Hearing Qin Luo's weak words, Murong Liyue felt as if something was stuck in her throat, and her heart ached. Her gaze was fixed on Qin Luo's pale and weak face.
At this moment, her mind was in turmoil, a bitter feeling spreading through her. At the same time, a wisp of doubt rose like smoke. Her delicate brows furrowed slightly, and she gently bit her lower lip, pondering to herself.
"How could this be? Why did such a commotion happen outside, but I didn't notice it at all inside?"
Murong Liyue shifted her gaze from Qin Luo to the bronze door.
She recalled her experience inside the door. At first, she only vaguely sensed subtle fluctuations in spiritual energy, but she didn't hear any sounds of fierce fighting. She thought it was just her imagination, or perhaps some normal changes in spiritual energy that naturally existed within the door.
But now, seeing Qin Luo so badly injured and the greedy, predatory looks on the faces of the crowd outside, she knew that this battle would be extremely fierce.
He immediately sent out his spiritual senses and quickly sensed the fluctuations on the portal that had blocked spiritual energy.
The fluctuation was extremely subtle; if she hadn't possessed the divine soul strength of the late-stage Soul Contract Realm, she probably wouldn't have been able to detect it at all.
But the result was beyond her expectations; the fluctuation characteristics of this spiritual energy were exactly the same as Qin Luo's spiritual energy.
"Young Master Qin, why are you doing this...?"
Murong Liyue's voice trembled slightly, though she already had some idea of what was going on. She still looked at Qin Luo with disbelief.
With his mouth slightly open, he wanted to say something more, but found that his throat felt like it was choked by something, and the words stuck in his mouth and he couldn't say them smoothly.
She could only keep asking herself why Qin Luo would go to such lengths for her. They had only known each other for a short time, yet he was willing to put her in danger without hesitation.
At this moment, Murong Liyue felt as if her heart was being stirred by an invisible hand, and an unprecedented feeling of emotion spread through her heart.
Hearing her trembling question, Qin Luo lowered his head slightly, a hint of shame appearing on his face. He coughed lightly and slowly said:
“Miss Liyue, I… I know this can’t be hidden from you. The reason I did this was so that you could feel at ease signing the contract with the Spirit Illusion Butterfly inside. That’s why I took the liberty of using spiritual energy to isolate this place.”
A weak voice tinged with self-reproach, Qin Luo looked at Murong Liyue, his eyes filled with guilt:
"I had hoped to buy you some time so you could complete the contract smoothly. But I overestimated my abilities and failed to keep them out, and I still disturbed you."
After speaking, Qin Luo closed his eyes wearily and turned his head to one side, as if he was too ashamed to face Murong Liyue.
Hearing his self-reproachful words, Murong Liyue's gaze was fixed on Qin Luo's face, which was full of scars but still resolute, and her heart was filled with mixed feelings.
Looking back on every moment since meeting Qin Luo, from their initial chance encounter to the sacrifices he has made for her now.
Memories of the two of them hunting monsters together kept flashing through his mind. He always endured the monsters' fierce attacks silently and without complaint, just to create a safe environment for her to set up her formation.
Just like now, she took all the responsibility upon herself, just so she could quietly sign a contract with the ethereal butterfly.
Thinking of this, Murong Liyue's eyes gradually reddened, and large tears welled up in her eyes, as if they would burst out at any moment.
She then moved gracefully closer to Qin Luo. Her gaze never left Qin Luo, and her usually calm eyes were filled with heartache and ripples of emotion.
Then, with trembling hands, she reached out and gently turned Qin Luo's face, which was turned to the side, so that his gaze would meet hers.
Just as she was about to express her feelings, an untimely voice rang out from beside them.
puff puff
Suddenly, the previously indifferent ethereal butterfly flew over, landed beside the two, and then pressed its head against the scattered ground.
This drew the attention of both Murong Liyue and Qin Luo, causing them to momentarily forget the somewhat ambiguous atmosphere.
Murong Liyue was filled with surprise. She had spent two days trying to calm the Spirit Illusion Butterfly, and could only communicate with it briefly. Then, following the Spirit Illusion Butterfly's movements, she discovered several palm-sized wooden boxes scattered on the ground, which seemed to have fallen from Qin Luo's person.
Qin Luo's lips twitched, inwardly cursing this damned moth that had to come at this crucial juncture to cause trouble.
Recalling that moment, Murong Liyue's gaze was filled with tenderness and deep affection; for a fleeting instant, the surrounding air was thick with an ambiguous atmosphere. He could clearly sense that his place in Murong Liyue's heart was quietly undergoing a significant change.
However, all of this was ruined by the sudden appearance of the ethereal butterfly. Because of this untimely interruption, he seemed to see the ever-increasing affection points abruptly stop.
If he had known, he wouldn't have scattered those medicine boxes so early; with that interruption just now, he doesn't know how many affection points he would have lost.
The ethereal butterfly seemed oblivious to the different expressions on the two people's faces, pressing against the box on the ground and emitting a soft buzzing sound, as if urging something.
After hesitating for a while, Murong Liyue reached out and picked up the box that was being held aloft by the ethereal butterfly. The moment she slowly opened the box, a dreamlike starlight poured out from it.
Inside the box lay a flower radiating light, its petals adorned with patterns of light like a galaxy.
A rich aura of spiritual energy wafted over, causing Murong Liyue to hold her breath and exclaim in surprise:
"Starry Dream Orchid!"
Upon seeing the Star Dream Orchid, the Enchanted Butterfly excitedly flapped its wings, emitting an even more urgent buzzing sound.
Then, it couldn't wait to fly to the Star Dream Orchid, and carefully extended its mouthparts to touch the petals.
The moment it absorbed its first stellar essence, the previously dim iridescent patterns on its body instantly lit up, the light spreading along the patterns. The frequency of its wing flapping increased significantly, forming small vortexes of spiritual energy around it.
In just a moment, the palm-sized Star Dream Orchid was completely devoured.
After absorbing the essence of star power, the ethereal butterfly's wings began to vibrate rapidly, and its body began to emit a dazzling light.
The enormous form began to gradually fade and disintegrate into countless particles of light. These particles moved and arranged in the air, forming mysterious lines and attracting surrounding spiritual energy to form vortexes.
As the light and spiritual energy fluctuations intensified, all the light particles eventually merged into a palm-sized rune, exuding a dreamlike aura.
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