Qin Shaofeng's group lingered where they were for more than half an hour before finally setting off again.
His guess had been right in one respect, though there was still another point that remained unconfirmed.
That trip by Passerby A had indeed brought back quite a few good things.
Perhaps because of the trust Qin Shaofeng had shown him, Passerby A had not acted like an outsider. After taking out the items, he stood to one side and reported on the situation inside the undersea mountain.
That mountain could not truly be called a mountain. It would be more accurate to call it a gathering place for starfish beasts.
Countless starfish beast eggs lay within it.
He had not touched those starfish beast eggs. Instead, he had practically turned that mountain upside down.
He had brought back every usable item, leaving nothing behind.
He had also searched every highly concealed spot without missing any, yet failed to find anything resembling the slumbering ancestors of the Three Continents.
Qin Shaofeng did not blame him.
After all, this was only their first stop after entering the ocean. No one knew what lay ahead.
Perhaps this was merely the lowest-grade nest of the starfish beasts?
The journey that followed was far from as simple as they had imagined.
To the sea clan, the scent of humans was like several bright lamps in the dead of night, constantly drawing starfish beasts over to provoke them.
But with Li Naling among them, such encounters could only amount to provocation.
Even when they encountered foes more troublesome than the Beast Tide they had faced the first time, Li Naling merely waved her delicate hand.
And throughout the journey, she had not entered the Ghost Manor. Instead, she kept studying one plant after another that made Qin