Chapter 1505 - 1072: Collision, Fusion, and Fall_2
"This turmoil won’t last long, and the Mermaid Race doesn’t have many resources to begin with, so I don’t need any." Jiang Yuan interrupted him, waved his hand, and smiled: "After the turmoil is over, you’ll still need to guard the tribe and live. And that statue..."
He glanced at the Cthulhu-style Statue, and said with a wry smile: "Why not just leave it, I’ll find a more appropriate statue for you to worship later."
𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞
Yaoguang, who had finally finished her tasks and had time to wander over, was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, "Why? That’s a statue our tribe has worshipped for many, many years. Do you think it looks bad?"
Is this about whether it looks good or not? The main issue is that you’ve been worshipping the wrong one!
"This way, just wait a moment, and once the sun and moon disappear, you’ll know why." Jiang Yuan looked up, the sea sun was in the sky, and a faint sea moon rose from the East, visibly moving toward the sea sun.
Seeing him look up, the Clan Leader and others instinctively followed his gaze, and then looked visibly alarmed.
"The sun and moon in the sky! This, this couldn’t be..."
"Look quickly, the sea moon is moving so fast!"
"Will they collide?"
"Ah! I get it! The collision of the sun and moon will destroy them, and after that, they’ll disappear completely..."
......
While the merfolk were shouting loudly at the Seashell Cave Mansion, various cities, sects, and demon creature-dense areas in the undersea world also noticed this unusual phenomenon in the sky.
One passed to ten, ten to a hundred, almost all sea demons opened their windows, walked onto the streets, and looked up.
Faces filled with shock and confusion, eyes wide and mouths open, watching the sea moon collide toward the sea sun!
"It’s over! They’ve collided!"
"The divine oracle has just been sent out, and it’s already... happening so soon..."
"What are you standing there for? Run for your lives!"
"Everyone, don’t panic, quickly close up as Patriarch instructed, as long as we sincerely pray to the Sea God, He will surely protect us."
"Idiot! At this time, you still believe in that nonsense..."
......
Some sea demons held their heads and fled, fearing they would be affected if they left late; some sea demons were calm, hands clasped, silently praying to the Sea God for protection; more were like Yun Shu and Yun Ying, not daring to blink as they watched the sea moon and sea sun collide.
The imagined explosion did not happen; on the contrary, the sea moon and sea sun actually fused together, becoming larger, rounder, and brighter!
Then, amid the sea demons’ cries of surprise, that round, bright sun-and-moon combination moved swiftly across the sky, as if a kite with a broken string, it dropped straight down to the world’s edge, and suddenly vanished!
The sky of the undersea world abruptly darkened.
Colorful lanterns in the market lit up, swaying in the cold waves, but could only illuminate a small area.
"Let’s close the shop," Yun Ying whispered, "Both the market and the cities will be in chaos."
Yun Shu nodded in agreement, closed the shop doors, and sent a message to Mr. Jiang.
Jiang Yuan ignored the message because that sun-and-moon combination was heading toward him.
A group of cute and lively mermaids had been looking worriedly at the sky at the prospect of the sun and moon colliding and falling; the next moment, when they saw the round, bright ball of light fall from the sky, heading straight for the mermaid tribe, screams suddenly pierced the sky!
"Mr. Jiang, run quick!"
"Careful! It’s falling!"
"Oh no! Mr. Run and hide!"
Yaoguang, who was closest to Jiang Yuan, was so frightened she turned pale, but from somewhere found the courage, swished her beautiful big tail over, wanting to pull him to the nearby Seashell Cave Mansion;
Tian Qu on the other side also rushed over at the fastest speed;
The High Priest was relatively the calmest, holding a staff in his right hand, forming a seal with his left hand, conjuring a gentle water ball from the sky!
Everything happened too quickly, in an instant.
Just as Yaoguang grabbed Jiang Yuan’s arm, Tian Qu gave him a push from behind, and the massive ball of light had already crashed down, followed by the High Priest’s slightly slower water ball.
Then, the light disappeared.
