Chapter 20: Sea Shark People King Enraged, Three Great Generals' Heaven-Defying Guardian Spirits!

Peerless Water God Xuan Yufei, Heaven-Directing War God Lu Qianji, Nirvana Goddess Huang Jiutian!

These three respectively command Huaxia's sea, land, and air forces; all are Five-Star Generals, and all possess the strength of Spirit Venerables.

Moreover, the guardian spirits of all three are the pinnacle existences within their respective types!

Divine-type Guardian Spirit — Ancient Water God Gonggong!

Human-type Guardian Spirit — Peerless Demon Lu Bu!

Beast-type Guardian Spirit — Undying Divine Beast Phoenix!

The Three Great Generals of Huaxia are not only legends in the military, but also the pride of Huaxia.

Peerless Water God Xuan Yufei once, with her own power, annihilated an entire nation's navy in the South China Sea battlefield with crushing ease.

Heaven-Directing War God Lu Qianji once, alone with one spirit and one horse, fought an invading foreign Spirit Master legion and wiped them out completely.

Nirvana Goddess Huang Jiutian alone battled three Red-Clothed Bishops of the Western Holy See who had trespassed Huaxia's borders, and remained undefeated.

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Such glorious battle achievements are widely circulated among the populace.

The Three Great Generals of Huaxia have also become the faith in the masses' hearts — as long as the Three Great Generals stand for a single day, other nations dare not invade.

Petty villains abroad, upon merely hearing the titles of the Three Great Generals, not a single one fails to be awed into submission, daring not to offend in the slightest.

Huo Zhongjue's eyes held deep reverence: "The Three Great Generals are three insurmountable mountains for Huaxia's Spirit Masters, and Bai Lingwu, hailed as the one most likely to become the next generation's Three Great Generals, is naturally worth being proud of."

He paused, then continued: "Bai Lingwu possesses the S-rank Guardian Spirit Chaos-Era Man-Slayer Bai Qi, and at eighteen years old advanced to First-Rank Spirit Grandmaster, breaking the record for youngest advancement to Spirit Grandmaster.

The previous record was set by Peerless Water God General Xuan — twenty years old!

Bai Lingwu pushed this record forward by a full two years; this is indeed remarkable.

Precisely because of this, everyone says Bai Lingwu has the potential to become the next Three Great Generals.

But there are always higher mountains and greater people; this is destined to be an era where countless peerless heaven's favorites rise."

Huo Peiting wasn't stupid; she immediately understood the subtext in Huo Zhongjue's words and asked hesitantly: "Grandpa, you mean Master Li hasn't reached eighteen yet, and advanced to Spirit Grandmaster even earlier than Bai Lingwu?"

"Mm." Huo Zhongjue nodded, voice deep: "His bone age is absolutely not eighteen; seventeen at most."

"Another record-breaking youthful Grandmaster; given enough time, what heights he may reach in the future is unimaginable."

Huo Zhongjue's voice was somewhat hoarse, carrying a few threads of anticipation and fervor, as he countered Huo Peiting: "So, you tell me — is Bai Lingwu more formidable, or is he?"

Huo Peiting froze.

This was completely opposite to her initial inner speculation upon seeing Li Qingran; she was wrong, and wrong by a ridiculous margin.

"Most critically, he is still an independent cultivator, with no major power behind him.

This is precisely our excellent opportunity to recruit him, to invest in him.

Our Huo Family might just be able to leverage him to soar into the ranks of Huaxia's top-tier clans."

Huo Zhongjue explained patiently; his own hundred-year deadline to return to the earth was approaching, and the Huo Family's enterprises would sooner or later fall into the hands of younger clansmen like Huo Peiting.

"Looking across Huaxia's top-tier clans, which one lacks a Spirit Venerable?

To enter the ranks of top-tier clans, a Spirit Venerable is indispensable.

A step further, to sit at the head of Huaxia's clans, one needs a standout among Spirit Venerables like the Three Great Generals.

Take the Capital's Xiao Family — without Myriad Beasts Fire Venerable Xiao Xuan holding the fort, they would certainly not have today's status."

