Cultivation Online

Chapter 2430 Bone Atoll(3)

”You… killed him…?”

The guide swallowed nervously after hearing Supreme Ruler Denaʼs claim.

Even though he was right beside her, Supreme Ruler Grant didnʼt dare to correct her, mostly because itʼd harm his reputation more if he revealed that he was actually alive and was being dragged around like some kind of slave.

”Are you going to call me a liar next?” Supreme Ruler Dena narrowed her gaze at him.

”N-No…” The guide hastily shook his head before continuing, ”Letʼs talk about your destination. The Weeping Ossuary, correct? Itʼs a little far from here, but thatʼs not the issue. The currents have been rough and nearly unpredictable for several thousand years now, so only an experienced guide would be able to take you there safely. Fortunately for you, I am an experienced guide.”

”As for your rates… Since youʼre the Supreme Ruler, Iʼll give you a discount. How does thirty thousand Grand Bone Calx sound? Or three Supreme Bone Calx?”

”…”

Supreme Ruler Dena fell silent.

”Is that too expensive? Normally, I would charge a hundred thousand Grand Calx or ten Supreme Bone Calx…”

Lev then spoke, ”Uh… we donʼt have such currency in the Crimson Continent.”

”…”

It was the guideʼs turn to fall silent.

”Donʼt tell me… you want me to guide you for free?” he asked after a moment of silence.

”…”

Yuan then spoke, ”How about this? Rather than an upfront payment, weʼll pay you upon arrival at our destination, and weʼll even pay you your original—no, double your normal rates.”

”Even if we get there, how do you intend to pay when you donʼt have any money?” The guide inquired with a puzzled face.

”Although we donʼt have any money, we wonʼt be the ones paying you. Supreme Ruler Exosso will be footing the bill, after all,” Yuan elaborated with a nonchalant face.

”Uhh… do they know that theyʼll be paying me, or are you just…” the guideʼs confused face turned into a doubtful one.

”Trust me, theyʼll definitely pay you. The Supreme Ruler here will make sure of that.” Yuan said while pointing at Supreme Ruler Dena.

”Alright! I will trust you!”

Despite his enthusiasm, the guide was lying about trusting them.

However, there was really nothing he could do but accept his fate and guide them to their destination even if they couldnʼt pay him.

After all, if he refused and offended them, death would be the least of his worries.

”When would you like to go?” The guide then asked.

”Can we depart immediately?”

”Not immediately since I will need some time to study the currents.”

”How much time do you need?”

”A few days should be enough.”

”Then we will leave once youʼre ready.”

Some time later, the guide left the island to study the current while the demon who led them there returned to his own island.

”What if he just leaves us here?” Lev asked as they watched the guide disappear.

”Then we will sink this place,” Supreme Ruler Dena calmly said.

Three days later, the guide returned and said, ”Alright, we can start traveling.”

Yuan nodded, and they started following him into the water.

”By the way, my name is Gutou.”

”We can use Void Manipulation, you know?” Lev remarked shortly after their journey began.

”So can I, but if I want accurate reading, I must constantly study the currents. Normally, it doesnʼt require this much effort, but like I said earlier, the currents have been chaotic and unpredictable recently.”

Lev then asked, ”If the currents are unpredictable, how can you accurately pinpoint our destination? By the time we arrive, it will likely have drifted somewhere else entirely.”

”Although the atolls move with the currents, those currents arenʼt entirely random,” Gutou explained. ”They all circulate within the same region, so the atolls never stray beyond a fixed area.”

He continued, ”Iʼm not reading the currents to pinpoint the Weeping Ossuary itself, but to chart a path toward its area. Without doing so, weʼd easily lose our way.”

”Canʼt we just head in one direction? Even without reading the currents, we should eventually reach that area.”

Gutou shook his head. ”Itʼs not that simple. While the atolls themselves donʼt leave their region, the regions shift—so what is east now could become west later.”

”Wouldnʼt it be impossible to even begin if youʼre not constantly reading the currents? If you ignore them for too long, you wouldnʼt even know where to start,” Lev said, raising an eyebrow.

”No,” Gutou replied. ”We can roughly determine our location—and what surrounds us—by the scent of the water. Each region has a slightly different smell. Thatʼs why I said only an experienced guide can navigate these waters.”

”Oh, and each region also has its own unique landmarks,” he added. ”We use those as reference points as well.”

”What a pain in the ass… no wonder the people here prefer to stay on their own island and rarely venture out.” Supreme Ruler Dena sighed out loud.

”How long do you think itʼll take us to reach our destination?” Yuan finally asked.

”Hard to say, but a few thousand years if weʼre lucky.”

Yuan sighed, ”I knew it was something ridiculous, so I was afraid to even ask…”

”Wait a second…”

Yuan suddenly stopped moving and remained still with a pondering look on his face.

”Whatʼs wrong?” Supreme Ruler Dena asked him.

Yuan glanced at the crimson sea below and muttered, ”Let me try something.”

He descended onto the surface and pressed his palm against the water.

In the next instant, the raging sea fell into complete stillness—its currents silenced, as though the ocean itself had been subdued.

”T-The Bloody Expanse became still?!” Gutou exclaimed in shock and bewilderment. ”What in Demon Godʼs name did you do?!”

”I commanded it to stop moving, thatʼs all,” Yuan calmly said.

”Thatʼs all?! THATʼS ALL?!?!” Gutou shouted hysterically, his voice cracking as if on the verge of madness. ”Who the hell are you?! The king of the seas?!”

”No, Iʼm Yuan,” he replied, looking as nonchalant as possible.