The Hai Household's Token
As Sang Ying and the other two escaped through another passage, they heard a rumbling sound of collapse in the distance.
They were currently in a dense forest, surrounded by lush trees, unable to see what was happening on the other side of the desert. But just by hearing the immense roar, they could imagine the horrific scene of the underground palace collapsing.
I wonder if there were anyone else inside besides them.
"Luckily, we knew another way and escaped early. Otherwise, we don't know how much more suffering we would have endured!" Hai Tingzhou said, still shaken.
They are all cultivators, so their lives should be spared, but whether they will be seriously injured is uncertain. And being seriously injured in a place like this is not much different from coming here to seek death.
Fang Chi nodded in agreement.
Neither of them tacitly asked Sang Ying how she knew about the secret passage. It was her fortuitous opportunity to share it with them; there was no need to pry.
Worried that it wasn't safe there, the three quickly found a cave in the dense forest. This time, Sang Ying didn't need to set up an array; Hai Tingzhou, who had gotten the fortuitous opportunity, volunteered to set up a protective array himself.
Sang Ying glanced at it and realized that it was even more ingenious than what she had arranged.
"Looks like you've had quite a haul this time!" Sang Ying sighed.
Hai Tingzhou chuckled and scratched his head, "It's all thanks to you, Fellow Sang Ying! I don't know who left that Divine Sense in the stone chamber, but it had a very strange temper. It wouldn't let me leave until I finished learning all the formations. Fortunately, it later realized that I wasn't very bright, so it forcibly poured all the formations into my brain. I wonder when I'll be able to learn all of them."
Hearing him mention the owner of the Divine Sense, Sang Ying silently pursed her lips.
She naturally knew that it was Bai Qinglong's Divine Sense. As the young master of the White Dragon Tribe, although her strength was lacking, she was knowledgeable and experienced. She naturally knew many formations that did not exist in the Twin Orchid Realm, so it was no wonder that Hai Tingzhou had improved so much.
"You're getting a good deal and you're still complaining! You should be secretly laughing at this fortuitous opportunity, yet you still dare to complain!" Fang Chi was holding his knife at this moment, probably because he had trained too hard in the stone chamber, and his emotions were still somewhat agitated.
Fortunately, being tied up by those glowing insects earlier inadvertently allowed her to calm down and properly digest her swordsmanship.
Even in just a few hours, Fang Chi has become noticeably different from before he entered the underground palace, and his outward sharpness has been greatly reduced.
Both of them benefited, and Sang Ying felt much more at ease.
"Oh, right!" Hai Tingzhou suddenly exclaimed, "I also brought something out of that stone chamber, but it's strangely shaped, and I don't know what it's for."
He took out a small, golden three-pronged fork from his Storage Bag. If Sang Ying remembered correctly, the character "Sea" was clearly engraved on the handle in the dragon language!
"It doesn't look like Law Artifact." Fang Chi probed it with his Spiritual Power but found nothing.
Sang Ying took the harpoon, examined it carefully, and then smiled at Hai Tingzhou, saying, "It seems you have no choice but to become the head of the family this time."
Hai Tingzhou's eyes widened. "What does this mean?"
"I met the remnant soul of the owner of Gleaming Gold Island in the stone chamber. She said that she had known the first head of the Hai Household, and the two had made a pact that if his descendant found this harpoon, no matter what his own circumstances were, he would be the next head of the Hai Household." Sang Ying briefly explained about the harpoon.
Upon hearing this, Hai Tingzhou was both surprised and delighted, and even Fang Chi burst out laughing, "I never expected to be so lucky! The friends I've met on my journey are a sword cultivator with a promising future, and the other is actually the future city lord of Haizhou City!"
Fang Chi knew that Hai Tingzhou was a direct descendant of the Hai Household as early as when the three of them first met.
But unexpectedly, he managed to obtain this harpoon as a token by sheer coincidence.
Hai Tingzhou smiled and said, "Actually, I was quite surprised too. It just fell out after I passed the test of that Divine Sense, so I reached out to pick it up."
Fang Chi couldn't help but envy such luck. After all, she still had a long way to go before she could become the Palace Master of the Layered Heavens Palace.
"I checked, and we've been in the underground palace for about twenty days, but the Golden Summit won't be coming to pick us up for forty days. So I'd like to ask if you have any plans for the next forty days?" The greatest fortuitous opportunity on the entire Gleaming Gold Island lies in the underground palace.
Outside the underground palace, there were at most some Demon Beast and spiritual herbs, none of which were particularly rare.
Sang Ying then wanted to ask their opinions.
Hai Tingzhou put away the harpoon and said indifferently, "I'm fine with whatever you say, I'll listen to Fellow Sang Ying."
"Me too!" Fang Chi, who is more about action than thought, naturally had even fewer ideas.
Upon hearing this, Gu Shu, who was in the sword, couldn't help but chuckle, "I already told you they definitely wouldn't object. Right now, they probably all see you as the Child of Destiny, finding treasures wherever you go."
Sang Ying felt somewhat helpless listening to Gu Shu's teasing, but she did indeed know the locations of many rare treasures from the book, so she could be considered half a "Child of Destiny".
As for the true Child of Destiny, it is naturally Su Fuyun.
In a way, she also stole something from Su Fuyun this time. The Dragon Abyss Sword was her Law Artifact in the original book, but now it has fallen into Sang Ying's hands.
Sang Ying didn't know if Su Fuyun encountered Bai Qinglong in the book, or whether she received a commission from her. But regardless, she ultimately took the sword belonging to the Dragon Race for herself.
After a brief moment of distraction, Sang Ying quickly regained her composure. "Since none of you have any opinions, I'd like to suggest that we don't waste this month or so. Gleaming Gold Island is teeming with Demon Beast and also boasts a wealth of spiritual herbs. We can use Gleaming Gold Island herbs to hone our skills."
The best way to train is to spar with others. But if you can't find someone to spar with, fighting high-level Demon Beast can also be quite rewarding.
Sang Ying's suggestion was immediately agreed upon by both of them.
"Since I can't leave anyway, and I'm just idling around, I don't want my sword to rust." Swordsmanship is something that naturally gets better with practice.
Hai Tingzhou nodded quickly, "I was just about to try out those new formations I learned!"
Sang Ying: "Since that's the case, then it's settled. Starting tomorrow, let's go find some high-level Demon Beast in the dense forest to test our skills!"
The three quickly made a decision, while Gu Shu sighed in despair, "It's over. The Demon Beast in this forest are completely finished."
If you run into these three, you'll either die or get a beating!
On the ruins of the underground palace, a huge rock was slowly moved aside, revealing two disheveled figures underneath.
Hai Pingge endured the pain and swallowed a pill, which slightly restored some of his strength.
He slowly climbed out of the ruins, completely ignoring Su Fuyun behind him.
At this moment, Su Fuyun was no longer the beautiful and charming woman she once was. Her dark eyes were fixed on Hai Pingge in front of her, revealing a deep hatred in them.
This coward actually tried to push her out to block the boulder!
Fortunately, she was quick-witted and the man didn't succeed; otherwise, she probably wouldn't have seen the sun rise the next day.
"Can your Cultivation Method really make all his cultivation become mine?" Su Fuyun asked in her heart, holding the jade pendant.
An aged voice immediately emanated from the jade pendant. "Of course, as long as you're willing to part with it."
What could she possibly be reluctant to part with? He was just a man!