Chapter 2332: Eyes and Ears as the Door

Jiang Wang is now like a fish stranded on the shore, slowly no longer able to jump about, about to die of thirst.

Even if the wine in front of him is poisoned, he still needs to drink it to quench his thirst.

Then drink this cup.

Being poisoned to death is a matter for later, dying of thirst is a matter for now.

The end of Gan Quan Lane is a fork in the road.

The left side leads to the prosperous area of Jiu Quan Avenue, with tall buildings and grand houses. The right side has some small wine brewing workshops, low and humble simple houses, and people living their lives diligently.

In front is a wall, enclosing this dirty Gan Quan Lane and the confused vagrants within. A few simple bricks serve as the most convenient decorations for the city's appearance.

Gu Shi Yi turns left, Yan Sheng turns right, and Jiang Wang goes straight ahead, passing through the wall.

The vagrants in Gan Quan Lane never hear their conversation. Only now, seeing someone pass through the wall, do they slightly raise their eyes, but they also think it's a drunken dream.

Passing through a wall? In the hazy world of alcohol, there are many magical things!

Some strange tales and legends speak of wall-passing techniques, which are just basic means for extraordinary cultivators. But Jiang Wang hasn't actually learned it. It's just that at his current level, whether he starts with Yuan force or directly moves space, it's effortless.

His three venerable Dharma images all remain in brother Yan Xian's gifted courtyard, studying the sealing technique classics — brother Yan Xian says he has no worldly possessions, and gifts dwelling and property to friends.

True Person Jiang walks with his true body in the bustling market, flipping through old Mr. Yan's gifted notes on one side, and casually feeling the worldly affairs on the other.

Heaven's Way pressure is everywhere, like water flooding down from all sides.

He feels himself walking on a road from which he cannot turn back, getting closer and closer to "people", and further and further from "person".

He knows very clearly what he has left behind on the way.

He really wants to keep those feelings!

A giant turtle swims in the sky; the "Gui Mian Yu Hai Yu" is brewing a rain.

Gui Mian Yu is a kind of giant fish with a violent temperament, bloodthirsty and fond of swallowing. It is said to be the transformation of resentful souls buried in the sea, impervious to knives and guns, and appearing and disappearing without a trace. For a very long period, it was the most feared maritime disaster for the sea people, also known as "Hai Gui".

When True Monarch Shen Du was young, he mobilized a large amount of manpower and resources, and through the sixteen-character strategy of "You Biao fixed point, burying stakes to pull array, Heng Lian netting, Huai Yu swallowing poison", he cleared out the Gui Mian Yu Hai Yu, thereby becoming famous in the nearby seas and widely gaining popular support.

Now, Gui Mian Yu are almost extinct, but the name of this sea domain has been retained.

Perhaps because of the extensive killing, it has always been desolate. Although it is also in the near coastal region, there has never been much defensive pressure.

Wang Kun's master is True Person Meng Yu, who is currently stationed on Peng Lai Island in Cang Wu Realm. Peng Lai Island has always been isolated overseas, and although its true location is not apparent in the human world, it often casts influence on the sea.

Jing Country's arrangements on the sea are usually supported by Peng Lai Island.

It is also precisely because of this relationship that Wang Kun, an unlucky fellow who should have been demoted to the cold palace for eight hundred years, was able to once again obtain an opportunity to prove himself in the talented Jing Country.

He doesn't stay on the nearby sea islands much, but he has also done his homework and isn't completely ignorant.

Seeing Li Long Chuan lead the navigation route towards this desolate sea domain, he immediately asked: "Is General Li leading the wrong way?"

"No, it's exactly here," said Li Long Chuan.

Wang Kun smiled faintly: "I remember this is not the defense district of Diao Hai Lou."

"It should be now," said Li Long Chuan.

"Should?"

"If you don't believe me, go ask your friends in Diao Hai Lou." Li Long Chuan looked at him: "Or... you disagree?"

"Can I disagree?" Wang Kun asked.

Li Long Chuan sneered: "This is the decision of the Zhen Hai Alliance, representing the will of the billions of sea people on the entire nearby sea islands. It probably isn't up to Jing Country, let alone you."

Wang Kun looked at him: "I have treated Brother Li with courtesy and respect, yet Brother Li always wants to provoke me!"

"Provoke you? Where do these words come from?" Li Long Chuan put on a surprised face: "Maritime defense adjustments need to consider your Wang Kun's feelings — is that what you mean?"

Seeing him act so pretentious, Wang Kun's angry emotions were almost impossible to suppress: "General Li temporarily exchanging the defense district of Diao Hai Lou to target us is not a friendly act, is it?"

"Temporarily exchange defense district? I don't have that much power!" Li Long Chuan laughed several times, then restrained his face and said: "Perhaps because your Jing Country warriors are too elite, and you Wang Kun are too excellent, the high level of the Zhen Hai Alliance believes they can entrust you with more arduous tasks. Gui Mian Yu Hai Yu has always been a fierce place, not for ordinary people to handle!"

