"Oh? Younger Brother Xu is interested in the Sea God as well?"
Hearing Xu Shi ask that, Cheng Gujian's hand holding the wine cup stiffened slightly for an instant.
"It's hard not to be interested."
Xu Shi smiled and sighed. "If not for the Sea God, we might not have come into contact with the Hualan Empire... When we stopped at Silver Pine Island before, I heard the islanders talk about it quite a bit."
"I see."
Cheng Gujian nodded slightly. "In that case, what I can tell you is probably about the same... Of course, there's no harm in telling it again."
Even coming from a Grand Duke with power over the court, the facts truly did not differ much from what Pan Cheng and the others had told Xu Shi—an unidentified creature dwelling in the depths of the ocean, possessing unparalleled destructive power... It was all information Xu Shi had already heard.
The advantage was that, compared to Pan Cheng, he had an illustrated book in hand—an atlas used by the imperial royal family to document all kinds of creatures, and the so-called Sea God was naturally included within it.
It bore some resemblance to the profile sketches Ye Shanshan and Yu Xingchuan had made, but upon closer inspection, there were differences as well, adding an even more indescribable quality to it.
Xu Shi exchanged a glance with Xia Wuyou. She suddenly realized something and asked curiously, "Judging by the date recorded in the atlas, the Sea God has existed for a long time. Why has the Hualan Empire only now decided to launch an expedition against it?"
"Because its existence has begun to threaten the empire, Madam Xia."
Cheng Gujian frowned deeply. "If the Sea God had merely remained in the deep sea, then no matter how