"So as long as we find where the power flowing through their bodies twists into a knot, we can locate the contract's binding and blast it apart?" Su Bai ran through the process in his mind, though he would have to wait until they reached Qingliu City to work out the specifics.
Su Bai could have experimented with the contract in Liu Yongzhi's body, but considering that it was better to leave that contract inside him, he could only abandon the idea.
"Come to think of it, if it's a Marriage Contract signed with a Strange Creature, could we dissolve it the same way?" Su Bai asked with interest.
"..." Beneath his cloak, Wu Heng fell silent for a moment before answering in a hoarse voice, "Some contracts can be dissolved that way. But others flow ceaselessly through both parties' bodies like human blood, enduring alongside the Red Moon."
"So the Red Moon serves as the wedding witness." Su Bai spread his hands in apparent resignation, but there was not a trace of disappointment on his face.
"Some things may last longer than a contract." Wu Heng's words also carried a deeper meaning.
"Longer than the Red Moon?" Though they were inside the Inn, when Su Bai raised his head, he seemed able to see through everything to the blood-red moon hanging high above.
"Yes."
It was strange. Though the conversation between these two "people" had the flavor of an old, melodramatic novel, Wu Heng's tone when he said "yes" was far too firm and resolute.
It did not sound as though he was discussing the endurance of affection, but rather saying... the Red Moon would not exist for long.
Maybe I'm imagining it?
Deciding he was overthinking things, Su Bai smiled wryly at himself. He was actually worrying that