In their eagerness to save Jiang Yuan, Yaoguang and Tian Qu used all their strength, causing the unprepared Jiang Yuan to stumble, almost falling flat. Luckily, right after they got tangled together, the High Priest’s water ball "bonged" softly, enveloping the three, making them lose their balance and float in the huge water sphere.
Yaoguang and Tian Qu: ???
Jiang Yuan: !!!
High Priest: ...
All the merfolk: Meow meow meow? What happened?
[Side Quest: Sea God]
[Task 6: Collect the scattered Divine Soul Fragments of the Sea God (6/6), completed. Reward: Divine Enthronement Atlas +1 issued]
[Task 7: Feed ten Immortal Soul Pills to the Sea God’s Divine Soul. Reward: Divinity +100]
The Seashell Cave Mansion stood firmly, with a faint light glowing in the courtyard, barely dispelling the surrounding boundless darkness.
After a brief period of chaos, the water ball was retrieved by the High Priest.
Holding the Ink Jade Space in his hand, Jiang Yuan smiled and explained: "Thank you for thinking of rescuing me in that urgent moment. However, Sister Hai Shen was originally coming for me, and see, She’s already inside it."
As he spoke, he addressed the Ink Jade Space: "Sis, can you provide the Mermaid Race with a Sea God statue to worship? The one they originally had was sculpted based on your reflection on the rock wall, created through imagination and greatly differs from your actual appearance.
Although sincere belief works anyway, regardless of the form of worship, the disparity shouldn’t be so large, at least let the devout believers know what you look like, right?"
The small blue fish inside the Ink Jade Space swam leisurely and smiled, "Very well, I shall personally carve a statue and bestow it upon the Mermaid Race."
With that, She willed a top-quality gem from the depths of the ocean. In an instant, a nearly ten-meter-tall, dazzling statue emerged in the air.
"Wow!"
The merfolk peering out from the Seashell Cave Mansion collectively exclaimed in awe.
It was a statue carved from fine, white gem, with a dignified and compassionate face, hair lush and soft like seaweed yet full of robust life energy, a slender figure mostly hidden beneath a simple dress, arms outstretched slightly as if holding up the world, or offering abundant blessings to followers.
"In the name of the Sea God, I bestow this statue upon the Mermaid Race. Your sincere worship and prayers, I can sense them, don’t worry, when the undersea turmoil ends, the devout followers will receive divine blessings."
Her ethereal yet majestic voice echoed, and the statue floated to the plaza amid the petals above the Seashell Cave Mansion, emitting a faint glow that complemented the light blue architecture.
The Clan Leader, moved to tears, fell down in front of the statue in reverence; the High Priest led the clan in devout worship.
After bowing, Tian Qu looked up at the Sea God statue, then looked back at the now invisible tribal statue, muttering in disbelief: "The Sea God statue we’ve been worshipping for so many years was wrong! And it was so far off!"
"Mr. Jiang knows the Sea God and even calls Her sister?" Yaoguang rubbed her face hard, feeling like she was dreaming, yet it wasn’t a dream.
After being dazed, she finally realized—aren’t the brother of a god also gods? So, what kind of god is Mr. Jiang? Why can everyone look directly at him?
There wasn’t more time for Yaoguang to ponder or guess, as besides the endless darkness that came with the disappearance of the undersea sun and moon, there was also a sharp drop in spiritual energy and the opening of the barrier.
"There!" Tian Qu gathered all his energy, looking toward the old family records of the secret realm’s location, indeed finding an array emitting weak light influenced by the spiritual energy fluctuations.
No time to delay, the clan leader and High Priest, who had agreed to help, prepared to forcefully break the increasingly bright array after exchanging a look.
"Hold on, I can try to unlock it," Jiang Yuan hastily stopped them, thinking that having a true expert here wasn’t professional?
To violently destroy the array, not to mention whether it can be smoothly opened. Even if it can be destroyed to let Tian Qu in, what if dangerous things inside the well-preserved secret realm escape?
What if demon cultivators from the wilderness come after its scent and loot the ancestral secret realm clean?
"Sir, the method to open the secret realm entry left by our ancestors has been lost," Tian Qu quietly explained: "And this secret realm only allows descendants with blood ties to enter, once the spiritual energy fluctuation ends, it will hide again and be unseen."