Senior brothers, please stop abusing me. I'm going to change my ways to be merciless.

On the other side, Fan Li met Mei Nianzhi and Xiao Yan on the first floor.

Xiao Yan took the initiative to step forward and greeted him, raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "Busy man, long time no see."

They had arrived at the Beast Taming Sect ten days ago and wanted to play with Fan Li, but Fan Li was either practicing or on his way to practice.

He is simply a crazy cultivator, so they can't disturb him.

Mei Nianzhi was very worried about this and asked him more than once, "Did Ah Li suffer some kind of blow, that's why he's like this?"

Xiao Yan didn't know, and began to worry that his bad idea might have backfired.

Now that they have finally caught Fan Li, they must get to the bottom of the matter.

Fan Li bowed politely and said, "Friend Xiao, Master Mei."

Mei Nianzhi nodded slightly and said nothing.

Mei Nianzhi has always been like this in his outward appearance, quiet and indifferent.

Fan Li didn't mind and turned to Xiao Yan and said, "Why are you here?"

Xiao Yan glanced at Mei Nianzhi who was pretending to be calm, and thought to himself, just pretend.

Then he said to Fan Li, "I'm here to accompany Brother Nianzhi to do something."

Upon hearing this, Fan Li thought that Mei Nianzhi must have come for Song Xixi. His appearance was such a coincidence, maybe he came to support Song Xixi.

It's just that they seem to be late.

Fan Li looked calm and said bluntly, "I never initiate trouble, nor am I afraid of it. She was the one who provoked me first, and I'm not a pushover. If you're here to provoke me, please do as you please."

"I won't apologize anyway!"

Fan Li was determined and waited quietly for the two's reactions.

Xiao Yan and Mei Nianzhi were confused by her and looked at each other.

Seeing this, Fan Li asked suspiciously, "Aren't you here to support Song Xixi?"

Xiao Yan also asked in confusion: "Who is Song Xixi?"

Xiao Yan had completely forgotten about it.

Mei Nianzhi finally spoke up: "We are not here to support anyone."

Fan Li turned his gaze towards him.

For the first time, Fan Li felt that Mei Nianzhi's eyes looking at her were very complicated. There seemed to be many inexplicable emotions in them.

After looking at Fan Li for a moment, Mei Nianzhi suddenly realized something, turned his head slightly to avoid her inquiring gaze, and spoke in a cold tone.

"I have nothing to do with the person you're talking about. Why should I support her? Please don't have such ridiculous thoughts anymore."

Fan Li said "Oh" when he heard this.

It turned out that she had misunderstood.

It seems that Mei Nianzhi in this life has not yet become Song Xixi's brother. Is it not the time yet?

Fan Li didn't dwell on this issue anymore.

Xiao Yan only now slowly remembered who Song Xixi was. It was strange, why did Fan Li misunderstand that they came for Song Xixi?

The three of them stood facing each other, speechless for a moment, not knowing what to say.

Fan Li was about to make an excuse to leave when Xiao Yan caught someone's eye and, remembering the purpose of his visit, quickly asked, "How have you been lately?"

Fan Li: "Very good."

Xiao Yan: "Really?"

Fan Li: "Really. If you two don't have anything important to do, I'll go back first."

Xiao Yan thought for a moment and then said, "If you encounter any problems that cannot be solved, you can tell us."

Fan Li thought it was just an ordinary greeting and didn't take it seriously.

Of course, even if the other party was sincere, she couldn't drag them into this big trouble. It was too unethical.

She smiled and said, "Okay, thank you both for your kindness."

Few cultivators are afraid of the cold. Mei Nianzhi was wearing a thick snow-white fox fur coat, with his hands tucked into his sleeves, holding a hand warmer, and an expensive warm jade hanging around his waist.

However, the illness on his body seemed to be much stronger than before.

Fan Li frowned slightly as he looked at him, who looked like he didn't have much time left.

Without thinking, she turned around, took out a magical herb from the space bracelet, and then turned around and handed it to Mei Nianzhi.

Mei Nianzhi lowered his eyes and looked at her in confusion.

"I was the one who broke the formation you set up in the training room. Whatever the reason, this is my apology."

"I do not want."

Mei Nianzhi refused without hesitation.

He pushed her hand back and said gently, "Keep it for yourself."

Fan Li stuffed it directly into his hand, then quickly said goodbye and disappeared in front of them in a few breaths, leaving Mei Nianzhi no chance to refuse.

Xiao Yan placed his hand on the other person's shoulder and said, "After all, it's my sister's good intention, so just accept it."

"But what kind of magical herb is this?"

