Chapter 84: Deep Sea Dragon Shadow

The story told all Seven Blood Eyes disciples that once they encountered this strange scene while going out to sea, they should not take any action, should not touch it, and even more so, should not disturb it.

Xu Qing was silent.

As the records of the Sea Records Hall emerged in his mind, he sat cross-legged in the dharma boat, raising his head to watch the countless ferocious evil ghosts all around, amidst bursts of sharp, ear-piercing roars, rising into the sky in groups and swathes.

"The focus of the records in the Sea Records is not the story itself."

Xu Qing gazed at the firmament, whispering lightly in his heart amidst the chill of the heaven and earth all around.

"But... the description of all this uses the word 'story', not 'legend'."

"Compared to a legend, the term 'story' often represents a scene that truly happened." Xu Qing took a deep breath, gazing at the four directions.

Countless evil ghosts permeated heaven and earth, constantly undulating, and the sounds also became increasingly shrill. This scene was enough to deter timid people, making them terrified and trembling.

But for Xu Qing, he was used to it.

He had seen the God's eyes, survived for more than half a month in a dead city full of fierce beasts and eeriness, and had seen too much life and death since childhood in the slums that were filled with the darkness of human nature.

In the forbidden zone forest and within the Seven Blood Eyes, he had experienced tempering and baptism. For him, it was not just these eerie things that could take a life; anything in this world could make people die.

Therefore, this level of scene, which might cause fear for others, was very calm for Xu Qing.

In this calm gazing, Xu Qing in the dark night, amidst the roars of these evil ghosts rising into the sky, slowly seemed to hear a wisp of the music's echo.

Xu Qing closed his eyes, motionless, as if listening.

Seen from afar, whether it was himself or this dharma boat, they were insignificant in this sea, drifting, and in this Hundred Ghosts Night Parade, they were gradually covered.

Only the echo remained by Xu Qing's ear, becoming clearer and clearer, lingering for a long time...

Hundred Ghosts Night Parade, Hundred Ghosts Night Dance, Hundred Ghosts Night Music.

This night, amidst Zhao Zhongheng's nervousness, amidst Xu Qing's listening, and amidst Senior Sister Ding's curiosity about Xu Qing's state, slowly passed.

With the arrival of dawn, the night music dissipated. Xu Qing opened his eyes, and there was still a weak echo circling in his mind.

Senior Sister Ding placed her beautiful eyes on Xu Qing and couldn't help but ask.

"Junior Brother Xu, were you listening all night? Did you hear anything?"

Xu Qing didn't pay attention, somewhat unhappy about being disturbed at this moment. He didn't blink, still immersed in the echo that was slowly becoming imperceptible in his mind.

This made Senior Sister Ding even more curious, so she looked at Xu Qing, patted her storage bag with her right hand, and immediately took out a jade box and handed it over.

"Junior Brother Xu, there is a Clarity Elixir inside. The effect of nourishing the soul is very good. I give it to you. Can you tell me the answer?"

Zhao Zhongheng on the Phoenix-Bird had his eyes widen instantly, his breathing rapid, and the fire in his eyes almost couldn't be suppressed. This elixir was a gift he had given before when he saw Senior Sister Ding's expression was impatient...

Now, Xu Qing was unhappy, and Senior Sister Ding also gave a gift...

This scene made him go completely crazy in his heart.

"Clarity Elixir?"

Xu Qing's attention was instinctively attracted. He knew the Clarity Elixir, and also knew that the value of this elixir was not small and was rarely seen in large quantities.

So he was somewhat surprised, turned around, took the jade box, opened it, looked at it, checked it to make sure there was no problem, and put it into his pocket.

Seeing Xu Qing accept it, Senior Sister Ding was very happy, looking at Xu Qing with a smile.

"Junior Brother Xu, tell me. I know the Sea Records once mentioned that the Hundred Ghosts Night Music can be heard by few people, and only those with keen perception can hear it."

Xu Qing nodded, a trace of reminiscence appearing in his eyes.

"I heard the earnest teachings of my teacher when he taught me herbal knowledge."

"Junior Brother Xu, you actually know the way of herbs. So amazing." Senior Sister Ding was full of worship. As for Zhao Zhongheng on the Phoenix-Bird, there was disdain on his face. He curled his lips and whispered.

"Who can't brag!"

Senior Sister Ding didn't pay attention to Zhao Zhongheng, who was jealous. She was attentive beside Xu Qing, asking about the way of herbs.

Xu Qing, for the sake of the Clarity Elixir, although he felt somewhat impatient, barely answered a few sentences.

And on the subsequent road, Zhao Zhongheng was obviously more anxious. In order to pull the Senior Sister back to his side, he began various kinds of flattery, frequently sending gifts.

