Chapter 328 - 145: Meeting Little Bai Ling Again

"Little Jing Kong, no, Senior!"

Qing Lian’s pure, fair face turned to Xu Lei, her large eyes glistening with tears as she pleaded, "I beg you, save me!"

She had originally called Xu Lei "Little Jing Kong."

But when she recalled the terrifyingly powerful technique Xu Lei had just displayed, she immediately corrected herself.

After all, a being who could display such a technique couldn’t possibly be an ordinary little boy.

"Let me see."

Xu Lei said, placing his hand on Qing Lian’s delicate, smooth, little shaved head.

Everything was just as he had expected.

Inside Qing Lian’s Sea of Consciousness, her soul was entangled with that of the Female Nether Demon.

This was a struggle in the domain of the soul.

Normally, Xu Lei would have been helpless when it came to matters of the soul.

But he had just obtained some of the Male Nether Demon’s memories.

Now, however, he could handle it.

Now, Xu Lei had two choices.

One was to directly shatter the Female Nether Demon in Qing Lian’s Sea of Consciousness.

This was because it was, in essence, a vassal of the Male Nether Demon that Xu Lei had killed earlier.

All Xu Lei had to do was channel his Power of the Soul inside her Sea of Consciousness and recreate the Contract Seal from the dead Male Nether Demon’s memories—the very seal that controlled this Female Nether Demon—to decide her life and death.

The other choice was for Xu Lei to directly contract it and Qing Lian!

And have Qing Lian fuse with it!

But with Qing Lian as the dominant party!

In that case, Qing Lian’s soul should be strengthened.

But the result would be that Qing Lian would inherit the Female Nether Demon’s subservient status.

She would become Xu Lei’s slave!

She would be unable to refuse any of Xu Lei’s commands!

Xu Lei thought about it seriously and carefully for half a second—and chose the second option.

This was because Qing Lian had, after all, warned him—even as blood streamed from her seven orifices—allowing him to immediately grasp the situation when he couldn’t yet see it clearly.

So Xu Lei couldn’t just watch Qing Lian suffer like this and do nothing.

But today, Qing Lian had witnessed him, in the body of a ten-year-old boy, display such techniques and Magical Power!

Why does a ten-year-old child have such Magical Power? How can he unleash such an attack?

She was very likely to expose his secret!

Therefore, without this Contracting Technique, Xu Lei would even have to consider killing Qing Lian to guarantee his own absolute safety!

Of course, this went against his moral code.

But now, the situation was perfect. He could save Qing Lian and also guarantee that he himself would not be compromised.

So, naturally, he chose the second option.

Then, Xu Lei immediately laid out the stakes for Qing Lian.

He omitted only one detail: that he could, in fact, painlessly eliminate the Nether Demon for her.

Everything else, he told her truthfully.

Then, he let Qing Lian choose for herself.

Qing Lian was stunned for a moment.

"Then what should I do? Senior, I don’t want to be a slave!"

Then, she started crying like a little girl. "But I don’t want to be eaten by the Nether Demon either. I don’t want to die. Waaaah."

"If you trust me, then let me help you for now."

Xu Lei added, "I can promise you.

In the future, I won’t use this Nether Demon’s Contractual Power

to control you, force you, or make you do anything untoward!"

Qing Lian fell silent for a moment.

She struggled to resist the Nether Demon’s corrosion in her mind for a while longer.

But in the end, it was clear she still couldn’t solve it on her own.

"I trust you, Senior. I beg you to help me."

Then she bit her lip and said, "Senior, you must keep your promise.

You can’t... use this to turn me into your Sex Slave, or... a Furnace Cauldron.

Although your body is still small now, so you probably can’t do anything to me.

But in a few years, you’ll definitely grow up.

I hope you can promise me.

That when that time comes, you won’t covet my beauty and toy with me relentlessly.

If you don’t promise, I’d rather perish together with this Nether Demon."

"Don’t worry, I’m not desperate enough to covet your beauty."

Xu Lei said, "There are so many beautiful women in the world; why would I have to force myself on you?

It won’t come to that.

Relax.

I’ll use the Dharma Gate from the Nether Demon memories I inherited to save you now!"

As he spoke, Xu Lei reached out and touched the spot between Qing Lian’s eyebrows.

As Xu Lei closed his eyes, a light glowed from between Qing Lian’s brows.

Before long, her entire body calmed down.

Soon, they both opened their eyes.

Qing Lian and Xu Lei looked at each other.

"Jump in place once."

Xu Lei said, "Meow like a cat twice!

Then wiggle your butt three times!"

Moreover, Xu Lei issued these words as a command, activating the Contract Seal.

Qing Lian’s expression froze.

Immediately after, a splitting headache assaulted her.

Her jade-like hands clutched both sides of her head.

Her face contorted in agony.

Then, she quickly complied with Xu Lei’s commands.

After she finished, the painful sensation finally stopped.

According to the information from the inherited Nether Demon memories,

the principle behind this Nether Demon’s enslavement contract was, roughly, to embed a type of mark within Qing Lian’s soul.

The mark was formed from the Power of the Soul and could create something like a small artificial intelligence.

Just like a small AI program created by humans on Earth!

Of course, embedding such a mark into a person’s Soul Origin was not easy.

In Qing Lian’s case, it was possible because the Female Nether Demon, originally a subordinate of the Male Nether Demon, had already fused with Qing Lian’s Soul Origin.

Then, Xu Lei used the technique left behind by the Male Nether Demon to reshape the Female Nether Demon’s Soul Power into this Contract Seal.

And made it compatible with Qing Lian’s Soul Origin.

If it were any other target, the current Xu Lei would be unable to replicate this operation.

In short, from now on, whenever Xu Lei gave a command, Qing Lian had to obey.

If she disobeyed, she would suffer a splitting headache. After a warning period,

if she still disobeyed, the seal would detonate and shatter her soul.