411: Chapter 421 Zhu Ziqiu's heart is in turmoil!

"What?! Aunt, you said he entered Yougu Prison?!"

When Zhu Ziqiu was teleported out of the side hall and heard Zhu Nanrong's announcement, she felt as if she had been struck by lightning, and she panicked instantly.

She only wanted Su Hao to come to Winter Abyss to avoid the Heavenly Palace's kill order, not to send him to his death!

She knew better than anyone what Yougu Prison was!

"No! I have to go find him; he definitely won't be able to hold on in there!"

Zhu Ziqiu could no longer maintain her usual cold and reserved demeanor, turning around and wanting to rush into the depths of the divine hall.

The mere thought of Su Hao suffering in that endless, extremely cold abyss made her heart feel as if it were being tightly gripped by an invisible hand, causing an indescribable pain.

It was only at this moment that she realized she had been telling herself she and Su Hao were just ordinary friends who had met by chance.

Yet, she had not expected that the overbearing yet slightly gentle man had already quietly occupied a position in her heart that belonged solely to him.

"Ziqiu! Stop!"

Zhu Nanrong's voice suddenly turned cold. "Your heart is in turmoil; this is not how a Winter Abyss Goddess should behave!"

The Great Emperor of Winter frowned slightly. She had never expected that her niece, who had always been as calm as still water, would actually develop feelings for that outsider man.

"Aunt!"

Zhu Ziqiu turned around, her eyes red, her voice filled with a hint of questioning: "What exactly did you say to him? Why did he go to Yougu Prison?! You know full well that place..."

The entire Winter Abyss was actually built upon this ancient prison, which held countless terrifying entities from the ancient past; it was extremely dangerous!

Let alone an outsider Saint, even the Elders of the Valley itself might not be able to escape unscathed if they went in!

"He wants to marry you."

Zhu Nanrong's tone was calm, but these words landed in Zhu Ziqiu's ears like a bolt of lightning.

"But for Winter Abyss Bloodlines of our level, outsiders simply cannot withstand our extreme cold backlash. I just told him the truth to make him give up."

"He... he wants to marry me?!"

Zhu Ziqiu's brain instantly shut down; she stood rooted to the spot, muttering to herself.

"No... Ziqiu, you're focusing on the wrong thing, aren't you? The part about giving up is the important part!" Zhu Nanrong felt helpless as she looked at her niece's dazed expression.

She knew that the cabbage she had painstakingly cultivated had been ravaged by a wild boar from the outside.

Having regained her senses, Zhu Ziqiu looked at her aunt, still looking lost.

"Sigh..."

Zhu Nanrong couldn't help but sigh deeply in her heart.

"I have cultivated for 5.2 million years and have seen countless Prodigies, but without exception, they all call me a Genius. Do you know why?"

Zhu Ziqiu shook her head blankly.

"Because our Bloodline purity is too strong! So strong that it has become a curse!"

Zhu Nanrong's tone became somewhat complex. "Ziqiu, you must remember, apart from fellow clansmen who also possess high-purity Winter Abyss Bloodlines, no outsider man can withstand the extreme cold force when our primordial yin erupts; to touch it is to die! If you truly unite with him, you will only kill him!"

Zhu Ziqiu pursed her lips, a hint of doubt appearing on her small face.

"Why... why have you never told me these things before?"

"I had assumed that you were single-mindedly focused on the Dao and that the matter of a Dao Companion was at least a million years away for you." Zhu Nanrong shook her head.

"I never imagined that you would go out to train for just a few short years and have your heart stolen away..."

Looking at her niece's tearful appearance, Zhu Nanrong eventually softened and sighed:

"However, I did give that boy a chance. Yougu Prison may look like a death trap, but in reality... well, it truly is a dead end."

"But if he can truly rely on his own abilities to withstand the intrusion of thousands of ice souls in there, he has a chance to gain the ability to transform the Winter Abyss Bloodline. This is the... only chance for you and him to be together!"

After listening to her aunt's words, Zhu Ziqiu fell completely silent.

She hadn't expected that Su Hao would be willing to brave that Forbidden Ground just to be with her!

This guy even spent his days laughing at Su Mo in his heart for being a naive fool who didn't understand emotions.

Now it seemed that Su Hao was the biggest fool of all!

Zhu Ziqiu knew that things had reached this point, and she could not turn back.

She silently bowed to her aunt and then walked out of the Winter Abyss Divine Hall without looking back.

Zhu Nanrong watched that slightly lonely and desolate back, sighing again.

"He is excellent, one could say more excellent than any man in the Valley... It's just a pity that fate plays tricks on people..."

At the entrance of the divine hall.

Leng Aotian and the others were waiting with schadenfreude to see a good show. In their eyes, once that kid went in, he was definitely doomed.

"Sister Ziqiu... Winter Abyss Goddess, you've come out."

Seeing only Zhu Ziqiu walking out of the divine hall alone, Leng Aotian was overjoyed and hurriedly put on what he considered to be his gentlest smile as he greeted her.

"To celebrate your return, why don't we go to the Snow Garden for a chat?"

"Yes, Goddess! As the symbol of our Valley, you should interact more with us clansmen. That way, our Winter Abyss can be united."

Other Young Masters of noble families also crowded around, offering flattery one after another.

Zhu Ziqiu kept her head down, saying nothing.

Listening to these extremely hypocritical voices in her ears, she only felt an unprecedented irritation and anger surging wildly from the bottom of her heart!

For the first time, she wore her emotions on her face in front of outsiders.

"Bang—!!!"

Before Leng Aotian could react.

A jade foot condensed from the rules of frost kicked him squarely in the abdomen without warning!

Leng Aotian only felt an irresistible force, and his whole body flew backward like a cannonball. The scene before him fell rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, he was kicked twenty thousand miles deep into the ice layer beneath the ground, his fate unknown!

The whole place was dead silent!

Everyone was stunned by Zhu Ziqiu's sudden outburst.

"Noisy!"

In Zhu Ziqiu's cold eyes, raging anger burned at this moment.

The grievances in her heart, her worry for Su Hao, and her hatred for this group of villains who kicked a man when he was down, erupted completely at this moment!

She no longer suppressed her power, and her ancestral-level Winter Abyss Bloodline was released with a bang, turning her into a white lightning bolt that rushed into the crowd!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

On the plaza, only the crisp sound of breaking bones and shrill screams remained.

Those Young Masters who had just been mocking her were beaten black and blue by Zhu Ziqiu, wailing like ghosts.

After kicking the last Young Master away, Zhu Ziqiu stood in the center of the chaotic plaza, cold air radiating from her body, like a true Nine Heavens Goddess.

Her cold gaze swept over all the trembling Disciples of the Valley, her voice cold enough to freeze their Divine Souls:

"Listen well, everyone!"

"I, Zhu Ziqiu, even if I end up alone for the rest of my life, will never fancy any one of you trash!"