Chu Siyu wouldn't be friends with the person in front of her; in fact, she would tell on them to Su Huai.
She never understood what it meant to be reserved. After her experiences with the Yaowang Dynasty, she learned not to keep anything bottled up inside.
Unlike the heroines in the novels that Cao Yi reads, who always keep everything to themselves under the guise of not wanting the male lead to worry, secretly dealing with all the dangers they encounter on their own.
If they manage to solve it, great, but if they fail, they end up confessing everything in tears, filled with regret once the bad guys succeed.
Chu Siyu knew she wasn't very capable and didn't pretend to be strong.
She's a delicate girl.
Even if her finger got scratched by a spiritual herb leaf, she would write to Su Huai and whimper about it for a while.
Let alone something as serious as this!
Tonight, this matter would appear on a piece of letter paper and then be sent to Su Huai through a special channel of the merchant guild!
Of course, she could think whatever she wanted, but Chu Siyu wasn't foolish enough to say it out loud.
Kui Nong's apology was met with silence.
Ao Ya's gaze remained icy cold, ready to attack at any moment.
At this point, the few members of the Ling tribe had no choice but to leave.
It was unfortunate for the unlucky Grand Elder; he had just swallowed a few healing pills, and before the effects could even kick in, he was forced to embark again across the vast sea.
In the East Sea region, one can only cross the surface using special floating boats.
The waters of this mysterious sea are made of a special current called "weak water."
Here, "weak water" does not mean water that cannot support boats, but rather "everything is weaker than water." Anything not native to this sea, when in contact with the weak water, will be swallowed by the ocean, except for the specially crafted floating boats.
However, the floating boats they used before were already shattered in a battle with a sea beast.
This region also doesn't allow for flying through the air, as there are many powerful "beasts" lurking in the skies above the sea.
These "beasts" are a type of ancient wilderness species among the myriad races; they usually do not participate in the battles of the divine realm and instead wander their own territories by instinct.
Yes, just like those neutral monsters in games.
But now, their floating boat was destroyed, and if they flew recklessly at low altitudes, they would easily be dragged into the sea by sea beasts. They had no choice but to take to the skies.
The sky above the East Sea is filled with thick clouds, and if you focus your eyes, you can vaguely see the endless darkness at the edge of the sky.
They didn't dare delay too much and quickly ascended, leaving four streaks of light across the sky.
Buzz!
They hadn't flown for even an hour when the young spirit master suddenly stopped in his tracks, completely still.
The other three quickly mimicked him.
Ling Wanxi furrowed her brow and was just about to ask when the hairs on her body suddenly stood on end.
A massive figure swam through the clouds.
Just by looking at the shadow, it seemed like a fat-headed fish with broad, fleshy wings.
Ling Wanxi suddenly remembered a book on strange creatures she had read while undercover at the Zuntian Immortal Dynasty, in the Lin family's library. It mentioned: "Far in the north of the north lies the Ming Sea, a celestial lake, where there is a fish several thousand miles wide and long, named Kun."
But this wasn't the North Sea; the northern part of the divine realm was an icy wasteland, with no sea.
And that "beast" couldn't possibly be a Kun.
The Kun is a branch of the demon race that had almost gone extinct during the Five Tribes War.
The giant beast swam through the clouds, followed by a few smaller "beasts."
Ling Wanxi lowered her gaze, but Kui Nong kept staring at the silhouette, motionless.
The Kui Ling tribe mainly relies on controlled puppets for their strength, and the main puppet they refine largely represents the upper limit of the tribe's power.
If, one day, they could control a puppet like this giant beast...
Or maybe capture a baby one...
Forget it; he wasn't stupid. It was just wishful thinking.
Besides, they had just caused trouble, and out in the wild, their tribe's identity wasn't an absolute deterrent, and his father's reputation was useless. He just wanted to behave and be a good boy now.
Kui Nong retracted all his aura and lowered his head.
But, even though he had no intentions, the "beast" did.
Just as the giant beast was about to leave their sight, a baby beast, perhaps hungry, suddenly let out a sharp cry and opened its abyss-like mouth, inhaling sharply.
The sea of clouds churned, and large swaths of cloud were sucked into the baby beast's mouth like smoke.
They finally saw the true form of these "beasts."
Dark purple skin, sharp fangs, nine black eyes on its head, and aside from the pair of tumor-covered fleshy wings and the fat, rattlesnake-like tail, it really did look like a wrinkled, scaleless fat-headed fish.
Oooooo—
The baby beast spotted the few small creatures hiding in the clouds and quickly alerted the giant beast.
Hearing the alert, the giant beast flapped its fleshy wings and lunged at Ling Wanxi and the others.
"Damn beast! Courting death!"
The Grand Elder of the Kui Ling tribe, already fuming, slapped his hand, and a massive array slowly emerged behind him. Twelve lifeless puppets of early realm masters stepped out from the array.
"I didn't want to cause more trouble, but you wretched beast have pushed me too far!"
"In that case, I'll take you as my puppet beast!"
"Twelve souls of the array, sever its spirit!"
The twelve puppets charged at the giant beast.
Kui Nong watched the Grand Elder make his move and breathed a sigh of relief.
The Grand Elder had the cultivation level of a peak realm master and had a total of thirteen puppets. Besides his life-bound spirit puppet, the remaining twelve were body-refined corpse puppets.
These corpse puppets were refined through a special method by the Grand Elder. Although they couldn't use domains, their inherent strength was comparable to realm artifacts, and together they could fight against a mid-realm master!
With all twelve corpse puppets attacking, even a giant beast at the early stage of a realm master would not last a hundred moves!
However, before Kui Nong could even smile, he heard the young spirit master beside him curse under his breath:
"Idiot!"
"Wanxi! Now's our chance, run!"
Ling Wanxi and the young spirit master didn't hesitate for a second; they immediately turned and fled.
Kui Nong was taken aback.
"A beast at the early stage of a realm master... is it really necessary?"
But doubts aside, Kui Nong only hesitated for three seconds before deciding to follow them and flee as well.
After flying over a hundred miles in one breath, Kui Nong glanced back at the cloud-covered distance behind them, but couldn't hold back his curiosity.
"Your Highness, Brother Ling, shouldn't we... wait for the Grand Elder?"
Ling Wanxi couldn't be bothered to answer him, but the young spirit master glanced at him and slowly shook his head.
"Wait? He's not coming back."