This was not the first time Xia Xiao met Emperor Qishi, but the first meeting was a bad experience for everyone. At that time, Xia Xiao had a new understanding of the mark in his body and was extremely afraid. Emperor Qishi was sealed again, and the original plan was shattered. Therefore, meeting in this occasion and at this time was a challenge for both of them.
The sea beasts were probably curious about how outsiders could enter, so they looked up in a hurry. The gap in the seal in the distance was hard to see in the turbid and dirty sea water, but they could roughly guess it. Even though they bared their teeth, they did not immediately launch an attack. Facing these terrifying fish, the water tank was both familiar and unfamiliar, and they admired Xia Xiao's calm temperament in the face of danger. He looked at the huge halo in front of him, and when he looked up, he looked like a pilgrim, extremely pious.
"You are... the human boy who possesses the Yu Shangyan mark?"
The sound filled with boundless anger made the sea beasts even more manic. They moved closer, ignoring the similar aura on the water tank and threatening its life.
"It is an honor for Xia Xiao to be remembered by Emperor Qishi. However, this time I came here, I have sealed the mark on my body. From the ignorant boy back then, I have become an adult who knows the evil deeds of Yu Shangyan. I also ask Emperor Qishi to be patient and listen to me tell you something. After listening, you can get angry again."
"What is there to say? Isn't Yu Shangyan sealed on the moon? I know everything you know."
"Quedan told you a lot of things, but there is one thing you don't know, for example, sea beasts really exist in the ocean of today's Great Wilderness."
In order to save his life and for better communication, Xia Xiao had to speed up the rhythm. But when Emperor Qishi heard it, he just snorted very coldly.
"I saw them last time, but they were just a few centimeters of small fish. How dare you call them sea monsters?"
A hundred meters away, there were sea beasts everywhere. Xia Xiao and Shui Tan were surrounded. The terrifying aura of the Emperor Qi Shi made the two of them feel cold on their backs and tremble all over. It seemed that they would die here in the next moment, which would be the first beginning of their revenge. This fear made Shui Tan stunned, but Xia Xiao looked at him with surprise and said anxiously:
"Stone box!"
Xia Xiao repeated it several times before he reacted. Sure enough, people who have experienced big storms know better than ordinary people how to save their lives in the face of danger. Most people have already lost their lives before they can react.
He hurriedly opened the stone box, and the original bright color inside dimmed, and it only weakly emitted some waves in the surroundings. This wave was very strong, but in a place surrounded by sea beasts, it was like ripples caused by raindrops, and could not affect the sea. However, the Emperor Qishi and many sea beasts were stunned because of their shock.
"It's your turn!"
Xia Xiao glanced at the water tank and swallowed his saliva secretly. Master had said before that it was difficult to save his life, Xia Xiao had always thought it was a humble statement, but he did not expect that the Emperor Qishi had recovered such strength, then they might really die here. The water tank also noticed it, so he stammered out the words he had prepared long ago:
"My dear ancestor, I am the water tank of the current sea beast clan. When Yu Shangyan put down the seal, he really wanted to seal all the sea beasts, but we are different from Quedan. We are not a single individual. Therefore, no matter how strong the seal is, there will be some fish that slip through the net. We survived the seal at that time and have been lingering on. There is no strongest one with pure blood, but when the souls gather, there are still souls at the level of Jiang."
The sea beasts didn't know this news. They had always thought that the sea beast clan had died out, but they didn't expect that during the 30,000 years when they were sealed, their kind had survived. So in an instant, the sea beasts became agitated with joy, whispering as if they were talking, but they suppressed their joy with a sigh of relief from the Emperor Qishi.
"My dear ancestors, all the seniors, it is because of my incompetence that I have never known what happened, let alone why tens of millions of sea beasts disappeared in one day. Now that I know, I beg the seniors to revive the sea beast clan!"
Holding the stone box in both hands, Shui Tan knelt on one knee in the water with a sincere face. The fate of his sea beast clan was too tragic, so he wanted to let these predecessors who had not yet dedicated themselves survive, but sighed everywhere, and there seemed to be no other way. Seeing the sea beast outside the seal and feeling the real soul, the Emperor Qishi was indeed moved in his heart, and he was no longer prepared to take action, but he was also full of doubts.
He neither agreed nor refused the water tank, but just asked:
"Why were you with the human that day, and why are you with him now? Have the sea beasts been tamed by humans?"
If so, the Emperor Qishi would kill Shui Tan in an instant. Such a shame, it would be better to destroy him. But Shui Tan hurriedly shook his head, fearing that he would be misunderstood, and explained in a panic:
"I just went to the academy to study with a few tribesmen. I have not been tamed by humans. As a sea beast, even if the situation is dangerous, we should endure hardships and not go with the flow."
"Then tell me, why are you here? Is it to revive the sea beasts, or to persuade me not to harm humans?"
As soon as these words came out, the water tank turned cold. Before he could argue, the pair of vertical pupils of the Emperor Qishi suddenly condensed. Immediately, the stagnant water in the abyss trench was stirred, and all the sea beasts were shaken by the shaking space and their breaths were in chaos. But the Emperor Qishi's arrogance did not stop there. A big mouth full of terrifying fangs opened, as if to swallow everything.
The sea beasts skillfully paddled the water and quickly dispersed, waiting for the outsiders to be killed and continuing to offer their souls. Their souls would carry their lifelong cultivation and the power in their bodies. The roar of the Emperor Qishi made Xia Xiao and Shui Tan deaf, which also showed his firm determination.
"In the final analysis, it's still related to humans! In order to break the seal, I have to absorb all the power distributed to every member of my clan, so as to break through the current realm. This is a hatred for my sea beast clan, which is irreconcilable! How can I get rid of my hatred if I don't kill the human race? The suffering that my sea beast clan has endured for 30,000 years must be tasted by humans themselves!"
"The seal has been cracked, and many of your people can get out now. There are four young sea beasts waiting outside. As for you, as long as you cooperate with me, you can also get out, and it will be easier."
"What a joke, I need to cooperate with you?"
The space around him was trembling. Even though Xia Xiao's face was protected by his vitality, it was still stretched. Then it was squeezed into a circle under the changing space. After such repeated torture, Shui Tan was unconscious. Xia Xiao knew that the communication with the Emperor Qishi would not last long, so he did not give up immediately and shouted in an unclear voice:
“Emperor, think about your people. The sea beasts have shed so much innocent blood. Even if you can kill all the humans, what does it matter? If you really want revenge, you can just go find Yu Shangyan!”
As soon as Xia Xiao finished speaking, Qing Xunzi frowned and was about to pull him out, but the space around Xia Xiao stopped shaking again. Qing Xunzi guessed that this conversation would be short, not to mention an hour, it could be a few seconds, but he didn't expect that the Emperor Qishi would really stop attacking Xia Xiao and be inclined to talk again.