Chapter 1174 - 1173: Sea Demon Cave Heaven
"It turns out that human cultivators can also exchange Heavenly Earth Elixirs and treasures with sea monsters. Awesome. From now on, I can go myself. What exactly is the world of sea monsters like?" Zhang Bin anticipated eagerly.
Soon, they arrived above the ocean.
Wu Jun and Zhang Bin descended onto the ocean.
Of course, this was a special area of the sea.
They rapidly sank down.
The depth of the sea here had reached an astonishing level.
A depth of 300 kilometers.
Down below, the pressure was as if mountains were pressing down.
Ordinary cultivators, even those who cultivate to the Nascent Soul Initial Stage, might not be able to withstand such terrifying pressure.
One must rely on powerful magical treasures to resist.
However, Zhang Bin and Wu Jun’s bodies were incredibly strong; they landed at the sea bottom with ease.
Here lies a deep black hole.
Emitting a chilling and overwhelming aura.
With no gatekeeper monsters around.
"This is a passage leading to the Sea Demon Cave Heaven. Only cultivators of the Integration Realm, with powerful high-grade defense magical treasures, have the right to enter; otherwise, they will be crushed by the terrifying pressure," said Wu Jun.
"Let’s go, let’s go..."
Zhang Bin was already impatient, charging ahead.
This was a slanted downward passage.
To a fearsome depth.
It sank about five hundred kilometers before reaching the end.
In front were two gilded grand cave doors.
"Sea Demon Cave Heaven."
Four large characters, Dragon-Fly-Phoenix-Dance, emitted extraordinary oppression and grandeur.
Four monsters stood upright outside the doors.
Of course, they were in human form, clearly monsters who had cultivated to the Transformative Realm.
However, their bodies were slender, appearing somewhat trim.
With some red hair on their heads.
"They must be shrimp demons; they look quite commanding,"
Zhang Bin wondered with curiosity in his heart.
"Who are you? Do you have a pass?"
A shrimp demon blocked Zhang Bin and Wu Jun, shouting fiercely.
"What the heck, we need a pass?"
Zhang Bin was dumbfounded.
"Here."
In Wu Jun’s hand suddenly appeared a white shell.
Evidently, it was the pass.
The shrimp demon glanced at it and returned it to Wu Jun.
The cave doors also opened with a rumble.
Zhang Bin and Wu Jun stepped inside.
Then Zhang Bin was stupefied like a fool.
Because the world inside was too strange, something he wouldn’t dare to imagine even in dreams.
In front was an ocean, vast and boundless.
However, in the ocean, countless gilded cities stood.
Exploding with multicolored light.
Above the sky hung a dazzling sun, releasing immense light and heat.
On the ocean, there were numerous ships and yachts.
Many monsters and fairies played among them, presenting a uniquely beautiful scene.
These monsters and fairies had very terrifying forms.
Most were half-human, half-monster, such as a person’s body with a fish’s tail.
Or with horns on their heads and scales on their faces.
"If I hadn’t obtained that cellphone and walked the path of cultivation, I would never have known that in the depths of the ocean lies such a Cave Heaven Blessed Land. Where many sea monsters live their incredibly happy and joyous lives," Zhang Bin reflected deeply.
"The Sea Demon Cave Heaven is the largest of all Cave Heavens on Earth, covering over 30 million square kilometers. It produces many magical Heavenly Earth Elixirs and many special treasures. All sea monsters who’ve cultivated successfully live here. They generally don’t like going out. And ordinary fish from outside don’t have the ability to enter," Wu Jun said, "Powerful cultivators also like to come here to exchange treasures with sea monsters."
"It’s truly a miraculous place, inaccessible to ordinary humans. And the places where ordinary humans reside turn out to be the worst places on Earth."
Zhang Bin lamented.
"Indeed. However, ordinary humans are crucial for any Cave Heaven Blessed Land. Without a vast base of ordinary people, numerous cultivation geniuses wouldn’t emerge, and sects wouldn’t be able to recruit disciples," Wu Jun said, "Generally speaking, the sects of any Cave Heaven Blessed Land won’t allow ordinary people to live within, as it would ruin the environment. Therefore, if any offspring lack cultivation aptitude, they send them out to the human world. The same goes for sea monsters; if their offspring lack cultivation aptitude, they send them to the outside oceans. Of course, like our human sects, they routinely go outside to select sea beasts with cultivation aptitude..."
"So Cave Heaven Blessed Lands and the surface, humans and sects, monsters and wild beasts, form a biological chain. They rely on each other. Only some humans and some sea beasts can luckily enter sects, enter the Sea Demon Cave Heaven, and learn Earth’s true face," Zhang Bin concluded in his heart.
"Never argue with monsters, nor gaze lustfully at beautiful fairies. This can easily cause trouble. After all, there are many kinds and numbers of sea monsters, many have cultivated to the Great Demon Realm, and those at the Heavenly Monster Realm are not limited to just the Sea Demon King," Wu Jun said seriously, "Come on, now let’s go to the Monster King City."
Then, the two of them slowly rose and flew straight towards the depths of the ocean.
The sky was exceptionally blue, the air extraordinarily fresh, even containing a large amount of spiritual energy.
The spiritual energy was certainly emitted from the ocean.
After all, the ocean had too many Heavenly Earth Elixirs planted within.
For instance, one type of Heavenly Earth Elixir that Zhang Bin didn’t recognize took the form of a Large Tree, growing from the ocean floor all the way up, breaking the ocean surface and towering high in the sky.
Like towering pines.
Constantly processing spiritual energy.
Emitted into the air and ocean.
"This is Spirit Pine; it can only grow in the ocean. The pine nuts are a precious Heavenly Earth Elixir used to refine various elixirs, which many major sects come to buy," Wu Jun explained while flying.
And among the numerous monsters playing in the ocean, none came to stop the two of them.
Seemingly neither curious nor aggressive.
"Though they appear very friendly, if they weren’t aware of our strength and couldn’t guarantee defeating us, they would have already charged at us to eat us," Wu Jun transmitted, "Humans are delicious food to savage monsters and fairies, especially us cultivators whom they prefer to eat. It allows quicker enhancement of their power."
"If they want to eat me, I’ll stand right here and let them bite, but they won’t pierce my skin," Zhang Bin said boastfully.
"Do not underestimate monsters. Most of them possess Bloodline Divine Ability, with extremely sharp teeth, refined through blood sacrifices into incredibly powerful high-grade magical artifacts that can pierce our defenses," Wu Jun said seriously.