Chapter 788 - 709: Reaching the Peak 108
The towering city walls are majestic and imposing, and the layered houses inside the city are all exquisite three-story buildings. The people residing there come and go, all dressed in fine clothing; no one is in rags. This city, from inside out, exudes a message: wealth! Riches!
Whether it’s the city walls built with giant stones or the roads so well-maintained you can barely see any seams, there’s not a single dilapidated building in the city. All the houses, exquisite beyond comparison, are three-story edifices that exude a luxurious vibe, indicating there are no poor people in this city.
In fact, there are indeed no poor people here because those who come and go are either cultivators looking to enter Sea China or businessmen doing trades. There are no permanent residents, therefore no ordinary people struggling to make a living.
Shuangshuang and the others were eager to enter Sea China and had no intention of lingering in the city for a few days like other cultivators. Besides, no matter how magnificent this city is, it’s just a transit point without any gourmet food, so the group didn’t have the desire to go in and headed directly to the seaside to enter Sea China.
There are two methods to enter Sea China. The first method is straightforward and crude, suitable for those with high cultivation levels. Simply find the position of Sea China’s sea entrance on the sea surface and dive directly to the entrance. As for whether you can enter or accurately find the position, it all depends on your own ability.
The second method is the choice of most people, akin to sliding down a slide. There is a passage at the seaside that leads into Sea China. This passage is constructed with a downward tilt, directly reaching the sea entrance of Sea China. People can just slide all the way down when entering the passage.
The development of this passage cost a great deal, and its maintenance consumes a significant amount of spirit stones every year. Therefore, each person entering Sea China through here must pay ten spirit stones to use the passage.
Shuangshuang and the group naturally chose the passage route. There were many cultivators wanting to go to Sea China, all queuing up to pay the spirit stones for entry. Guarding the entrance to the passage were two burly men, each standing three meters tall, resembling giants. These two men were actually transformed magical beasts from the sea.
The two transformed magical beasts did not restrain their aura, a wild and fierce presence emanating from their bodies, stimulating people’s senses.
However, no one was afraid. Even though these burly men looked like they could fight at the drop of a hat, the magical beasts of Sea China are known for their high martial power and good temper. Even the most belligerent beasts don’t bother causing trouble if you leave them be, as the transformed magical beasts of Sea China prefer returning to their original forms to nap.
The waiting time was a bit long, so the bored people in line started chatting in low voices. Frequent visitors of Sea China gathered and seemed to be discussing the relationship between the two transformed magical beasts, gossiping boldly. The two sea magical beasts did not mind people gossiping about them and did not care about the discussions.
Standing close enough to hear, Shuangshuang caught some snippets. One of the burly men was a transformed Deep Sea Giant Whale and the other an Overlord Shrimp. It’s said that they were mortal enemies before they awakened their spiritual wisdom, fighting every day and refusing to yield. After gaining spiritual wisdom, they surprisingly became friends, truly a friendship forged through battle.
After listening to the gossip for a while, it was soon Shuangshuang’s turn in the queue. Passing the array that detects if one is an Evil Cultivator, Shuangshuang directly handed over fifty spirit stones and entered the passage entrance.
This passage entrance was a massive crystal room. Inside, one could see a large hole on the ground, several meters in diameter, inclined downward. This was the passage into Sea China.
The passage was completely transparent. Touching the walls felt like a flawless piece of clear crystal. However, the crystal was colorless. Once in the sea, it’s assimilated into one color with the seawater, making it touchable but invisible, as if sliding directly in the sea, a very peculiar experience.
Upon entering the passage, the sunlight refracted in the water, creating a shimmering effect and illuminating the fully transparent passage, brilliantly reflecting the colorful school of fish swimming around, creating a mesmerizing scene.
The incline of the passage wasn’t steep, and people weren’t sliding down too fast. They could easily enjoy the surrounding view as they slid, without any pressure.
However, the deeper you slid, the darker the color of the surrounding seawater became, as the sunlight gradually failed to penetrate. Those vibrant, colorful fish had long since vanished from sight.
Without the beautiful little fish, the fish swimming around the passage grew larger. Occasionally, a fish with a body length of dozens of meters and a mouth full of sharp teeth would slide past, bringing an intimidating sense of threat.
Some even saw sea magical beasts whose teeth alone were bigger than a human. They swam around the transparent passage, their fierce giant eyes staring at the cultivators inside as if ready to break through the passage protection and devour them any moment. Some cultivators with lower cultivation unconsciously tensed up their bodies.
Shuangshuang and her group, however, watched with interest. Most of these sea magical beasts were enormous, far surpassing the size of land beasts. Though they seemed intimidating, their levels weren’t high and they hadn’t even gained spiritual wisdom, so they posed no real threat.
Moreover, as Shuangshuang watched these sea magical beasts, her mind drifted: "I wonder how these beasts taste? Would they be fishy?" Hearing this, Shuangshuang almost thought she’d accidentally spoken her thoughts out loud, only to realize it was Lu Tianyi who had spoken.
Lu Tianyi had long been thoroughly transformed into a foodie. Seeing a magical beast without spiritual wisdom, and one he’s never seen before in the deep sea, he couldn’t help but think with a foodie’s mind.
Before Shuangshuang could react, Feiyu casually chimed in, "With these beasts being so large, the meat should be tough, it might be chewy and tasty, or maybe not."
"If you want to know how it tastes, we can catch one once we get to Sea China. These beasts are all size and have low levels, so it won’t take much effort," Bai Sheng added, surprising Shuangshuang as she didn’t expect him to start thinking like a foodie so soon as well.
Previously, Bai Sheng had always appeared aloof. Even while in Huazhi Country, he only ate with everyone else and never commented, despite eating quite a lot each time. Shuangshuang never realized, didn’t know when Bai Sheng also became someone whose mind was full of thoughts of eating endlessly.
But after the surprise, Shuangshuang too couldn’t help but feel tempted. Judging by the size of these things, if they were edible, they might last quite a while.
Thinking this, Shuangshuang looked down to see Fei Hu clinging to the transparent wall of the passage, too busy drooling and staring at the fish-like beast with glowing eyes to even speak, and suddenly understood why Bai Sheng said what he did.