Chapter 713: The Flower I Raise

"Qin Jian!"

Na'er pushed him somewhat angrily: "You have too many attachments. Like this, how can you ever become a god!"

Qin Jian let her push against his chest, his eyes fixed on her, a smile playing on his lips: "Na'er, having too many attachments... is just who I am..."

"..."

Na'er choked on her words.

"But you must have noticed it too, many things are becoming increasingly complicated precisely because you are unwilling to let go!"

She tugged at Qin Jian's collar: "Think about it, if you could just break up with them one by one, how could there still be so many issues?!"

Qin Jian was silent for a moment, and only after a good while did he say in a low voice: "Na'er, this is the path I chose myself. Even if I have to crawl or drag myself along, I must finish it, I must reach the end."

"..."

Na'er released his collar and just looked at him like that; in her gaze, there was anger, worry, as well as helplessness and frustration.

"Then do as you see fit, I'm going to rest."

She flicked her hand and was about to return to his body.

Qin Jian did not stop her, but just as she was about to disappear, he suddenly spoke, saying deeply: "Na'er, although we have prepared as many contingencies as possible, when things truly happen, no one knows what kind of accidents might occur..."

"Just like this Ice Prison Fire Sea right now, I don't know if I will end up like those people doing extreme sports, dying from a single unstable heartbeat..."

"So..."

He paused, then said with a serious expression: "If a situation arises where I cannot be saved, do not hesitate, do not risk your life, hurry and take the Silver Dragon Spear and leave. Go back to the Star Dou Great Forest to fuse with your main body, don't worry about me."

Na'er froze, then suddenly waved her hand, a flash of dominance passing through her pupils.

"Qin Jian, let me tell you..."

She said indifferently: "The flower I raise, no one is allowed to pick! Without my permission, don't even think about dying!"

Hum.

The next moment, her figure vanished, leaving only a crisp, pleasant echo reverberating in Qin Jian's ears.

He was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and smiled.

Standing in mid-air above the canyon, he took a deep breath, calming all his emotional fluctuations and his worry for Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu, and slowly began to descend.

The first half was completely unobstructed; with his control over water and fire elements, he could easily avoid harm, but it became difficult toward the middle and latter sections.

It was as if he were dodging back and forth within a rain of swords falling without any pattern, unable to be grazed anywhere.

The greater the density of ice and fire, the greater the density of the falling sword rain, and the smaller the space for evasion.

Qin Jian was fully focused...

"Wait!"

Na'er's voice suddenly rang out, giving Qin Jian a start.

"Na'er..."

Sweat poured down his forehead like rain, and he said in a very helpless tone: "I'm walking a tightrope here, aren't you afraid I'll step into thin air with you being so jumpy?"

"Uh..."

Na'er seemed somewhat embarrassed, but she didn't show it, nor did she apologize to the flower she raised; she just lowered her voice a little: "You... wait a moment, I've thought of how to pass through this canyon and get to the bottom."

Qin Jian stopped in place, his eyes lighting up: "What method?"

Na'er prompted: "Do you remember the state of looking at the world with indifference that you learned when you fused with me?"

"You mean 'AFK' mode?"

Qin Jian understood instantly: "In situations requiring extreme control, I cannot have any distractions, so making myself emotionless is the best approach."

He thought for a moment and asked: "Na'er, to reach that state, we need to perform an awareness fusion centered on me, even if it's just a little bit. Is this really okay? Will it be discovered? After all, just like Sea God Island, there must be Divine Sense lurking behind the scenes."

"It's fine, you also know that what they are tracking is the Dragon God Power. As long as I don't erupt, I won't be detected," Na'er said.

I always feel like I've just jinxed it...

"Alright."

Qin Jian paused before nodding.

He no longer hesitated, instantly fusing and entering Na'er's unique, aloof, and detached state.

When he dived again, he found it much easier.

He didn't need to worry about being distracted, nor did he need to waste Spirit Power to maintain full focus, so the consumption of Spirit Power was greatly reduced, and he could better avoid damage from the water and fire elements.

"Whoosh!"

Just at this moment, Poseixi finally followed Qin Jian's aura and arrived above the canyon.

But she only stood for a moment before being forced to leave, returning to the glacier on the side of the canyon.

"The environment here is too harsh, I can't go down at all. How on earth does he manage to remain unaffected?" she muttered to herself, frowning.

"Boom!"

Another extreme collision of ice and fire occurred.

The canyon seemed to vanish instantly, and endless red and blue light erupted, forcing Poseixi to retreat once more.

And inside the canyon, the suddenly closing Ice and Fire Canyon also brought huge trouble to Qin Jian.

"Pfft!"

Blood sprayed from his mouth, and before it could even exist for a moment, it was churned into the Void by the extreme elements.

"Calm."

Qin Jian's eyes were one blue and one red, and the world before him seemed to have turned into countless manic elements, shuttling back and forth like sharp swords.

"Collision brings crisis, but it also brings opportunity."

The detached state of mind allowed him to accurately analyze the current situation and quickly find a path downward.

It was a gap created by the collision, and it could only exist for a few breaths!

"Whoosh!"

The next moment, the figure vanished from the original spot.

Qin Jian was like a swimming fish, instantly darting down at a hair's breadth of a moment, appearing a few meters above Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu in an instant.

At this point, there were no more gaps.

"Bing'er! Huo Wu!"

He shouted urgently.

But Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu were like sculptures, without any reaction.

"They are..."

Na'er's voice sounded low in his mind: "Pure water and fire essences; they are already on the verge of becoming gods. The only thing lacking is physical strength, which probably requires... ice and fire tempering."

The ancestor reached a conclusion in an instant.

"Ice and fire tempering?"

Qin Jian's brain was running at high Speed: "Does that mean they need to Exchange their elemental powers?"

"It's not that simple. First, they must be conscious, and second, they must obtain each other's essence to intermingle. It requires not only ensuring one's own improvement but also ensuring the other is not harmed," Na'er analyzed.

Qin Jian frowned: "In other words, I have to find a way to wake them up and then help them perform the intermingling?"

"You... can't do anything..." Na'er couldn't help but say in a low voice.

Qin Jian remained silent.

He certainly knew what Na'er meant.

Although there were only a few meters of distance left below, his current position was his limit. If he dived even one more meter, he would lose control of the water and fire elements and be ground to dust, not even leaving behind a speck of powder.

"Is there really no way?" he asked softly.

"Qin Jian, I am sorry," Na'er whispered: "Based on everything I know, you have no way to get close, and even less way to make them aware of your existence."

Qin Jian was silent.

Na'er did not disturb him further.

At this moment, this was probably the edge of despair...

Reflecting in his eyes were those figures with intertwined ice-blue and fiery-red hair, and a trace of pain flashed across the depths of his eyes.

If he could have seen the ending, would he not have guided them here in the first place?

(End of this chapter)