Xu Qingtong looked at Du Siwen with some puzzlement. He did not agree immediately, but waited for her to state her terms before deciding as he saw fit.
Du Siwen said, "If you insist on going, you must take me with you. At critical moments, you have to listen to me. If I say we retreat, you must not hesitate!"
"Senior Sister, isn't that two conditions rather than one?" Xu Qingtong said with a wry smile.
"If I say it's one, then it's one. Just tell me whether you agree!" Du Siwen said imperiously.
Helpless, Xu Qingtong could only nod his agreement.
The two walked out of the building housing the Teleportation Array and slowly headed toward the bay. Xu Qingtong had Xiao Bai walk ahead to check for spatial rifts.
Before long, the two of them and the beast reached the beach by the bay.
Xu Qingtong stood at the water's edge and extended his divine sense into the sea. But before it reached a hundred zhang into the water, it encountered considerable resistance. After another thirty zhang, it could not advance an inch.
Xu Qingtong found no danger within the range of his divine sense. He did, however, discover that there were indeed buildings on the seabed, almost identical to those on the island.
"Senior Sister, this bay is just as I suspected. There really are buildings down there, exactly like those on the island!" Xu Qingtong said.
"Qingtong, what do you plan to do? Are we going down?" Du Siwen asked.
"Yes. No matter what, we have to go down and take a look!"
Xu Qingtong sent another divine thought to Xiao Bai. "Xiao Bai, can you move around underwater?"
"Master, I can't last a hundred breaths underwater!"
Xu Qingtong considered for a moment, then summoned the