Hua Xing Water Mansion lay two million li east of Five Immortal Island. This was already the depths of the North Sea, its core waters.
The deeper the waters, the stronger the Water Clan.
Thus, Hua Xing Water Mansion had long surpassed Jade Scale Dragon Palace in strength.
The Jade Scale Dragon Palace occupied by Ye Zhen was considered coastal shallows; compared to the deep sea, its strength lagged far behind.
Hua Xing Water Mansion belonged to Jinping Dragon Palace and bordered the Guangyuan Dragon Palace that Ye Zhen had slain long ago. Yet in Hua Xing Water Mansion alone, Ye Zhen had spotted fourteen Dao Realm water demons.
One had to know that four million li south of here, southwest of Five Immortal Island, when Ye Zhen had battled the Guangyuan Dragon King at Guangyuan Dragon Palace, the Dao Realm water demons he encountered numbered only six, Guangyuan Dragon King included.
Yet now, Hua Xing Water Mansion alone had fourteen Dao Realm water demons.
First Hall Master Su Chilun, standing beside Ye Zhen, seemed to have seen through the doubts in his heart. "Marshal Ye, you may not know this, but the habits of the Water Clan differ from those of us humans.
"Many Water Clan members with profound cultivation preferred stillness to movement, often lurking in the deep sea where they were difficult to detect.
"Especially since many Water Clan members enjoyed long lifespans—perhaps beneath a clump of silt in the deep sea, a great Dao Realm demon might be hiding.
"How many Dao Realm subordinates one had depended on how capable each Dragon King and water lord was at gathering them."
As Ye Zhen nodded, he was inwardly stunned. The Divine Ability and Secret Art of Su Chilun, First Hall Master of Heavenly Fortune Hall, was even