Chapter 1120

That Little Qiongqi said nothing, as if deep in thought.

After a short while, it hesitated and said, "It might be because of that thing in the center of the forest? To be honest, this forest has no effect on me; I'm just simply too lazy to go out."

Hearing Little Qiongqi mention that thing in the middle, Ning Chen suspected it was what the forest was guarding.

Seeing that they had asked enough, the few of them stopped their questioning.

Gu Yanqi looked at Little Qiongqi, somewhat curiously asking, "By the way, Little Qiongqi, why did you suddenly become so small? Did something happen?"

Speaking of this, Little Qiongqi instantly stood up, looking slightly aggrieved as it said, "It's because of those two people. First, they beat me up, then they destroyed my central illusionary realm, causing my abilities to drop significantly, forcing me into my most conservative state."

The more it spoke, the more aggrieved Little Qiongqi felt; it had been so long since it had transformed into this state, and this time it was even beaten into this condition by two humans. Didn't it have any pride?!

"So, are you not in danger now?" Gu Yanqi looked at the vines binding Little Qiongqi; to be honest, she still wanted to hug it and pet its fur all over.

"Danger? With my abilities, it won't recover for a month or two! How miserable I am, coming to a place where I know no one, finally finding a good spot, and then you guys show up, not only fighting me for territory but also leaving me like this. You must take me along; in my current state, I won't survive a single day!"

Little Qiongqi was practically weeping, tears falling like they were free, dropping with a pitter-patter, making the whole beast extremely aggrieved.

Ning Chen, however, felt this beast was not lying; after all, when he and Xiao Han left, they had indeed thoroughly destroyed that illusionary realm gate.

But Ning Chen certainly wouldn't feel safe just letting this Little Qiongqi go without any guarantee.

"We can release you and let you follow us, but how can you guarantee you won't harm us?"

Little Qiongqi glanced at Ning Chen, its eyes seeming to hold some resentment.

"Fine, fine, fine. I, Little Qiongqi, swear in the name of the Four Great Fiendish Beasts that I will never harm anyone present here; otherwise, I shall fall into the eighteen layers of the hell realm, suffering the burning of the Three Realms True Fire day after day."

After Little Qiongqi finished speaking, a sudden clap of thunder rang out in the sky; clearly, this oath had been successfully made.

As a fiendish beast, it never swore oaths lightly, for once sworn, they must be kept.

Seeing this, Ning Chen gave Xiao Han a look; the latter understood and immediately released the vine bindings on Little Qiongqi.

Gu Yanqi also reached out directly, holding the other in her arms and gently pinching its body to relax it.

Little Qiongqi was clearly extremely comfortable, squinting its eyes with a smile appearing at the corners of its mouth.

Suddenly, Little Qiongqi felt a chill down its back, as if being stared at by some ferocious beast.

It secretly turned its head to look back and saw Ning Chen looking at it, smiling with extreme gentleness; yet for some reason, the more Little Qiongqi looked at this smile, the more it felt a sense of threat.

Recalling the interaction between Ning Chen and Gu Yanqi at that time, the simple-minded Little Qiongqi suddenly had a flash of insight; it smiled triumphantly at Xiao Han, then immediately wagged its tail towards Gu Yanqi.

"Wow." Looking at the moving tail before her, Gu Yanqi was extremely excited.

Provocation; this was a naked provocation.

Lin Yi never expected this fiendish beast would perform such... human-like actions, using Sister Yanqi to provoke Brother Ning; truly remarkable.

Lin Yi looked at Ning Chen with great interest, wanting to see how Brother Ning would respond.

He saw Ning Chen look at that Little Qiongqi for a while, then cover his left shoulder with his right hand, his face showing a slight expression of pain.

When he lowered his hand, the pristine white shirt was stained with something resembling blood, slowly spreading out.

At this, Lin Yi could no longer focus on watching what Ning Chen would do; he exclaimed, "Brother Ning, how did your shoulder get injured?! It's bleeding!"

Hearing this, Gu Yanqi decisively put Little Qiongqi down and quickly came to Ning Chen's side; seeing he was injured on the left, she even stood up and changed her position.

"Brother Ning, what happened to you?"

While speaking, Gu Yanqi pulled open Ning Chen's clothes, taking half of it off.

Everyone present was a grown man, so there was nothing that couldn't be seen.

Lin Yi hurriedly fetched the first-aid kit from a nearby cabinet, which contained various medicines and bandages.

Gu Yanqi went to the bathroom to wet a clean towel, then brought it over to wipe the blood around Ning Chen's wound.

A wound resembling a scratch appeared before everyone's eyes.

"This is a scratch?" Lin Yi looked at the wound and said.

"So deep!" Gu Yanqi looked at the wound with heartache; she took out a cotton swab, poured iodine on it, and gently applied it to the wound.

After finishing the application, she took out gauze and wrapped it around Ning Chen.

"Brother Ning, don't let this wound get wet recently; if it gets infected, it will be troublesome. Next time you get injured, you must say so earlier, understood?"

Ning Chen raised his right hand, gently patted Gu Yanqi's head, and said softly, "Mm, I understand. Don't worry; it looks scary, but there's actually nothing wrong."