Chapter Thirty-Three: Human Beast Combination

  Kano believed that Miao Miao was not a jinx because he was deceived by Li Xie, but now Li Xie himself says that Miao Miao is a jinx!

  What's going on?

  "It's indeed an ominous beast!" Li Xie confirmed once again!

  That tenth-rank Sword Saint shouted: "Earl Ya, don't move, let me drive away the Calamity Beast!"

  "No! Don't be in a hurry, great hero. Everyone... " Li Xie smiled and said: "Everyone, this unlucky beast has been raised by the earl for several days now!"

  How many days?

  The Tenth Stage Sword Saint was even more determined: "Let me kill the Calamity Beast!"

  "Hey, what a nerve!" Li Xie shook his head: "Don't you find it strange that I've raised the ominous beast for so long, yet suddenly went from being an earl to becoming a grand duke? Not only did I not have bad luck, but instead had good fortune one after another?"

  Wow!

  Yes!

  What's going on?

  A group of nobles finally realized this point, and their attention was immediately caught by Li Xie! They all wanted to know why the ominous beast did not bring bad luck, but instead brought good fortune?

  Li Xie smiled and continued: "If you're approached by the unlucky beast, you'll be unlucky for three years; if it stares at you, you'll be unlucky for ten years; if it touches you, you'll die from bad luck! This saying is indeed true! Originally, I was quite unlucky. Let me tell you, at first, it was just small things like stepping on poop when going out, crashing carriages, choking on bones while eating, and having the toilet explode while using it! But what's even more terrifying is that my body emits a foul odor! It feels like my body is rotting! And also, I feel like something's wrong down there!"

  Wow!

  Li Xie's words scared the nobles, especially the last few words made them worried and anxious. They are now considered to be approached by a beast of bad luck!

  "How will Earl Saha resolve this?" asked the Tenth-Order Sword Saint.

  A group of nobles immediately perked up their ears, all wanting to know how to resolve the situation, and even, how to rise to prominence like Viscount Evil!

  "This hero asks well!" Li Xie climbed up the pole, shook his hand, and suddenly had a bottle of fine wine called "Half Edge Red Sunset" in his hand. He opened the cap and handed it to the top.

  Meow meow heard the wine fragrance, the bright blue cat eyes sparkled, a pair of front paws held the wine bottle, gurgling and drinking, without even a single drop spilled!

  Li Xie smiled wryly and continued: "I've discovered that the beast of misfortune loves wealth and wine! If you give it gold coins and fine wine, you can resolve your misfortune! And if you give more, you can even attract good fortune! This is also something I just realized. To be honest with everyone, at least half of my family's assets, over 2 million gold coins, have been offered to the beast of misfortune! The goal was to resolve my own misfortune! But in just a few days, I suddenly became the Grand Duke of the kingdom, lacking only an official ceremony by His Majesty! Only today did I realize that offering gold coins and fine wine to the beast of misfortune not only brings good fortune, but what you get is far greater than what you give!"

  Wow!

  So that's how it is!

  It's just 20 million gold coins! Marquis Xie is really bold! However, to get rid of the curse, what's 20 million gold coins? Moreover, it's about to be a royal duke now! If spending 20 million gold coins can buy a dukedom, who wouldn't want that?

  Kano was lost in thought beside him, he had the most contact with Li Xie and knew the most about him. In fact, Li Xie didn't have any bad luck at all, and giving Miao Miao wine was also something Li Xie did willingly!

  Could it be...

  Kano seems to have realized something!

  "So... " Li Xie smiled and said: "I won't let you harm my Calamity Beast! As for the calamities that may be caused by the Calamity Beast approaching you, you can send some gold coins or fine wine to the Calamity Beast, and I'll collect them on its behalf. Based on my experience, you don't need to send too much, just 10,000 gold coins or 100 bottles of fine wine worth over 100 gold coins each will do to ward off calamities. Of course, if you want to invite good fortune, I'm not sure how much is needed... a little more perhaps? It's all up to your goodwill, the Calamity Beast will bless those with kind intentions."

