treated.”
Qiu Qi casually pointed at someone who looked mostly uninjured.
“You do it.”
One incense stick later, Qiu Qi led another group of people and reunited with Pei Yuqing’s group at the entrance.
“Lan Tang.”
Pei Yuqing called out.
“I know, Master.”
Lan Tang nodded. With a thought, she transformed into beast form.
The palm-sized little bird slowly inflated like a balloon, finally becoming taller than a tree. Looking at that round, sturdy body, Qiu Qi suspected those two thin little claws of hers could not support it at all.
Lan Tang happily flapped her wings. A fierce wind followed, blowing Qiu Qi’s hair backward. Even the ground trembled.
“It’s been so long since I transformed. I’m so happy, so happy.”
“In the future, I can’t call you little plump bird anymore. You’re a giant plump bird.”
Qiu Qi lifted her head to look at her feathers, which glowed like sapphires in the sunlight, and sighed.
“Don’t beastmen like collecting feathers and teeth? Your feathers are so pretty. If I pluck two and sell them, can I earn a lot of money?”
Lan Tang stamped her foot in anger. Qiu Qi felt as if the ground were about to crack and hurriedly hugged Pei Yuqing’s arm tightly.
“Master, she’s bullying me!”
Pei Yuqing patted her wing.
“Lan Tang, saving people is more important. Let them get on first.”
Qiu Qi nodded at the side, borrowing the tiger’s might like a fox.
“Right, right. Don’t lower yourself to my level. Saving people is more important.”
After saying this, Pei Yuqing shot her a reproachful glance, and she immediately returned to an obedient appearance.
“I won’t be naughty anymore, I won’t.”
“Let’s go.”
Once everyone got onto Lan Tang’s back, Pei Yuqing lifted Qiu Qi and began flying.
The instant sense of weightlessness made Qiu Qi somewhat afraid. In panic, she hugged Pei Yuqing’s waist and felt the exciting sensation of the wind slapping wildly against her face.
“Madam, why aren’t we sitting on Lan Tang’s back and flying together?”
Pei Yuqing looked straight ahead and stayed silent without answering.
Qiu Qi turned her head back and saw the giant plump bird following behind them. She was panting heavily, as if each flap of her wings took a huge amount of effort to complete.
That was true. This mount paired with the legendary aloof, icy goddess really did make the style look abrupt.
…
Qiu Qi rested at home for a period of time, busying herself with properly settling all the rescued girls before going to Green Island to collect the bounty.
With experience from last time, Qiu Qi deliberately brought the Four Great Protectors again. Of course, except for Zu Mianmian. Her mood had not been good these past few days, and she had kept herself shut in her room.
Even if ten thousand gold was converted into gold notes, it was still a thick stack, barely held with both hands.
Yu Nankong handed the gold notes to Qiu Qi with both hands and thanked her with a smile.
“Thank you, my lord, for rescuing these girls and resolving a difficult major case for the human race.”
Qiu Qi was not polite with her.
“Since you’re thanking me so much, why not conveniently give me some compensation for emotional damages too?”
The attendant beside Yu Nankong furrowed his brows and was about to speak, but she stopped him and smiled.
“That is deserved. My lord likes peach blossom pastries, does she not? I’ll have someone prepare a hundred boxes now. You can bring them back and slowly enjoy them.”
Qiu Qi clicked her tongue.
“Fine. A little stingy, but I can accept it. After all, the Saintess still has to provide disaster relief to the Lie tribe. You probably don’t have much money left.”
“You—”
Yu Nankong slapped the attendant across the face.
“When I am speaking with my lord, when is it your turn to interrupt? Withdraw!”
“No need to withdraw.”
Qiu Qi waved her hand.
“I only came to collect the bounty. I don’t intend to stay long.”
“All right. My lord, take care.”
Qiu Qi gave her an extremely perfunctory smile, hugged the gold notes, and happily left.
After she left, Zhuang Nan took a metal bullet from his clothes.
“Saintess.”
“Mm.”
Yu Nankong took the bullet and placed it beneath her nose to sniff it. Then she raised the hand that had touched Qiu Qi earlier and smelled it.
“It is the same scent.”
The legendary gunpowder.
“Send the order. We must find the blacksmith who made this weapon for Qiu Qi. Anyone who provides clues will be heavily rewarded.”
Zhuang Nan knelt on one knee and answered,
“Yes, Saintess.”
…
Qiu Qi withdrew safely and even smoothly took a hundred boxes of peach blossom pastries. She was extremely happy.
