Heart of the Ocean

"Xiao Yi, aren't you of the sea race? Why don't... you try and see if you can earn the Sea God Scepter's recognition?"

Lin Qingxuan gazed at the supreme scepter rising and sinking within the deep-blue pillar of light, a trace of unwillingness flashing through her beautiful eyes. Then she looked toward Xiao Yi beside her and suggested softly.

"Mm!" Xiao Yi nodded her little head hard, hope rekindling in her pale-blue eyes. "Let Xiao Yi try! Maybe Lord Sea God will be willing to go with Xiao Yi on account of Xiao Yi being so cute!"

As she spoke, she swam forward barefoot, stretched out two tender white little hands, and gripped the dark gold shaft tightly. The instant her palms pressed against it—

Buzz—!!!

The Sea God Scepter suddenly let out a long, melodious tremor. The ancient oceanic runes upon the shaft lit up one after another, blooming with azure divine radiance even more dazzling than before. Especially the heart-shaped Heart of the Ocean at the top of the scepter—its pulsing frequency abruptly quickened, and circles of azure energy ripples, so dense they were almost liquid, spread layer upon layer in all directions with the scepter as their center, gently licking Xiao Yi's arms like a weathered elder examining a descendant of later generations.

"It reacted!"

Shi Jingtian's eyes instantly widened, and he could not help crying out in a low voice.

Xiao Yi's little face flushed crimson from exertion. She gritted her teeth, both hands clenching the shaft for dear life, using all the strength she had to pull upward. Her two little legs even kicked wildly in the water.

"Yaa—! Up! Get up for me!"

The azure blue energy fluctuations grew more and more violent, and the entire Sea God Palace trembled lightly amid this resonance.