Joe Di frowned. He had thought Victor Kuang was referring to himself, but unexpectedly it was about Nora Xiu. This made him feel something was off. By rights, Nora should have ascended to the Dao Domain long ago—Zhuo Wu’s family had said so back then. Why had she only arrived at the wormhole a hundred years ago?
Could it be that Nora Xiu hadn’t ascended to the Dao Domain back then? Otherwise, how could he not have found her?
"Friend Kuang, do you have her image?" Joe Di asked anxiously.
Victor Kuang handed Joe Di a transparent crystal orb. "Joe, since I recognized her as someone related to you, I recorded her image. I intended to give it to you all along."
Joe Di took the crystal orb and swept it with his divine sense. The image inside was indeed Nora Xiu.
Joe Di clenched his fists and suddenly spoke loudly, "Friends, I have come here today to search for my wife, Nora Xiu. If anyone knows her whereabouts, any request—so long as I can fulfill it—I will not refuse. If you have no request, I am willing to gift a superior-grade flying artifact and a top-tier attack artifact. Whether you want a supreme spirit vein or a high-grade spirit vein, just name it."
After speaking, Joe Di raised his hand and projected Nora Xiu’s image into the void.
At this moment, not only those inside the great hall, but even the tens of thousands of cultivators outside in the plaza heard him clearly. Everyone fell silent. Such a reward would make even the sect masters of the five great sects feel suffocated.
Everyone stared at the image of Nora Xiu, desperately trying to recall where they might have seen this female cultivator.
Feeling Joe Di’s anger and anxiety, Fubu Wen was even more alarmed. He knew that if he had any hope of negotiating with Joe Di before, now that hope was completely gone.
Just look at how Joe Di killed Zach You. Zach You, someone so arrogant and self-assured, one of the top ten geniuses of the Dao Domain, was as insignificant as clay chickens and pottery dogs in Joe Di's hands.
Manna Zhen stared blankly at Nora Xiu's portrait floating in the void. She had always believed that Joe Di was deeply attached to her, even thinking that he had risked his life to save her last time. Only now did she realize how laughable that notion was.
Joe Di already had a Dao companion—Nora Xiu, whom Manna Zhen had met before. Even she, Manna Zhen, had to admit that she was somewhat inferior to Nora Xiu.
The gap between them was not just in appearance, but in other aspects as well. Otherwise, Fubu Wen would not have asked her to call Nora Xiu 'sister', nor would he have humbled himself before Nora Xiu. At least Fubu Wen never begged her. Her entry into Immeasura Palace depended more on her own initiative to approach Fubu Wen.
Suddenly, Manna Zhen clenched her fists. Here, besides Fubu Wen, perhaps only she knew where Nora Xiu was. She would never tell Joe Di. As long as she kept silent, Joe Di would never find that woman, Nora Xiu.
Just as Manna Zhen thought this, Fubu Wen suddenly snapped coldly, "If it weren't for you, you wretched woman, would Junior Harriet have misunderstood? Would Brother Di have misunderstood...?"
Fubu Wen spoke with icy speed, and as he spoke, he slapped Manna Zhen hard.
A suffocating aura of death surged forth, and despair welled up in Manna Zhen's heart. She suddenly wanted to shout out Nora Xiu's whereabouts, but the overwhelming pressure rendered her unable to utter a single word.
Bang! Violent divine essence collided, and Manna Zhen was sent flying, falling from the void and coughing up a jet of blood.
To her astonishment, Manna Zhen was still alive. But her heart soon sank—her foundation had been destroyed. Though her cultivation remained, she would never advance another step.