Standing at the entrance, she spread her arms wide and took a deep breath. The smell of gold was too exciting. She felt her whole body become light and floating.
“Everyone worked hard this time.”
Qiu Qi took out the notes in her robes and patted them against her palm like a rich boss.
“I’ll give each of you ten gold. Take advantage of the fact that it isn’t dark yet and go stroll around the market.”
At the side, Yan Wan spoke at this moment.
“My lord, I think rewards should be distributed according to labor. Those two talismans of mine…”
Qiu Qi raised a hand to stop what came next.
“You think it’s too little, right? Fifty for each person should be enough, right? That’s enough for you to buy someone’s entire shop.”
Yan Wan’s hands hung by her sides without moving. Her lips opened and closed once, and she said another sentence.
“This matter has left me with a very serious psychological shadow. I may need to adjust a little.”
Qiu Qi gritted her teeth.
“One hundred gold! No more!”
“Thank you, my lord.”
Only then did Yan Wan bow and thank her.
Qiu Qi angrily gave her two notes.
“Here. Also, bring one to Zu Mianmian for me. Tell her to properly arrange An’an’s funeral matters.”
“I thank my lord on her behalf.”
“Sigh.”
Qiu Qi suddenly thought of what had happened in that cave again and rubbed her temples with a headache.
“All right, go relax. Gather here in one hour to go home. Save your money when spending it. After all, it’s hard-earned money.”
“Yes, my lord.”
At her command, the people surrounding Qiu Qi scattered like birds and beasts. Only Pei Yuqing still stood beside her.
Qiu Qi raised her head, looked at her, and nodded. In her heart, she felt very satisfied and reassured by this bodyguard who never left her side. It had not been a waste for her to spend so much effort farming favorability.
“My lord, where do you want to go?” Pei Yuqing lowered her head and asked.
Qiu Qi took her hand.
“I have ingredients I need to buy from Ruyi Pavilion later. Before that, let’s just look around on the way. I heard the human race’s market is especially lively. I’ve wanted to come play for a long time.”
“When there is a festival, the market will have an evening fair. That is when it is truly lively. At this hour, there are fewer people, so it is somewhat quiet.”
Pei Yuqing spoke in detail, seeming very familiar with human matters.
Qiu Qi curved her lips.
“It’s fine. As long as Madam is with me, wherever we go won’t be quiet.”
Pei Yuqing lowered her lashes, hiding the look in her eyes. Looking at Qiu Qi, who was half a head shorter than her, she took the initiative to reach out and hold her soft little hand.
“My lord, let’s go.”
“All right.”
Qiu Qi held her palm back and excitedly pulled her forward.
Pei Yuqing was right. At this time, there were indeed no particularly lively activities, but there were still many places selling little trinkets. Qiu Qi happened to be very interested in those pretty but useless, impractical things.
She ran to a sugar-painting stall that was a must-visit in ancient costume TV dramas.
“Boss, boss, can you draw anything?”
The old man was dozing off. Seeing a customer arrive, he was still unhurried and lazily raised a hand to point at the display board beside him.
“I can draw everything on there.”
Meaning he could not draw anything else.
Qiu Qi looked over. They were all animals or auspicious blessings, nothing she wanted. So she asked again,
“Then can I draw it myself?”
“One jar is ten copper. If you don’t finish drawing a whole jar, it still counts as one jar.”
Qiu Qi looked at that jar, which was not even as big as a palm, and furrowed her brows as she counted on her fingers. Goodness, this was too expensive.
“Why is it so expensive?”
“My malt sugar is good quality, so naturally it sells for more.”
The old man was not anxious either.
“If you can’t afford it, you don’t have to eat it.”
Qiu Qi crouched down.
“Is all sugar this expensive here?”
“Good ones can cost ten silver a jar. But maltose is a treasure specially sold to nobles. As for lower-grade malt sugar, it ranges from one copper to ten copper, depending on your choice, customer.”
After hearing the price, Qiu Qi instead laughed. In her heart, she began making small calculations again. If the sugar prices in the market were all this expensive, then she could fire the first shot purely in a price war.
“Customer, are you buying or not?”
The old man looked at Qiu Qi’s strange smile and asked in confusion.
“Yes. I’ll draw while calculating. I don’t know how many jars I’ll use.”
The old man picked up a spoon and helped melt the sugar.
“All right!”
“Madam, wait for me a bit.”
After Qiu Qi said this to Pei Yuqing, she rolled up her sleeves, crouched down, and prepared to start making it.
