Pollution

"Aina, you are not focusing." Xia Lun furrowed his brows slightly.

"Sorry, Xia Lun." Aina gave Xia Lun a light thump on his back.

"But, Xia Lun... something seems to have happened over there, and I might need to step in and handle it..." Aina pleaded.

"Handle something? What is this? A new excuse? That's quite a unique reason," Xia Lun replied in a very surprised tone.

"No... believe me, Xia Lun... it really is something important... it's a matter of life and death!" Aina struggled powerlessly, pushing against Xia Lun's chest.

Xia Lun still didn't believe her.

Buzz—

Then, Xia Lun looked rather helplessly at the magical chains wrapping around his body. His power was completely sealed, leaving him like a powerless child in this moment.

"I'm not joking with you. You're going to distract me like this. We'll continue later." Aina reached out a slender finger and tapped Xia Lun's forehead.

"Alright." Xia Lun heard the seriousness in Aina's voice and tactfully stopped causing trouble.

Aina kissed Xia Lun's cheek to soothe him, then slowly stood up.

When her feet touched the ground, Aina's legs staggered, and she went slightly weak, almost falling to the floor.

A blood-red light shone in Aina's hand as she gestured in the air, transferring more of her consciousness to the blood bat and instantly taking over its control.

Fearing accidents, Aina had never learned magic related to dividing her mind or multiple trains of thought, nor did she create conscious clones.

In every sense, creating clones was a highly dangerous spell.

First, with her strength, she didn't need it. Second, if a divided mind developed other thoughts, it would be extremely dangerous—for this world.

As for the third point... it would be terrible if a clone tried to steal Xia Lun from her.

After all, Xia Lun had said he would love everything about her... and that obviously included a clone.

Therefore, Aina would never create a competitor for herself, nor would she ever serve this guy alongside a clone...

"Hmph!" At the thought of this, Aina indignantly gave Xia Lun's thigh a hard pinch.

Xia Lun looked baffled, completely unaware of what had just happened.

Aina sat on the bed, blood-red light flickering in her eyes as she continued to control the distant blood bat.

When she initially left the blood bat by Luo Lun's side, it wasn't just to monitor her movements, but also to prevent things like this from happening.

It would be such a pity if the person she had her eye on died from some baffling incident. She would be very troubled.

Aina knew that humans were very fragile. If an arm was severed, it couldn't grow back on its own... they had to rely on healing magic.

Aina kept her small face taut, her gaze gradually sinking as the blood bat began a frenzied slaughter in another space.

A moment later, Aina's expression relaxed slightly.

"Is the matter resolved?"

Xia Lun sat over and hugged Aina's slender waist from behind.

"Pretty much. There shouldn't be any danger over there now," Aina replied. "It was Miss Luo Lun, whom we met earlier. She ran into some trouble, so I gave her a hand."

"Ah, whose Aina is this, to actually be so kind, good-hearted, and eager to help others?"

"Xia Lun... stop touching me..." Aina said helplessly.

"Isn't the matter over there already resolved?"

"I just... dealt with the danger. I still have something to say to Luo Lun..."

"Oh," Xia Lun responded verbally, but his hands didn't stop moving.

Aina's cheeks suddenly flushed bright red. She threw her head back, bumping away the mischievous Xia Lun behind her.

"It's all your fault!" Aina scolded, her face red with embarrassment.

"What's wrong?"

"The sound just now... she heard it!" Aina looked ashamed and indignant.

"Ah? What should we do then?"

"Nothing!" Aina pounded Xia Lun's chest again and again. "It's all your fault!"

"Alright, it's all my fault."

Aina vented her anger on Xia Lun's body. "She will definitely think I'm some shameless woman! I was planning to take her in as a subordinate in the future. How am I supposed to face her now?"

"I think you are somewhat at fault too, Aina. If you just gritted your teeth and endured it, wouldn't you have gotten through it?"

The Demon Lord's gaze became very dangerous, and Xia Lun shrank his neck.

Well, Aina was his wife, how could he possibly be afraid of her? He was just yielding to her because he loved her.

"Don't worry, she definitely won't associate it with this... It was just a soft moan, after all," Xia Lun comforted. "At worst, you can just alter her memory the next time you meet."

"You... you have a point."

Since it could still be remedied, Aina felt relieved again.

Xia Lun waved his hand at Aina, and Aina threw herself into Xia Lun's arms.

"Are we continuing?" Seeing that Xia Lun was taking too long to make a move, Aina couldn't help but ask proactively.

"This is too depraved, Aina. We can't do this." Xia Lun refused with righteous indignation. "Help me out... I want to try diving into the Spirit World again."

"Isn't it all the same thing..." Aina muttered softly, then gently patted her own cheeks, pulling herself together to give it her all.

...

It took Xia Lun a great deal of effort to finally grasp that perception. His consciousness rapidly dove down, returning to this place once more.

Xia Lun slowly opened his "eyes."

In the Spirit World, there was naturally no physical vision; one relied on the perceptive power of the soul.

Well, he wasn't completely naked coming in this time. That was an improvement.

The surroundings were still the familiar scenery. The Divine Tree of Life occupied his entire field of vision, appearing like a small world of its own.

Aina wasn't by his side, but Xia Lun could feel Aina's presence... after all, they were still pressed closely together in reality.

"Don't be afraid, Xia Lun. Go and explore to your heart's content. I will watch over you," Aina's voice suddenly echoed in Xia Lun's mind.

Could she observe the situation here from reality?

"Aina, aren't you going to enter the Spirit World too?"

"Um... no, I'll pass... I'm doing just fine on the outside... in reality..." Aina's voice sounded a bit guilty.

Xia Lun carefully inspected his surroundings. Even with Aina watching over him, he didn't dare to be the slightest bit careless.

"Hmm?"

Xia Lun noticed that there was an obviously strange area directly above his head.

The surrounding branches and leaves were a vibrant emerald green full of life force, like transparent gemstones. However, that specific area was as pitch-black as ink, seemingly twisting constantly and spreading toward other parts.

"That is the part of the Divine Tree that has been corrupted by the potion."

A voice rang out from behind Xia Lun.