Their commission was suspicious.

"Yes, you heard me right. No one else has signed a non-aggression pact except for you. Only a few people with special status have signed confidentiality agreements," Chen Luo said calmly.

Just kidding, the contract's already signed, what can you do to me?

That contract was unbelievably fair from any perspective; neither Chen Luo harming the little girl nor the little girl harming Chen Luo was acceptable.

But it doesn't matter, Chen Luo doesn't intend to hurt the other party.

Although the contract period is only one year...

But one year is enough.

Chen Luo was confident that he could spend a year "influencing" the little girl.

If you can't change him, you can just spend some raw stones to modify the contract in the Book of Contracts, right? Others can't modify contracts, but Chen Luo can.

Although it requires raw stones, raw stones are meant to be used.

Moreover, if Chen Luo were to draw a 6-star item, especially an offensive one, then Chen Luo would truly be fearless.

Chen Luo spent two months collecting two 6-star items, which would amount to 12 in a year...

Surely the 12 SSS-level items that might appear in the future won't all be support-type abilities, right?

Moreover, even if they are all support abilities, even if it is a pig, with 14 support-type SSS-level talents, it can still fight the Heavenly Emperor to a standstill, right?

So there's absolutely no panic.

Once the contract was signed, Chen Luo was no longer worried.

From now on, just treat the little girl like any other guest.

"Crunch!" The potato chip in the little girl's mouth was bitten off hard.

I finally trusted someone once, and you made me lose so completely!

Blanch!

I, the Heavenly Emperor, have traversed the vast river of time without ever suffering a defeat!

I never imagined it would die at the hands of a little brat like you!

The little girl felt more and more aggrieved the more she thought about it.

If it weren't for the potato chips, she might have burst into tears.

After all, they're just kids...

"Don't be angry, I was just protecting myself. Do you want to know the real reason I was afraid of you in the first place?" Chen Luo asked calmly.

"What is it?" the little girl suddenly asked curiously.

"Because we are from the same world."

"A plane of existence?"

"No, it's a world. You've been wrong from the start. This bar isn't just a special location connecting countless planes of that great world; it's a special location connecting countless worlds. That youkai sage, Yakumo Yukari, she really is from another world, not from another plane."

"Huh? Then what about that Dark Forest Theory you mentioned..."

"I'm not entirely lying to you; at least it's mentioned in science fiction novels. You heard me right, it's actually a theory from science fiction."

"Science fiction?"

"It's okay if you don't understand now, you'll understand later. In short, the theory is theoretically sound."

“We’re actually from the same world. The river of time that I just fished you out of came from our world. Although I don’t know who you are, someone who can swim freely in the river of time is probably not weak. So, for my safety, I signed a non-aggression pact with you. But don’t worry, there’s nothing wrong with the pact itself,” Chen Luo reassured him.

The contract itself wasn't problematic; it was Chen Luo who was the one with the problem.

Chen Luo spent at least 10 high-grade spirit stones plus gold and silver versions to sign this contract!

This is the price to pay for signing a mandatory contract, and if the Heavenly Emperor's opposition exceeds the limit in the future, Chen Luo may have to continue to pay the price.

"You should have said so earlier! Would I, a grown man, bully a little kid?" The little girl pouted, not understanding why this boy would go to such lengths to protect himself.

"If you weren't a cultivator of the Great Dao of Time, I would believe you, but as for those with time-related abilities, I don't believe it at all."

The time-based talent who said they wouldn't harm themselves last time has already slapped themselves in the face...

"Why should we time-manipulation ability users eat your spirit rice?"

"You'll find out later. Are the potato chips delicious?" Chen Luo asked without looking at him.

"good to eat……"

"That's good then. Signing the contract was definitely the right thing to do," Chen Luo said calmly.

Now Chen Luo knows that the Heavenly Emperor is indeed the Heavenly Emperor, but the Heavenly Emperor herself is unaware that Chen Luo already knows her true identity, which can create a considerable information gap.

Therefore, Chen Luo did not intend to expose this matter.