Although malt sugar was not as easy to control as a brush, she was at least someone who had drawn manga for so many years. Her arm strength was still steady. As long as the lines did not shake, the drawing would not look too ugly.
Following her memory, Qiu Qi drew a pair of symmetrical wings on the board. The malt sugar dried very quickly. Almost by the time she had finished drawing the lower half, the upper half had already dried.
Qiu Qi lifted it, narrowed her eyes, and looked at it against the sun. After drying completely, the malt sugar had a faint pale-yellow color. When light passed through, it had a glittering transparency, overlapping with the scene of Pei Yuqing first spreading her wings in front of her that day.
Transparent and enormous feathered wings, each glowing vein seeming to carry life.
“Madam, this is for you.”
Qiu Qi placed that sugar painting into Pei Yuqing’s hand.
Pei Yuqing lifted the sugar painting, lips pressed together. For a moment, she unexpectedly failed to organize words to reply.
“Madam’s wings are very beautiful. I drew them down to preserve them properly.”
Qiu Qi smiled and explained to her.
“Mm.”
Pei Yuqing also curved her lips and responded to her.
Qiu Qi then stuck out her butt and seriously drew several more. She cheerfully paid the old man and left holding the sugar paintings.
She handed all the sugar paintings she wanted to give away to Pei Yuqing, keeping only an apple-shaped one in her own hand to bite and eat.
Passing by a place selling jewelry, Qiu Qi became restless again. She pounced over and looked for a long time. With sharp eyes, she took a liking to a pair of sapphire earrings.
“Boss, how much is this?”
The female vendor saw that she was dressed well and deliberately raised the price.
“My lord, you have such good eyes. These are excellent, pure natural sapphires. There’s only this one pair on the whole street. Limited quantity, only eight silver.”
Qiu Qi clicked her tongue.
“A bit expensive.”
Pei Yuqing lowered herself and leaned close to her ear.
“Does my lord like them?”
“Mm, I really like them.”
Qiu Qi held up the earrings and compared them against her.
The color was clear and without flaws. She did not know anything about gem varieties. She simply felt they looked good. Unfortunately, she had not expected two stones smaller than fingernails to be so expensive.
Pei Yuqing pressed her lips together and smiled. Straightening up, she said to the vendor,
“As far as I know, sapphires are something only found in royal tribute. May I ask where you obtained this pair of earrings? Could it be…”
She deliberately left an opening, giving the vendor time to think and also giving her a way out.
“Hahaha, my lord, you misunderstand. Royal tribute sapphires are top-grade sapphires produced in Persia. Mine are sapphires from beside the Black River. They’re different, different. I’m only a small commoner. How would I dare have designs on tribute goods?”
Pei Yuqing smiled without speaking and quietly looked at her.
“Then…”
The female vendor’s scalp went numb under her gaze, and she carefully raised a finger.
“My lord, name a price. We are also fated. If I can sell it, I’ll sell it to you.”
Only then did Pei Yuqing raise her hand and stretch out three fingers.
“Th-Three silver?”
“Three copper.”
“Isn’t that asking me to do business at a loss?”
Pei Yuqing’s tone did not change.
“Three copper. Final price. Sell or not?”
“…Sell. Sell.”
Pei Yuqing successfully bargained and placed that pair of earrings into Qiu Qi’s palm.
“My lord, the earrings you wanted.”
Qiu Qi took them, but waved at her.
“Madam, lower yourself a little.”
“Mm?”
Pei Yuqing was somewhat puzzled, but still did as she said.
Only after she crouched down did Qiu Qi cup the side of her face, turn it sideways, open the earring clasp, and pass it through that delicate, white-jade-like earlobe.
The bright blue was set off with even more luster. Qiu Qi smiled in satisfaction, thinking that perhaps because of this person’s own halo, even this ordinary stone had become dazzling.
“As expected, I was right. Madam especially suits blue.”
The skin around the ear was very sensitive. Every touch of Qiu Qi’s fingers seemed to pluck at Pei Yuqing’s heartstrings. Pei Yuqing’s lashes trembled, and her face subconsciously turned aside, wanting to avoid it. Just as she was about to straighten up, she heard Qiu Qi exclaim. The person fell toward the ground.
“Hurry, hurry, hurry! If we’re late, we won’t see it!”
“An F-rank beastman is fighting an S-rank beastman and actually survived three rounds?”
“Is it still in time to place bets? With these odds, I can directly earn enough for a big courtyard!”
