The Palace Lord of Azure Heaven still wore that forbidding expression, staring straight at Ye Yu as though pondering what had happened to him.
The Cauldron Spirit was the same, not following the Void Sky Cauldron back into Ye Yu's body.
Ever since its intelligence had awakened, Ye Yu had completed every operation involving the Void Sky Cauldron in cooperation with it himself, but now...
Seeing that the Palace Lord of Azure Heaven had not gone mad again, Ye Yu frowned. Though he wanted that Haotian Mirror fragment, he would not risk his life for it. He immediately prepared to turn and leave.
But before he had taken more than a few steps, the Palace Lord of Azure Heaven descended before Ye Yu again. He spread open his palm, and the Haotian Mirror fragment lay quietly within it.
"What do you mean?" Ye Yu asked with a frown, not stepping forward immediately.
After a long silence, the Palace Lord of Azure Heaven said, "I will remain here. If you succeed, come back and tell me... what exactly it takes to succeed."
"So this is your investment in me?" Ye Yu asked.
The Palace Lord of Azure Heaven nodded.
Ye Yu froze for a moment, then no longer hesitated. He stepped forward and took the Haotian Mirror fragment from the Palace Lord of Azure Heaven's hand. After pondering for a while, he said, "Severing everything does not mean finding some deserted place to hide."
As soon as those words fell, the Palace Lord of Azure Heaven stiffened. The aura within him became chaotic once more, but this time, it lasted only an instant before being suppressed. "Little Ying... is she truly still alive?"
"You'll know if you go see for yourself. It seems... you do not want her to be alive."