Zhao Gongming groaned inwardly, close to despair. He had known Ren was coming to Jinao Island, but he had no idea Xuanming was coming with him!
Still, given the relationship between the Wu Clan and the Three Sects, there was nothing strange about a member of the Wu Clan visiting Jinao Island.
What was strange was Xuanming's relationship with Ren!
Plenty of people in the Primordial World knew Xuanming as an utterly cold woman. She loved to fight, pouring out freezing air in battle until her enemies were frozen solid. During the Witch-Demon War, her cold had frozen their divine abilities, bodies, and souls alike!
When she went berserk, that cold grew so fierce it even froze countless stars!
Someone who wielded such cold was naturally cold in manner, too. According to the stories circulating through the Primordial World, no one had ever seen Xuanming smile. She almost always appeared with a frosty expression!
But today, Zhao Gongming felt as if everything he believed had been turned upside down!
Xuanming looked cool at first glance, but she was not aloof—only quiet and serene. Her eyes seemed to radiate cold, yet there was a gentleness beneath it. And when she looked at Ren, that cold seemed ready to melt away!
Zhao Gongming truly had no words for the change.
After turning it over in his mind, all he could feel was sincere admiration for Ren!
Ren knew nothing of Zhao Gongming's thoughts. He simply nodded, agreed to Xuanming's suggestion, and said, "In that case... let's go to the Destruction Sword Pool!"
With that, Ren turned to Zhao Gongming.
Zhao Gongming came back to himself and suppressed his shock. Looking at Ren, he said, "All right, all right... I'll take you to the Destruction Sword Pool!"
Before long, a place steeped