As they spoke, a group of people arrived at Alice's home in the valley.
"Father," Alice said, her eyes reddening as she looked at her father lying in bed.
"Sisi is back?" Ed tried to sit up, but after a moment's effort, he lay back down. This made Alice's heart tighten, and she hurried over.
Alice knew her father's injuries were severe, but she hadn't expected them to be this bad. Her father was at the peak of the Void Refining realm, how could he be injured to this extent?
Moreover, according to her mother, he had been injured over a month ago but hadn't told her for fear of her worrying.
Alice's nickname was Sisi.
"Don't worry, although my injuries are severe, I'm not dying," Ed said with a frank smile.
"Father, your injuries are so serious, don't try to tough it out," Alice said, her eyes still red, adding, "Feilong, come and examine my father!"
Yang Feilong stepped forward.
"Although my injuries are severe, they are truly not fatal," Ed said with a light laugh. But the next moment, when he saw Yang Feilong, his expression changed. He then looked at Alice and said blankly, "You have formed an equal contract?"
As soon as he said this, the cultivators of the Qingluan clan in the room were all greatly alarmed. Shirley also looked at Yang Feilong and Alice. She hadn't paid attention before, but now, looking closely, she could faintly see a line between them that cultivators below the Void Refining realm could not see – the contract line.
This line, let alone for beings in the Void Refining realm, even for those in the Body Integration realm, it would be almost impossible to sever!
"How could this be?" Everyone couldn't help but tremble.
A contract, if Alice had formed a contract with a being from a top-tier race, or if one party was an extremely powerful being, they wouldn't have had such a big reaction. But the other party to the contract was a human, and they naturally found it unacceptable, as if a princess had married a beggar, making them feel ridiculous.
"Alice, this human didn't threaten you by saving Uncle, did he? I knew it, this is a despicable human!" At this moment, Ze Lian, who couldn't hold back, roared.
He already had no good feelings for Yang Feilong and naturally spared no effort in belittling him.
Moreover, he believed this was the case, otherwise, how could the proud Alice befriend this human!
"Ze Lian, shut up. If you slander my friend again, believe it or not, we'll never be friends!" Alice said, looking at Ze Lian with disgust.
This reprimand made Ze Lian even more jealous. She was scolding him again for a human!
Besides, wasn't it right to question you?
Otherwise, why would you form a contract with this lowly human?
"Sisi, you..." In fact, Ed, who knew his daughter well, also suspected that his daughter might have formed the contract for his sake. His heart was filled with self-reproach and disgust towards Yang Feilong.
Of course, he didn't show it, because contracts were not easy to break, unless Yang Feilong willingly did so. And if Yang Feilong was unwilling to break the contract, then dealing with Yang Feilong would provoke Alice's anger and fury.
This was the terrifying aspect of an equal contract!
At this moment, Alice spoke seriously, her expression cold: "I'll say it again, Yang Feilong, he is my friend, and also my contract partner. As for why we formed the contract, it's because he saved my life! And this contract, I begged for it!"
As soon as she said this, there was an uproar.
This human saved Alice's life?
Of course, they all assumed Alice had been severely injured in a fight, to the point of near death, and was then saved by Yang Feilong. Therefore, she was grateful for Yang Feilong's life-saving grace and then willingly begged to sign an equal contract.
Perhaps because of this, Alice highly praised Yang Feilong's medical skills. Upon learning of her father's severe injury, she had him come to treat him.
This was the process of everyone's imagination.
Yang Feilong was also surprised that Alice hadn't told the truth, but thinking of their partner contract, he felt at ease. He couldn't do anything that would be detrimental to his contract partner.
Moreover, Alice's actions clearly showed that she regarded him as a true contract partner, and even a true friend. Whether this was the case, Yang Feilong couldn't say for sure.
Because contract partners could only feel that the other party could not harbor ill intentions towards them, but they did not know the other party's thoughts.
Of course, Alice saying Yang Feilong saved her life was not entirely a lie, because if Yang Feilong hadn't intervened at that time, she would have certainly died at the hands of that spirit ape.
At this moment, the way everyone looked at Yang Feilong changed. Since he was Alice's savior, forming an equal contract was acceptable. They, the Qingluan clan, were not a race that was inherently cold-hearted; repaying kindness was a basic tenet!
Ed felt very ashamed. He had actually misunderstood the person. It seemed his injuries were too severe, affecting his judgment!
Ze Lian opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but couldn't. No wonder Alice was so displeased with him. But wasn't he concerned about her? He felt resentful. If he truly hated Yang Feilong, there was no reason for it. If Yang Feilong hadn't saved Alice, he would have lost the chance to be with Alice forever.
But asking him to be grateful to Yang Feilong was impossible. He had been slapped and repeatedly reprimanded by Alice. How could he apologize now? Wasn't that putting him, Ze Lian, in a difficult position?
"Let me examine the injury first!" Yang Feilong said calmly, as if the events happening before him had nothing to do with him.
Tang Ya snorted inwardly. These people were truly ungrateful!
You think our human race is lowly, but I think humans are noble. Otherwise, why would you transform into humans after taking form, and not other races?
Of course, these words couldn't be spoken, otherwise, it would be a sign of low emotional intelligence, no different from the rude and impolite Ze Lian.
"I'm sorry to trouble you, Doctor Yang!" Ed said to Yang Feilong with a complex expression.
Alice's words earlier had made everyone remember Yang Feilong's name. Yang Feilong had briefly examined Ed's injuries after entering the room. To be honest, he was not confident, because Ed was a being at the peak of the Void Refining realm. Such a powerful being, once injured, would surely suffer Dao injuries!
Could he heal such injuries?
Of course, if his soul hadn't broken through to the Nascent Soul realm, Yang Feilong might not have had a solution. But now, with the improvement of his soul, Yang Feilong's Nine Needles of Life-Saving had also made new breakthroughs. Currently, Yang Feilong had successfully advanced to the fourth level.
He could control thirty-six silver needles simultaneously!
Although it was only an increase of nine needles, the ability to seize creation from heaven and earth had increased severalfold!
"You all go out!" Yang Feilong said softly.
"Can you cure him?" Alice asked nervously.
"More or less!" Yang Feilong thought for a moment and said with a confident smile. Once he used the Nine Needles of Life-Saving, he could even bring people back from the brink of death, let alone Ed, her father, who was a Void Refining realm being. Once the Dao injuries were mostly expelled, he could break through the remaining ones himself.
"That's wonderful, thank you." Hearing this, Alice's face lit up with joy.
"It's not too late to thank me after I've cured him!" Yang Feilong said with a smile that was as pleasant as a spring breeze.
Seeing Yang Feilong and Alice interact, Ze Lian gritted his teeth, his face looking very unpleasant. But having angered Alice twice already, he didn't dare to say any more sarcastic words at this moment.