"What?!"
Everyone gasped in shock, their faces filled with terror.
Even Shen Qing's hands trembled slightly as she steered the flying boat.
Elder Yaoyue's face turned deathly pale. "The eyes of the Kunpeng?"
"Legend has it that the Kunpeng has two forms: fish and bird. The Kun is a fish, and the Peng is a bird. Both are gigantic, stretching thousands of miles."
"If the darkness under the sea is the eyes of the Kunpeng, doesn't it mean that it has been watching you from the sea all along?"
The White Dragon nodded, his eyes filled with more caution. "Even now, we still don't know whether the place we were standing on was an island or... the body of the Kunpeng."
"Anyway, after we reached this conclusion, we quickly left there. By chance, we stumbled upon Mount Buzhou in the northwestern sea."
"So, tell me, have the five of us ever reached the Northern Sea?"
Everyone fell silent.
Except for the White Dragon and the Golden Dragon, who had already become gods, the rest were just ordinary cultivators on the Nine Desolate Continent. Their cultivation was nothing compared to that of the White Dragon and the Golden Dragon, and the Golden Dragon and the White Dragon were like children in front of the gods in the upper realm.
If even the gods were wary of a place, let alone a few cultivators like them.
Among them, except for the White Dragon and the Golden Dragon, the one with the highest cultivation was the Dark Wolf. The Dark Wolf's cultivation was only slightly higher than Ling Zhou's, and Ling Zhou's cultivation was only two levels higher than Shen Qing's and Li Shang's.
It could be said that everyone on this flying boat was like a weakling in front of the monsters in the Northern Sea.
Seeing everyone's gloomy expressions, the White Dragon comforted them, "There's no need to be so despairing. We're just going to awaken the Heavenly Pillar, not going to fight the monsters in the Northern Sea. Moreover, the location of the Heavenly Pillar is not entirely in the Northern Sea but in Mount Buzhou, which is slightly west of the Northern Sea."
Hearing this, everyone forced a smile.
Thanks, but we're not comforted at all.
Both the Northern Sea and Mount Buzhou were extremely dangerous places for them.
Shen Qing looked behind her. The Demon Realm didn't send any pursuers. It was as if they didn't even notice Ji Chongming's disappearance.
However, Shen Qing had known since her rebirth that Ji Chongming's position as the Demon Lord was unstable. His father was cruel and violent, killing many loyal subordinates.
The royal family of the Demon Realm was eyeing the position of the Demon Lord covetously. Asking Ji Chongming to leave descendants of the Demon Lord was just a way for them to force Ji Chongming to show his true colors.
Now that Ji Chongming was gone, it was also a great result for them.
The exit near the Northern Sea was a magic formation. There weren't as many demon soldiers guarding here as in the Purple Star Palace. The Dark Wolf quickly took care of them.
After passing through the magic formation, everyone arrived near the Northern Sea.
The White Dragon and the Golden Dragon looked around the environment and pointed to a few mountains in the north. "If we cross those two mountains, we'll reach the shore of the Northern Sea. If we want to awaken the Heavenly Pillar, we should bypass these two mountains and go west to Mount Buzhou."
At this time, Yu Xuzi was also taken out of the space by Shen Qing and was standing beside the White Dragon, estimating the location.
"As Lord White Dragon said, the commonly recognized Heavenly Pillar is in Mount Buzhou. It's too dangerous inside the Northern Sea. We'd better bypass it."
Yu Xuzi kept making hand gestures for divination. It was his habit. He originally wanted to use the Kunlun Disk for further calculations, but he couldn't now.
The White Dragon nodded. He was quite familiar with this area, so he took the lead as the team leader, with the Golden Dragon at the back.
Perhaps because they were near the Northern Sea, there were few demons and demon soldiers, and they were even nowhere to be seen. Instead, there were more monsters.
But these monsters completely ignored Shen Qing and the others and just went about their own business. Maybe it was because Shen Qing and the others' cultivation was too low, and these monsters didn't want to waste their energy dealing with them.
Yu Xuzi was very excited when he saw these monsters. He even took out paper and pen to draw their appearances.
After walking for a while, everyone felt that their steps had become much heavier, as if an invisible pressure was weighing them down.
Seeing the sweat oozing from everyone's foreheads, the White Dragon said, "It's not easy to go to Mount Buzhou. There are many gods there. How about this? I'll go with the Golden Dragon. You wait here."
"Just in time, the spiritual energy here is rich. You can use this opportunity to cultivate."
The Dark Wolf and Yu Xuzi nodded in agreement.
But Shen Qing was worried about the Golden Dragon and the White Dragon, who had lost their cultivation. She said, "I don't feel any discomfort. I'll go with you."
The White Dragon thought for a moment. The Dragon Clan originated from the Northern Sea, so it was normal that the restrictions here couldn't affect Shen Qing. He nodded and agreed.
Although Li Xian was worried, she didn't stop Shen Qing. She just whispered to Shen Qing to put safety first.
So here, the group split into two teams.
After parting ways, Shen Qing transformed into a dragon form and carried the White Dragon and the Golden Dragon forward quickly.
The closer they got to Mount Buzhou, the colder the temperature became. Mount Buzhou was covered in snow all year round, and so was the nearby forest.
Reaching the place where the snow never melted meant they were near Mount Buzhou.
The monsters near Mount Buzhou looked strange, but when they saw Shen Qing in dragon form, they all shrank to one side and didn't dare to look directly at her.
The Heavenly Pillar on Mount Buzhou was activated all year round. The White Dragon could sense the Heavenly Pillar calling him.
But Shen Qing's cultivation was not high enough. She originally wanted to rush directly onto Mount Buzhou, but she was suppressed by the pressure and restrictions and couldn't move. She couldn't even maintain her dragon form.
The Golden Dragon was also pale from the pressure and restrictions. Seeing this, the White Dragon jumped off Shen Qing's back.
"I've been here once. There aren't as many monsters on Mount Buzhou as the legend says. You just need to be careful of the people from the main temple. Also, find a place to hide and wait for me to come down."
The Golden Dragon nodded and reluctantly said to the White Dragon, "Brother, be careful!"
"Okay."
The White Dragon took a last look at Shen Qing and the Golden Dragon and then turned around and went up Mount Buzhou alone.
When the White Dragon's figure completely disappeared from sight, the Golden Dragon took Shen Qing to find a cave in a small hill not far from Mount Buzhou and settled down.
To pass the time, the Golden Dragon told Shen Qing many interesting stories about the Dragon Clan and tried not to mention things that would make them both feel negative emotions.
Moreover, the Golden Dragon also taught Shen Qing how to cultivate the Dragon Clan's skills.
With the rich spiritual power near Mount Buzhou, Shen Qing quickly understood two sets of skills and greatly increased her cultivation.
There was no distinction between day and night near Mount Buzhou. Shen Qing and the Golden Dragon also forgot the time during their day - and - night cultivation.
But gradually, Shen Qing noticed something was wrong. She asked the Golden Dragon, "Senior Golden Dragon, how long do you think it has been?"
The Golden Dragon frowned and made some divination gestures with his fingers, but he couldn't figure anything out.
He also sensed something was wrong and looked around. "Isn't there any wind in this place?"
Shen Qing took out the sound - transmitting jade pendant but found that it had become dull. She thought something was wrong. "We seem to be trapped in an illusion."