Sea God Island

Sea God Island

Vast Sea City, the only port city on the western coast of the Heaven Dou Empire, was built along the sea.

The enormous city was built against the sea—or rather, upon the mountains by the shore. No matter how the tides rose and fell, they could not shake it in the slightest. Its broad, sturdy walls were absolutely on the level of a main city. Before they had even entered the city, the group could already faintly smell the salty, fishy scent in the air.

After passing through the city walls and entering Vast Sea City, the salty scent grew several times stronger. With a sweep of his gaze, Qian Xunji noticed that the people of Vast Sea City differed somewhat from those inland. People here were generally shorter, and their skin was darker as well.

Countless shops and street stalls lined both sides of the road, with most of their wares related to the sea. Pedestrians streamed back and forth on either side.

Qian Xunji quickly arrived at the Spirit Hall Branch in Vast Sea City. As the largest force on Douluo Continent, Spirit Hall had branches everywhere, from the capitals of the two great empires to even the smallest cities. The news of Sea God Island had come from the Vast Sea City Spirit Hall Branch.

After arriving at the Vast Sea City branch, Qian Xunji promptly sent people to inquire about Whale Rubber and ordered the branch master to deliver his letter concerning Sea God Island to Qian Daoliu as quickly as possible.

While the personnel from the Spirit Hall Branch were buying Whale Rubber, no troublemakers appeared to fight over it and blow the matter up until families were destroyed. They soon returned with a piece of golden Whale Rubber.

Golden Whale Rubber was produced by thousand-year soul beasts. As for ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber, unless one hunted the beast oneself, it was indeed difficult to obtain.

However, they had also brought back two beautiful twin girls with no Soul Power fluctuations.

"What is the meaning of this?" Holding the Whale Rubber, Qian Xunji looked at the two beautiful twin girls in confusion. What puzzled him even more was the way they stared foolishly at his face, as if they were eagerly anticipating something.

Hearing this, the Soul Emperor subordinate was a little dumbfounded. Whale Rubber was an aphrodisiac. Wasn't it obvious why Your Holiness the Pope had ordered him to buy it?

"Your Holiness the Pope, they are both virgins. The transaction has already been arranged. Word will not get out."

"I don't need them! Get out, now!"

Qian Xunji waved his hand angrily. He understood what the Soul Emperor subordinate meant. It was merely the aphrodisiac effect of thousand-year Whale Rubber. Was he really that desperate? Since he was the Pope, he naturally had to conduct himself like one.

"Understood, Your Holiness the Pope."

The Soul Emperor subordinate dejectedly led the two girls away.

Whale Rubber was a highly precious ingredient. It needed to be softened under intense flames before it could be consumed, and once softened, it had a powerful aphrodisiac effect. Huo Yuhao had consumed a piece of ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber, then stripped completely naked in front of Ma Xiaotao. Later, he even sprayed, and was mocked for being a little bean sprout.

Soul Power surged through Qian Xunji's palm as scorching Angel Flame enveloped the Whale Rubber. The Angel Spirit possessed a fire attribute. Though it was not ultimate fire, it came extremely close. Combined with Qian Xunji's level 84 Soul Power, the Whale Rubber in his hand transformed into streams of golden liquid that he drank down.

As the Whale Rubber entered his stomach, waves of scorching heat surged into Qian Xunji's heart. The heat acted upon his lower abdomen, and in mere moments, he stood rigid.

Qian Xunji hurriedly circulated his Angel Spirit Power, attempting to suppress the heat. As his Soul Power moved, the wicked thoughts brought about by that heat seemed to be purified, quickly vanishing without a trace. Unnoticed by him, his body had also grown a little stronger—roughly equivalent to the pressure gap brought by several hundred years of soul rings.

"So that's how it is."

Feeling the lustful fire vanish, Qian Xunji exhaled a breath of turbid air. He finally understood why Qian Daoliu had been able to endure until the age of seventy before producing offspring. Ordinary soul masters had long since tasted the pleasures of the flesh by age twelve. The sacred Soul Power granted by the Angel Spirit could automatically dispel a soul master's wicked thoughts and desires. Furthermore, Qian Daoliu had been unable to find true love, and after reaching the peak of cultivation, he could not inherit the Angel God's divine position. Thus, he had no choice but to continue the family line, marry, and have children.

"Ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber... it seems I'll have to hunt it myself."

Three days later, at the Worship Hall.

Qian Daoliu received Qian Xunji's letter.

Sea God Island worshipped the legendary Sea God.

Golden Crocodile Douluo asked, "Big Brother, is what the Pope said in the letter true?"

"Even if it isn't, I still have to investigate." Qian Daoliu's expression was solemn. To him, gods were supreme existences. As a servant of the gods, the Angel God was the one he revered most deeply, while all other gods were a level beneath the Angel God.

"Xunji is becoming more and more disappointing." Qian Daoliu sighed. "He had only been in Vast Sea City for three days. Counting the travel time there and back, he must have sent this letter not long after arriving in Vast Sea City. How could he have investigated so quickly and learned that Sea God Island might worship the legendary Sea God? I'm starting to regret handing the position of Pope to him so soon."

"Golden Crocodile, guard Spirit Hall well."

"Don't worry, Big Brother. As long as I live, the hall lives. If the hall falls, I fall with it!"

As his words fell, nine soul rings—two yellow, two purple, and five black—appeared beneath Qian Daoliu's feet. He had yet to pass the Angel Eight Tests and obtain the reward of increasing his soul ring ages by ten thousand years. It was not that he could not pass them, but that he had deliberately chosen not to, because he wanted to duel Tang Chen and determine a victor. If he fought with eight black rings and one red ring, then even if he won, the victory would be dishonorable.

PS: There are too many plot holes. If Qian Daoliu had eight black rings and one red ring, there would be no reason for the Clear Sky Sect not to know that Spirit Hall possessed a divine inheritance. This is the only way to explain it.

A massive Six-Winged Angel Spirit rose behind him, several times larger than Qian Xunji's.

Qian Daoliu transformed into a streak of golden light and vanished from Spirit Hall in the blink of an eye. Only a golden sphere of light could be seen streaking into the distance across the sky.

Clear Sky Sect, within the sect master's main hall.

A man stood there with long gray hair, a height exceeding two meters, bronze skin, muscles all over his body, and a handsome face that appeared to be around thirty. He radiated an aura of absolute dominance over the world.

This man was Tang Chen, sect master of the current number one sect in the world, the Clear Sky Sect.

Tang Chen seemed to sense something and looked west. "That direction... where is that old fellow Qian Daoliu going?"

Far out at sea, hundreds of thousands of meters from Vast Sea City, the corpse of an enormous whale-type soul beast over ten meters tall floated on the surface. A black soul ring swirled above the soul beast's corpse.

"Finally. Those three days of searching weren't wasted."

Qian Xunji split open the head of the ten-thousand-year soul beast, and a black crystal fell into his hand. This was ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber.

The Guardian Douluo following behind Qian Xunji thought even less of him now. What exactly was Qian Xunji doing? He had wandered the sea for three days just for a piece of ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber, an aphrodisiac. Spirit Hall was doomed.