Signing-In: The Lazy Moon Goddess
Chapter 207: 207: Sperm Whale's Territory (2)

Chapter 207: 207: Sperm Whale's Territory (2)

Inside the Ice Coral Palace…

Shen Jueyang looked at the huge sea monster that appeared before him. It's a mermaid with the size of the building chained to the ice walls of the ice coral itself. The mermaid has a long, deep blue-scaled tail, a half-humanoid upper body, a pointy pair of ears, long, curly aquamarine hair, and golden, inhuman eyes. He looks more beautiful than a seductive siren in the story.

This male merman thought that he could move Shen Jueyang with his beauty. After all, it was well known that humans love beauty and are easily allured by it. Unfortunately, Shen Jueyang is only human in form and an immortal god with his soul alone. He looked at the seductive merman with eyes devoid of emotions.

He turned around and ignored him, choosing to reach out towards the sole snowflake floating in front of him. The sea monster, Merman, was enraged by Shen Jueyang's indifferent attitude. He didn't expect that someone from a weak race like this human would dare to ignore his beauty.

{How dare you ignore me, human!?}

The enraged male mermaid spat a pillar of water towards Shen Jueyang. Meanwhile, Shen Jueyang didn't choose to dodge too far and instead stood behind the piece of snowflake. As expected, the water pillar targeting Shen Jueyang didn't hit at all and turned into ice almost immediately as it hit the snowflake.

The merman didn't expect this human to know the attributes of the snowflake in front of him. He looked at Shen Jueyang with a stunned gaze, as if he couldn't believe what just happened.

{Human, you know about this piece of fragment? If not for this thing, I would have killed you on the spot!}

The arrogant man shouted. He seems to look frightened at the human who suddenly appeared before him. What this half-fish didn't know was that the human in front of him was only human in form.

In reality, the one in front of him was an immortal who was admired by all cultivators in the immortal realm. A king that stood above everyone and everything in existence. As well as a being that controls the sun and all fire in all realms.

Shen Jueyang was still ignoring the annoying chained man on the ice wall. Though merman isn't supposed to exist in the mortal realm, just the fact that it appeared here made him more interested in the sperm whale that owned this ice coral palace.

Based on what he had seen so far, this sperm whale is most likely an ordinary one and is definitely just a sea monster. This being that catches a Mahayana Realm (Void Refining Stage) sea monster merman is not an ordinary being that should exist in this place.

However, knowing that this world is the Exiled Star, Shen Jueyang had countless theories of what is truly happening in this star. There are so many mysteries in this place, and Shen Jueyang wanted to unfold everything before he returned to the immortal realm.

Meanwhile, outside the ice coral palace, on the cliff on the outskirts of the sperm whale's territory...

Taiyang, Tan Bingyu, and Yue Xuexia were brought to the treasure location made by the Sentient Basking Shark. Unlike how it looked from the outside of the cliff, the bottom of the cliff was glowing with a gorgeous shade of blues. The walls of the cliff had numerous Ice Ore Stones.

Not only ice ore stones, there are other types of rare materials that can be found in this place. Scattered on the ground are ice and water-type immortal herbs, and most of them are high-grade ones that are considered extremely rare even in the cultivation realm.

{Welcome to my treasure abode! You can have everything, but in exchange, please safely escort me to the South Pole. My house was located there. I just got lost in this place and can hardly go back due to the sperm whale chasing me.}

Yue Xuexia and Tan Bingyu felt bad for the Sentient Basking Shark. After all, they knew that adult sperm whales considered their kind as prey to be eaten. Maybe that sperm whale was even a sentient one and an ancient one whose age was definitely more than twice this sentient basking shark.

The ocean is simply too wide for humans to know what is hiding or living under it. Just the fact that sea monsters were hidden—these mortals are something that cannot be changed. Moreover, it is better if they don't know, as they can't do anything about it.

"Don't worry, little one. We will make sure to bring you to the South Pole safely," said Yue Xuexia.

Tan Bingyu said, "Since this is the case, I need to inform the pilot to wait for us somewhere in the South Pole instead."

"You can do it when we return to the surface. Sister Bingyu, how long can your formation still last?" asked Yue Xuexia worriedly as he recalled that this formation can only last for half a day.

