After disappearing for ten years, the junior sister made the entire sect kneel down to welcome her.

Elder Danhong appeared below the two like a deadly water ghost, her hair disheveled, her eyes swollen, and her gaze filled with resentment and malice.

Luo Huanzhen's palm suddenly felt empty; Ye Rou's hand was forcibly pulled away from hers.

"Sister Ye Rou!"

Luo really remembered splashing around in the water, his short legs kicking incredibly fast, trying to catch up.

But Elder Dan Hong was too fast. Her figure dragged Ye Rou straight into the dark depths of the sea, as if she were swallowed by an invisible giant mouth.

Luo Huanzhen gritted his teeth and swam downstream with all his might.

……

Ye Rou felt a tightness in her chest and a ringing in her ears. She felt the water flowing across her face like knives.

She instinctively tried to struggle, but the strength of a Nascent Soul cultivator was like an ant trying to shake a tree in front of a Spirit Division cultivator.

The two continued falling until they reached a cave on a reef at the bottom of the sea, where Elder Danhong finally stopped.

She released her grip, and Ye Rou was thrown out by the manager, crashing heavily into the rocks, blood trickling from her mouth.

She tried to gather her spiritual power to escape again, but found that she had lost all her power.

"You've ruined Mingyue. I want you to pay with your lives..."

Elder Danhong grabbed her hair and dragged her into the cave.

The cave is not large.

However, it was covered with intricate array patterns.

In the very center of the cave is a stone platform, and a person is lying on the platform.

Su Mingyue.

Over three days, her body was well preserved; her complexion was only slightly pale, and she looked as if she were asleep.

There was a shocking penetrating wound in his heart.

That was left behind by the Demon Emperor.

At this moment, Zhao Qing was standing beside her, his beard unkempt.

He was mainly responsible for repairing the formation that maintained Su Mingyue's life force. He had been working tirelessly these past few days and was almost completely exhausted.

Seeing Elder Danhong finally return with his people, a glimmer of hope burst forth in his lifeless eyes.

"Elder."

Elder Danhong walked slowly towards the stone platform, gently stroking Su Mingyue's face with her hand, her movements extremely tender.

Su Mingyue's life force faded too quickly.

If they can't get out of Beihai, Su Mingyue will die.

She needs a heart transplant immediately.

The two healers quickly found a hidden cave in the reef and used formations and medical skills to keep Mingyue alive.

Then, Zhao Qing was put in charge of guarding it.

Elder Danhong had been secretly watching Luo Huanzhen and Ye Rou all along.

In fact, there were other sect disciples whose hearts could be donated to Su Mingyue.

However, the two of them hated Ye Rou and Luo Huanzhen too much.

If we are to save Mingyue, the best candidates are the two of them.

After waiting for so many days, Elder Danhong finally got her chance. When the two were most relaxed, she made her move decisively.

"Mingyue... she is the child I raised with all my heart."

Her voice was hoarse, "Her health has always been poor. I've treated her like my own daughter. She's so delicate, so afraid of pain. And yet, she's suffered so much! You and Luo Zhen really deserve to die! You really deserve to die!"

Ye Rou sneered inwardly.

Despite it being the Demon Emperor's actions, Dan Hong and Zhao Qing blamed her and Junior Uncle Zhenzhen.

She forced herself to stand, wiping the blood from the corner of her mouth: "So? You want to kill me to avenge Su Mingyue?"

"I won't let you die so easily." Elder Danhong turned her head, her swollen red eyes revealing a morbid calm. "I will use your heart to fill the void in Mingyue's heart."

As soon as he finished speaking, Elder Danhong raised his hand.

Suddenly, a blade, gleaming with a cold light and as thin as a cicada's wing, appeared in the seawater and arrived in front of Ye Rou in the blink of an eye.

"Pfft!"

Elder Danhong flicked her hand in the air, as if she were remotely controlling a heart-slicing blade. The blade plunged directly into Ye Rou's chest, beginning its dissection along the direction of her heart.

pain!

Huge pain!

"open……"

Ye Rou tried to struggle, but she was bound by an invisible force, unable to move or break free.

It was as if there was an invisible anvil in the air.

And she was the fish on the chopping board.

Ye Rou's clothes were soaked with blood, and her painful screams echoed through the cave.

Elder Danhong ignored her, calmly and obsessively manipulating the blade in her hand.

"I want you to watch your heart be taken away and your blood drain from your body. I want you to feel Mingyue's pain a hundredfold, a thousandfold."

Zhao Qing assisted from the side.

In half an hour, the beating, bright red heart was in Elder Danhong's hands.

"Aaaaaaah!!!!!!!!!"

Ye Rou fell to the ground, feeling her life rapidly slipping away.

"Give it back to me, give my heart back to me."

Ye Rou crawled to Elder Dan Hong's side, her bloodied hands gripping Elder Dan Hong's calf tightly, her nails almost tearing through her flesh.

Elder Danhong held his heart in his hands, his face showing fervor and joy.

She glanced down at Ye Rou at her feet, her expression turned cold, and she kicked her away.

"Get out of my way. It's an honor for you that your worthless life could save Mingyue."

"what!"

Ye Rou convulsed in pain. She turned her head and looked at Dan Hong and Zhao Qing with resentment and pain in her eyes.

The next moment, she completely lost consciousness.

Blood quickly pooled beneath her, forming a small puddle.

But neither Zhao Qing nor Elder Dan Hong glanced at her again.

"Quickly, repair Mingyue's ruptured heart first. Mingyue is about to give up."

"Um!"

The two medical practitioners began to do everything they could to save Su Mingyue.

A complete heart was refilled into Su Mingyue's empty chest, the wound was cleaned, sutured, and blood vessels were fused... Healing techniques seemed to be raining down on her without any spiritual power.

As time passed, the girl on the stone bed, her face as pale as paper, finally slowly opened her eyes.

"Elder, Third Senior Brother...it hurts so much...Mingyue hurts so much..."

Elder Danhong's eyes welled up with tears, and she tightly grasped Su Mingyue's hand.

"Mingyue, it's alright now. The elder is here, you're safe."

Zhao Qing then hugged Su Mingyue tightly.

"Mingyue, you're finally awake. I... I've been going crazy these past few days! Let's be together after we return from the North Sea Secret Realm. I'll ask Master to preside over our dual cultivation ceremony! I'm so scared, so scared of losing you..."

Su Mingyue did not agree immediately, but gently pushed Zhao Qing away.

Her gaze fell on Ye Rou, who lay motionless in a pool of blood not far away, and she changed the subject with a shocked expression.

"What's Senior Sister Ye doing here? Oh my god, there's so much blood on the ground... What happened?"

"I gave her heart to you," Elder Danhong said coldly. "Since she conspired with Luo Huanzhen to harm you, she deserves to die."

Just then, a childish yet angry voice came from the cave entrance—

"You're the one who deserves to die, Elder Danhong."

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