"This formation is up to you to activate. Remember, you must focus your mind." Zixunyi said to Chu Feng.
"I can't guarantee that I'll succeed, but I'll give it my all." Chu Feng said with a solemn expression.
Zixunyi looked at Chu Feng, seemingly wanting to say something but holding back. She suddenly turned her head, as if wanting to look at Ying Mingchao, but she didn't do so.
In the next instant, she turned around and walked out.
"Xunyi, where are you going? Are you still angry with me?" Ying Mingchao called out upon seeing this.
Zixunyi stopped, but she didn't turn back. She said to Ying Mingchao, "Forget about me."
After saying those words, Zixunyi's figure shifted, and she vanished in an instant.
At that moment, Ying Mingchao wore a dazed expression, unable to make sense of the situation.
But Chu Feng knew where Zixunyi had gone, and he knew what she intended to do.
Zixunyi loved Ying Mingchao deeply, but it was precisely because her love for him was so complete that her guilt toward the Blood-Scaled Monster Clan's Clan Chief ran all the more deeply.
That guilt must have been like a sharp blade, cutting into her heart over and over again, making it unbearable for her.
Especially after she had already severed all ties with the Blood-Scaled Monster Clan, the Clan Chief had still come to save her, even risking his own life to do so.
Zixunyi had truly been moved. The guilt in her heart had erupted completely, and at the same time, her heart had truly been pierced.
She couldn't abandon Ying Mingchao, but she also couldn't leave the Blood-Scaled Monster Clan's Clan Chief behind.
So Zixunyi had gone to fight alongside the Blood-Scaled Monster Clan's Clan Chief.
Only that battle's outcome was impossible to predict, after all, the Zhou and Kong clans still possessed their own unique formations.
"Sigh, that girl is just too willful. No worries, once I get out of here, I'll just coax her a bit and she'll be fine."
"Hehe, Brother Chu Feng, whether or not I can get out depends on you!" Ying Mingchao said to Chu Feng with a grin.
Chu Feng could tell that smile was forced. Upon seeing Zixunyi, Ying Mingchao's emotions had been greatly shaken — so much so that he could barely conceal his expression. The harder he tried to hide it, the more his mask cracked.
However, Ying Mingchao didn't know just how dangerous things were outside, so he simply assumed Zixunyi was still angry with him — angry about the past.
He had no idea that Zixunyi's departure could easily end in death, and that he might never see her again.
"Senior, after I activate this formation, I'll need your full cooperation." Chu Feng said to Ying Mingchao.
"Don't worry, kid. I understand this formation — just do your thing. I know what to do." Ying Mingchao said heartily.
Seeing that Ying Mingchao had agreed, Chu Feng quickly sat down cross-legged. He then released the power of his barrier and began to focus with absolute concentration, pouring everything he had into activating the formation.
Hummmmm—
Once the formation was activated, a golden light emerged like a small palace, sealing both Chu Feng and Ying Mingchao inside it.
Time passed. In the blink of an eye, five hours had gone by.
After those five hours, the golden sphere-like formation finally dissipated.
At that moment, Chu Feng looked up, and he finally saw what Ying Mingchao looked like.
The man stood over two meters tall, with a powerful and robust build.
Though he had the appearance of a middle-aged man, his hair was extraordinarily long — and that was an understatement. Even accounting for his two-meter height, his hair stretched over three meters long.
Besides his extremely long black hair, he also sported a full beard of impressive length. While not quite as long as his hair, it still exceeded two meters.
And thankfully for that long black beard, because Chu Feng discovered that Ying Mingchao was completely naked, with not a stitch of clothing on.
"I can move! I can move! After over a thousand years, I, Ying Mingchao, have finally regained my freedom! Hahahaha!!!"
At that moment, Ying Mingchao threw his head back and let out a long roar of elation, overwhelmed with excitement.
And Chu Feng could clearly sense that Ying Mingchao's aura — he was indeed a True Immortal. Not only a True Immortal, but a second-grade True Immortal at that.
"Senior, please put on some clothes first. This is a bit indecent."
Chu Feng casually pulled a set of spare clothes from his Universe Bag and tossed them to Ying Mingchao.
"Haha, we're both men, what's there to worry about? Don't worry, I'm not interested in men."