I let you tame beasts, and you've already formed a contract with your stunningly beautiful mast

"Let me go!"

Liu Rumeng cried out in surprise, kicking her legs restlessly, trying to break free of her restraints.

However, Cao Kun's physical strength, honed day and night by the Chaos Return to One Technique, has already surpassed that of an ordinary late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Liu Rumeng's strength was no match for his.

With a sudden burst of strength, Cao Kun pulled Liu Rumeng from the inside of the bed.

Liu Rumeng lost her balance and fell backward onto the jade bed.

Before she could even get up, Cao Kun had already pounced on her, pressing down on her legs with one knee and holding her shoulder firmly with his left hand.

"Don't move around. If you get hurt, your senior brother will be very upset."

Cao Kun uttered frivolous words, but his right hand did not hesitate to slip the black beast ring around Liu Rumeng's slender, fair neck.

"Click".

A crisp metallic click echoed through the stone chamber.

The animal-shaped ring was fastened tightly around Liu Rumeng's neck.

The size is just right, it won't affect your breathing, and it will never slip off your head.

The cold metallic touch against her skin sent shivers down Liu Rumeng's spine.

The moment it was fastened.

The dark red array patterns on the surface of the beast ring suddenly lit up.

It emitted an eerie red light.

Followed by.

Liu Rumeng felt a "buzz" in her brain.

An extremely domineering and mysterious power surged directly into her consciousness through the beast ring around her neck.

This force was completely unreasonable, and forcibly imprinted a complex rune deep within her soul.

The instant the rune takes shape.

Liu Rumeng clearly felt that a strange connection had been established between her and the man in front of her.

An absolute, irresistible sense of submission spread from the depths of my soul.

Even the spiritual power she had just gained from breaking through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment within her body became extremely docile under the suppression of this power.

"What...what is this?!"

Liu Rumeng panicked completely.

She desperately tried to pry open the black animal collar around her neck. Her fingernails scraped against the metal with a harsh, grating sound, and even drew blood.

But it was all in vain.

The beast ring seemed to be ingrained in her flesh, remaining completely still.

Liu Rumeng's eyes were filled with an unprecedented fear. It was an absolute fear of the unknown and of losing control of herself.

"Don't waste your energy."

Cao Kun released his grip, stood up straight, and looked down at Liu Rumeng's futile struggle.

"This thing is called a jade beast ring."

"Once you put it on, you can take it off unless I take it off for you."

"Otherwise, you'll never be able to take it off in your entire life. Even if the peak master of your Hundred Flowers Peak came, he'd only be able to watch helplessly."

Liu Rumeng stared blankly at Cao Kun.

His hands hung limply at his sides.

His lips trembled violently, but he couldn't utter a single complete sentence.

Don't be afraid.

Cao Kun squatted down and reached out to pat Liu Rumeng's pale cheek.

"It's just a little gadget to teach you manners."

"As long as you behave, it's just a slightly special decoration."

"It actually looks quite nice with your tattered red dress."

Cao Kun paused, his eyes instantly turning icy cold.

"But if you disobey me, or dare to plot against me again..."

He extended his right index finger and gently made an explosion gesture in front of Liu Rumeng's forehead.

"Boom!"

Cao Kun added a voiceover.

"As long as I have a single thought."

"Your beautiful head, along with your soul, will explode like a smashed watermelon, turning into a pile of mangled flesh. Red and white splattered all over the walls."

Cao Kun's depiction of the scene is too bloody and realistic.

Liu Rumeng trembled with fright.

The rune that had just been imprinted deep within her soul was now throbbing with pain.

This left Liu Rumeng with no doubt about the truthfulness of Cao Kun's words.

She had no doubt that she could be annihilated at any moment if the man in front of her wanted to.

Having had enough of the fear in Liu Rumeng's eyes.

Cao Kun stood up, turned around, and walked towards the entrance of the passageway.

"I'll give you a day to think about it."

Cao Kun had his back to her, his voice echoing in the empty stone chamber.

"It's time to obediently face reality and become my jade beast."

"Let me detonate it and turn you into a pile of rotten flesh."

The stone gate slowly opened.

A cool night breeze blew in from outside.

"Come to the herb garden behind Lianxiang Peak tomorrow night."

Cao Kun issued an ultimatum.

"Don't make me come and arrest you myself."

"If I were to take action, you wouldn't be able to bear the consequences."

Done.

He then strode out of the cave.

The heavy stone door slammed shut behind him, shutting out all the moonlight and night wind.

The stone chamber fell silent once more.

Only a single luminous pearl in the corner emitted a faint, cold light.

Why...?

"Why did it turn out like this...?"

Liu Rumeng hugged her knees with both hands and buried her face deeply in her arms.

Desperate sobs gradually rose in the closed stone chamber.

She is a direct disciple of Baihua Peak, a proud daughter of heaven.

In a single day, she lost her innocence and became someone else's spirit pet.

They couldn't even control their own life and death.

She cried and cried.

Liu Rumeng suddenly stopped.

She recalled Leng Qingyue's devoted appearance in the square during the day.

A terrible thought popped into her mind.

Is Qingyue wearing something like this too?

That's why she obeyed that old lecher so readily, even going so far as to contradict her fellow disciples in public.

No.

wrong!

Qingyue's neck was completely clean, there was nothing there!

She carefully recalled every detail about Leng Qingyue.

Suddenly, she remembered.

A purple bell was tied to Leng Qingyue's ankle.

The bell was exquisitely crafted and emitted a faint fluctuation of spiritual energy.

At the time, she even teased Qingyue for her fancy moves.

Is it...

Is that purple-gold bell the same as this beast ring?!

Liu Rumeng touched the cold, rough black iron ring on her neck.

A strange sense of grievance welled up in my heart.

Why is it that Qingyue wears such a beautiful purple bell, and can even wear it on her ankle as an ornament?

And yet I have to wear these black iron rings, which are tightly stuck around my neck?!

Is it...

Is it only by obeying that the beast ring can be replaced with something else?

Is it because Qingyue was obedient that she got that pretty bell?

Once this thought arose, it grew wildly in Liu Rumeng's mind like weeds.

Tomorrow night.

Lianxiang Peak Herb Garden.

What should we do?

Going means completely abandoning one's dignity and acknowledging one's identity as a jade beast.

If you don't go, your soul will be destroyed, and you'll be reduced to a pile of rotten flesh.

The sobbing inside the stone chamber grew louder and louder.

Tears streamed down her face.

She doesn't want to die.

She was only twenty-five years old and had just broken through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment; her promising path to immortality had only just begun.

But to make her a spirit pet for that shameless old lecher...

Liu Rumeng's fingers gripped the tattered red dress tightly.

In her mind, the exquisite purple-gold bell on Leng Qingyue's ankle and the cold, rough iron ring around her neck flashed alternately.

"I...I'm not afraid of dying..."

In the empty stone chamber, Liu Rumeng murmured to herself, her voice trembling with sobs.

"I just... I just don't want to wear this ugly thing..."