frightfiction #221 - The Power of Contract
#221 - The Power of Contract
Chapter 220: The Power of Contract
Clutching the treasure, Chai Chuanxin sprinted wildly through the stone cave, not even caring that he had lost a shoe.
At this moment, Chai Chuanxin's heart was filled with disbelief, never imagining that he would have such great luck.
The burial goods from the ancient god and demon coffin directly crashed into his arms, acknowledging him as their master!
What incredible luck was this?
It was like a dream!
Having already obtained one treasure, he dared not continue coveting the other treasures in the tree coffin.
Right now, he was running as fast as his legs could carry him, lest he be caught up by those old fellows who might free up their hands to chase after him.
Chai Chuanxin ran in the darkness, while Zhang Chen, transformed into a vampire bat, arrived first.
In just over thirty breaths, he had already caught up with Chai Chuanxin, but he did not stop.
Instead, he flew ahead of Chai Chuanxin and revealed himself in a secret chamber.
Then, activating an invisibility talisman, he entered a state of invisibility.
Chai Chuanxin didn't understand martial arts; he was just an ordinary person.
Zhang Chen used the invisibility talisman to enter a state of invisibility, and as Chai Chuanxin stepped over the bronze door, Zhang Chen preemptively extended his palm holding the immobilization talisman, blocking Chai Chuanxin's path.
Then, Chai Chuanxin directly crashed into Zhang Chen's immobilization talisman, and his body was instantly frozen in place.
"I'm finished! I've been ambushed!"
Chai Chuanxin's excited heart was immediately doused with a basin of cold water, and his eyes were filled with horror and unwillingness.
Zhang Chen stood behind Chai Chuanxin, his eyes revealing a trace of killing intent as he looked at Chai Chuanxin's back.
He always remembered the grudge against his master.
Then, Zhang Chen reached out and groped around in Chai Chuanxin's arms, directly taking out the mysterious jade box.
The jade box was not large, only the size of a fist, and it exuded a mysterious aura, which was very eye-catching in the darkness.
Zhang Chen stuck a "suppress" character talisman on it, and the mysterious aura on the box weakened by three points, but it did not completely conceal the mysterious aura.
Zhang Chen simply applied four more "suppress" character talismans, and the light of the box dimmed, completely suppressing all the mysterious aura.
Zhang Chen didn't have time to carefully examine the box, directly stuffing it into his sleeve.
Then, his eyes looked at Chai Chuanxin's back, a trace of killing intent flowing in his eyes.
The next moment, an ice blade condensed in his sleeve, directly piercing Chai Chuanxin's heart.
Chai Chuanxin looked at the ice blade piercing through his chest, his eyes revealing a trace of disbelief.
He had just obtained the mysterious creation, and before he could even warm it up, he was now losing his life because of it.
His heart was filled with extreme frustration.
"I just obtained the mystery, I am the one destined for great fortune, I haven't even shown my grand plan to make a name for myself in the world yet, how could I die here?"
Chai Chuanxin's eyes were filled with unwillingness, but even if he had thousands of unwillingness in his heart at this moment, he was powerless.
With the passing of his vitality, his whole body slowly fell to the ground.
"You deserved to die! Dying so simply, it's really letting you off easy."
Zhang Chen looked at Chai Chuanxin's body lying on the ground, and the next moment directly put away the immobilization talisman, then melted the ice blade, and quickly walked into the darkness.
However, Zhang Chen had not taken two steps in the darkness when suddenly his footsteps stopped, and the golden light in his eyes automatically flickered.
In that dark passage, a transparent fox actually appeared.
The fox had three tails, and its body was transparent, merging with the entire darkness.
The fox spirit was walking furtively in the darkness, not noticing Zhang Chen in his invisible state.
The fox spirit came to Chai Chuanxin's body, circled around Chai Chuanxin once, and then suddenly opened its mouth and sucked at Chai Chuanxin's body.
The next moment, Chai Chuanxin's soul was directly sucked out.
"Don't swallow me! Don't swallow me! Spare me!"
Chai Chuanxin's soul wailed constantly, struggling not to be swallowed: "I am a disciple of the Fifth Master of the Academy.
If you can save my life, I will definitely repay you handsomely in the future."
The fox heard this and paused its swallowing action, its eyes looking at Chai Chuanxin.
The next moment, it actually spoke human words: "You really are a disciple of the Fifth Master?"
"Absolutely true! My name is Chai Chuanxin, and I am a disciple recently accepted by the Fifth Master.
