"You!" The crowd was shocked and furious, and was about to retort, but was stopped by the old man in black robes.
The old man in black robes said loudly, "Stop, everyone, and listen to me."
Everyone looked at the old man in black robes. For some reason, the old man in black robes found it difficult to speak, but he still gritted his teeth and repeated the conditions proposed by Jiang Chenxin.
"That's how it is. He can help you get rid of the Chilong mark, but after that, we'll have nothing to do with each other."
After hearing what he said, everyone's expressions varied.
Some people obviously accepted the condition immediately, since it did not cause them any loss.
Some people hesitated slightly, perhaps thinking that they had suffered so much in the icy cave, how could they easily let Jiang Chenxin go? But when they thought that Jiang Chenxin had also been imprisoned in a dark and desolate cave and suffered greatly, their mentality calmed down a little.
Of course, there are also some extreme righteous people who are inherently mortal enemies of evil sects, but they dare not be the first to speak out, so they can only stare at Jiang Chenxin and Gu Qingqiu with displeasure.
After a moment, seeing that everyone seemed to have acquiesced to this condition, Mo Ran spoke up again: "In that case, I'll have to trouble Brother Jiang and this young lady."
"Hey, wait a minute, remember to swear a solemn oath," Jiang Chenxin said slowly.
Mo Ran knew that one needed to show sincerity when asking for favors, so she immediately took the lead in making a solemn oath.
Seeing that Mo Ran had done so, the others present followed suit.
So Jiang Chenxin and Gu Qingqiu simply began to remove the dragon mark from everyone's bodies, which took one to two hours for each person.
Mo Ran was assigned to Gu Qingqiu to handle.
"Thank you, young lady." Mo Ran gave a polite yet distant bow, then turned her back.
Gu Qingqiu placed her palm on Mo Ran's back and began to use her internal energy to eliminate the dragon mark in his body.
The moment Gu Qingqiu made contact with Mo Ran, she entered her own sea of consciousness and then breathed a sigh of relief—the countdown had not stopped.
It seems that in this world, there is really no need for any interaction with this so-called male protagonist.
Next, we need to consider another issue.
Gu Qingqiu: [System, what's the current experience bar progress?]
Male Protagonist System: [Host, your experience bar is currently at 95%.]
Gu Qingqiu: [I just checked the remaining time; there are still more than three years. It should be enough time.]
Male Protagonist System: [Host, do not let your guard down. The experience bar will increase more slowly in the later stages, and there will be a special opportunity. If you do not meet certain conditions, even if you have spent more than three years with Jiang Chenxin day and night, you may not be able to complete the mission.]
Gu Qingqiu: [I know, thank you.]
Based on the experience from the previous world, the opportunity for the experience bar to reach 100% was when Yan Shengxiao proposed to her in public on graduation day.
Now, although Jiang Chenxin has also "proposed" to her, the two still know very little about each other. Jiang Chenxin doesn't even know her real name yet.
Thinking of this, Gu Qingqiu couldn't help but feel a little worried, and she secretly glanced at her stomach.
Jiang Chenxin seemed to believe that she was really pregnant. Even though she kept insisting that she was just deceiving the old man in black robes, Jiang Chenxin still seemed to think that she was deliberately denying it.
Jiang Chenxin now seemed determined to take good care of her, so Gu Qingqiu thought worriedly that she had to leave before Jiang Chenxin's medicine wore off.
Everyone knew that Gu Qingqiu was a disciple of the Dengle Sect and that she obtained the Chilong Flame through dual cultivation. Therefore, they had no objection to Gu Qingqiu's tight and thick disguise and politely refrained from inquiring about Gu Qingqiu's personal situation, which actually made things easier for Gu Qingqiu.
Jiang Chenxin has been busy dealing with the Chilong Flame these past few days, and there are many people around, so she hasn't had the time or opportunity to have a private chat with Gu Qingqiu.
After removing the dragon mark from Mo Ran, Gu Qingqiu found the old man in black robes, gave him a few instructions, and then quickly ran away while Jiang Chenxin was still dealing with the dragon marks on the others.
She needed to see a doctor to check her health first, and then consider how she and Jiang Chenxin should get along in the future.
Jiang Chenxin realized that Gu Qingqiu had left several hours later. He wanted to get up and chase after her immediately, but there were still several people present whose dragon marks had not been resolved. Moreover, he had not yet regained his sight and was unable to move easily, so he did not know which direction to investigate from.
He could only patiently suppress his various emotions and continue to resolve the Chilong mark. He began to despise himself for harming so many people in the first place; otherwise, he would have finished dealing with it long ago! Truly, he brought this upon himself.
Two days later, all the dragon marks were removed, and Jiang Chenxin's eyesight was restored.
He squinted to adjust his eyes to the light, and then found the old man in the black robe.
"Where did she go?" Jiang Chenxin asked.
The old man in black robes shook his head. "I don't know."
Jiang Chenxin hesitated for a moment, but still couldn't help asking, "Did she leave any messages for me?"
The old man in black robes stroked his beard. "Take care of yourself and don't look for her. If fate allows, you will meet again."
"...If fate allows, we will meet again." Jiang Chenxin murmured, "Thirteen, why did you leave?"
Meanwhile, Gu Qingqiu had already hurriedly disguised herself and entered a clinic to have a doctor take her pulse.
Seeing the other person's brows furrow deeper and deeper, Gu Qingqiu's heart also tightened. "Doctor... um... sir, is something wrong?"
The doctor did not answer, but took Gu Qingqiu's pulse for a while longer before getting up and finding a few ancient books on the bookshelf to look through.
This made Gu Qingqiu so nervous that she kept rubbing her fingers and couldn't sit still.
After a long while, the doctor put down his book and said to Gu Qingqiu with a grave expression, "Miss, have you practiced some kind of evil martial art or consumed some unknown elixir?"
“This…” Gu Qingqiu gritted her teeth and decided to confess, “Actually, I am a disciple of the Deng Le Sect…”
The doctor looked enlightened. "That makes sense now."
Gu Qingqiu couldn't stand the way people here spoke in riddles, so she urged, "What's going on? Just tell me directly, I'm prepared."
The physician organized his thoughts, “Everything comes at a price. While your sect’s techniques are beneficial for cultivation, they are not suitable for rushing. Achieving a significant improvement in a short period of time is not necessarily a good thing. Your physical foundation is weak and cannot withstand such a massive amount of internal energy. Therefore, your body will give you various warnings, which you should have felt, but you did not pay attention. Now, your internal organs are failing due to forcibly bearing a large amount of internal energy. In other words, although you are young, your body has already entered the state of old age.”
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