Chapter 1295: Journey to Jade Dragon Palace
As the view drew closer, it revealed a young woman in black, her long hair cascading over her shoulders and her figure graceful and alluring.
Yet there was a hint of urgency in her movements. She sped through Blackwater Lake, sending out rippling shockwaves through the water.
"Ye Xian, why are you hurrying through the lake? Have you forgotten the master's rules?"
A voice sounded beside the woman's ear. Ye Xian hurriedly replied, "I was previously sent out by the master on an assignment. I now have urgent news to report!"
Once she invoked "the master," the burly woman who had just emerged from the black water dared not say anything more. She merely stepped aside to let her pass, though she still frowned and reminded her, "Do not act so flustered, lest you provoke the master's displeasure."
"Thank you for the reminder, Sister Lan!"
Ye Xian answered. Though she did not slow down, she forced down her panic and regained a measure of composure as she continued inward.
The Bronze Mirror's view followed behind the woman. Though Si Lingxi and Lu Zheng could not hear their conversation, they could roughly guess what had happened from their expressions.
Lu Zheng said, "This woman should be going to see the Blackwater Dark Serpent."
Si Lingxi nodded and moved the Bronze Mirror's view closer behind the woman, nearly setting it directly over her shoulder.
Then they saw the black water ahead of the woman suddenly churn. Layer upon layer of ripples surged toward her, and in the next moment, she seemed to pass through a thin barrier and appear within a waterless hollow.
The hollow remained pitch-black, yet clusters of flames drifted sporadically through the dark air.
These flames had nothing to support them, yet