Chapter 44
Jitang arrived at Wei Hai Palace in the afternoon of the next day. She used the spiritual communication stone to contact Xu Gaoce, the leading monk of the team that went to Fenglei Sea last time.
The two men greeted each other.
Xu Gaoce laughed out loud and said, "I didn't expect that we would meet again so soon. Fellow Daoist Jitang, please come in!"
Ji Tang followed him and addressed him more cordially, "Senior Brother Xu, are you in a good mood?"
Xu Gaoce nodded. "That's good news. We've found the descendant of Senior Sturgeon Shark King Beast. We're making preparations to take him to Haijinyunjian Island. Fellow Daoist, are you interested in going with us?"
Ji Tang: "I'll go with you. I also want to go to Senior Wang Shou's inheritance site to pay homage. By the way, Senior Xu, have you found the murderer who murdered Senior Wang Shou?"
Xu Gaoce was originally happy, but he started to worry again after hearing this. "No, the power of the senior's self-explosion is too strong. We haven't been able to find any suspicious traces so far."
He couldn't help but sigh, "Senior, while taking care of you and your tribe, was still able to display such terrifying power. When I think about it now, I admire him... but also feel a little scared."
Ji Tang: "Senior won't hurt us, what is there to be afraid of, Senior Brother Song?"
Having said this, both of them fell silent.
The senior beast king who would not harm them has already left.
Xu Gaoce sighed and said, "I hope that Senior Wangshou can leave Yewangchuan soon, reincarnate, and return to the path of cultivation. Perhaps in a hundred or thousand years, we will meet again."
Jitang had heard of Yewangchuan, the place where people go after death. Only those who leave Yewangchuan can be reincarnated, but by then they have forgotten all their memories of their previous lives.
Jitang: "I hope so."
Xu Gaoce brought Jitang into Wei Hai Palace. After the two decided to go to Haijin Yunjian Island to contact each other with the spiritual communication stone, Xu Gaoce continued to do his work, while Jitang went to the clinic.
Only Jiang Ruiwei was seen in the hospital, but Jin Fengning was not.
When Jiang Ruiwei saw Jitang, she simply greeted her and checked her physical condition, just like last time.
Jiang Ruiwei: "At this rate of recovery, he will be fully recovered in a month or so."
Ji Tang already knew their medical practices and had been holding back until now. Only then did he say, "Thank you, Senior Jiang. Is Senior Jin Fengning not here?"
Jiang Ruiwei: "He went to look for his master," and then added, "He and I both worshipped Qinyang Zhenren, so we are fellow apprentices."
"I thought that after the Wind and Thunder Sea disappeared, the number of disciples injured while on patrol would decrease. But it hasn't decreased, and it's actually increased. The clinic is already overwhelmed with just the few of us, so Senior Brother went to see Master this time to ask for more manpower."
Ji Tang was puzzled: "Without the Wind and Thunder Sea, why are there more injured disciples?"
Jiang Ruiwei frowned, "They seem to have been under an illusion. The symptoms are somewhat similar to those of the Gu poison in the mortal world. Disciples who are infected will lose their minds and become confused. Some will even attack their fellow disciples."
"Can't you find anything on them?"
"Nothing can be found. His body is fine, and his spiritual power is only slightly blocked due to his unconsciousness."
"Is there a solution?"
"We can break it. We just need to use my sect's Bailing Dream-Breaking Technique to break it. Some of the recovered disciples don't remember what they did before, and some only have vague memories. They don't know how they were tricked. We have no way to investigate, so we can only arrange for disciples with higher cultivation to join the patrol team and see if they can encounter the unknown evil spirit."
Ji Tang: "This sounds similar to what happened to Senior Wang Shou back then."
Jiang Ruiwei: "We have some suspicions, but we can't find the source and we can't confirm it."
Ji Tang: "Senior Jiang, I want to go to Haijinyunjian Island with Senior Brother Xu Gaoce and the others to pay homage to Senior Wangshou this time. We still have some time. Can I go to the sea with the patrol team?"
