Long Likong fought for a moment, then knew the tide had turned beyond saving. He turned to Feng Luan and said, "Senior Brother Feng, things are looking bad. Let's go."
Hearing this, Feng Luan knew he could never defeat the opponent alone, so he fled with Long Likong. Tai Heng knew that he lacked the strength to kill them and had even less chance of stopping them, so he let the two escape.
Ying Qi said to the Purple Jiao, "May I ask, fellow Jiao, are you from the Flood Dragon clan?" He was puzzled. This Purple Jiao indeed bore the aura of a spirit pet, but for a spirit pet to turn on its master was unheard of in the cultivation world. Ying Qi thought to himself, Could this be some new method discovered by the Demon Race, deliberately used to assassinate cultivators of the True Spirit Family?
The Purple Jiao shook its head at Ying Qi. "I am not of the East Sea Demon Race." With that, it flew straight to Yan Chihuo and cried, "Master, you finally came back for me!"
As it spoke, it transformed into a tiny purple snake and landed on Yan Chihuo's palm. This Purple Jiao was none other than Zihai, whom Yan Chihuo had lost before.
Yan Chihuo said to Ying Qi, "Senior, this is my spirit pet."
Ying Qi was even more dumbfounded. He racked his brains but could not figure out what had happened.
It turned out that when Yan Chihuo had been seriously injured that day and enemies attacked, Zihai saw that they were too powerful. Before they could draw close, it lured the enemies away. After surviving nine deaths and one life, it had barely escaped with its life, only to fall into the hands of this Origin