Time gradually slipped by.
The sun, which had only just cleared the mountaintop earlier, now hung high in the heavens.
Yan Shaozhe paced back and forth inside the Sea God Pavilion, occasionally glancing toward Sea God Lake, his expression filled with anxiety and worry he could barely conceal.
After Ye Qing activated Holy Light Healing, he could no longer see what was happening at the bottom of the lake. He could only sense increasingly dense light elements gathering there, enveloping Ye Qing and Ma Xiaotao.
Two hours had already passed, yet there was still no change at the bottom of the lake. This left Yan Shaozhe deeply uneasy.
Finally, unable to hold back any longer, he went up to the third floor to find Mu En. But before he could even speak, Mu En raised a hand to stop him.
"Ah, Yan Shaozhe, when will you learn to be a little more composed?" Mu En shook his head gently, his tone carrying a measure of melancholy and disappointment.
They both knew perfectly well how troublesome the evil fire was. Otherwise, they would not have tried so many methods without achieving anything. Now that Ye Qing was treating Ma Xiaotao, the longer he stayed down there, the more it indicated that ultimate light could purify the evil fire.
If it had no effect, Ye Qing would have stopped wasting his efforts after a single attempt. There was one, and only one, possible reason he had not come out for so long.
He could purify the evil fire, but it was troublesome and needed time to be worn away slowly.
All they needed to do now was wait for Ye Qing to bring Ma Xiaotao out. What was he getting so anxious about?
"She is my disciple, after all..." Yan Shaozhe felt