The morning sun once again enveloped the entire ocean, but the day on the Linhai Beach was anything but peaceful.
The flocks of seabirds on the sea surface screamed in panic, flying haphazardly in the sky, their fear stemming from the depths of the ocean.
"Gah~ Gah!"
Several seabirds flew overhead, followed by a white bird dropping from mid-air, landing with a "plop" on Ye Xiaosheng's nose.
He slowly reached out and wiped it away. He opened his eyes and sniffed. Hmm! There was a slight stench.
"Oh no, that's poop!"
Ye Xiaosheng quickly stood up from the recliner, looked up at the sky, and his expression immediately fell.
He shouted angrily, "You stinking birds, don't let me catch you, or I'll pluck your feathers and grill you all!"
He then raised his hand and smelled it, but couldn't stand the stench any longer, so he went to the beach and washed it.
When he looked up into the distance, he could vaguely see several black dots, about two or three hundred meters away from the shore, slowly drifting towards the beach.
Ye Xiaosheng was certain that the thing had just appeared on the surface of the sea, and soon after, the others on the beach also saw the scene.
They all gathered together, discussing animatedly, "What are those five or six black dots?"
From a distance, one can see a large flock of seabirds circling and hovering above those black dots, with a few occasionally attempting to land.
After a few tentative attempts, the sharp beak began to peck at the food, and seeing this, a large flock of seabirds followed suit and landed.
This suggests that some kind of enormous Soul Beast had met its end, and its flesh must have been quite fresh, indicating it hadn't been dead for long. Otherwise, the seabirds wouldn't have bothered to eat it, as they are very picky eaters.
The teachers on duty on the shore also rushed over to check, so those who remained on the shore followed cautiously behind.
When they flew over the dark spots and looked down, Lin Jiayi frowned and muttered to himself, "Two Deep Sea Demon Whale over 100,000 years old, and four others over 10,000 years old, have all died in the coastal area. How could this happen!"
Upon hearing the news, the hotel owner, surnamed Liu, quickly arrived. He was a well-known tycoon in the Sun Moon Empire, and his hotel investments extended far beyond this one place; he was incredibly wealthy.
However, he was still very fat, but compared to the hall master Jing Hongchen, he was still somewhat inferior.
Lin Jiayi turned to the hotel owner and asked, "Does this kind of thing happen often here?"
Hearing this, Boss Liu shook his head and said, "No, this is the first time I've encountered such a strange thing. In the past, at most, it would be a few thousand-year-old turtles or some big fish that died."
"These Deep Sea Demon Whale are among the best of the ocean's rulers. Even if they were to die, so many of them shouldn't have died at once, especially two of them that were over 100,000 years old."
Then, Boss Liu descended from mid-air and gradually approached the carcass of the Deep Sea Demon Whale, beginning to carefully examine every wound on its body.
Boss Liu returned to Lin Jiayi's side, his expression unreadable, and said, "It seems to have been done by a great white shark or similar Soul Beast, and the whale meat is quite fresh; it's probably only been dead for a few hours."
He then muttered to himself, "Since it's still fresh, this whale meat can probably fetch a good price, and who knows, there might even be Soul Bone inside."
After making up his mind, he immediately summoned all the employees in the store. Because the demon whale was too big to fit directly into the Storage Soul Tool, once everyone had arrived, he began to use a large Soul Tool to push the Deep Sea Demon Whale to the shore.
Lin Jiayi only glanced at them a few times before leading the other teachers back to shore. In fact, they had already carefully examined the carcasses of the Deep Sea Demon Whale long before Boss Liu arrived.
After spending some time, they still couldn't find a single Soul Bone on these Deep Sea Demon Whale. Otherwise, they would have taken these demon whales for themselves long before Boss Liu arrived.
For Boss Liu, even without Soul Bone, it wouldn't be a loss. After all, such a large piece of Deep Sea Demon Whale meat could be made into a delicacy and sold for who knows how much money. Wouldn't it be better to make money off of nothing?
More than half an hour later, the six Deep Sea Demon Whale carcasses, each the size of a mountain, lay quietly on the shore.
So much so that everyone standing before it looked as tiny as ants. Ye Xiaosheng exclaimed in surprise, "It could probably swallow a thousand of me in one bite!"
Chen Beifeng disagreed with his opinion, and slowly said, "Don't even mention a thousand of you, even thousands of you might not be enough to fill a tooth gap."
Although they had heard of the Deep Sea Demon Whale Soul Beast, it was the overlord of the deep sea region, and they usually had no chance to come into contact with it.
This is the first time I've seen it, and I'm surprised to realize how big it is.
Just then, Boss Liu shouted from the shore, "The whale meat is very fresh, so I plan to cook it into a delicious meal tonight. Everyone is welcome to come and try it!"
Ye Xiaosheng and Chen Beifeng quickly raised their right hands, smiling as they replied, " Boss Liu, we've never eaten whale meat before, we don't even know what it tastes like! We'll definitely go tonight."
"Haha, come on over! Our hotel has a top-notch chef; the food will definitely not disappoint you."
"Then it's settled."
Standing on the balcony, Cao Yu saw a large crowd gathered on the beach and several enormous creatures suddenly appearing on the shore. Out of curiosity, he went down to join the fun.
As he was leaving, he asked Meng Hongchen, "Meng, why don't you go down and take a look around too?"
"Hmph! It's all your fault." Meng Hongchen pretended to glare at him a few times before whispering, "My legs are still sore, I'm not going with you."
Then she muttered to herself, "I never expected this guy to be so capable. I really underestimated him."
"What are you saying?" Cao Yu asked Meng Hongchen with a puzzled look. He could vaguely hear some voices, but they were not very clear.
However, she quickly shook her head and said, "It's okay, boyfriend, you can go have fun if you want. I'm going to sleep a little longer."
Cao Yu didn't linger any longer; he closed the door and left the Linhai Grand Hotel.
Once on the beach, he realized that the enormous creatures were actually the carcasses of Deep Sea Demon Whale.
There were still many hotel staff members busy cutting meat at the scene, He Caitou naturally saw Cao Yu walking towards them.
He Caitou greeted him with a smile, saying, "Just got up?"
"No, I got up a while ago, but I stayed in my room a little longer."
"Oh--I get it!" He Caitou laughed even more unrestrainedly, their eyes seemingly hinting at something.
Finally He Caitou came over and patted him on the shoulder, "Keep it up, I believe in you."
"Huh! What do you mean?" Cao Yu was a little confused.
However, He Caitou shook his head, then looked at Ye Xiaosheng and the others, and instantly smiled even more happily.
"Men, we all understand."
(End of this chapter)