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Chapter 37 - Chapter 37

Some of the slaves were sent out from the testing ground because they are unconscious. No matter what Ling Min Zhe did, they did not give any response. The slaves that are close to them are worried and try to wake them up but they still refuse to wake up.

Li Zian walks towards the unconscious slaves with Zhong. Li Zian stands in front of the unconscious slaves, "Wake up! It is not real, it is just a dream!" Li Zian just casually speaking before one of the slave's eyelashes flutters and open his eyes. As soon as he wakes up and scan his surrounding, he starts bawling his eyes out. The others that woke up also did the same. Now, the hall is filled with screaming and crying slaves.

Five hours later, all the slaves get out from the testing ground. Standing in front of Li Zian is one hundred slaves that passed the test.

"Congratulations!" Li Zian smiles towards the slaves. The slaves feel surprised seeing Li Zian suddenly smile at them. They also feel proud of themselves. The test is not easy but they manage to pass it. Some of the slaves feel emotional and start sobbing. There are slaves that are happy and nearly jumping around the hall.

Ling Min Zhe brings the soul assistant to their new residence and Chu Ju takes care of the blood assistant. Today is the day they enter the inner section. Those that did not pass will be doing other work in the outer section. They can decide whether to continue training by themselves or just remain the same.

The next day in Bao Hall, two hundred blood assistants are standing tall with their new uniforms. Li Zian is standing on the stage. Zhong and Chu Ju stand under the stage to guide the slaves to initiate the blood contract.

Li Zian takes out a red blood orb and pierces her finger. She drops her blood into the orb. After absorbing Li Zian's blood, the orb flashes a few times before floating down towards Zhong.

Chu Ju commands the slaves to prick their finger and Zhong direct the orb to absorb the slave's blood. The orb floats back towards Li Zian. The orb spins on Li Zian's palm before exploding, small bits of the orb enters the slave's glabella. On the slave's forehead, there is a tiny "Fang" character between their eyebrows. Instantly, they can feel their connection with Li Zian and with each other. The tiny "Fang" character disappears from the slave's forehead.

"As a blood assistant, I will send all of you to a designated place around the country. You will be helping me in monitoring and handling small cases of resentment." Li Zian said with a stern and solemn voice.

"Yes, Master!" Every slave answers with subservient and bows towards Li Zian. Li Zian nodded at them.

The blood contract has been held, now it is time for a soul contract. Li Zian is waiting for the slaves to come but after an hour, Ling Min Zhe and the slaves still did not come. Li Zian instantly glares at Zhong.

"Zhoongggg..." Li Zian said in a low and angry voice, "What did you do?"

Smiling, "What did you mean? Do what?" Zhong feigns ignorance.

Sigh, "Zhong, we talked about this before. You tacitly agree, are you reneging your promise?"

"Promise! I did not promise you anything." Zhong turns his body and faces the window.

"Zhong, the Hao Clan is not one person. I need people, supporters to help me. Stop being selfish." Li Zian said in aggravating tone.

"Selfish!? If I am selfish! How are you? You greedy little girl. That is a hundred slaves. You...you..." Zhong turns his body back towards Li Zian and jabs at her left side of the forehead.

Li Zian just let Zhong release his anger, "Who told you to sabotage my test?" Li Zian raised one of her eyebrows and smiled.

"Erk!" Zhong coughed a bit, "That is a different matter." He is a bit embarrassed.

"Let Ling Min Zhe and the slaves come here to perform the soul contract." Li Zian asked Zhong gently. She did not mad at Zhong because she knows he cares for her. He is traumatized by his previous experience.

"Tsk!" Zhong turns towards the main door and mumbles a spell. A few minutes later, Ling Min Zhe with hundred slaves enter the hall.

"Greeting Master!" Ling Min Zhe bows together with the slaves. The slave's voice echoes in the hall.

"Rise! Everyone sits on the mat in front of you." Zhong said in a cold tone. He waves his hand and the main door is closed. The windows also close at the same time. After that, the hall is illuminated with luminous stone.

Zhong and Ling Min Zhe both mutter a spell and its envelope all the slaves. The sitting slaves feel nervous. They can feel their body is being held by something. This soul contract seems to be dangerous.

"Keep calm! Do not resist! This spell will guard your body so that you will not hurt yourself during the signing process, "Ling Min Zhe shout at the slaves. Ling Min Zhe continues, "The signing process is also painful so this spell will help you to reduce the pain."

Li Zian stands on the stage and Zhong is beside her. Ling Min Zhe is standing guard at the back of the slaves.

"Begin!" Li Zian takes out a miniature pagoda, the pagoda floats in front of Li Zian. The pagoda shine and hundred lines of light come out from the pagoda. A hundred lines of light penetrate each of the slave's glabella.

The slaves feel a jolt in their consciousness. Then, they feel like their body is being ripped apart. It is slow and the pain assaulted the slaves. They start to scream and some of them start banging their head to the floor. There are slaves that scratch their bodies. The scene is chaotic, luckily the spell on their body is strong and steadily protecting them. All the self-injuries are deflected by the shield.

Li Zian noticed five people still sitting on the mat. They did not scream, bang their head, scratch their body, or roll around the hall. Li Zian is amazed looking at them. Even Ling Ming Zhe let out a howling scream when the contract is initiated.

After ten minutes, the line of light returned to the pagoda. The slaves are calmer now. All of them are panting hard. Their body is drenched with sweat.

The pagoda shine once again but this time the light is like a firefly. The light slowly flies towards the slaves and enters their glabella. On the slave's forehead, there is a tiny "Fang" character between their eyebrows. Instantly, they can feel their connection with Li Zian and with each other. The tiny "Fang" character disappears from the slave's forehead.

Li Zian stores back the pagoda inside her consciousness. She stares at the slaves under the stage, "Soul assistant! Can you hear me?" Li Zian talks directly into the slave's mind.

The slaves were quite shocked but immediately calm down. Li Zian raises her left hand and at the same time, all the slaves raise their left hand. Li Zian jumps three times and so do the slaves. The slave's faces are pale. Some of them is struggling to move their body but they cannot control their body.

Li Zian put down her left hand but the slaves still raised their left hand. Li Zian turns back and sits on her chair, "Down!" The slaves automatically put down their left hand.

"Sit!" The slaves directly sit in a seiza position. Their head tilted upwards toward Li Zian, "This is what it means to be my soul assistant. All of you will be the second of me. As the only Jiangong in this country, it is very taxing for me to travel to many places to solve resentment energy. There is a time when I need to be at a few places at the same time. It is impossible for me right now. So, this is the job of a soul assistant. How is it? Regret?"

Li Zian's dark and cold eyes seem to pry on the slave's soul. All of them unconsciously shivering. They can feel their master's aura. It is cold and domineering.

Chengguang and Chauxiang did not hesitate to say, "No! No regret!" Both of them stare back at Li Zian. At that time, the slaves are like waking from a trance. Their eyes slowly shine with determination, "No regret!" The hall echoes with their chants.

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Before sending the blood and soul assistant, they will be undergoing another training. Ling Min Zhe and Li Zian will specifically train the soul assistant and Chu Ju will train the blood assistant. All of them enter the Time Hall to train.

A month has passed outside the training hall but those assistants already trained for a year in the Time hall. A door appears in the Bao Hall. Chu Ju steps out with another two spirits. Behind them is three hundred slaves coming out from the door.

All of them are very clean and exudes calmness. Those servants are not the most handsome or most beautiful but they are very pleasing to the eyes. People that look at them will not find any fault in their manner. It is perfect.