  Li Xie finally spoke out his intention!

  This was still something he learned from those fortune-telling and palm-reading charlatans he met on the streets during his vagabond days!

  Let others think misfortune has befallen you, if they can resolve it with money, they are generally not stingy about spending it, and don't let them spend too much, just a little, for example, here are all earls or above nobles, 10,000 gold coins is not a small amount, but for them, it's also not a lot, can be taken out casually!

  The key lies in these two words "heart's desire"!

  To ward off bad luck, they spare no expense; if it's to invite good fortune, this kind of intention is probably not lacking!

  The nobles who heard this, each with a glimmer in their eyes, had deep thoughts in their profound gazes. However, they were no longer as fearful of the ominous beast. With Li Xie as an example, there was even a hint of greed in their eyes!

  Meow......

  The kitten drank all the wine in the bottle, threw the bottle at Kano and let him pick it up, then lay down again, sticking out its pink little tongue to lick Li Xie's scalp twice, as if praising Li Xie for not forgetting to drink, before falling asleep with a snore.

  "Alright, alright! Since nothing's wrong, you don't have to be so frightened, all of you stand up straight." Mercedes VII gave the order: "El..."

  "Minister Erl orders, shouting loudly: 'Ferruccio Lamborghini! Mercedes-Benz! Count Zeppelin! Li, come forward to receive your appointment!'"

  A group of nobles hastily arranged themselves in two rows on either side, according to their ranks. Li Xie walked up from the middle and came to Mercedes VII, kneeling down on one knee.

  Mercedes-Benz stood up straight, stretched out his right hand, and looked at the kitten on Li Xie's head. Mercedes-Benz swallowed hard, but ultimately didn't dare to put his hand over Li Xie's head!

  The Tudor dubbing ceremony, Your Majesty is to place his hand on the head of the person being knighted, only, in the past, the person being knighted did not have a beast of ill omen sleeping on their head!

  Thus, for the first time in the history of the Tudor dynasty, a dubbing ceremony took place where His Majesty did not lay his hand on the head of the person being knighted!

  Mercedes VII loudly proclaimed the achievements of Li Xie with his hands behind his back: "The God of the Earth is above! Feruke, Europe, Lamborghini, Mercedes, Viscount Li, your achievements in the Empire are unparalleled, and your sincerity can be reflected in the bright moon! I, King Mercedes VII, confer upon you the hereditary title of Duke of the Royal Family, inherit the assets of the Lamborghini family, the position of Master of Chrysanthemum City, and grant you the city of Plum Blossom. Moreover, Orchid City is the intention of this king!"

  Mercedes Seventh understood, however, the fiefdom given to Li Xie was a city - Plum Blossom City. Chrysanthemum City was inherited property and originally belonged to Li Xie. As for Orchid City, that was because of the Calamity Beast!

  "Thank you, Your Majesty! May Your Majesty live for ten thousand years, ten thousand years, and forever!" Li Xie secretly smiled to himself, never expecting that a casual boast would earn him the title of another city.

  And with Mercedes VII as a model, wouldn't other nobles rush to express their "good intentions"?

  Meow...

  The little cat seemed to sense Li Xie's sneer, raised its head and meowed, as if saying: This Orchid City is this cat's!

  At the cry of a kitten, Mercedes VII was startled and hastily turned around: "You gentlemen do as you please, I am somewhat fatigued, I will go take a bath first!"

  After finishing speaking, he left in big strides, saying that he was tired, probably in a hurry to wash away the bad luck on his body!

  Li Xie held the kitten in his arms and enthusiastically ran to greet the nobles, building relationships with them. Anyway, from now on, these people will definitely have to give Li Xie gifts. The first one to come and greet him was that tenth-level Sword Saint!

  Who would have thought that the meows in Li Xie's arms seemed to understand Li Xie's thoughts, and instead of sleeping, they raised their heads, with sky-blue eyes wide open. Whenever Li Xie approached someone, they stared at that person!

