Serpent Ancestor

Bonan nodded, ”Alright, take care of yourself. It’s fine to wait a few more days; I can hold on!”

Before leaving, Xu Hei took out some healing medicine and gave it to Bonan, who was immensely grateful. The dolphins bid him farewell one by one.

”Help! I don’t want to be eaten!”

”Woo woo woo! I don’t want to die, I’m still young.”

Three sea snakes were bound by fishing nets, crying out in pain as Bopu dragged them away from the scene. The black serpent only managed to save one, Hai Meng.

Xu Hei returned to the shore, looked at Hei Huang, and asked, ”What was that disgusting thing you mentioned earlier? Was it the Demon Infant Stage sea snake fighting Bonan?”

Hei Huang gazed at the distant horizon and shook his head.

”It’s a long story. Do you remember when we first entered the East Sea and accidentally stumbled into a teleportation array?” Hei Huang said.

Xu Hei frowned, ”Don’t ask me about that. I was unconscious and know nothing.”

”Then you should know,” Hei Huang turned to Han Te, smiling.At this moment, Han Te had already packed up his belongings and was ready to escape on a small boat. He hadn’t even touched the sea eel, not using his chopsticks once.

”Don’t talk to me. I’m not interested in anything, nor do I want to hear it. Farewell!”

Han Te cupped his hands, jumped onto the boat, and started rowing away.

The more you know, the more trouble it brings. He didn’t want to hear or get involved in anything.

”Look at this!” Hei Huang suddenly shouted.

He took out a recording jade slip, and with a tap of his paw, an image appeared in the sky.

Han Te instinctively turned back to look and was stunned, his rowing stopped.

”This is...” Han Te’s face was filled with shock, his mouth agape.

...

In the depths of the ocean.

A group of sea snakes was swimming at full speed, returning to their territory.

The clan leader, Hai Yuntian, approached a dark shadow and asked, ”Ancestor, why didn’t you act earlier and destroy Bonan directly? He forcibly exited seclusion and must be severely injured, definitely not your match!”

The shadowy sea snake remained silent, only shaking its head, its expression extremely grave.

After a long time, it finally spoke, ”Earlier, I smelled something that made me nauseous.”

”What?” Hai Yuntian was stunned.

”It shouldn’t be me that’s nauseated, but the power within me. I don’t know what it is yet, but I advise you all not to approach that island again,” the shadowy sea snake said.

...

By the island, Han Te stared at the image in the sky, his mind buzzing.

In the image, a group of people was nailed with iron spikes all over their bodies, shackled and chained, driven forward like slaves. There were men, women, old, and young, mostly cultivators captured from Haiya City.

They seemed to be on an island.

Among them, Han Te saw a familiar figure, Bai Qiushui. The moment he saw this person, Han Te’s breathing became rapid.

”Weren’t you responsible for escorting this person? Now that they’ve been abducted, do you still want to go back and collect your payment?”

Hei Huang sneered, ”If I send this recording jade slip back to the Bai Family, you won’t get a single copper coin, and you might even be hunted by the Bai Family.”

Hearing this, Han Te trembled all over.

Especially when he heard ”won’t get a single copper coin,” his eyes turned blood-red, veins bulging on his face, on the verge of collapse. He trembled as he asked, ”Where is Bai Qiushui?”

Hei Huang waved his paw, and the image disappeared. He sat back down, picked up a skewer of eel, and happily munched on it.

Han Te was on the brink of collapse.

After a moment of silence, he rowed the boat back, put it away, and sat down by the campfire.

”Um... Senior Dog, where is Bai Qiushui?” Han Te asked with a smile, but Hei Huang ignored him, making him sweat with anxiety.

He had worked so hard, stranded on a deserted island, coming to this godforsaken place. If it all ended up being for nothing, and he got nothing, and was even hunted by the Bai Family...

He might as well just bash his head in.

The Bai Family had promised that as long as he escorted successfully, he would receive five hundred top-grade spirit stones upon return.

Those were top-grade spirit stones! Five hundred of them! Worth all his income, five times more than the deposit!

Seeing Hei Huang silent, Han Te was as anxious as ants on a hot pan.

Fortunately, he was a clever person, having dealt with many people over the years. He chuckled awkwardly, tore off a piece of fish meat to eat, and took out some bamboo skewers to skewer the eel meat.

”Actually, I wasn’t trying to escape just now, just temporarily avoiding danger. After all, there was a big battle here, not suitable for staying long. If the enemy has reinforcements, they will definitely come to investigate. It’s safer to leave early,” Han Te explained with a smile.

Xu Hei also thought it made sense and nodded, ”I agree, leaving early is better.”

”Oh?” Hei Huang raised an eyebrow, ”Didn’t I run?”

As he spoke, Xu Hei and Han Te suddenly noticed that although the scenery on both sides was still the sea, the occasional bird flying by was rapidly retreating!

The clouds in the sky were also constantly moving backward.

It wasn’t the scenery moving; it was them moving quickly!

”My goodness! This island can move?” Han Te was shocked.

Only now did he realize that the ground beneath him was moving rapidly in one direction, the entire island floating on the sea.

”A mere mountain-moving formation, nothing to brag about,” Hei Huang laughed.

Xu Hei then noticed that the corpse of the Mountain-moving Patriarch had been taken out at some point, sitting cross-legged in the center of the island, stealing the island’s formation.

At this moment, Han Te finally relaxed.

”Dog friend, what was that image about?” Han Te asked urgently.

This was what he was most concerned about. Bai Qiushui meant spirit stones, and he couldn’t let it go. It was his faith! Of all the world’s sins, lack of money was the greatest.

Hei Huang, munching on grilled fish skewers, pondered for a moment and said, ”Simply put, there’s an evil faction capturing people everywhere, claiming to offer sacrifices to some sea god, needing live offerings. The exact number is unknown, but the more, the better, all kinds of cultivation levels, including mortals.”

”They used to only capture islanders, fishermen, and cultivators from the sea, but now they don’t even spare coastal cities. Many cities on the mainland of Shenzhou have suffered, and the Qin Kingdom is taking it seriously.”

”We happened to run into the evil faction capturing people that day, which is why we were teleported away. Luckily, I broke the teleportation channel, or we would have been caught too.”

Hei Huang explained the cause of the events.

Han Te suddenly understood. No wonder he was sucked in too; it turned out to be the evil faction’s doing.

So, he managed to escape halfway because Hei Huang broke the channel.

”Sea god?”

Han Te’s eyes flickered, ”I’ve heard of the sea god before, but the sea god would never need sacrifices. What’s going on?”

”Heh heh,” Hei Huang chuckled sinisterly, ”That’s the key issue, that mysterious evil faction!”

”By the way, the nauseating power I mentioned earlier is the power used by that evil faction.”

Hei Huang looked at Xu Hei.

Xu Hei’s heart skipped a beat, as if he had thought of something. He quickly took out the Ten Thousand Poison Gourd and said, ”Check if there’s anything wrong with the poison in this gourd!”