Chapter 659: Chapter 659: Building a Wharf, the Starting Point of the Shipping Route, Sea Emperor
“Demonic Beasts are attacking the city; comrades, let’s fight to the death!”
In an instant, dozens of Spirit Sea Realm experts soared into the sky above Nanyan City, followed by hundreds of Element Gathering Realm cultivators.
Brandishing their spiritual artifacts, they cast various spells, bombarding Fox Da Hong and other spiritual beasts all at once.
“Is this some sort of welcome ceremony?”
The golden fat goose blinked, utterly confused.
“A welcome your head, they seem to think we’re the demonic beasts attacking the city!” Fox Da Hong slapped the golden fat goose on the head.
“Rawr!”
Without a word, Brother Flathead transformed into his Godzilla form, grew to ten meters tall as he walked, opened his mouth wide, and swallowed all the spells, belching contentedly afterward.
“This!”
The cultivators of Nanyan City watched this scene, frozen in place.
Swallowing the spells of nearly a thousand cultivators in one gulp.
How are we supposed to fight this?
“Comrades, do not be disrespectful!”
At that moment, from the Purple Bamboo Forest to the west of Nanyan City, a gentle female voice sounded, echoing for miles around.
Immediately after.
An ethereal silhouette appeared in mid-air, her face veiled, hiding her true appearance.
“We’ve seen the Town Defender!”
All the cultivators of Nanyan City knelt on one knee, faces full of respect.
“Gaga, what a beautiful woman, let’s capture her and take her back to the Sect Leader as his wife!” exclaimed the golden fat goose, looking at the ethereal Ling Yue without recognizing her, but rather joking.
Upon hearing this, Ling Yue’s pretty face blushed.
Take me to be the Sect Leader’s wife?
Is that really what you want?
I can’t ask for more!
No! I must maintain my dignity! I, Ling Yue, the First Princess, am to become a peerless Empress. I cannot reveal my identity before my power is strong enough!
With that in mind, Ling Yue calmed her emotions.
“Just now, the subordinates under my command inadvertently startled everyone here, please forgive us,” Ling Yue said slowly.
At this point, she realized a problem.
That was, she had previously told the people of Nanyan City that she was an Honorary Elder of the Misty Sect.
Now, Fox Da Hong and the others were indeed from the Misty Sect, the true spiritual beasts. What if she slipped up? What should she do?
Before Ling Yue could think of a solution, Fox Da Hong spoke up broadly, “No problem, we don’t care about that. Our only purpose coming here is to see if we can place a teleportation array inside the city.”
“A teleportation array?”
The cultivators behind Ling Yue all raised their eyebrows, exchanging surprised glances.
“I will discuss this matter with you,” said Ling Yue, waving her hand to dismiss the many cultivators of Nanyan City, avoiding the exposure of her identity.
Soon.
On the beach, only Ling Yue and Fox Da Hong along with the other spiritual beasts remained.
“This is the teleportation array?” Ling Yue looked at the stone platform about ten meters in diameter and one meter tall on the ground, noticing an array plate for a teleportation array placed on it.
Strands of astonishing energy were slowly being released.
“Yeah, this is the medium-sized transport formation personally refined by our Sect Leader. It can teleport us instantly back to Whitefloat City and the Misty Sect.” Fox Da Hong nodded and explained.
“The Misty Sect?” Ling Yue feigned surprise.
“You know about our sect?” Fox Da Hong blinked his clear, large eyes.
“I am indeed an Honorary Elder of the Misty Sect; of course, I understand,” Ling Yue’s eyes twinkled as she stretched out her hand, revealing an ancient token in her palm engraved with the words “Honorary Elder.”
“You’re really an Honorary Elder?” Fox Da Hong held the token, unable to distinguish its authenticity, scratching his head in confusion, “That’s not right, our Misty Sect doesn’t seem to have Honorary Elders.”
“Impossible!” Ling Yue feigned shock, “This token was left by the Old Sect Leader. It’s hereditary and it was passed to me this generation. Although I have yet to visit the Misty Sect, I know I am an Honorary Elder.”
“The Old Sect Leader?” Fox Da Hong was flabbergasted.
The Misty Sect, once called the Misty Sect, was founded by the Old Sect Leader. Not many knew this detail, so it couldn’t be a fraud.
