"We're all won here, and I fully understand the look in your eyes just now. Ning Fan is such an extraordinary man that any woman would fall for him at first sight."
Seeing Ma Fei'er remain indifferent, Lin i continued, "Stop deceiving yourself. Won, like n, should dare to love and hate, and bravely pursue the happiness they deserve..."
Every word Lin i said tugged at Ma Fei'er's heartstrings.
In less than a week, Ma Fei'er had to admit that Ning Fan had indeed occupied a place in her heart.
Ma Fei'er didn't know if she had fallen for Ning Fan.
Yet when she heard Ning Fan taking Baby Hai's side, she subconsciously felt a pang of discomfort in her heart.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have lost her composure, leading to a confrontation with Baby Hai.
"A man like Ning Fan would never lack won pursuing him."
For the sake of survival, Lin i was putting everything on the line.
Ning Fan had indeed promised to let her go afterwards.
But Ma Fei'er had never expressed her stance, and Lin i was well aware of the exorcist's nature, being rciless towards soone like her, a demon.
Lin i's efforts to matchmake Ning Fan and Ma Fei'er together were rely to gain a slight favor, hoping that Ma Fei'er might spare her once.
"I have the experience, take my advice. If you keep being so shy and unexpressive like a young girl, you will regret today's hesitance sooner or later..."
"Enough. Shut up!"
Ma Fei'er shouted, scaring Lin i into silence.
"Even if I'm willing, what difference does it make?"
A trace of bitterness flashed across Ma Fei'er's heart as the image of Baby Hai involuntarily appeared in her mind.
"I can't betray Miss Hai."
Watching Ning Fan, who had already disappeared, Baby Hai sighed silently.
"Indeed strange!"
Upon reaching the edge of the Misty Ghost Forest, Ning Fan sensed sothing amiss.
Besides the Corpse Qi, this forest harbored a peculiar energy that seed to interfere with the flow of True Qi, even blocking the perception of the five senses.
Ning Fan had just extended a thread of mind perception into the forest to probe,
but within just a few ters, this perception was like sinking into the sea, disappearing without a trace.
"Could there be so sort of magnetic interference?"
Many magical natural phenona not only cause instrunts like compasses to malfunction but also confuse senses through complex terrains and patterns.
This is all due to magnetic interference.
Ning Fan was not a geologist, and could only think along these lines.
After a mont of hesitation, Ning Fan resolutely stepped into the forest.
Understanding the environnt first would be better than two people venturing in blindly tomorrow.
Besides Lin i, Ma Fei'er had only heard of this forest and had never been there herself.
As per Lin i's account, even Lin Batian wouldn't dare travel through it at night, which shows how eerie and terrifying it was.
As soon as Ning Fan entered the forest, a sizzling sound erupted nearby, with copious blue smoke rising from his body.
This was the Seven-Colored True Qi Protective Shield reacting to the Corpse Qi.
With Ning Fan's movent, the blue smoke grew denser.
Nearly every step he took deepened the Corpse Qi's intensity.
"Where is such dense Corpse Qi coming from? The strangest thing is..."
Ning Fan turned his gaze to the lush and verdant forest next to him.
He wasn't unfamiliar with Corpse Qi, which typically dissolves life's vitality.
Logically, with such dense Corpse Qi, this forest should be barren.
How could it be so vibrant, with towering trees?
Strangely, life and Corpse Qi could coexist here, rendering Ning Fan utterly baffled.
"Too peculiar!"
Besides the Corpse Qi, the dense fog around the forest swirled like a living entity, confounding vision.
Ning Fan looked back, seeing the fog spiraling around and columns of trees, unable to discern which path led back.
All around, the scenery was consistent, appearing indistinguishable at a glance.
"Interesting, a ghost wall effect too."
Ning Fan stopped in his tracks, as this stretch was still within his mind perception range, so he hadn't truly lost his way.
"I shouldn't venture deeper."
They say the skilled are bold, and if it were just Ning Fan alone, he would naturally fear nothing, and might even be interested in adventuring.
But now...
"Better head back first. Hopefully, this forest will change co daylight, just as Lin i said."
If it remains the sa as at night, Ning Fan would have to think of another route to reach the Corpse Herding Sect's area.
Seeing Ning Fan return, Ma Fei'er visibly exhaled a sigh of relief, "How was it?"
"This Misty Ghost Forest is indeed bizarre."
Ning Fan exclaid, having ventured less than ten ters before being forced to retreat.
"We should wait until dawn to set out again."
Amid Ma Fei'er's contemplations, the sky unknowingly brightened.
"Let's go!"
Seeing Lin i asleep, Ning Fan sent a True Qi pulse to wake her.
Given Lin i's good behavior, Ning Fan was less harsh this ti; otherwise, forcing her to defect wouldn't pay off.
With the dawn's light, the Misty Ghost Forest, shrouded in darkness, revealed its true form.
Under the morning light, the verdant ghost forest looked like a sea of green,
"What a lush sea of trees..."
But having explored the ghost forest at night, Ning Fan understood that beneath this vibrant facade lurked unfathomable danger.
No birds dared fly over this forest, suggesting an underlying fear.
"Why did I forget aerial mastery last night?"
Ning Fan felt a touch of regret, uncertain if flying over would face the forest's illusions.
By now, the people of Mo Family Village had begun their day's work, smoke rising from their chimneys.
Flying back and forth in broad daylight would surely have implications.
Ning Fan observed clearly that the Mo Family mbers, carrying crossbows, machetes, and other tools for hunting,
did not set foot into the nearby ghost forest, preferring the woods a few miles away instead.
Along the way, Ning Fan and his companions avoided the sparse Mo Family villagers, heading once more to the back of the village.
Ning Fan noted that Lin i behaved, neither drawing attention nor leaving secret marks.
"Huh! The Corpse Qi is gone?"
Had he not seen it himself, Ning Fan wouldn't have believed his eyes.
Where the night before he could clearly sense Corpse Qi even before entering, there was none to be found now, as if it had never existed.
Watching the mottled light and shadows filtering through the trees, Ning Fan chuckled, "It can't possibly have been dissolved by sunlight, right?"
Lin i offered a fawning smile, "Ning Fan, I know a little about this matter."
"Speak!"
"I once heard the Family Head say that the Misty Ghost Forest is an extrely rare Life and Death Ground, intertwining life and death energies. Life within death, death nurturing life."
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