Chapter 232 The Ancient Royal Court
Ye Changsheng and others bypassed the eighth-level turtle monster and continued to dive two thousand feet, finally arriving at the nest of the eighth-level monster discovered by the Biyun Sect.
After arriving here, the group stopped and Miaohe Zhenren said to Ye Changsheng: "Brother Ye, the monster cave is just ahead. It seems that the transformed monster is not in its lair!"
"Well, I used my spiritual sense to check and found that the monster's nest is indeed empty!" Ye Changsheng said after his spiritual sense swept across a piece of underwater cliff in front.
"Let's go and take a look!"
The six Nascent Soul cultivators walked forward quickly, and after a moment, they arrived at the entrance of the monster's cave.
There was a faint light flickering here, illuminating the dark world around it. Obviously, this was a restriction that blocked the sea water from the outside.
In the eyes of the Nascent Soul cultivators, this restriction can be considered to be very simple. After all, this is the lair of monsters, and they are obviously not that good at the art of formation.
"Come on, let's go in!"
They entered the cave effortlessly. After entering, they scanned with their spiritual sense and found that the transformed monster was not there.
The light blue water constantly flows through this monster cave. The space of the cave is very large and its structure is completely different from that of human caves.
After Ye Changsheng's spiritual sense took a quick glance, his gaze stopped on a few black grasses about an inch long growing on the wall in a corner of the cave.
Companion demon grass!
He went over immediately, picked all the demon-accompanying herbs, and put them in a jade box.
The purpose of this trip has been achieved!
Seeing him put away those demon-accompanying herbs, Miao He Zhenren and others suddenly showed strange looks in their eyes.
Risking your life to run into the lair of an eighth-level monster, just for something like this?
The companion grass is something that can be found everywhere in the Chaos Star Sea.
Although the companion grass growing next to the eighth-level monster is indeed extremely rare, what use is this thing?
Ye Changsheng's behavior left the people traveling with him very confused, but they were all scheming people and knew that everyone had their own secrets, so they naturally wouldn't come up and ask questions abruptly.
So, they all dispersed and explored the monster cave.
This cave is indeed extremely large. It can accommodate the bodies of monsters that are hundreds of feet long. Various pearls are inlaid inside, making the entire cave bright.
However, although the cave is large, there are not many things inside.
The transformed monsters are different from humans. Their caves are empty and contain nothing.
After searching for a long time, those people found some things that might be magical medicines or herbs, and planned to take them back for careful study.
At the same time, the Master Sifa found some remaining corpses of monsters in a corner.
It is possible that this transformed monster had eaten it and discarded it aside casually.
Among them, he found some pretty good monster materials and collected them.
“Huh?!”
Grandma Feng suddenly flew to the inner wall above the cave and took down a pearl that was inlaid.
“It’s actually a pearl grown from an old clam that has grown for thousands of years. It already possesses certain magical powers and can be used to refine a rare treasure!” She held the pearl and smiled so hard that all the wrinkles on her face gathered together.
Seeing this scene, everyone's eyes flickered, thinking that Grandma Feng really had good taste.
That pearl is a good material for magic weapons, and can be used to refine some magic weapons with special uses.
Although they themselves probably look down upon such magical weapons, they can use them to bestow upon their disciples.
After a while, everyone gathered again at the entrance of the monster's lair, looked at each other, and shook their heads.
If one enters the cave of a human Nascent Soul cultivator, the treasures inside will be enough to satisfy everyone.
But monsters are indeed different from humans. They basically do not refine any magic weapons, elixirs or the like.
All their strength lies in their own flesh. With their well-tempered bodies, they can easily resist the magic weapons of human monks.
As for things like alchemy, the monsters would never delve into such techniques.
This also resulted in the cave being basically empty.
There is nothing except some magical medicines and herbs.
Even the magical herbs and medicines are not considered precious.
Of course, it is also possible that those precious things were taken away by this transformed monster.
After taking a look at this vast, yet empty cave, Master Miao He sighed and said:
"Let's go as soon as possible, in case the transformed monster suddenly comes back and finds us!"