  As a result, the tenth-order Sword Saint didn't even get to ask for his name, and he said his stomach hurt and ran away!

  Others were the same, finally, even the servants had diarrhea, a banquet, hastily dispersed, only Li Xie, Kano, and our unlucky beast - Meow!

  And, a feast of delicious food and wine!

  "Haha, Cano, the space ring is useful after all. Wrap it up for me!" Li Xie looked at the empty great hall with a sly smile on his face. The cat in his arms lifted its head, looking at the fine wine on the long table, and licked its tongue, curling up its lips to reveal a cunning smile just like Li Xie's.

  Kano stared foolishly at the person and cat, then looked around at the full hall of food and wine, muttering: "The master gave me a space ring, it shouldn't be, he must have figured out today's events early on! God of the earth above! The master is indeed a monster! That cat too!"

  In short, Ka No still followed Li Xie's orders and started "packing and taking away", adding Li Xie's space ring, but only took away half of the food at the banquet, which made Li Xie decide to make a few more space rings, at least eight fingers should be worn!

  The food at the banquet became the rations for the Earl's guards, and as a result, the guards who had never tasted such delicacies before once again regarded Li Xie as a god, despite having already deified him when he was injured last time and collected gold coins.

  In the following days, Earl Shya's manor was bustling with activity! Guests came in droves! However, they were not nobles, but rather the slaves of noble families!

  Due to the Calamity Beast, the Evil Earl's Manor has been regarded as a place of calamity by the nobility. Even those with slightly better family backgrounds dare not glance in this direction when passing by the Evil Earl's estate!

  As for sending servants, they basically come to deliver fine wine and gold coins to express their intentions, hoping to eliminate bad luck and bring good fortune!

  Li Xie naturally welcomed all comers, even taking the lead, standing at the door to respectfully greet every visitor with a smile, no matter how humble they were. As a result, the common people knew that our Duke Ye was the most approachable and down-to-earth duke in the imperial court, a friend of the common people!

  Oh, unless he's raising an unlucky creature!

  Soon, Li Xie didn't need to personally go and greet the servants who came to deliver money, because our Miao Miao saw that Li Xie had put all the gifts from others into his spatial ring. This made Miao extremely dissatisfied, tightly biting onto Li Xie's finger for a full three hours, during which time she refused to let go despite various temptations.

  Finally, Li Xie understood its meaning and called Kano to bring ten space rings, strung together with a white gold chain and put on Meow's neck. So, our lovely Meow day and night tirelessly walked back and forth at the entrance of the Earl of Evil's manor, meowing whenever she saw someone, then took out a sheepskin paper from the space ring that read "Congratulations on getting rich, come get your red envelope." After collecting the heart's intention from the incoming servants, if it was not enough, Meow would take out another sheepskin paper that read "Heart's intention is too little, don't think about escaping disaster!" and scare the slaves to run away and report that their heart's intention was too little. Of course, if the heart's intention was very sufficient, such as when Pan Sen, the Marquis of Hou, or the Left and Right Prime Ministers came out with a hundred million gold coins and ten thousand bottles of fine wine, Meow would be very satisfied and take out another sheepskin paper: "Good luck follows you, disaster does not follow your body."

  After a round of gift-giving, our Miao Miao and Li Xie sat on the floor in the grand hall of the Earl's mansion, surrounded by glittering gold coins. Those were the ones that Miao Miao poured out from her spatial ring, at least ten million gold coins!

  Li Xie was so amused that his mouth cramped up from smiling, and he stretched out his hand: "Come on, let's shake paws."

  Meow meowed with one paw circling a wine bottle bigger than its body, and the other paw stretched out to touch Li Xie's hand.

  One person and one cat, the smile on their face is surprisingly consistent, all with a half-open mouth corner, sinister and evil, revealing a small white canine tooth.

  And so, as Kano and Lily stared in awe at the room full of gold coins, this man and cat's paws were tightly clasped together, announcing the birth of the most despicable human-animal combination in history.