Chapter 114: Sea Ruins

If you haven't been to the Sea Ruins, you aren't of the Sea Clan.

The Sea Ruins are the holy land for the Sea Clan's demonic beasts.

Ao Bai stopped while they were still a thousand miles away from the Sea Ruins.

Ahead, the sea surface was calm, with groups of sea demons swimming gently in the water.

Sea fish, sea shrimp, sea crabs, sea lions, seals, sharks, whales...

These various types of sea demonic beasts had abandoned their usual bloodthirsty and combative nature; they did not fight or scramble, but swam in an orderly fashion toward the same direction.

"They are going on a pilgrimage. A pilgrimage must be devout; one cannot transform into the appearance of other races, cannot make noise, and cannot kill," Ao Bai explained.

He shook his body and transformed into a white giant dragon, over ten zhang long, with two horns and four claws.

"Let's go, we shall go on a pilgrimage too," Zhang Xingyu said.

Following a group of sea beasts, the little white dragon swam slowly, accompanying Princess Yuxiang.

Zhang Xingyu stood on the little white dragon's back and sighed softly: "What a harmonious and beautiful scene. It's actually quite nice that the Sea Clan doesn't fight."

After swimming forward for five or six hundred miles, a series of earth-shattering roars came from afar.

The sea demons stopped, poked their heads above the water, and waited quietly.

"This is already the outer perimeter of the Sea Ruins. All Sea Clan members on a pilgrimage must stop here," Ao Bai explained.

Then, he added: "We will wait here. If we are lucky, the Sea Ruins will spray out some Sea Ruin Nectar. Sea Ruin Nectar is the Sea God's feedback to the pilgrims; it is extremely precious and especially beneficial to our cultivation."

Looking at the dense crowd of sea demons on the sea surface, Zhang Xingyu's thoughts wandered: "The human race has its own faith, and the Sea Clan has its own. With faith, a race becomes united. With faith, there will be wars between races..."

"Boom."

At the end of the horizon, a massive water column suddenly shot into the sky.

Immediately after, the water column transformed into streaks of colorful water mist that spread out.

As the water mist fell onto the sea surface, the sea demons swallowed it in large gulps.

When the mist dissipated, the sea demons all nodded forward in unison, as if thanking the Sea God for the gift.

Zhang Xingyu stood on Ao Bai's back and also took a few deep breaths of the water mist.

This water mist was truly worthy of being called Sea Ruin Nectar; it felt incredibly refreshing after being inhaled.

At the same time, the system's notification sound rang out again: "Ding-dong, the host has obtained five points of God Yuan Value."

These Sea Ruins are truly awesome.

What they sprayed out was actually God Yuan.

The sea demons slowly began to swim back.

The little white dragon said to Zhang Xingyu: "Brother Zhang, ahead is the Sea Ruins. Limited by our clan's rules, we can only escort you to this point. The journey ahead must be completed by yourself."

Zhang Xingyu nodded and jumped down from his back.

"You two, I will head over now. Take care," Zhang Xingyu said to Ao Bai and Princess Yuxiang.

"Big Brother Zhang, take care," Princess Yuxiang said goodbye with tears in her eyes.

"Brother Zhang, take care. We will wait here for thirty days, hoping you can return safely," Ao Bai said.

If you haven't been to the Sea Ruins, you aren't of the Sea Clan.

For Zhang Xingyu, this phrase had become: If you haven't been to the Sea Ruins, you aren't a real man.

At the end of the horizon, a massive whirlpool was frantically devouring everything in the sea.

How big was this whirlpool?

Not clear. Anyway, one couldn't see the edge at a glance.

How deep was this whirlpool?

Not clear. Anyway, one couldn't see it now.

How fierce was this whirlpool?

Not clear. Anyway, once you get close to it, don't even think about turning back.

Pushed by the seawater and pulled by the whirlpool, Zhang Xingyu drifted toward it incessantly.

At this very moment, if Zhang Xingyu said he felt no fear in his heart, that would be a lie.

However, at this very moment, his heart was also exceptionally calm.

