Zi Ling jumped onto Mo Bai's shoulder, pointed her little paws into the distance, and howled, clearly showing her support for Mo Bai.
Mo Zhizhou sighed: "Young Master, the deep sea is not like the near sea. What if we encounter..."
“Hey, Lao Zhou,” Mo Bai drawled, “what’s there to be afraid of with you here? Besides, none of us are weak.”
Mo Zhizhou looked at Rong Jiaojiao, hoping she would persuade Mo Bai, since there was more than one major spiritual vein in the deep sea, as well as other small and medium-sized ones, which meant there were many sea monsters.
Rong Jiaojiao said with a serious expression, "Senior Mo, I feel that we must move forward, as if something is waiting for me."
She had this thought when she mentioned going to sea last night, and now it's getting stronger.
Hearing this, Mo Zhizhou had no choice but to continue forward.
Sunlight shines on the sea, creating shimmering waves.
The fishing boat continued forward, and the seawater gradually changed from light blue to deep inky blue.
Rong Jiaojiao and Mo Bai suddenly called for a stop. They looked at each other and Mo Bai said, "I sensed it. It seems to be the Nine Dragon Seal summoning us."
Rong Jiaojiao's senses became clearer. She looked down at the deep sea and nodded: "Yes, it is one of the seals in the Nine Dragon Seals."
Rong Jiaojiao took out the Water Spirit Pearl and said, "Wait for me upstairs, I'm going down to take a look."
Zi Ling grabbed Rong Jiaojiao and whispered, "Master, I want to go too."
Rong Jiaojiao said, "No, you don't have the Water Spirit Pearl or the Water Repellent Pearl, so you can't withstand the water pressure."
Mo Zhizhou stopped Rong Jiaojiao: "Young friend Rong, I'll go."
Rong Jiaojiao shook her head: "I have a feeling that only the person in charge of the seal can get it."
Mo Bai said, "Then I'll go. My cultivation is higher than yours."
Rong Jiaojiao shook her head: "Since the master has recognized me as his master, it is more appropriate for me to go down."
She didn't foresee any danger to her life; she knew that going down there wouldn't be too perilous, otherwise she wouldn't have risked her life.
She handed Zi Ling to Mo Bai and instructed him, "Wait for me on the boat. Please take good care of it for me."
Without waiting for him to speak, she took a deep breath, grasped the Water Spirit Orb, and leaped into the sea.
The moment she entered the water, the Water Spirit Pearl emitted a pale blue halo, forming a transparent barrier around her.
She followed the call and slowly descended, the surrounding light growing dimmer as she went deeper.
Rong Jiaojiao, like a nimble fish, kept diving down under the protection of the blue light of the Water Spirit Pearl.
A plump grouper swam through the coral reef. With swift eyes and hands, she gathered spiritual energy at her fingertips and gently touched the fish, causing it to immediately stop, dazed.
"I can't go back empty-handed." She smiled as she put the fish into her little secret realm and continued diving.
The deeper you go, the denser the schools of fish become.
Colorful tropical fish darted around her, and she would occasionally reach out and precisely catch a few of the fattest ones.
A mischievous clownfish even curiously pecked at her finger, which she gently flicked away.
"Huh?" She suddenly felt a divine sense sweep over her body. She also used her divine sense to sweep back and unexpectedly saw that Mo Bai had also come down.
She stopped and waited for Mo Bai. When he got closer, she asked him telepathically, "Why did you come down?"
Mo Bai swam to Rong Jiaojiao's side, holding a water-repelling pearl in his hand, and said with a grin, "I asked Old Zhou for a water-repelling pearl. I can't let you take the risk alone, can I? Besides, that little Zi Ling is causing a lot of trouble, so Uncle Mo has to keep an eye on it."
Rong Jiaojiao shook her head helplessly, but a warm feeling welled up in her heart.
She pointed down: "The sensation is getting stronger and stronger; it should be in this area."
The two dived down side by side, startling the surrounding fish into scattering and fleeing.
Suddenly, Mo Bai grabbed Rong Jiaojiao and pointed warily to the left front—a huge shark was slowly swimming by.
"Don't disturb it," Rong Jiaojiao transmitted her voice. Although she wasn't afraid of it, being discovered would be troublesome, so the two stopped and waited for the shark to swim away before continuing.
As they passed through a dense seaweed forest, the sight before them made them both stop in their tracks.
The outline of an ancient shipwreck gradually emerged, its hull covered with coral and seaweed.
She took out the Nine Dragons Jade Seal, held it in her hand, and approached the sunken ship. Suddenly, the sunken ship emitted a strange red light, and a huge pentagram array appeared on the ship's hull.
The Nine Dragons Jade Seal in Rong Jiaojiao's hand trembled violently, emitting a piercing buzzing sound.
"It's the Japanese pentagram sealing formation!" Mo Bai's face turned grim. "They actually used evil magic to seal the Nine Dragon Seal!"
Rong Jiaojiao stared intently at the sea, and saw that the seawater around the sunken ship was tinged with a faint blood color, and she could vaguely hear mournful howls.
She gritted her teeth and said, "This is a blood sacrifice seal set up with human sacrifices. What a vicious method!"
Just as the two approached the sunken ship, five dark figures suddenly darted out from the five points of the pentagram—they were five mummies dressed in Japanese military uniforms! Their eye sockets flickered with eerie green flames, and they wielded katana, lunging at the two in bizarre postures.
"Watch out! It's a Japanese shikigami puppet!" Mo Bai swung his sword at the first puppet that charged at him, but the blade was blocked by the katana, sending sparks flying.
Using magic underwater is very limited, but fortunately these puppets are not strong, so Rong Jiaojiao decided to use a low-level Soul Burning Talisman to deal with them.
Rong Jiaojiao quickly used her divine sense to draw three Soul-Burning Talismans on the top of the puppets' heads. When the talismans were completed, they ignited with a ghostly blue flame and landed precisely on the foreheads of the three mummies.
"Ignite!" she shouted softly, and the three mummies were instantly enveloped in blue flames, burning silently until they turned to ashes and disappeared into the seawater.
Upon seeing this, the remaining two mummies suddenly merged back to back into one, transforming into a two-headed, four-armed monster.
Seeing this, Mo Bai turned his sword, and golden runes appeared on the blade, drawing a dazzling golden light in the water.
"break!"
Golden light pierced the monster's chest like lightning, and the monster let out a shrill howl as its body shattered inch by inch.
But just as it dissipated, the pentagram formation on the sunken ship suddenly shone with a bright crimson light, and a phantom dressed in the attire of an Onmyoji appeared.
"Chinese...don't even think about touching the treasures of my Sun Empire..." the illusory figure said sinisterly, shaking a strange bell in its hand.
Rong Jiaojiao suddenly felt dizzy, and the surrounding seawater seemed to have turned into thick blood plasma.
Mo Bai swayed, his hand holding the sword trembling slightly.
"It's the Soul-Capturing Bell!" Rong Jiaojiao suppressed her discomfort, pricked her fingertip, and drew a blood talisman on the jade seal. "Nine Dragons Suppress Demons, suppress!"
The jade seal emitted nine dazzling golden rays, shutting out the eerie bell sounds.
Mo Bai sheathed his sword, and the next second a small golden seal appeared in his hand: "Nine Dragons Suppress Demons, Seal!"
The small golden seal in Mo Bai's hand suddenly burst forth with dazzling golden light, and nine dragon-shaped phantoms emerged, echoing the nine golden rays emitted by Rong Jiaojiao's jade seal.
Eighteen golden dragons intertwined on the seabed to form a huge golden net of light, enveloping the entire sunken ship.
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