"Stop crying... Jin Ting, stop crying. Grandma isn't blaming you..." The old woman's voice trembled.
Little Jin Ting seemed to be held in someone's arms, sobbing in fits and starts. "But the turtle is almost starved to death... The big turtle is almost dead!"
A group of disciples immediately began crying along with her.
Several sounds of swords being drawn rang out. A few hot-blooded youths seemed to have stepped forward.
"Ancestor of the Heaven's Unity Sect! If you really are beneath the Heavenly Pool, this disciple is willing to do as our elders did! I'll let my hot blood splash into the pool! I only ask that you save my Heaven's Unity Sect! Don't let the big turtle die! Let Little Jin Ting live!"
With a muffled sound as a sword pierced flesh, the child fell into the Heavenly Pool. A splash of blood instantly bloomed across its pale surface!
"Ancestor, above us all! My name is A Cong! Lu Xiaocong! I've worshiped you endlessly since I was a child! Whenever I heard the elders' tales of how you founded the sect, I would yearn to see what you were like when you were alive! So today, I'm willing to die in exchange for your return!"
Another youth slit his throat and leaped into the Heavenly Pool. My heart gave a sudden thump, as though something had cracked apart inside me!
"Grandpa Ancestor! I'm Yu Xian'er! My mother said that our Heaven's Unity Sect would never perish! If that day ever came, Grandpa Ancestor would definitely emerge from the Heavenly Pool to save us! At this moment, Xian'er is also willing to die, joining my mother in awakening Grandpa Ancestor to uphold justice for us!"
Another fresh, lively little girl threw herself into the Heavenly Pool.
"Ancestor... can you