Chapter 2428: Chapter 2428: Will You Take Me With You?

"...Not long after the destruction of the Emperor’s Palace, nine of my senior sisters went out for training, and were ultimately attacked by unknown immortals. All of them perished... I stayed by Master’s side, and that’s how I remained unharmed. Upon receiving the news, Master was overwhelmed with grief and instructed me to remain at Baihua Mountain while she went to the Nine Nether Thunder Sea for training..."

Lotus Fairy choked and intermittently recounted the incidents that had occurred at Baihua Mountain over the years, eventually bursting into tears uncontrollably.

She was as close as sisters with the nine senior sisters, and when she learned about their deaths, she was devastated.

Even now, although those events happened many years ago, she still hasn’t come out of the shadows, unable to find tranquility even in cultivation.

"To train at the Nine Nether Thunder Sea... How many years has she been gone?"

Fang Bai asked anxiously.

"It’s been a hundred years,"

Lotus Fairy replied.

"A hundred years without returning... Something must have happened..."

Fang Bai murmured, a sense of despair enveloping his heart.

The Nine Nether Thunder Sea, extending over a million miles, is an area where thunder rumbles all day long, and lightning snakes fall like rain, resembling doomsday. It is one of the most perilous forbidden grounds in the Immortal Realm.

Even ordinary Immortal Emperor Realm experts, if they venture into the outskirts of the Nine Nether Thunder Sea without powerful immortal artifacts or exceptional physical strength, would be obliterated in an instant, leaving no trace behind.

As for the most central region of the Nine Nether Thunder Sea, the might of heaven and earth is even more terrifying, and even Immortal Emperors dare not easily set foot there or face a nine-out-of-ten death probability.

In his past years, Fang Bai had relied on his extraordinary power and exceptionally strong physique to train for several days in the core area of the Nine Nether Thunder Sea. After his advancement, he quickly left, not daring to stay too long.

Nevertheless, in the Immortal Realm, there has never been a lack of fervent immortals willing to risk everything.

Precisely because of the peril of the Nine Nether Thunder Sea, some who are half-step Immortal Emperors on the verge of advancing to the Immortal Emperor realm—or are already experts at the Immortal Emperor realm—go there to train.

Over the years, while some half-step Immortal Emperors or Immortal Emperors have benefited from it, there have also been many who have perished there.

"Your master must have been heartbroken over the disciples’ deaths and wanted to enhance her cultivation level through life-or-death trials to avenge them! She was too eager... too eager..."

Fang Bai sighed, reflecting on how the Hundred Flowers Empress had not returned for over a hundred years, and likely perished, a pang of sourness welled up in him, his heart wrenched.

Lotus Fairy, with tears glistening in her eyes, sobbed, "Master said that if she does not return for a long time, then it means she has fallen in the Nine Nether Thunder Sea, and I shouldn’t go looking for her... Before she left, Master imparted all her life’s knowledge to me and entrusted the Lotus Sword to my hands..."

"Master hoped that I could become an empress in the future and continue her glory. If my strength surpasses the top eight Immortal Emperors, I should avenge the Emperor’s Palace... Otherwise, I should always guard Baihua Mountain and not think about revenge..." 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Fang Bai quietly listened to her finish, took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice, "I will make a trip to the Nine Nether Thunder Sea to find out your master’s fate. Alive or dead, I must meet her."

The body of an Immortal Emperor is incredibly strong; even if they perish in the Nine Nether Thunder Sea, they wouldn’t disintegrate like other immortals. At the very least, their bones would remain.

The Hundred Flowers Empress went to the Nine Nether Thunder Sea to enhance her cultivation level, for the sake of the Emperor’s Palace and to avenge Fang Bai. How could Fang Bai be unaware?

Therefore, if the Hundred Flowers Empress is indeed deceased, Fang Bai, no matter what, must find her remains and give her a proper burial.

Moreover, Fang Bai harbored a glimmer of hope in his heart: although the Hundred Flowers Empress’s journey to the Nine Nether Thunder Sea was fraught with danger, what if she hadn’t perished but encountered other unforeseeable events, preventing her return for a hundred years?

Upon hearing that Fang Bai intended to go to the Nine Nether Thunder Sea, Lotus Fairy hurriedly said, "If you go to the Nine Nether Thunder Sea, could you take me with you?"

Fang Bai shook his head and said, "Do you understand that your master didn’t want you to go, fearing that something might happen to you and her legacy would be lost? So... please guard Baihua Mountain for her!"

Lotus Fairy said, "But... I truly miss Master! I beg you! Please take me with you!"

Saying this, she bent her knees and knelt before Fang Bai.

She had followed the Hundred Flowers Empress from a young age, their relationship akin to mother and daughter. Now that the Hundred Flowers Empress had been gone from Baihua Mountain for a hundred years, with her fate unknown, if not for diligently adhering to her master’s command and protecting Baihua Mountain, she would have left long ago.

Now, upon hearing Fang Bai’s intention to go to the Nine Nether Thunder Sea, how could she bear it any longer?

"Stand up!"

Fang Bai pondered for a moment and finally nodded.

This Lotus Fairy is now the last disciple of the Hundred Flowers Empress. Although she is exceptionally talented and has inherited the empress’s teachings, reaching the Immortal Emperor realm, as expected by the empress, would likely take a long time with her strength alone.

As a disciple of the Hundred Flowers Empress, Fang Bai naturally wouldn’t treat her lightly. If she follows him, he can guide her at all times, helping her to attain the Immortal Emperor realm sooner, fulfilling the empress’s wish.

Seeing Fang Bai nod, Lotus Fairy was overwhelmed with joy and tears.

"May I look inside the Immortal Hall?"

Fang Bai gestured toward the Immortal Hall where the Hundred Flowers Empress resided.

A thousand years ago, Fang Bai spent some time in the Immortal Hall of the Hundred Flowers Empress, exchanging insights on cultivation. Many of his self-created Immortal Technique Secrets were developed here.

He had deep feelings for this Immortal Hall.

"Alright..."

Lotus Fairy hesitated for a moment but eventually agreed.

The white-robed immortal before her, as he was a dear friend of her master, there seemed to be no harm in letting him take a look.

Accompanied by Lotus Fairy, Fang Bai walked slowly into the Immortal Hall, his gaze shifting around, discovering that all the scenery within was identical to what it had been a thousand years ago.

Seeing Fang Bai touching the objects in the Immortal Hall and even able to recount their origins, it was evident that his relationship with her master surpassed a typical dear friend. Lotus Fairy couldn’t help but ask, "I... I...want to know, which immortal of the Emperor’s Palace are you?"

She had heard her master talk about many things regarding the Emperor’s Palace. If this white-robed immortal was a well-known figure of the Palace, she would have known.

"I, well..."

Fang Bai smiled slightly and said softly, "The Lotus Immortal Sword that your master passed down to you, I crafted it with my own hands for your master..."

Lotus Fairy made a small gasp, staring blankly at Fang Bai.

Her master had told her that the Lotus Immortal Sword was a Supreme Emperor Artifact painstakingly forged by the Emperor’s Palace Master over eighty-one days. How was this related to the white-robed immortal?

Then, she thought of many doubts: her master went to the Nine Nether Thunder Sea a hundred years ago and never returned, whereas this white-robed immortal didn’t even appear to be a hundred years old. How could he possibly know her master? Thus, the claim of being a dear friend to her master seemed entirely unbelievable!

But if he wasn’t a dear friend to her master, how did he know so many secret things about her?

Was he really a disciple of the Emperor’s Palace?

For a moment, Lotus Fairy’s mind was in turmoil.