And just now, he had cut down a whole swath of lotus leaves…0

He desperately wanted to shout, “Stop! How dare some mere little water spirit offend a superior officer!” But underwater, he could not open his mouth, and with the net still binding him, he could only let the lotus monster tighten its grip around his throat.0

Under normal circumstances, he would never have spared such a petty water spirit a second glance.0

At a moment like this, though, it had become an ancestor that held his very fate.0

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The golden-armored copper man had only just come ashore when it abruptly stopped in place.0

Jia Yu stared at it for a long while without seeing it move. “Lord Envoy?” Did the puppet break after being soaked in water?0

He Lingchuan pressed a hand to his chest.0

The divine bone amulet had actually begun to warm up again.0

Is the treasure it covets still in the water?0

So it’s not the Overlord Lotus after all?0

He Lingchuan let out a long sigh. Thinking it over, the Overlord Lotus was something that grew every year. The divine bone’s standards were far too high, so how could it possibly have taken a liking to that?0

So what now, should I turn back and jump into the Lotus Palace again, or keep going?0

He Lingchuan hesitated for two breaths, then still urged the golden-armored copper man onward.0

There were priorities in all things. First, he needed to get back to Chao Lake Tower and see what exactly had happened there. If his guess was right, something major should already have...0