Chapter 420: Invited by the Island Owner
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“If it’s like what you said, then you should have some insight into the workings of the fairy weapon in his hands?” Zhou Bao asked with narrowed eyes.
“I don’t know, of course, I don’t know. The Divine Wind Palace has kept everything tightly under wraps when it comes to their fairy weapon. Up till today, all who have gotten a glimpse of their fairy weapon are all dead!”
“So you’re saying that after we see it we will be dead too?” Zhou Bao’s ears p.r.i.c.ked up at this fact.
“It’s better not to see it, for those who do see it usually do not come to a good end!”
“Then how is it that you are still here!”
“In this world, there will always be a handful of people who are unbelievers, right? I’m one of them. And I believe you are, too! Hahahahaha!” He laughed and walked away. Zhou Bao laughed too. Watching his retreating back, Zhou Bao realized that he could not understand Great Dark Lord Du for the moment.
Suddenly, Zhou Bao’s expression changed. A silhouette was seen making its way down from the top of Tusk Island.
Zhou Bao was not the only one aware of this, a few of the others had noticed it too and they were all on the alert.
It looked like a man in white, or something that resembled a man. This guy had blue skin with light freckles.
He had pointed ears, long fingers ending in sharp nails and a tail.
“How could this thing be a man! It resembled an Avatar-like character!”
Indeed, this guy resembled the Avatar characters he saw in his previous life. The only difference was that there were two pupils in each of his eyes.
This was not a human or an Avatar. This was a monster, a monster that had achieved some cultivation in the Sea Area, a monster that had transformed into human form.
For a monster to attain a human form, there could only be two methods. One, it went through Thunder Tribulations. Two, its parents were transformed monsters.
Judging from the spirit of this person, it was obviously the latter.
Even though it belonged to the latter group, everyone did not take it lightly. Among the team, it was the first time many of them had seen a monster in the form of a human being. Zhou Bao had seen this kind of monster before when he was in Taiyuan Heaven, but he did not have many interactions with them. Other than being a dull species, he did not feel there was anything special about them. But obviously, this was not the case with the one in front of him.
His s.h.i.+fty, glittering eyes showed that it had the ability to be as cunning as humans.
He walked straight to Zhou Bao, without even glancing at the other people around them or even the Void Traveller on the beach.
“First Level deacon of Tusk Island, Tuo Ha, is here to greet Your Excellency!”
Walking to Zhou Bao, he immediately knelt down and did a strange ritual, with a serious expression on his face.
“Tuo Ha? I am Zhou Bao!” Zhou Bao smiled and nodded. He did not know about the traditions of the monsters of the Sea Area and did not expect anyone of Tusk Island to seek him out so suddenly.
From what he could tell, Tusk Island will either let them go after their s.p.a.ce boat was fixed or they would go into battle with them and seek to destroy them here. Who would have thought that they would send a member over to interact with them? “There were only about a dozen of them, was it worthwhile to get to know all of them?”
“So you are Zhou Bao, sorry for the intrusion, Your Excellency!”
This Tuo Ha may be a monster and his method of greeting was a bit weird, but on the whole, Zhou Bao had a good impression of him. He looked pretty decent when compared to other monsters. Zhou Bao said, “We are only borrowing the s.p.a.ce to tidy things up, we will leave after we are well-rested, you guys don’t need to worry!”
Tuo Ha smiled, “There’s nothing to worry about. It’s just that our Island Owner would like to invite Your Excellency to meet with him!”
“Your Island Owner?” Zhou Bao was surprised, “Why would your Island Owner be looking for me?”
“I’m just a messenger. I have no idea why our Island Owner is looking for you!” Tuo Ha answered with all due respect. “Our Island Owner said that he wanted to welcome our valuable guest with a good reception!”
“Only me?” Zhou Bao pointed to himself, “There are other people here too!”
“We only entertain the experts!” Tuo Ha said matter-of-factly. “Your Excellency has impressed our Island Owner with your powers. So, he sent me over to bring you to him. If the rest are able to show their powers and get recognition from the Island Owner, he will send someone over to invite them too!”
“I don’t think that’s necessary!” Zhou Bao said.
Being in an unknown place, facing an unknown Island Owner and an unknown power, Zhou Bao was very worried about meeting up with this mysterious Island Owner on his own.
“This invitation is issued with all the sincerity of our Island Owner!” Tuo Ha said, “Your Excellency has performed such strong feats and have such stable powers, I don’t think you should be afraid of going!”
“He’s a monster alright, from the tactful way he is pus.h.i.+ng forth the invite!” Zhou Bao thought with sarcasm.
“After what you have said, I’m now really afraid of going. Who knows what your Island Owner has in store for me? For my safety’s sake, I think I should not go!”
