Chapter 277: Sea God Nine Trials

Sea Horse Douluo slowly raised his hands, bringing them together slightly in front of his chest. The next moment, a faint blue light began to converge between his palms, growing brighter as time passed, until the radiance transformed into a deep azure and suddenly burst forth.

The entire Haima Sacred Pillar platform was suffused with a clear blue glow. Immediately after, a flash of light appeared at the base of the Haima Sacred Pillar, and a blue beam spread upward along the patterns on the pillar. It climbed to the top in the blink of an eye.

Sea Horse Douluo turned around, faced Ye Lingling, and pointed his right hand toward her body.

A blue pillar of light descended from the sky, enveloping Ye Lingling's body. The blue pillar changed rapidly; the five colors of blue, white, yellow, purple, and black all flickered, climbing to the top in a gradient transition in the blink of an eye, before transforming into a red beam that shot straight into the sky.

"Boom!" The Sea within a Sea boiled in response, kicking up giant waves, and the entire sky trembled.

Immediately after, to the shock of all the residents of Sea God Island, six more red beams shot up into the sky. The next second, the blood-red color faded, and a golden glow emerged where they intersected.

A golden light erupted from within, falling straight down to envelop Ye Lingling, and the golden glow rapidly converged at the center of her brow.

God Realm, Sea God Temple.

"This little girl has finally started my trials!" The Sea God stood up excitedly, his gaze burning as he looked toward the direction of Douluo Continent.

Tang Chen has gone to pursue the position of a god; it is unlikely he would send anyone to Sea God Island. Only Qian Daoliu has that possibility.

The crowd's gazes were focused on Ye Lingling. They saw the golden light converge, and soon a golden mark in the shape of a trident remained at the center of Ye Lingling's brow.

Sea Horse Douluo looked at the mark on Ye Lingling's brow in a daze, shook his head vigorously, and looked again carefully at the trident brand flashing with brilliant golden light. That's right, this was not a dream.

It was none other than the Great Protector of Sea God Island, Bo Saixi.

"This is not your fault. I am also seeing such a situation for the first time." Bo Saixi's gaze landed on Shi Quan. "What is your relationship with Qian Daoliu?"

Ye Lingling slowly opened her eyes, subconsciously raised her hand to touch her smooth forehead, and looked at Sea Horse Douluo, then at Shi Quan.

"Sea God Nine Trials, it succeeded," Shi Quan nodded and said.

Ye Lingling looked into Bo Saixi's eyes; her gaze was clear and full of determination.

"It seems you are very knowledgeable about Sea God Island?" A melodious voice came from far to near. In the distance, a red speck of light slowly enlarged. The crowd only felt the space distort slightly, and the next moment, there was already one more person in front of the Haima Sacred Pillar.

"Greetings, Great Protector." Sea Horse Douluo bowed slightly to salute Bo Saixi. "This subordinate failed to carry out the Sea God's guidance properly; please punish me, Great Protector."

"This junior has no relationship with Senior Qian Daoliu; I have only heard of Senior Qian Daoliu's name."

Bo Saixi nodded, her expression turning solemn. "Ye Lingling, look at me."

Ye Lingling replied politely: "This junior is Ye Lingling."

"Xiao Quan, did I succeed?"

"Is that so?" Bo Saixi glanced at Shi Quan indifferently and did not ask further, her gaze falling on Ye Lingling. "Young person, I have waited for over a hundred years, and finally, in my twilight years, I have met you. Can you tell me your name?"

Even the Seven Sacred Pillars Guardian Douluo did not know of the existence of the Sea God Nine Trials, let alone an outsider. The only two people who could possibly know this were Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu.

"Ye Lingling, he is right. The inheritance you have obtained is the Sea God Nine Trials. As the Sea God's designated successor, you must remember that from now on, on this Sea God Island, no one is qualified to accept your courtesies, including myself."

"That's it?" Ye Lingling was stunned for a moment. She had thought obtaining the inheritance would be very troublesome. It was obtained just like this? So smoothly?

"Ouya." Bo Saixi turned to look at Sea Horse Douluo. "Pass on my order: the few guests who arrived on the island today are all honored guests of this island and must not be neglected. For those participating in the trials, apart from not being allowed to help them complete the trials, you must satisfy their needs as much as possible. As for their lodging, let them stay in your Sea Horse City. Additionally, tomorrow, the Seven Sacred Pillars Guardians shall come to the Sea God Temple together to discuss matters."

"Yes," Sea Horse Douluo responded respectfully.

Bo Saixi moved her gaze back to Ye Lingling. "Ye Lingling, if you have any needs in the future, feel free to ask Ouya. However, you must remember that for your Sea God Nine Trials, you need to complete at least one each year."

"Otherwise, all previous efforts will be wasted."

"I certainly will," Ye Lingling's eyes were full of determination.

Shi Quan, however, smiled. Even if Ye Lingling couldn't pass, the Sea God would let her pass. After all, in the original work, the Sea God didn't hold back in intervening to let Tang San inherit the godhood.

The first time was when he broke into the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's territory on the Sea God's Road and was attacked; the Sea God appeared to drive it away.

The second time was when facing Bibi Dong in the Star Dou Great Forest; he appeared to impart the Dharma and teach the Golden Thirteen Halberds.

The third time, facing the pursuit of the Angel God Qian Renxue, he appeared to force her back.

With the foresight of this series of events from the original work.

Now that the complete Haichenzhixin is in Ye Lingling's hands, the Sea God Nine Trials are practically in the bag.

Bo Saixi nodded and turned to look at Sea Horse Douluo. "Ouya, continue."

After these words, her body turned into red light and instantly disappeared from everyone's sight.

Ye Lingling also happily retreated to Shi Quan's side.

The group continued to begin their trials.

"Zhuqing, you go first." Shi Quan looked at Zhu Zhuqing.

Zhu Zhuqing stepped forward. Sea Horse Douluo also turned to face the sacred pillar again, starting a new round of the Haima Sacred Pillar.

Blue light shone in his palms again, and blue light rose from the base of the sacred pillar once more. However, this time it didn't climb to the top in a single gradient flash; instead, it rose in segments, as if scoring and commenting on various data points: blue, white, yellow, purple, black.

After that, it turned crimson red.

"Boom!" The blood-red pillar of light shot straight into the sky, and the Sea within a Sea rippled again. It just wasn't as violent as before.

"Top Eight Trials?" Sea Horse Douluo swallowed his saliva; he felt his throat was extremely dry.

The Top Eight Trials had only appeared once so far, and that was for Bo Saixi.

As long as one obtains a Top Trial, one can be said to be a successor to the Great Protector.

And the fact that Zhu Zhuqing before him obtained the same number of trials as Bo Saixi meant that Zhu Zhuqing possessed the potential to cultivate into a level 99 Peerless Douluo, and her talent was not the least bit weaker than Bo Saixi's.

"Eight Trials?" Shi Quan was a bit surprised in his heart. After all, in the original work, Top Trials only appeared for Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu; one was Top Seven Trials, and the other was Top One Trial.

It was the first time seeing Eight Trials.

However, Shi Quan soon felt relieved. After all, Zhu Zhuqing's martial soul quality, as well as her talent and abilities, were all top-tier, not to mention her top-tier Soul Ring configuration and soul bones...