"Miss Su Su, this isn't what we agreed on!"
Xu Miaoyan hurriedly retreated into the cabin and began using a Sound Transmission Talisman to contact Miss Su Su, who had been waiting here.
Unexpectedly, there was no response from the other end of the Sound Transmission Talisman.
"I... I've been deceived."
Looking at the loathsome face of Seeking Pleasure Valley's Young Master, Xu Miaoyan finally realized that everything Miss Su Su had told her had been nothing but a fraud.
"Miss Su Su?"
"Oh, you mean that young woman in green?"
"For fifty Gold Essence Coins, she sold out your hiding place."
As Seeking Pleasure Valley's Young Master spoke, he approached Xu Miaoyan with a smile.
"Senior Brother was right. The world is treacherous..."
At those words, Xu Miaoyan's heart sank, and she fell into utter despair.
"Shing!"
Just then, with a piercing blade cry, a streak of blade light blasted through the Water Prison surrounding the Black Canopy Boat.
"Shing!"
Seeking Pleasure Valley's Young Master was no weak cultivator. The instant that streak of blade light cleaved through his Water Prison, he abruptly drew his saber and slashed toward it.
"Bang!"
But his blade force collapsed almost upon contact. In the end, he only barely blocked the slash with the protective barrier emitted by the longevity lock around his neck.
"Boom!"
Although he had blocked the slash, its blade light sheared away both the Water Prison and the roof of the Black Canopy Boat.
"Splash..."
After the Water Prison burst apart, torrential rain poured over the entire lake.
Through the curtain of water filling the air, the terrified Xu Miaoyan saw a young man in sky-blue Daoist robes, with refined features and dark skin, holding a long saber as he stood upon the waves and gazed at them from