Immortal Cultivation and Life-Saving Guide

Chapter 390 Is this a promising young man?

“There are four colors on the map,” Cicada explained, pointing to the map. “The yellow line circles the Bone Reef Sea. Merfolk are quite familiar with it; they’ve at least explored its boundaries by swimming around it.”

“In recent years, merfolk have also been active in the outer areas, trying to find the treasure that the Abyss brought to the Bone Reef Sea. So for people like you who have reached the Foundation Establishment stage, this area is relatively safe.”

Cricket's hand circled on the slightly swaying map, and Wei Xi noticed that the part he was pointing to was between the yellow and purple lines.

It seems that due to the use of the vocal organs of the Lianhuoyu, Gu Xun speaks Ju Guo dialect more fluently, and apart from a few words that he can't quite understand, there are no stumbling or hesitations.

“This purple line,” knowing Wei Xi was not easily fooled, Ku Xun looked troubled, “is the dangerous boundary.”

After speaking, the anxious cricket secretly glanced at Wei Xi's face, fearing that she might do something.

If Wei Xi's ruthlessness in the sect competition left a psychological scar on the young merman, then yesterday's eerie smile made him regard Wei Xi as a monstrous threat.

In order to escape Yuangehai, Ku Xun only said that he had a map, but the level of detail on the map was a matter of his weak conscience.

Wei Xi didn't fly into a rage as the cricket had predicted. She stared thoughtfully at the winding purple line on the map, letting the merman continue his explanation.

Ku Xun forced himself to continue, "From this point onward, both the merfolk and outsiders suffered losses, and total annihilation became commonplace."

"Tell me more details," Qin Feng said gruffly, "who knows what happened with such ambiguity?"

“People go missing, and that sea sometimes turns into a sea of ​​blood,” Cricket pointed to one end of the purple zigzag line, “and there’s a mountain here that spews out hot water!”

“A volcano,” Lian Gouhan whispered, peeking out from under the scroll. “He must be talking about a volcano. I’ve heard of it in the Western Regions.”

Is this whole area made up of volcanoes?

"It's not all mountains. Near this side are bone-colored corals, and the strange moon is also here."

"Bone-colored coral? How far is this from the shore?"

Qin Feng asked this question because he was clearly thinking about the origin of the name Bone Reef Sea—white corals are often exposed at low tide.

Although Wei, Xi, and the other two grew up inland, they recently learned in Dongyi that the part of the sea exposed when the tide recedes is not far from the coast.

“This place is an abyss,” the slug replied honestly. “No merfolk have ever reached the bottom. Offerings to the sea god are thrown into such abysses, but only the abysses around the Bone Reef Sea have given birth to sea dragon merfolk.”

"The side with the bone-colored coral is on the outer edge of the abyss, closer to the coast, and will be exposed during low tide."

“These yellow lines mark the deep sea abyss, which is very dangerous. We do not recommend that you enter from here.”

According to the map, the ridiculously long, thick yellow line and the purple line with thickened ends completely encircle an area of ​​sea. If the map is accurate, the abyss and the volcano are right next to each other, forming a natural blockade with the so-called "dangerous boundary".

The famous bone coral is located on the outer edge of the abyss and volcanoes, with a very wide distribution range, and its edges are very likely to be exposed to water at low tide.

What are these red lines?

“There are documented exploration routes,” Cricket said with a wry smile, “but as far as I know, none of them are passable.”

Based on the orientation of the coastline, Wei Xi could roughly distinguish east, west, north, and south. The red lines were clearly denser in the east and sparser in the west, and were almost non-existent in the abyss.

"Is this map only showing the routes explored by your merfolk clan?"

“The merfolk’s routes should all be up there,” Crawling said helplessly. “Merfolk basically enter from the deep sea side.”

"But even if you humans take the Water-Avoiding Pill, you rarely enter from the deep sea side. Most of the human forces enter from the coral side. If they can't get through the abyss, they will find a way to cross the volcano."

