The Kaiyang Water God actually allowed his subordinates to drain mortals of their yang energy? Or did he consider this much too trivial to matter?
Leaving everything else aside, that alone gave Yi Shuyuan a somewhat unfavorable impression of the Kaiyang Water God.
The woman explained at length before Yi Shuyuan and Hui Mian finally understood her predicament.
Unable to leave the Kaiyang waters or draw much vital energy from them, the Golden Carp woman was steadily exhausting herself, trapped like a turtle in a jar.
Although she was not a demon who had truly achieved transformation, she certainly possessed some strength of her own.
To accomplish all this, the Kaiyang Water God must have cultivated his powers as a god of the landscape to a considerable level. Yi Shuyuan knew his connection to the water veins could not be shallow.
It seemed the method the Golden Carp woman had proposed was indeed the most suitable.
"I'll take you along the waterway to the port in Heaven-Bearing Prefecture. Give me something that carries your aura. I'll use it to throw him off."
At Yi Shuyuan's words, joy surged through the woman's heart. She looked herself over. Something that carried her aura?
After some hesitation, she finally plucked a lock of hair from her head. Just as she was wondering how to hand it to Yi Shuyuan, it floated up by itself and vanished into the mist.
The lock of hair reached the fan as well, and Yi Shuyuan caught it in his hand.
"What is your name?"
The woman rose in the water and bowed toward the sky.
"My surname is Lu, and my given name is Yuwei. Thank you for lending me your aid, immortal master. May I ask your honored name?"
Lu Yuwei. A lovely name!
"My surname