After that little incident, Mo Xie had a headache. From what he knew of Asharuiya, she was supposed to be a poised, mature beauty.
She might have a fox's sly streak, but surely she wouldn't act like a jealous little girl.
Come on, you're a holy and noble Holy Maiden. You've got an image to maintain...
They continued forward. The jade platform ahead grew steadily narrower, while both sides suddenly gave way to empty darkness. It felt as though they were walking down a slope toward a cliff.
They emerged into a pitch-black expanse. Beyond the platform lay a dark, bottomless abyss. Moaning black winds swirled around it, ready to sweep anyone who strayed too close into the depths.
The black winds were fierce, like a million dark sickles hanging densely overhead and along either side.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."
The black winds wailed as they circled the edges of the stone platform. It seemed that anyone who lost their footing for even a moment would be blown into the bottomless abyss.
"The winds here are strange. They feel almost like... like a kind of Wind Element. Could this be a Wind Seed?!"
Asharuiya sensed her surroundings, and surprise flashed across her pretty face as she reached that conclusion.
Mo Xie nodded. He, too, sensed a dense Wind Element presence, remarkably similar to a Wind Seed, only especially powerful.
The Nine Nether Queen smiled faintly, then explained with solemn gravity.
"This Heavenly Seed of the Wind Element is one of the treasures in the Six Kingdoms Treasury. No one has ever won its recognition. If you awaken the Wind Element in the future, my king, you may claim it."
"A Heavenly Seed of the Wind Element?!"
Asharuiya was stunned. She had never expected the howling winds in this eerie space to