Bai Suzhen, her white robes stained with blood, slowly came up behind him and rested her cheek against Yue Qianchou's shoulder. In a low voice, she said, "Take me to the Blue Sea Death Realm." Her tone was calm, yet incomparably resolute.
Yue Qianchou turned around with one arm around the weeping Furong. Looking at Bai Suzhen's gentle face, neither sorrowful nor joyful, he knew she wanted to use the Blue Sea Essence to temper her body and cultivate, rapidly raising her cultivation in the hope that one day she could avenge herself upon the Demon God. Of course, he could refuse to take her there, but how could he refuse in such circumstances? He had caused such a catastrophe and had even gotten her Adoptive Father killed. What face did he have to refuse?
"Alright!" After a long silence, Yue Qianchou finally spat out those two words. He gently patted Furong's back, released her, then took Bai Suzhen's hand and vanished with her.
The two appeared hand in hand on the island within the Blue Sea Death Realm, silently watching the deadly pillars of light that occasionally shot into the sky around them.
Bai Suzhen tried to pull her hand free and head deep into the sea, but Yue Qianchou gripped it tightly and would not let go. Shaking his head with a bitter smile, he said, "I'll go with you."
A bubble enveloped them as they dived toward the depths of the dark blue sea. Upon reaching the seabed, they did not find the Blue Sea Golden Essence. Seeing the deadly pillars of light that periodically erupted from the ocean floor, Yue Qianchou used a water art and pointed forward. Undercurrents immediately surged through the water, sweeping away the mud and sand covering the seabed.
The instant the