In order to eat, I signed a contract with the system

Chapter 649: Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio - Fairy 21

After another "full meal", Ruyi returned to the ruined temple contentedly. Zhiqiu Yiye had already woken up and was roasting a pheasant on the fire. When he saw Ruyi coming back, he complained, "Hey, beauty, where have you been?"

"Didn't we agree to change shifts? How could you leave me here alone and go out? What if a monster comes in while I'm asleep?"

Zhiqiu Yiye was getting more and more excited as he spoke, but when he saw Ruyi's expressionless face, he suddenly shrank back for some reason. His eyes rolled and he said something weakly.

"I'm telling you, forget it this time, but don't do this next time..."

"......" This person is really cowardly and timid. Ruyi looked at Zhiqiu Yiye who was talking to himself and had no mood to care about it. "Forget it, what's the point of caring about a fool? It makes me look like a bad person for no reason."

Ruyi looked at the silly Zhiqiu Yiye and shook her head helplessly, then sighed and sat aside to continue absorbing the money she had earned today. Zhiqiu Yiye was gnawing on the roast chicken, looking at Ruyi's reaction in confusion, feeling that the sigh was full of contempt.

"Hey! What do you mean by that?"

Zhiqiu Yiye didn't know where he got the courage from, perhaps it was the young man's self-esteem at work. He even forgot that he was frightened by Ruyi before, and he ran to Ruyi to show off the pheasant in his mouth without even swallowing it.

"I'm telling you, if I hadn't been there watching over you last night, you would have been eaten by the monster outside. Did you hear me?"

Zhiqiu Yiye became more and more confident as he spoke, staring at Ruyi's face and moving closer and closer. Ruyi was unable to concentrate because of the noise and had to open her eyes. Zhiqiu Yiye looked at Ruyi's bright eyes that seemed to be filled with starlight, and his nose was filled with a pleasant fragrance. Zhiqiu Yiye didn't know what that fragrance was. At this moment, he just felt that the woman in front of him was exceptionally beautiful, so beautiful that his heart couldn't help but beat.

"You, what kind of magic did you use to make my heart beat like a rabbit..." Zhiqiu Yiye's voice became softer and softer. He couldn't help but feel hot and his face turned as red as a monkey's butt in the blink of an eye.

Ruyi had just opened her eyes and hadn't said anything when she witnessed the process of a person turning from white to red. Listening to Zhiqiu Yiye's "unreasonable" accusation, Ruyi suddenly found it a bit funny. It has been a long time since she has seen such a pure-hearted person!

Ruyi found it interesting and smiled at Zhiqiu Yiye deliberately. This smile made Zhiqiu Yiye, who was already blushing, blush even redder. Then, without waiting for Zhiqiu Yiye to calm down, Ruyi suddenly moved close to his face. At that moment, Zhiqiu Yiye seemed to be able to feel Ruyi's breath spraying on his face. The already pleasant fragrance was even more fragrant that would enter his body along with the airflow as soon as he breathed.

"Hehe, little Taoist priest, are you shy?"

"You, you are talking nonsense!" Zhiqiu Yiye was completely panicked now. He felt extremely uncomfortable at this moment. He hurriedly crawled away from Ruyi, picked up the remaining roast chicken and started to eat it like a hungry person. He didn't dare to look at Ruyi at all during the whole process.

"I was so angry!"

"Hahahahahaha." Ruyi hasn't been so happy for a long time. It's a rare opportunity to meet a little Taoist priest who is so innocent. Ruyi is in the mood to play with him.

Zhiqiu Yiye said nothing, but just ate the roast chicken. The blush on his face had gone down, but his red ears were like indicator lights in the dark, standing out against his fair and handsome face.

After satisfying his own evil taste, Ruyi returned to his normal life. Seeing that Zhiqiu Yiye had finished eating and had calmed down a lot, he called him over.

"Little Taoist priest, come here for a moment. I have something to explain to you."

Zhiqiu Yiye thought Ruyi wanted to tease him again, but when he saw Ruyi's serious face, he immediately realized that he had misunderstood, so Zhiqiu Yiye also became serious. He sat next to Ruyi, a little further away than before.

Ruyi glanced at him and felt a little amused, but she didn't care because she had something important to say. "Little Taoist priest, I don't know why you came to Guobei County, but I see that you are also a righteous person, so I need to explain some news to you first."

"This Guobei County is a 'human circle' reserved by the Qingshan monster tribe. The humans inside are basically the food for the Qingshan monsters. In the past, all the people who came here to exorcise monsters were eaten by the Qingshan monsters. With your current cultivation level, coming here is just seeking death."

"I, I don't believe it. What about you, why are you here?" Zhiqiu Yiye thought of the evil spirit he felt last night. He already knew in his heart that the monsters in this place were not something he could deal with now. He was already a little scared, but when he heard Ruyi "looking down" on him like this, Zhiqiu Yiye inexplicably didn't want to admit defeat, and asked Ruyi instead.

"You look about the same age as me. Even if you are very talented, your cultivation level won't be much higher than mine. If you dare to stay here, why should I not dare to do anything?!"

Seeing that Zhiqiu Yiye could not be persuaded, Ruyi simply gave up and tied him up with the wood entanglement technique. Then he assumed an attacking posture and went straight towards Zhiqiu Yiye.

As the sharp palm wind swept across his face, Zhiqiu Yiye closed his eyes in fear, "Ahhhhhhhhhh——, don't kill me——"

Ruyi changed the angle and slapped the pillar next to Zhiqiu Yiye's head to make a big hole. After seeing that Zhiqiu Yiye had finally realized his strength, he let go of him.

"Now, do you know why I can stay here?"

"I know, I know......"

Zhiqiu Yiye fell to the ground, looked up at the big hole on the pillar behind him, and when he looked at Ruyi again, his eyes were full of admiration. Not long after, Zhiqiu Yiye forgot about the thrill just now, and didn't say whether to leave or not. Anyway, he just kept circling around Ruyi like a lackey.

"Senior, beautiful senior, you are my senior."

"I don't know what move you just used, senior, can you teach me?"

"I am very obedient. As long as the senior is willing to teach me, I will do anything you ask me to do."

"Okay, it's not impossible for me to teach you if you want. Just leave Guobei County as soon as possible!" Ruyi's move was not something that could not be passed on to others, so it would be okay to teach it to Zhiqiu Yiye. She was more worried that Zhiqiu Yiye would stay here and eventually become a handle for the three Qingshan monsters to deal with them.

Although she had nothing to do with him and his life or death had nothing to do with her, it was obvious that the boss of Tiandao in the world of "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" did not think so. When Ruyi just came into contact with Zhiqiu Yiye, she received a message from Tiandao to save Zhiqiu Yiye's life.

"Why?" Zhiqiu Yiye really couldn't figure it out. "I can follow you. I promise I won't run around. It's better for the two of us to deal with monsters than for you to deal with them alone, right?"

Seeing that Zhiqiu Yiye was not giving up, Ruyi had no choice but to tell him about the "agreement" between herself and the Qingshan monster. "Although we didn't make a direct agreement at the time, I knew that once they were ready, there would be a battle between us."

"As for leaving, humph, as monster hunters, how can we ignore the lives of the people and only save our own lives!"

Ruyi and Hu Meiniang have a tacit understanding that neither side wants the 'prey' to escape. In order to prevent Ruyi from leaving, the monsters that monitor her are the baits sent by the four monsters. Once Ruyi leaves, those monsters will turn from baits into a man-eating army. By then, no one will know how many people will survive in the entire Guobei County.