Animal-eared Girl Era: Start by Forming a Contract with an SSS-Class School Belle

The Time Empress also exclaimed in surprise, "A Time Pathway Rule Fragment?"

"And even a drop of Time Dao Origin Liquid?"

The two of them looked at each other in astonishment, both clearly seeing the shock in each other's eyes.

More than a dozen sealed items—each one was top-tier in the universe. Not to mention Blue Star didn't have them, even the Milky Way Galaxy didn't. Even among the Cosmic Great Races, only the very peak could possess things like this.

*Why would a Starry Sky Giant Beast have items only the supreme beings could possess?*

*She was only at the peak of the Quasi-Emperor Realm and hadn't even stepped into the Emperor Realm yet.*

Jiang Xue'an giggled and said, "Seniors, I wonder if these items could serve as payment?"

"You two are the masters of time and space on Blue Star."

"Everything I have here relates to time and space."

"When I used to trail after Lord and Lady, I picked up a whole pile of trash. It all looked so shiny and fun, like childhood toys."

The Time Empress and the Space Ancestor Empress's mouths twitched.

*That was trash picked up as childhood toys, just because it looked pretty?*

"Ahem, the future Human Emperor really had grown beyond anything we could imagine."

The Time Empress's beautiful eyes lit up with excitement.

The Ancestral Empress nodded, "These things, we don't even qualify to own right now."

Xiao Ye's expression brightened, and he laughed,

"Great job, little maid."

"You should've picked up even more trash back then."

Jiang Xue'an was overjoyed at the praise; her pretty eyes curved into crescents. "Hehe, Lord, back then I had no idea what any of this was."

"At the time, you and Lady threw out tons of garbage. I only picked up a tiny bit of it."

"Some of it still had traces of your and Lady's aura, so I just stuffed them in my pocket because they felt close and fun."

Xiao Ye gave a big thumbs up, looking at the two divine spirits, and said,

"Seniors, judging from your expressions, these items seem quite tempting for you."

"I'll hand them all over as payment. Would you help me snatch the Destiny Rule Origin?"

Within the mysterious mist, the Time Empress covered her mouth and chuckled lightly, "Human Emperor, with so many goodies on display, aren't you afraid we'll just take them all?"

"And then kill you afterward."

The Ancestral Empress nodded, smiling, "Human Emperor, didn't you say you were wary of me? So why would you show us all this?"

Xiao Ye's face appeared calm and steady. Secretly, he established contact with the Space-Time Hall—if anything seemed off, he could instantly bring everyone inside.

*The reason he gave everything away was because he was concerned.*

*What if the two deities weren't satisfied and decided to go on a killing spree for treasure?*

*Jiang Xue'an had brought the items herself—he hadn't known in advance or he wouldn't have let the little maid present so much at once.*

*He still kept his guard up inwardly, but outwardly he smiled lightly and said,*

"Like Sister Qingcheng said, if the Ancestral Empress took the risk to kill Ouyang Dingtian for us, then you can't be the type to murder for treasure."

"I do trust you, Senior."

The Ancestral Empress's beautiful eyes shone; she could see the Human Emperor's confidence wasn't all there.

*She figured he probably still didn't really trust them.*

*This crafty little Human Emperor—she didn't believe a word he said.*

*Sigh, it seemed she'd have to do something more to truly earn his trust.*

The Time Empress waved her hand; from Jiang Xue'an's palm, a sealed Time Grand Dao Principle Origin Liquid Drop floated up and landed on her hand. She spoke, somewhat moved,

"Human Emperor, this one item is enough. Take the rest back."

"Ancestral Empress, you shouldn't take a reward either."

In terms of value, this single Dao Principle Origin Liquid Drop surpassed the Destiny Rule Origin Essence of Blue Star.

Let alone a single Destiny Rule Origin, even if you added up all those in the entire Milky Way Galaxy, they still couldn't compare to the tiny value of this one little Time Grand Dao Principle Origin Liquid Drop.

The Ancestral Empress's beautiful eyes lingered longingly on the Spatial Dao Fragment and the Spatial Dao Principle Origin Liquid Drop in Jiang Xue'an's fair hand, but then she withdrew her gaze with a hint of disappointment, and said,

"Fine, I won't take any."

"Human Emperor, now that we've received compensation, we'll help you forcibly seize the Destiny Rule Origin."

Xiao Ye noticed the disappointment in the Ancestral Empress's eyes and grinned, "Then I'll have to thank both of you, Seniors."

He sent a private sound transmission to Jiang Xue'an,

"Little maid, put those things away."

"If you have good stuff, don't show it all at once. It'll just make people jealous and greedy."

"Mm, it'd be even better if you let me keep them safe for you."

Jiang Xue'an giggled mischievously, stuffed everything into Xiao Ye's pocket, and transmitted back, "Lord, these were your and Lady's trash to begin with—I'm just giving them all back to you."

Xiao Ye patted her head—such a sensible girl.

Jiang Xue'an timidly sent a sound transmission,

"Xiaonannan has a request, Lord, could you promise me?"

Xiao Ye replied in surprise, "What is it?"

Jiang Xue'an bashfully twisted her stunning figure, her pretty face rosy as she sent, "My body's in heat—can you help Xiaonannan with it?"

"It's so hard to hold it in."

Xiao Ye's mouth twitched as he saw the hopeful look in Jiang Xue'an's eyes, and he couldn't help but nod.

*He swore it wasn't because he was lusting after Jiang Xue'an's curvaceous body or wanted to touch her supple, long legs and those dainty, artfully-shaped feet.*

*He was just thinking of his pet's health, that's all.*

Jiang Xue'an's whole face lit up, and she bounced with excitement, dancing and shouting, "Yay!"

The Ancestral Empress and the Time Empress both turned black in the face.

The Human Emperor and Jiang Xue'an were transmitting sound, but at their level, they could hear everything even without eavesdropping.

*Good grief, the Human Emperor even wanted to get it on with a Starry Sky Giant Beast!*

*How perverted could you get?*

"Human Emperor, to save Gu Qingcheng, maybe the first method could work, too."

"Send the current timeline's Gu Qingcheng to the future, let your future self revive her, then send her back."

"For the older Gu Qingcheng, we'll use the Destiny Rule Origin to revive her."

"The Destiny Rule Origin can't contain two wills at once. The two Gu Qingcheng Soul Bodies may be similar, sharing the same origin, but their wills—because of different experiences—are not the same and can't merge."

*The Time Empress felt the need to remind everyone she still existed.*

Xiao Ye's face changed.

*He truly hadn't known the Destiny Rule Origin Essence couldn't fuse two wills.*

*If things dragged on, one of the two Gu Qingcheng soul bodies would scatter and vanish. He could only save one.*

*He felt a rush of dread—thank goodness the Time Empress reminded him, or the consequences would've been unthinkable!*

"Thank you for the warning, Senior!" Gratitude lit his eyes.

The Time Empress nodded.

"But, to activate the Treasure of Space-Time, we'll need some Time Rule Origin. Could Senior part with some?"

Cheng Bingxi asked.

The Time Empress smiled faintly, "Doesn't the Human Emperor have a time-related Dao Fragment on him?"

"That's enough to provide the time factors needed to operate the Space-Time Treasure."

"Alright, Empress, I'll leave the job of snatching the Destiny Rule Origin Essence for the Human Emperor to you. I have other matters to attend to—can you handle this?"

The Ancestral Empress's lips twitched.

*She got nothing as payment, yet they wanted her to move her hand.*

"No problem! Leave it to me." The Ancestral Empress patted her chest, brimming with bold confidence.