Taiyang said, "Don't worry. We've only been underwater for 5 hours; there's still 7 hours to go."

"That's fine. Are we going to the surface after taking everything here, or wait for the system before going up?" asked Yue Xuexia.

Taiyang frowned and said, "There is no need to wait for him. He can find us anywhere."

After talking about Shen Jueyang, the four of them worked around the cliff, mining the ores at the wall, digging the immortal herb, etc. It took the three of them three whole hours to finish taking everything on this cliff.

Tan Bingyu and Yue Xuexia were so tired from moving that they leaned on the Sentient Basking Shark to rest. Almost everything precious in this place was taken by them and hidden in the system's inventory.

Yue Xuexia complains, "Ah~ so tired. Now, I'm hungry again. But I'm tired of eating seafood. I want to eat some chicken, beef, pork, and mutton."

Listing down everything that she wanted to eat, she heard the sound of someone's stomach crying out for food.

Growls~

Everyone looked at Taiyang, who was pretending that it wasn't his stomach, which was crying out just now. Feeling the eyes on him, Taiyang felt embarrassed, and his face turned red.

Taiyang complained, "Can't I get hungry!?"

Hahaha~

Yue Xuexia laughed fearfully, as she didn't fear Taiyang. As for Tan Bingyu and the Sentient Basking Shark, they tried to hold back their laughter, afraid of being beaten up by this grumpy lord who was hungry.

"Okay. I won't tease you anymore. I brought some meat dumplings with me. Let's cook some for a meal," said Yue Xuexia as she took out a few things from her inventory.

Tan Bingyu expanded her formation to the ocean floor so they could stand on the land underwater. A certain location with no water was made under the cliff. As for the sentient basking shark, who can't eat human food, he left somewhere to find something to eat.

The three of them worked together to cook their meals. After a while, a pot of rice, a pot of wonton noodles, and a few plates of steamed and fried dumplings were prepared. There is also buttered shellfish, grilled salmon, and some chowder soup included in their meal. Even though they don't want to eat seafood anymore, cooking for a bit of taste should be okay. Just a few dumplings would be enough to feed three adults after all.

After the three of them were enjoying their meal, the sentient basking shark, who was eating some plankton and small fish nearby, suddenly felt a shadow looming above him. At first, he didn't notice much, as the shadows underwater were usually erratic like this. But when he felt that the movement in the water had changed, this sentient basking shark realized that something was wrong.

{Hum! Chomp! Yummy, little fishes~ Hm? What is this shadow?}

When it tilted its head to look above, he saw the familiar figure of the sperm whale that chased him all the way near the surface of the North Pole ocean.

{Little Shark, why is the marker I placed on you gone? Where is my treasure that you have eaten?} This is what the Sea Monster Sperm Whale said as he saw the sentient basking shark without the aura of his stolen treasure.

The Sentient Basking Shark was stunned only for a moment and immediately swam deeper into the cliff, running away from the sperm whale, whose eyes almost turned red in anger as it stared at him.

{Wuaa~ Save me! Boohoo~} Screamed the Sentient Basking Shark.

The sea monster, Sperm Whale, wanted to chase it, but its large body was unable to fit in such a small cliff. He can only bump its head to the cliff to make it wider for him to swim down. This bumping cannot be called a simple bumping, as the whole ocean floor shook at each hit of the enraged sperm whale.

Under the cliff, Tan Bingyu, Yue Xuexia, and Taiyang, who were about to finish eating, felt the strong tremors of the cliff. It was as if the area they were in was hit by a powerful earthquake, causing the land under them to shake wildly.

RUMBLES~ there is even some hint of stones falling above their heads.

Tan Bingyu said, "What is happening? An earthquake!?"

"No! Something big appeared above the cliff," said Taiyang.

Yue Xuexia made a guess: "It can't be that the owner of this place is home, right?"

It was at this moment that the frightening Sentient Basking Shark returned to them, swinging his tail with urgency. He looks so badly terrified.

{AH~ Save me! That Sperm Whale is back!!!}

The thoughts of the three: 'Sigh~ Just as I thought.'