Chapter 530

Sea God Palace?!

This term left many people stunned when they heard it.

The place where Ban Jie Li and the others were was the Xia-Mongol border, a purely inland region.

There is no sea in this place!

Many Mongols had never seen the sea in their entire lives.

Yet, at this moment, a building was being called the Sea God Palace; how could this not make everyone feel confused?

Just as everyone was looking puzzled, Zhang Lin quickly provided some popular science.

He said to everyone: "Everyone, the 'sea' the Mongols speak of is different from ours."

"They call large lakes 'sea', or 'Haizi'!"

"Even some small lakes can be called 'small Haizi'."

"Therefore, the 'sea' in this Sea God Palace does not refer to the ocean, but to a lake."

"Who this Sea God is, we won't conclude yet, but from the name Sea God Palace, it can be seen that this building must have a connection to water!"

After this explanation, many people who had never even been to Mongolia finally understood.

So Mongolia does have seas, it's just that the seas there are different from what most people think.

Strictly speaking, these Haizi are not fixed.

The small Haizi on the grasslands migrate with changes in the weather.

In low-lying areas, if it rains for a long time, a small Haizi will form.

Haizi are very important to herdsmen who follow water and grass!

However, although Zhang Lin explained the existence of seas in the grassland region, he did not tell everyone the meaning of the Sea God Palace.

The Sea God Palace is naturally related to water, but the environment Ban Jie Li was in was clearly on land.

Everyone was extremely confused for a moment.

Could it be that the real tomb of Genghis Khan was built in the sea?

But is that possible?

The audience had too many questions, but Zhang Lin had already stopped explaining and turned back to talk about the intruders.

"When Ban Jie Li heard there were intruders, his first reaction was that others from the team had also entered this place."

"But he couldn't guess who it was!"

"After Forty-Two told him not to make a sound or go out, she picked up a few glowing stones from the wall, put them in a simple lantern, lifted the curtain, and went out."

"The moment Forty-Two lifted the curtain, Ban Jie Li saw that outside the door was absolute darkness!"

"Except for the faint light in Forty-Two's hand, there was no other light outside."

"After Forty-Two left, Ban Jie Li heard countless footsteps passing by the door; clearly, they had all heard the horn and were heading to the Sea God Palace."

"Every time someone passed by, Ban Jie Li was extremely nervous, fearing he would be discovered."

"Especially now that his leg was broken and he couldn't move easily, and he wasn't familiar with the terrain here; if discovered, he would have nowhere to run."

"While waiting in such anxiety, Ban Jie Li suddenly heard a burst of singing outside."

"The form and style of that singing were exactly the same as what Chale Gai had sung before!"

"Only this time, there were more people singing, and the sound came from all directions."

"The content of the chant was more obscure and difficult to understand than the usual Borjigin language; Ban Jie Li listened for a long time before he roughly understood that these people seemed to be singing a sacrificial song."

"The lyrics were all expressing awe for the god, and also that they had to offer sacrifices to the god."

"Connecting this to what Forty-Two said earlier about throwing intruders into the Sea God Palace to fend for themselves,"

"Ban Jie Li felt a chill run through his body for no reason; he had already realized that the 'sacrifice' in this chant referred to this intruder."

At this moment, a chill rose in the hearts of every listener.

Although Ban Jie Li had entered the core area, he hadn't had a chance to get any benefits yet.

Suddenly, he heard the bad news that an intruder was being dealt with!

This intruder, without a doubt, must be someone from Chale Gai's team.

This person couldn't speak the Borjigin language, so even if he was as lucky as Ban Jie Li to enter here, he would be disposed of by this group.

Ban Jie Li must be very afraid at this moment.

His fate was actually not in his own hands, but in the hands of the woman named Forty-Two.

Once this woman reported him, Ban Jie Li's end would be the same as this intruder's today.

…….

"Ban Jie Li waited in the room for a long time, so long that he slept and woke up, and Forty-Two still hadn't returned."

"The environment here was very dim, and there were no sun, moon, or stars, so Ban Jie Li had no concept of time and couldn't tell if it was night or day."

"Just when he felt hungry again, the door curtain was lifted, and Forty-Two was back!"

"Ban Jie Li couldn't care about anything else and immediately asked Forty-Two about the intruder."

"Forty-Two seemed uninterested and only told Ban Jie Li that the intruder was a man in his forties or fifties, speaking a language they couldn't understand."

"As soon as Ban Jie Li heard the physical description, he knew this person was the missing guide, Old Mi!"

"The guide Old Mi was Mongolian but couldn't speak the Borjigin language, so he couldn't communicate with Forty-Two and the others."

"Knowing the intruder was Old Mi, Ban Jie Li realized a problem."

"This inexplicable water flow didn't just bring him to this mysterious place; Chale Gai and Old Mi must have come along too!"

"But Chale Gai could speak the Borjigin language, so Ban Jie Li suspected that, like him, he was now hiding somewhere."

"Old Mi was much unluckier; he was directly treated as an intruder and sacrificed to the Sea God Palace!"

"Thinking that Chale Gai, that evil wolf, was also here, Ban Jie Li felt both uneasy and resentful."

"Although his leg wasn't broken by Chale Gai, the fact that his fellow disciples turned against him definitely had Chale Gai's hand in it!"