"What's going on?"
"Could this be Mother's doing?"
"But why would she do this?"
"Why would she use a formation to seal off a Spirit World creature that wanted to voluntarily form a contract with me?"
Chu Feng fell into deep thought. If it was a formation related to Spirit World techniques, then it was likely something his mother had left on his body.
But Chu Feng couldn't understand why his mother would do such a thing.
Ouch— Suddenly, Chu Feng felt his body tilt, and he fell right to the ground.
Chu Feng opened his eyes and looked around, only to discover that he had already left that barrier space, and Bai Liluo was standing beside him, gazing down at him.
It seemed that Bai Liluo had forcibly pulled Chu Feng out of that barrier space.
"Did it work?" Bai Liluo asked Chu Feng.
"Let me check."
Chu Feng hurried to his feet. Then, with a thought, streams of barrier power surged outward from his body.
That golden barrier power was still brilliant and dazzling, only now it was even stronger than before. The reason it had grown stronger was the patterns within the barrier power.
The patterns were like serpents—these were Snake Marks.
Snake Mark level, Venerable rank barrier power.
Chu Feng was now a Snake Mark level Venerable Garment Spirit World Master.
"Looks like it worked," Chu Feng said with a smile.
"Not bad, little brother. The speed at which you refined those powers was faster than your big sis expected."
"But now that you've already refined them, what were you spacing out for?" Bai Liluo asked.
"It was nothing," Chu Feng said with a faint smile. But soon, he noticed that something had changed about Bai Liluo's little face.
Bai Liluo's skin had always been very fair, but this whiteness was not normal—it was a deathly pallor.
Not only was her face deathly pale, but there were even beads of cold sweat on her skin. Her body was trembling slightly, and even her voice sounded somewhat weak.
Even the white glow she emanated had dimmed considerably, no longer as radiant as before.
"You girl, it's because you activated that formation for me, so..."
Chu Feng felt both heartache and guilt. He knew that Bai Liluo must have expended too much of her own power activating that formation, which was why she had ended up like this.
"It's fine, it's nothing major. I just need a little time to recover. But if you can't break through in your Spirit World techniques, I'm afraid it'll be hard for you to help me."
"Fortunately, you managed to deliver."
After saying this, Bai Liluo sat cross-legged.
Her breathing rose and fell in a special rhythm.
And in this state, her feeling of weakness gradually dissipated.
Bai Liluo was indeed recovering.
But her recovery was very slow. A full ten hours passed before Bai Liluo finally opened her eyes.
By now, her body had stopped trembling, and her complexion had improved considerably. But in truth, she had not yet fully recovered to her optimal condition.
"Alright, let's go. From now on, you'd better help your big sis properly," Bai Liluo said with a beaming smile, looking as though she had made a full recovery.
Seeing Bai Liluo like this, Chu Feng didn't say much. He figured she was eager to get what she wanted, which was why she was in such a hurry to set off.
Then, Chu Feng and Bai Liluo headed back along the path they had come.
"Hey girl, there's a question I'd like to ask—I'm not sure if you'd be willing to answer."
Along the way, Chu Feng spoke to Bai Liluo.
"What is it? Go ahead and ask," Bai Liluo replied.
"Where do you come from, little girl?" Chu Feng asked.