"Hmph, even if we are discovered by it, so what? There are six of us here. Can't we deal with a transformed monster?" The dwarf snorted coldly.
His face was gloomy and he seemed to be in a bad mood.
Looking at his empty hands, you can tell that he had gained nothing.
"It's an eighth-level monster after all, but there aren't even one or two spiritual herbs guarding it in the cave!" complained the dwarf.
"Okay, Fellow Daoist Rong, those elixirs are of great use to us human cultivators, and even more so to demon beasts. Even if they really exist, since this beast has left the cave, how could it be possible for it to leave them behind!"
"Also, when we come to the bottom of the sea this time, let's try not to get into conflict with high-level monsters. Have you forgotten our purpose?" Miaohe Zhenren advised.
In this abyss, he was extremely careful.
If they killed a monster and made some noise, and were discovered by the high-level monsters in the abyss, they would be in big trouble.
Upon hearing this, the dwarf snorted again and stopped talking.
Originally, he had some expectations for the lair of this eighth-level monster, hoping that it was guarding some magical medicine or something.
As a result, not a single hair was caught.
"Come on, it's time for us to leave!"
The group quickly left the cave and continued to walk towards the distant seabed under the cover of the water spirit cover.
"I have already obtained the Demon Companion Grass. All I have to do now is accompany them to the bottom of the ocean, and that will be considered as fulfilling my promise!"
"There will definitely be danger next, but with my strength, even if I encounter a level 10 Suanni, it won't be a problem to escape. I just don't know if these people will have such good luck by then!" Ye Changsheng thought to himself.
He continued to follow the others silently, and soon they dived another two thousand feet and reached the bottom of the abyss.
Stepping on the soft sand under their feet and looking at the surrounding area illuminated by the light, everyone was amazed by the dreamlike scene.
The scenery under the sea is completely different from that on land. Even for these Nascent Soul cultivators, it is the first time they have seen such a scene at the bottom of the deep sea.
However, while admiring the surrounding scenery, everyone became more vigilant.
The spiritual consciousness was fully released, exploring all abnormal situations around.
After traveling thousands of miles on the seabed, Ye Changsheng's spiritual sense once again captured the giant turtle he had encountered before.
This level eight monster also came to the bottom of the sea, and it seemed to be moving in the same direction as they were.
"My fellow Taoists, I can sense the demonic aura ahead again!" Ye Changsheng reminded.
Upon hearing his words, the expressions of the five Nascent Soul cultivators from Qiyuan Island suddenly changed.
The demonic energy that could be brought out by Ye Changsheng, a Nascent Soul cultivator, must not be an ordinary demon beast. It must be at least level eight.
"It looks like this monster is heading in the same direction as us!" Ye Changsheng said.
Hearing his words, the five Yuanyings on Qiyuan Island all looked heavy-hearted and said nothing more.
Their eyes flickered to each other as if they were communicating something.
After a while, Master Miao He said, "Brother Ye, the direction we are going to is probably the source of this monster riot!"
"There is an eighth-level monster ahead, which means we have come to the right place. So even if there is a risk of being exposed, we have to go and take a look!"
"What if there is a large group of transformed monsters gathering ahead?" Ye Changsheng asked indifferently.
Hearing this, Miao He Zhenren's expression suddenly changed, and he forced a smile and said:
"Brother Ye, you are joking. Although there are many transformed monsters in the outer sea, there won't be a large number of them gathering at the same time!"
"Besides, even if there are several transformed monsters gathered together, with the strength of so many of us, it will be no problem to escape!" said Master Miaohe.
"Yes, we must find the root cause of this monster riot!" the dwarf also echoed.
"In that case, then I have no objection!" Ye Changsheng said expressionlessly after hearing this.
He was sure that the place this group of people were going to was definitely where many transformed monsters gathered in the abyss of the sea.
Maybe it's the location of the Suanni clan.
Needless to say, that kind of place is extremely dangerous.
If he really encounters a large number of transformed monsters, it will not be a problem for Ye Changsheng to escape by himself.
But if these people want to leave, they will probably have to pay a hefty price.
Just now, considering their friendship for helping him find the nest of an eighth-level monster and a recipe for an elixir, he gave them a subtle reminder.