Huo Peiting felt enlightened as if nectar had been poured over her crown.

In the entire Huaxia nation, the Capital's Xiao Family ranks among the top.

The Xiao Family's guardian spirit, the Spirit of Strange Fire, is extremely mysterious, belonging to the special-type guardian spirits; its origin remains a mystery to this day.

And the Myriad Beasts Fire Venerable Xiao Xuan Grandpa spoke of is the Xiao Family's super powerhouse, possessing the guardian spirit Myriad Beasts Spirit Fire.

An existence nearly on par with the Three Great Generals of Huaxia.

Xiao Xuan's battle record is equally illustrious.

He was once besieged in the Changbai Mountain Secret Realm by six Beast Kings whose strength had reached Spirit Venerable, yet he did not fall into disadvantage and departed calmly.

However, the Xiao Family's status has begun to decline in recent years; the younger generation has consistently produced no outstanding figures.

But as long as Xiao Xuan stands for a single day, no matter how the Xiao Family tosses about, they will not fall out of the top-tier clan ranks.

Huo Zhongjue's eyes held a powerful conviction as he quietly gazed into the distance, toward the direction where Li Qingran had vanished.

"Little Pei, now do you understand why Grandpa values Master Li's impression of us so much?"

"I understand, Grandpa." Although Huo Peiting had a large chest, she wasn't truly brainless.

While Li Qingran hasn't yet achieved Spirit Venerable, establishing a good relationship with him now has only benefits for the Huo Family, no drawbacks.

A future Spirit Venerable who will surpass the Three Great Generals of Huaxia — a casual sprinkle of water, a casual sentence from him, would be enough for our Huo Family to benefit for a lifetime.

"After you return, continue maintaining daily fitness training, understand?" Huo Zhongjue swept an unreadable glance over Huo Peiting: "When you find Master Li, add his contact; communicate more, whether there's business or not."

Although his granddaughter's looks were ordinary, she won on figure; and young men just love girls with this slightly plump figure, don't they?

Since ancient times heroes have struggled to pass the beauty trap; as someone who's been there, he understands best.

For the Huo Family to recruit Li Qingran and establish a solid relationship, only deep interaction will do.

Huo Peiting nodded obediently: "Okay, Grandpa, I understand!"

Such a youthful Grandmaster is indeed worthy of herself.

Huo Zhongjue repeated: "You really understand?"

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And while they conversed, in the boundless East Sea, beneath ten thousand zhang of seawater, there unexpectedly stood a magnificent, gold-and-jade palace.

Those coming and going within were all Sea Shark People.

This was the East Sea tribe among the Sea Shark People; they worship the Dragon King, and compared to other Sea Shark People tribes, they possess higher intelligence, the males more robust, the females more bewitching.

Inside the main hall, splendid and magnificent, a middle-aged beautiful woman with golden scales growing at her neck sat upon a crystal chair, eyes closed in cultivation.

She is the queen of this sea merfolk tribe, Jiao Qiushui, with three thousand male merfolk in her harem, possessing supreme status.

Compared to ordinary sea merfolk, she has a normal human appearance, and her features are beautiful.

Yao spirits whose strength reaches a certain level gain the ability to take human form.

At this moment, Jiao Qiushui suddenly opened her eyes, flying into a rage!

Bang!

The sturdy stone tables and chairs all around were shattered by the aura that erupted from Jiao Qiushui!

Jiao Qiushui's strength is very strong.

A voice filled with grief and fury resounded inside and outside the palace: "Ahhh! My little son is dead! Who! Who killed him!"

She flicked her tail and rushed straight for the palace's most sacred place — the sacrificial hall.

She took out three sticks of special blood-red offering incense, solemnly inserted them into the incense burner, then devoutly bowed to the enshrined Dragon King statue: "Please, Lord Dragon King, reveal the murderer to me!"

Amid the curling gray smoke, a scene slowly unfolded before her eyes.

An old and a young were spirit-fishing by the sea; bewitching human blood bait in the seawater emitted wisps of blood qi.

At this point, the scene came to an abrupt halt.

"These two humans, I will have you serve as slaves for all eternity, for the lowliest clansmen to trample!"