Little White: "..."
Chapter 114: Back to Leila 09: A Turtle Shell?
When Ye Chuqi found Red Beard in Liao Leaf Forest, he was standing at the edge of the woods with his hands behind his back and his eyes closed, thinking about who knew what.
Little White had calmed down completely. Even at the sight of Red Beard, the little creature no longer got worked up. Perched obediently on Ye Chuqi's shoulder, Little White held its tiny head high, looking as aloof as ever.
Sensing Ye Chuqi's approach, Red Beard opened his eyes. The first thing he saw when he turned was Little White's dignified pose, and he couldn't help laughing.
Ye Chuqi's brow twitched. She was afraid his laughter would set Little White off and send it clawing at him again. But Little White didn't so much as move the tip of its tail. It sat there like a well-behaved statue, pretending not to see Red Beard. The act was a little too deliberate.
"Captain, are you trying to sense the malice?"
When she had brought Red Beard here before, he clearly hadn't sensed the malice in Liao Leaf Forest. Now that the Formation had been broken, the malice was no longer constrained or deliberately drawn toward the Knotleaf Tree. It drifted aimlessly through the forest. With his eyes closed, Red Beard could indeed sense that faint, discordant presence, and it made him deeply uncomfortable.
"This stuff really does feel unpleasant." Red Beard frowned. Though he couldn't see it, he could feel the boundless malice blanketing Liao Leaf Forest. "If you hadn't found it in time and this Formation had kept developing, what would have happened?"
"I'm not sure." This was Ye Chuqi's first encounter with it too. "At this concentration, the malice has no effect on someone