Bitter Wound casually reduced the letter to ashes. He planned to go to that place alone, confident that with his strength, killing Fish Leaf and seizing the treasure would be exceedingly easy.
At that moment, a beautiful, voluptuous woman in a blue gown walked in and asked, "You're going there?"
There was a purple fish scale on the woman's brow, radiating the aura of Water Race bloodline—and its grade was not low.
Her name was Yu Shaoling. She too was of the Water Race, one with a high-grade bloodline. A year ago, she had come here in search of the Eightfold Water World, using Bitter Wound to help her obtain it.
Of course, Bitter Wound was not helping Yu Shaoling for nothing. He wanted to use this to gain the support of Yu Shaoling's clan and become the sect's Sect Master.
He had coveted the position of Sect Master for over a century. Though he had cultivated a faction within the sect, he still did not have absolute confidence in securing the position. The Eightfold Water World was useless to a human like him; using it to become Sect Master was, in his eyes, well worth it.
Yu Shaoling smiled. "Since the Eightfold Water World is in his hands, this makes things even easier. Leave it to me."
Bitter Wound nodded at that.
Yu Shaoling turned and left, arriving at another secret chamber. Inside, a beautiful, voluptuous woman with a seductive air was hanging from an iron chain that bound her hands, her body covered in wounds.
She too had a fish scale on her brow, and the bloodline aura she emitted seemed identical to Yu Shaoling's.
She was Fish Leaf's mother, Yu Qiye. She was of the same clan as Yu Shaoling—more precisely, Yu Qiye was Yu Shaoling's senior,