Only, Senior Sister Ding mostly refused with a cold face, occasionally barely accepting when there was really no way, but there was no intention to change boats at all. Instead, on Xu Qing's boat, silver-bell-like laughter often came out, which made Zhao Zhongheng's evil fire burn his five internal organs.

Especially in the next few days on the road, Senior Sister Ding's laughter was more than he had faced in a year, and even many times, he saw Senior Sister Ding taking the initiative to find topics for Xu Qing, asking about herbs and medicinal plants. But Zhao Zhongheng clearly knew that Ding Xue had no interest in medicinal materials on weekdays.

And if Xu Qing didn't speak, she would send gifts as a fee for consultation, and those gifts were all sent by him.

This scene made Zhao Zhongheng somewhat dazed many times. Vaguely, he felt that all this was so familiar, and he and Senior Sister Ding seemed... somewhat similar.

This discovery made Zhao Zhongheng feel sorrow from his heart, but he was unwilling to give up, so he could only cheer himself up, trying hard to integrate into it, wanting to keep in sync.

Even to attract Senior Sister Ding's attention, Zhao Zhongheng simply exploded his cultivation along the way, constantly capturing various sea beasts and inviting the other party to taste them. And this method indeed had a little effect, which made Zhao Zhongheng's heart come alive again.

Until noon on the third day, as Xu Qing's dharma boat and the Phoenix-Bird were moving forward on the sea, suddenly a sharp hiss came from the sky.

Xu Qing, who was sitting cross-legged on the dharma boat, opened his eyes and saw a pseudo-toothed bird circling in the firmament. Its huge and slender wings were fully two zhang long, its cyan body carrying some mud spots. The most eye-catching thing was its astonishing beak, like two huge iron pliers. One could imagine its bite force must be terrifying.

And at this moment, the sea was calm, as peaceful as a huge black mirror. Seen from afar, sea birds appeared frequently in the firmament.

The pseudo-toothed bird was just one of them. In the distance, many small black dots could also be seen. Those were sea birds of different species, looking for prey at noon.

At this moment, this pseudo-toothed bird circling in the high sky seemed to have identified the prey as Xu Qing and the others, so it followed all the way. But it seemed it also perceived the crisis, so after circling a few times, it was about to leave.

Xu Qing raised his head to look at the pseudo-toothed bird in the sky, then lowered his head to look at the calm sea surface. A sharp glint flashed in his eyes, and he didn't pay attention to it.

But Zhao Zhongheng on the Phoenix-Bird had a look of joy in his eyes. He smiled and shouted to Senior Sister Ding, who noticed this scene in the sky.

"Senior Sister Ding, the Sea Records say that this kind of pseudo-toothed bird seems to taste good. I will help you get it down, and we will eat it at noon."

"Junior Brother Xu, do you want to eat pseudo-toothed bird at noon?" Senior Sister Ding stood up, looked at the pseudo-toothed bird in the sky, and smiled sweetly at Xu Qing.

Regarding Senior Sister Ding, Xu Qing still had some good feelings. Her love of learning reminded him of his former self. Although there were many consultations on herbal knowledge, they were all paid, and the value of the items given was almost two hundred spirit stones.

At the same time, through these few days of getting along, Xu Qing also had a deeper perception of these two core disciples of the Seventh Peak, but he would not rashly deny all core disciples because of the performance of these two.

Core disciples were also people, and as long as they were people, it was impossible to have only one personality. Some were smart, some were stupid, some were alert, some were reckless.

So among the core disciples, some were simple, and there must also be those who were filled with malevolent Qi like the gray-robed ones who walked out of the cruel environment descending the mountain. Xu Qing felt it was because he had contacted very few core disciples and hadn't seen them.

And Zhao Zhongheng was actually not bad; he was just very stupid. As the Captain's evaluation went, he was a straw bag.

Senior Sister Ding was not stupid either; she was just protected too well, which was somewhat inconsistent with this chaotic world. But precisely because of this, it further proved that her background was very large.

This point could also be verified by Xu Qing from Zhao Zhongheng's attitude.

Especially thinking that when the Hundred Ghosts Night Parade happened before, the other party's hand was always on the storage bag, Xu Qing could conclude that the other party must possess astonishing life-saving means, so her elders were at ease letting her go out to sea.

So Xu Qing gave a reminder.

"The sea surface is too calm, something is wrong."

"Coward!" Zhao Zhongheng on the Phoenix-Bird sneered at the words. He raised his hands and waved, about to unfold a spell to capture the pseudo-toothed bird.

But just at this moment, the pseudo-toothed bird in the sky that was about to leave also seemed to perceive Zhao Zhongheng's intention, so it became aggressive. After circling in mid-air, it changed direction, no longer leaving, but its body suddenly accelerated, like a meteor falling from the sky, whistling over from behind the three people's dharma boats diagonally.