Now, seeing this ancient token, he believed it for the most part.
“So you’re one of us! That makes things easier to handle!”
Fox Da Hong returned the token to Ling Yue, “So, we’re planning to build a pier here. What do you think, Elder?”
“Of course there’s no problem. Once you enter the city, you can choose a location in the City Lord’s Mansion,” said Ling Yue.
“Alright!” Fox Da Hong nodded.
It didn’t take long.
Ling Yue led spiritual beasts such as Fox Da Hong into the city, entered the City Lord’s Mansion, explained the situation, found an ancient hall to serve as the Teleportation Hall, and placed the teleportation platform inside.
In the blink of an eye, half an hour had passed.
Fox Da Hong and the other spiritual beasts were big talkers, and before long, their news from the Misty Sect spread throughout Nanyan City.
Upon hearing this, the people were very surprised.
They remembered clearly that the Town Defender was an Honorary Elder of the Misty Sect, so why did they act as if they did not recognize Fox Da Hong when they first encountered it?
Soon, the words of Fox Da Hong dispelled everyone’s doubts.
“Who would have thought that Nanyan City’s Town Defender was an Honorary Elder appointed by our Old Sect Leader before his ascension to immortality? No wonder even we did not recognize him, nearly causing a case of friendly fire,” said Fox Da Hong in a rapid chatter.
“So that’s how it is!”
The cultivators in Nanyan City suddenly realized.
In the Purple Bamboo Forest.
Ling Yue, listening to the voices of the entire city, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
“It seems we’ve managed to cover things up. From now on, I need to make fewer appearances to avoid exposing my identity,” she said, patting her proud chest and sighing with relief.
With the teleportation array set up, Ling Yue personally ordered to protect the hall housing the teleportation array heavily, with three Spirit Sea Realm experts stationed there at all times.
“From now on, Nanyan City will be the starting point of the sea route. Next, we will venture deep into the ocean to explore new routes!”
“Brothers, let’s go for it!”
Fox Da Hong, riding on a giant wave, led Brother Flathead and the other spiritual beasts into the depths of the sea, disappearing without a trace.
On the city walls.
Ling Yue gazed at their disappearing figures, her eyebrows slightly furrowed.
“The rumors say there are many powerful beings deep in the sea. With only Middle-Rank Demon Emperor Brother Flathead leading them, could there be danger?” she worried.
But then she thought that since Ye Feng had agreed to let them go, he must have made preparations, so she didn’t dwell on it.
“With nothing much left to do next, I should focus on advancing to the second level of the Divine Origin Realm…”
Ling Yue returned to the Purple Bamboo Forest and began her secluded cultivation.
…
Thousands of miles from Nanyan City, deep within the sea.
There was an island in this location.
A grand underwater palace lay on the flat sea bed near the island.
Whoosh!
A tentacle penetrated the palace, transforming into the phantom figure of the Sea Beast Commander, who knelt in the middle of the main hall.
“Sea Emperor, there’s trouble!” said the Sea Beast Commander with a face full of fear.
In the depths of the palace, a majestic seat inlaid with countless gemstones housed an imposing man clad in armor, who slowly opened his cold eyes.
“When did it happen?” asked the Sea Emperor indifferently.
“Reporting to the Sea Emperor, I led an army of a hundred thousand on a detour to attack Nanyan City, but we were unexpectedly blocked by a mysterious demonic beast. The enemy was extremely powerful, and even my physical body was obliterated,” the Sea Beast Commander hurriedly reported the situation.
“An unknown demonic beast?”
The Sea Emperor frowned and quickly asked for details.
The Sea Beast Commander’s body radiated a light, transforming the events of the day into an image that projected against the palace walls.
After watching the entire process, the Sea Emperor’s eyes widened.
Smack!
He slammed his hand down, grinding the Sea Beast Commander’s Primordial Spirit to ashes that merged with the seawater.
“Idiot!”
“It’s clear that these demonic beasts happened upon you by chance, not specifically to intercept you. Can’t you even distinguish that, or are you blind?” the Sea Emperor fiercely chastised.
“Nevertheless, whoever it is that killed tens of thousands of my sea beast army, this vengeance must be avenged!” the Sea Emperor declared while holding a middle-grade, Spirit Treasure Level trident and flying out of the underwater palace.