Chapter 72 (2/2)

Now, it could be assumed that the Knowledge Star felt this was rather nebulous. The Master she encountered was one in ten thousand, a giant among men, able to contract with two Star Generals.

”Did she form a contract?” Wu Xinjie did not know why she was unexpectedly somewhat looking forward to this. Although she knew her own question was naive, contracting with Maiden Mountain's Star Generals had three types of conditions. One type of condition was that during the contracting ceremony, the Star General had no way to refuse. This was Liangshan Continent's very mainstream point of view – defeat the Star General and make her swear allegiance.

The second type was to swear a Promise Ceremony4. This type of contract was established on the foundation that both sides were willing, and the Star Generals and Star Masters that could form this type of contract both would increase their strength drastically. Every major sect and sword school would select this method, exploiting countless terms to attract a Star General to contract.

The third type of condition could be said to be even higher level, even more illusory – the Kiss Contract!

The Star Generals contract's highest ceremony, the kiss! As a condition, when a Star Cultivator successfully kissed a Star Maiden, a mutual ceremony would be smoothly born.

However, every generation of Star Masters that could do the ”Kiss Contract” were perhaps all rare as phoenix feathers. The reason was very simple. Star Maidens saw kisses the same as their own lives; how could they easily offer such a thing. Even if there were some Star Masters and Star Generals whose strength reached the peak, they each could not kiss each other. The Star Master did not dare use force; if both sides of the contract filled in the cracks, that was absolutely deadly.

Besides viewing a kiss as chastity, there was another reason that restricted the number of Kiss Contracts, and this was the Star Master itself. Maybe some people could exploit every sort of means to seize the chance to kiss a Star Maiden, but inevitably, they carried every sort of ambition and desire. Any sort of negative distracting thoughts would inevitably make forming a contract impossible. Only those types that did not think of it as a contract, but wholeheartedly cared for the Star General herself could succeed in a Kiss Contract.5

Liangshan Continent's Star Masters that kissed Star Maidens certainly all would have the thought of signing a contract, and this also led to the rarity of Kiss Contracts. However, how could Wu Xinjie know that, originally, Su Xing and Lin Chong's contract was accidentally this third type, the ”Kiss Contract.”

Lin Yingmei perhaps also recalled this matter. Her face slightly red, she oddly stared at Wu Xinjie briefly: ”At that time, Shi Qian was merely considering Master's safety. There weren't thoughts of signing a contract, so a contract was not possible.”

Wu Xinjie nodded, somewhat regretful. Star Masters that possessed two Star Generals were already genious. Three Star Generals was only her delusion, nothing more.6

”Wu Yong, why do you want to let Master contract Shi Qian this much?” Lin Yingmei asked.

”Yingmei, are you jealous?” Wu Xinjie chuckled.

Lin Yingmei got angry: ”Wu Yong, what nonsense is this.”

Wu Xinjie laughed, not provoking Lin Yingmei any further. Being able to make Lin Chong willing to sign a contract, some odd element must be involved. The Knowledge Star restrained her frivolous manner, giving a drawn out sigh.

”Actually, we're all sisters, yet why must we fight so fiercely…”7

”The meaning of our descent is only for this reason?”

”Don't tell me that Maiden Mountain's 108 Stars shouldn't be one?”

”Xinjie is not hoping to go change a notion that took shape a thousand years ago, but having more sisters is never a bad thing.”

Lin Yingmei went blank, silent.

Maiden Mountain Sisters?

Inside the dog eat dog Star Duels, were there still people that remembered this?

This question.

She had no way of replying.

Author’s Note:

The things concerning contracts, I originally thought of explaining them when An Suwen is contracted.

Signing Shi Qian has arranged a climax…

A contract seems to be like a marriage, something lifelong. To blow up the main point, it's not.