Chapter 154: Having Great Strength and Throwing Bricks Far Doesn

"How did the results turn out?"

Watching Xiao Lingdang's spirit regain its clarity, Feng Xue finally ended his meditation, sitting before the altar table; Xiao Lingdang returned to his wrist terminal from the ancestral tablet, her 3D projection grinning mischievously.

"The power of the Sea God is perfect! Oceanic faith! Guiding force! Xiao Lingdang feels amazing!"

"You didn't learn anything useful, just picked up internet memes, huh?" Feng Xue rolled his eyes, suddenly realizing he'd been a bit hasty dumping all his data into Xiao Lingdang—luckily his database didn't contain anything too abstract, or he'd truly fear turning this phantom deity into Akua.

"Hehe!" Xiao Lingdang playfully tapped her own head, then said:

"The domains of ocean and guidance suit each other perfectly. With this oceanic devotional energy, I can navigate the sea far better, and combined with the weather devotional energy from my original form, I can now, given enough time, guide oceanic monsoons and other climatic shifts."

"Don't you dare guide monsoons!" Feng Xue quickly interrupted—he knew full well that disrupting monsoons could throw the entire world's climate into chaos, though generating thunderstorms, overcast skies, or creating a thunder-rich environment was fine.

"Dinner's ready. Eat here?"

Liu Yunxi, now thoroughly accustomed to her role as cook, stepped onto the deck carrying a serving tray; though she asked, she was already placing the dishes on the table.

Feng Xue didn't bother suggesting they take the meal back to the cabin; he called over Feina, and as he did, he activated his Qi-Viewing Technique to confirm the surrounding devotional energy was normal before speaking:

"Where are we now?"

"We're about halfway through the mid-sea zone," Xiao Lingdang replied, pulling up the nautical chart again and enclosing the target with three concentric red circles—

"According to the Seekers Association's intel, the hunter ship we just encountered was likely patrolling the outer perimeter—a rank equivalent to a Colonel in the Sea People's navy. Encountering them means we've breached the outermost ring. If we don't meet any more hunter ships, we should reach the middle ring in roughly four hours. According to Seekers who've already broken through the middle ring, there are organized Colonel-level fleets there, occasionally even Brigadier Generals or Major Generals appear—but actual patrol ranges won't form a perfect circle, so timing is uncertain."

"Only up to Major General? This is only a few hundred kilometers from the Sea God's domain—how can there be so few?" Feina paused mid-bite, her expression clearly saying, "With so few, how could they possibly kill me?" Feng Xue's lip twitched—he also sensed something was off—but before Xiao Lingdang could answer, Sara explained:

"Precisely because it's close, there are fewer. These pre-civilization relics appear roughly every few years, and every one that isn't confirmed worthless needs guarding. The entire navy has fewer than six Elite-level combatants (General), and outside the East Sea, the highest-ranking officers in the other three seas are merely at the peak of Excellent-level (Brigadier General). Unless concrete proof links this relic to the Earth God, Major General is the limit—but normally, a Brigadier General would be on standby. But who cares? It's right next to the Sea God's domain."

"That actually makes sense," Feng Xue thought for a moment, realizing it was logical—places you can reach anytime don't need heavy garrisons.

So it seems the next stretch might be easy…

At this thought, Feng Xue abruptly stopped. As a Xuan cultivator, he naturally believed in Xuan principles—so no flags! Never set flags!

The ship continued along its course; after eating, Feng Xue began extracting Qi, but this time, more than cultivating, he was feeding Seeing Mo Ying.

As the saying goes, carrying a person is like carrying a mountain—even with Feina's extraordinary physique and full cooperation, moving her was nowhere near as easy as moving an inanimate object. And since this little one had recently proven remarkably reliable, Feng Xue decided she deserved a reward.

"You just want me to grow faster, don't you?"

Seeing Mo Ying poked out her little head, muttering unhappily. Feng Xue activated the Spirit-Subjugation Spell, pinched the marshmallow-like spirit between his fingers, rubbed her gently for a moment, then released the dazed little creature:

"You know it already—why say it out loud?"

"Hmph! Soon, soon I'll…"

"Soon what?" Feng Xue glared. Seeing Mo Ying instantly zipped back into the scroll, leaving only a tiny paw scraping for Qi, while murmuring in his mind:

"You'll find out tonight!"

"I feel like you're deliberately provoking me," Feng Xue grinned, suddenly thinking this ghost had gotten a bit too cheeky lately—had she become addicted? That didn't make sense.

As Feng Xue pondered whether his parenting methods had gone wrong, Sara's voice suddenly came through the nanofilm by his ear:

"Instead of teasing your domestic spirit, you should come take a look!"

"Coming!" Feng Xue didn't bother explaining Seeing Mo Ying wasn't a spirit—just rose and stepped onto the deck, where Feina stood at the bow, arms outstretched like the classic Titanic flag pose, her beast ears trembling, her fluffy tail swaying. Sensing Feng Xue's approach, she held the pose as if ready to leap into the sea in a leap of faith, letting Sara take over her vocal cords:

"Anomalous energy reading ahead—Sea People are constructing a collective divine technique."

Feng Xue frowned, immediately activating his Qi-Viewing Technique. In his vision, vast quantities of azure devotional energy were compressing, condensing, clustering beneath the sea, gradually darkening into deeper black.

"This won't be small…"

Feng Xue frowned. Though still crude and unrefined, the very existence of the phrase "powerful enough to hurl bricks into oblivion" exists because when strength reaches a certain threshold, technique becomes unnecessary.

This much devotional energy—even if used merely to light a fire—could incinerate an entire Hollywood. And this was on the ocean, where oceanic devotional energy was most potent!

"Xiao Lingdang, try rerouting!"

Feng Xue gave the order. Xiao Lingdang, who understood devotional energy far better than Feng Xue, nodded immediately. The divine power she'd siphoned from the Sea God granted her significant advantages on the sea—but even as the ocean gradually turned golden with twilight, the Dayun never advanced a single inch within the charted zone.

"What the hell? Can this thing really be a full-area divine technique?" Feng Xue watched the surging devotional energy hidden beneath the waves, his mood souring—when suddenly Xiao Lingdang spoke:

"Master, new message on the Seekers Association forum: some Seekers are issuing team-up invitations to jointly break through the middle ring defenses…"

(End of Chapter)