Sea God Island Trial

The leader of the eight was the oldest middle-aged man. He looked Su Xuan up and down, his brows furrowing slightly. "You're land Soul Masters?"

A trace of surprise appeared on Su Xuan's face. He was highly sensitive to disguises and had deliberately observed the behavioral traits of the people in this coastal area. Though he might not have learned them perfectly, he had put in considerable effort. Yet this middle-aged man in yellow had seen through at a glance that he was not a Sea Soul Master. Su Xuan found it truly strange.

"You can tell that too?"

The middle-aged man said coldly, "Of course you can't sense it, but we Sea Soul Masters can tell. Leave this place at once. Sea God Island does not welcome you. I don't know how you managed to reach Sea God Island, but leave the same way you came. Otherwise, don't blame us for being rude."

Su Xuan frowned slightly. "Can't one join Sea God Island by passing its trials? Why are you turning people away?"

The middle-aged man snorted. "It seems you know something about Sea God Island. I'm telling you to leave for your own good. Land Soul Masters want to pass the trials and join Sea God Island? That is simply impossible. Sea God's trials for land Soul Masters are not something you can pass. Leave if you don't want to die. It is good for young people to have courage, but recklessness will only cost you your life."

Su Xuan and Emma exchanged a glance and smiled. This man in yellow probably had no idea that Su Xuan's true strength was absolutely no weaker than Sea God's. Besides, in this plane, without the ocean as his home ground, Sea God was even less likely to be Su Xuan's match.

Su Xuan smiled. "Haha, uncle, since I'm here, I won't leave so easily. No matter what kind of trial it is, I hope to give it a try."

Su Xuan acted this way because he knew that old geezer Sea God had long since grown thoroughly tired of the dull and tedious life in the Divine Realm. Obtaining an inheritor would definitely be an enormous temptation to him, and it would surely let Su Xuan have an exciting, tense face-to-face meeting with the old geezer.

The middle-aged man frowned. "I'll give you one more chance. Leave, or accept Sea God's trial? I must remind you that once you accept the trial, there will be no possibility of withdrawing halfway through. Even if it costs you your life. You seem to have decent cultivation, but Sea God's trials have no absolute connection to cultivation. They may be as simple as asking you to scoop up a handful of sand, or as difficult as making you challenge a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Have you truly thought this through?"

Su Xuan's pale golden eyes carried an innate pride. Who had he ever feared in his life? He declared domineeringly:

"I believe Sea God wouldn't give me a challenge that could truly trouble me."

Emma looked at Su Xuan admiringly. This was the boy she liked.

The middle-aged man gave Su Xuan a deep look, then whispered a few words to a young yellow-clad Sea Soul Master beside him. His manner of speaking was very strange, seemingly a peculiar humming sound wave. Even with Su Xuan's vast knowledge, he could not understand it.

The young yellow-clad Sea Soul Master respectfully acknowledged the order and quickly turned away.

Only then did the middle-aged man say to Su Xuan and Emma, "I hope you won't regret this. Follow me."

With that, he led the yellow-clad Sea Soul Masters into the forest.

Su Xuan still looked utterly unconcerned, but his Spiritual Power domain had silently spread out. He possessed top-tier cultivation arts; in the field of Spiritual Power usage, he could absolutely crush these natives, even if this was Sea God's domain.

Who knew when the trial would begin? Having already set foot on Sea God Island, Su Xuan had to remain vigilant at all times, no matter the circumstances. After all, even a lion used its full strength to hunt a rabbit. Much less against Sea God, a sly old bastard and ancient monster with strength no less than that of a God King. He might just stumble into disaster if he let his guard down, though that possibility was very small. Before absolute strength, one's margin for error was infinitely magnified.

If the air on the beach was moist and pure, then the air within the forest was filled with nature's freshness.

The air here was even more wonderful to breathe than that of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Su Xuan's vigilance seemed unnecessary. As they traveled through the dense woods, he encountered no trouble at all.

Jixiang had not told Su Xuan much about Sea God Island. He had only briefly explained Sea Soul Masters, because he feared offending Sea God. Moreover, on Sea God Island, he himself had merely been a servant.

What appeared before Su Xuan now was unexpectedly a pool of water, a pool much like the Sea in the Sea. Most peculiar of all, this inland pool, which should have been utterly calm, churned with waves like the ocean, moving without wind.

Su Xuan narrowed his eyes slightly. Was this Sea God's authority? Control over the sea and storms?

Emma gently tugged at Su Xuan's sleeve and asked with some concern:

"Master, nothing will happen, right?"

Su Xuan took Emma's delicate hand in his broad palm and comforted her, saying:

"It'll be fine. No matter how strong Sea God is, he cannot defeat me in the lower realm. At most, the cooperation will fail. But I have to keep the spiritual essence of this island in my own hands."

Su Xuan narrowed his eyes. Sea God had painstakingly managed Sea God Island for thousands of years, and it could now be considered a successful blessed land.

If Su Xuan controlled such territory, it could greatly enhance the might of his domain, granting him the augmentation of the Power of Heaven and Earth as well as an increase in fortune.

Besides, even if it was not for strengthening himself, wouldn't it be great to send his disciples to cultivate in such a heavenly blessed land?

Therefore, although he had not yet met Sea God, Su Xuan already considered Sea God Island his territory.

Naturally, the middle-aged man in yellow could not have imagined that this young man, who appeared so kind and approachable, held Sea God in such disrespect in his heart.

But upon further thought, it was only normal. Su Xuan had already crossed hands with several members of the God Realm Committee who were far stronger than Sea God. How could he possibly show much respect to a Sea God who merely "seemed" to stand on equal footing with the God Realm Committee?

Dense forests surrounded the pool. It appeared to be about five hundred meters in diameter. At the center of the pool stood a triangular platform, upon which rose a peculiar stone pillar. The pillar was shaped like a sharp cone, with a special sculpture carved at its peak. Countless intricate patterns were inscribed across its surface. They seemed to be some kind of writing, while invisible and strange energy radiated from the peculiar pillar.

"Tut, tut, tut."

Su Xuan narrowed his eyes. His Spiritual Power domain told him that there was someone fairly strong here.