1944: Life-and-Death Contract

Life-and-Death Contract

That girl was startled and turned around to apologize. However, she was stunned by the sight of the trio.1

These three people's appearances were truly too, too, too outstanding.

A simple glance showed Crown Prince Mo's casual, but regal black clothes, contrasting against the Venerable Peach Blossom Immortal's devilish red robe. They were simply unrivalled and unparalleled.

In front of them also stood a girl whose delicate features seemed to be chiseled from a block of icy jade.

That female student smiled in embarrassment when she saw them looking over. "A-Apologies, I almost bumped into you."

Qiao Mu shook her head to show that she was fine.

That female student smiled, but just as she was about to leave, she suddenly turned and said, "You are, uh, students from other academies, right. If you're free, you can come with us to the arena. There are two senior sisters competing there today, and it should be quite exciting."

Qiao Mu nodded.

That female student glanced at them again before leaving hurriedly.

Qiao Mu pursed her petite mouth. "It's not like I like watching the excitement."

Fifteen minutes later, the trio stood in front of the arena, occupying favorable positions.

Qiao Mu curved her eyes as she looked at the two females who were clashing swords on the stage. She clicked her tongue and said, "What kind of deep enmity can they have as classmates for them to execute such sharp moves."

The Miss Qiao, who did not like to watch the excitement, whipped out an orange and peeled it as she commented, "Isn't this attack of hers too fierce?"

Feng Chen and Crown Prince Mo were both a bit helpless. "It is a life-and-death battle after all. It's either you die or I die."

"What?" Miss Qiao widened her eyes. "The academy even allows life-and-death battles?"

Please excuse her ignorance. Their academy only had eight students, and they were all very friendly. She had never heard before that students could engage in life-and-death battles.

"Mhm, look, there's a life-and-death contract over there." Feng Chen gestured with his chin.

Qiao Mu redirected her gaze and discovered a piece of bright red paper pasted to the board at the edge of the arena. It was titled "Life-and-Death Contract" and it was sealed with the two parties' blood too.

Miss Qiao paused in peeling her orange and looked woodenly at the two young ladies on the stage. She lamented with a shake of her head, "It's quite a pity."

Feng Chen took half of the orange from her hands and said while snacking on it, "What is there to pity? In the end, it's all destiny. Since they were the ones who signed a life-and-death contract, then they must follow Heavenly Law's rules. Even if they don't want to, one of them must die!"

Miss Qiao blinked. "That means only if one of them dies will there be a true victor?"

"Smart!" Crown Prince Mo praised with a nod as he took the other half of the orange.

Miss Qiao looked down and found her hands empty! The orange she had peeled had ended up in other people's mouths.

"My master said that it's best to snack while watching competitions. That way you'll be in a better mood." Miss Qiao suddenly remarked. She then took out a banana from her inner world.

"Is that Her Excellency Xuan Huang?" Crown Prince Mo inquired in slight surprise.

"Mhm."

"You remember?" Mo Lian couldn't resist asking softly.

"Remember what? Ah, no." Qiao Mu shook her head bitterly. "It's just that I will occasionally recall that Master had said this before."

"You'll slowly remember." Crown Prince Mo caressed her head.

At this moment, victory had been determined on the stage.

Precisely speaking, one of the females had dropped to the ground dead.

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