Qi Yan's heart leaped into his throat. He looked at Chen Sangruo with a scrutinizing gaze, anxiously awaiting her answer.
The atmosphere here was extremely tense, but Shen Sanruo's expression showed a hint of doubt and surprise, and even a sense of bewilderment.
This contrasted sharply with Qi Yan's expression.
However, she quickly realized that Qi Yan had misunderstood her words.
He couldn't help but laugh and explain, "It's not that I'm looking down on you. You are one of the Five Divine Beasts. If you were to remain bound to me through a contract, it would only increase the danger for you."
Qi Yan's duty is to protect the entire cultivation world, and his role is especially important given the current situation where evil cultivators are stirring up trouble.
"Your safety is of great importance to the entire cultivation world. You should not form a pact with anyone. This action was taken out of necessity to remove the influence of demonic energy from your body as soon as possible."
"Not to mention that the contract needs to be released immediately after the demonic influence is cleared, it also needs to be released when I enter the barrier to break the formation." Her tone was serious, and her face became more earnest.
The formations will only become more difficult to break afterward, and accidents may happen at any time during the process of breaking them. If something happens to her, Qi Yan will also lose his life because of the contract with her.
Upon learning that it wasn't out of disdain for him, Qi Yan's expression finally softened, and his tense heart relaxed.
But for some reason, when she heard that he couldn't continue to be bound to her, she still felt a little disappointed.
"Alright, I understand."
"Okay, let's form the contract now." She nodded. Forming the contract as soon as possible would allow her to eliminate the negative effects quickly and break the contract sooner.
Having already acquired so many contracted beasts, Chen Sanruo was thoroughly familiar with the ritual for forming a contract.
Soon, a close connection was established between her and Qiyan's souls.
It could be because Qi Yan's abilities have not yet recovered, or perhaps the power system of the Five Divine Beasts is different from that of cultivators.
After forming the contract, Shen Sangri did not feel any improvement in her cultivation level; she remained at the late Nascent Soul stage.
Feeling curious about this novel experience, Qi Yan disappeared from Shen Sangruo and the snake woman's sight and entered her sea of consciousness.
He stared blankly at the Kui Niu, which was chewing on the dry grass formed from the power of the soul in its sea of consciousness.
"Moo?"
The dodder flower fairy stretched out its vines, and the little koi fish swam curiously around Qiyan.
The three beasts were no longer as wary of this new addition, knowing that this creature was only her temporary contracted beast and would be released sooner or later.
"If you like staying in there, then stay in there." Shen Sanruo snapped her fingers, and flames immediately ignited around Qiyan in her sea of consciousness.
As dawn broke, she had to lead the Ninghua Sect's team to search for the formation, and had no time to worry about Qiyan.
After the contract was formed, her flames could affect Qi Yan through the connection of their souls, no matter when or where.
Moreover, the effect would be even better if he stayed in his sea of consciousness.
The Kui Niu was very happy because it could grill skewers on Qi Yan again, and it mooed and ran to Qi Yan's side.
Chen Sangruo ignored the situation in his sea of consciousness and went to the outside of the makeshift tent. The Ninghua Sect's team had already assembled and was leading the team to continue searching in the designated direction.
"Junior Sister!"
Suddenly, Su Xiyu's voice came to my ears.
She turned around and found that the seven members of the Ninghua Sect's small team and Shi Zhili had arrived.
In the time it took to turn around, Su Xiyu had already taken her arm, and the others had all stood beside her.
“We were also planning to lead a team to search the formation, so we came here specifically to say hello to you.” Su Xiyu buried her head in her shoulder, looking completely captivated.
Her sweet and soft junior sister, hehehe.
Shen Sangruo frowned and looked at everyone, "Weren't you all still recovering from your injuries? Why are you here? How are you recovering?"
The loss of vitality cannot be recovered in a short time, and they have only been recuperating for about half a month.
Shen Sanruo kept a straight face and looked at Bai Ruoan, who was smiling lightly. Bai Ruoan's pale face was particularly noticeable among the crowd.
"And Third Senior Brother, your burns need to be carefully tended to. You should recuperate properly within the sect."
Someone surrounded by raging flames in their mind slowly typed out a question mark.
Not to mention that Bai Ruoan used blood to draw talismans, which consumed a lot of her vital energy. If she doesn't take good care of herself, she may suffer from chronic illnesses.
Thinking of this, Shen Sangruo felt an urge to grab Lu Shiqing, kick him a couple of times, and set him on fire.
Yeah, I hit too lightly back then.
"It's alright, our condition has stabilized, and our injuries have been properly treated. We can lead the team to search for the formation now, so you don't need to worry about us," Bai Ruoan said with a smile.
Song Weiyan chimed in, "Yes, we're just leading the team. We'll search the formations within our capabilities, there won't be any problems."
“We don’t want you to bear too much burden alone,” Ye Huai said, emphasizing each word.
They learned from Changli Immortal Lord and Wuwei Daoist how hard Shen Sangruo had worked during this time.
How could they watch her burn herself out like this and still stay comfortably within the Ninghua Sect?
“We’re a small team from the Ninghua Sect, Sister Sang Ruo, so naturally we have to share the burden.” Fang Yu patted his chest.
"Hey, there's another person from the Taichu Sect here, not just the Ninghua Sect squad." Shi Zhili was somewhat dissatisfied with Fang Yu's words.
The group chattered on, leaving Shen Sangruo speechless.
He could only smile helplessly and say, "Then you should be more careful and not overwork yourselves. You should focus on resting and recuperating."
"Okay, okay," everyone responded in unison, finally revealing satisfied smiles.
"Speaking of which, there shouldn't be any of those 'dog skin plasters' following us around anymore, right?" Ji Zicang stroked his chin.
During the time they spent searching for the formation before heading to the Crimson Desert, the Flying Cloud Sect members would occasionally bother them, which annoyed them greatly.
"The Hall of Ten Thousand Spirits has made public what Lu Shiqing and Luo Chu did to the entire cultivation world. I guess the people from the Flying Cloud Sect won't even have the face to show their faces now," Lin Qianyin said with a smile.
Such an unprecedented scandal, occurring within a sect like the Flying Cloud Sect, has utterly disgraced the sect.
Because of a series of previous events, the reputation and prestige of the Flying Cloud Sect in the hearts of the cultivation world were already in jeopardy.
Now that something like this has happened again, it's basically reached the point where everyone despises them.
Shen Daochen is so concerned about his reputation, and Lingxiao Zhenren is so arrogant, how could they possibly be willing to show their faces again?
Furthermore, since the Hall of Ten Thousand Spirits explicitly forbids members of the Flying Cloud Sect from participating in breaking the formation, they no longer have any reason to cause trouble.
They should at least have some peace and quiet for a while before they come to their senses.
"They deserve it, they brought this on themselves!" Fang Yu said with disdain.
The once-dominant sect has fallen to its current state, having squandered its advantages.
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