On a small hillside outside the Azure Tide Sect's territory, a girl dressed in Sackcloth Garments, her features seemingly unremarkable, looked rather panicked.
She kept glancing around, as though searching for someone.
Before long, a figure wearing a black cloak suddenly appeared behind her.
She turned and startled, instinctively retreating several steps. Without watching her footing, she stumbled and fell to the ground.
"So, you've made up your mind." Judging by his voice, the person in the black cloak was very young.
The girl stood and brushed the dust off her clothes, narrowing her eyes as she examined the black-clad man before her. She concluded that he was young, and although his attire was strange, she could tell that he was a Dao cultivator, not a demonic cultivator.
This was the very person who had suddenly approached her some time ago. Otherwise, she would never have burned her boats and plotted against Su Qingqing.
Indeed, this disguised girl was Bai Ran, who had escaped from the Azure Tide Sect.
"Why me?"
The man chuckled. "Because you're the most likely to betray your sect."
Although Bai Ran could not see his face clearly, she could hear the contempt in his voice. Anger stirred in her heart, but she did not let any of it show on her face.
She merely asked coldly, "Does your earlier promise still stand?"
The man nodded. "Of course. If you've decided, sign it."
As his words fell, a golden formation appeared before Bai Ran. Intricate patterns covered it. Although she knew nothing of formation arts, she recognized it as a contract formation.
Seeing Bai Ran hesitate, the man could not help scoffing. "Sign it. You're just a little Qi Refining cultivator. As long as you don't harm our interests, I have no interest in doing anything