The Terrifying Path of Immortal Cultivation

The interior decoration of the palace is extremely luxurious.

Various night pearls illuminate the inside incredibly brightly, and there are shrimp soldiers and crab generals guarding in every corner, looking particularly majestic.

On a high platform in the palace, there is a golden throne.

Seated on the throne is a monster in black armor.

This monster has a strange head, appearing humanoid overall but with obvious animal features on the head.

With red scales, gills at the ear position, a very ugly face, and even some fangs in its mouth.

But the monster's eyes are very calm, showing no signs of cruelty.

He watches the dancing mermaids below, leaning comfortably on his throne.

In front of him is a bronze long table, on which there are quite a few foods.

Upon closer inspection, it turns out to be a dissected human structure.

Among them is a huge wine glass made of a skull.

Inside is a blood-red liquid, seemingly a pot of blood wine, with a hint of Essence Qi that can be felt.

This is a fish-like monster, resembling a carp from the shape of his face.

At this moment, the dancing mermaids suddenly retreat, and outside the grand hall, a crab general enters carrying a heavy weapon.

He comes to the center of the grand hall and kneels directly on the ground.

"Your Majesty, today we have searched thoroughly and still have not found the special underwater structure."

Li Qing, who is outside, is surprised to hear this.

"Could this carp monster also be searching for Ye Bai Zhen's tomb? What does he know?"

With many doubts in his mind, Li Qing listens more carefully.

The eyes of the carp monster suddenly become sharp, revealing a cold glint.

"Continue the search tomorrow. We must not stop until we find it."

General Xie nods heavily, "Yes, Your Majesty."

"Everyone, leave and close the doors of the grand hall."

All the shrimp soldiers, crab generals, and mermaids leave the palace.

With a click, the grand hall closes.

The palace becomes silent, and the carp king slowly rises from his throne.

He picks up the bone wine glass on the table and takes a sip.

The crimson liquid flows down his mouth.

"Ah..."

He lets out a satisfied sigh, and his eyes become even more fierce and sinister.

"Where is that tomb located?"

"The Soul-stabilizing Bead in Ye Bai Zhen's hands is truly a valuable item."

"I must find it first, and not let anyone else find it."

The carp king mutters to himself, his expression slightly twisted.

At this moment, behind the carp king's head, several eerie slender tentacles are gently wriggling.

These tentacles seem aimless, just floating quietly in the air, as if trying to catch something.

The carp king suddenly reaches for the back of his head with his right hand.

"Ah... Haha..."

His face contorts, seemingly in great pain, as he grabs the tentacles, seemingly pulling with force.

"Ah ah ah... Ah ah ah..."

...

A very deep and mournful scream, heavy panting, and a cluster of tentacles with flesh and skin are deeply torn off by him.

Thud

The terrifying force slams onto the table, and the eerie tentacles are all crushed into blood foam.

"Damn thing."

"Transformation, it really gives me the creeps."

...

At this moment, the carp king's face is completely twisted, and he looks at the crushed tentacles with a cold gaze, where there are still strands of muscles wriggling.

His eyes are full of disgust, and he exhales a gray-green breath.

This breath possesses a strange power, causing the living flesh and blood to instantly wither, eventually turning into ashes.

At this moment, Li Qing, who has been observing outside, notices that although the carp king's face is twisted, it looks like a kind of eerie smile.

He furrows his brow slightly, shakes his head, and says, "This guy seems to be seriously affected by the transformation."

"But he's ruthless enough to directly tear off the transformed part."

"It looks very painful, but his expression is also strange."

"His original expression of pain looks like a smile, as if he has lost control of his own expression management."

"The degree to which this fish monster has been affected by the transformation is probably not low."

"Just now, he mentioned the Soul-stabilizing Bead in his muttering."

"Could this thing be the treasure that resists the contamination for Ye Bai Zhen?"

"So now a few things can be confirmed."

"The tomb is probably here. Judging by the carp king's appearance, he has probably been searching here for quite some time."

"He should have searched in many areas, but still found nothing."

This proves that the tomb is hidden very well and has not been noticed by anyone for many years.

"The probability of the treasure still being there is high, which is good news for me."

"The bad news is that someone else is also looking for this tomb."

"The aura emanating from this carp king is at the True Law Realm level, so it shouldn't be too difficult to surpass him."

"However, it is important to note whether he has any other forces behind him."

"To be able to serve as a divisional general in this section of the Tai River, he must be extraordinary."

"So it can be inferred that there are probably other forces behind him."

"I wonder if the force behind him knows about Ye Bai Zhen's tomb."

"If they do, if I find the tomb, there might be unexpected dangers, given my situation."

"I must gather more information and understand all his details."

With this in mind, he leaves behind a shadow paper person, hiding in the shadows to quietly monitor and gather more information.

The main body summons more shadow paper people to enter the underwater shadows, starting a larger-scale search.

Li Qing continues to hide in the underground cavity, quietly sifting through the shadows' perspectives, searching for places that resemble the tomb.

In the blink of an eye, two more days have passed, and the shadow's search still has no results, but Li Qing has collected a lot of information from the carp king.

First, through the shadow paper people's exploration in various corners of the palace, he roughly understands the situation of the water mansion.

The Water Wave General's Mansion is a water mansion awarded by the Tai River Dragon Palace.

The carp king is also a member of the Tai River Dragon Palace, and he obtained the position of this water mansion with the support of a dragon descendant, commanding about a hundred shrimp soldiers and crab generals, ruling the waterways for about thirty miles.

Although he is a local overlord here, he still has to obey the management of the Tai River Dragon Palace.

The carp king's purpose in coming here is to search for Ye Bai Zhen's tomb, the Soul-stabilizing Bead within, and possibly some other treasures.

Looking at the content restored on the Jade Tablet, Li Qing has recorded all the information he has seen in a blank book and restored the truth with the Jade Tablet.

At this moment, a thought flashes through his mind, "I can use this guy."