Seen from afar, the airflow formed by its figure cutting through the sky set off bursts of sonic booms, showing its astonishing speed.

"Well come." Zhao Zhongheng laughed loudly. His body swayed and leaped up, leaving the boat and reaching mid-air, just about to make a move.

Xu Qing's expression moved, alert. He stood up and looked at the sea surface behind the dharma boat. He saw that there was a range of fully dozens of zhang, and at this moment, as the pseudo-toothed bird in the sky whistled closer, it was rolling violently.

As if there was some existence on the seabed, rapidly approaching the sea surface!

A cold glint flashed in Xu Qing's eyes. He formed seals rapidly, and in an instant, his dharma boat turned into a defensive posture.

And at the moment this posture was formed, through his bearded whale, he actually saw a huge monster approaching at an astonishing speed behind the dharma boat. In the blink of an eye, it arrived from the seabed in an instant, breaking the water surface in a flash.

Boom!

Amidst the loud noise, the sea surface behind the dharma boat exploded directly in a range of a hundred zhang.

A huge head, pitch-black all over and covered in scales, like a dragon and a crocodile, carrying unprecedented ferocity and cruelty, broke out of the sea.

The fishy smell instantly permeated the four directions, and the waves rolled even more violently. This head opened its huge mouth and swallowed the approaching pseudo-toothed bird in one bite!

The pseudo-toothed bird looked very large, but compared to this opened huge mouth, it was like a small snack. In an instant, it was completely swallowed by that dragon-crocodile-like big mouth. Following the rumbling, the head fell back into the sea.

The splashed waves rolled to the sky, roaring and spreading in all directions, making Xu Qing's boat and Zhao Zhongheng's Phoenix-Bird like two leaves on the sea, involuntarily rolling backward. Only, the former was orderly, and the latter was on the verge of losing control.

Zhao Zhongheng's expression changed instantly, revealing horror in his expression.

At this moment, he had already flown to mid-air. Fortunately, the speed was not very fast. Otherwise, once he had approached the pseudo-toothed bird just now, I am afraid that what was swallowed at this moment would not just be that bird.

The intense heart-palpitation brought by the line of life and death made him, whose whole body was soaked by the splashed seawater, pale and rapidly retreating, trying his best to retreat back to the Phoenix-Bird. Until his feet landed on the deck, his body still couldn't help but tremble.

As if fearing that if he retreated slowly, that terrifying big mouth would appear on the sea surface again.

But his basic quality as a Seventh Peak disciple still made him instinctively control the dharma boat, making his boat gradually regain control.

"That is... a plesiosaur. Senior Sister Ding, come here to me quickly. We must leave this range immediately!"

Amidst the rolling waves, Zhao Zhongheng, standing on the swaying Phoenix-Bird, while controlling the dharma boat, hurriedly transmitted words.

"Shut up! If it weren't for your stupid move to stimulate the pseudo-toothed bird, it would have flown away. How could it launch an attack! The Sea Records have recorded that the pseudo-toothed bird is the favorite meat of the plesiosaur. Obviously, that plesiosaur was attracted by the pseudo-toothed bird in the sky. If you hadn't made a move indiscriminately, this plesiosaur would definitely have gone away with it."

Senior Sister Ding's expression was ugly. It was really that for the Seventh Peak disciples, among the hunters in the Forbidden Sea, although the plesiosaur was not the strongest, it could live in the Forbidden Sea permeated with infinite anomalous substances, and it was also known for its cruelty, and every one of them was difficult to judge by the strength of cultivation.

After all, the advantage of its huge body existed. Unless the combat power gap between each other was obvious, otherwise, the victory would most likely belong to it.

Zhao Zhongheng wanted to argue, but after opening his mouth, he couldn't say anything, so he could only bitterly reply.

"Maybe it will leave in a while..."

Senior Sister Ding's quality was obviously much better than Zhao Zhongheng's. At this moment, even if her emotions were turbulent, she still circulated her whole body's cultivation and took out a cyan long sword, ready to make a move at any time.

At the same time, her right hand was placed on her storage bag, as if she could take out her trump card at any time, looking at the sea vigilantly.

Compared to the two of them, Xu Qing was much calmer. He had sensed that something was wrong with this sea earlier, so he had already put his magic boat into a defensive posture in advance.

At this moment, the huge waves rolled, and the roaring waves like a giant's big hand slapped heavily on Xu Qing's dharma boat, making his boat constantly move away in these waves.

But overall, the dharma boat was excellent in stability, so it did not lose control, but orderly used the waves to retreat.

At the same time, his calmness also eased Senior Sister Ding's emotions, and her gaze slowly became sharp.

"It hasn't left!" Xu Qing said with a sharp glint in his eyes, speaking in a low voice. ===== CHAPTER 85 =====