Beginning Of Multiverse Saga-Chapter 426: Feather Abyss?
"Is there something wrong with this water?" Sharky asked, stunned. He had tested it out before and hadn’t noticed anything strange with it.
The Fiend Emperor didn’t say anything. He simply removed a feather from his clothes and tossed it in.
To a certain degree, the Golden Crow race were still birds. That was why they liked to use feather decorations for their clothes. The kinds of feathers that could be used for the Fiend Emperor’s clothes were naturally of the highest quality. They were incredibly light, and such clothes were warm during the winter and cool during the summer.
And yet, when the feather landed on the water’s surface, it didn’t even flutter and just sank like a rock.
"What is going on?" the others cried in horror.
The Fiend Emperor said, "Not even a goose feather can float in this water. That is more than enough to prove how dangerous it is."
The Golden Crow Crown Prince immediately began flattering him, saying, "Fortunately, father emperor’s skills are so extraordinary that you were able to get through it completely unharmed! Otherwise, if it were the rest of us, we would have already drowned to death."
The Fiend Emperor stroked his beard, clearly enjoying the praise. In truth, he had actually been in quite a bit of danger and almost paid a severe price.
The lake water was too special. If he had been trapped inside, there really was a chance that he would have lost his life.
Still, the same way eighty-year-old men still liked eighteen-year-old girls, no matter how old he was, he still couldn’t resist the great feeling of showing off.
He felt incredibly refreshed when he saw the two grandmasters Charlotte and Diana, and even that acquaintance Alina, looking at him with praise. Wendy’s expression was too exaggerated and his praise seemed fake in comparison, so he ignored him.
That Sharky... Huh? What is he looking at?
Sharky was looking at the lake in front of him. He thought to himself that the words ’Not even a goose feather shall float, none shall pass’ described the legendary Durjala or Rasatala. Was the water in front of him the Durjala?
However, this looked more like a lake! It didn’t seem like a river.
"What are you looking at?" the Fiend Emperor asked, wondering whether Sharky had picked up on some clues. Unknown Regions were just too mysterious, and he was experiencing heaven and man deterioration.
The expedition this time was related to whether or not he could continue existing in this world, so he naturally didn’t dare to relax in the slightest.
"It’s nothing, it’s just that I was wondering how this lake water was created," Sharky replied nonchalantly.
"Did you figure out anything else?" the Fiend Emperor asked.
"If even you couldn’t figure anything out, why in the world would I be able to?" Sharky spread his arms and shrugged, as if the Fiend Emperor had asked a really dumb question.
The Fiend Emperor was speechless. He said with a snort, "Stop wasting time and lead the way."
He wouldn’t go so far as to get angry over something like that. Instead, his attention shifted to the great mountains off to the side. If there really was a method of immortality in the Unknown Region, that was where it would be.
Sharky shrugged and didn’t refuse. He walked ahead of the party and scouted the way.
The three women subconsciously moved a bit closer to him. Alina asked through ki, "Should we look for a chance to run later?"
Charlotte and Diana opened their mouths and were about to say something, but Sharky shook his head and said, "It’s meaningless. An earth immortal wouldn’t let us escape at all. Furthermore, even though we’re communicating through ki, considering how close we are, I reckon that it hasn’t escaped the Fiend Emperor’s ears either."
Alina jumped in alarm and reflexively looked at the Fiend Emperor.
The Fiend Emperor said indifferently, "You are still quite young, but your knowledge does not seem to match your age." It seemed he had indeed perceived their conversation.
Alina’s face turned a bit white. Sharky patted her hand, consoling her. However, the real reason he knew that was because previously, the Second Empress hadn’t dared to talk to him when she was on the elevated platform. That had been precisely out of the fear that the Fiend Emperor would pick up on it.
Sigh, if the Fiend Emperor knew about my relationship with the Second Empress, I would be dead for sure.
"Father emperor, please allow your son to put a seal on their bodies. That way, they will not start anything," said the Golden Crow Crown Prince. He had fought against them before and knew that their cultivation ranks were all very high. Furthermore, now that he knew about the two grandmasters’ real identities, he suddenly felt a strong sense of danger.
"There is no need because I am here," the Fiend Emperor said indifferently. All those beneath the earth immortal rank were ants.
"Understood..."the Golden Crow Crown Prince replied. He didn’t really agree, but he was worried that he would be perceived as looking down on his father’s cultivation if he pushed the issue further. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎
Sharky suddenly stopped and said, "I just noticed something."
There was a giant tortoise-shaped boulder in front of him. In front of its head was a stone tablet. Both the tortoise and the tablet were completely overgrown with weeds, and even some thick vines. The group could vaguely make out some words written on them.
When the Golden Crow Crown Prince saw that, he quickly sent some Golden Crow flames over, burning away all of the weeds and vines to reveal the stone tablet underneath. They didn’t know what the material of the stone tablet was made of, but it remained completely fine beneath the Golden Crow Sacred Fire.
