Watching Xiao Suo's sincere and reasonable persuasion, Chen Cheng pursed his lips and said:
"Dad, don't worry. If I weren't completely certain, I would never drag Melinda along with me.
Believe me, Dad. Even if we find nothing in the end, I definitely won't let anything happen to Melinda. I swear on my life."
Chen Cheng was not merely blowing hot air. The contract had been signed by all three of them. As long as any one party destroyed the contract, the contract marks on the other two would become invalid due to the change in the number of participants.
Melinda had no Transcendent power here, and She Li would not possibly risk damaging his own Dao Fruit at its source just to destroy the contract.
So when the time came, Chen Cheng would have his Divine Soul strip away the contract's power attached outside the Divine Soul. That way, the contract would no longer take effect.
The reason he had Melinda sign the contract in the first place was mainly to make her believe what he said, and there was no better way to make someone believe than letting her experience it firsthand.
Of course, Chen Cheng also had selfish motives. He had wanted to use the contract to spur Melinda into action.
But as for truly intending to let Melinda suffer the contract's punishment if they failed to fulfill it, Chen Cheng had genuinely never considered that.
After all, no matter what, Melinda had given him the opportunity to come into contact with magical knowledge on the Karmak Continent, while here, he had occupied the body of her original husband.
So no matter what, Chen Cheng would never be shameless enough to go that far.
Xiao Suo looked into Chen Cheng's eyes and saw not the slightest trace