Xiao Wuyu could only smile, pick up his wine glass and clink it against Jian Ning's, taking a small sip.

"That's not how you drink beer. You have to gulp it down to get the flavor, just like me." Jian Ning said, gulping down the beer in her glass in one go.

Then he picked up a piece of braised beef, put it in his mouth, and sighed contentedly.

Nothing brings as much happiness and satisfaction as food.

Xiao Wuyu also picked up his chopsticks and started eating. Jian Ning ate until she was half full before speaking.

"The passage to the demon realm lies at the bottom of the cliff, and the formation there has loosened."

"Be careful in the future; the demons come through that passage, but they haven't found our current location yet. We should be able to stay safe for a while longer."

"After the war between humans and demons, the demon race signed an agreement with us, promising not to invade humanity for a million years. Has that time passed?"

Xiao Wuyu was very worried.

He had read about the ferocity of the demons from ancient records. These were all ordinary villagers, and if the demons really rushed out of the passage, these villagers would have no ability to resist at all.

Can you still trust the agreements they signed? Anyway, I saw that the demon race's high-ranking officials went to great lengths to find a passage to the human race.

They will not give up as long as there is a sliver of hope. You have no idea how bad the living conditions are for the demon race.

The sky is always gray, without even a white cloud, let alone the sun.

It's nothing compared to our living environment here.

"Miss Jane, how did you get back? Has that passage been opened?"

"No, actually I didn't expect to be able to come back. Now that I've seen you again, after we finish eating, I'll take you to see that formation. It would be best to reinforce it."

Your skill in formations far surpasses mine. As long as the demons over there can't pass through this formation, they won't be able to get over.

"Okay, let's go now." Xiao Wuyu couldn't sit still any longer. Seeing that Jian Ning had almost finished eating, he pulled over the wheelchair and wanted to sit down.

"Brother Xiao, you're really impatient. Alright, let's go now."

Since it is daytime and there is no thick fog to obscure the view,

So Jian Ning quickly brought Xiao Wuyu back to the cliff edge where they had gone down before. Since Xiao Wuyu was in a wheelchair and couldn't get down easily, she simply put him into her spatial storage.

Then he jumped off the cliff and, following the same route as before, found the location of the altar without missing a beat. Once there, he released Xiao Wuyu from the spatial dimension.

Staring at the altar shrouded in endless black mist, Xiao Wuyu was speechless for a moment. He'd wondered where the monsters in the thick fog came from; the root of the problem lay here.

"How about it? See if there's any way to seal this crack. If we can control the demonic energy and prevent it from escaping, then the thick fog will probably only contain miasma in the future."

The harm to the villagers wouldn't be so great. If it continues to ooze like this, not only will the demons not be able to come, but it probably won't be long before the villagers are all infected by this demonic energy and turned into demons themselves.

Jian Ning wasn't exaggerating. The influence of demonic energy is incredibly strong. Ordinary people are utterly powerless against it.

"I know you're the demon who went through this rift? If possible, may I go and take a look?"

Xiao Wuyu felt that only by experiencing it firsthand could he truly understand what lay on the other side of the crack. Only after understanding it could he devise a suitable solution.

"Brother Xiao, please don't. You know I was only able to come back because of good luck. If you went back, you'd probably lose your life. There's nothing to see over there, just uncivilized demons."

"The most important thing is to find a way to seal this crack and reinforce the formation so that the demons can't discover the passage and come over."

"Okay, I'll take a look." Xiao Wuyu was quite obedient to advice. He wheeled himself closer to the altar and began to study it carefully.

With nothing else to do, Jian Ning decided to wander around. In broad daylight, without the fog obscuring the view, everything was clearly visible.

I spotted a patch of dark purple flowers growing against the cliff in the distance and strode over to them.

Upon closer inspection, it was indeed the Blackheart Demon Soul Flower. It was probably because demonic energy was constantly emanating from here, affecting the local environment and causing such a large patch of demonic herbs to grow.

Don't let the unappealing name of this flower fool you; it's a key ingredient in the refining of the Taiqing Jade Liquid Pill. Finding it here today is truly lucky.

He took out a shovel from his spatial storage and dug up all the flowers, roots and all. He decided to plant them in his spatial storage to see if they could survive.

Everything was done. When they got back, Xiao Wuyu was still staring at the restriction, muttering to himself.

He couldn't help but sigh. It seemed he wouldn't be able to return anytime soon. With the day drawing to a close and a thick fog forming that night, the ferocious beasts would be out and about again. He quickly took out spirit stones and set up a defensive array outside.

Their concern was that if more ferocious beasts came, the two of them wouldn't be able to handle them.

She then took out a tent from her spatial storage and set it up for Xiao Wuyu. She wouldn't be staying with him there that night; the big bed inside the space was so comfortable.

There will be wolves howling and ghosts howling outside, and it won't be a good place to rest.

No matter how much she stirred things up here, Xiao Wuyu on the other side didn't react at all. At this moment, he was completely immersed in the mystery of this formation.

Jian Ning didn't disturb him. She took out some more food, put it in the tent, and then went into her space to meditate and cultivate.

He would only come out to check on things every two or three days. Xiao Wuyu had basically maintained the same condition as before, but he had clearly lost weight.

It seems that studying this formation is very mentally taxing. Fortunately, he remembered to eat the food that Jian Ning left in the tent, which put her at ease.

More than a month has passed in the blink of an eye. Today, Jian Ning had just come out of the space when she heard Xiao Wuyu let out a long roar, filled with joy and excitement.

"How's it going, Brother Xiao? Have you made any progress?" Jian Ning quickly went over and asked.

"Yes, I have finally figured out this formation. As long as there are enough materials, I can repair this crack immediately and ensure stability for at least a thousand years."

"Brother Xiao, you're amazing! What materials do you need? Let me see if I have any here."

Jian Ning knew that getting Xiao Wuyu to provide materials to repair the formation was a pipe dream; he was currently penniless.

This time, she had to pay the price herself, but there was nothing she could do about it. Deep down, she didn't want the demons to come and occupy this pure land.