"How could this happen?"
"The wives I found for Qing'er—how did they all run away?"
"They're other people's wives? That's fine too! They're wives either way."
"But why did they run off with children?"
"Why did they seal the children away too?"
"Shouldn't they have been allowed to grow up strong and healthy?"
"And why has Stone Ridge Mountain become such a mess?"
"The maidservants are fighting, sneaking around, and even want to bear children for Qing'er?"
"This... won't Qing'er be worked to death?"
Splash!
Splash!
Splash!
The sea wind howled, and waves battered one reef after another.
Ten years later:
Chu Qing had finally settled the compensation for all the female Others, then came to the shore with Madam Jin.
He was brimming with energy, refreshed in both body and mind, feeling better than ever before.
Yet whenever he looked at Madam Jin, a faint trace of grievance would appear in his eyes.
Because this woman was simply too ruthless.
"Godmother, where is my exotic treasure?"
"I gave so much. Where is the exotic treasure that can send my strength soaring?"
Madam Jin gave an awkward smile and pointed at the reefs. "These are it!"
Chu Qing looked at the reefs protruding one or two meters above the water, growing even more bewildered.
"Godmother..."
Madam Jin snapped her fingers.
The next moment:
The seawater churned and exploded.
The reefs slowly rose toward the sky.
Splash!
Splash!
Seawater cascaded from the reefs. All manner of sea creatures tangled around them began to fall as well.
Only barnacles, coral, oysters, and the like remained clinging to the reefs.
Ten meters...
A hundred meters...
A thousand meters...
The enormous reef rose a full ten thousand meters before stopping.
Madam Jin opened her mouth and blew out a breath.
Splash!
The encrustations on