"I understand..." Qiao Ranran lowered her eyes, hiding her embarrassment, unaware that the tips of her ears had quietly turned rosy.
The sight made Pei Ling's heart flutter. Suppressing a laugh, he stopped teasing her. "I'll recall my Divine Soul first, but I don't know how long it'll take to refine and merge with it again..."
"I'll watch over you!" Qiao Ranran looked up at once. "Guai Guai and I will protect you!"
Pei Ling's smile deepened. "This place is protected by the Barrier. No one can get in."
Qiao Ranran: But you got in, didn't you?
Her look was so obvious, and so amusing, that Pei Ling raised a hand to cover her eyes. "Don't look at me like that."
Qiao Ranran: "..."
"All you need to do is take care of yourself and Guai Guai."
"Don't worry, I won't be bored. I'll keep a good watch over you and take care of Guai Guai. And I won't slack off, either. I'll work hard at cultivating!"
Pei Ling laughed. "How are you going to cultivate here?" The Barrier kept this place from being as chaotic and dangerous as the waters outside, but they were still inside someone else's domain. Drawing on Spiritual Power was suppressed, and there was little Spiritual Qi around them. Cultivating here would be nearly impossible for Qiao Ranran.
"Even if I can't raise my cultivation, I can refine Elixirs and work on Elixir Formulas. Don't worry, I'll be fine."
In truth, she was more worried about Pei Ling. Tearing apart one's Divine Soul was dangerous, and refining it was no different. Even if it had originally been part of his own Divine Soul, a Divine Soul was a mysterious thing, as Qiao Ranran had worried before. After it had been away for so long, no