Ascending, Do Not Disturb!

Chapter 148: Dragon Energy

Humans were minuscule in front of the enormous sea monsters.

Even Huan Zhong, who could scare children in the evil cultivator world to stop crying at night, had to be extremely careful among the three sea monsters to avoid being wounded. Hearing Kong Hou call him back, he cut the enormous tentacle heading towards him and jumped back onto Lin Hu’s flying sword.

“The sea monsters have a strange spirit energy field. While they cannot take human form, they are already intelligent.” He was very clean all over. It was hard to imagine he had just had a hard battle with enormous monsters.

“These sea monsters are so big. Transcendent, you are very powerful and at ease among them. Why do you not kill them? Uncle Salted Fish pulled his tattered robe tight around him, his face pale like he had received a great fright.

“They are born in the sea and grew up in the sea. They never went ashore to harm humans. It is rare that they are able to become intelligent. If we kill them just because we are passing by, how unfair would it be to them?” Huan Zhong put away the Dragon Roar Sword. Seeing the two-headed monster about to scream again, he hurriedly formed a boundary to block the powerful sound attack.

Hearing his words, the person most surprised was not Uncle Salted Fish, but Lin Hu. In the past, Master would not care about this or say such words. When the sea monsters attacked him, he might have ruthlessly cut with his sword.

“Transcendent is not one who doesn’t eat animals. Killing one animal is not any different from killing ten.” Uncle Salted Fish wiped the sea water from his face and muttered softly, “This just sounds better.”

“When we humans make choices, we will first think of human interests. Eating other animals is our instinct. Trying to not kill other beings who are intelligent and have not committed evil is benevolence that only humans have.” Kong Hou smiled. “All the beings in the world rely on the world and fight for the things of the world. Survival is an instinct. When beasts eat humans, they never care if this person is good or bad, old or young. They will always follow their inner desire for food.
“We humans are different.” Kong Hou touched her face. “While it might be shameless to say, I still think that we humans are special.”

Uncle Salted Fish looked deeply at her. “You are different from the last time we met.”

“Of course.” Kong Hou nodded and then giggled. “I levelled up. “She looked down at the sea monster outside the boundary that was attempting to attack them. “Elder Lin, let’s go!”

Like a gust of wind and a bolt of lightning, when Kong Hou turned back to look, the sea monsters were far behind. Another look, and there were no sea monsters on the sea.

Thin mist formed on the sea as the day grew late. The winds howled and the seawater was as black as ink, an enormous beast that could open its mouth and consume them at any moment.

“Elder Lin, this place isn’t right.” Kong Hou frowned. The spirit energy here was chaotic, and there seemed to be a strange force deep in the sea that wanted to suck them in. She looked up at the sky. At some unknown time, thick mists had obscured the sky and the sun, so she could not determine their location from the stars.

“There are many strange legends on the sea. It is said when travellers are lost at sea and surrounded by thick mist, misfortune will descend.” Uncle Salted Fish looked at Kong Hou. “Even the strongest cultivator cannot avoid the curse of the sea.”

The mood became strangely quiet. The uncle felt he had an interest in telling legends in this quiet atmosphere. He sighed and said, “It is said…”

“Is this useful?” Kong Hou took out something from her storage ring that caused Uncle Salted Fish to close his mouth. Kong Hou held a compass in her hand, one made personally by one of the three great forgers of the cultivation world, Elder Qiu Shuang.