Su Jiu finally remembered her predicament in full. Looking at Flower Bud swaying before her, her first thought was actually, After all this time, why haven't you bloomed yet?
Flower Bud could naturally sense Su Jiu's thoughts.
She heard Flower Bud say weakly, "Since coming to this realm, I've hardly been able to synchronize with you. This world seems to be missing something. I can't sense anything outside."
Su Jiu froze at those words. She looked thoughtfully at Flower Bud, then said quietly, "This world has no Heavenly Dao." So Flower Bud needed to be under the Heavenly Dao's protection to foresee danger for her?
Flower Bud was slightly surprised as well. "Could I actually have some connection to the Heavenly Dao?"
The corner of Su Jiu's mouth twitched. You're asking me?
Clearly, Flower Bud was still the same half-open bud who knew nothing.
But Flower Bud seemed to suddenly remember something else and asked Su Jiu in a deeply serious tone, "Why did you suddenly fall unconscious? What happened outside?"
Su Jiu's expression hardened, a fierce glint flashing through her eyes. The first thing she did upon returning to her body was pull her wrist out of the water.
She would sooner die than let that old bastard get his wish.
The Black Dragon King had been watching Su Jiu and Jiao Yue all along. The instant Su Jiu sat up, he approached in shock.
"How could someone struck by my Black Mist wake up? Impossible!" Then, as though something had occurred to him, he suddenly looked at Su Jiu's injured wrist. "Could it be because of your special bloodline?"
Jiao Chen also noticed that Su Jiu had awakened. Startled, he said, "Miss Su, save Jiao Yue."
Su Jiu looked at the young man's anxious face and nodded.
She