The fact that he is in a spiritual plane can be revealed slowly, or even now. However, if the Heavenly Emperor discovers that Chen Luo knows his identity, then the nature of the matter will change.

Actually, teasing someone who thinks they're incredibly clever is a lot of fun, and it's also the best escape route.

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In any case, after signing the contract, Chen Luo no longer worried about the Heavenly Emperor.

"By the way, I still don't know your name," the little girl asked.

"Didn't you just hear it from someone else? My name is Chen Luo."

"It's more sincere to introduce myself in person. In case we meet in the future, you might need me to protect you."

"It's best not to, and I hope we never see each other again. I'm living quite comfortably in my own dimension," Chen Luo said, and he meant it.

If he could, Chen Luo would rather he hadn't caught anything at all.

Making friends with the Heavenly Emperor seems to bring no benefits whatsoever...

"Don't say that, my identity might surprise you."

Although they may not be from the same plane, the Heavenly Emperor was still confident in his strength within his own world.

"Heh, my identity might also surprise you," Chen Luo sneered.

"So, can you tell me your name now?" Chen Luo then asked.

"That won't do. If you know my name, you'll be punished by heaven. Although I feel like we're probably not in the same plane, we still need to be careful about that." The little girl shook her head.

"You should at least have a name for yourself, otherwise are you going to expect everyone at the bar to call you 'little girl'?"

"Then call me... Shi Xiao, Shi as in time," the little girl said after thinking for a moment.

"Huh? Who called me?" Xiao Shi, who was bullying Fu Hua, the Herrscher of Knowledge, who didn't know how to discipline her, using her size advantage, looked towards Chen Luo.

"...As you can see, there's already someone in the bar named Xiao Shi, although it's the 'Shi' in 'consciousness'," Chen Luo said.

"Then... let's call him Xiaotian."

"Good soil..."

"Are you looking for trouble?" The little girl raised her fist.

"It would be better to call him Xiao Jiu." Chen Luo wasn't afraid at all.

Anyway, the contract has been signed...

"Huh? Why?"

"Shouldn't Xiao Jiu be more powerful than Xiao Shi?" the little girl, who instantly understood the corny joke, argued.

"I already said it's the 'shi' in 'time'!"

"Alright, stop emphasizing it. In reality, it's impossible to put subtitles on it, so how would others know? It's better to just call you Xiao Jiu. Besides, we don't know how long your loli-like state will last. Let's have a nickname for now. Once you're familiar with everyone and you've become an adult, it's not impossible for everyone to start calling you Master Jiu."

“Ninth Master…that sounds so corny,” the little girl retorted, taking Chen Luo’s words as a counterattack.

"If the Ninth Prince won't do, surely the Ninth Prince will?"

"Is it less than Long Live? It feels a bit unfair... Oh well, let's just settle on this. After all, we can't hurt each other in a bar, and we're from different worlds, so talking about equality is quite normal."

The Heavenly Emperor suffered from a lack of culture!

Nine thousand years old...

"You seem quite easy to talk to. I originally thought that powerful figures like you who have traversed the river of time would all be arrogant and unruly?" Chen Luo was somewhat surprised.

Although the Heavenly Emperor was quite easy to talk to at the Celestial Conference, that was his true form.

"Please, I'm just a kid now, and nobody here knows me. Even if I act all high and mighty, who's going to talk to me? Just like that sage monster who came up to me as soon as he saw me. If you want to make more money in this bar where no one can hurt each other, you naturally have to be more approachable," the little girl said matter-of-factly.

"What a shrewd guy. His true form must be an ancient relic, right? Time to start collecting gold coins!"

"Hey! That's going too far! No matter what, I'm still a child right now! My thinking is that of a child, otherwise do you think you could have fooled me so easily just now?"

"What will you do when you grow bigger? Can you be sure you'll maintain this loli-like figure and state for a long time?"

"Sigh, it's not a big problem. Let my future self handle what's going on. Besides, as a time-manipulating cultivator, adjusting my own timeline is a basic skill if the River of Time doesn't interfere with me. At worst, I'll just use my childhood form to trade and communicate with you all from now on." The little girl threw the empty bag of potato chips into the River of Time and said.

