Chapter 14
Mistakenly thought to be inside the belly of a snake, Dongfang Minghui is actually right now hanging from a tree swinging here and there…
Since waking up that day, Dongfang Minghui was terrified of the bright green vines crawling all over the cave. She couldn't see the plant itself, but she could feel a large and dense life force filling the entire cave.
Under such a ferocious pressure, she, a Level 3 Spiritualist, was completely inadequate.
As to how she suddenly upgraded. Just before she was knocked unconscious, her already loose spiritual energy probably encountered a magic plant that could nourish her more, and she just silently upgraded.
That red peony's flower heart was not used at all!
Dongfang Minghui wanted to cry without tears, she felt that saving her life was an incredibly difficult, if not impossible task. Mission Accomplished, she didn't die at the hands of the Female Protagonist, but now she's about to die at the hands of this magic plant. She really felt like the world's saddest female companion, one who died at the hands of a plant, boo hoo hoo.
"How is it have you considered yet?"
A very old voice suddenly resounded in the cave.
Dongfang Minghui didn't move, acting as if she had given up and resigned herself to death, from the first day she had been trapped here, this perverted magic plant had tossed her this way and that and severely beaten her.
She woke up at that time and quickly fainted again from the pain.
When she woke up again, she almost pissed herself at what the magic plant said.
"If you are willing to be my cauldron, I'll let you go."
See, is this what a magic plant should say? Become a plant's cauldron!? What the fuck!
Naturally, Dongfang Minghui could not agree to this, anyone who was made into a cauldron would be joined to it from then on. They would be marked and there wouldn't be any good end. This is the only thing that the perverted magic plant will ask about, if she doesn't agree, the perverted magic plant will torment her in various ways.
For example, the two-hour upside-down swing is one of the torture punishments.
Whenever she was about to die of blood loss, the plant would hang her like this and swing around. Minghui was numb to the severe pain all over her body.
"&###%…¥%…&&*&##" aside from cursing, she was just going through the motions every day, but there was actually absolutely nothing she could do against this magic plant.
She didn't know why but the magic plant also seemed to be unable to do anything about her, or else after such a long time, she would probably have a lot worse stuff done to her by this old pervert plant.
Trapped for so long, every day she thought about the way she would eventually die, there were many kinds, such as bleeding to death, being swallowed alive by the magic plant, or being a cauldron and finally being drained of her essence…
At the end of the day, she actually thought that Female Protagonist would probably have given her a less horrible way to die at least she wouldn't be abused a lot.
"You old immortal pervert." Dongfang Minghui felt her head spinning and was dizzy, probably because of the blood loss, she muttered a low curse but in the end, her head tilted and she passed out again.
The long vines lowered her slowly, and a figure suddenly appeared in front of her. If Dongfang Minghui had opened her eyes, she probably would have praised it as beautiful, but she knew nothing about it now.
"You win."
When she woke up again, the entire cave's vines had disappeared, just as she had seen them in the first place, clean and nothing remained.
Dongfang Minghui touched her shoulders, the perverted vine branch that had gone so far as to pierce through her shoulders with its branches in order to torment her before, hanging her up and whipping her, it hurt too much.
The means were so poisonous, it was like using any method in order to force her to become a cauldron.
"Strange." Dongfang Minghui checked and found that she was unharmed, everything that had happened before was like a dream.
"Huh."
She couldn't help but exclaim, her body was unharmed, not only that, the spiritual energy in her body was filled to a realm, she took a closer look and discovered that she had actually jumped from a small Level 3 Spiritualist to a Level 1 Spiritual Master.
Spiritual Master! She actually ranked up.
"Oh my god, I'm really dreaming." She pinched herself till it hurt.
"Hmph, such good fortune if I hadn't gotten injured from the Heavenly Lightning and knew my time was up, do you think such good luck would have fallen into the hands of trash like you?" Just as Dongfang Minghui was overjoyed, a childish voice suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
"You are – that perverted magic plant." Dongfang Minghui almost instantly jumped to her feet, packed her bags, and rushed out of the cave as fast as he could.
"Oh, trash, do you really think I can't do anything to you once you leave the cave?" The childish voice was still ringing in her head, and continued to whisper in Dongfang Minghui's heart, "We concluded a contract, you'll never get rid of me. Hahahahahaha."
Dongfang Minghui stumbled and fell straight down on the ground with her butt, she was completely dumbfounded by the words of this magic plant.
There were a total of three ways to conclude contracts in the Seven Colored Continent, one was a slave contract, this contract usually belonged to the master and slave, if the master died, the slave would die but if the slave died but the master would be unaffected. Another one is the blood contract, where the contractors share the same life span, they share life and death and they share the blessings as well as hardships. The last type of contract is the equality contract, also known as the temporary contract, this type of contract can be easily solved.
Dongfang Minghui shivered for half a second before asking, "What kind of contract."
"The blood contract."
Dongfang Minghui's eyes blinked and she almost fainted again, she'd never be able to get rid of this magic plant in her life! And you you evil magic plant are you so free as to always go around trying to catch people to turn into cauldrons? Can her life still be happily ever after?
