Bai Sha had only been speaking casually, but Yu Zi’an’s reaction made it impossible for her to remain calm.
“Sir, what do you mean by that? Could cultivating the Raging Waves Art be related to contracting the Eerie?”
This was a question Bai Sha could not afford to ignore, since she herself cultivated the Raging Waves Art.
Yu Zi’an shook his head. “It’s not that the art itself is related to the Eerie, but rather that many matters are involved behind this cultivation art.”
Bai Sha asked, puzzled, “Sir, could you elaborate? Hmm, the more I understand, the more I might be able to connect some crucial information.”
Yin Sha also looked at Yu Zi’an curiously.
She had also learned the Raging Waves Art from Bai Sha before and was equally concerned about this matter.
After a moment’s thought, Yu Zi’an said, “From what I know, the Raging Waves Art wasn’t originally called that. It was a cultivation art under a different name. I’m not sure of its exact level, but it’s certainly not just a Demon Core level method. The being who possessed this art was a Transformation Realm Demon named the Blood Sword King.”
Bai Sha listened intently.
She hadn’t expected to hear such detailed information about the Raging Waves Art from Yu Zi’an.
In one of her past lives, she had learned some related matters at the Seven-Colored Shell, but that information had been too fragmented and one-sided. This cultivation art had still been shrouded in a layer of mist.
And now, that mist seemed about to be lifted.
Yu Zi’an continued, “After the Blood Sword King died, his cultivation art was split into three. All three parts were Demon Core level methods, and he entrusted them to his three most trusted subordinates. The races of these three subordinates were the Bloodthirsty Swordfish, Dragonhead Shark, and Ghost Jellyfish.”
Bloodthirsty Swordfish?
Bai Sha felt like she was beginning to understand.
A hint of mockery crept into Yu Zi’an’s tone. “The ridiculous thing is, after the Blood Sword King’s death, his three subordinates began fighting amongst themselves. They all knew that combining the three parts would result in an even more powerful method. Who wouldn’t yearn for a better cultivation technique? But in the end, none of them succeeded.”
He told Bai Sha that among the three great clans, the Ghost Jellyfish Clan had vanished first, their whereabouts unknown.
Of the remaining two clans, the Dragonhead Shark Clan couldn’t defeat the Bloodthirsty Swordfish Clan.
So, to survive, the Dragonhead Shark Clan split into two groups.
One group, under pursuit by the Bloodthirsty Swordfish Clan, had no choice but to seek refuge with a human sect for protection.
The sect they turned to was called Hundred Beasts Island, a beast-taming sect located on the East Sea.
Hundred Beasts Island was quite powerful, even having Nascent Soul cultivators stationed there. Even the Bloodthirsty Swordfish Clan didn’t dare offend them, so their pursuit of this Dragonhead Shark group had to stop there.
Yu Zi’an’s expression shifted slightly. “Under Jian Hu’s leadership, the Bloodthirsty Swordfish could only continue hunting the other Dragonhead Shark group. Driven by the chase and losing their way, that group of Dragonhead Sharks entered the Wailing Abyss.”
Bai Sha’s heart skipped a beat.
She already had a rough idea of the Wailing Abyss’s current state and understood its terror all too well.
Yu Zi’an went on, “The Bloodthirsty Swordfish clearly didn’t assess the situation properly either and pursued them into the Wailing Abyss. What happened inside the Wailing Abyss, no one knows. But the result is obvious. In the end, only one Bloodthirsty Swordfish emerged… Jian Hu, who brought the Eerie out into the world.”
When mentioning Jian Hu, Yu Zi’an’s voice unconsciously hardened.
It was precisely because of the Eerie that Jian Hu brought out that their Heavenly Devil Palace needed to research it, leading them to their current predicament. This filled Yu Zi’an with a certain resentment.
He took a deep breath and said, “According to the information we have, after Jian Hu returned, he immediately went into seclusion for several years. He had clearly sensed something wrong with himself. But unfortunately, his seclusion failed, and the Eerie still spread.”
He explained that after the Eerie was brought out, it often lurked for a period before erupting. Jian Hu’s case was considered a longer incubation; it took several years to break out. Otherwise, the Bloodthirsty Territory would have been affected much sooner.
Bai Sha couldn’t help but think of the time Jian Song had led some Bloodthirsty Swordfish to cause trouble at the White Shark Territory. The Eerie in the Bloodthirsty Territory probably hadn’t erupted before Jian Song set out, otherwise, Jian Song and the others would never have made it to her doorstep.
“Sir, you seem quite knowledgeable about these matters. Might I ask where this information comes from?” Bai Sha asked curiously.
“Because we just dealt with Hundred Beasts Island not long ago,” Yu Zi’an said flatly.
Bai Sha: “…”
Bai Sha understood.
As a human Immortal cultivation sect on the surface of the Eastern Sea, Hundred Beasts Island would inevitably notice the appearance of a large number of Heavenly Devil Ships. If the Heavenly Devil Palace wanted to refine the Eastern Sea without letting the Demon Cultivators know at will, how could they possibly allow human cultivators to discover it?
In her fifth life, she had gone ashore and discovered the annihilated Wind-Thunder Observatory.
Without a doubt, Hundred Beasts Island would meet the same fate.
After a pause, Bai Sha asked again, “When the Heavenly Devil Palace destroyed Hundred Beasts Island, did you also interrogate the cultivators and demons there? What did you want to ask?”
Yu Zi’an shook his head. “We didn’t have the inclination for any interrogations. The human cultivators were all killed on the spot. We only captured the Demon Cultivators.”
As if realizing something, Bai Sha asked, “You captured those Demon Cultivators to be pets for Devil Empress Di Xuan?”
In her fourth life, Bai Sha had been captured precisely because she discovered the Heavenly Devil Palace’s blockade of the Eastern Sea. She was taken onto a Heavenly Devil Ship and placed inside a powerful magical tool called the Heaven and Earth Vat.
Many Demon Cultivators were captured and gathered there, all treated as potential pets.
So, to be chosen and survive, the horde of potential pets engaged in a bloody slaughter inside the Heaven and Earth Vat. In that life, she had died under the spell of a Hundred-Leaf Seahorse.
“How do you know about that?” Yu Zi’an looked at Bai Sha in surprise.
This was something a Great White Shark in front of him should logically have no way of knowing, right?
And she seemed utterly unsurprised by the destruction of Hundred Beasts Island, as if she already knew why it had been wiped out.
Puzzled, Yu Zi’an couldn’t help but scrutinize Bai Sha a few more times.
Bai Sha did not answer Yu Zi’an’s question. She could piece together the situation now.
The Dragonhead Sharks must have become potential pets and divulged the related information.
Perhaps even the reason the Heavenly Devil Palace found the Bloodthirsty Territory and came here to study the Eerie was prompted by the Dragonhead Sharks.
