"Thirteen minutes left!"

In the darkness, a pretty figure crouched against the corner of the wall. It was Ning Yanlan, who was guarding outside the camp and had not gone in. At this moment, a hint of anxiety appeared in her eyes. She was not afraid of dying, but she was afraid of not seeing Jiang Yuan before she died.

Time ticked by, and Ning Yanlan suddenly looked up at one spot, "They've finally arrived!"

Shi Zhixi sensed only Jiang Yuan and Leng Yue; Xiao Pang's presence was not detected.

"Could it be that Little Fatty is in danger?" Ning Yanlan's heart skipped a beat. In the short few days they had spent together, she had grown to like Little Fatty's personality, and he always called her "sister-in-law" in a sweet voice. If he was in danger, she certainly couldn't stand idly by.

"Wait, Jiang Yuan is injured again?"

Ning Yanlan, who had been squatting, suddenly stood up. Her body was full of spiritual energy, and she rushed towards Jiang Yuan's location without stopping.

In Shi Zhixi's perception, Jiang Yuan's aura had dropped to an extremely low level, even worse than her sickly state.

The two were only a few miles apart, and Ning Yanlan quickly spotted them walking one after the other while running at full speed.

The moment Ning Yanlan appeared, Leng Yue suppressed her smile and reverted to her icy demeanor, as if she could only show a smile when she was with someone special.

"Jiang Yuan, what's wrong?" Ning Yanlan rushed over.

Seeing this, Leng Yue tactfully walked away, while Jiang Yuan staggered and was about to fall down. Although there was some element of pretense involved, the main reason was that the Corpse Vulture Toxin was too terrifying, so terrifying that he was unable to support himself.

"Take this!" Jiang Yuan took out the demon pearl and handed it to Ning Yanlan.

The demon pearl is quite peculiar; it is the most precious item of a half-demon. It can store talents in an energy state, but this storage state is not very stable, and the storage time generally does not exceed three days, but this is enough for Jiang Yuan.

As for how to recharge the demon pearl, it could only be done little by little. Jiang Yuan would absorb the Holy Spirit Stone to recover a little divine energy and then pour that divine energy into the demon pearl. After repeating this process, he finally accumulated fifteen points of divine energy.

Although a lot of Holy Spirit Stones were wasted, this was a last resort in order to give Ning Yanlan a false reputation.

"You've been poisoned?" Ning Yanlan asked anxiously. When Jiang Yuan left, he only had serious physical injuries, but now that he's back, not only have his internal injuries worsened, but even his soul has begun to decay.

"When it rains, it pours. It's just bad luck, nothing serious!" Jiang Yuan didn't want Ning Yanlan to worry. The couple had been having a run of bad luck lately, and perhaps their misfortunes could turn into good things.

"If this is considered not a big problem, then what would be considered a big problem!" Ning Yanlan complained.

"Great love, wherever you are, there is great love!" Jiang Yuan gently rubbed Ning Yanlan's head and smiled tenderly.

"Stop being so cheeky! You can't be serious at a time like this!" Ning Yanlan was so anxious that tears were about to fall, but this guy still laughed without a care in the world.

Jiang Yuan shrugged, forcefully shoving the demon pearl into her hand, and instructed, "I'll be going through a period of energy depletion soon, so I'll have to store my energy in this demon pearl. But it won't affect your use of Holy Spirit Protection! Of course, I'll stay by your side and supervise your use of Holy Spirit Protection!"

After experiencing the Corpse Vulture Poison, although the upper limit of his divine energy remained unchanged, the divine energy that could be stored in his body had been depleted. Each time, he could only accumulate one or two points of divine energy and transfer it into the Demon Pearl to help Ning Yanlan prolong her life.

Ning Yanlan gripped the demon pearl tightly; it was less a matter of the Holy Spirit protecting her and more a matter of Jiang Yuan protecting her.

"If one day I do something wrong, will you still protect me?" Ning Yanlan stared blankly at Jiang Yuan and murmured.

"If there are mistakes, let them go! But I can't miss you!" Jiang Yuan gazed at her affectionately, but then his expression changed, and he said pitifully, "Let's not talk about this anymore. I need to find a place to rest, otherwise I'm really in so much pain!"

"Yes, yes, let's go to the Gale Squad's base!" Ning Yanlan came to her senses and helped him head towards the camp.

However, Jiang Yuan's answer was firmly etched in her mind!

"Oh right, where's Little Fatty?" Ning Yanlan was so flustered that she only realized now that the Oath Squad was missing someone.

“All three of us are injured, and the meteorite plate doesn’t have enough energy to bring it back, so Little Fatty is staying there to guard it!” Leng Yue spoke up at the right moment.

Ning Yanlan nodded, then suddenly smelled a scent. She sniffed and asked in confusion, "Why do you all smell the same?"

"He was half-dead, and I carried him for most of the way! You can ask your man if he took advantage of me; perhaps it was that time that I picked up his scent," Leng Yue said calmly.

"Holy crap!" Jiang Yuan managed to utter a beautiful adjective even while unconscious.

Ning Yanlan sensed the joking tone in Leng Yue's voice and said awkwardly, "Don't misunderstand, I was just asking casually!"

"Let's hurry up and leave. In this state, we might run into a ninth-tier spirit beast, and then no one will be able to save us!" Leng Yue calmly stated the potential danger.

"Okay, let's go then. Zhu Penghai has already arranged accommodations for us!" Ning Yanlan had been observing the situation in the camp with her Stone Breath, and she could sense all of Zhu Penghai's reactions.

The three of them sneaked into the camp, but they didn't need to sneak in. Because of the invasion of the ninth-tier spirit beasts tonight, most forces were too busy to guard the gates. So they easily entered the camp and found Zhu Penghai's residence.

"It really is you guys!"

When Zhu Penghai saw the three of them, he was extremely surprised. "I heard from Xiao Xin that you were coming. I didn't expect it to be so soon!"

"Captain Zhu, it's been a long time!" Ning Yanlan stopped disguising herself and greeted him using her real identity.

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