Ice and Fire Celestial Palm cools down for one minute. Seventh-Child’s purple gourd still has its ultimate move left.

This kind of ultimate move, once released, is like spilled water—it can’t be taken back.

Unless it’s absolutely necessary, it won’t be unleashed.

The Rose Sisters were scared out of their wits. This kind of attack, they couldn’t withstand it at all.

If it hit them, they’d be gone without even bones left.

White Rose, Red Rose, and Blue Rose all looked at Black Rose, letting the big sister make the call.

"Sisters, looks like we don’t really have a choice!"

The other choice was death. As the eldest, there’s no way she’d pick that option.

"Big Sis, Second Sis, Fourth Sis. You guys go, I’ll cover you. I’m going to fight the Lord to the end." Red Rose was the prickly one, not afraid of Yi Tian’s threats.

The Rose Sisters had walked the martial world, seen the greed and desire of top-level intelligent life, and were super cautious!

"Third Sis, don’t say such stupid things. The four of us sisters live and die together. For now we’ll surrender to the Lord, keep our names, and wait for a chance to escape."

Black Rose softly said this to her three sisters.

In the Lord’s territory, like caged birds, trapped in one place—this wasn’t what they wanted.

"The Lord can check our loyalty. If we’re not loyal, he’ll be on guard every moment. He might even lock us up in the Celestial Prison. By then, we’d be fish on the chopping block!" Blue Rose was full of worry.

"We’re not strong enough. We can only take it one step at a time. If the Lord tries to lock us in the Celestial Prison, or starts lusting after the four of us, then we’ll go down with him." Black Rose said fiercely.

After she finished, she patted Red Rose on the shoulder, signaling her to hold back for now.

"Big Sis, I’ll listen to you." In the end, Red Rose gave in.

"Lord, we agree to join your territory, but you must promise not to lock us up in your Celestial Prison, and you can’t use the Lord Contract. Also, we sisters won’t seduce anyone, don’t even think about it." Black Rose bargained with Yi Tian.

"Anyone in my territory, as long as their loyalty is high enough, I treat them all the same. Don’t worry, I won’t use the Lord Contract. As for other stuff, haha, with me as Lord, everyone here follows my example—all upright people."

Only nine Lord Contracts left. So far, never heard of any Lord getting contracts from a Treasure Chest.

Can’t be bought!

It’s a non-renewable resource.

Early on, when he was too weak, he used up too many Lord Contracts. Now, unless it’s a really tough character, Yi Tian will never use the contract.

Someone like Thunder Yuan—short of killing him, there’s nothing else he could do.

"Fine! From now on, we’re not Bounty Hunters. Greetings, Lord!"

"Greetings, Lord!"

The Rose Sisters put away their Treasure Swords and even bowed formally to Yi Tian.

Yi Tian checked them with the Celestial Dao Stone, and his face darkened!

Loyalty: 3!

Not sincere at all!

Back when the Dongfang Five Brothers wanted to join up, their loyalty was about thirty.

This is just ridiculous!

They have to wear Restraining Belts. Otherwise, the Rose Sisters are walking time bombs.

Yi Tian’s people aren’t strong enough to subdue them, only to kill them.

It’s a very unstable factor.

Yi Tian whispered to Xin Qiji; Xin Qiji nodded and left.

"Lord, stop there."

When Yi Tian started moving toward the Rose Sisters with two Little Kiddos, and got within a few dozen meters, Black Rose quickly called out.

At this point, their guard wasn’t dropping—it was getting even stronger.

"What? You say you want to join me, but your Lord can’t even come near?" Yi Tian laughed, teasing them.

"Please, Lord, don’t be offended. We just joined, so we’re not used to it yet. Once we get used to things, we’ll make it up to you!" Black Rose retreated and advanced with perfect timing, bowing to Yi Tian and apologizing at once.

"I see your loyalty is just over forty, not so high! We have a tower here, called the Martial Tower. Go inside, your Swordsmanship Mastery goes up a level, and you can learn another Weapon Mastery. It’s a benefit for joining—hope you’ll appreciate it and serve me well soon." Yi Tian told the Rose Sisters about the offer.

Their loyalty was actually just three, but Yi Tian made it sound like over forty, purposely muddying things up.

Even the Rose Sisters were surprised—was their loyalty to the Lord really over forty?

They’d tried hard to fake a bit of loyalty, but over forty? Seriously?

From what they’d heard, over forty meant maybe a little fondness for the Lord, but zero actual loyalty. Still, it was weird.

As for this Martial Tower the Lord mentioned, they were even more shocked!

It could boost their Swordsmanship Mastery, and on top of that, teach them another Weapon Mastery.

There’s actually a place this awesome?

The sisters exchanged looks, heartbeats steady—for now, it’d be suspicious not to agree.

Once they got to this "Martial Tower", they could make their move.

"Let’s go!"

Yi Tian told Third Child to gather the other kids and head home to sleep. He carried Seventh-Child up front.

Seventh-Child stared at the Rose Sisters with those innocent, big eyes.

She was on guard against the Rose Sisters pulling a sneak attack!

Thunder Yuan and the three bears trailed behind the Rose Sisters, keeping them from running away.

"By the way, why did you come to my territory? And don’t give me that passing by excuse again," Yi Tian called back to the Rose Sisters from time to time.

"We’re Bounty Hunters, hired to rescue a Li Race guy named Tianbao."

Black Rose replied to Yi Tian—there was no point hiding anything now.

If they didn’t answer, what excuse could they give? If the Lord thought they were here to assassinate him, that’d spell disaster.

Yi Tian heard "Tianbao" and immediately understood.

Tianbao’s son, Tian En, had taken Tianbao’s stored up gold to get him rescued.