"Guga (Ancestor, I was only saying it. Don't hit me.)"
Sea God Guguga spoke pitifully.
"I'm happy that you all like me, but don't fight. Let's eat Orange together."
Qin Qi patted Sea God Guguga's head, then took out some Orange and handed them out.
Bo Saixi, the Seven Sacred Pillars, and Xiao Bai each received an Orange, and everyone ate together.
"Guga (Human, thank you.)"
Sea God Guguga looked at Bo Saixi, then at Qin Qi. She still felt that she liked Qin Qi better.
She still wanted Qin Qi to be her Grand Worshipper.
"I know everyone is confused right now. Let me explain what exactly happened."
Qin Qi looked at Bo Saixi as he spoke.
"Mhm."
Bo Saixi blankly held her Orange and nodded, ready to hear what Qin Qi had to say.
"First, this is Sea God Guguga. She isn't the Nine-Star Holy Son, nor is she the Sea God."
"She is Sea God Guguga."
Qin Qi raised Sea God Guguga into the air as he spoke.
"Guga (That's right, it's me! Guga is Sea God Guguga with status!)"
Held in the air, Sea God Guguga ate her Orange and nodded.
"What exactly is Sea God Guguga? What does she have to do with the Sea God?"
"Why can I sense the power of the ocean and the Sea God from her?"
Bo Saixi still did not understand the relationship between Sea God Guguga and the Sea God. Could she be an illegitimate child?
"They have nothing to do with each other. Sea God Guguga is Sea God Guguga, and the Sea God is the Sea God."
"Sea God Guguga is a Guga who governs the ocean, so it's perfectly normal for her to possess the power of the ocean."
"But none of that matters. What matters is that we came here to find the Golden Trident."
Qin Qi felt that explaining this was such a hassle. Sea God Guguga was simply Sea God Guguga.
How was he supposed to explain that?
"The Trident was left behind by the Sea God. Only the Nine-Star Holy Son can lift it."
Bo Saixi spoke.
"If you wish to take the Trident of the Sea God, you must prove that you are the Nine-Star Holy Son."
"You must pass the Sea God Examination!"
Bo Saixi said.
"Mhm, we can give it a try."
Qin Qi considered it. Perhaps Sea God Guguga could trigger the Sea God's Nine Trials.
If it worked, they could take the Trident of the Sea God openly. Then there would be no need to forge one!
"Then please follow me."
Bo Saixi looked at Qin Qi. She could not see through Qin Qi at all, much less the Gugus beside him.
But even if she could not see through them, the Sea God certainly could. The answer would lie within the Sea God Examination.
Everyone changed locations and arrived before the Sacred Pillar. Doro was the first to walk over curiously.
"The examination begins."
Bo Saixi personally presided over the examination. As it began, the Sacred Pillar started to glow.
Yellow, and then it ended.
"Yellow-rank First Trial."
Bo Saixi was somewhat disappointed. Among Sea God Examinations, yellow was the lowest rank, followed by purple, black, and red.
Red was the highest-level examination. Red Nine Trials meant one was the Sea God's inheritor!
Of course, there was also white, but white was utterly useless and generally not worth considering.
"Doro (This color looks like Orange.)"
Doro happily looked at the yellow glow. She liked this warm color.
"Doro (Human, I want to go home. I miss Sunflower.)"
Doro ran to Qin Qi's side and hugged him as she spoke.
She wanted to go home. She missed everything at home, even though they had only been gone for a day.
"We'll be going back soon."
Qin Qi patted Doro's head as he spoke.
"She, she just walked out like that? The Sea God Examination clearly hasn't even been imposed on her yet!"
Bo Saixi froze. After the examination was verified, the trial would begin.
During that process, no one should have been able to walk out. So why had this little thing simply walked out so easily?
"Guga, Guga (Guga wants to play too.)"
Guga also stepped into the awakening circle, and the Sacred Pillar began to flash.
But it was yellow light as well.
"Guga! (Guga doesn't want this!)"
Guga's face showed her displeasure. Doro already had yellow, so she did not want yellow too.
She wanted a different color.
"Guga (Didn't you hear what Ancestor said? Change Guga's color!)"
Sea God Guguga pointed at the Sacred Pillar as she spoke.
The Sacred Pillar stood dumbfounded for a moment before it began changing colors: white, yellow, purple, black, red.
At that moment, it seemed like a colorful light display, cycling through the colors for Guga to choose from.
"Guga (Guga wants black. Guga likes this color.)"
Guga chose black, then walked out of the awakening circle.
There was no examination and no trial. To Guga, it was as though this was merely a game of turning on lights.
"What... what is going on?"
"Grand Worshipper, why is the Sacred Pillar's light constantly changing?"
"Nothing like this has ever happened before!"
"What exactly are these little things? What does Lord Sea God mean by this?!"
The Seven Sacred Pillars were all dumbfounded. They had guarded the Sacred Pillars for so many years and awakened examinations for countless people.
But they had never encountered anything like this before!
"I don't know either, but... they definitely aren't the Nine-Star Holy Son."
Bo Saixi looked at Guga and Doro. By now, she was certain.
Those two little ones had not undergone any trial at all. Was it because they did not need one, or because the Sea God could not give them one?
And then there was Sea God Guguga's action just now. After she spoke, the Sacred Pillar's colors began to change.
Could she actually control the Sacred Pillar's changes? That was absolutely an ability only the Sea God possessed.
"Guga (Human, hurry up and go in to play too.)"
"Doro, Doro (It's really fun!)"
"Guga (Hurry, hurry.)"
Guga, Doro, and Sea God Guguga pushed Qin Qi into the Sacred Pillar's awakening array.
"Why do I have a bad feeling about this?"
Qin Qi looked at the three little ones. He did not know why, but he had a terrible feeling about it.
Bo Saixi did not move, but the Sacred Pillar began to shift. In the blink of an eye, it became Red-rank Nine Trials!
The dazzling light instantly shot into the sky, like a new blazing sun!
The other Sacred Pillars lit up as well. In an instant, the entire Sea God Island was shrouded in light.
The residents of Sea God Island all looked up at the sky, unable to stop themselves from exclaiming in amazement!
"This... the sun has fallen!"
"The Sacred Pillars are glowing! Wh-what is going on?!"
The residents did not know what was happening, but the Seven Sacred Pillars did. Their eyes were filled with disbelief.
"The Nine-Star Holy Son, it's the Nine-Star Holy Son!"
"That outsider, that guy who looks so weak, is actually the Nine-Star Holy Son!"
"H-how is that possible?!"
"Though it seems impossible to us, the Sacred Pillar has acknowledged him. He was chosen by the Sea God!"
"But the Sacred Pillar seems strange today. Have you forgotten how its colors kept changing just now?!"
"Could the Sacred Pillar be broken?!"
None of the Seven Sacred Pillars believed that this black-and-white little ball was the Nine-Star Holy Son. He did not look like a Nine-Star Holy Son at all!
"The Sea God's decision must not be questioned, and the Sacred Pillar will never make a mistake!"
Bo Saixi spoke in a solemn tone, though she silently added something in her heart.
The Sea God would not be wrong, nor would the Sacred Pillar. But which Sea God had chosen this Nine-Star Holy Son?
Bo Saixi looked at Sea God Guguga, who had thrown herself into Qin Qi's arms. Before, she had thought Sea God might merely be part of her name.
But now she had changed her mind. Whether it was that oceanic aura or her ability to control the Sacred Pillar—
This Guga was definitely the Sea God, or at the very least, possessed powers only a true Sea God could possess!
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