When I woke up, the entire cultivation world was talking about my master.

At this moment, three spirits of heaven and earth were hiding behind the bushes, watching intently.

"Aaaaaaaahhhhhhh I can't look anymore!!" Hua Ling fell to the ground, flailing her arms and legs wildly, frantically pinching her philtrum.

Completely oblivious, Yan Ling sat cross-legged, bewildered, looking as if her brain couldn't keep up.

"What are those two doing? One minute they're arguing, the next they're hugging, and now they're just standing face to face without saying a word. What's going on?"

Hua Ling gave him a disdainful look: "You're really stupid. This is called expressing your feelings, this is a confession!"

"Pfft—!!" Yan Ling was struck dumb, as if struck by lightning, a thousand wild horses galloping through her heart.

"Master and disciple, man and man, confessing their love?" As a naive and inexperienced spirit, Yan Ling sat down on the ground with a thud and burst out laughing.

"It can't be explained in a few words, don't worry about it. Anyway, if they get together, they're mutually in love! The couple people ship must be real, right?"

Hua Ling hugged Xue Ling and spun her around, deliberately making a gesture as if she was about to kiss her.

Xue Ling was spun around a few times by her, then suddenly spoke:

"It won't work."

That's a bit of a mood killer, isn't it? Hua Ling raised an eyebrow and pointed, "Little Xue Ling'er, what nonsense are you talking about? Hey, hey, hey, the atmosphere is just right, don't pour cold water on it, okay?"

Xue Ling shook her head seriously at her: "Because they can't be considered to be in love yet."

At this moment, not far away.

Chu Xianlan fell into deep thought.

...Another kind of contract?

What kind of contract? A contract of acknowledgment of God? A contract of protection? A contract of connection?

The boy's mind raced through the books he had read in the library. Wasn't the master-disciple contract enough? Could there be some kind of contract unique to half-demons...?

Overloaded with curiosity, he simply asked, "Master, what are you referring to?"

Faced with his little apprentice's obvious question, Yi Chen felt somewhat helpless.

With their close relationship, how could Chu Xianlan, with her keen perception, not understand?

That's it.

Isn't it just that you want to hear it said by your own mouth?

Then...

However, when it comes to matters of the heart, Yi Chen rarely has the opportunity to express himself to anyone, and he is not skilled at revealing his true feelings.

Yi Chen's gaze gradually focused on his disciple's rosy lips, his eyes slightly unfocused.

Recalling those out-of-control lakes not long ago, how he tasted the sweet and pungent taste of blood in that soft touch, a sudden thirst arose in his throat, making him feel somewhat dizzy.

Instead of saying it, why not... take action?

Anyway, the child will be happy, right?

thump -- thump -- thump --

The heavy, rapid heartbeat echoed in Yi Chen's ears.

He knew that it was his own heartbeat.

Yi Chen's ears felt slightly hot. He slowly lowered his head and approached, but suddenly felt an uninvited guest intrude into his spiritual sense range, and his expression changed.

"Master, that's..." Chu Xianlan also noticed it.

At the bend in the cliff, a pair of green eyes emitted a faint, eerie glow in the darkness.

Almost instantly, a thick, dark red aura of malevolence swept over us.

Half-demon.

Chu Xianlan's pupils contracted. During the few days he had been resting in the canyon, he had not seen any living creatures. He thought that this desolate canyon would not pose any threat—but he never expected to encounter a mad half-demon under such circumstances.

"roar--!"

The next second, a wolf howled deafeningly, and the moonlight finally illuminated its appearance.

The giant wolf pounced from the darkness.

Without mooring the boat, a chill spread, and the earth was instantly dyed white.

Wherever the sword energy passed, ice crystals quickly rose, like thorns blooming section by section along the path of the wolf beasts that pounced.

The wolf was somewhat sluggish and had no time to dodge. It opened its blood-red maw and spewed out a burst of blazing flames. The flames collided with the ice, and the ice melted under the intense heat.

This bright light, however, allowed Chu Xianlan to clearly see the wolf's appearance.

No wonder its attacking movements were so strange.

The wolf was severely injured, its body riddled with corroded, bloody holes, its flesh torn and twisted, a gruesome sight.

The purplish-black color at the edge of the wound looked somewhat familiar.

Where have I seen you before?

Yi Chen raised his hand, and countless tiny ice crystals condensed into sharp fragments—

"Master, wait!" Chu Xianlan suddenly called out.

The sword strike that Bu Xizhou was about to deliver just stopped in mid-air. Yi Chen stopped and turned his head to look at him indifferently.

Unexpectedly, at that moment, the wolf swayed.

Before it even got hit, its green eyes rolled upwards, and it collapsed to the ground, unconscious.

He was handsome for only a second.

Chu Xianlan used the Immortal Binding Rope to tie him up tightly.

Xue Ling crouched down beside the wolf beast and whispered, "Big dog."

"It's a wolf." Yan Ling was speechless. "It fell down after only a few hits. It's the weakest half-demon I've ever seen."

A disgrace to half-demons!

Hua Ling casually picked up a twig and poked the wolf's body back and forth. "Is this guy already dead?"

not yet.

Her breathing was weak, but the fact that she could breathe at all was already quite an achievement.

Chu Xianlan carefully examined the wounds, her tone slightly surprised, "Master, it's a half-demon from the imperial city, and its wounds are exactly the same as yours."

Yi Chen never put down the boat that was not tied up.

The sword cultivator's body seemed to be frozen solid. Although he didn't show it outwardly, a faint sense of irritation was rising in his heart.

For the first time in his life, the usually indifferent Immortal Lord Jixue experienced having his good time interrupted.

Yi Chen glanced at the unconscious wolf on the ground.

Look away.

He took another deep look at Chu Xianlan.

not understand……

Why didn't he show any regret?

Human beings experience joys and sorrows differently, and a rebellious disciple and a master are not on the same wavelength.

"I didn't expect there were other half-demon who had slipped out of the imperial city." Chu Xianlan squatted on the ground, analyzing seriously, "We can't kill him; who knows what crucial information we might get out of him."

Just then, the wolf on the ground suddenly began to roll violently, and a blinding light flashed from its body.

As the light faded, the wolf-beast lay on the ground, its body rapidly shrinking.

"Ah!!!" Hua Ling was completely blinded, covering her face with her hands and putting on the mask of pain. "Why isn't this guy wearing clothes?!"

This is the most awkward situation when demons and half-demons transform back into human form.

Normally, transformation is controllable, and clothing will naturally appear as the body changes. But if you lose consciousness... you'll just be naked and embarrassed.

Chu Xianlan was also startled and quickly pulled out an outer robe from her storage bag and covered the person with it.

Fortunately, it was turned away from the front, so the key parts retained some dignity.

Chu Xianlan turned his face over, wanting to see what this shameless guy looked like.

I was stunned when I saw it.

The big dog is not a wolf.

Is it Xiao Huandu?

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The Lunar New Year holiday is finally over! Tomorrow I'll be on a long journey home again!

I'll most likely be taking a day off tomorrow and won't be updating, but things will return to normal after that!