A group of people shouted excitedly as they rushed toward the back, not noticing Qiu Qi and Pei Yuqing at all. The blue-clothed burly man who bumped into Qiu Qi did not react either. Without even looking at her, he continued talking with his companions.
“The earring!”
Qiu Qi had originally been holding the earring, intending to put it on Pei Yuqing’s other ear too. After being bumped, she did not grip it tightly, so the item naturally fell to the ground.
She followed the rolling earring and ran a few steps forward. She crouched down and reached out to pick it up. Before she could stand, one foot stepped over the back of her hand and ran past.
“The seats are almost full! If we don’t hurry, it’ll be too late!”
“Hurry up, stop dawdling. You’re in the way!”
“My lord.”
Pei Yuqing hurriedly reached out, picked up Qiu Qi, who had curled up on the ground hugging her hand and breathing out in pain, placed her steadily on the ground, crouched down, and patted the dust off her body.
“Let me see your hand.”
Qiu Qi stretched out her right hand, which was clenched into a fist and stained with dust. She slowly opened it. The blue earring in her palm was unharmed.
“I almost lost it. This is my love token for Madam.”
Pei Yuqing pressed her lips together and wiped her hand clean.
“Things can be bought again. My lord must not be this reckless next time.”
Qiu Qi smiled and scratched Pei Yuqing’s palm with her finger.
“Is Madam worried about me?”
“My lord’s safety has always been very important to me.”
Tch. Formal words again.
“Wait.”
Qiu Qi’s brows furrowed.
“Where’s the person who stepped on me just now?”
She was so angry. If Pei Yuqing had not been here, she would have grabbed that person’s collar and given him a hundred rounds of Zu’an greetings!
“He went in the direction of the beast-fighting arena.”
Pei Yuqing looked toward the place they had left.
“There is an arena match tonight.”
Qiu Qi angrily grabbed Pei Yuqing’s wrist, looking like an elementary school student calling a parent to back her up.
“Madam, let’s go. We’re going to settle accounts with him!”
Pei Yuqing did not shake off this childishness and nodded.
“All right.”
But in the end, it was still Pei Yuqing who led the way. When they arrived, the entrance door had already closed. No one knew what Pei Yuqing said to the guard, but the two of them were respectfully invited inside and even arranged to sit in the front row.
Being treated so respectfully instead made Qiu Qi a little uncomfortable. She twisted her body and softly asked beside Pei Yuqing’s ear,
“Madam, why was he so bootlicking toward us?”
Pei Yuqing lowered her eyes to look at her.
“The Saintess Pavilion and Xuanning Academy are the two organizations most respected and loved among the human race aside from the royal family. Just now, I only showed him my teacher badge.”
“Madam is amazing.”
After saying this, Qiu Qi hugged this thigh-arm even tighter.
Because there were many people, Qiu Qi could not conveniently search one by one for that blue-clothed burly man from earlier. She could only wait by the entrance later when everyone left. As for now… since they were already here, they might as well take a look at the legendary, rarely seen beast-fighting arena match.
There was less than half an incense stick’s time left in the intermission. Both sides were resting at the edges.
The beastmen in the beast-fighting arena were trained from childhood. Every month, there were assessment matches, and their ability rank and food and lodging treatment were determined according to the results.
Between S and F, the difference was not whether every meal had a chicken leg, but a beast life that had been destined from birth to be as different as heaven and earth.
It was said that this S-rank beastman was the ace War God who had held the championship in ten consecutive assessment matches and had never lost. The bets placed on her were more than the bounty Qiu Qi could earn by exhausting herself on ten missions.
Qiu Qi’s gaze wandered to the corner, but what she saw was actually a little girl who looked only fifteen or sixteen years old. She was so thin she was practically skin and bones. The clothes on her body were torn into pieces, and her arms and legs were covered with wounds of all sizes, oozing blood. But she did not cry out in pain. Instead, she calmly tore off a piece of fabric from the hem of her clothes and began treating a relatively deep stab wound on her abdomen.
Compared to her weakness, standing opposite was a male lion dozens of times larger than her. Just standing there, covered in bright, magnificent golden fur, he already had an undeniable majesty and dominance that made people want to retreat.
“Isn’t this a slaughter match? Why are there still so many people betting on that side?”
A nearby uncle who did not understand the situation asked.
“But this is also the first time I’ve seen a human thrown in there? Whose female slave is this girl? Did she anger her master?”
Author’s Note:
Beast-fighting arena map unlocked, new character unlocked! Sister Qiu, charge, charge, charge!
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