Wang Kun grinned: "It seems Qi Country truly treats the sea border as private property, not tolerating even half an inch for others. How many years have passed, and on the sea, there are actually no other voices? True Monarch Shen Du died so unworthily, Diao Long Ke should hold a grudge!"

Li Long Chuan didn't say much more to him, only said: "If the Jing army doesn't want to assist, they can turn back. I, Li, am also willing to open a convenient door for Brother Wang. But break the promise once, and next time you come again, it won't be so easy... I believe Brother Wang can understand!"

"Go back?" Wang Kun raised his head: "Why go back? Central Great Jing, enjoying the supremacy of the country, bearing responsibility for the world for four thousand years. Since the high level of the Zhen Hai Alliance trusts our Jing Country soldiers so much, this 'Gui Mian Yu Hai Yu' will be handed over to us!"

Those angry emotions seemed like a mask being removed. The him beneath the mask appeared steady and solid. He just waved his arm: "Pass the order, set up camp here and handle the defense matters. Also let the brothers of the sea see how Central Great Jing does things!"

The Dou E armored soldiers, known as the "world's first army", instantly flew and scattered, spreading in the air, like an opened giant net.

Li Long Chuan was silent for a moment, only watching the actions of the Jing army.

At this time, rain falls on You Hai, the rain is like being caught in a net.

The giant turtle he is standing on is suspended motionless, its heavy eyes closed at some unknown point.

When King Qin Guang opened his eyes, inside the emerald-like pupils flowed the gloomy shadows of the present world.

He looks at all this, already so different.

The Ten Thousand Immortals Palace, rumored to be forever lost in the outer sea and never to be seen again, was originally deeply hidden in this desolate sea domain, hidden in the gaps where light and sound patterns intersect.

There must be a special shocking rainbow penetrating light, and there must be an accidental sound that is instantly extinguished.

Light diagrams and sound patterns both have unique constructions, and they intersect at a special moment to truly summon the portal.

The dragging song sung by King Chu Jiang is certainly not the sound that opens the true ruins of the Ten Thousand Immortals Palace.

But the score of the dragging song was once collected by the Ten Thousand Immortals Palace, and it was obtained by King Qin Guang from the outer palace, stained with the aura of the Ten Thousand Immortals Palace, accompanying the ruins of the Ten Thousand Immortals Palace, and experiencing the passage of time.

King Chu Jiang restored the ancient song voice, and King Qin Guang then borrowed this point of connection, using the ancient dragging score as a starting point, tracing the sound's past, finding the unique sound pattern that can awaken the ruins of the Ten Thousand Immortals Palace, and sketching it.

As for the beam of light that penetrates the ruins of the Ten Thousand Immortals Palace, he had already found it earlier, but the sketching of the last few strokes of the light diagram was somewhat vague.

These days, bringing King Chu Jiang in a lonely boat floating on the sea, continuously measuring light and measuring sound, he finally approached the "true appearance" step by step.

With the perfectly identical light diagram and sound pattern, plus the true key he had obtained earlier from the hidden secret of the outer Ten Thousand Immortals Palace — the water drop-shaped jade-colored object now flashing in front of him — these three coming together... finally pushed open the grand door of these ancient ruins!

Floating and sinking in front of him is naturally not jade, but truly a drop of water.

Nine thousand six hundred years condense one drop, only born in the eternal dark vortex's "Xuan Hua Pure Water".

Even in the extremely harsh environment of the vast sea depths, the eternal dark vortex is one of the most cruel disasters. The larger the scale, the more dangerous it is.

Great Prison Sovereign Lord Zhong Xi became famous by smashing the eternal dark vortex. When Gao Ji was still here, he also guarded the eternal dark vortex for a very long time, not moving an inch.

Then, in such disasters, Xuan Hua Pure Water can be born by chance.

Naturally, ordinary strong ones cannot harvest it.

But this drop of Xuan Hua Pure Water in front of King Qin Guang is not a treasure itself, but a container — it contains light within the water drop.

The light that illuminated the Ten Thousand Immortals Palace ten thousand years ago.

Focus and look carefully, that beam of light that has experienced the passage of time, is like a dragon wandering in the water.

If you put your ear close to this water drop, you can hear the sound of tides like a song inside. So this drop of water also contains the sound of a past era.

Sound and light build dreams, ears and eyes are the doors!

That distant and illusory Immortal Palace mirage, manifested at the intersection of light and sound, steps out of the labyrinth of time, surging back to this current era.

Full of decay, all for sorrow!

This is... Ten Thousand Immortals Palace? The lingering sound of an era is so tragic, shaking the heart.

King Chu Jiang opened his mouth, but no sound came out. Fearing his own voice would startle away these traces of history.

King Qin Guang was also silent.

Green light like insects wanders all over the sky, endless withered intent over spring and autumn. He stands alone at the bow of the boat, his long robe fluttering, his waist mask blown up by the wind, the two characters "Qin Guang" seem to be dripping with blood.

He steps directly away from this boat, stepping onto the path woven by light and sound, towards the gate of the Immortal Palace that no longer exists —

Half-broken tablet, one broken wall.

