"Hai Wuliang?"
"Wasn't he the first one to surrender? He couldn't even protect his own daughter?"
Qian Renxue's gaze sharpened.
"I don't know what the reason behind it is."
"All I know is that Hai Wuliang was delighted. He even helped his daughter choose her wedding gown himself!"
Flender gave a bitter smile.
"What a Sea God Hall! Isn't this a cult?"
Qian Renxue's face was filled with fury.
"What time tonight?"
Jiang Ming's voice was quiet, but it carried an icy killing intent.
"Ten tonight!"
"At Sea God Square in the center of the city. Everyone has to go. Anyone who doesn't will 'ascend to heaven' the next day."
Flender explained.
"Then let's go take a look."
Jiang Ming stood and brushed the hem of his clothes.
"Jiang Ming, I know you're strong."
"But that White-Clothed Woman... there's something wrong with her."
"I keep feeling that she isn't human."
Flender hesitated, but spoke anyway.
"Not human?"
Jiang Ming looked at Flender with interest.
"She doesn't smell like a living person. There's only a salty, fishy stench."
Flender's gaze fell to the table, as though he were recalling something.
"I've killed plenty of things that weren't human. One more won't make a difference."
Jiang Ming nodded, then turned to leave.
"What's your son's name?"
Qian Renxue paused at the doorway and glanced back at Flender.
"Liu Hai."
Flender froze for a moment.
"Remember this: if you don't court death, you won't die!"
Qian Renxue turned and left.
Night fell.
Every street in Vast Sea City emptied.
Everyone flooded toward Sea God Square in the center of the city.
The crowd was packed tight, like a flock of sheep being herded along.
Jiang Ming and Qian Renxue followed the crowd forward.
The square was enormous, large enough to hold tens