Are you an orc?

"Such a thick iron chain is just to imprison a little thing like you?" Fu Ying raised his eyebrows.

She didn't judge people by their appearance. It was just that when she poked the ferret just now, the spiritual energy entered its body and it didn't notice anything unusual. It didn't even feel the shadow of the surging source of the poison. It was like an ordinary little animal, not even an orc.

She would rather believe that the source of the poison was a worm than believe that the little guy in front of her was the source of the poison.

But the fact that this ferret can move freely in the poisonous fog is itself a strange thing.

Fu Ying's action made the ferret stop suddenly. Its dark eyes stared at her without blinking. Her face was reflected in its bottomless eyes, which were extremely deep, as if it had all kinds of emotions, but they were just silent.

"Are you an orc?" Fu Ying met its eyes, his pupils moving slightly.

If it were just an ordinary wild beast, it would not have such eyes.

When the snow ferret heard this, the tips of its snow-white ears twitched and it lay down on the ground again, ignoring her completely.

Fu Ying: “…”

She slowly stood up and looked back towards the altar. Amidst the surging poisonous fog, heavy iron chains were faintly visible.

Fu Ying withdrew her gaze and gently stroked her bulging belly with her bare hands.

This time she went out to look for medicine, and was delayed for a long time. More than a month has passed, and the curve of her belly has become very high. The cub in her belly should be born soon. Tanyue said that mermaid cubs need to be born in the sea.

Now that the medicine has been found, it's time to go back.

She has marked this place, and she will come back when the poisonous fog completely dissipates.

By then, it will only need a little renovation and transformation to become an excellent place for seclusion and retirement.

Fu Ying patted the non-existent dust from his palms, and suddenly stopped when he turned around.

She looked back at the ferret, picked up a plain storage bag with her fingertips, leaned over and gently tied it around the ferret's neck.

The ferret seemed unused to it, its small body frozen in place, but surprisingly it did not dodge.

"Little guy, I'm leaving. There's enough food in here for you to live until the day when the poisonous fog dissipates." Fu Ying tapped the ferret's forehead with his fingertips. There was also a clean spot without any star pattern.

There was something strange about this little guy. Like the Zerg, he had no star patterns, but he could move freely in the poisonous fog. Even if he was not the source of the poison, he must have some connection with it.

However, it did not prevent her from setting up the formation just now.

Fu Ying looked at the snow ferret quietly, a hint of deep thought flashing in his eyes.

Could it be that the source of the poison, trapped here, is also helpless? Or perhaps... it is also trying its best to contain the spread of the poison gas and prevent it from harming the entire Orc Continent?

Fu Ying shook his head, did not stop, turned around and stepped into the dark poisonous fog without looking back.

Behind her, the snow ferret stared at her back quietly, without a trace of emotion in his dark eyes.

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It’s been so long, I wonder if Yu Li has left?

Fu Ying was thinking in her heart without stopping, and her crimson gauze dress fluttered in the thick fog.

At this moment, she suddenly stopped and looked back as if she sensed something.

In the swirling poisonous fog behind him, a small ball of snow-white was faintly visible.

"What? You don't want to stay here?" Fu Ying stood with his arms folded, his eyes slightly raised, his narrow pupils fixed on the mink. Although his voice was charming and gentle, his face had no expression, and there was a hint of indifference in his eyes.

The ferret stared at her silently for a moment, its obsidian eyes fixed on her, deep and unfathomable.

In a moment, it moved.

The snow ferret was like a flash of snow lightning, piercing through the swirling poisonous fog and landing on Fu Ying's shoulder in the blink of an eye.

It clung to Fuying's shoulders, its sharp claws not tearing her clothes. It moved close to her neck, its moist nose trembling slightly, as if it had smelled some reassuring scent, and its slender body curled up into a small ball.

Fu Ying felt the furry touch beside his ear, and his expression was first stunned, then turned solemn.

There are restrictions around her that isolate the poisonous fog. Even if she is at the ninth star level, it is impossible to break through it easily. But the ferret in front of her can break into her body protection restrictions at will without breaking the restrictions!

This discovery made Fu Ying feel cold in her heart. If she still regarded this small ball as an ordinary animal at this moment, she would be extremely foolish. It seemed that the one imprisoned in this world was the seemingly inconspicuous ferret squatting on her shoulder.

But if it was really the instigator, why did it just sit there and watch the formation take shape?

Fu Ying frowned and did not reach out to touch the ferret on his shoulder, but he did not dare to take it out like this.

She had a headache. This thing seemed harmless, but it was actually very problematic. She guessed that this little thing would release poisonous fog at a specific time and was discovered by the strong men of the Orc Continent, so they set up this place and raised this ferret specifically.

The snow ferret also knows that its poisonous fog is powerful and is willing to stay here, but her arrival brings a glimmer of hope to the little guy. Although it is willing to be imprisoned here, what if it meets someone who can solve the root cause of its problem?

Is it recognizing its master?

Fu Ying frowned, and after thinking about it for a long time, he finally figured out the key to the problem.

She glanced sideways at the fluffy snowball and said, "You must have misunderstood. I can't solve your problem. I can set up a formation to isolate the poisonous mist and prevent it from leaking out, but I can't contain the source of the poison in you."

The snow ferret lying on Fu Ying's shoulder looked up at her, but didn't move. Instead, it closed its eyes again, and a faint glow appeared around it, as if it was actively absorbing the spiritual energy emanating from her body.

"..." Fu Ying's eyes twitched slightly. Is this little thing determined to take advantage of her?

"Well, little guy, these spirit stones belong to you, and you continue to stay here, how about it?" Fu Ying turned his wrist and weighed the glittering and colorful top-grade spirit stones in his hand. The rich spiritual energy emanating from them indeed attracted the attention of the ferret.

The tip of its nose twitched slightly, and its obsidian eyes stared straight at the spirit stone. Suddenly, a flash of lightning flashed by.

Fu Ying's palm felt cold, and several top-grade spirit stones had disappeared.

In the poisonous fog, bursts of crisp "crackling" sounds were particularly harsh.

Fu Ying frowned slightly, and the next moment, he felt his shoulders sink, and the white ball had jumped back.

He hooked his claws and threw the storage bag hanging around his neck onto Fu Ying. Then, he burped contentedly, and a wisp of pure spiritual energy overflowed from his mouth, dispersing some of the poisonous fog around him.

Fu Ying's pupils shrank slightly, and his fingertips clenched the storage bag.

Taking spirit stones as snacks?

The accumulation of spiritual energy can easily lead to explosion and death. Not to mention the Orc Continent, even the ancient beasts in the world of immortal cultivation may not dare to swallow so many top-grade spiritual stones at one time.

"Are you really just a ferret?" Fu Ying's brows were cold, but his throat was a little tight.

In the poisonous fog, the little guy looked at Fu Ying quietly, as if he didn't understand.