“It's just that a voice told me this… I didn't say it, but I heard a voice calling me… it's very likely that a Great Power Senior has chosen me…” Lan Siran stammered in explanation.
“You really are only nine years old!” Pang Yi was speechless, almost asking if her brain wasn't working properly.
“Don't you have any sense of crisis? You think it's a Great Power Senior just because you heard a voice. What if it's a Demonic Cultivator wanting to possess your body?”
“I know you're spoiled in Tai Chu Sect, with your Grandfather and Senior Martial Brothers and Senior Sisters protecting you, but you're a Cultivator! Don't you know how dangerous a Secret Realm is? Who gave you the courage to come here alone…”
Pang Yi, used to dealing with disobedient children, started chattering incessantly. As the Senior Sister of Lingyun Sect, she always had endless worries!
“Enough! Why are you so long-winded!”
Lan Siran's small face flushed red. Her age, from both her lifetimes combined, was enough to be Pang Yi's mother, so she couldn't stand being talked to like this.
Tian Ning found the scene amusing. If she wasn't unable to open her Dimensional Pouch, she would have definitely taken out the Recording Stone to record it.
But now that Jiujiu had gotten what it wanted, Tian Ning didn't want to stay here any longer. The temperature inside was steadily rising, getting hotter and hotter, and Pang Yi might not be able to take it if they stayed any longer.
Tian Ning rolled up her sleeves, ready to act.
Lan Siran, who had been speaking loudly, immediately fell silent upon seeing this action. She widened her eyes in fear and backed away, afraid that Tian Ning would beat her again if she wasn't happy…
She still remembered the pain of her bones breaking from that punch to her leg. If her Grandfather hadn't worried about an accident and specifically made her carry several Top-Grade Healing Pills, she would have died from the pain today!
Tian Ning's fist didn't swing towards Lan Siran, which made Lan Siran breathe a sigh of relief.
She wondered, what on earth does this Madwoman want to do?
Before Lan Siran could celebrate Tian Ning not attacking her, she saw Tian Ning come to the edge of the wall and slam her fist down hard!
In an instant, the cave shook violently, and Lan Siran almost fell.
She looked incredulously at the young woman punching the wall again and again. This woman… is she crazy?
Lan Siran knew very well that the wall wouldn't be easily broken like the previous walls, but for some reason, she felt uneasy… No… she absolutely couldn't let this Madwoman break the wall!
Otherwise, she would lose her Chance Encounter!
“You…”
She couldn't bring herself to say the word "crazy." Lan Siran met Tian Ning's gaze, which looked like a living King Yama, and immediately changed her approach. Ignoring the abrupt change in demeanor, she quickly said, “You… you'll get hurt!”
“I have a better way to get out of here, don't keep smashing…”
Tian Ning was certain: “I won't get hurt.”
She was wearing clothes made by the Old Man. Even if this wall was as solid as an Ancient Divine Artifact, even if Heavenly Thunder struck, it wouldn't be able to harm her!
Lan Siran: “…”
She wouldn't be hurt, but the wall would be destroyed!
Tian Ning ignored her and continued to smash.
Lan Siran's mind was full of how to stop Tian Ning. If Tian Ning really broke it, all her efforts would be wasted! Why did she come to this Immortal Island Secret Realm…
Lan Siran hurriedly searched her body, but couldn't find what she wanted. It must be in her Dimensional Pouch, which she couldn't get to now.
She didn't care anymore and slammed her head against the nearby wall! The violent impact caused her forehead to bleed instantly, but she didn't stop, until blood trickled down her cheeks, she seemed relieved.
Pang Yi: “She wouldn't have suffered some kind of trauma and gone crazy, would she?”
As soon as she finished speaking, she saw a red Contract Formation appear beneath Lan Siran's feet. The space they were in seemed to be establishing a connection with Lan Siran…
Pang Yi was shocked. What was going on?
Tian Ning looked at the strange crimson opening on the ground: “I have a bold guess.”
Pang Yi: “???”
Tian Ning seriously analyzed: “The reason we can't use Spiritual Energy is because we're inside an Ancient Divine Artifact, and her eagerness to hit the wall isn't suicide, but an attempt to use her blood to form a Contract with the Ancient Divine Artifact.”
Tian Ning: “That's it! I just felt something was wrong in this cave. We've fallen into an Ancient Divine Artifact.”
“This Ancient Divine Artifact should be a Pill Furnace, not only is it large, but it can also produce Fire Marrow…”
Pang Yi: “…”
Seeing Tian Ning so enthusiastic about analyzing, Pang Yi couldn't help but say: “Fellow Cultivator Tian, won't you try a blood contract?”
It's extremely difficult to form a Contract with an Ancient Divine Artifact. Lan Siran was still only establishing a connection with the Contract Formation, and hadn't succeeded yet.
This Ancient Divine Artifact is a Pill Furnace, and Tian Ning knows Alchemy, so it's only natural.
It's not that Pang Yi didn't want those Treasures. She was able to get the Fuxi Qin thanks to Tian Ning, and if they weren't inside the Ancient Divine Artifact, she wouldn't know… Tian Ning should be the first to form a Contract.
If it was a different method, Tian Ning might be interested.
But her blood, no. This is the Central Continent, and she doesn't know what else is hidden in the Immortal Island Secret Realm. If her blood attracts unnecessary trouble, it wouldn't be worth it.
“I'll pass,” Tian Ning said, “Perhaps Fellow Cultivator Pang could try.”
Pang Yi knew her limits. A Sound Cultivator suddenly forming a Contract with a Pill Furnace, an Ancient Divine Artifact at that, was simply impossible. If it were her Fourth Junior Brother here, perhaps there would be a chance.
Seeing Pang Yi's unwillingness to try the Contract, Tian Ning didn't force it.
But she didn't intend to wait idly by for Lan Siran to successfully form the Contract: “That's a pity. Otherwise, should we have Senior Cultivator Gao come down to form a Contract?”
Judging by Lan Siran's progress, it would take several hours to crack this tough nut of an Ancient Divine Artifact.
Pang Yi: “…”
She thought her Second Junior Brother wouldn't necessarily succeed either.
Tian Ning pondered: “Isn't there anyone who can quickly form a Contract and get us out?”
She stopped smashing the wall, mainly because she was afraid that the Pill Furnace would get the wrong idea and quickly form a Contract with Lan Siran.
But they couldn't even use Spiritual Energy here. Who could they ask to form a Contract? …
Meng Xian, hiding in the shadows, instinctively wanted to step forward. He had lived through a lifetime, and clearly remembered that in his previous life, the Chance Encounter here belonged to a Senior Sister from Tai Chu Sect. That Senior Sister had accidentally injured herself while digging for Fire Marrow, and her blood had dripped onto the ground in this space, unintentionally forming a Contract with the Ancient Divine Artifact.
But this time, Lan Siran had used some means to prevent that Senior Sister from entering the Immortal Dao Secret Realm.
He had seen this kind of thing before, so he wasn't surprised.
Although he didn't know why Tian Ning didn't want to form a Contract herself, since their common goal was to stop Lan Siran, Meng Xian didn't mind stepping up to help Tian Ning.
Tian Ning, however, suddenly seemed to remember something and took the little sparrow from her head: “I almost forgot, Jiujiu can do it!”
Meng Xian: “…”
Pang Yi: “…”
Was she serious?
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