Without waiting for the two to question him further, Ye Chen continued, "At some point, fishermen in the surrounding area began frequently encountering this situation when they went out to sea. Even fish they had caught and killed with their own hands would 'come back to life' not long afterward. Their eyes would even turn blood-red, and they became highly aggressive, as if some force were controlling them."
Niu Tian nodded silently. If that was truly the case, then the situation was indeed strange.
Because those waters were near the Extreme North, a place few people ever visited, news of it had never spread. Otherwise, even from the Clear Sky Sect, he should have heard some rumors.
Rather than feeling relieved after receiving Tang San's message, he felt the weight of his responsibility grow even heavier.
Just as news had arrived from that side, Ye Chen revealed the bizarre incidents occurring in the waters of the Extreme North. Niu Tian felt that the Clear Sky Sect could no longer remain hidden, and he planned to find a time to investigate the place Ye Chen had mentioned as soon as possible.
Studying their expressions, Ye Chen seemed to have guessed Niu Tian's thoughts. "Because this matter was extremely serious, I returned to land and immediately went back to the academy to report it to Mu En, the current master of Sea God's Pavilion. Based on several later investigations by Xuan Zi and me, we discovered that those 'revived' creatures contained a strange kind of Life Energy, and that Life Energy seemed to be emanating from an island."
Niu Tian said nothing. Ye Chen had done nothing wrong. When something like this happened, it was indeed necessary to discuss it with the powerful figures behind them as soon as possible.
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