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

"Jiutian, you're awake?"

Feng Zhi came in carrying a basin of water, wrung out a cloth and handed it to Feng Jiutian, then looked around and asked, "Where's the white tiger?"

"I've gone to recuperate," Feng Jiutian replied without changing his expression.

Inside the Void Spirit Cauldron, the white tiger could hear clearly its commotion: "It's clearly exploitation! Exploitation! My injuries haven't even healed yet..." Its voice even became aggrieved as it spoke.

Feng Jiutian transmitted her voice: "Who is the person who took two bottles of my pills?"

After drinking two large bottles of pills, all kinds of injuries were healed. Although there were still some residual marks, they would not cause any fundamental damage.

Feng Jiutian wasn't the kind of person who treated her contracted beast as a plaything. She knew very well what Baihu's physical condition was like, so it wouldn't have much of an impact. On the contrary, after taking two bottles of pills, not only was Baihu's spiritual power full, but it might even be close to breaking through.

It's typical to get a good deal and still behave well.

The white tiger snorted, feeling guilty, and stopped talking. It had indeed received a great benefit, but it hadn't been able to whip the corpse and wanted something else. It was a pity that Feng Jiutian had seen through it at a glance.

Ignoring the commotion in the illusory space, Feng Jiutian looked at Feng Zhi and asked, "Where are we now?"

"This is the border between Xixuan Kingdom and Beiqi Kingdom. Although it's a bit chaotic, it's safer for the people in Guili Forest to recognize us. Ruohan and I thought this place was safer than other places, so we decided to rest here."

Feng Jiutian nodded, opened the window in the room, and looked outside.

The streets were bustling with people. Feng Jiutian scanned them with his divine sense and found that everyone there had already embarked on the path of cultivation. There were mages and martial artists, and some were even covered with an aura of killing intent, clearly having crawled out of piles of corpses.

"It's a bit of a mixed bag. What should this place be called?" Feng Jiutian said calmly.

Feng Zhi looked at Feng Jiutian in surprise and doubt: "Jiutian, don't you know this place?"

Feng Jiutian shook his head, closed the window, suppressed the people who came to probe with his divine sense, blocked some of their probing gazes, and turned back calmly, saying, "Then I should know?"

Feng Zhi, knowing Feng Jiutian's temperament, smiled broadly: "I didn't expect that a famous contract master like you wouldn't even know such a famous place."

Feng Zhi and the others had discussed it over the past three days. Since they had stood with Feng Jiutian, they had never thought of betraying him. Besides, he was the first contract master in the history of Tenglong Continent!

The treatment of contract masters is vastly different from that of beast tamers. Beast tamers are merely people who tame magical beasts into pets, while contract masters are people who can turn powerful magical beasts into partners!

Having a contract with a magical beast means that when fighting against someone, it's essentially two against one. No one would be foolish enough to offend a contract master.

In Feng Zhi's eyes, those people in Guili Forest were all brainless idiots. They were actually thinking about treasures in front of a Contract Master? Instead of currying favor, they wanted to steal the treasure?

What a bunch of unambitious people.

"I'm not exactly famous, and I don't want people to know about me yet."

Feng Jiutian rubbed her temples, feeling a bit of a headache. She wanted to keep it a secret for as long as possible. The Contract Master's Manual was divided into eight parts, and each part was further divided into four chapters of fragments. Strictly speaking, she had only found one-eighth of it so far, and she would have to spend some effort to find the remaining seven parts.

Feng Zhi naturally knew what Feng Jiutian was thinking. In the thousands of years since the Tenglong Continent was founded, a contract master had suddenly appeared. Everyone would naturally want to curry favor with him, and of course, it was not impossible that some powerful people would directly try to force their way in.

Jiutian is the kind of person who hates trouble, and her current strength is far from being able to shake the entire continent with a stomp of her foot, so she can only hide for the time being.

Feng Zhi was naturally happy to help Feng Jiutian keep these things a secret. The four people who knew about it also had a tacit understanding not to tell anyone. Fei Hu and his brother were staying in other places, so they didn't know, and Feng Zhi and the others wouldn't say anything either.

"This place is called Yuancheng, a special area on the Tenglong Continent."

Feng Zhi lowered her voice and said mysteriously, "Here, no one cares what heinous crimes you've committed. Once you pay the toll to enter the city, someone will protect your personal safety."

"Of course, in Yuancheng, if it's just a personal grudge or friction between two people, they can fight if they want, as long as they don't damage a single wall or tile in the city, and no one will interfere."

Feng Zhi shrugged: "So this is the safest place, and also the most dangerous. Luckily, no one is provoking us."

Feng Jiutian nodded knowingly: "I see, so Yuan City has a city lord?"

"do not know."

Feng Zhi sat down, propped her chin up, and said casually, "Anyway, I've never heard of Yuan City having a city lord or anything like that. It's as if everything is arranged by themselves. But there are clearly city guards patrolling here, and they are all experts at least at the Grandmaster level. It's puzzling."

"Ah—" A hint of understanding flashed in Feng Jiutian's eyes, and he asked again, "Does Yuan City have an auction house?"

Upon hearing this, Feng Zhi quickly spat out the grape seeds and said, her words slightly slurred, "Of course there are! Shaoge Auction House, the biggest auction house here!"

"I heard there's a big auction tomorrow." Feng Zhi said, her eyebrows dancing with excitement. "Before, I was bound by family rules, so I've never seen an auction before. Can you take me to see it?"

Feng Jiutian: "..."

Her cold gaze swept over Feng Zhi, her tone elusive: "I'm suddenly starting to doubt your purpose in bringing me here to rest."

Look at Feng Zhi's excited expression and how familiar she is with Yuancheng. She must have wanted to come for a long time and done her homework. Who could possibly hide her longing look?

"Ahem." Feng Zhi coughed lightly, composed herself, and said seriously, "No, I'm doing this for your own good."

Feng Jiutian remained silent, staring at her quietly.

“Alright.” Feng Zhi gave in: “I admit I’m a little bit interested in seeing what Yuan City is like.”

Feng Zhi gestured in front of Feng Jiutian, pressing her thumbnail against the pad of her index finger to create a small gap, and said earnestly, "It's just this little bit; everything else is because I care about you."

"I see."

Naturally lacking in emotion, Feng Jiutian couldn't utter any other sentimental words. He waved his hand, signaling Feng Zhi to hurry up and leave: "I promise you, I'll go see it tomorrow."

Anyway, she's going to auction off the pills she has, and she doesn't know what will be sold at the auction...

"Wait a moment!"

Just as Feng Zhi had stepped one foot out the door, Feng Jiutian suddenly called out to her: "Help me find out what will be at the auction."

"Okay!" Feng Zhi smiled and closed the door.