The next moment, that familiar lifting force appeared again.
The two of them seemed to be plucked into the air by an invisible force.
When they came back to their senses, they were already on the boat.
Lin Qi leaned against the cabin, breathing lightly.
Suddenly, they heard the old man speak. "Eh, I caught two little fish today."
Lin Qi and Shang Yu exchanged a glance, an inexplicable chill running down their spines.
These little fish... surely he wasn't referring to them?
Summoning her courage, Lin Qi stepped forward and asked, "May I ask, Senior, where is this?"
"Here?"
The old man in black actually answered. Unhurriedly, he said, "This is the top of the Nether Sea Earth Coffin."
"The top of the Nether Sea Earth Coffin?"
Lin Qi quietly repeated the words.
But Shang Yu exclaimed in shock, "The top? How is that possible?!"
Lin Qi's gaze fell on her.
She heard Shang Yu mutter to herself, "Wasn't it said that the Nether Sea Earth Coffin contains eighty-one trials, and only after passing all eighty-one could one possibly reach the top?"
"Besides, the Nether Sea Earth Coffin has no top at all. So-called reaching the top actually means reaching..."
Halfway through, Shang Yu suddenly stopped. Her eyes widened in astonishment as she stared at the old man in black.
Lin Qi asked in confusion, "Reaching where?"
Shang Yu's throat tightened as she forced out the words, "Reaching the inside of the Nether Sea Earth Coffin."
Her speech gradually quickened. "But no one has ever entered the Nether Sea Earth Coffin!"
Lin Qi shifted her gaze to the old man in black. "Then who is he? A cultivator buried within the Nether Sea Earth Coffin?"
A legendary Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal?
Qing Jue had only temporarily broken through to