Chapter 2581: Who is the Food?

In the sea, twenty-seven figures darted swiftly, their bodies completely wrapped in spiritual energy, thoroughly isolating the icy seawater.

Originally, Xu Jie and Zhao Zhengping weren't supposed to come this time, after all their cultivation was too low, but Xu Jie insisted on coming no matter what.

At worst, he could just hide in the back when the time came.

He also wanted to be the first to taste this supreme ingredient.

In the end he had no choice but to agree, but after advancing for one Shíchén, Huang Lao grew angry again.

"Huang Lao, haven't we arrived yet?"

As Xu Jie asked again, Huang Lao gritted his teeth and shouted.

"You brat, if you dare make a sound, I'll beat you."

"I…………"

Knowing you're anxious, am I not? But damn it, if we haven't arrived, we haven't arrived—what can I do? Damn it, who knows where this "Sea God"'s lair is, it's so far.

Everyone was still following the markings, rushing all the way to the Sea God's lair.

Meanwhile, Ling Yunyi's family elder, who had originally returned to his room to cultivate, was summoned in the middle of the night by other Heavenly Spirit Tribe elders to the main hall.

Inside the hall, at that moment a huge light curtain appeared.

Within the light curtain, a Sea God suddenly appeared, its massive form so great that the enormous light curtain could only reflect one of its heads.

As everyone gathered, the Sea God in the light curtain opened its mouth and let out a low roar.

It was completely incomprehensible language, but the light curtain was clearly a treasure; through it, the Sea God's language was translated.

"Those human cultivators, we will take them."

"Sea God, this…………"

Originally, the nighttime contact was because the Sea God, while performing a ritual, discovered the presence of Ye Zhangqing and the others.

Upon learning that the Heavenly Spirit Tribe currently had tens of thousands of human cultivators, he couldn't help but feel hungry and wanted to eat those tens of thousands of humans.

As for this, the first reaction of several Heavenly Spirit Tribe elders was to refuse.

Joking aside, if they sacrificed those tens of thousands of human cultivators, could the human race let them off? They would face outright extermination.

Like the Heavenly Spirit Tribe, such a weak race, in the Beyond the Heavens, is merely struggling to survive in the cracks.

Faced with those powerful races, anyone can come up and bully them, yet they have no recourse.

However, regarding this, the Sea God's attitude this time was unusually firm.

"This is not up for negotiation, mere acquired beings—rest assured, if the human race dares to invade, my god will protect us."

He gave the Heavenly Spirit Tribe elders no chance to refuse, directly declaring the matter settled.

And in the Sea God's words, the human race became what kind of acquired beings.

As the light curtain slowly faded, several Heavenly Spirit Tribe elders found themselves in a dilemma.

First, they didn't dare; second, with tens of thousands of human cultivators, how could they sacrifice them? They definitely couldn't win in a fight.

They needed to devise a way to get the multitude of human cultivators to walk up onto the altar themselves.

But just thinking about it seems impossible—what fool would willingly walk up to the altar to become a sacrifice?

Yet there was no alternative; they couldn't refuse the Sea God's demand, otherwise the outcome would be the same.

"Let everyone plan this properly."

"This……………………………"

Upon hearing this, the several elders present were stunned, then fell into deep silence.

But no matter what, there is one point: the human race and the Sea God have arrived at the same idea—they both crave each other's deliciousness.

"The Sea God wants to swallow tens of thousands of human cultivators in one gulp, while Ye Zhangqing and the others have already rushed straight to the Sea God's lair."

After another Shíchén, the group finally drew near the Sea God's lair.

Their eyes filled with excitement, far off they saw a massive vortex spanning the sea.

Here, according to the markings' guidance, this should be that Sea God's lair.

"An independent small world?"

"No, it's merely a defective space, just looking like one."

In the Beyond the Heavens, even someone like Huang Lao, the Present Era's Strongest, cannot artificially carve out an independent small world.

Other races seem unable as well, so upon seeing this vortex, everyone was initially somewhat astonished.

They thought, "How does this Sea God even have an independent small world?"

However, after careful observation, they discovered this was fundamentally not an independent small world, merely similar in appearance.

The periphery had no danger, nor any guards visible; perhaps they thought this place was absolutely safe, so they didn't take it to heart.

After great effort to arrive, everyone naturally had no hesitation and went straight into the vortex.

Sure enough, they then arrived at a defective space.

Looking around, it was still seawater, but the sea teemed with plenty of life.

Big and small, of all varieties, and many were things the group had never seen before.

"What the heck are all these things?"

Someone was curious, and Xu Jie, struck by inspiration, blurted out a question.

"Junior brother, are these ingredients?"

Many of the fish here he had never seen before; since he hadn't seen them, they could possibly be ingredients.

Unfortunately, facing Xu Jie's inquiry, Ye Zhangqing looked around, then shook his head, indicating no.

The system gave no response; perhaps these fish are edible, but they certainly aren't anything good.

They aren't even top-tier ingredients.

Hearing Ye Zhangqing's words, Xu Jie felt a bit disappointed, but after thinking it over, he broke into a grin.

Ordinary ingredients are just ordinary ingredients; take them first, and when we have time later, we can slowly taste them.

Huh???

You little brat, you won't even let ordinary ingredients go? Looks like you want to catch them all in one net?

Kid, don't waste time, first handle the proper business.

All right.

Faced with Huang Lao's reminder, Xu Jie didn't refute; instead, he obediently nodded.

Afterwards, following the direction of the mark, everyone continued forward.

Just while walking, Xu Jie somehow had a fish net appear in his hand.

This net is clearly a magic treasure; its grade isn't high, but it's truly odd—its attack power isn't strong, basically useless.

But now, this seemingly ordinary fish net, in Xu Jie's hands, has burst into great use.

Because the fish swimming in the sea mostly have no strength; facing this fish net, they have no ability to break free at all.

With one sweep of the net, Xu Jie hauls in a large group; not long after, he's already reaped a bountiful harvest.

You little brat, you really intend to catch them all in one net?

A Heavenly Family Elder twitched the corner of his mouth and said, 'This kid is outrageous—won't even let this go?'

In response, Xu Jie grinned.

Hehe, that Sea God junior can't help, but these ordinary ingredients are fine—let's store them for now; when we have time later, seniors can also taste them.

What you say does make some sense.

Don't dismiss ordinary ingredients as not food; if you haven't tried them, giving them a taste is fine—maybe there'll be some unexpected joy.

Thinking this, many people also gave Xu Jie an approving look—this kid's eyesight is sharp, not bad at all.