Chapter 2721: Azure Dragon in the Dungeon

Chapter 2721: Chapter 2721: Azure Dragon in the Dungeon

In the blink of an eye they arrived at Ice River Palace. Fang Bai sensed six strands of imperial might from within and knew that the Ice River Empress and the other five top Immortal Emperors were gathered together in discussion.

"Iceflame, what are you doing here again?"

A clear, chilly voice suddenly came from within Ice River Palace, full of displeasure.

Fang Bai cleared his throat and said crisply, "I want to see my mother!"

Her aura, appearance, voice and everything else were like a perfect copy of the Iceflame Fairy; even when the Ice River Empress’s Divine Sense swept over her, it failed to detect any flaws.

"You can give up on that idea!"

The Ice River Empress’s voice carried a trace of anger.

The corner of Fang Bai’s mouth twitched slightly as he continued, "I want to see my mother!"

"Don’t even think about it!"

The Ice River Empress said harshly, "We are discussing important matters. Hurry up and get back to your Immortal Residence! I don’t want to see you again!"

"I want to see my mother!"

Fang Bai’s voice also grew louder.

"Boom!"

Just as Fang Bai’s words fell, a surge of imperial might came crashing over and slammed into his body.

The imperial might of the Ice River Empress naturally could not harm Fang Bai, but at this moment Fang Bai was playing the role of the Iceflame Fairy, so he had no choice but to pretend he could not withstand it. With a muffled groan he staggered backward, a thread of blood seeping from the corner of his mouth.

"This is just a little lesson. If you dare keep nagging, don’t blame me for inflicting an even more ruthless punishment!"

The Ice River Empress said coldly.

Fang Bai got to his feet, wiped away the blood at the corner of his mouth, took a few steps forward and said sharply, "I want to see my mother!"

Fang Bai thought that no matter how ruthless the Ice River Empress was, she would not go so far as to, in a fit of rage, personally kill the Iceflame Fairy, this granddaughter. That was why he persisted like this.

"You..."

The Ice River Empress had not expected this granddaughter to be so stubborn today and could not help but flare up in anger, a hint of killing intent surfacing in her heart.

However, just as Fang Bai had guessed, though the Ice River Empress was enraged, she was not yet cold-blooded to the point of personally killing her own blood kin, so she intended to once again punish the Iceflame Fairy, to make her feel fear and not dare to remain.

She was just about to make a move when she was stopped by the other five top Immortal Emperors beside her.

"As far as I know, it’s already been a thousand years since the Iceflame Fairy last saw her mother, hasn’t it? Fellow Ice River, no matter what, the Iceflame Fairy is your granddaughter and her mother is your daughter. Why not show a bit of kindness and let the mother and daughter meet once?"

The Red Lotus Immortal Emperor advised with a smiling face.

The reason he was the first to speak up and intercede was because his Direct Disciple, Hongye Immortal Emperor, would be forming a pair of Immortal companions with the Iceflame Fairy in a few days. He did not want to see the Iceflame Fairy suffer a blow that might affect this joyous event.

Once the Red Lotus Immortal Emperor spoke, the other four top Immortal Emperors naturally could not just stand by and watch, so they too joined in to persuade her.

The Ice River Empress had in fact already been entertaining the idea of letting her daughter and granddaughter meet, but had been unable to swallow her pride and agree. Now, with the Red Lotus Immortal Emperor and the other five top Immortal Emperors pleading, she simply took the opportunity to climb down.

"If not for these five fellow Immortals pleading for you, I would never have agreed!"

The Ice River Empress’s expression eased slightly. She gave a cold snort and said, "You may go to the dungeon now! But you are limited to a hundred breaths of time. If you overstay, Azure Dragon will drive you out!"

The Azure Dragon mentioned by the Ice River Empress was an Immortal Dragon in charge of guarding the dungeon, with strength comparable to the Quasi-Emperor Realm, capable of contending with ordinary Immortal Emperors.

Years ago, that Azure Dragon had been captured by the Ice River Empress and bound with a Starshine Chain around its body, unable to escape. In order to survive, it had no choice but to agree to guard Bingling Fairy for the Ice River Empress.