As long as you inquire a little, you will definitely be able to find out the truth.
As long as you are willing to save my life, I will definitely repay you handsomely in the future."
The fox spirit heard this and its eyes rolled, its eyes looking up and down at Chai Chuanxin's soul, a hint of cunning revealing in its eyes:
"If you want me not to swallow you and let you go, it's not impossible, but you have to gamble with me.
If you win the gamble, I will revive you.
If you lose the gamble, you will dedicate everything you have to me, and I will replace your fate and live on, how about it?"
"Ah..."
Chai Chuanxin was shocked when he heard this: "This... this... how can I gamble?"
The fox spirit said unhappily: "Gamble or not?
If you don't gamble, I will directly swallow you, and then you will be done with everything.
If you are willing to gamble with me, you still have a chance to come back to life."
Seeing the fox spirit's fierce face, Chai Chuanxin could only sigh helplessly: "Okay! I'll gamble!
I just don't know what to gamble on?"
The fox spirit heard this and a cunning look appeared in its eyes.
A phantom palm stretched out, flashing with a strange symbol.
The symbol looked like a balance scale, and it touched Chai Chuanxin's palm, and then a strange wave connected the two.
"I will ask a question, if you can guess it, you win, if you guess wrong, you lose."
The fox said with a smile: "Guess how many tails I have?
The first choice, three tails.
The second choice, five tails."
As he spoke, the fox spirit shook the three tails behind him, looking at Chai Chuanxin with a strange expression.
Chai Chuanxin looked at the bright three tails.
As long as he wasn't an idiot, he could see that these were definitely three tails.
But the fox spirit clearly knew that he had seen the other party's tails, but still directly asked this question, which meant that there must be a trick.
"Foxes are cunning and good at hiding their strength.
This fox spirit is clearly showing off its three tails, but it still asks me..."
Chai Chuanxin heard this and revealed a confident smile, his soul stretching out five fingers: "Five tails!"
"Wrong! Are you a fool, my tails are right behind me, can't you even count them clearly?"
The fox spirit heard this and revealed a cunning smile: "I already predicted your prediction."
"You're cheating!"
Chai Chuanxin heard this and his soul was so angry that it was about to fall apart, and he couldn't help but swear.
The fox spirit ignored Chai Chuanxin, but swallowed his soul in one gulp.
Then, the fox spirit smacked its lips: "The ancestor told me to lurk in the human race.
I didn't expect to encounter such a good thing as soon as I came.
This Chai Chuanxin is a disciple of the great Confucian scholar Fifth Master of the human race.
If I can replace his identity and wander in the human race, secretly lurking, I will definitely be able to collect information for my fox clan."
After saying that, the fox spirit actually directly entered Chai Chuanxin's body. In the next moment, Chai Chuanxin opened his eyes again, and his dead body actually came to life, twitching his arms and feet slightly uncomfortably.
After seven or eight breaths, he was no different from a normal person, and then he lowered his head to look at the wound on his chest: "It seems that my body has attracted a lot of trouble..."
The fox spirit muttered, pointing at the wound on his chest. The flesh squirmed, and within a few breaths, it had healed again.
Zhang Chen, who was hiding in the corner, was stunned by this scene: "Body snatching? No, body snatching isn't this powerful. If he really had the ability to snatch bodies, he wouldn't have failed to notice my invisibility. This is a special talent!"
"Does this fox spirit want to sneak into the human race to cause destruction?" Zhang Chen thought, a Stasis Talisman flickering in his sleeve, ready to step forward and stick it on.
He had already determined that the fox spirit's cultivation was not strong, at least not stronger than his own. It just had a strange ability. The first was devouring souls, and the second was that strange gambling agreement.
Although Zhang Chen was not a person from this world, he was still a member of the human race, and it was impossible for him to sit idly by and watch it cause destruction in the human race.
But just as he was about to take action, a shout suddenly came from the stone cave. More than a dozen figures ran in from outside the cave. These people had been chasing treasures outside but were unsuccessful, so they prepared to enter the cave to seize the fortune in the Divine Demon Tomb.
Seeing people arriving, Chai Chuanxin's body actually completed a transformation between reality and illusion, and in the next moment, disappeared into the stone wall.
"Damn, this skill looks familiar! Doesn't Fox Fairy Nannan have this skill?" Zhang Chen was shocked when he saw the other party's skill. This skill was not simple, it was simply unpredictable and elusive. He must not act rashly without the certainty of a fatal blow.