She walked all the way back to the cave shelter from before with a soulless look. The cave was empty.
The herbs outside the cave shook like ghosts when they saw her, one by one.
She wanted to ask about the state of the Female Protagonist, but when she saw them, they looked as if they had been wronged. The little woman shrunk into a ball, instantly losing interest. She simply sat alone on the stone mound and stared into space.
It wasn't until Dongfang Wanyu dragged another huge beast back that her spirit returned.
"Seventh sister."
Dongfang Wanyu took a glance at her and knitted her brows.
"Be careful, she has a fierce aura around her." The cold voice warned.
Dongfang Minghui watched as the Female Protagonist pulled out a long whip. The long whip lashed out and a hole appeared in the ground, a hole that was deeper than it had been before. It looked like the Female Protagonist's powers had advanced in her absence.
"Seventh sister."
"What stupid thing did you do again?"
"Wow, this woman's aura is so strong, she's actually more suitable to be my cauldron than you are." Before Dongfang Minghui could explain, the pitiful voice in her head popped up again.
This perverted Demon Plant actually coveted the Female Protagonist.
Her own demon plant preferred the Female Protagonist as its cauldron
But the process would end in the demon pet and her death…
How do I get rid of this evil thing!
What to do, what to do, urgently requesting help!
Dongfang Minghui seemed to have foreseen her pitiful future as she cryptically looked at the Female Protagonist, "Seventh sister, help."
After listening to her entire narrative, Dongfang Wanyu put away her long whip and reassured, "The magic plant and you have signed a blood pact, it won't hurt you again."
Was she worried that this perverted magic plant would harm her?
The Female Protagonist completely misunderstood what she meant, she was obviously more worried about this pitiful magic plant leaving on its own to suicide then taking her along with it.
Dongfang Wanyu cut the magical beast into sections, "Come, let's settle the issue of food and shelter first."
Speaking of food, she had been trapped inside the cave for so long and had been eating sweet nectar to fill her stomach daily, but now that she saw the meat, she couldn't help but swallow her saliva.
Peeling, cutting, skewering, building a fire, and racking, a series of actions were done very skillfully as she roasted.
"I'm the highest-ranked existence among the magic plants, is it still too much to ask for her to be my cauldron?" The young voice in Dongfang Minghui's head kept annoying her.
Plants aren't popular.
Dongfang Minghui just put gave the plant a cold shoulder, refusing to answer any questions.
Dongfang Wanyu, also staring this way, silently speaking with the cold voice in her head, she thought it was strange how Dongfang Minghui's suddenly signed a contract with a magic plant that had such a fierce aura on its body.
"If it was as simple as what your ninth sister said, I don't believe a magic plant with such a ferocious aura would take the initiative to sign a contract with her, let alone a Blood contract. There's bound to be something fishy about it, I think you should be more careful." The cold, clear voice came from the mind of Dongfang Wanyu, a long-dead spirit whose soul was attached to the jade pendant. It was by sheer coincidence that Dongfang Wanyu came to obtain it.
Most of the credit for Dongfang Wanyu coming this far was also due to him.
"Qing Mo, can you tell what level the magic plant that signed a contract with her is?" Dongfang Wanyu was near Dongfang Minghui and could feel the powerful aura.
Qing Mo bluntly said, "It hasn't revealed its original body, I can't tell. Judging from the current feeling though, this magic plant is no less than mid- to high-grade, possibly even higher."
Although the two of them were eating roast meat together, they had different thoughts and each had their own plans.
"Rest early, we'll continue our journey tomorrow."
Journey? Dongfang Minghui was a bit dumbfounded, she had only just returned, did the Female Protagonist want to leave the Purple Magic Mountains?
"Seventh Sister, are we changing places?"
"Right."
Dongfang Wanyu's plan was to walk and practice as she went, all the way to the Royal Academy.
The Royal Academy was located in the Venus Empire, a gathering camp for geniuses in the Seven Colored Continent, a place where the three empires competed to send people in first.
Dongfang Wanyu just wanted to go to the Royal Academy to study and check out a few little secrets about herself.
As for Dongfang Minghui, she was completely an accident. But now, there's still something to discover from this accident, and she is still useful for the time being.
When Dongfang Minghui heard the Female Protagonist say she was leaving, she immediately prepared everything and stayed up all night with excitement.
The next day, Dongfang Minghui wanted to say goodbye to the herbs outside the cave, but as soon as she got close to them, they all trembled and shrank into a ball.
Not to mention communication, even approaching was a bit difficult.
No need to think, this situation was definitely the work of her magic pet.
"Can you take back your aura?" Dongfang Minghui tried to communicate with the plant, which she found to not only be a pervert but also an abnormal existence, it's whole existence just deprived her of up her only pleasure in the world.
"Yes it can be, but there is one condition."
The magic pet actually negotiated a condition with its master.
Dongfang Minghui didn't even have to listen to it to know what the pitiful demon pet wanted.
"I'm going to make your Seventh sister be my cauldron, next time when I make a move on her, you stay out of it."