Yun Li could not help twitching the corner of her mouth. How on earth did this man run a business normally? Did he not even look at the agreement before signing it, just selling himself off like that? Yun Li took the wager agreement, signed Chu Qinghuang's full name on it, and pressed her fingerprint. Then, with a flash of her eyes, she channeled a trace of Spiritual Power into the agreement. As a beam of golden light swept across the document, a golden paper imprint appeared on both Yun Li's and Wen Li's foreheads. This indicated that the agreement now existed between heaven and earth, supervised by the heavens. If Yun Li were admitted to the Inner Courtyard a year later and Wen Li failed to fulfill his promise, the heavens would visit punishment upon him; if Yun Li failed to pass the entrance exams, the one to suffer the punishment would be her.
The punishment of the heavens was no laughing matter; at the very least, it would break bones and tendons, and at worst, it would completely shatter one's meridians. Yun Li had staked not only Wen Li's life, but her own as well. Although this was quite underhanded, the temptation of Qingfeng Pavilion was simply too great. Once Wen Li brought Qingfeng Pavilion under her command, she would be able to advance her plans by several years. During this coming year, her goal would be to draw as close to Wen Li as possible.
Yun Li carefully folded the agreement, placed it in a box, and put it away. The servant who had just gone into the sp…
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