In fact, it is a bit of a stretch to call it a magical herb, because it is just a rhizome, and the leaves are all yellow and withered.

If it were an ordinary magical herb, it would be useless.

But Fan Li would never keep the useless magic grass, nor would he give away the garbage.

Mei Nianzhi narrowed his eyes, a look of astonishment flashed in his eyes, and he took a deep breath to barely calm his excitement.

"What on earth is it?" Xiao Yan was about to explode with curiosity.

Mei Nianzhi clenched the seemingly ordinary fairy grass in his hand and smiled, "This is Phoenix Grass, the life-extending ingredient I've been looking for for a long time."

The reason why Phoenix Grass is named "Phoenix" is because the phoenix is ​​reborn from the ashes, which symbolizes rebirth.

Even if one foot steps into the King of Hell's Palace, it can snatch the person back from the King of Hell's hands!

This thing is useless to healthy people, but for a half-dead person like Mei Nianzhi who is hanging on to his last breath, it is definitely a life-saving medicine!

After listening to Mei Nianzhi's explanation, Xiao Yan couldn't help but get excited.

"Great! With the Phoenix Grass, Brother Nianzhi, you can live a few more years!"

Mei Nianzhi's illness is not just an illness, it is an extremely vicious curse called the Soul-Eating Curse.

This curse was brought after the destruction of the country.

Like a maggot in the tarsal bone, as the curse erodes, the body will gradually decay. What is even more terrifying is that it will penetrate deep into the soul and devour people's desire to survive.

The whole person was worn away bit by bit, and finally disappeared between heaven and earth like a candle in the wind.

The evil of the Soul-Eating Curse lies in its hereditary nature and its infinite recurrence.

Inheritance means that if the person who is cursed has offspring, regardless of gender, they will be cursed with the same curse and will not have a good end.

And the infinite reincarnation is the most terrifying thing.

After death, cursed people cannot reincarnate like normal people, but are trapped in this life forever, repeating despair.

There is still no solution to the Soul-Eating Curse, so Mei Nianzhi can only wait for death.

If he was merely ill, the Phoenix Grass would have healed him and given him a true new life. Unfortunately, he was cursed, and the Phoenix Grass could only prolong his life.

Even so, Mei Nianzhi was very happy.

He just wanted to stay with Fan Li for a few more years and see with his own eyes how high she could go, that's all.

Xiao Yan said sourly, "She's willing to give you such a precious thing, so just be happy. Oh, how nice it would be if I had a sister too."

Mei Nianzhi put away the Phoenix Grass, a gentle smile appearing between his brows.

Xiao Yan: "Seeing that she is fine, you can rest assured now."

Mei Nianzhi pressed his right eye, which was throbbing again, and murmured, "I don't know why, but I always feel uneasy, as if something bad is going to happen..."

"You're just overly worried and overthinking." Xiao Yan pulled his arm nonchalantly, "Come on, let's go fishing!"

Who would have thought that Mei Nianzhi's worries would come true three days later.

Fan Li disappeared in the Forest of Beasts.

The trouble is, we lost contact.

When everyone was counting the number of people on the day they were about to leave the Beast Taming Sect, they discovered that someone was missing.

In other words, they didn't know when Fan Li disappeared.

Maybe it was today, maybe it was two days ago.

Either way, it's not good news.

Master Yunmeng had a frosty expression on his face, and before him stood an elder from the Beast Taming Sect.

The elder explained with a cold sweat, "The formation in the Forest of Myriad Beasts happened to be broken. Due to a lack of materials, it has been delayed in repair. I guess that girl took the wrong path and was teleported somewhere else."

"Master Mu, don't worry. Besides teleporting people to other places, the formation itself won't cause any harm, unless..."

"Unless what?" Su Muqing asked anxiously.

As he prepared to return to the sect, Su Muqing was naturally released from the ban.

He was also the first person to discover that Fan Li was missing.

"Unless she was teleported to a dangerous place." said the elder.

Su Muqing's eyes widened, and his voice suddenly rose: "How could we be teleported to a dangerous place?!"

The elder waved his hand, and a yellow scroll in the shape of a map appeared before everyone.

Everyone from the Tianji Sect is here.

Zhou Ming, Ye Wushuang and others who had a good relationship with Fan Li looked solemn and worried.

The elder used magic to draw a range on the map and then said:

"If she is teleported to this area, she will be safe. However, the distance is quite far, and it will take some time to return to the Tianji Sect. If she is lucky, there are a few cities with teleportation arrays, and she can be teleported back. Then everything will be fine..."

Then the elder circled three more locations and his expression became serious.

"But if it's one of those three places, it's a little dangerous."