Yaya's Jade Bracelets were actually a pair!
One of them must have been lost within the Mist Dragon when she fell unconscious. Had Yaya not returned this time, she probably would never have noticed it.
It was precisely because she had returned to the Mist Dragon with Lu Ye and sensed it that she was able to retrieve the lost Jade Bracelet.
Having recovered her Jade Bracelet, Yaya was clearly delighted. A flower-like smile blossomed across her little face as she happily slipped it onto her other wrist.
It fit perfectly.
Lu Ye stared at it for a while and saw countless profound, intricate patterns flowing across the Jade Bracelet. But before he could examine them closely, they faded from sight.
This pair of Jade Bracelets had to be immensely important to Yaya. Now that they had been recovered after being lost, Lu Ye was happy for her as well.
"Daddy, Yaya is sleepy. I want to sleep for a while!" Yaya suddenly said, then curled up in Lu Ye's arms.
"Sleep." Lu Ye held her and gently patted her back. Then he turned and darted back the way he had come.
He had no idea that, at that very moment, a subtle mystery seemed to be flowing from the Jade Bracelets on Yaya's wrists into her body—something that had never happened before.
With Yaya in one arm and the torch raised in the other, he moved through the Mist Dragon without obstruction.
But as he walked, Lu Ye realized something was wrong. He was certain he had returned along the same route, and he was moving quickly. Unless something unexpected had happened, he should have caught up to the fleet within a few days.
Yet in truth, he had not seen any trace of it.
Not until half a