Leng Jinyu and his son, along with Ming Jiuxiao, turned pale when Shui Yihe mentioned the underwater vortex.
"Lier, the sea is too dangerous. Neither of you can go down."
Leng Jinyu quickly stopped the Leng King and his consort. Although he desperately wanted to see Wan'er, he would never gamble with his own daughter's life.
At the same time, Leng Ruorui also disagreed with Leng Ruoli and Jun Mohan going into the sea. He looked at the Leng King and his consort with a stern expression and said, "Lier, Your Highness, Father is right. The sea is too dangerous. Neither of you can go down. If you insist on going, give me your oxygen tanks, and I will go down for you."
"Father, Elder Brother, please don't worry. We will be fine. His Highness and I will be very, very careful," Leng Ruoli earnestly assured Leng Jinyu and Leng Ruorui.
Besides, she still had her portable spatial dimension. If she and Jun Mohan encountered insurmountable danger, they could hide in the dimension and emerge after the danger had passed. However, Leng Ruoli could not let too many people know about this secret.
"No!"
Leng Jinyu and his son said in unison.
Finally, Leng Jinyu continued, "Lier, Father will not let you and His Highness be in danger."
Even though Leng Jinyu knew that the current Leng Ruoli was not his biological daughter, he guessed that the current "Leng Ruoli" was likely possessed by someone's soul occupying his biological daughter's body.
But now, the father-daughter affection he shared with this "fake daughter" had surpassed his feelings for his biological daughter. He had already completely accepted "her" as his own.
"Father, Mother is likely on Cloud Mist Island. We have gone through all sorts of hardships to get here; we cannot give up now," Leng Ruoli retorted, her delicate brows furrowed.
But no matter what Leng Ruoli said, Leng Jinyu would not agree.
Seeing this, Jun Mohan also spoke.
"Father-in-law, Jun Mohan guarantees with his life that Lier will not suffer even the slightest mishap in the sea."
"Your Highness, that won't do either. Lier is my biological daughter, and you are not only my son-in-law but also the Emperor and Empress Dowager's most beloved son and grandson. If anything happens to both of you, I won't be able to live with myself," Leng Jinyu replied.
As his words fell, everyone present fell silent.
But at that moment, a beam of light suddenly shone from the sky onto the island where Leng Ruoli and the others were. Then, from the light beam, a hoarse, aged, and somewhat irritable male voice echoed, "What a bunch of fools! Let them go down!"
Everyone was stunned by these words. Who was speaking? A deity? Or a monster?
A moment later, everyone recovered and quickly began to discuss. Only Leng Jinyu, among those present, belatedly recalled who owned this voice. This was the same voice that had guided him and the Emperor out of the snow mountain when they were betrayed and trapped during a military campaign years ago.
At that time, he had personally heard the Emperor call out to the owner of this voice as "Old Immortal."
Yes, the Emperor had called the owner of this voice "Old Immortal." 138 Reading Net.
It was precisely because of this Old Immortal's guidance that he and the Emperor had escaped the snow.
"Old Immortal, do you mean I should agree to Lier and Your Highness going into the sea?"
"Such a stupid question!"
The irritable Old Immortal only replied to Leng Jinyu with three curt words before retracting the beam of light.
"Since that's the case, Lier, Your Highness, and Young Master Shui, you may go into the sea. However, you three must be careful once you are underwater."
Having received the Old Immortal's reply, Leng Jinyu agreed to let the Leng King and his consort go into the sea to scout ahead.
Afterward, Leng Ruoli and Jun Mohan walked behind a large rock on the island. They put on their diving suits and attached their oxygen tanks. They also took out a set of diving equipment and handed it to Shui Yihe to wear. The three then jumped into the sea together to explore.
Far away in the forbidden area of the Tianwu Imperial Palace, the Old Immortal, looking through his teacup, saw Leng Ruoli and Jun Mohan jump into the sea from the island. The two long eyebrows, resembling beards, on his forehead twitched playfully. Then, he raised his hand and stroked his beard, nodding with satisfaction.
"Hmm, these two children, this old man truly did not misjudge them. Hehe!"
Meanwhile, the Leng King and his consort, busy exploring the sea in search of Cloud Mist Island, were unaware of what kind of existence the Old Immortal truly was.
The three explored the surrounding sea areas but still could not find the submerged Cloud Mist Island. Later, they unconsciously swam into the deep sea, moving further and further away from the island where Leng Jinyu and the others were. The dangers in this area were also increasing.
In an instant, the seabed trembled twice. The schools of fish, large and small, suddenly swarmed together like a hive, charging towards the three of them. The seawater began to spin rapidly, and the entire sea surface gradually formed a giant vortex.
"Your Highness, Consort, this is bad!"
"We've really encountered an underwater vortex. Run!"
The Leng King and his consort also sensed that the situation in the sea was not right. Hearing Shui Yihe's words, they turned and fled, almost colliding with a large shark that was desperately swimming outwards.
Fortunately, Shui Yihe, who was beside them, immediately signaled them to hide beneath the great shark and swim parallel to it, thus narrowly escaping danger.
However, they then faced a great disaster. The seabed trembled violently again, the seawater began to spin madly, and a massive underwater vortex instantly formed.
The creatures in the sea let out sharp screeches, their grating sounds almost piercing the eardrums of the three. The Leng King and his consort, along with Shui Yihe, frowned, immediately covering their ears. Following this, the three of them saw a golden halo of light descend from the sea surface, falling upon them. They inexplicably fell asleep, and their bodies were soon drawn into the center of the underwater vortex along with the swirling water.
Leng Jinyu and his son, along with Ming Jiuxiao, on the island, saw the giant underwater vortex suddenly appear in the distant sea, their expressions changing drastically.
"Ruier, Lier and Your Highness are in danger in the sea. I must go down to save them."
With that said, Leng Jinyu quickly jumped into the sea before Leng Ruorui could react.
"Father!!!"
A few seconds later, Leng Ruorui immediately shouted into the sea, but hearing no response from Leng Jinyu, he paused for three seconds and then also jumped into the sea.
Seeing Leng Jinyu and his son both jump into the sea, Ming Jiuxiao also became very worried about their safety and subsequently jumped into the sea as well.
Following this, Yin Chen and the accompanying guards on the island also gradually jumped into the sea. As a result, everyone was sucked into the underwater vortex by the swirling water, their fate unknown.