But since these people are determined to go, it’s not his fault.
He has done his best. Ye Changsheng secretly decided that if he encountered danger later, he would escape immediately.
He didn't want to fight with a level ten monster deep in the sea.
After all, in this ocean, the strength of the monsters is always somewhat enhanced, while the strength of human cultivators has been weakened a lot.
Apart from anything else, if there was no water spirit cover, you would have to rely on yourself to withstand the tremendous pressure brought by the vast sea water.
Ye Changsheng's body is probably much stronger than that of ordinary transformed monsters, so resisting the pressure of sea water is naturally not a problem for him to do so.
But others may not have it so easy.
"These people definitely don't know that this ten thousand zhang deep sea abyss is the territory of the Suanni clan. Now I seriously suspect that they might be going to the clan territory of the Suanni clan!"
"I don't know where they got this information from !" Ye Changsheng thought to himself.
"Even if I tell them this news, I'm not sure if they will believe it. Besides, there is no need for me to tell them!"
"I just have to fulfill my promise, and the rest depends on how they escape!" Ye Changsheng thought to himself as he watched them coldly.
The reason why he continued to follow this group of people was that he had promised to help them investigate the cause of the riot of the underwater monsters.
Secondly, he also wanted to find the place where the transformed monsters gathered, to see if he could take the opportunity to hunt down one or two level eight monsters.
After all, the flesh and blood and inner elixir of the eighth-level monster are of great use to him.
Under normal circumstances, it is very difficult to find a monster of this level.
The group continued to move forward for several thousand miles, always following behind the eighth-level turtle monster without being discovered by it.
After arriving here, Ye Changsheng finally saw a different scenery within the range of his spiritual sense.
Unlike the pitch darkness elsewhere, there is bright light ahead. The entire seabed is illuminated, clear water flows, and the ground is covered with various seaweeds, corals and other colorful marine creatures.
Some crystal palace-like buildings are dotted among them.
This made Ye Changsheng almost think that he had arrived at the underwater Dragon Palace.
However, unlike the impression of the Dragon Palace, there are no creatures such as fish or shrimp here. Looking around, it is deserted, and there is a majestic and indifferent atmosphere.
Looking forward, a special, jade-like coral formed a gate that was a thousand feet high.
There is a plaque on top of the gate, engraved with ancient demonic writing.
"The Ten Thousand-foot Sea Palace!" Ye Changsheng muttered silently in his heart.
He had learned the demon language on a stone tablet in the underworld, so he recognized the demon language.
"The Suanni clan is called the Wanzhang Sea King Clan, and this place is called the Wanzhang Sea King Mansion, so it is undoubtedly the clan's land!"
When the turtle monster's huge body arrived here, it shrank rapidly and turned into a humanoid creature with a turtle shell on its back, green skin, and an abnormally tall stature.
"This turtle monster looks so ugly!" Ye Changsheng muttered to himself.
Level eight demon beasts are often unable to completely transform. After they survive the thunder tribulation, they have very little magic power left.
With just this little bit of magic power, he can only barely transform himself into a human-like appearance, but he will still retain a lot of racial characteristics, so he looks weird.
Generally speaking, only after reaching level nine can one have such enormous magic power to completely refine one's powerful demon body into a human form.
The turtle monster walked into the thousand-foot-high Sea King's Palace. A light flashed at the coral gate, and the monster disappeared after entering.
"This restriction is quite magical. Even my spiritual sense can't see through it!" Ye Changsheng thought to himself.
He followed the people from Qiyuan Island calmly and continued forward. However, after walking for only a dozen miles, he suddenly saw the coral gate of the thousand-foot-high Sea King's Palace flash again, and a creature with a shark's head and sharp, sword-like bright red fins all over its body walked out.
After the monster walked out of the thousand-foot-high Sea King's Palace, it took just two steps when its nostrils suddenly moved, and a pair of emerald green, cold eyes suddenly looked towards Ye Changsheng and the others.
A cold and bloodthirsty light flashed, and the monster suddenly swam towards Ye Changsheng and others at an extremely fast speed.
However, Miaohe Zhenren and others were completely unaware of it.
