The urban area and the area outside the city presented completely opposite environments at this moment. The urban area was unusually quiet, while the area outside the city was in complete chaos.

"Yanlan, you should go to sleep first!" Jiang Yuan sat down by the bed after using Holy Spirit Protection once.

"And what about you?" Ning Yanlan sat up from the bed and then reached out to hug his waist from behind.

Jiang Yuan put away the Holy Spirit Crystal in his hand and then explained, "I cultivate; the stronger I am now, the safer I am!"

Ning Yanlan naturally didn't believe Jiang Yuan's words. She asked in a low voice, "If my illness doesn't get better, are you planning to stay with me forever and never sleep?"

“Who says I can’t sleep!” Jiang Yuan retorted. “I can just use Holy Spirit Protection once and then rest for half an hour!”

"Tell me honestly, does the Holy Spirit's protection consume a lot of energy?" Ning Yanlan knew very well why Jiang Yuan didn't resist the beast tide; who else could it be but herself?

"good!"

Jiang Yuan frowned and thought for a moment, then nodded.

"You've been hiding it from me again!" Ning Yanlan seemed to have given up on getting an answer and lay back comfortably on the bed.

Jiang Yuan put his arm around her waist, and the two turned to face each other.

The two stared at each other for a while. Ning Yanlan bent her leg and kneed him in the stomach, then gritted her teeth and said hatefully, "If you just look and don't do anything, I'm going to kick you down!"

Jiang Yuan looked around, then whispered, "The soundproofing here is terrible, are you sure you're okay?"

"Let's keep it quiet. If you don't call me and I don't call you, who will know?" Ning Yanlan said, sticking out her tongue and revealing her shoulder.

"..."

With a flick of her finger, Ning Yanlan flicked something out, which Jiang Yuan, sitting on the edge of the bed, caught with lightning speed. Then Ning Yanlan sighed and said, "Little brother, try harder next time! Your older sister isn't too satisfied with you!"

Click, the flame rose and the cigarette was lit. Jiang Yuan took a puff and slowly exhaled.

"I was just kidding, why are you so melancholy!" Ning Yanlan said, gently kicking his shoulder with her foot while lying on the bed.

"It's not because of that!" Jiang Yuan shook his head. Although he was in a state of post-coital reflection, he didn't feel inferior because of Ning Yanlan's words.

Just kidding, he already had an hour or two before, and after the two shackles were removed, this time will only be longer, not shorter.

"Still thinking about the beast tide! How about I go with you?"

Ning Yanlan was much more lively at this moment, referring to herself as "older sister" repeatedly.

"No, it's too dangerous there. If we get bogged down by monsters and holy beasts, it won't be enough to solve the problem in half an hour!" Jiang Yuan said helplessly.

"Why do you have to think so comprehensively? What if there aren't any monsters that can do anything to you in the beast tide? You can fight for half an hour and then come back without worrying about me!" Ning Yanlan corrected his misconception.

"As for my safety, you can have Tianhun Tong protect me. I won't wander off; I'll just wait for you in a safe place, okay?"

“Actually, you are my whole world. It’s safer for us to stay here!” Jiang Yuan stubbed out his cigarette, stood up and took out two Blazing Blood Vermilion Fruits. “Let’s have a bedtime dessert. We can digest them while we cultivate at night, which will be more beneficial to our physical bodies.”

Although Ning Yanlan doesn't cultivate much, she has mastered a cultivation technique that allows her to increase her spiritual energy simply by sleeping, a method that Jiang Yuan greatly envies. And it is precisely because of this that the Blazing Blood Vermilion Fruit is best consumed during this time.

"Actually, as long as you have me in your heart, that's enough! Your vision should still be focused on the outside world, not on me!" Ning Yanlan took the Blazing Blood Vermilion Fruit, took a bite, and then handed it to Jiang Yuan. "Don't you think so?"

Jiang Yuan took a bite without much thought and nodded slightly, saying, "Yes!"

"Is it delicious or not?" Ning Yanlan snatched back the Crimson Blood Fruit.

"Delicious!" Jiang Yuan nodded.

"Are we going or not?" Ning Yanlan asked, sitting up.

"go!"

Jiang Yuan did not hesitate.

"That's settled then, what are you hesitating for! I can just find another place to sleep, as long as you're here, it's home!" Ning Yanlan said happily, though her smile was full of the feeling that she didn't care about anyone else.

"Yes, I will definitely take good care of you!" Jiang Yuan made up his mind that he would not let Ning Yanlan suffer any harm.

"Set off!"

Ning Yanlan finished eating a Blazing Blood Crimson Fruit and was about to get dressed and leave when Jiang Yuan quickly called out, "Wait!"

"What's wrong?" Ning Yanlan stopped what she was doing and smiled. "Do you want to come here before you leave?"

"You..." Jiang Yuan's words got stuck in his throat. How come he never noticed before that Ning Yanlan was so... so proactive?

"Don't be so coy, lie down. This time, you'll be on top and I'll be on the bottom. Let's hurry up!" Ning Yanlan said with a grin, about to take off her clothes.

Give me that fruit pit!

Jiang Yuan didn't know what expression to use to say this. He just wanted a piece of the fruit pit, not that he wanted it!

"You!!!" Ning Yanlan raised her fist and looked at him with shame and indignation.

"I just wanted to plant some Crimson Blood Fruit in the herb garden to see if it could bear fruit, not that... that..." Jiang Yuan said awkwardly.

"It's too late, get in bed!"

Ning Yanlan lunged at her with bared teeth and claws.

In the end, the two didn't waste any time on it. They just joked around for a while before leaving the RV bus. However, Wen Manqing, who watched them leave, looked a little envious.

"Perhaps, such a passionate love can only emerge between life and death!" Wen Manqing would be lying if she didn't feel envious, especially after listening to the two of them having sex in the car upstairs for hours. She had a strange feeling in her heart.

Perhaps that is liberation, a desire to completely free oneself, to stop living in humiliation under the threat of death.

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