Yan Xiao'er had acted on a sudden impulse after all, and she quickly calmed down. Her trip to the Lingxu Sea, Empress Cheng's majestic aura, her parents' awkwardness, and the piercing gaze of the Human-Faced Bird that seemed to cut right through the barrier—all of these made Yan Xiao'er realize that sneaking into the Lingxu Sea was no easy task.
Even at Shangguan Xiayu's home, the two of them had made an open-ended promise: "Someday, when we have the chance, the two of us will go explore the Lingxu Sea."
If she truly said she wanted to go, Shangguan Xiayu would certainly not delay for a moment, out of regard for her father, the Duke of Zhenguo. But now that the matter involved such complex past events between the two kingdoms, she didn't dare drag Shangguan into it.
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