Master of Strange Dao

Chapter 1738: Chapter 469: Placing Bets, Two Ancestral Tablets (5k)

Yang, holding the stone mountain with one hand, was extremely interested in the Auspicious Beast. Of course, he was even more intrigued by the method the Auspicious Beast used to avoid the Curse.

This gave Yang a lot of inspiration, even though he no longer cared about the Curse and could even reverse and control the Curse’s power.

Yet mastering the power of the Curse and mastering the Curse itself are two different things.

Yang wanted to use the Auspicious Beast to find a way to master this Curse.

Once he could do that, he could follow up with a way to dissolve the Curse.

To him, this was a particularly interesting subject.

As for how to use the acquired power, that was a secondary concern.

Yang wasn’t too worried about that; he was more concerned with the subject itself.

Seeing that Yang was intrigued, Yu Ziqing decided to let it be.

Heading south, they traversed the East Sea, occasionally spotting sea creatures constantly shuttling through the water.

Whenever they discovered evil cultivation, it immediately attracted a heap of attention from the sea creatures.

The Dragon Clan worked diligently, causing those evil cultivators to have unfortunate luck.

They had nowhere to hide, and if they wanted to avoid discovery by killing some sea creatures like You Yu, they might still be found.

These evil cultivators were doomed; there was no escape.

The Sea Clan affiliated with the Dragon Clan in the East Sea, with sea demons not in short supply.

Even if some were nominally affiliated, the Dragon Clan never concerned themselves with it.

Keeping the Dragon Clan’s full migration a secret wasn’t easy.

Some from the Sea Clan got wind of it; they might not know much about the internal affairs, but they had a simple method of judgment.

If the Dragon Clan is migrating wholesale, how could they continue to hold out here?

Once informed, some Sea Clans thought that with the Dragon Clan gone, it would open up territory, offering them an opportunity.

However, the more powerful Sea Clans, sea demons, and more formidable sea creatures with some intellect thought to flee alongside the Dragon Clan.

No matter the reason for the Dragon Clan’s exodus, following mindlessly wouldn’t be a big mistake.

Moreover, where else would the Dragon Clan go besides the Southern Sea?

Everyone knew approximately the situation in the Southern Sea, so they’d follow along.

If they wanted to flee with them, they’d have to act.

What better way than to slay those evil cultivators, gaining some renown to join the exodus.

Yu Ziqing arrived in the southern part of the East Sea, just in time to encounter two evil cultivators.

Two ancient undead evil cultivators who had nested in the East Sea for who knows how long were now surprisingly at the Ninth Tier.

Then, Yu Ziqing merely glanced from afar and knew there was no suspense.

Besieged by eight Dragon Clan powerhouses, plus a Ninth Tier Sea Clan member and a Ninth Tier sea demon, it was quite miserable.

Yu Ziqing saw one of the evil cultivators, using some unknown method, directly split his Divine Soul to disperse and flee in fragments.

Yet, several Dragon Clan members used Dragon Fire to obliterate him completely, not even leaving the ashes scattered.

Continuing his journey with Yang, upon entering the Southern Sea, Yu Ziqing recalled that scene and then thought of the hidden Heavenly Devil King.

The Heavenly Devil King had fled into the second layer of the Abyss for some time, and there hadn’t been any stirrings; nothing left behind was detected, and Freedom Heaven hadn’t sensed anything.

Lately, the Mountain Lord went to the New Continent to guard, unsure if the Heavenly Devil King would take this opportunity to emerge.

If he didn’t come out, Yu Ziqing would find it really difficult to locate him.

The second layer of the Abyss was not too familiar, even to the Mountain Lord.

Yu Ziqing had learned quite a lot of older Barbaric Era information from Jiu Nian, but regarding the second layer of the Abyss, he wasn’t particularly clear, only able to use this information for inference.

Actually going to such a place to hunt down the Heavenly Devil King might prove challenging.

Perhaps it’s better to wait, wait for Freedom Heaven to get stronger, let Freedom Heaven chase him down for a century, to claim the title of Heavenly Devil King where one can’t just feast on the ready-made.

Entering the Southern Sea, under a misty drizzle, Yu Ziqing bowed towards the sky.

"Greetings, sister-in-law, long time no see. You’ve grown more adept in control, I’ve only just stepped into the Southern Sea and you already sensed it."

Yang also followed suit in salutation.

"You’ve been away for quite some time. Being the Emperor Dui, why are you always roaming around outside?"

"It’s all for legitimate purposes, not aimless wandering.

This time, I’ve come to discuss something with sister-in-law.

The deep sea and the East Sea have truly connected, and the strange ones from the deep sea are about to emerge.

The Dragon Clan even has juvenile dragons being corrupted, which they cannot resolve.

The Old Dragon King entrusted me to put in a good word, to see if the Dragon Clan could migrate to the Southern Sea."

"Since you’ve come personally, how could I refuse?" Sister-in-law responded wryly, then added.

"Alright, let them come. The Southern Sea is quite spacious.

I’ll allot the eastern part of the Southern Sea for them, let them stay there."

"Thank you, sister-in-law." Yu Ziqing politely bowed, expressing his gratitude.

"You should be careful; matters of the deep sea get quite complex.

Those strange entities were once Deities.

They aren’t quite like All Gods; Deities have always existed.

But the number of Deities is quite large, with varying strengths and capabilities that are bizarre.

Some ancient Deities are indeed troublesome, more so than All Gods.

They never occupied the zenith throne in any great era.

The former Ancient Gods have completely vanished, All Gods too have entered the twilight.

Yet seemingly ordinary Deities have persisted since the earliest times, and continue to do so.

Moreover, I have foreseen that in the upcoming great era, Deities will continue to exist.