Nan Qiuqiu had been extremely frustrated and irritable over the past few days. She had been in Shrek City for more than half a month, and news travelled continuously from various sources. She had become very unstable and anxious ever since she heard that her mother and the Earthdragon Sect's team members who had partic.i.p.ated in the tournament didn't return to their sect.

　　She didn't think too much into it when they first departed the Sun Moon Empire, because she had faith in her mother's abilities. Her family's inherited powers of annihilation meant her mother should be able to escape even if she had to fight against someone stronger than she was.

　　However, things didn't turn out the way she had hoped. Her mother was the sect leader, but she hadn't returned to the sect. Fortunately, the Earthdragon Sect was still being guarded by several of its senior members, and the sect had managed to avoid any problems for now.

　　But…

　　Nan Qiuqiu and her mother had depended on each other ever since she was a child. Nan Shuishui was very strict with her, but their relations.h.i.+p was intimate, and their love for each other ran deep. If the Tang Sect's other members hadn't successfully persuaded her, she would have succ.u.mbed to her impatience and rushed back to the Sun Moon Empire to search for her mother.