Insufficient balance

  "Director Xiao, what's wrong with Xiaofeng?" Yatou asked anxiously as soon as she came out of the dormitory.

  "Xiaotou, where did you and Zhengfeng go during your free time? Did anything happen?" Xiao Xiu didn't answer Xiaotou's question, but instead asked back.

  "There's a big stone in the woods behind the city wall, he liked to run there often. What does this have to do with him being unconscious? I've accompanied him there many times and nothing strange has ever happened."

  The girl didn't understand why the principal was asking her this, as she often took Zheng Feng to play in the woods behind the mountain. Not to mention strange occurrences, there were hardly any wild beasts in those woods. Because the woods were close to Tianlong City, the Empire would regularly send people to inspect and clean up, lest soul beasts or wild animals harm humans.

  Xiao Xiuyi helplessly said: "He has signed a Beast Soul Contract."

  "What? Dean, what did you just say? I didn't quite catch it."

  The girl exclaimed in surprise, it wasn't that she hadn't heard clearly, but precisely because she had heard clearly, that's why she didn't dare to believe.

  Don't mention the little girl anymore, even Xiao Xiu was surprised. That little kid actually went to sign a contract with the beast soul, and looking at him now, although he fainted from excessive use of beast soul power, the tiger head tattoo on his right arm couldn't be fake. It's clear that his contract signing was successful.

  Xiao Xiu was just a beastmaster, but after all, he was a retired soldier on the battlefield. In the early days of the war, he had seen countless situations that could not be counted. Most soldiers who survived and retired after the war were not simple.

  Zheng Feng's symptoms of fainting after signing the contract had a precedent, it was the result of overusing the beast soul power during the signing. Normally, when the beast soul power is depleted, as long as one doesn't die on the spot, most people can recover with rest.

  Xiao Xiu spoke again in that helpless tone to Ya Tou: "I said he signed the Beast Soul Contract, and it was a success."

  Another time from the dean's mouth got the same answer, the girl knew that she had not heard wrong just now, and lost her voice: "How is it possible?"

  Xiao Xiuxiu couldn't help but get annoyed at Xiao Tou's question, saying: "You're with him day and night, how would I know?"

  The young girl's face turned red as she thought: Ah, yes, I didn't even know myself, how did the principal know? There's no one who knows Xiaofeng better than me. But that's not right either, signing a beast soul contract should be a good thing, so why is Xiaofeng unconscious now? The young girl asked out loud what was on her mind.

  Xiao Xiu replied, "You shouldn't be unaware of the consequences of forcefully signing a contract when one's beast soul power is insufficient."

  The girl naturally knew, thinking of this. The slightly red face suddenly turned pale.

  "Don't worry, he succeeded. Now being unconscious is a natural reaction of his body to recover the beast soul's power." Xiao Xiuxiu comforted upon seeing Ya Tou's pale face.

  Days passed day by day, but Zheng Feng still showed no signs of waking up.

  Tomorrow is the day of the soul power test for Ya Tou Beast.

  Ya Tou lay on the bed, gazing at Zheng Feng's sleeping face. She had always liked watching him like this, lost in thought. The mere thought of not knowing when she would see him again after tonight made her heart ache with a piercing pain.

  "How much longer are you going to sleep?" Yatou sighed.

  After finishing, she moved her ponytail to the front with one hand and took out Zheng Feng's hand with the other. Then, she put her own ponytail in Zheng Feng's hand and said: "You used to like pulling your sister's ponytail so much, but back then I wouldn't let you, and you would get angry and throw a tantrum until I got mad at you and you listened. Did you really like pulling your sister's ponytail that much?"

  Zheng Feng often saw the brown ponytail on Ya Tou's back shaking back and forth when he followed behind her, and couldn't help but reach out to pull it. When Ya Tou asked him why, he himself couldn't answer, simply that in his eyes, if he liked something then he just did. He liked pulling, but who would like having their hair pulled? In the end, he had no choice but to submit to Ya Tou's "tyranny".

  "You know, tomorrow is the day that Big Sister Ya Tou has to leave the orphanage. I don't know when she'll be back. You have to behave and wait for me to come back. Don't play with other girls or else I'll spank your butt when I get back."

  The girl tightly hugged Zheng Feng, her small mouth close to his ear, and softly told him in a voice that only they could hear: "You silly fool, I still remember you saying that as long as your sister agreed to marry you, you would agree to anything. Now that your sister has agreed to marry you, you must promise me to wake up soon. Sister is not by your side, you must be strong, remember, no matter what happens, you must survive, your sister will definitely come back to marry you, so you must survive."

  Ya Tou's tears flowed out unconsciously.

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  Zheng Feng felt extremely scared, he didn't know when he started being here. All around was pitch black, not even a single thread of light existed. He wanted to shout, shout for his sister, but couldn't hear the sound he made himself. He curled up his body, burying his head in his knees, as if doing so could alleviate the fear in his heart. In complete darkness, without sound, without light, and even without the flow of time.

  He didn't know how long it had been, maybe just a while, or maybe a very, very long time. He felt his consciousness becoming more and more blurred, but in the midst of his dizziness, he seemed to hear the voice of his sister Ya Tou. Sister told him that he could pull on her ponytail, that he must be obedient, that he would become Sister Ya Tou's wife, that he had to stay alive until Sister came back.

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  It's been a month since Ya Tou's beast soul power test

  The children in the orphanage fought each other for the ruler's position. Today Zhang San became king, tomorrow Li Si kicked him down, and the day after tomorrow Wang Wu climbed up again, and Zhao Liu... No one obeyed anyone else, it was extremely chaotic, and Xiao Xiu also had a headache about this, although the empire's orphanage should be like this.

  But previously, Ya Tou "overpowered all the heroes", no one dared to resist him. He was a bit used to the superficially peaceful orphanage, and it was difficult for him to cope with the current situation.

  At this point, Xiao Xi couldn't help but think: It was better when Ya Tou was around.

  Alas, forget it. Let's go take a look at Zheng Feng that kid and see if he has any signs of waking up yet. Although initially he kept saying to Ya Tou that this was just the result of overusing his beast soul power and that he would recover after resting for a few days. But more than a month has passed and there is still no sign of him waking up, could it be that he really will sleep like this for the rest of his life?

  Xiao Xiu's inference was originally correct, normally speaking Zheng Feng would indeed be fine after resting for a few days, but note that it's "normally speaking", now it's clearly not normal anymore.

  The problem is not with Zheng Feng, but with Ya.

  At first, the beast pattern provided only enough beast soul power to solve the contract signing, but where did the beast soul power needed for healing come from? Of course, it was provided by its master. So, for more than a month, the absorption of beast soul power from Zheng Feng's body had never stopped. Every time Zheng Feng's beast soul power recovered a little, it would be sucked away by that "greedy" little cat again.

  After several months of absorption, the "greedy" kitten finally got full.

  This unintentional move, however, brought good fortune to Zheng Feng. The beast soul power was constantly switching between withering and recovery, causing his beast soul power quantity and recovery speed to be greatly enhanced.

  Zheng Feng slowly opened his eyes, but soon squinted and covered them with his palm, leaving only a small gap between his fingers. Having not seen sunlight for a long time, he felt the light was extremely dazzling, causing his eyes to ache repeatedly.

  At this time, Xiao Xiu happened to walk into the dormitory.

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