There were two characters carved vertically on the tablet. However, they resembled some kind of decorative design. Even after looking for a long time, the group couldn’t figure anything out. They looked at each other in dismay.
The Fiend Emperor pondered the situation, concluding that they seemed to be characters from ancient times. He had seen them once by coincidence. Unfortunately, he didn’t understand them either. He looked at Wendy, asking, "Do you know these characters?"
Wendy moved over and studied the tablet closely before saying, "These seem to be some characters from ancient times, but they’ve already become a lost language. I only recognize a single character. This one seems to be ’feather’. The other character is too complicated. I’ve never seen it before."
"Feather?" The Fiend Emperor’s brows furrowed slightly. What did that mean?
The others all began to make their own guesses. Only Sharky had a strange expression on his face. The characters were oracle bone inscriptions, an early form of Sanskrit script.
Sharky knew it because, in the Marvelous Multiverse, where he lived, there was a Country named India. And there, Sanskrit was used.
And when he was searching all over the earth for hidden territory and mysteries. He has learnt about Sanskrit.
Even though he didn’t dare to claim that he knew them all, he recognized about seventy to eighty percent of them.
What was carved on the stone tablet were the two characters ’feather abyss’.
It seemed that the massive lake was none other than the so-called Feather Abyss.
"Feather Abyss..." Sharky silently mouthed the two words. He felt that the two words were somehow familiar, but he couldn’t think of where he had heard them, no matter how he tried.
The Fiend Emperor asked Wendy, "Are there any mechanisms here?"
Wendy looked around. He shook his head and said, "There aren’t. This is just an ordinary stone tablet and statue. There aren’t any secret paths or rooms."
"Ordinary?" The Fiend Emperor sneered. Not even the Golden Crow Sacred Fire could leave behind any traces on the stones’ surface, so how could they be called ordinary?
He then looked toward Charlotte, who shook her head. There weren’t any signs of rune formations there.
"Let’s continue then," the Fiend Emperor said with a frown.
The Golden Crow Crown Prince opened his mouth, as if he had some thoughts, yet didn’t dare to speak.
"When did you become so fearful and cowardly?" the Fiend Emperor asked, feeling a bit dissatisfied.
The crown prince then replied in a strange tone, "That stone tortoise seems to be looking at me."
The others were surprised. They turned around to look at the stone tortoise and saw that its eyes were shining a bit. It seemed to be turning around and looking at them. They immediately felt a chill run down their backs.
The Fiend Emperor said coldly, "It is nothing more than the angle we are looking at it from and how the sun is hitting it. I am certain that the stone tortoise is an inanimate object."
At the same time, he inwardly marveled at the mystical nature of Unknown Regions. There was actually something like a sun inside.
"If the father emperor says that it is not alive, then there should be no mistake," the Golden Crow Crown Prince said, sighing in relief.
The Fiend Emperor gave the stone tortoise a look. Even though it was an inanimate object, it indeed gave him an indescribable feeling. Suddenly, he raised his hand, unleashing a streak of golden light. A crack opened up on the giant stone tortoise’s back.
"Hm?" the Fiend Emperor exclaimed in surprise. Even though the stone tortoise was large, normally, with his cultivation, he could easily cleave open a mountain peak with a single attack. And yet, he had actually only left behind a single crack on its back!
He harrumphed and waved his hand again. This time, the golden light was even more dazzling.
How powerful was the full-strength attack of an earth immortal? The crack in the stone tortoise’s body began to grow larger and larger. With a loud crash, the tortoise broke in half, and the two halves fell to the ground.
Soon afterward, the group saw what was inside. Their expressions changed.
"Bones! There are so many bones!"
As the giant tortoise cracked open, it revealed rows of bones inside. Every single one was incredibly large. There was also a bone running along its back that was several dozen meters long; a good portion of it was buried in the dirt.
"This is..." The party was shocked. The object had turned out not to be a stone tortoise statue, but rather a great beast that had turned to stone beneath the ravages of time.
The Fiend Emperor gave it a look and said, "This is not some giant tortoise. If I am not mistaken, this is more like the remains of one of the Ocean races’ Great Whales. Of course, there seem to be some differences from the Great Whales." As the Fiend Emperor, and moreover one who had lived for so long, his knowledge and experiences were naturally extraordinary.
Off to the side, the Golden Crow Crown Prince attentively showered his father in praise. Then, he said, "If the bones are so big, the creature itself must have been a powerful expert. I wonder why it is lying here."
The Fiend Emperor’s gaze landed on the bones. When he saw the sparkling radiance on their surface, he was inwardly shocked. This thing seemed to be even stronger than the Ocean races’ Great Whale race’s clan leader. As expected of a creature from the Unknown Regions.
He became excited again when he thought of that, as it raised his expectations for the exploration.
