Feng Xiaotian opened his mouth to say something, but Huo Wu silenced him with a look. Folding her arms, she said evenly, "Fine, we'll stay. Be careful on the road."
Huo Wushuang rubbed his nose. "Then Yue'er and I will wait here for you to come back. Don't vanish for three or five years. By then, the rest of us might be Titled Douluos, and you two still won't be in sight."
"We won't," Bing Yekong said.
That afternoon, he went to find Bo Saixi and told her about the arrangements for his eighth trial.
After hearing him out, Bo Saixi raised no objections. She only made one request: before setting sail, he had to visit Sea God's Hall and retrieve the Sea God Trident and the Asura Demon Sword.
"Since you pulled them out, these two divine artifacts belong to you now. Keep them with you; they may be useful on the road," Bo Saixi said. "Don't lose them."
That evening, Bing Yekong entered Sea God's Hall again and picked the blue-gold trident and dark crimson Asura Demon Sword from the pile of rubble.
When he took hold of the two divine artifacts, they no longer rejected him as fiercely as they had on the day he pulled them free. After absorbing the Million-Year Soul Ring, his soul power was already sufficient to initially withstand the pressure of these two divine artifacts.
He stored the trident inside his body and slung the Asura Demon Sword across his back, wrapping it in a layer of cloth so it would not be too conspicuous on the journey.
Their departure was set for three days later.
Over those three days, Shui Yue'er dragged Bing Yekong to fish in the Ring Sea once, Huo Wushuang drank with him, and Feng Xiaotian pulled him