He told himself that fear is not meant to be feared; fear is meant to be overcome.

The speed of the seawater flow was steady and even; the sky-filling water mist ahead told Zhang Xingyu that he had arrived at the edge of the Sea Ruins.

The water mist was beautiful.

A curved rainbow hung above, reflecting the water mist in colorful hues.

"How to get a five-colored rainbow, to drive across the sky as a long bridge."

Zhang Xingyu recalled Li Bai's poem.

Just then, a black shadow dozens of zhang long suddenly darted out from the water mist.

Zhang Xingyu focused his gaze and realized it was an ink-black octopus.

This octopus swam back and forth at the edge of the Sea Ruins, occasionally waving its eight massive arms, stirring up monstrous waves.

Zhang Xingyu was puzzled: "Aren't Sea Clan members forbidden from existing inside the Sea Ruins? Why is there an octopus demon here?"

Perhaps it saw Zhang Xingyu, or perhaps it smelled Zhang Xingyu's scent, but the giant octopus actually extended one of its arms toward him.

Seeing the giant octopus's arm getting closer, Zhang Xingyu didn't have time to think; he took something out of his storage bag and threw it out.

It was the corpse of the squid demon he had killed on Tiger Shark Island.

Zhang Xingyu hadn't even had the chance to make grilled squid before he was struck and knocked unconscious by a seventh-rank demon.

The giant octopus seemed to smell the scent of the squid.

With a roll of its arm, its massive suction cups firmly gripped the corpse of the squid demon.

With the squid demon's corpse, the giant octopus had no more interest in that thumb-sized human.

Wrapped by the seawater, Zhang Xingyu fell into the boundless sea ruins.

He couldn't open his eyes, couldn't hear any sound.

There was only the heavy pressure of the seawater on his body.

He didn't know how much time had passed when Zhang Xingyu felt himself collide with a large net, and then he was bounced away with a thud.

After that, he didn't know anything else, because he had passed out.

When he woke up, he found himself lying on a sea island floating in the air.

This island was dozens of miles in circumference; the seawater reached here and then continued to flow downward along the edges.

The edge of the island was a circle of golden sand, as if a golden ribbon had been embroidered around the island.

Scattered on the beach were the skeletons of giant demonic beasts.

Judging by the degree of decay, it seemed that over ten thousand years had passed.

In the center of the island, there was a faint small mountain, and on the mountain stood a golden palace.

Zhang Xingyu thought for a moment and walked toward the small mountain.

Arriving at the foot of the mountain, he was just about to ascend.

He saw a giant rock by the side of the road, and sitting cross-legged on the rock was an old man with white hair and a white beard.

Hearing someone approaching, the old man slowly opened his eyes.

"Three thousand years, I never thought a living person would enter this Sea Ruins land," the old man muttered to himself.

Zhang Xingyu arrived in front of the rock and bowed to the old man: "Junior Zhang Xingyu pays his respects to the Senior."

The old man stroked his white beard that reached his chest and asked softly: "Young man, what are you doing in the Sea Ruins?"

"Senior, Junior came here to find the remains of a God Clan child," Zhang Xingyu answered respectfully upon seeing the old man's inquiry.

Hearing that he was looking for the remains of the God Clan, the old man's eyes brightened.

"Zhang Xingyu, the God Clan has already been extinct for one hundred thousand years. Why are you looking for their remains?" the old man asked.

"Reporting to Senior, Junior was severely injured and turned into a small person, unable to return to my original form. An old grandmother promised Junior that if I helped her retrieve her son's remains, she would use the Three Light Divine Water to heal me," Zhang Xingyu replied.

The old man looked at Zhang Xingyu and asked softly: "Is the old grandmother you speak of the one on Thunder Light Island?"

"Exactly. The old grandmother is dying, and she wants to see her son one last time before she passes," Zhang Xingyu added.

Hearing Zhang Xingyu's addition, the old man's eyes dimmed instantly, and his expression became desolate.

"To think that she is also dying," the old man sighed. ===== CHAPTER 115 =====