“In the past, our Merfolk clan would set up guards on this side of the volcano to drive away these groups. But not all groups could be detected, especially after the Merfolk completely withdrew from this area, so little is known about them.”

"These routes were also provided by those who remained outside after these people went missing, hoping that the merfolk would go deep into the area to rescue them." Thinking of those muscular, grumpy-faced merfolk in Yuangehai, Wei Xi knew without a doubt what the outcome of these requests would be.

As expected, Crawler shrugged and said, "Who has the time to save them? Besides, the Bone Reef Sea is so big. If they die outside the boundary, at most their bodies will just rot. But if they swim across the dangerous boundary, they won't even be found!"

"Are you beyond saving, or are you simply beyond redemption?"

Qin Feng's words were laced with anger, clearly indicating his disapproval of the merfolk's actions.

Lian Gou slammed the scroll shut, afraid that Qin Feng's deadly rage would burn him.

"We were saved," Cicada said decisively, having mastered the skill of refusing to make multiple-choice questions. "The priest said that before we were born, people from the Ten Thousand Swords Sect brought a cultivator to the Bone Reef Sea."

"Later, people from the Ten Thousand Swords Sect and the Zhenhai Sect came and asked us to go into the Bone Reef Sea to rescue people."

"The priest sent merfolk in, but they found nothing. Even so, those people were still not satisfied and made a scene for a long time!"

Ku Xun's tone was indignant, clearly indicating his dissatisfaction with the Wan Jian Sect's forceful methods.

However, Wei Xi also knew a thing or two about the strength of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, and it was definitely not something that the Yuangehai gang, which was fighting amongst themselves, could match.

"Under what circumstances did you discover this map?"

"The statue of the Sea Warrior has a hollow spear, and the blessing is inside. I went down to the bottom floor, where there were some metal artifacts I'd never seen before, all different sizes, probably brought out from Deadwater City."

"There's also a small statue, badly broken, placed on the shelf next to a map."

"I reckon that Kui and the others entered the Bone Reef Sea with this map, and that's how they removed the tail scales and manipulated the seawater to replicate it."

Qin Feng raised an eyebrow and said, "You've studied mapmaking? You don't seem like it. There aren't even any markings like 'one inch equals a hundred li'?"

The slug's face flushed red as it retorted loudly, "Time is too tight! Besides, we merfolk rely on swimming speed!"

"Stop talking," Qin Feng, who was used to military maps, said sarcastically, "This map doesn't even have a conversion standard, so you can imagine how inaccurate it is! No wonder you merfolk never come back."

"However, the fact that you were able to carve these lines onto the tail scales shows that you have a very high talent for water-attribute magic!"

Ku Xun wanted to curse, but then he remembered Qin Feng's fierce performance in the sect competition, so he held back his swear words.

Just then, the effect of the Rongjing Pill expired, and the slug reverted to its mermaid form. Its enormous fish tail couldn't support its weight, and the entire fish fell to the ground, looking quite pathetic.

Wei Xi used a teleportation spell to move the furious merman into the bathtub, and the splashing water just happened to land on Qin Feng.

Wei Xi pulled Qin Feng to the next room and released the Lian Gou Mang from the scroll.

"The map this merman produced is unreliable!" Qin Feng whispered. "It's too accurate! We brought it out for nothing!"

The Lian Gou Mang, now disguised in human skin, agreed: "The Bone Reef Sea is a place of no return. This map isn't very helpful. Should we think of another way?"

Wei Xi was very pleased—these two guys finally stopped acting recklessly! They're teachable! They're teachable!
Before Wei Xi could even feel relieved, he heard Qin Feng say, "Let's just force this kid to take the lead! He can step into any pitfalls for us!"

Qin Feng meant that the map of the crickets had no scale and was unusable.

Gu Xun is a merman, and Qin Feng directly wanted to use him as a suicide squad.

Wei Xi felt that a low-level suicide squad was useless in a sea of ​​bone reefs, not that he didn't want to use them.

These three are all wicked.