Seeking Help

This was a crystal-clear little blue pearl. Strands of rosy radiance flowed across its surface, casting out a halo and carrying an ineffable divine charm. The instant it was taken out, the air around them abruptly turned frigid.

Snap!

A dewdrop on a blade of grass in the small courtyard suddenly gave a faint mosquito-like chirp, instantly transforming into a snowflake that bloomed open and slowly drifted down from the grass.

"This is... the Heavenly Water Pearl?" Chen Fan was slightly startled, somewhat surprised.

When he had searched the souls of those Hell Sect experts earlier, he had seen information about this pearl in one man's memories. It seemed to have come from the Ancient Immortal Court, condensed from heavenly water.

Yet in that man's memories, this Heavenly Water Pearl had been suppressed on the eighteenth level of the Hell Sect's ancestral grounds, enveloped in the fiercest flames. How had it come to be in Dugu Ghost Sword's possession?

Seeing that Chen Fan recognized the pearl, the Dugu Clan members were also somewhat taken aback. Dugu Ghost Sword herself froze briefly before saying, "We do not know this pearl's origin either. But the Hell Sect's attack this time was most likely for this pearl."

"You said the place you went to was beneath a volcano?" Chen Fan asked.

Dugu Ghost Sword nodded.

Only then did Chen Fan say in a deep voice, "That may be the Hell Sect's ancestral grounds!"

"What?" Dugu Ghost Sword's expression changed at once.

She fell silent for a moment before continuing, "I did not know what place it was. But after obtaining this pearl, an expert discovered my presence and pursued me. At the time, I did not think much of it and immediately turned back the way I had come. Yet the moment I