Qiu'er, who was standing nearby, frowned upon hearing this:
"What are you planning to do to my Master Sister!"
Kong Mingan smiled slightly and countered, "Guess?"
Qiu'er instinctively wanted to retort, and her mouth opened uncontrollably: "I'll guess your head! I absolutely won't let you hurt my Master Sister!"
"Relax," Kong Mingan reassured her, "I won't hurt her. I just want to discuss a business deal with her."
He paused, then added, "It's just that this business deal might be slightly unequal."
Qiu'er immediately couldn't sit still.
Without a doubt, if her body hadn't been restrained at that moment, she would have definitely pounced and bitten this scoundrel to death!
Kong Mingan was very calm regarding Miss Auspicious Beast's reaction.
Hissing, well, he had plenty of experience dealing with it, after all, he already had a little scorpion at home that often hissed.
He was not in a hurry, leisurely staring at his Miss Auspicious Beast, and chuckled softly:
"Alright, how about you transform into a Spirit Beast for me first?"
Qiu'er: "Huh???"
"This is also part of the contract."
Qiu'er: "I ***!"
... Soon, several hours passed inside the laboratory.
On the sofa, the golden-haired, red-eyed girl no longer had the dark red chains on her body, yet she was slumped there softly, as if all the bones had been pulled out of her body, unable even to lift a finger.
There was no way around it. She had been switching repeatedly between her beast form and human form hundreds of times for several hours straight.
Even though this was considered an innate ability for her, and the spirit power required for form switching was not significant,
this high-frequency switching still exhausted her spirit power. This guy only knew how to exploit her and wouldn't let her rest at all!
Qiu'er couldn't stop internally accusing this scoundrel of exploitation.
Kong Mingan, who was organizing the data nearby, nodded in satisfaction.
As the saying goes, professional matters should indeed be handled by professionals.
Although this saying might not be entirely appropriate here, Miss Auspicious Beast possessed excellent talent in form switching.
The transformation method he had independently deduced had a relatively high threshold and placed certain requirements on the Spirit Beast's cultivation.
However, after obtaining samples of Miss Auspicious Beast's complete form switching process, he found a direction for optimizing the transformation method.
Unsurprisingly, the optimized version would significantly lower the threshold, allowing Spirit Beasts who had just reached the ten-thousand-year level to attempt transformation.
If he could continue to deepen his deductions, there was even hope of enabling thousand-year Spirit Beasts to transform. Combined with the Enlightenment Formation, the plan for Spirit Beasts to transform into humans would undoubtedly proceed much more smoothly.
Of course, besides that, he also took the opportunity to observe Miss Auspicious Beast's Golden Dragon Martial Soul in depth, in preparation for subsequent "Body Cultivator" enhancements.
Hmm, the "Body Cultivator" is about to rise up again!
The objective had basically been achieved. Other necessary information had been obtained from Miss Auspicious Beast, and it was time to start arranging the related matters for welcoming that "Dragon King Young Miss."
Standing up, Kong Mingan was about to leave, but after taking just two steps, his footsteps paused slightly, and his gaze turned toward Wang Dong'er, who had been quietly watching the entire process nearby.
Wang Dong'er blinked, her eyes clear.
"During this period, you will be responsible for watching her and ensuring she does not leave this laboratory. Also, handle trivial matters like her three daily meals."
Wang Dong'er blinked again and pursed her lips, feeling somewhat conflicted. After all, Qiu'er had been her friend, and personally guarding her inevitably felt uncomfortable.
However, before Wang Dong'er could convince herself using reasons related to her current identity, Kong Mingan added another sentence the next moment,
"If you look after her, I'll provide an extra subsidy of ten thousand contribution points every month. No problem, right?"
Wang Dong'er froze, quickly reviewing the value of the contribution points in her mind. Instantly, the original slight reluctance was completely washed away.
Dong'er's expression immediately became extremely serious, and she responded firmly: "Yes! President, I will watch her closely!"
Kong Mingan nodded slightly, said nothing more, turned around, and left. The laboratory's metal door silently slid shut.
The room fell into a brief silence.
However, in the very next moment, Qiu'er, who had been slumped on the sofa, suddenly sat up with a "swish," moving with an agility that completely belied her exhaustion.
She sharply scanned her surroundings, her senses fully open, and only after repeatedly confirming that the scoundrel had truly left did she let out a long sigh of relief.
She stood up, quickly walked to the laboratory door, extended her hand, and directly touched the seemingly smooth and seamless metal door panel.
"Buzz—"
The moment her fingertip touched the door panel, a phantom image of a dark red longsword, radiating extreme coldness and pure killing intent, materialized out of thin air, its tip precisely locked onto the center of her brow.
That chilling killing intent was almost tangible, instantly triggering the most primal instinctual fear of death in a living being.
Without a doubt, if she dared to open the door, this sword would pierce straight through her.
Qiu'er painfully retracted her hand, and the dark red longsword phantom dissipated, as if it had never appeared, leaving only a faint, sharp aftertaste in the air.
Qiu'er took a deep breath, calming her emotions, her face looking rather unpleasant.
Turning around, she saw Wang Dong'er nearby, and her eyes suddenly lit up. She quickly walked over, her tone hopeful: "Dong'er, can you... can you find a way to take me out?"
Wang Dong'er paused at her words.
She looked at Qiu'er, her mind flashing through the other party's identity as a transforming Spirit Beast, a spy lurking among humans, and then recalled the bits and pieces of their relationship over the years at the academy, where they became friends after initial conflicts. A hint of conflict had just surfaced.
Then, it was completely crushed by the immense sense of happiness brought by the ten thousand contribution points she would receive monthly.
"No."
Wang Dong'er righteously refused, her expression serious.
Ten thousand contribution points a month would once again accelerate her speed of Cultivation. If the payments continued, she felt the time it would take her to Cultivate to the Titled rank could be shortened by two or three years.
"Is there really no way at all?" Qiu'er asked unwillingly.
Wang Dong'er nodded firmly, but seeing the other party's somewhat dejected look, she hesitated for a moment before adding:
"Actually, you don't need to worry too much. Although the President's style of conduct doesn't seem like that of a good person, overall, he is still... uh... a person."
At the very least, he didn't do anything to her Big Father and Second Father, and he was willing to give her an opportunity. In her view, he could already be considered a good person.
Although this position as a personal assistant always gave her a strange sense of danger, as if she might be stripped bare and pinned on a table, crying loudly the next moment,
but so far, the treatment was quite good.
Qiu'er did not reply, remaining silent. Her greatest worry right now was this:
She was currently praying for two things: either Master Sister could return early and suppress that guy with absolute power before he was fully prepared,
or Master Sister should absolutely not return!
Although she had absolute confidence in her Master Sister's strength, after personally experiencing the chilling killing intent emanating from that guy, she was no longer so sure.
But thinking about it, given Master Sister's wisdom, even if she couldn't win, she could at least run away, right?
(End of Chapter)
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