Chapter 1508 - 1505: The Price

"Telling you how to get the sword is not a problem, but I want to know why you're willing to do anything to get this sword?" Black Panther looked at Ye Qiu with a serious face, no longer playful.

"If it's just the pursuit of greater power, I advise you to give up."

"Why?" Ye Qiu had returned to this ghostly place precisely because he had heard that the Profound Celestial Ice Sword was the most powerful weapon in the world, and now he was being told that even if he got it, he wouldn't have power?

"Indeed, the Profound Celestial Ice Sword might be the most formidable weapon in the world, but precisely because its power is endless, not everyone can wield it. If your own strength isn't strong enough, the Profound Celestial Ice Sword is just a sword with an ice attribute!"

"Even so, I must obtain it!" Ye Qiu understood what Black Panther was saying; Black Panther was indirectly telling Ye Qiu that with his current strength, he wasn't worthy of the Profound Celestial Ice Sword.

"I've made up my mind. I won't let the people I love get hurt again. For this, I can sacrifice everything, even if it's God, I'll kill for you to see!"

Black Panther was shocked by Ye Qiu, not because Ye Qiu was so powerful, but because such a simple reason kept him going until now. Black Panther admired him greatly.

"Perhaps sometimes the simplest things have the greatest power!" Black Panther said as if making a silent resolution.

"Alright, I'll tell you!" Black Panther made a gesture for them to follow and walked back behind the sword.

"Where are we going? I'm still injured!" Ye Qiu complained, looking discontent with Black Panther's attitude.

Fang Wushang said nothing. She helped up the weakened Ye Qiu, and the two limped along behind Black Panther.

Black Panther arrived once more at the statue.

Seeing Black Panther return to the statue, Ye Qiu instantly became furious again, "We've already investigated the statue, there's nothing there!"

Black Panther ignored Ye Qiu's outburst, squatted down, and pointed to one side of the statue's base.

Seeing this, Ye Qiu's anger was overpowered by curiosity, and he squatted down just like Black Panther.

Fang Wushang also squatted down with Ye Qiu, and at that moment, Ye Qiu saw Fang Wushang's profile once more, but this time closer. Ye Qiu could feel Fang Wushang's breath on his face; the scent and the feeling sent Ye Qiu's imagination running wild.

But this also made Ye Qiu more determined to protect the woman he loved. He shifted his gaze from Fang Wushang's face back to the base of the statue.

Ye Qiu noticed something was written on the base, and curiosity drove him to gently sweep away the dust with his hand. Something resembling characters was carved into the base.

"What is this?"

Ye Qiu threw his question to Black Panther, looking at him with a puzzled expression.

"I'll ask you one last time, why do you want the Profound Celestial Ice Sword?"

When Ye Qiu heard Black Panther ask this question again, he wanted to get angry, but when he saw the look on Black Panther's face, Ye Qiu knew Black Panther wasn't asking it frivolously.

"Is it related to the characters carved above?"

Black Panther didn't answer him, but Ye Qiu roughly understood the answer.

Ye Qiu stood up and looked at Fang Wushang beside him. That youthful face, that flowing long hair, that innocent gaze—Fang Wushang exuded a pure aura.

Fang Wushang looked at Ye Qiu with puzzled eyes, not knowing what Ye Qiu was thinking, feeling embarrassed from being stared at.

Ye Qiu looked at Black Panther again and resolutely voiced his thoughts.

"I just want to protect the people around me; I don't want to see those around me die due to malice anymore!"

Black Panther didn't seem satisfied with this answer, appearing quite disappointed.

"Then you'd better give up on the Profound Celestial Ice Sword! It can't fulfill your wish!"

Black Panther's response made Ye Qiu even more confused. "Why? The Profound Celestial Ice Sword is the most powerful divine artifact in the world. With it, no one can easily harm me or the people around me. Why can't it fulfill my wish?"

"Don't ask anymore; go back. With your talent, if you train well, you'll eventually reach Thanos Realm, and then you can protect the people around you."

Ye Qiu was increasingly puzzled about why Black Panther refused to talk about the Profound Celestial Ice Sword with him.

"If I could really do that, I wouldn't have struggled to come here in the icy wilderness to seek the Profound Celestial Ice Sword. We don't have much time left; very soon, the tide will come, and with my current strength, I won't be able to resist the Demon King Army in the tide!"

"Stop talking and leave quickly!"

"I will never give up!"

Ye Qiu seemed to suddenly think of something, "Is there a cost to unsealing the Innate Ice Sword?"

Black Panther suddenly froze, as if turned to stone.

Seeing Black Panther like this, Ye Qiu knew he'd guessed right.

"What is the cost?"

Ye Qiu had a rough idea, but he certainly didn't expect the cost to be so cruel.

Ye Qiu directly asked Black Panther; he didn't want to waste time on these things anymore.

Ye Qiu walked straight to Black Panther, blocking his path.

Seeing Ye Qiu like this, Black Panther knew he had no choice but to speak.

"The cost is your memory!"

"Memory?" Ye Qiu was somewhat confused.

"To be precise, it's your most cherished memories!"

"Fang Wushang's memories..." The influx of information was too much for Ye Qiu to process at once.

It meant that to obtain the Profound Celestial Ice Sword, he would have to lose the memories shared with Fang Wushang, completely forgetting her.

Black Panther didn't give Ye Qiu a chance to catch his breath, continuing, "Because the Profound Celestial Ice Sword has been sealed in the Land of Extreme Cold for many years, absorbing the extreme cold aura of the ice, the power of the Cold Profound Celestial Ice Sword is sealed by this extreme cold aura. Therefore, to unseal it, the most warm thing is needed to melt the icy aura."

"And that warmest thing is the memories of a loved one!" Ye Qiu followed up on Black Panther's words.

Ye Qiu turned to look at Fang Wushang behind him. Seeing Fang Wushang's appearance made Ye Qiu hesitate. If he lost all memories related to Fang Wushang, it would be equivalent to giving up his love for her.

Fang Wushang must have heard the conversation between Ye Qiu and Black Panther; she slowly walked towards them, her face as calm as ever.

Fang Wushang suddenly embraced Ye Qiu, shocking him, "It doesn't matter. As long as we can survive the tide, we'll be together again. As long as you can live on, that's enough for me."

Fang Wushang still held tightly to Ye Qiu, saying nothing, just simply holding him.