A Useless Person's Rise to Power: The Demon King's Addiction to Pampering

Ji Xiao is a martial artist, and it's unknown whether these vines are poisonous, so it's inconvenient for him to engage in close combat. Ruo Han also helped Fei Hu block some of them.

But the three mages couldn't protect him in the end. The last vine grazed Ji Xiao's shoulder, leaving a bloody mark!

"Ah!" Ji Xiao immediately let out a scream, clutching her wound. Her face began to turn blue; it was poisonous!

Seeing this, Feng Jiutian quickly stepped forward and pressed several acupoints to control the poison. He then took out a pill and stuffed it into Ji Xiao's mouth without saying a word!

"Damn it! How come we can't cut all these things down!" Feng Zhi was sweating profusely, but dared not let the vines touch her, so she could only curse.

This sentence gave Feng Jiutian a hint—

Find the root cause!

Feng Jiutian turned to Jiuyao and said, "Protect them for me for a while, I'm going to find out the source of this thing!"

"Okay," Jiuyao replied curtly.

Feng Jiutian had originally instructed her not to interfere no matter what happened, but now she was being asked for help.

Humph.

Without further delay, Feng Jiutian channeled his fighting spirit to form a thick protective shield around his body and rushed out, quickly heading towards the direction from which the vine veins were spreading!

The vines seemed to sense Feng Jiutian's intentions and frantically attacked her. Feng Jiutian held the fine snow in her hand, so the vines couldn't get close to her at all, but they did hinder her progress!

Really annoying!

A murderous glint flashed across Feng Jiutian's face as he unleashed his sword power and slashed down fiercely.

With a loud boom, dust billowed up as a path was cleaved through the vines of the secret manual, and Feng Jiutian quickly rushed over.

They soon reached an open area.

It's really rare to find an open area in a dense jungle; there must be something unusual about it.

Feng Jiutian released his divine sense, carefully checking the area, and walked over.

What came into view was a small blade of grass emitting a fluorescent blue light, floating among a giant tree, as if... the tree was nourishing the grass!

And aren't the vines that are wrapped around this towering tree the very vines that attacked them?

great!

A cold glint flashed in Feng Jiutian's eyes. She didn't recognize the floating, glowing herb, but this tree was her sworn enemy!

Normally, rare and precious materials are surrounded by guardian beasts, but Feng Jiutian did not sense any fluctuations in the aura of a guardian beast. Could it be this tree?

Feng Jiutian felt that things were not so simple, but he couldn't find a reasonable explanation. With a flick of his hand, he directly chopped at the giant tree!

"Whoosh—" Just as Feng Jiutian moved, the vines on the giant tree also moved, directly confronting Feng Jiutian.

It was definitely conscious!

Feng Jiutian was shocked. He flipped in mid-air to avoid the giant tree's attack, cut off two more vines, and became vigilant.

Guili Forest is truly something else!

A hint of surprise flashed across Feng Jiutian's eyes. She had seen intelligent magical beasts before, such as the Crimson Thunder Dragon and the Nine Luminaries, but this was the first time she had ever encountered a plant with consciousness!

It's quite strange; I wonder if the contract formation will work on the giant tree...

A bold idea suddenly popped into Feng Jiutian's mind!

A contract has been made with this strange tree!

The tree appears to be intelligent and alive, and it seems to be protecting the grass, so Feng Jiutian will assume that it is alive.

Since it was a living thing, Feng Jiutian had a strange idea—could this tree be considered a "magical beast"?

Being capable of actively attacking humans and possessing a way of thinking, its social class must not be low.

If it's a contract, then it should be possible!

Feng Jiutian channeled the power within his dantian, merging the sword aura of the Crimson Lotus Night Flame and Fine Snow, and slashed towards the giant tree with fierce momentum!

"Ding--"

With a crisp sound, a semi-circular transparent protective shield instantly formed around the giant tree, emitting a faint halo. When Feng Jiutian's sword strike collided with this protective shield, it vanished into nothingness, without even damaging the shield in the slightest.

indestructible!

In contrast, after Feng Jiutian's attack, the giant tree sprouted countless vines that attacked Feng Jiutian, as if it had been enraged.

Feng Jiutian dared not be careless and instantly raised his battle qi to form a defense around his body, thus dodging the attack.

The energy fluctuations of this giant tree are probably around the eighth level!

It just seems a bit unstable. Compared to the Crimson Thunder Dragon inside the Phoenix Tower, the giant tree is still a bit lacking in stamina, but these are not problems.

During the dodge, Feng Jiutian directly triggered the power of the contract within her body, setting up an array around the giant tree.

The spiritual energy stored within his body was frantically pumped in!

"Contract!"

Shout loudly.

The array, which had already formed a complex pattern, instantly emitted golden light, enveloping the entire giant tree.

That feeling again!

Just like when they made a contract with Xiao Jin, a powerful will was resisting and a battle of consciousness was taking place between them and Feng Jiutian. The situation was extremely dangerous; it was a matter of life or death!

Just then, the giant tree seemed to have touched something, causing its consciousness to pause for a moment. After a short while, all its resistance vanished, and Feng Jiutian's pressure immediately eased.

This situation was similar to when they made a contract with the Snow Demon. They obeyed without any resistance, and even after the contract with Feng Jiutian was completely completed, they still couldn't quite believe it.

Is that... the contract is complete?

Feng Jiutian vaguely felt two connections in his heart. At the moment when the contract formation took effect and the golden light shone brightly, the giant tree suddenly disappeared from the contract formation.

The light of the contract array slowly dissipated, and a thick book floated in mid-air. The cover was in an extremely ancient script that Feng Jiutian did not recognize. The book was deep red, giving it a sense of weight, and slowly drifted towards Feng Jiutian.

Feng Jiutian took the book in her hand without hesitation. She could feel the connection with the book, but she found it strange.

The tree... turned into a book?

Somewhat incomprehensible, Feng Jiutian glanced again at the herb still floating in mid-air, shimmering with a fluorescent light, but ignored it for the time being and opened the book.

The first page is the first chapter of the Contract Master's Manual Fragment, which is the very book the old man gave her at the beginning.

Feng Jiutian's pupils shrank in horror, and he quickly rolled down!

The second page contains Chapter Two of the Contract Master's Manual Fragment, the chapter obtained from the Royal Academy Library!

On the third page, almost without any expectation, Feng Jiutian saw the third chapter fragment he had obtained inside the Phoenix Tower.

It flipped over again.

It's a fragment of Chapter Four of the Contract Master's Manual!

How could this be?

Feng Jiutian quickly checked the three fragments inside the Void Spirit Cauldron and was surprised to find that they were all gone, transformed into the text in this book. He didn't know where the extra fourth fragment came from; perhaps it was... something that the giant tree itself had?