"Wait!" Jiang Yuan raised his hand and grabbed Liu Zhaodi's shirt.
Liu Zhaodi stopped abruptly and scolded, "You scoundrel, let go!"
*Snap!* Jiang Yuan released his finger, and the crisp sound of the sash snapping against his skin rang out.
"Uh!" Jiang Yuan's facial muscles twitched involuntarily. "I didn't mean to!"
Under Liu Zhaodi's murderous gaze, Jiang Yuan awkwardly asked, "What did you just say, Holy Spirit Fortress?"
"I'm unhappy, I don't want to talk about it!" Liu Zhaodi crossed her arms in front of her chest.
"Did you place a tracking mark on the other side?" Jiang Yuan raised an eyebrow and asked, guessing.
This woman has a criminal record; she previously placed tracking marks on him without his knowledge, and now, she might do the same again.
"Why should I tell you if someone doesn't want to know? Besides, I'm about to be kicked out, so whether I've left a tracking mark or not is none of your business!" Liu Zhaodi said angrily.
"Are you angry?" Jiang Yuan asked in a deep voice.
"What right do I have to be angry? I've always followed you voluntarily, and it's my own fault for kicking me out!" Liu Zhaodi continued defiantly.
"Ha!" Jiang Yuan was amused by Liu Zhaodi's indignant expression.
"why are you laughing!"
"Walk!"
Without saying a word, Jiang Yuan put his arm around Liu Zhaodi and walked outside.
"Let me go! I'm not going!"
Liu Zhaodi tried to break free.
"You just signed a contract with me, and now you're going back on your word before half an hour has even passed? Do you think that's possible?" Jiang Yuan hugged her even tighter.
"That's a one-way contract, I can shirk responsibility!" Liu Zhaodi was already having trouble breathing, but Jiang Yuan still showed no intention of letting go.
Jiang Yuan walked out of the ruins, took out two communication stones, activated them, and said directly, "Qing, Mo, you two have the team turn back and leave now!"
"My lord, is there something wrong?" Mo sensed the other meaning in the words.
"You don't need to worry about it!" Jiang Yuan refused. The strength of Wan Jin and the others was beyond the reach of Qing Mo and the others. This group of people were all at the ninth level, and Wan Jin, who came from outside, was even more unfathomable.
Qingmo wasn't stupid; they were all aware of the dangers here. If even they couldn't get involved, then it must be a ninth-tier spirit beast.
After explaining the situation, Jiang Yuan still didn't let go of Liu Zhaodi. He deliberately asked her, "What's your decision?"
"You didn't give me any room to think at all!" Liu Zhaodi pouted, unmoved by Jiang Yuan's words.
“Since they’re targeting you, as your nominal partner, I have an obligation to protect you!” Jiang Yuan ruffled Liu Zhaodi’s hair, then solemnly said, “Therefore, I’ve decided to kill them all to protect you to the greatest extent possible!”
"That sounds nice, but you're just afraid of being targeted!" Liu Zhaodi said disdainfully.
"Woman, don't look at me like that!"
Jiang Yuan pointed threateningly at Liu Zhaodi, "If what you say is true, there is a Holy Spirit Fortress here, then the Holy Spirit Fortress is the key to the withdrawal of the beast tide in the West Gate area!"
"I never said I knew about Holy Spirit Fortress!" Liu Zhaodi already regretted it. She argued, "Besides, there are so many of them. Wouldn't it be suicide for just the two of us to go up there? I'm not going with you!"
"Really not going?" Jiang Yuan didn't expect Liu Zhaodi, who had previously been so obedient, to be so resolute.
Liu Zhaodi struggled free from Jiang Yuan's embrace and whispered, "I'm not going. You'll just leave me behind again!"
"Then tell me the location of the Holy Spirit Fortress, and I'll go there myself!" Jiang Yuan also gave up the idea of taking Liu Zhaodi with him. As long as he could find the Holy Spirit Fortress, he would have a way to deal with Wan Jin.
"You can't go either, it's too dangerous!" Liu Zhaodi quickly shook her head, afraid that Jiang Yuan might do something rash and go to his death alone.
Jiang Yuan's face darkened, and he said coldly, "Speak, what are your conditions? I'll give them to you!"
"I'm not trying to negotiate with you, I'm just worried..."
“If you’re really worried, you don’t need to. I’m confident I’ll survive!” Jiang Yuan interrupted Liu Zhaodi.
Liu Zhaodi took a deep breath and asked, "Then can you tell me why we need to go find the Holy Spirit Fortress?"
"Murder!" Jiang Yuan said simply. After saying that, he saw Liu Zhaodi's disbelieving look and could only say, "Some things have to be done. The beast tide won't retreat on its own!"
"Really?" Liu Zhaodi looked at Jiang Yuan with suspicion.
"What do you think?" Jiang Yuan asked in return.
"There's another question: why are you so ruthless to your own people?" Liu Zhaodi pressed on relentlessly.
"That's because you're stupid!" Jiang Yuan said expressionlessly.
"You!" Liu Zhaodi gritted her teeth in anger. This man never tried to please her, not even once! But this guy never did.
Actually, she had already planned that as long as Jiang Yuan's tone was even slightly nicer, she would forgive him and continue pursuing him, but this bastard insulted her again.
“When couples playfully tease each other, it can sound silly but also cute. So, can I understand that you’re saying I’m cute?” Liu Zhaodi tried to convince herself.
"You're absolutely adorable!" Jiang Yuan almost choked with laughter.
Upon hearing this, Liu Zhaodi finally smiled, and said happily, "Then I take back what I said before! I think I can still..."
"Stop talking nonsense and tell me your location!" Jiang Yuan rudely interrupted Liu Zhaodi's silly laughter. He knew very well that this woman's mood changed faster than flipping through a book. If he didn't get her to talk soon, she might start making a scene in the next second.
"You have to take me with you, or I'll never tell!" Liu Zhaodi used her last trump card.
Jiang Yuan had no choice but to take Liu Zhaodi with him, and Liu Zhaodi explained how she knew the whereabouts of Wan Jin and the others.
Her mutated soul energy possesses a unique aura, so she can find any mark she has left by following her senses. In addition, with her newly acquired Stone Breath talent, she can project soul energy marks within a radius of 100 meters without the other party's knowledge.
"The aura of soul energy finally ended here!"
The two had arrived at an extremely remote place, the least densely populated area in the West Gate region. Before the catastrophe, this was a water park, but now it was so abandoned that there was no trace of its former self.
"Are you sure this is the place? This is way too remote!" Jiang Yuan looked at the lake in front of him, which was overgrown with aquatic plants, with some confusion. This was clearly not the kind of place a Holy Spirit Fortress should be in.
"The soul energy disappeared here. There must be something similar to what you used to block my soul energy here!" Liu Zhaodi said with certainty, pinpointing the exact location where the soul energy finally disappeared.
"So, you were lying to me when you said you could find the Holy Spirit Fortress!" Jiang Yuan's lips twitched. This woman had actually learned to lie.
"If I hadn't told you about the Holy Spirit Building, you definitely wouldn't have kept me here!" Liu Zhaodi pouted and said sullenly.
"Don't be narcissistic, you told me I didn't try to keep you!"
"How can you be so ungentlemanly? I've done something awful..."
"Shh, don't make any noise! Look at the lake!"
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