Jiang Ruiwei: "That's easy. I'll tell the brother in charge of dispatching the patrol team, and you can go find him."
Jitang: "Okay."
She had not been able to do anything for Senior Wang Shou before, so if she could find information related to Senior Wang Shou this time, it would be considered as helping him.
She rushed from the clinic to the patrol area and found the senior brother Jiang Ruiwei mentioned.
Senior Jiang’s original words were: Senior brother is easy to recognize, he is the tallest and strongest one in the crowd.
Jitang took a quick look and saw Senior Zhang Zhuyou, the tallest and strongest man among the many people wearing the uniforms of Wei Hai Palace disciples.
When she got closer, she found that the clothes Zhang Zhuyou was wearing were slightly different from those of other disciples, which could also distinguish his identity in the patrol area.
The other person spoke gruffly, lowering his head all the way down, "Are you Jitang?"
Ji Tang also raised his head high and said, "Hello, Senior Zhang. I am Ji Tang."
Someone nearby joked, "Zhuyou, who is this? Is she your daughter?"
Zhang Zhuyou was annoyed, "Don't you know whether I have a wife or not?"
Ji Tang was born petite, and the difference between her and the tall and strong Zhang Zhuyou was too big.
This is true, but the person who said that about my daughter is too mean.
Jitang remembered him silently.
Zhang Zhuyou looked her up and down: "What kind of cultivation is it?"
"Late stage of heartbeat."
Zhang Zhuyou was rather disdainful and reluctantly said, "The disciples in my patrol team are at least at the Golden Core stage. But since Rui Wei asked me to, I'll take you with me."
Jitang didn't care about his attitude. He asked about the team's location with a smile and walked over quickly.
Several teams in the distance looked at Ji Tang coming and secretly expected her. But when they saw her walk into one of the teams, they immediately sighed in disappointment.
She was a small girl standing at the end of the line, and someone couldn't help but call her forward.
Jitang thanked them and didn't refuse, moving to the front row. A moment later, someone asked her to move forward again, and she continued to move. After a few times, she was standing in the second row of the line, and if she moved any further, she would be the leader.
Jitang always had a smile on her face. She would listen to whoever said her and do whatever they told her to do. She was well-behaved and cute, and anyone who saw her would like her very much.
Without waiting for a moment, Zhang Zhuyou unfolded the big flag at his side and waved it towards Jitang's team.
The team leader immediately reorganized the team, and everyone flew their swords. When the flag was waved, the team left the patrol area and headed towards the open sea.
Patrols have their own routes.
Jitang followed the team and everything went smoothly along the way, without noticing anything strange.
She asked the captain, "Brother, how long do we need to patrol outside?"
The captain, who was called Senior Brother, blushed and said, "A team will be dispatched every hour. Each team will patrol for two hours and then go back to rest."
Jitang: "Will we also go on underwater patrols?"
Captain: "Yes, but my Taoist, Junior Sister, your cultivation is still shallow, and it may be dangerous to go into the sea. It would be better for you to wait for us on the sea surface."
Ji Tang was originally planning to go into the sea. Senior Wang Shou lived in the deep sea all year round. If he wanted to find out something, there would be more clues to follow in the sea than on the sea.
Ji Tang: "Excuse me, how should I address you, Senior Brother?"
Captain: "My name is Sun Xie."
"Brother Sun, don't worry, I can go into the sea, and I will definitely not hold you back."
Sun Xie knew Ji Tang's name from the beginning. "It's not that he'll be a drag. If Junior Sister wants to go into the sea to have a look, that's fine. You should stay with us. If anything happens, we can protect you in time."
Ji Tang said obediently, "Thank you, Senior Brother Sun."
Senior Brother Sun didn't reply, but his face was about to burn.
After completing their patrol on the sea, they sheathed their swords, wrapped themselves in spiritual power, put on aerobic spirit bottles, and quickly entered the sea.
