The feeling was strange, but very natural, as if an ability that had been within him had finally awakened, as if a long-buried memory had finally come to the surface.
He raised his head, about to speak, when suddenly, a series of hurried footsteps sounded from outside the hall.
The footsteps were hurried and frantic, carrying almost uncontainable panic, creating fine ripples in the water. Everyone inside the hall fell silent at the same time, turning their heads towards the entrance.
A young water cultivator rushed in from outside the door. He was wearing ordinary blue water scale armor, his face was full of anxiety and panic, his breathing was rapid, his whole body was drenched in sweat, and the spiritual energy fluctuations around him were scattered.
His voice trembled: “Tribe Chief! Something terrible has happened! More than a dozen tribesmen have been sent from the outpost in the north, and they have all been poisoned! They are unconscious and on the verge of death! Some of them have already stopped breathing!”
Shui Wuhen’s brows furrowed sharply, and he stepped closer to the young cultivator: “What happened? When did this happen?”
“Only just!”
The young cultivator’s voice was urgent: “The patrol team at the northern outpost discovered a group of floating sea monster corpses while patrolling the sea. The corpses emitted a black aura, as if they had been contaminated by something.”
They wanted to face the sea monster, but as soon as they got close, some people started to feel dizzy, vomited, and their spiritual energy disappeared, then they fainted!
Seventeen tribe members had been sent home, and another three were already dying!
Shui Wuhen’s face immediately turned extremely ugly. Without asking further, he stepped towards the exit of the hall: “Go ahead!”
David followed behind, quickly walking out of the main hall. Lan Yuan and Qian Hai Shen Liu also followed, and the elders all stood up and followed behind.
The group walked through several streets and arrived at a building on the north side of the city—Deep Blue City’s hospital, dedicated to treating the injured and sick members of their tribe, and staffed by several water elders skilled in healing magic in turn.
The blue water curtain at the entrance of the clinic had been removed, and through the water curtain, one could see rows of unconscious aquaculture practitioners lying inside, about seventeen or eighteen people, including men, women, and children.
Everyone had bluish lips, pale grayish skin, and extremely weak auras, flickering like candles in the wind.
Some were still trembling slightly, while others had lost consciousness completely, their breathing was barely audible, and the rise and fall of their chests was extremely weak.
A faint rotten smell permeated the air, like rotten wood that had been soaked in seawater for too long.
Shui Wuhen stepped into the clinic and knelt beside a young water cultivator closest to the door.
His fingers touched the cultivator’s neck, feeling a weak pulse, and his brows furrowed even more.
He raised his hand, and a beam of pale blue light condensed on his fingertip, seeping into the cultivator’s body—after a moment, he withdrew his hand, his expression becoming increasingly unpleasant.
“This is yin energy.”
Shui Wuhen’s voice was low and solemn, “There is extremely dense Yin energy within their bodies that is eroding their meridians. It is devouring their aquatic spiritual power, causing their dantians to slowly wither.”
If they were not removed immediately, they would be completely corroded by the yin energy, and their souls would disappear.
David stepped forward and approached Shui Wuhen.
He squatted down and gently touched the young cultivator’s wrist. The power of chaos seeped into the other person’s meridians through his fingertips—sure enough, he felt extremely dense yin energy.
The aura was exactly the same as the Yin energy he had absorbed in the rift of the Underworld Abyss, carrying the same power of decay and destruction, like a poisonous snake that had slept for ten thousand years finally awakening within its prey.
This yin energy was thinner than any he had absorbed before, but it was still enough to be fatal to ordinary water cultivators.
“This is the same kind of Yin energy that I encountered in the Underworld Abyss Rift.”
David’s voice sounded a little serious, “This yin energy is devouring their spiritual power. If it is not removed immediately, they will not last more than half a day.”
The yin energy within the sea creature had accumulated to quite a large level; if water cultivators mistakenly swallowed them, this yin energy would take root and grow within their bodies.
FAQ Novel
Q: What is the significance of the blue light patterns on the character’s skin?
A: The blue light patterns represent ancient power from the Sea Soul Pearl, left by aquatic ancestors, which has merged with the character’s body.
Q: Why are the aquatic cultivators so surprised by the character?
A: They are surprised because the character, who is not of the aquatic race, possesses a purer and more ancient water aura than even their own people, and has merged with their ancestral power.
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