The giant octopus wearily waved its remaining relatively intact tentacles, then said to Chen Xi, "My time is running out. It's a pity that in my final moments, I couldn't even kill a few cultivators who haven't reached the Nascent Soul stage."
Its voice was filled with deep unwillingness and powerlessness.
Chen Xi's expression turned a bit sorrowful. The corners of his mouth, which always wore a smile, drooped. But he didn't want others to notice his sadness, so he forced a smile.
"Giant octopus, don't talk nonsense. Can't your tentacles regenerate? Absorb some spiritual energy and recover well. You're a sea beast that has lived for thousands of years. You won't die so easily!"
"If you die, I'll turn you into grilled octopus and eat all your friends!!"
Chen Xi said fiercely, pretending the glint of tears in his eyes didn't exist.
The giant octopus let out a couple of laughs and waved its tentacles. "Little sword spirit, we've only met twice. There's no need for you to be sad for me."
"I've lived in the South Sea for too long. Watching my friends leave one by one, the tearing of these emotions has made me tired of living long ago."
Whether it was the group of mermaids before or the little fish that used to dance and make it happy, they had all left it in the torrent of time.
It could no longer bear the pain of these goodbyes.
Chen Xi pursed his lips, and his voice was already nasally. "Aren't we friends, giant octopus? You still remember me, and I still remember you. Apart from Li Yuan and the people in the Mermaid Palace, only you have memories of me."
"I'm so scared of the feeling of having my traces in this world erased. It's too terrifying."
Shen Qing watched from the side, sighing silently. Her mood became extremely heavy.
Li Xian patted Shen Qing's shoulder and whispered, "Let's give them some time in the end. Those few cultivators were involved in the giant octopus's revenge. We don't know if they're still alive. If they are, we should save them first."
Shen Qing nodded, and the two swam towards the bottom of the giant octopus.
Just now, she had asked Wu Wang to attack those two cultivators because she thought someone was maliciously attacking the giant octopus. Now that she knew the reason, she still had to go and see if the people could be saved.
The giant octopus stopped attacking, which gave Pei Xuanjing and He Yu a chance to catch their breath.
He Yu hugged his arms tightly. He was so cold that he almost couldn't hold the breath - holding pill in his mouth.
After being soaked in the water for a long time and losing body heat, he couldn't even swim to the surface. But the desire to survive made him tightly grasp Pei Xuanjing's arm.
Pei Xuanjing gritted his teeth. While worrying about Shen Chuyun's situation, he wanted to take He Yu to the shore first.
After Shen Chuyun fainted, he sank with the severed octopus tentacle. Pei Xuanjing didn't know where the current had taken him.
When he was attacking the giant octopus, he had very difficultly given Shen Chuyun a breath - holding pill. But if he couldn't find Shen Chuyun within a short time, not to mention suffocation, the water pressure at the bottom of the sea alone would kill Shen Chuyun.
Pei Xuanjing weighed for a moment and decided to save one person first while the giant octopus had stopped attacking.
He Yu's body trembled, and his teeth chattered. He wanted to speak but couldn't open his mouth.
While swimming, Pei Xuanjing found that his arm had been injured at some point. The wound was so deep that the bone was visible. He didn't feel the pain when he was focused, but as soon as he stopped, the stabbing pain came in waves.
On land, Pei Xuanjing wouldn't have cared about such an injury.
But in the sea, with the salt water soaking the wound, the pain was several times that on land. Every time he moved his hand, it felt like he was being tortured.
When Shen Qing swam down, she just saw two figures hugging tightly.
One of them seemed to be seriously injured and could only barely hang on the other. The other one was not as seriously injured, but his movements were a bit strange when swimming. It could be seen that one of his hands had lost its strength.
The water was still a bit turbid, but Shen Qing still vaguely felt that the two figures were a bit familiar.
"Li Xian, do you think those two people look familiar?"
Not daring to be sure who they were, Shen Qing could only turn back and ask Li Xian.
Li Xian squinted his eyes, and his eyes darkened. "They do look very familiar."
These two people had actually chased them here. Weren't they a bit persistent?
At this moment, Li Xian suddenly felt annoyed and even a bit regretful that the giant octopus hadn't killed these two people just now.
Those who bullied Shen Qing, Li Xian didn't care about their lives.
"Shen Qing, these two people seem to be from the Nian family's ship. They left us behind and wanted to harm our lives. How about we just not go over? Anyway, they're not dead."
Li Xian lied without batting an eyelid.
Shen Qing didn't doubt Li Xian's words at all. She wasn't the kind of person who would return good for evil, so she nodded and was just about to turn back and stay away.
But the giant octopus suddenly sank and almost crushed Shen Qing and Li Xian under it.
To avoid being crushed, Li Xian and Shen Qing had to swim around a few tentacles and swim further away.
But as the distance between them got closer, Shen Qing finally recognized that the two people struggling to swim to the surface were Pei Xuanjing and He Yu.
Shen Qing gave Li Xian a helpless look and saw Li Xian looking back at her boldly, with an expression that clearly showed he had done it on purpose.
Knowing that Li Xian was standing up for her, Shen Qing didn't say anything. She just said indifferently, "Let's go back. I don't care whether these two people live or die."
Pei Xuanjing was startled for a moment by the sudden movement of the giant octopus. Just as he was about to speed up, he saw Shen Qing, the one he had been longing for, swimming out from under the giant octopus with Li Xian.
He was overjoyed and thought the mission was accomplished and He Yu was saved.
"Little junior sister! We've come to find you!"
To attract Shen Qing's attention, Pei Xuanjing endured the pain and used one of his few sound - transmission talismans.
Shen Qing stopped. At a distance, she was looking indifferently at Pei Xuanjing, who was waving at her.
She also recognized that the person Pei Xuanjing was tightly holding was He Yu.
Judging from He Yu's situation, it seemed that her move just now had injured He Yu.
But Shen Qing didn't feel any guilt in her heart. Instead, she felt a sense of relief.
They came to the South Sea just to persuade her to return to the sect. Their words were always so meaningless and only made her feel annoyed and irritated.
Seeing Shen Qing standing still, Pei Xuanjing got anxious. Shen Qing was so close to the giant octopus. If the giant octopus went crazy again, Shen Qing would definitely get hurt. So Pei Xuanjing took out another sound - transmission talisman.
"Little junior sister, come here quickly. It's dangerous there. Second junior brother was injured just now. Come and help take second junior brother to the shore. Junior brother Shen has sunk to the bottom of the sea. I still have to go and save him!"
Shen Qing raised her eyebrows. She didn't expect Shen Chuyun to come too.
Pei Xuanjing was still waiting for Shen Qing to come over, but he saw a sarcastic smile suddenly appear on Shen Qing's face.
This smile was extremely dazzling in Pei Xuanjing's eyes.