Fang Bai naturally knew nothing of this.

Seeing the Ice River Empress finally speak and agree to let "her" go to the dungeon, Fang Bai was secretly delighted. He turned around and left without even a word of thanks.

Although the Ice River Empress knew that this granddaughter already hated her to the marrow, she did not mind. She thought that perhaps once Iceflame formed an Immortal couple with Hongye Immortal Emperor of Red Lotus Palace, her yearning for her mother would turn into tender affection for her Immortal partner. By then, she might even be grateful to her.

After watching "Iceflame Fairy" leave with her Divine Sense, the Ice River Empress no longer concerned herself with her. In any case, there was that Azure Dragon Quasi-Emperor guarding the dungeon; with her early Immortal Emperor Realm cultivation level, there was no way she could stir up any trouble.

For the Ice River Empress, the most important matter at hand was still to discuss how to deal with the possible incursion of the Wushuang War Emperor and the Emperor’s Palace.

It was said that the Wushuang War Emperor had left the Emperor’s Palace not long ago, but no one knew where he had gone or what he intended, which left all six top Immortal Emperors, including the Ice River Empress, ill at ease.

Originally, the Six Sects Alliance had wanted to plant some spies in the Emperor’s Palace to relay news from there in a timely manner, but unfortunately those who were eager to enter the Emperor’s Palace lost contact not long after they went in. They were almost certainly dead.

To return to Fang Bai: after leaving Ice River Palace, he descended all the way down and, upon reaching the entrance of the dungeon at the foot of Ice River Peak, walked straight in. The layers of Formations he passed along the way activated one after another, allowing "her" to move unhindered into the dungeon.

After penetrating hundreds of zhang deep into the dungeon, Fang Bai sensed a Quasi-Emperor aura. What puzzled him was that this aura actually felt familiar, as if he had encountered this Quasi-Emperor somewhere before.

Thinking of the "Azure Dragon" mentioned by the Ice River Empress just now, Fang Bai’s heart suddenly stirred as he faintly recalled something.

After walking another hundred zhang forward, he saw a thick stone pillar with a hundred-zhang-long Azure Dragon coiled around it.

"So it’s actually you..."

Upon seeing that Azure Dragon, Fang Bai immediately remembered it was a member of the Dragon Clan he had encountered and given guidance to in the lower realm. Unexpectedly, after its ascension to the Immortal Realm, it had already cultivated to the Quasi-Emperor Realm. Its opportunities were clearly not shallow.

The Azure Dragon’s body was wrapped with a Starshine Chain. Its eyes were blood-red and its whole body radiated baleful aura; it seemed that in this dungeon it had suffered great humiliation and had nowhere to vent.

The Starshine Chain was forged by fusing Extraterrestrial Profound Iron with Starshine Stone. It was extremely tough yet flexible. Unless a top Immortal Emperor personally came to break it, the Azure Dragon simply could not free itself.

Azure Dragon seemed to have received the Ice River Empress’s orders and did not attack Fang Bai when he approached, but those blood-red eyes, when they looked at Fang Bai, were far from friendly.

"I didn’t expect that after we parted in the lower realm, you’d become a Quasi-Emperor. But how did you end up trapped here, guarding the dungeon for the Ice River Empress?"

Fang Bai stood before the stone pillar and sent a voice transmission to Azure Dragon.

Hearing Fang Bai’s voice transmission, Azure Dragon was stunned. Its eyes cleared somewhat as it stared fixedly at Fang Bai, seemingly unable to understand how this Female Immortal could know it and even have met it in the lower realm.

"Whatever you want to say, just send it by voice transmission to me, so the Ice River Empress doesn’t hear."

Seeing that Azure Dragon seemed to have something to say, Fang Bai promptly sent another voice transmission to him.

Azure Dragon then sent back, "Who are you? We met in the lower realm?"

Fang Bai smiled faintly, revealed his appearance from the lower realm, and then changed back into the visage of the Iceflame Fairy.

"It’s... it’s you..."

After seeing Fang Bai’s true appearance, Azure Dragon immediately recognized him and could not help but be both shocked and overjoyed.