After the little girl made the following action, a wave suddenly surged out in the illusory river of time, directly hitting the little girl... Xiao Jiu's head hard, making the little girl stumble.

"..." Xiao Jiu seemed to be used to this kind of thing. She patted the non-existent River of Time and then stretched.

"Give me another bag of potato chips."

Although Xiao Jiu was used to the playful antics of the River of Time, Chen Luo couldn't help but glance at her.

"That's great, I really envy your good relationship with the River of Time." Chen Luo said as he took out a bag of potato chips and threw it into the river.

"Where did you get that from..." Xiao Jiu was stunned before she could finish her sentence.

Xiao Jiu watched in astonishment as three bags of potato chips of different colors slowly rose from the river of time.

“Unlike me, I can only summon the illusory River of Time at any time, and I don’t even have the chance to play around with it normally. Last time when I accidentally extracted water from the River of Time, it just watched quietly and didn’t interact with me. It even once sprayed water all over my face after drinking a mouthful of inferior water…”

Although none of that water was wasted.

Chen Luo also had intimate interactions with the River of Time, such as when Chen Luo was tricked into believing he was "Mom," the River of Time took advantage of him. Although the River of Time did touch Chen Luo's head, it was too embarrassing to mention.

Xiao Jiu glanced at the three bags of potato chips floating on the river of time, then at Chen Luo, who had just said something that seemed quite important but also appeared aggrieved. For a moment, she didn't know which thing to focus on.

"Sigh, it's taken the bait." Sensing something had taken the bait, Chen Luo pulled up the fishing rod.

Then a sparkling gem appeared in front of Chen Luo.

Seeing the sparkling gem, Xiao Jiu's eyes lit up, and she was about to take it, but Chen Luo grabbed it first.

"What are you doing?" Chen Luo asked warily after swatting away the little girl's hand that was trying to snatch his raw stone.

“There’s so much time river water inside…” Xiao Jiu said, her eyes wide.

Perhaps the girl, or even the future Heavenly Emperor, wouldn't be surprised by this, but children should act like children.

The same person, a child is lucky to get two yuan a day to spend at school, but Xiao Jiu, as an adult, is the Heavenly Emperor, who can casually spend 100 million without batting an eye.

Would Xiao Jiu have dared to think this way when she was a little girl?

"It's no use having more; these are my things."

When Chen Luo was testing the River of Time and the River God's abilities, he threw a raw stone into it, and now he has finally fished it out.

Chen Luo also confirmed one thing: the bar's river of time exists independently, so Chen Luo can retrieve things that he previously threw into the river of time.

"Do you usually... obtain the Time River water this way too?" Xiao Jiu couldn't help but ask.

"No, this is how it usually is." Chen Luo used the power of the River God to extract a drop of Time River water from that raw stone and threw it into the River of Time. The originally illusory River of Time instantly became real.

"Please save the child, the child has no water to drink. This lollipop is my offering. Great River of Time, show me your true power!" After throwing a lollipop into the River of Time, Chen Luo pitifully held up a bowl and said.

I, the river god, have begged you so much and even given you a lollipop. Please show your appreciation in some small way.

"So this is how you got the River of Time? It's just too..."

That's unrealistic, isn't it?

Before Xiao Jiu could finish speaking, a strange change occurred in the river of time.

A small water ball bounced out from the surging river of time, hit Chen Luo on the forehead, knocked him backward, and then bounced back into the bowl Chen Luo was holding.

Chen Luo rubbed his temples and looked down at the Time River in the bowl.

This time, Time River was clearly not as generous as before, only giving Chen Luo a little "pocket money," about thirty or forty drops, not even enough for an ordinary person to drink.

Unlike last time, when they gave us 24 cups of time and water directly.

"See? She doesn't even want to interact with me. And she seems to be giving much less... Of course, I'm not saying she has to give; I'd be happy if she gave me even a little. I'm just stating the facts," Chen Luo said casually to Xiao Jiu after tossing the cup into his backpack.