The Man’s Decree – Chapter 6272

Early the next morning, before daylight had broken. Jared stood by the lake and watched the dark sapphire water rise and fall in the morning wind.

Overhead, the aurora had already faded out of that deep blue-violet it wore at night. It had turned back into that pale color again, like an old strip of silk washed so many times all the richness had been worn out of it, drifting across the sky without a sound.

Gwendolyn stood beside him. She had changed clothes for today. Instead of the plain white dress, she wore a close-fitting ice-blue diving suit that traced every line of her lean, long frame. Her long hair had been tied high and fixed in place with the white jade hairpin. It left her pale neck and the clean lines of her collarbones fully exposed.

In her hand, she held a pearl the size of a fist. A dim blue glow spilled from it. The light wasn't harsh, but it had a sharp, penetrating quality to it, like it could shine all the way down to the deepest part of the lake.

"This is the waterward pearl..." She handed the pearl to Jared. "Keep it in your mouth, and you'll be able to breathe freely underwater. Voidreturn Lake is bottomless. The farther down you go, the greater the pressure gets, and a normal cultivator's protective Qi won't hold for long."