Seeing this, Zhang Chen knew he had lost the opportunity to kill the other party, so he walked into the cave again.
Although the treasures in the box were important, the most important thing was the Longevity Willow Tree and his great-niece's body.
Zhang Chen avoided the crowd and summoned Fox Fairy Nannan while walking: "Fox spirit, I have something to ask you."
"What's wrong again? You treat people well when you need them and ignore them when you don't. Can't you let me out to wander around when you have nothing to do?" Fox Fairy Nannan glared at Zhang Chen unhappily.
Zhang Chen was now immune to Fox Fairy Nannan's nagging, and directly recounted what he had seen before.
Fox Fairy Nannan frowned upon hearing this, a serious look appearing in her eyes: "Did you really see him?"
"What is the identity of this fox spirit? It actually possesses the means of transforming between reality and illusion. You should have some relationship with it, right?" Zhang Chen asked.
"If I'm not mistaken, that fox spirit should be the Gambling Fox: Tu Shanqing. This bastard is a lackey of the Fox Clan's ancestor, and also one of the strong contenders for the future heir of my Fox Clan, and also my rival," Fox Fairy Nannan said.
"Gambling Fox?" Zhang Chen was stunned when he heard this, thinking of the fox spirit's gambling methods, and asked.
"That's right, he possesses a strange contract ability, and he is the most cunning. Once you gamble with him, you will fall into his trap," Fox Fairy Nannan said.
"He is a freak of my Fox Clan, and also one of the top geniuses of my Fox Clan. He was born with the ability to make contracts. Once he successfully deceives you into a contract, even a Yang God powerhouse will suffer. All of his skills were won through gambling!" Fox Fairy Nannan said here, her mouth twitching: "His contract ability is very overbearing. Once a real gamble is made, even his bloodline ability and cultivation realm can be used as gambling chips on the gambling table."
"His ability to devour souls and his means of seizing and rebirth were all abilities won through gambling. Even the ability to transform between reality and illusion that he possesses was tricked from a genius of my Fox Clan. This guy is simply a tumor of my Fox Clan. Everyone in my Fox Clan wishes they could cut him into a thousand pieces. I don't know how many people have been tricked by him and bankrupted, becoming his slaves. If it weren't for the ancestor protecting him, I'm afraid this guy would have been killed long ago," Fox Fairy Nannan said, gnashing her teeth:
"In the past, I also possessed a natural bloodline power: soul swapping. That was my strongest method, but unfortunately, it was tricked away by this guy."
Zhang Chen pondered upon hearing this: "As you said, if this fox lurks in the human race, I'm afraid it will cause a lot of trouble. I should kill it as soon as possible. What is his cultivation level?"
"Don't kill him! Absolutely don't kill him! Although he only has a Second Realm cultivation, he must not be killed!" Fox Fairy Nannan was so frightened when she heard this that her soul flew out of her body.
"Why?" Zhang Chen was puzzled, secretly speculating: "Could it be that this Fox Fairy Nannan wants to plead for the Fox Clan's genius?"
"I'm afraid that after you kill him, you will be harmed by him! He tricked away my soul swapping. No matter who kills him, they will have to swap bodies with him. Even a Yang God True Person cannot avoid it!" Fox Fairy Nannan said.
"What?" Zhang Chen was stunned when he heard this, his eyes full of astonishment. There was actually such an evil method in the world?
"You find it incredible, right? It's a pity that I was young and frivolous at the time and didn't know Tu Shanqing's insidiousness, so he took advantage of it," Fox Fairy Nannan cursed: "The most important thing is, if you kill the other party's body, and then the two of you swap bodies, wouldn't that be the same as you killing yourself?"
"In that case, is Tu Shanqing invincible?" Zhang Chen asked, while his fear of the fox spirit reached its peak.
"That soul swap has a one-year cooldown period, and it can only be activated once within a year. Moreover, it is not necessary for you to kill him personally to kill him. If you seal him up and then have a wild beast in the mountains kill him, that would also be a way to kill him. But the key is that Tu Shanqing used his young age as a disguise back then, pretending to be well-behaved, and tricked so many methods, even his three tails were tricked. One of the tails was tricked from me. I originally had four tails, but who knew that after being tricked by Tu Shanqing, he tricked away one of my tails."
Fox Fairy Nannan gnashed her teeth in her voice: "Boy, if you have the chance, you must kill him for me to vent my anger."
Zhang Chen felt heavy in his heart upon hearing this. Chai Chuanxin's lurking in the human race was probably going to cause big trouble.