The blood color is not fresh, the mourning sound cannot be heard.

What kind of mishap did it encounter that year, to cause the extremely magnificent Ten Thousand Immortals Palace, which shouted out "people are the immortals of ten thousand immortals", to decay to this state in one night?

The prosperous scene of ten thousand immortals coming to court still shines in history books. The decayed intent of broken walls and ruins has already been swallowed by time.

In the void, there is a broken bridge, flowing with green light, connecting the broken parts.

King Qin Guang in front, King Chu Jiang in back, just walk forward like this, in the hazy illusion of colors, walk over this bridge.

After crossing the bridge, King Chu Jiang casually tears, as if tearing open a door. Behind the door are densely packed white squirrels, instantly swarming out, jumping and hopping towards the ruins of the Immortal Palace.

These squirrels are quite cute, round and plump like snowballs. But their movements are agile, faster than lightning, and in the process of moving, they gradually become colorful.

Due to the need to conceal their identity, this squirrel is a breed that has never appeared in the world. It is a kind of exploration squirrel she cultivated herself — storing and eating disasters as if they were pine nuts.

Their tails will change color, embodying different colors according to different degrees of danger. There are a total of seven colors, with purple being the most fierce.

King Qin Guang then followed King Chu Jiang down the bridge, and wiped backhanded —

That broken bridge frame connecting the Ten Thousand Immortals Palace and the outside world, as if it could no longer withstand time, instantly decayed, falling like rustling dust.

He is the person who crosses the river and demolishes the bridge, enters the palace and hides the palace. He has obtained benefits through painstaking effort and several near-deaths, and naturally will not allow others to share them. This action is precisely to wipe away the traces of the Ten Thousand Immortals Palace, so that he has sufficient time to slowly explore the interior of the palace.

But just at this moment, suddenly a tide sound rises —

Boom boom boom, boom boom boom!

This sound is like a herd of beasts roaring together, shaking the sky, getting closer and closer to the ear consciousness, as if making noise in the ear.

King Chu Jiang released the last disaster-eating squirrel and turned back at the gate of the Immortal Palace to look into the distance, only to see a line of sea tide, rising extremely fast from far to near.

From afar like a line, near like a dike, when it reached their bodies, it was already vast and mighty, a high wall connecting the sky!

At the head of that tide, stood a young man wearing armor, holding a long knife in his hand, gazing at this side, high-spirited and confident, whistling loudly: "I am Tian Chang, the chief general of the Zhan Yu Army of the Great Qi Empire! Under heaven, all land belongs to the king. The shore of the East Sea is also the king's territory — the sea news is turbulent, I already fully know. What kind of rat thieves are making noise here?!"

The praying mantis catches the cicada, suddenly seeing the oriole.

King Chu Jiang's eyebrows furrowed then rose. What surprised her was the other's identity. In today's East Sea, no force can contend with Qi Country.

This suddenly appearing chief general of the Zhan Yu Army undoubtedly represents the most powerful voice in this sea domain.

But this person came alone, and did not lead an army to surround them. Regardless of the reason, it indicates that there is still room for maneuver — perhaps the other party also does not want the Qi Court to know.

That sentence "sea message turbulent" is the reason. He states that he is coming over due to the disturbance, not having been prepared beforehand — but where would King Qin Guang leave them any disturbance!

Unlike the thoughtful and very familiar with official manners, always thinking things through, King Chu Jiang, King Qin Guang is always decisive, often taking extreme paths.

He doesn't need to think first; he wants to ask you if you have the qualification to make him think!

Hearing this person stepping on the tide and making such a great fuss with nonsense, he didn't say anything, just twisted his head, his green pupils flowing with light, and looked at this person with one glance —

Before this gaze even fell, as King Qin Guang was twisting his head, Tian Chang, standing alone on the head of the tide, just shivered, feeling a chill deep into his bones! He almost subconsciously wanted to draw out the Tide Letter knife, deeply hidden in his blood.

Compared to the Great Qi army knife he now holds, that famous knife called Tide Letter has the most grand power on the sea and can slightly bring him some sense of security.

But thinking of the Tide Letter at this moment, he only realizes that the feeling of fear actually comes from the Tide Letter itself. This world-famous knife, before him, seems to foresee the fate of destruction!

King Qin Guang's one glance is the disaster of extinction!

In the indescribable fear, Tian Chang lifted his eyes and saw a piece of white —

It was a pale color.

Danger isolated, emotions eased, line of sight pulled far, then he could see clearly.

This is a hand.

A hand that cut off King Qin Guang's gaze.

Wearing shackles, pale and slender, just spread open so ordinarily, horizontally in the air.

Knuckles distinct, like five white bone mountain ridges.

They are called shackles, but the iron chains are already broken, only a few sections of iron rings are scattered and hanging, looking more like hand ornaments than iron shackles.

Tian Chang's heartstring, which had just relaxed, suddenly tensed again.

Because although the danger coming from King Qin Guang was isolated, the danger had not left. Even its arrival at this moment is the danger itself!

He knows he will come, and even he is under his instruction to come.

But he is still afraid!