Ye Yu sent his spiritual sense into the Ring of Holding. There, an Autumn Water Sword embryo gleaming with an azure-blue radiance floated silently.
The Autumn Water Sword he had given Qin Ruoxian back then was its body, while the Autumn Water Sword embryo he had obtained from the Xu Family Ancestral Land was its soul.
Ye Yu now possessed only the sword soul and not the sword body, so naturally, he had no way to fuse the Autumn Water Sword.
Meanwhile, Qin Ruoxian had already arrived at Dry Moon Island and learned of Ye Yu's affairs from Qin Wushuang.
At that moment, Qin Wushuang carefully watched the ashen-faced Qin Ruoxian before him and said softly, "Ruoxian, I only did it for your own good. Don't be angry."
Qin Ruoxian glared at Qin Wushuang and gritted her teeth. "Why did you interfere in my affairs? I have my own plans for Ye Yu and me!"
Qin Wushuang's entire body trembled, and he silently lowered his head.
Seeing Qin Wushuang like this, Qin Ruoxian's heart trembled. "Father Emperor, are you... afraid of me?"
Qin Wushuang froze. He nodded instinctively, then quickly shook his head. "No, no. You're the Yaochi Saintess, and you're my daughter too. How could I be afraid of you?"
Though he said that, anyone could see that Qin Wushuang's smile was somewhat forced.
Beneath that forced smile lay a trace of fear.
Qin Ruoxian could not help but redden her eyes. The Qin Wushuang before her was practically a different person from the Qin Wushuang in her memories.
At some unknown point, the once-confident ruler of Great Qin, Qin Wushuang, had also had all his edges worn away.
Now, even when facing his own biological daughter, the first identity he thought of was the Yaochi Saintess.
"Father Emperor,