Chapter 367 A Little Side Effect

The three dared not delay and quickly stood in their designated positions.

"I will need to borrow your bodies to complete some energy conversion," Ye Fan explained. "This process might make you feel a little uncomfortable, so please bear with it. But rest assured, it won't cause any harm to your bodies."

The three nodded, their expressions solemn.

With a thought, Ye Fan summoned the Evil Flame from the tip of his right index finger.

The black Evil Flame snaked along the array patterns, quickly dyeing the entire formation black!

Although Ye Fan was doing his best to suppress the Evil Flame's effects, Xiao Monü and the others couldn't help but frown at the aura.

"Concentrate," Ye Fan warned. "At this moment, any distraction will not only endanger Hong Ying but also cause harm to yourselves!"

Xiao Monü and the others dared not be careless and quickly steadied their minds.

Then, Ye Fan controlled the Evil Flame to engrave new talismans onto the formation.

That's right.

The formation was currently incomplete!

But there was no other way.

The normal procedure would have been to complete the formation first, and then have Hong Ying and Xiao Monü enter.

However, doing so would have required him to suppress the formation with his true qi the entire time, which was impossible now.

So, they had to resort to this more troublesome, brute-force method.

Fortunately, there weren't many runes to engrave, and it was completed in a short while.

The black Evil Flame, under Ye Fan's control, flowed through the entire formation and then crawled towards Shan Ji, who was closest.

As soon as the Evil Flame touched his body, Shan Ji's face almost turned green...

Although the Evil Flame felt much weaker now than when they were in the ruins, it still made him feel incredibly uncomfortable.

Brother, are you sure... this is just a little uncomfortable?

Fortunately, thanks to Ye Fan's earlier warning, Shan Ji managed to suppress the sensation.

The Evil Flame circulated within Shan Ji's body before crawling towards Xiao Monü beside him.

Then it went to Xiang Jiao Jun.

At this moment, the Evil Flame was like a black thread, merging the three of them and the formation into a single entity.

By the time this was done, an hour had passed.

Ye Fan raised his left hand and shot another Evil Flame directly into Xiang Jiao Jun's forehead.

As this Evil Flame was injected, the runes beneath Xiang Jiao Jun lit up.

Xiang Jiao Jun felt his head buzz as a chill, more intense than before, enveloped him!

He felt as if a hand had rudely invaded his mind, tearing at it furiously...

His consciousness began to blur...

The experience of forcefully tearing the soul was, after all, a bit beyond the capabilities of a novice cultivator like him...

After a while, a black Evil Flame emerged from Xiang Jiao Jun's forehead and shot into Hong Ying's.

This Evil Flame, transformed into a black thread, now connected Xiang Jiao Jun and Hong Ying individually.

The Evil Flame that had flowed through Xiao Monü and the others' bodies was merely to maintain the basic operation of the formation.

This connection between Xiang Jiao Jun and Hong Ying was the one truly meant for saving her.

As time passed, the expressions of the three became increasingly grave...

They looked like they were exerting a great deal of effort.

And on the black thread connecting Xiang Jiao Jun and Hong Ying, faint traces of green began to appear...

Xiang Jiao Jun felt even worse now...

The concept of 'self' began to blur.

Or rather, another 'self' suddenly appeared...

He felt like a piece of paper.

Torn apart one moment, then pieced back together the next...

His consciousness was utterly chaotic...

Gradually, the sky began to darken.

Xiao Monü and Shan Ji's faces were beaded with sweat.

And the black thread connecting Xiang Jiao Jun and Hong Ying had turned completely green!

Miraculously, Xiang Jiao Jun felt no discomfort at all.

He could clearly feel the existence of two 'selves,' a truly wondrous sensation.

Half an hour later.

"Alright," Ye Fan retracted the Evil Flame. "You can move now."

"Huuuh—!"

As soon as Ye Fan spoke, Xiao Monü and Shan Ji collapsed onto the ground, completely losing their composure.

They examined their bodies internally.

Just as Ye Fan had said, there was no damage. At most, they had lost a little demonic and demonic qi.

This loss was negligible.

Yet, they felt incredibly tired!

It was a spiritual exhaustion, making them not want to move an inch...

It felt as if they had been completely drained...

Xiang Jiao Jun was slightly better, just standing there in a daze.

After all, the Life Tree was far superior to them in level.

Throughout the entire process, Lü Ying and Huang Huihong could only watch with anxious eyes.

They didn't even dare to breathe heavily, fearing they might disrupt Ye Fan's progress.

