"I wouldn't know..." Nan Zhi gave me a resentful look, disappointed yet expectant inside.
"All right, we seem to be almost at the seabed. Do you know anything about the situation with this great formation beneath the sea, Nan Zhi?" I changed the subject.
"Uh... I know a little. It's a long story. I used to go on missions beneath the sea with Xue Xiao quite often. Since most of them involved gathering materials, we frequently crossed several sea regions. Aside from places where powerful exotic species appeared, there were also areas we weren't allowed to enter in certain sea regions. Whenever that happened, we'd hear that those areas belonged to the Sea-Calming Office." Nan Zhi still looked utterly bewildered.
"The Sea-Calming Office?"
"Yes. The Sea-Calming Office ranks above our Immortal Islands and Immortal Cities. It's the very core of the entire Spirit Sea. None of the islanders or Immortal City disciples are allowed to interfere with or disrupt the Sea-Calming Office's operations."
"The Sea-Calming Office is quite mysterious."
"Of course. Xue Xiao and I investigated it for a while afterward too. We thought that if we could join the Sea-Calming Office, we'd certainly be able to establish ourselves in the Spirit Sea. But after looking into it, we discovered that it wasn't something just anyone could join. Besides having outstanding character in every Immortal Island and Immortal City, you also needed strength ranked at least in the top ten, as well as a recommendation from the local city lord or island lord." Nan Zhi spoke enviously.
"Oh? There really is such an organization? Then they should be the true rulers of the Spirit Sea." I pondered for a moment before continuing, "You should know where the nearest Sea-Calming Office is, right?"
"The nearest Sea-Calming Office is exactly where we're