With a snort, he turned around and disappeared into the mist of the Tianyuan restricted area. Chen Qingyuan breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. Over the past hundred years, he had suffered a lot at the hands of this mysterious girl in a red dress. Although he had also had many opportunities, he did not want to live in such a life of fear again. "Finally free..." He murmured to himself, looking up at the sky beyond the abyss, feeling a long-lost sense of relief in his heart. However, just as he was about to leave, the voice of the girl in the red skirt suddenly sounded in his ears: "Chen Qingyuan, do you think 'two' is a good choice?" Chen Qingyuan froze, and the alarm bell rang in his heart: "... What do you mean?" The girl in the red skirt's laughter echoed like a silver bell: "'Two' is - become a Taoist partner with me, or... Stay in this Tianyuan restricted area forever, and accompany me until my life span is exhausted." Chen Qingyuan: "..." "Now, choose again." The figure of the girl in the red dress reappeared, with a sly smile in her eyes. Chen Qingyuan's mouth twitched, finally realizing that he was still too naive. He took a deep breath and said with a bitter smile: "Senior, you are being unreasonable..." The girl in the red skirt snorted: "In this Tianyuan, I am the reason." ——**Following plot**—— Chen Qingyuan had no choice but to compromise temporarily and agreed to become the girl in the red skirt's "temporary Taoist companion", but put forward a condition: he must leave Tianyuan to complete his commitment and unfinished business. The girl in the red dress pondered for a moment, and unexpectedly agreed, but planted a "soul mark" in his body, which could not only protect his life, but also sense his movements at any time. "If you dare to break the contract..." She narrowed her eyes and lightly traced his chest with her fingertips, "You will be responsible for the consequences." Chen Qingyuan nodded with a wry smile, and then finally stepped out of the Tianyuan restricted area and returned to the world of cultivation. However, things have changed in the outside world - the girl he had an agreement with back then has now become a saint of a great religion, but he himself has become a "mediocre" in the eyes of everyone because his cultivation has stagnated due to his hundreds of years in Tianyuan. What's even more troublesome is that the "soul mark" of the girl in the red dress attracted the prying eyes of many powerful people, and Chen Qingyuan was forced to get involved in a whirlpool involving ancient secrets... (To be continued)