Huh? Isn't this an adventure kingdom building game?!

Clearly trying to seek justice for himself, he unexpectedly got scolded and falsely accused by the patriarch instead.

Hai Xunche gripped his breath, ultimately not daring to argue further, and was hustled out of the courtyard by the guards.

"Bah! Even dare to abuse a Divine Being Initiate, sooner or later you'll get struck by five thunders from the heavens!" He spat fiercely, standing at the grand and imposing gate as he uttered this harsh remark.

Whether the patriarch would be hit by lightning, no one knows, but that his own lifespan was running out was indeed a fact.

What should he do?

He recalled other Divine Being Initiates like himself, each entering the divine temple with high spirits, yet leaving old and frail. Did they also fail to receive the Sea God's blessing and get abandoned by their families under the heaven-consuming disaster?

Hai Xunche didn't know, nor did he have the mind to think about it too much. Wandering aimlessly down the street, watching the panicked, hurriedly moving sea demons, a thought of sincerely praying to the Sea God flashed in his mind, after all, he's witnessed them, perhaps the gods really do exist.

But the thought was instantly dismissed.

Even if they did exist, so what? Weren't they all unable to protect themselves and fell!

It's more likely that the Sea God was self-appointed, just a powerful demon. Unable to ascend to godhood, he deliberately left an oracle, so everyone would worship devoutly, attempting to survive by clinging to the power of incense.

Praying to such a failure, what use is there!

Mired in scattered, ridiculous thoughts, he suddenly noticed a strange scene ahead.

A few sea demons seemed to have agreed and fully prepared to leave the city together. When the heaven and earth were aflame, Xiyue City's massive protection barrier disappeared. Now, whichever direction they swam, they could directly enter the ocean and leave the city. Yet, as they swam to mid-air, their storage bags, storage rings, and so on all fell off.

"Plop! Plop!" A few soft sounds, just like that, they fell straight onto the street!

"I've struck it rich!" Seeing this, Hai Xunche's eyes gleamed as he rushed forward, trying to seize the chance first and snatch those clearly valuable storage bags.

The next second, he was stunned—his fingers paused about a finger's distance from the storage bags and storage rings, unable to get closer, as if there was an invisible barrier enveloping them.

Strange, never heard of storage bags coming with a protective barrier.

He changed his target, trying one by one but to no avail.

Meanwhile, the sea demons who lost all their belongings realized what had happened, anxiously wanting to swim down to retrieve the storage bags. Subsequently, they despairingly found they couldn't return.

Everything around was isolated, they couldn't land, couldn't pick up their belongings, nor could they touch the walls by the street! Everything was so close at hand, yet always separated by about a finger's width of invisible membrane.

"Fellow Daoist, give us a hand!" One of the sea demons was spinning in panic, "Pull me over! I... I just wanted to hide away to avoid the disaster, but how come it's like this..."

He had nothing left except the fish skin clothing he wore, even the magic artifact hairpin holding his hair had fallen onto the street, his hair was loose, and he was so anxious he was nearly in tears, "That's my whole fortune, without them, I won't even have anything to eat!"

Seeing him so flustered that he was babbling, his companions, relatively calm, swam over and patted his shoulder as a gesture to calm him down.

"It's surely an anomaly caused by spiritual energy fluctuations. Let's stay here and once the fluctuation passes, we'll be able to retrieve the storage bags."

"That's right, relax a bit."

"Since ancient times, those who adapt are wise. Look, even the vast Hai Family is thinking of fleeing; we just made the right choice, no need to be so nervous..."

Hearing this, Hai Xunche suddenly shivered, his back felt chilly, and his hairs stood on end!

He stepped forward to tread on the storage bags, indeed still unable to touch them, as if a small and inconspicuous rounded bump was protruding from the ground, he could even walk straight over it.

𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

"Fellow Daoists, are you..." A rapidly aging Hai Xunche, after burning his lifespan, asked in a low voice, his eyes flashing with a bizarre light, "not believing in the oracle, not believing in the Sea God?"

The few sea demons exchanged glances without answering.

Hai Xunche unconcernedly reached out to touch, indeed finding that between him and the fleeing sea demons, lay an invisible membrane preventing either side from touching the other.

The sea demons excluded outside, though, could touch each other.

Suddenly realizing something was amiss, some of the sea demons turned pale, "We, we were abandoned by the Sea God?"

"No, to be precise, it's you who don't believe in the Sea God, abandoning and betraying Him." Hai Xunche suddenly understood and felt fortunate to witness this scene, immediately kneeling down with hands clasped in prayer, "Sea God bless, the believer Hai Xunche faithfully worships the Sea God, seeking your protection."

He clearly didn't believe before, but shocked by the scene, he chose to turn back to the path.

In the vast Hai Family mansion behind, sea demons continually swam out towards the vast sea. Having discovered everything they carried on themselves, except their clothing, had all fallen off, they anxiously swam back only to find Xiyue City no longer accepted sea demons who betrayed the Sea God.

Aside from the cold, dark boundless seawater, the runaway sea demons ended up with nothing.

They shouted and called for help, even if they could never return to the city for protection, just retrieving their accumulated treasures and wealth would do. But even the sea demons remaining in the city couldn't touch any of those belongings.

Unaware, more and more traitors arose, soon regretting yet finding no way back.

Gazing at the scene, the streets, lanes, and rooftops were densely scattered with various storage bags, myriad magical artifacts and treasures, and medicinal materials or minerals, glistening dreamily and fantastically.