Animal-eared Girl Era: Start by Forming a Contract with an SSS-Class School Belle
Chapter 398: Oh No! Zi Ran is Missing! (Please Follow)

Chapter 398: Chapter 398: Oh No! Zi Ran is Missing! (Please Follow)

Passionate as glue, water and fire merging together.

The sealed power within Xiao Ye’s body was released by Ziran.

He experienced Ziran’s tenderness and passion.

After two hours, the battle ended, and Xiao Ye, feeling dizzy, fell asleep.

Ziran, fully clothed, leaned against the bed, watching his handsome sleeping face, sorrow spreading in her beautiful eyes.

"In the days to come, you have to be happy, you have to live with joy, and treat Xiaobing well."

"When I’m not around, you’re not allowed to think about me!"

"For the rest of our lives, we probably won’t have the chance to meet again."

"Even if we do, maybe I’ll be tainted, too ashamed to face you."

She lowered herself, kissed that handsome face, and left a faint red lip print.

Then Ziran took out a special, heavy token engraved with the characters "Holy Race," bit her finger, dripped a drop of blood to activate it; the token projected a holographic display showing several messages.

[Zi Family Saintess, in five days, the Holy Race will send someone to bring you back to the clan lands. — Hidden Holy Race]

This message had been received five days ago.

[In one month, the Young Master of the Emperor Race will come to marry you. Be prepared. — Hidden Holy Race]

[Leave the Mortal Realm as soon as possible and return to the Blue Star Core]

This message had been received today.

Ziran composed a reply, "I’ll go with you. Don’t interfere in mortal affairs."

After replying, she put away the token.

She stared blankly at Xiao Ye for half an hour, her beautiful eyes full of longing.

After half an hour, Ziran tore a spatial rift, jumped in, and vanished from sight.

At the same time, Xiao Ye, sleeping on the bed, felt a tightness in his chest, a sudden sense of loss, *as if something had left him, and once gone, it would never come back.*

"!" He woke with a start, suddenly sitting up straight.

*His heart inexplicably became agitated, he had no idea why.*

"Ziran, I’m feeling uneasy, comfort me, let’s do it again." Xiao Ye reached out to touch the spot next to him, but found it empty.

He flung off the covers; there was no trace of Ziran, nothing but emptiness.

On the blue bedsheet, though, there was a blossom of lost red.

Seeing this, that inexplicable panic within Xiao Ye grew even stronger!

"Wait!"

Xiao Ye’s brows knitted tightly, *at his Great Venerable level, such unrest couldn’t come out of nowhere, there had to be a reason.*

*It seemed this anxiety was connected to Ziran!*

Xiao Ye took out his communicator and dialed Ziran’s number.

"Doo... Doo... Doo..."

"The number you have dialed is out of the service area, please try again later."

He dialed several times in a row, but all with the same result.

*Xiao Ye’s heart sank, a bad feeling creeping up on him.*

*Where had she gone?*

*Sister Ziran’s behavior tonight was completely abnormal. Logically, the wedding was tomorrow, after the contract they’d consummate, but she had given herself to him today—no ceremony, no contract at all.*

"Hey, Sister Yun Bing, is Sister Ziran with you?" Xiao Ye called Yun Bing.

Yun Bing grumbled, "It’s the middle of the night, I’m busy with the wedding. Why would she be with me if she’s not with you? She’s not here!"

Xiao Ye hung up and dialed Huangfu Xiangling’s number.

"Boohoo, Xiao Ye, why is it your bride is my Master and not me, boohoo!" came the sobbing, sniffling voice of the white-haired maiden over the communicator.

"?" Xiao Ye felt a headache coming on, *What the hell?*

*He just wanted news of Ziran, but ended up hearing this.*

"Wait! Don’t cry yet, I have something to ask you," Xiao Ye said.

The white-haired maiden sniffled, "What?"

Xiao Ye got straight to the point, "Where’s your Master? I need to find her."

The white-haired maiden answered through her sniffling, confusion in her voice, "I don’t know, what’s up?"

Xiao Ye rubbed his brow in frustration, saying, "Try contacting your Master. See if you can reach her."

*There must be some special way for Master and disciple to keep in touch.*

The communicator stayed on; half a minute later, an astonished voice came from the white-haired maiden’s end.

"Eh, weird, the Soul Jade Master gave me isn’t responding, I can’t reach her."

Xiao Ye hung up, cursing inwardly.

*This was bad, Ziran might be in trouble.*

The Soul Jade only worked within the same realm. It connected soul power, allowing contact via the special jade.

"Ziran, you’ve forced my hand!"

A ruthless glint flashed in Xiao Ye’s eyes. From his system space, he took out a Rule Level Supreme Treasure: the Treasure-Seeking Pointer.

Rule Level: Treasure-Seeking Pointer, function: as long as something existed in the world, it could find the location of any heavenly treasure, including any Attribute Demon Beast, soul body, secret realm space node, or Supreme Treasure.

If the target truly existed in the universe, it could be found!

Activating the Treasure-Seeking Pointer, Xiao Ye selected the "seek" function, target: Ziran. Details: 1.7 meters tall, ordinary build, Saint Realm, Tier One.

To be more precise, he found two strands of Ziran’s hair left on the pillow and placed them on the Treasure-Seeking Pointer.

Buzz...buzz...buzz...buzz!

The Treasure-Seeking Pointer vibrated. A mysterious, supreme chain extended from it, linking into the void.

Meanwhile, at the far side of the Realm Sea, Ziran stood like a statue, face sorrowful, *waiting for something unknown.*

A supreme chain attached itself to her.

Ziran remained oblivious, her emotions low, *lost in grief and rage.*

At Kunpeng Academy, the Treasure-Seeking Pointer stopped vibrating and displayed a message.

[Target linked. Activate space node map navigation function?]

"Activate!" Xiao Ye said.

As soon as he spoke, a three-dimensional map appeared in his mind, composed of various space nodes.

A blue navigation line appeared, beginning at Xiao Ye and ending at Ziran.

Xiao Ye studied the map. He could finally make sense of it—*he had recently crammed all he could about space nodes.*

"Uh... Ziran isn’t in the Blue Star Main Space, this space node..."

"Seems like it’s at the planet’s core!"

"The core? Isn’t that all magma and planetary nucleus?"

"What would Sister Ziran be doing in some godforsaken place like that?" he muttered, scratching his head.

Xiao Ye checked the three-dimensional map in his mind again and was surprised to find that the space nodes around Ziran were golden, while those in the Blue Star Main Space were blue.

He immediately issued a command to the Treasure-Seeking Pointer, asking for an explanation of the difference between gold and blue.

The Treasure-Seeking Pointer answered,

[Golden space nodes denote realms containing Rule Origin; blue ones are ordinary realms, without Rule Origin.]

[The rules of each planet cover all its spaces, but places with Rule Origin have denser Rule Power. Mastering Rule Origin allows one to advance to Rule Level (Emperor Realm).]

*Xiao Ye felt his horizons expanding.*

He took scissors and cut out the blossom of lost red from the blue bedsheet, placed it in a delicate box, and set it aside.

He was sure now, *that sense of loss had come from Ziran.*

*Xiao Ye faintly felt that if he didn’t bring Ziran back today, he might never get another chance. Even if he did, she would be lost to him forever.*