This one sentence was enough to make Tuo Ha choke in fright. But Zhou Bao was so insistent on not going that Tuo Ha started to get somewhat desperate. “Your Excellency, I know that your team is trying to cross the sea. You may possess a very strong celestial device but it is still extremely difficult to do so nonetheless. However, your problem can be easily solved if our Island Owner agrees to help!”
“It’s difficult to cross the sea? How difficult can it be when we have already traveled hundreds of thousands of miles!”
“The first part may be easy, but it is the rest of the journey that’s tough!” Tuo Ha laughed. “We are about to have a sea-closing!”
“Sea-closing?” Hearing this, Zhou Bao’s expression changed, “Why so?”
“This is an order from the Rolling Dragon King. There are a total of five kings in the Sea Area and he’s one of them. Every king has the power to close off the sea as long as he does not infringe on the limits of the other four. Once the sea is closed, even a bird in the sky cannot pa.s.s, let alone your s.p.a.ce boat. Once you start a dispute, you guys will become the enemy of everyone within 100,000 miles of the Sea Area. Everyone will be fighting together against you. Your Excellency may have outstanding powers, but when you face a situation like this, it will be difficult to escape!”
“Are you trying to scare me?”
“What I am telling are just the true facts, it happens all the time. The Sea Area belongs to the Celestial Emperor. You are humans. Unless you seek refuge with the humans of the Sea Area, you can only carry out your activities within 10,000 miles of the Sea Area. If not, you will be regarded as the common enemy of all the monsters of the Sea Area. This rule was set thousands of years ago. If you want to cross the sea without the cooperation of the humans of the Sea Area, then you’re looking at your death sentence!”
“Cooperation?”
“Yes, cooperation!” Tuo Ha nodded confidently. “People from your Seven-deity Regions cross the endless Sea Area regularly. They must get our cooperation if it’s their first time. Otherwise, unless they have strong powers, they will not be able to cross. People like you traveling in a big team, without cooperation from us will certainly be attacked. What’s more, you have already been spied on since the beginning!”
“What exactly do you know?”
“What I know is only what the Island Owner tells me. If Your Excellency wants to find out more, why not pay a visit to my Island Owner?” Tuo Ha said.
As if on cue, a gush of Qi Power rushed down from the peak of Tusk Island. The surrounding pneuma Qi fluctuation was affected and turned into a chaotic mess. Both the expressions on Zhou Bao and Great Dark Lord Du altered dramatically.
They could both feel it. There was an obvious tinge of Dharma power in this Qi Power. Obviously, the Island Owner was an expert at the Level of True Immortality. He could even be a Venerable who had experienced Thunder Tribulation several times over. This kind of expert deserved a lot of respect. If they were to attack Zhou Bao and his team, the set up on the island and his power alone would overpower the majority of the crew. But now they were not attacking them yet, which meant they were giving them some face already. If they still refused to cooperate, they may not even know how they would meet their death in the end.
Zhou Bao knew that he was strong, but he was not so dumb to believe he could take on a Genuine Immortal of the Venerable Realm.
“Alright, since the Island Owner is welcoming me with such enthusiasm, it would be discourteous of me to reject his invitation. Now, please lead the way!”
“Yes!” Hearing Zhou Bao’s consent, Tuo Ha was very relieved. Although he believed that his Island Owner had his own ways of forcing Zhou Bao to meet with him, if Tuo Ha had failed to bring Zhou Bao back with him, it would mean that Tuo Ha himself did not accomplish his mission and would be liable for this failure and be punished accordingly.
“Wait!” Just when Zhou Bao was preparing to leave with Tuo Ha, Ji Yeyue, who had been watching from the side, shouted, “Isn’t it too dangerous for you to go alone?! Let me go with you!”
“Yeyue!” An elder from Jade Pool who had come with Ji Yeyue had not expected her to volunteer. He was shocked for a moment and immediately stopped her.
“The Island Owner has asked me to invite His Excellency only!” Tuo Ha took a look at Ji Yeyue and said harshly, “If you were to tag along, I cannot guarantee your safety!”
“It’s enough as long as you can guarantee mine, I’ll willingly go alone!” Zhou Bao interrupted, “Let them all stay here!”
Ji Yeyue wanted to say something else but was held back by the elder beside her. It was all right for Zhou Bao to go ahead and take the risk, because this had nothing to do with them. But if something was to happen to her, the owner of the Jade Pool would not let them get away with it, even if they did kill Ye Qingtian in the end.
Ji Yeyue was the recognized official suzerain of the Jade Pool. If something were to happen to her in the Sea Area, they would hold accountable for it. Hence, they had to stop her by hook or by crook, from going with Zhou Bao.
Following Tuo Ha, in a couple of leaps and bounds, they had already scaled the peak. This peak was several thousands of feet high, and was covered by the thick grey smoke of the volcano.
This volcanic smoke seemed to have spiritual intelligence. When Tuo Ha appeared, they recognized him and immediately opened up a path for the two to pa.s.s.
“The tephra here is interesting, have they been refined?” Zhou Bou asked tentatively.