The Shining Star Above The Heaven-Chapter 970: The Reason

Klein was slightly stunned, but Aldrian continued.

"I’m curious because I could sense your spirit when you voluntarily wanted to guide us toward the Divine Wrath Sea, which is strange when others fear it. Why is that, if I may ask? Well, if you do not want to tell your story, then you do not have to. I am just curious about your reason, that’s all."

Klein fell silent for a moment and looked at the ocean ahead. His expression turned to one of reminiscence. Aldrian did not say anything else and also looked toward the sea.

After a few moments of silence, Klein finally opened his lips.

"It’s because I want to look for my father’s traces. He disappeared two years ago in that sea region," he said, then took a deep breath.

"My father is someone who has a passion for the mysteries of the Divine Wrath Sea. He was eager to uncover its secrets. That is why, for a long time, he learned everything known about this sea region from any records he could find and liked to observe it personally. Sometimes, he would sit on his cruiser or ship for days, or even more than a month, near that dangerous sea region, just researching how he could pass through the Divine Wrath Sea."

Klein’s expression then turned sad.

"Three years ago, when my father and I were standing on the beach, we saw a beautiful aurora in the sky. It was so mesmerizing that we forgot our surroundings and even the gloomy atmosphere caused by the war."

"But not long after that, my father noticed something strange in the sea. The sea seemed to retreat, making the shoreline much farther from our position. It was like a tsunami was about to occur, yet no tsunami followed."

"Then, we suddenly saw a blue light on the horizon. It lasted only a few seconds before disappearing. From its direction, we knew that the blue light came from the Divine Wrath Sea. At that moment, my father hurriedly wanted to depart to check what that phenomenon was."

"We had never seen any sign from that sea region before, and this made my father truly ecstatic. I wanted to go with him, but he forbade me and ordered me to stay with my family. In the end, he departed alone on his cruiser..." Klein paused as he released a sigh.

"That was the last time I saw my father. He never came back, and there has been no news about him at all."

"If only I had followed my father at that time," he added before stopping.

Aldrian finally understood and looked forward. He did not have any words of consolation for Klein, as this was something beyond his current capacity to change.

His father might already be dead at this moment, and there was nothing he could do about it. The place where his followers built the faith gathering site was truly dangerous. No beings of the First Heaven could enter it, and even an immortal would have great difficulty doing so.

If Klein’s father forced himself to enter the Divine Wrath Sea, which he strongly suspected to be the location of the faith gathering place, then he might already be dead.

But then he picked up on the details of Klein’s story. The day Klein’s father departed was the same day they saw the beautiful aurora in the sky.

The timing also aligned with when he absorbed the remnants of the golden energy left behind by Feng Xuanyan and Long Shentian, and the Barisan Continent opened to the world.

The moment the Barisan Continent opened to the entire world, countless people saw the sign from the universe, just as Feng Xuanyan had said. From what he had heard, beautiful auroras appeared across the world, and he knew that was the sign.

Klein said that a blue light appeared from the direction of the Divine Wrath Sea not long after the aurora appeared.

Did that mean something inside the Divine Wrath Sea reacted to the sign of his return?

If that was the case, then he believed he was already heading in the right direction toward the faith gathering place. He had already sensed the flow of faith energy toward the Divine Wrath Sea before their departure, and this only strengthened his belief.

"Uhm, sir, my apologies if I ask this, but are you not from this world? For you to want to go to the Divine Wrath Sea is something only someone who does not know the true danger of that sea region would do. Someone not from this world," Klein asked carefully.

Aldrian smiled. "Yes, I am not from this world, and I have heard about the dangerous region called the Divine Wrath Sea, which has been said to be undiscoverable since ancient times in this world."

"Uhm, if I may ask, is there any specific reason for you to visit that place?" But then he realized that he had asked too much and instantly bowed.

"Ah, I’m sorry, sir. It is not my intention to meddle in your affairs. It’s just that I’m really curious. Anyone who wants to visit that place would be branded as crazy or even blasphemous by the people of this world." Klein then looked forward again toward the vast sea.

"Just like my father, who truly wanted to uncover the mysteries of that sea region, many thought that he had lost his mind by courting death by constantly nearing that place. Many mocked him for trying to uncover something impossible to uncover, and some even tried to stop him forcefully, believing that what he did could attract the wrath of the sea god."

Aldrian finally understood why those three troublemakers with arrogant expressions had seemed to want to trouble Klein. This was a case where the child also had to bear the brunt of what the parent had done.

Klein’s father’s reputation was not good because of his research on the Divine Wrath Sea, and Klein was affected by it.

Many people of his age mocked him because of his father.

Still, Aldrian smiled and looked forward.

"Well, what I can say is that I like challenges, and I want to challenge anything dangerous. The Divine Wrath Sea is one of the places that I thought could satisfy me."

Klein was stunned. He did not expect to hear such a reason. However, it opened his mind to the fact that there were people with such crazy hobbies.

Still, he did not understand why this crazy man had also brought three women with him.

Who were they to willingly follow this man? Did they also have the same mindset as him?

"You don’t have to worry about entering that sea region. Once we arrive at the area where I think it is too dangerous for us to continue using the cruiser, you will stay here on the cruiser with my women. As for your wish to look for your father’s traces, wait until I return from the Divine Wrath Sea. I will help you regarding your father."

Klein was astonished, but then his eyes glimmered. He did not focus on Aldrian’s arrogant words about returning from the Divine Wrath Sea. Instead, he focused on the fact that Aldrian said he would help him regarding his father.

He could not sense the cultivation of Aldrian or the three women, but he believed that they were extremely strong cultivators with great backgrounds.

Possessing such a strange and luxurious cruiser and having such a dangerous hobby must require great strength. He thought that Aldrian might be a pseudo immortal stage cultivator.

If someone like that could help him look for his father, then he believed he could find his father’s traces. He hoped that his father was still alive by some miracle, but he knew that the probability of his father already being dead was much higher.

After all, his father had gone to the most dangerous place.

But whatever his father’s fate was at this moment, at least he could know the truth and put his restless soul at ease. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Their cruiser kept flying at a constant high speed. The ladies were enjoying the scenery of the vast blue sea comfortably. With the barrier protecting them, they did not need to worry about the chaos caused by the strong winds that would sweep over them as they moved at high speed.

More than ten hours later, Klein told Aldrian to move the cruiser according to his directions. They were already reaching the territory where strong spiritual beasts at peak pseudo immortal stage residing in the deep sea.

They were territorial beings and did not like others passing through their domain, so to avoid trouble, it was better to evade them. He and his father knew the path based on the sea and the signs on the horizon.

On the horizon, they could finally see something other than a sunny sky and blue ocean. Overcast clouds covered a large part of the horizon, as if a storm were approaching them.

It was truly ominous and made their hearts tremble. They could see sparks of lightning within the stormy clouds.

Aldrian did not mind following Klein’s directions to evade the spiritual beast territories. Although he did not care about trespassing on others’ domains, he preferred a peaceful journey.

He did not need to beat anyone unless he had to.

Just as Klein had said, he could sense that some of the beings from the deep sea were attracted to them. Sometimes, he could see huge silhouettes, as long as seven kilometers, beneath the sea surface, and they came in varied shapes.

Sometimes he saw giant fish or whales. Sometimes he saw giant snakes.

They did not attack them, but only observed for a while before swimming back into the deep sea.

It seemed that as long as they did not enter their territories, the beasts did not mind their presence, though they were still curious about the newcomers.

As they continued onward for the next few hours, the storm kept drawing nearer, and they could see the previously calm sea surface beginning to form waves.

They were almost at the Divine Wrath Sea!