Chapter 452: Swarm
After sorting and storing the loot, Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu left the space, and returned to the cabin.
"Did anything happen while we were away?" Shen Xu asked the puppet.
"Nothing happened." The puppet replied and Shen Xu nodded.
After putting the puppet away, the double pulled Zhen Yuan on the bed and both sat down.
"Shall we go to the deck?" He asked.
"I will listen to you." Zhen Yuan said and the double nodded.
"Although it’s dangerous to be on the deck, I want to see the ocean." Shen Xu said with a nostalgic expression.
He saw the ocean when they were in the Yunshan secret realm.
However, they rode a flying ship back then and he didn’t get the feeling of ’sailing’.
This time, the double wanted to experience the feeling of sailing in water and waves hitting the ship.
"Let’s go." Zhen Yuan said and stood.
However, before the two reached the door, they heard a knock and exchanged a glance.
"I wonder who it is." Shen Xu said and hurried to open the door.
A moment later, they saw the Dongfang couple standing outside the door.
"Did you miss us so soon?" Shen Xu asked and Dongfang Jing rolled his eyes.
"We want to invite you to sit on the deck." Dongfang Jing said.
"What a coincidence..., Ayuan and I were just about to go to the deck."
"In that case, let’s go together."
With that, Zhen Yuan closed the door and the four people went to the ship deck.
The deck was arranged like an outdoor restaurant and had a dozen round tables with four chairs at each table.
Since Shen Xu wanted to experience the ocean, the four chose a table that was closest to the ship edge.
"Tea or wine?" Shen Xu asked, looking at Dongfang Jing and Chen Yi.
"Wine." The two simultaneously answered and Shen Xu chuckled.
"You just know how to take advantage of me." He said, removing a gourd and four wine cups from his storage ring.
"I recently brewed a few gourds of plum blossom wine. Try it." The double said and poured wine into four cups.
"The wine you brew is always delicious." Zhen Yuan praised, reaching for a wine cup.
After sipping, his eyes widened and he subconsciously drank another mouthful.
"The initial taste is sweet and sour but the aftertaste is spicy. It’s delicious, well balanced and refreshing." He said and Chen Yi nodded before speaking.
"I thought it would be overly sweet but the flavours are perfectly blended and there is no excess of any." He said.
"I am glad you like it." Shen Xu said, smiling at Zhen Yuan.
With that, the four settled down to drink, talk and enjoy the scenery.
Time passed in this way and before they knew it, it was two days later.
On this day, the four were still drinking when suddenly heard a commotion.
A moment later, the ship’s protective formation activated and a transparent dome covered the ship.
"What’s going on?" Dongfang Jing asked with a confused face.
"A swarm of pink-hair jelly fish is swimming towards us." Zhen Yuan answered with a solemn expression.
Pink-hair jelly fish were extremely poisonous and victims could barely survive an hour after being poisoned.
However, these jelly fishes lived in the deep sea and rarely appeared in shallow waters.
Considering that, Zhen Yuan was surprised that a swarm of more than one thousand pink-hair jelly fishes had somehow appeared outside the deep sea.
’Something is wrong.’ He thought and narrowed his eyes.
"Do you have antidotes?" Shen Xu asked, looking at Dongfang Jing and Chen Yi.
"We have ordinary detoxifying pills." Dongfang Jing said and Shen Xu shook his head.
"They are not enough to detoxify pink-hair jelly fish poison." The double said and subconsciously frowned.
At the same time, he removed a pill bottle from his storage ring and gave them to Dongfang Jing.
"There are ten pills in this bottle. Remember to take one if you are poisoned." He advised and the two nodded before Chen Yi handed over one million spirit stones.
"Thank you for taking of us." He said and Shen Xu nodded without refusing the spirit stones.
Although they were friends, accounts needed to be kept and settled.
After all, the basis of friendship was sincerity and equality.
If one party was always giving without receiving anything in return, the friendship would eventually collapse and the involved parties would likely become enemies.
The deck filled with people while the four were trading and preparing.
At this time, someone pointed to the horizon and gasped.
"It’s really a swarm of pink-hair jelly fishes." He exclaimed.
"We will be done for if we are poisoned by these jellyfishes." A male cultivator said.
"There is a level eight formation around the ship. We will be fine."
"Fine? I can’t see the cultivation realm of the leading jellyfish."
"You can’t see...., but you are a late-stage Mahayana realm cultivator."
"Exactly!"
"How could a level nine jellyfish appear outside the deep sea? Did we somehow provoke it?"
"Jellyfish are poisonous but they are not physically strong. Maybe it won’t be able to break the protective formation."
"Can our ship’s formation protect against poison attacks?"
"Now that you mention it..."
"I think it should."
"I am sorry to disappoint you but you are wrong. The formation is powerful but it can’t withstand a poison attack. It will soon be eroded."
"We are on our own this time." Someone stated and sighed.
"What do you mean?"
"The elders will likely close the formation. After all, it’s a waste to let the poison destroy it."
As the disciples speculated, the elders closed the formation when they realised that the enemies were jellyfishes.
"Supreme elder Luo..." An elder called, looking at Luo Jianfeng with a worried expression.
"Madam, how many antidotes can you provide?" The swordsman asked, staring at a plain-looking young man.
Hearing the question, the young man frowned and began checking his storage ring.