Abandoned Woman Busy Farming

Chapter 2726 - 2727: If You Die, I Die Too

The great elder has truly gone mad. Even at this point, he still thinks about living a long life. However, you can’t say he’s utterly selfish, because he’s willing to die himself so that the second elder and the other aristocrats can live longer.

It’s as if he has his own class, and his people are to be superior. His class is his faith, and for them, he can pay any price, even his own life.

Such a person leaves Bai Ruozhu speechless, yet at the same time, she finds it quite pathetic.

"No, the Giant Turtle is unstable, and if you draw its power for the formation, you’ll have no way to control it, and the whole Island might be destroyed!" the second elder said anxiously.

Unfortunately, the great elder couldn’t hear a word. With a ferocious expression, he said, "As long as they all die and we use their blood for the sacrifice, the Giant Turtle will listen to us again."

The patterns under his feet grew increasingly complex, spreading outward little by little.

"Stop him quickly!" Ning Yu shouted, and everyone rushed forward together, but some defensive Barrier blocked them, and they couldn’t harm the great elder in the slightest.

"What do we do? Has he gone mad?" Ling Chen, witnessing this scene, asked Wenyu anxiously.

Wenyu’s eyes darkened, and suddenly he began to move. He swung a Long Sword but did not attack anyone; yet, everything suddenly became still.

The ferocious smile remained on the great elder’s face, and the look of worry was frozen on the second elder’s face, but their expressions were frozen without any change.

"What is this..." Bai Ruozhu looked at Wenyu in astonishment.

"It’s my ability," Wenyu said, face pale. "I can’t hold on for long, so stop him quickly. If the Xuan Gui Destruction Formation is unleashed, we’ll all die."

Bai Ruozhu didn’t dare to delay. She rushed forward and broke through the great elder’s Barrier, striking him to the ground with a palm.

Still not reassured, she drew out hemp rope and tied him up.

Soon, everything moved again, but the worry on the second elder’s face turned into shock, and the ferocity on the great elder’s face was replaced by anger.

"Wenyu, to think I considered making you an elder, yet you betrayed us!" he shouted angrily.

Wenyu lowered his head and said nothing, but Yuchenzi struggled to speak, "You’re mad, but they are clear-headed."

The second elder also said painfully, "Second brother, you can’t use the Xuan Gui Destruction Formation, you can’t!"

But the great elder was obstinate, "If they don’t stop my ritual, the Xuan Gui can’t keep sleeping, and the Island will soon be destroyed."

"If the Island is destroyed, we’ll think of something else. We still have people, but if you’re gone, we’ll lose our backbone. You must think carefully." The second elder continued to persuade.

Bai Ruozhu gave a cold snort, "It’s not up to you to choose now; I could kill you at any moment."

At the mention of killing, Wenyu flickered and stood in front of Bai Ruozhu, "I don’t want him to summon the Xuan Gui Destruction Formation, but I also won’t allow you to kill him."

Ling Chen also stepped forward, "The great elder has also shown kindness to me."

Bai Ruozhu helped up Yuchenzi, "Have it your way. I won’t kill them today, but they won’t live long anyway."

Gao Zhou was somewhat displeased, "Just let them go like this? How many merfolk girls have they harmed, making some holy maiden to satisfy their own longevity needs, why let them go just like that?"

Bai Ruozhu had her reasons. On one hand, she didn’t know the whereabouts of the Dragon Ball; on the other, she feared that if she killed the great elder, she really wouldn’t know how to rescue Chushuang. But she couldn’t explain this to Gao Zhou.

"Father, we’ll settle accounts with them once we find the Dragon Ball," Bai Ruozhu said.

Gao Zhou was obviously angry, giving a cold snort, tossing his sleeves, and leaving.

Suddenly, the humming of the Giant Turtle rose again, the ground shook, and the world tilted.

No, it shouldn’t be said that the world tilted, but rather the turtle’s back tilted.

If it were you, would you be willing to bear a heap of things, trapped like livestock for hundreds of years?

The Giant Turtle, once awakened, would surely want to throw off the things on its back, but the Barrier still protected them. Even if it turned over, everything on the Island was still protected, but the people on the Island weren’t comfortable.

Soon, the sky turned a deep blue, clearly indicating that the Giant Turtle had flipped its back toward the ocean, the deep blue was the color of seawater.

Gao Zhou left the Main Hall, looking at the changing heavens and earth, feeling even more vexed.

Angrily, he rushed to the seaside, suddenly seeing a woman appearing out of nowhere, immediately realizing this was the entrance to Yuchen Palace.

The woman was shocked, "You... how are you here?"

Gao Zhou flicked his sleeves and knocked her unconscious, heading toward the entrance.

The heavens and earth changed color, and the Barrier of Yuchen Palace also weakened. Gao Zhou exerted some effort and finally entered.

A woman’s long, melancholy singing voice suddenly arose, slightly hoarse and frail in its effort, yet it seemed to calm the Giant Turtle.

But Gao Zhou’s face changed dramatically. He remembered that back then, when they encountered a monster, she sang this same tune, and the monster was hypnotized, allowing them to escape safely.

It was her, unquestionably, just as he remembered, Chushuang!

Tears welled in Gao Zhou’s eyes, and he followed the song’s direction. Perhaps too excited, despite his deep martial arts, he stumbled several times and nearly fell.

Finally, he found himself at the entrance of a cave yet could not move forward.

He touched his own temples, now turned white, with crow’s feet at the corners of his eyes. He was no longer the dashing youth of those days—would she be disappointed?

Suddenly, the song in the cave abruptly stopped, replaced by violent coughing. Gao Zhou hastened without further thought, rushing inside.

"Chushuang, how are you?" He rushed to the bedside, but his gaze suddenly contracted, as if struck by a heavy hammer on the head.

Chushuang was startled, "How... how did you get in here?"

Tears instantly streamed down Gao Zhou’s face, "Did you know I was coming? Have you seen Ruozhu?"

"Leave, I don’t want to see you, just go!" Chushuang began to cry, and in her agitation, she coughed again, the handkerchief already stained with droplets of blood.

Gao Zhou’s hands trembled in fear, "Don’t be upset, take care of yourself. If you die, I’ll die with you!"

As he spoke, he drew a sword and placed it against his neck. The sharp blade cut the skin, and a trickle of blood ran down.

"Don’t, let’s talk this out," Chushuang knew his temperament and hurriedly stopped him.

Only then did Gao Zhou put away the Long Sword, but the bloodstain on his neck remained piercingly bright.

"Ajiang, why do you have to do this?"

Ajiang was the alias he had given himself when they first met, and she had grown accustomed to calling him that.

"I’ve spent a lifetime searching for you, are you telling me all my years of effort would be in vain?" Gao Zhou cried.

Chushuang’s tears flowed, tinged with a faint hue of blood, "But I really can’t hold on much longer, I don’t want you to be heartbroken again. I begged Ruozhu not to tell you all, she is a good child, and it was hard on her too."