The beautiful mage was kidnapped by the contracted beast again

"……red?"

The boy's voice was like a clear river, beautiful but filled with doubt as to where he should go.

"I just now, what happened?"

Chi looked at him and saw deep helplessness in those familiar beautiful black eyes.

He was a lost ship, sailing on a foggy ocean current. Without guidance, he would fall into a bottomless whirlpool at any time.

So Chi replied.

"Nothing happened. You had a fight with that thing."

After a pause, he said, "It's not finished yet. It was interrupted."

He couldn't see those invisible threads. What he saw was that the two sides, who were originally fighting fiercely, suddenly stopped at the same time, as if both sides were under a spell of immobilization.

The scene was even a little weird for a moment.

Jiang Liujing opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but finally closed it.

His memory seemed to be interrupted for a moment. He only remembered that he was using magic, but he had no recollection of what happened after the power surged out of his body.

When I came to my senses, even the place I was in had changed.

Jiang Liujing didn't know whether this situation occurred because he hadn't released his power for too long and was knocked unconscious by the impact, or because he was confused by the source of life.

But since Chi said it was okay, he chose to believe it.

"There's a lot less light outside." He shifted his gaze to the source of life in front of him.

"Yeah. It hasn't moved for a long time." Chi had already noticed this.

Jiang Liujing tentatively cast another spell, but it dissipated before it reached the source of life.

The ball of light with a broken corner trembled, as if it had finally woken up from its silent standby state, and rushed towards Jiang Liujing again at a very fast speed.

This time it was even faster than before. In the blink of an eye it had arrived in front of Jiang Liujing and sank into the back of his hand.

At that moment, Jiang Liujing felt as if he was hit by an invisible hammer, and he couldn't control himself and took half a step back.

He grabbed the back of this hand with his other hand, digging his white fingertips into the flesh, a look of surprise on his face.

I thought it was going to invade my body, but I didn't feel any pain.

Jiang Liujing thought that this was not a contract with him, and was extremely confused for a moment.

Chi once gave Jiang Liujing a triangular fragment, which merged with him and was also hidden on the back of his hand. Jiang Liujing could sense a connection between himself and the fragment. He could summon the fragment when needed, and he could also absorb it again. This was an example of a successful contract.

This ball of light entered his body completely on its own, without the consent of its owner.

Jiang Liujing knew it existed, but he couldn't find it, nor could he control or command it, and he couldn't even drive it away.

Jiang Liujing was stunned. He had never seen anyone so unreasonable. He used his body as a house just because he didn't pay the rent.

"It...ran in now?"

He raised the paw and shook it at Chi blankly.

"How do I get it out?"

Chi was not sure, but after thinking for a while, he felt that there was a being in the mountains who must know. He said to Jiang Liujing, "If it doesn't harm you, just ignore it for now. When you see Sang later... you can ask your grandfather."

Jiang Liujing muttered, "But it feels weird to have something inside my body."

Chi's breathing paused for a moment, barely perceptible. "Can you feel it?"

"I can't feel it." Jiang Liujing shook his head. In fact, as soon as this thing entered, it turned into a ball of air, and did not even affect the circulation of magic power in Jiang Liujing's body.

"But I know it spiritually. The Great Elder said it has gained intelligence and can be considered reborn from the dead. It's so strange to have a living thing inside a body—ugh!"

Jiang Liujing interrupted himself mid-sentence, covered his throat and looked at Chi in silence.

He felt a sudden blockage in his throat, preventing him from speaking.

I secretly complained in my heart that this source of life is too stingy. I can't even say a word to it.

Chi was indeed his good brother. He saw what had happened at a glance and his face darkened instantly.

He had originally thought that the Source of Life was a natural treasure that would benefit Jiang Liujing, so he hadn't stopped it. But if this thing could arbitrarily interfere with Jiang Liujing's actions, then that wouldn't work. That would be putting the cart before the horse.

He frowned and said in a deep voice: "Let's go find Sang Mo after we leave here."

Jiang Liujing nodded quickly.

As the source of life disappeared into the air, the illusion created by its power also fluctuated and dissipated, revealing a circle of continuously burning fire walls around it.

Chi retracted the flames that had built the fire wall into his body, his face as calm as if nothing had happened. He turned around and said to Jiang Liujing, "Let's go."

As soon as the two walked outside, they were greeted by three people who had been waiting for a long time and asked a bunch of questions impatiently.

What test did you take? Did you succeed or fail? Where did the source of life go? Why didn't they see it? Are you injured or feeling unwell?

There was no way Jiang Liujing could tell them the truth, so he just made up a story.

As for the whereabouts of the most crucial source of life, they only vaguely knew that it was temporarily trapped in a magic weapon.

The Elf Great Elder looked over immediately upon hearing this, his eyes slightly widened, almost thinking that he had heard it wrong.

Trapped? What magical instrument could possibly trap the source of life? Impossible?

Jiang Liujing noticed his expression as if he was about to speak, so he interrupted him and said, "Thank you for the help of the elves. Now that our mission goal has been achieved, we will leave first. If the elves need any help in the future, you can come to the Imperial Magic School to find me."

After saying that, he raised his hand, touched the earring, took out a ruby-shaped token ring and handed it over.

The Great Elder recognized at a glance that the gem was a rare red cone stone.

Unlike its glass-like fragile and smooth surface, this gem itself has extremely hard physical properties. Magic attacks below level five are not even enough to create cracks on its surface.

At the same time, it also has the mother-and-child stone sensing effect. When it is within a certain distance from the mother-and-child stone carrier, it can sense the other party's position.

The Great Elder did not refuse and simply accepted the ring.

Jiang Liujing is the one favored by the mother tree, and he has saved an elf in the tribe. From all angles, there is no room for him to refuse.

But he shook his head at Jiang Liujing's idea of ​​leaving, his eyes fell on Chi, and he said:

"If you're not in a hurry, you can spend a night with the elves. It's a rare trip, but you're leaving in a hurry without experiencing anything. Don't you think it's a bit of a waste?"

He looked up at the sky and added, "It just so happens that tonight is a full moon night, and the tribe will be holding a bonfire party. If you stay, you can experience a variety of elven delicacies and listen to the elves sing."

Mo Ya's eyes lit up instantly, and he asked the Great Elder, "Where's the tree house? Can we stay in the tree house tonight?"

When Jiang Liujing saw his excited expression, he suddenly remembered the strange, wild-style bedding in Mo Ya's room and couldn't help but be silent.

The Great Elder laughed heartily, and nodded as if he was very pleased with Mo Ya's undisguised love for the elves' tree houses. "Of course. There are many vacant tree houses in the tribe, and you can freely choose one to stay in."