Now that Ye Fan had finished, they still looked as if they wanted to ask something but were afraid to.

"Your sister is fine," Ye Fan said, glancing at Lü Ying. "She should wake up soon."

"Mmm..." As soon as Ye Fan finished speaking, Hong Ying slowly opened her eyes.

"Sister!" Lü Ying rushed over and embraced Hong Ying tightly. "Sister, how are you feeling now?"

Hong Ying didn't answer, instead staring blankly.

She had just had a very strange dream...

"Sister, what's wrong?" Lü Ying panicked. "Don't scare me!"

"I'm fine..." Hong Ying replied, then her gaze swept across the room.

Her eyes landed on Xiang Jiao Jun.

Their gazes met.

Gradually, the way they looked at each other became... unusual.

"That's strange?" Xiao Monü mumbled. "Didn't Big Banana used to be afraid of women? Why is he staring at Sister Hong Ying like that? It looks quite affectionate?"

Shan Ji also expressed his confusion. "Has Brother Jiao finally come of age?"

"Damn it!" Ye Fan slapped his forehead. "I forgot about this..."

Xiao Monü and Shan Ji turned to him simultaneously, their faces filled with curiosity.

"Now, Brother Jiao has a part of his soul merged with Hong Ying, so they will have a peculiar connection," Ye Fan explained. "This feeling... how to put it..."

"I understand!" Xiao Monü exclaimed, enlightened. "Is it like us?"

"Sort of, but not entirely the same," Ye Fan shook his head. "If I had to say, it's deeper and more intimate than ours. And for a while at the beginning, they will often feel like they are the same person."

"That good?" Xiao Monü's eyes lit up. "Then can you do that for us too?"

"You'd have to shatter your own soul first," Ye Fan said speechlessly. "But if you actually did that, I would have reason to suspect your intelligence is insufficient."

There was something Ye Fan didn't say.

Sha Ying Beast was already one of the most idiotic among demonic beasts, even more so than Huskies. Xiao Monü had already been fused with a Sha Ying Beast by that mad old man before.

And then, after fusing with all sorts of miscellaneous bloodlines...

Xiao Monü, your intelligence is already limited, please spare them...

"It's okay!" Xiao Monü said indifferently. "For you, I'm willing!"

"Forget it..." Ye Fan responded with a huge eye-roll. "You've seen my spiritual sea, do you think you can handle it?"

"That's true..." Xiao Monü nodded thoughtfully. "Yours is too big and too much, I definitely can't handle it... Ah! What a shame!"

Ye Fan's mouth twitched.

As expected of you!

Something that was originally very serious became strange when it came out of your mouth...

"What a magical feeling..." Hong Ying raised her hand and touched her chest, staring intently at Xiang Jiao Jun. "I think I can feel your heart..."

"Me too..." Xiang Jiao Jun also looked bewildered. "How strange, why have I become like this..."

As they spoke, Xiang Jiao Jun unconsciously walked towards Hong Ying.

Hong Ying gently pushed Lü Ying away, stood up, and walked towards Xiang Jiao Jun.

The short distance between them vanished in an instant.

As soon as they met, they embraced each other...

And their faces quickly drew closer...

Then they started kissing...

"Eh? What's going on?" Xiao Monü seemed to have stumbled upon a major scoop. "Ye Fan, didn't you just say they would become one person? This is..."

"Alright, let's go out quickly," Ye Fan grabbed Xiao Monü and pulled her outside.

Given the way Xiang Jiao Jun and Hong Ying were acting, there was bound to be passionate intimacy.

Whether they would be embarrassed or not was uncertain, but he definitely would be...

It was also his fault for being careless...

The feeling of being one person naturally meant being completely one person...

During a previous rescue of a friend, he had used the soul of the friend's wife.

They were a couple, so it was fine.

He had been so focused on deriving the formula earlier that he had forgotten about this detail...

This counts as...

Unintentionally playing matchmaker?

"Don't rush to leave, let me watch a bit longer..."

Xiao Monü, being pulled along by Ye Fan, kept craning her neck to look back...

"That's enough!" Ye Fan immediately flicked her forehead. "People can't be this perverted!"

As for Huang Huihong, there was no need to say anything more. He was so embarrassed he wished he could find a hole to crawl into.

Only Shan Ji, walking at the very back, remained calm.

As they left, he thoughtfully helped Xiang Jiao Jun and the others close the door.

As the door was about to be fully closed, Shan Ji seemed to remember something.

"Brother Jiao!" Shan Ji shouted into the room. "Good luck!"

Only then did he close the door and leave...