Invincible Dad
Chapter 866: Could It Be That You Are Also a Whale
No wonder Sikong Jiu doesn’t want to go.
Who knows if that damn Giant Whale will wake up again? What if it carries him into the Annihilation Space once more?
Xu Lai smiled kindly, "Not going?"
Sikong Jiu shivered under the gaze and said in a small, aggrieved voice, "Going."
"Hmm."
On the road.
The Eight Desolate Cauldron said in a simple voice, "Great Emperor Qingfeng, lately too many strong ones in the Immortal Domain have fallen. I feel—"
"Are you trying to teach Xu Qingfeng how to handle things?" the Qingfeng Sword Spirit interrupted.
The Eight Desolate Cauldron was stunned, then quickly changed the topic, "The aura of the Great Emperor still comes from the sea eye. This time... we must trouble Great Emperor Qingfeng."
"No problem." 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶
Xu Lai said calmly, "Let it lead the way."
Sikong Jiu was first stunned, then suddenly remembered something and smacked his forehead, "Oh, right, there’s this fellow."
Saying that, a stream of light flashed.
The two Emperor Artifacts looked over and found it was the Chaos Three-leaf Clover.
Although Sikong Jiu had arranged a ’home’ for the Chaos Three-leaf Clover on Earth, he was really not reassured leaving such a precious treasure that he sought for a cycle of reincarnation on Earth alone, so he brought it along.
The Chaos Three-leaf Clover basked in daylight again, its initial impulse was to run, but its roots stopped just as they started to move.
An Emperor of this generation.
A former Great Emperor.
Two Emperor Artifacts.
Heh.
What’s the point of bullying a spirit plant?
If you have the guts, go find my good neighbor!
Thinking of its good neighbor, the Giant Whale, the Chaos Three-leaf Clover felt more and more wronged. After all, it had lived there for a whole reincarnation cycle, often chatting with its lonely neighbor.
Although it never got a response.
Yet what did years of selfless company ultimately bring?
When it was captured, its good neighbor didn’t react at all!
A heart full of love.
It was misplaced after all.
This Immortal Domain can never be alright.
"Clover, lead the way, go find Li Bahuang."
Sikong Jiu spoke confidently. In front of the Supreme Emperor, one should be humble, but there was no need to be timid in front of the Chaos Three-leaf Clover.
"I really don’t know."
Chaos Three-leaf Clover was so aggrieved it almost cried.
In past cycles, there were an unbelievable number of cultivators entering the sea eye, at least seventy or eighty if not three or five hundred.
Among them were those in the Emperor Realm.
There were also Quasi-Emperors with little life left, forcibly entering with the help of magical treasures or spirit plants.
As for the Immortal Venerables, Clover had never seen them, probably all dead where it couldn’t see.
But without exception.
Everyone who entered died.
At first, the Chaos Three-leaf Clover would pay attention, but later it became numb and completely ignored them.
Who would pay attention to people doomed to die?
That’s too cruel.
So when Sikong Jiu asked the Chaos Three-leaf Clover to lead the way, it truly put it in a difficult position.
"Take us to the places where they died," the Eight Desolate Cauldron said concisely.
"I..."
The Clover instinctively wanted to refuse but then said, "Okay, I’ll lead the way!"
But in its heart, it huffed: I’ll lead you all to a dead end, and once you’re all dead, I can just leave!
Sikong Jiu added, "Supreme Emperor, place a restriction on Clover. If any of us gets hurt, Clover will be buried with us."
"???"
I am a plant.
But you’re not human either.
Xu Lai beckoned, and the restriction was placed.
The Chaos Three-leaf Clover immediately wilted, "I’ll try my best to lead well."
Northern Immortal Domain.
The vast North Sea was as silent as ever.
The monsters that should have been rampant were eerily quiet, and the liquefied spiritual energy formed an ocean, flowing into the sea eye.
"It’s here."
The Eight Desolate Cauldron’s voice suddenly became a bit excited, the closer they got, the clearer the aura of Emperor Bahuang became.
It was Xu Lai and Sikong Jiu who, albeit slightly, furrowed their brows.
Indeed, there was an Emperor Realm aura, seemingly still alive.
And this Emperor Realm aura was very strong, as if at the peak of an Emperor Realm state.
"Interesting."
Xu Lai tilted his head, "Let’s go, take a look at this Emperor Bahuang."
The two men, two artifacts, and a plant all entered the sea eye.
It was still a bottomless ’well’, with a diameter of ten thousand feet.
The edge of the well was filled with countless potholes, and every ten breaths, spiritual liquid would pour down like a waterfall.
Then it would be absorbed into the well wall.
Repeating like this, over and over.
Xu Lai’s group knew it was the unknown Giant Whale resting.
Xu Lai’s expression was somewhat dazed.
Not long ago.
The Giant Whale entered the Annihilation Space. Sitting on top of the Giant Whale, Xu Lai didn’t know why he fell asleep, only feeling that he had a very long dream.
In the dream, he didn’t know how much time had passed.
Xu Lai woke up, plunged into endless loneliness and negative emotions, and then felt less intent to kill the Giant Whale, but rather inexplicably more pity.
Yes.
Because of that dream, forgotten upon waking, Xu Lai began to pity the Giant Whale.
Now, back at the sea eye.
Xu Lai didn’t feel any danger. He reached out to touch the well wall, which seemed to be breathing, still able to feel that indescribable solitude.
Like a person, searching alone for something in the boundless ocean.
"Supreme Emperor, you’re... crying," Sikong Jiu exclaimed in shock.
Xu Lai came back to his senses, a tear in the corner of his eye disappearing in an instant.
The Chaos Three-leaf Clover was shocked.
It realized that Great Emperor Qingfeng had some connection here with its good neighbor, and it hurriedly said:
"Supreme Emperor, have you discovered something!"
Together for a cycle.
For the Giant Whale, which had never communicated, the Clover still held gratitude, as it had granted it a carefree refuge.
The Chaos Three-leaf Clover hoped it could understand the other better.
"Nothing discovered."
Xu Lai truthfully expressed his feelings, plunging the scene into a long silence.
Was the Giant Whale very lonely?
Yes.
It was probably the only one in the entire Immortal Domain, without a kin to communicate with, not feeling lonely would be strange.
But why could they not feel it, while the Supreme Emperor could?
"Could it be, you’re also a whale?" the Chaos Three-leaf Clover asked uncertainly.
"Bang!"
Accompanied by a woman’s soft hum, the sword intent from the Qingfeng Sword directly blasted Clover into the deep well.
"Ahhhh!"
The screams echoed in the deep well, exceptionally loud.
"Let’s keep moving down."
Xu Lai could sense that the Emperor Realm pressure was at the very bottom of the deep well.
They continued descending for a whole month, yet still hadn’t reached the bottom, but that Emperor’s might became increasingly intense.
Another month passed without reaching the bottom.
At this point.
There was no spiritual energy present.
Moreover, the well walls were continually absorbing the spiritual energy from Xu Lai and the others.
"If we keep going down, we’ll be sucked dry," Sikong Jiu gasped, "Supreme Emperor, we should turn back."
The Eight Desolate Cauldron was somewhat unwilling, but it was unable to prevent them, as this indeed seemed to be the limit.
Going further down, they might all be buried here.
"Continue."
Xu Lai spoke calmly.
Those two words spurred them to travel in the darkness for another month, yet still, they didn’t reach the bottom.
By now, not only the ever-cautious Sikong Jiu but even the Eight Desolate Cauldron advised to leave.
Xu Lai didn’t answer them.
Instead, he softly said, "Senior, we’ve come this far, yet... you still refuse to meet."