After Ye Xuan and the others returned to the East Palace, Emperor Xue Ye immediately sent people to find Prince Xue Xing, just as expected.
After Ye Xuan returned to the East Palace, Qian Renxue asked, "Young Master Ye, is what you said about the Sea God awakening again true?"
"It might be true, or it could be another god," Ye Xuan replied.
From what he knew, the world's balancing mechanism would inevitably cause a god's consciousness to awaken.
But who would awaken, and where, were both unknown to Ye Xuan.
However, he could be sure of one thing: if the Sea God's consciousness appeared again, it absolutely wouldn't appear inside the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
He had spoken so confidently today only to frighten Emperor Xue Ye and the others.
"By the way, announce publicly that I'll be in seclusion to recover from my injuries for the next few days. Make sure everyone knows," Ye Xuan said.
"Okay." Qian Renxue hadn't expected Ye Xuan to be so wicked, but she liked him all the more for it.
Ye Xuan then went to tell Xiao Wu and the others to wait a few days.
That night.
Prince Xue Xing sought out Dugu Bo again.
After explaining why he had come, Dugu Bo was delighted. He hadn't expected this credit to come knocking on his door all by itself.
He hadn't wanted to deceive Prince Xue Xing, but he knew that Prince Xue Xing and the others couldn't stop Ye Xuan.
It was obvious that Ye Xuan wanted the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. If they refused to hand it over, Prince Xue Xing and the others wouldn't be able to stop him from taking it by force.
So Dugu Bo said solemnly, "Your Highness, in my opinion, the Vast Sea Cosmic