Chapter 94: Frozen Sea

The Frozen Sea was just southeast of the Northlands. Changyi and Ji Yunhe arrived at the coast in no time, accompanied by Luo Jinsang and Qu Xiaoxing. Qu Xiaoxing had wanted to see Ji Yunhe ever since Changyi brought her to the north, but he never got the chance until now.

He was not as bold as Luo Jinsang, nor did he have the support of someone like Qing Ji, so he just quietly waited. When news came that she had convinced the demon master army into joining the north, he was beyond excited.

But...

Unexpectedly, she died...

And then was sealed at the bottom of the lake. Qu Xiaoxing regretted not following in the footsteps of Luo Jinsang and shamelessly forced his way into the island courtyard. But fate never ceased to surprise. Just as he had completely given up on the thought of ever seeing Ji Yunhe again, a natural disaster hit and the jiaoren was seen with a nine tailed fox demon.

He saved the city, and she saved him. Qu Xiaoxing immediately found Luo Jinsang and made it in time to join their little expedition. He finally got to see Ji Yunhe again. Except now she was in a coma.

"Take good care of her here, I'll go down into the sea to get the lingzhi."

There were no beaches here, only cliffs and jagged rocks. The water was over thirty feet below them, forever in a waveless, frozen state. This was the only sea belonging to the northern realm, but it had no value and no use. The only reason people knew about it was because of the legendary deep sea lingzhi that grew inside.

Qu Xiaoxing and Luo Jinsang watched over Ji Yunhe inside a small, broken down hut by the cliff. Luo Jinsang cushioned Ji Yunhe's head with her lap and blew air at her to help relieve some of the burning. Qu Xiaoxing looked at Ji Yunhe then looked at the distant jiaoren, and said with a bit of concern, "Jinsang, I heard there are monsters guarding the sea lingzhi, do you think the jiaoren will have any problems going down there?"

"Does he look like he'll run into problems?"

Qu Xiaoxing choked back the rest of his words. The jiaoren looked like he was just going fishing for a snack. But everyone knew of the lingzhi here in the frozen sea, and its amazing medicinal properties…

Yet no one dared to come harvest them...

"I am still a little worried..."

Luo Jinsang now also felt a bit of his stress. She turned and looked at the jiaoren standing over the cliff. His robe flew in the wind.

Luo Jinsang thought for a moment and said, "He is a jiaoren, he came from the sea. Plus people say jiaoren are the most powerful demons of the underwater world, so he should be fine..."

Qu Xiaoxing was not convinced.

"But his tail..." Standing on the cliff, Changyi heard every word they said.

He looked at the frozen sea down below. Although the seawater was under a thick layer of ice, the salty scent of the ocean was something he was all too familiar with. He thought he would never go back again...

He was a jiaoren who had lost his tail, and no longer qualified to answer to the sea's calling. But for Ji Yunhe, he had to go back.

Changyi took a deep breath and leaped down. Several ice spears formed in front of him and broke open the frozen surface, allowing him to dive in.