Ji Tang's injuries haven't recovered yet, and the nightmare energy he can mobilize is limited, but it should be enough to protect himself while he goes into the sea for a short time.
She followed the team into the sea and found that even when they entered the sea, they had a clear patrol route.
Jitang couldn't leave the team and could only observe the surroundings, hoping to find something.
As the team dived deeper, more and more sturgeon sharks were seen.
They seemed to have become accustomed to the disciples of the Wei Hai Palace who came to patrol. Some of the braver ones would even come forward and gently bump them with their smooth and soft beaks.
Ji Tang was also targeted by a sturgeon shark, which kept rubbing his neck with its beak. However, the sturgeon shark's beak was too big to fit into Ji Tang's neck, so it could only rub his cheeks and shoulders.
She hugged the sturgeon shark's big head and touched it, but because her body was covered with a layer of nightmare, she could not feel the softness of the sturgeon shark, which felt very pity.
The sturgeon sharks left only after they had enough fun. No one in their group urged them and everyone was very patient.
Sun Xie smiled and signaled his teammates to continue patrolling.
Ji Tang was infected by their harmonious scene, and it was not until he entered the patrol area that he truly laughed from the bottom of his heart.
When Sun Xie turned around, he saw it and was slightly stunned. He quickly turned his head back and dared not look again.
The twist was not a big deal. He saw something floating up below the team. He immediately quickened his pace and swam closer, only then could he see clearly what it was in the dark sea.
people.
The man looked dead, his expression full of fear and pain. He couldn't breathe, and his neck was covered in bloody marks from being scratched. You can imagine how much pain he was in at that time.
He was wearing the uniform of a disciple of the Wei Hai Palace, and his belt got stuck in a crack in the coral, which prevented him from floating to the surface.
Jitang swam over from behind Sun Xie.
Sun Xie hurriedly signaled her not to come closer.
Ji Tang went into the sea to investigate, so how could she not get closer? She swam a few steps to Sun Xie's side, and seeing Sun Xie looking at her worriedly, she smiled gratefully and then observed the dead man.
If a cultivator like them were to suffocate to death because a belt got stuck in the cracks of coral, they would become a laughing stock in the world of cultivation.
This person must have been attacked by someone else.
After observing the people, Jitang went to look for clues on his coral stone.
The coral stone was estimated to be over ten meters long—a rough estimate based on the darkness at the back. It was at least three adult men tall, with numerous irregular shapes. The deceased disciple's belt had been caught in the gaps between these shapes.
While Jitang was checking the coral stone, the other disciples had already brought the people out of the crevice. They left one person to guard it while the others searched for clues around the coral stone.
Jitang swam towards the dark place.
The hand that she had placed behind her back was suddenly grabbed by someone. She turned around and saw Sun Xie making gestures to her, meaning that he wanted to go with her.
Jitang nodded.
Ji Tang grabbed the protruding part of the coral stone for leverage, moving his body while observing from top to bottom. In a jagged crevice, he found a fragment of the hem of a Wei Hai Palace disciple's uniform.
Jitang took it in his hand and looked at it carefully, and saw bloodstains on it.
She grasped the fragments, moved closer, and looked inside through a hole the size of a man's palm.
It was darker inside than outside, and Jitang couldn't see clearly.
Just as she was about to use magic to illuminate the inside, a large number of thin black lines appeared on one side of the hole.
Ji Tang's hands were covered with nightmare energy, so she reached out to grab it without much hesitation. She couldn't feel the touch of the black thread, so she could only try to pull the thread out of the hole.
As she exerted more strength, a lot of the black thread was pulled out. Just as she was about to continue pulling, it seemed as if something was blocking it from inside, and she couldn't pull it out no matter how hard she pulled.
Jitang kept changing the position of the black line. After trying several times, the black line finally brought something to the entrance of the hole.
Jitang looked over——
Meeting a pair of empty, gray pupils.
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