The other party has already gone to such lengths, and they are not people who have a deep-seated hatred for Chen Sangri.

Since the two sects are old acquaintances, there's no need to continue the stalemate.

Shi Zhili was a person I could befriend.

Shi Zhili finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He couldn't help but recall how ruthlessly she rejected his "application to join the circle" last time. Although he knew she would most likely accept his apology, he was still a little scared.

"Then can I join you too, Sang Ruo?" Shi Zhili seized the opportunity to press his advantage.

Upon hearing that she had forgiven him, he immediately changed his tune.

The circle he wanted to join was naturally the one centered around Shen Sangruo.

"Hey hey hey!" Amidst the dissatisfied voices of Song Weiyan and the others, and the death stares of Ye Huai and the others, Shi Zhili remained unmoved, only listening to Shen Sangruo's words.

He knew very well who the "circle leader" was.

Shen Sanruo smiled and said, "That's natural."

Besides, Ye Huai and his group were already acquainted with Shi Zhili. Even if they didn't say it, now that the conflict has been resolved, they should be considered part of the same circle.

"It's getting late, everyone should disperse and get some rest to prepare for tomorrow's search of the formation," Chen Sangruo said to the disciples and elders gathered in the square.

Shi Zhili also cupped his hands in greeting to everyone, saying, "I'm grateful for your help today, thank you all for giving me this face."

The crowd dispersed, and the remaining people returned to their respective caves to attend to their own affairs.

After apologizing, Shi Zhili felt much better.

He didn't forget his own business, and took advantage of the remaining half day to find Chen Sangruo and ask her for advice on rebuilding the sect.

Shi Zhili's eyes were filled with longing, a longing that concealed a desolate and tragic undertone.

The situation of the Taichu Sect is only worse than that of the Ninghua Sect in the past, and only Shi Zhili is capable of shouldering the heavy responsibility.

Shen Sangruo told Shi Zhili everything she knew and had done without holding back.

The Ninghua Sect was able to rebuild to its current scale thanks to a series of fortuitous events that are difficult to replicate, but they can still serve as a reference.

Shi Zhili deeply engraved those experiences in his heart. Even though the current situation is special and the safety of the cultivation world must be the priority, he will immediately set about rebuilding the Tai Chu Sect after the matter is over.

A day has passed.

The next day, the group first thoroughly searched Ninghua Sect. After finding no trace of any formations, they began searching in four directions.

Based on the formation of Xingchenyuan, the Wanling Palace has found a spell to make the hidden formation visible.

The evil cultivators painstakingly concealed their formations, but the accuracy of their reveal spells couldn't be very high. So they had to have more people explore the formations more times in order to find them.

Shen Sanruo led a team to search the east side of Ninghua Sect.

When she cast the manifestation spell, she felt as if a gaze was falling on her.

Looking around, she saw that everyone in the group was searching diligently and no one was looking at her.

The gaze was so intense that she couldn't ignore it.

Moreover, that gaze seemed somewhat familiar.

She frowned slightly, and finally came up with an unexpected answer.

When Shen Sanruo looked up at the sky, she immediately felt a strong sense of confrontation.

It truly is the will of Heaven!

Since that accidental eye contact with the Heavenly Dao, she has tried many times but has never felt its presence again.

Today, the will of Heaven has actually appeared on its own initiative.

The purpose of Heaven seemed to be merely to make her discover Him, and after making eye contact with her, He quickly disappeared.

The sky returned to calm, as if He had never appeared.

Shen Sangruo's brows furrowed even deeper.

What is the meaning behind the two appearances of the Heavenly Dao?

Why did he only make eye contact with her? She had already subtly inquired about it, and no one else had had this experience.

What is so special about her? Or does Heaven want her to discover her uniqueness?

Carefully recalling the two appearances of the Heavenly Dao, the last one was when True Person Lingxiao was undergoing his tribulation in the Void Refinement stage. Apart from that, nothing particularly special seemed to have happened.

Could it be related to a conspiracy by heretical practitioners?

For some reason, she had a strong premonition that the appearance of the Heavenly Dao must be related to the conspiracy of the evil cultivators.

Heaven is certainly not unaware of this.

However, as the Heavenly Dao, it follows the laws of change and will not interfere in these matters of the cultivation world.

So He could only remind her through this seemingly insignificant eye contact?

Yes, it's a reminder.

Shen Sanruo's thoughts seemed to suddenly become clear.

But what could this simple eye contact possibly remind her of?

Having realized the importance of this matter, she understood that she could not tell anyone else about it, much less discuss it with them.

Even the Heavenly Dao can only act in such secrecy; if she were to inform others, it would likely waste the Heavenly Dao's entire scheme.

Only she herself can deduce the meaning of Heaven's will.

The way of Heaven seems to be subtly favoring them.

Thinking about this, a sense of disbelief arose in Shen Sangruo's mind.

She kept this matter in mind and continued searching for the formation.

The news of the discovery of the second formation in the cultivation world came almost two months later, in the Crimson Desert in the north of the cultivation world.

That is, the place where the Jiang family of Chimo is located, and the news was also spread by the Jiang family.

Jiang Wensheng, the head of the Jiang family, sent a letter to Ninghua Sect seeking their help in breaking the formation.

After all, Shen Sangri and the others have experience in successfully breaking formations. With their help, the success rate of breaking formations will definitely increase significantly.

Since no formations were found within the search area under the jurisdiction of Ninghua Sect, and with the permission of Wanling Palace, the group that participated in breaking the formation last time set off for the northern Red Desert.

The members of the Flying Cloud Sect arrived after smelling the aroma.

They even specifically consulted the Hall of Ten Thousand Spirits, because they were also participants in breaking the Starry Sky Formation. The Hall of Ten Thousand Spirits had to consider the overall situation and grant them permission, thus ignoring their hidden agendas.

The two groups met before reaching the Red Desert.

In fact, during these two months, people from the Flying Cloud Sect often came to them to make their presence known, so they were already used to it.

Even from a great distance, she could see Luo Chu waving and calling out to her, "Chen Sangri!"

It attracted many people to stop and watch.

This excitement contrasted sharply with the others, who were also excited, but none as obviously as Luo Chu.

Luo Chu has never been one to keep secrets, so this unusual behavior must mean he has some "great joy" in mind.

After thinking about it carefully, Shen Sangruo understood why Luo Chu was excited.

This is Floating Dream City, the place where the fireworks display she missed was held.

Floating Dream City is located on the only way to the Red Desert.

As she closed the distance between herself and Luo Chu, Luo Chu indeed found two tickets to the fireworks display in his waving hand.

Like a child who couldn't hide his joy after receiving a reward, he ran towards her.

"Chen Sangruo! Come with me to the fireworks display! You promised we'd cooperate in restoring our relationship!"

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