Water World Beast Taming: My Pets Can Evolve Infinitely

Chapter 205 The Holy Maiden of Qingyu [7000 words]

Having successfully killed three Azure Water Asura Sea Clan members, Jiang Chen and the other two continued their journey.

As they continued their journey, the three encountered other sea creatures almost every time they entered a lane, and fierce battles naturally ensued.

Since the number of sea creatures was small, Jiang Chen and his two companions swarmed forward.

There were many sea creatures, so Jiang Chen and his two companions turned and ran without saying a word!

With Xiao Jiu's water clone and shapeshifting abilities, this escape tactic is incredibly useful and poses absolutely no challenge.

However, what puzzled Jiang Chen was that they didn't encounter a single armored guard on the rest of the journey.

Jiang Chen had always been interested in those special, intelligent armored guards, but he never encountered them again.

"Brother Zhang, Brother Li, did you encounter any armored guards before?" Jiang Chen asked.

"Yes," the two said.

"I almost forgot, but after encountering a group of armored guards at the beginning, we haven't encountered any more!" said Brother Zhang, whose pet was an Ironclad Dragon Shark.

"Me too!" Brother Li said, turning around.

Weird!

Hearing their answers, Jiang Chen frowned.

By now, they were getting closer and closer to the center of the ancient city, and logically, they should have encountered more and more guardians of the secret realm.

After all, "one should not venture into blessed lands!"

No, they encountered one group of armored guards, and that was it.

On the rest of their journey, they encountered only other sea creatures and sea monsters!

"Is someone deliberately manipulating things behind the scenes, making us 'intruders' kill each other?"

A bad thought suddenly rose in Jiang Chen's mind!

If that's really the case, Jiang Chen suspects that the [Spirit of the Secret Realm] that Lei San mentioned before truly exists!

From the moment they stepped into this secret realm, a dark hand has been controlling everything!

This conclusion weighed heavily on Jiang Chen's mind, making him even more eager to leave this ancient alleyway maze.

Jiang Chen led the two through the ancient alley maze. At first, the two were a little doubtful about the direction Jiang Chen had chosen.

However, when they discovered that the concentration of the deathly aura was much stronger in every alleyway where Jiang Chen was heading, they unconditionally agreed to Jiang Chen's direction of travel!

This boy is far too sensitive to the presence of the undead!

In this ancient alleyway maze, the surroundings were filled with the aura of the dead, and the harsh, dark environment greatly weakened their senses.

Moreover, because they had been in a place with a strong aura of the dead for a long time, their senses had become greatly dulled.

It's like playing video games in the bathroom during work hours; the more you play, the more excited you get, and the more "satisfied" you feel!

In such a situation, it is quite difficult to accurately distinguish which side has a stronger aura of death and which side has a weaker aura.

However, Jiang Chen managed to identify them all perfectly, which greatly surprised them!

This young man is hiding his true abilities; his length is astonishing!

If Jiang Chen knew what they were thinking, he would only find it laughable.

He didn't discern the strength of the necromantic aura; he was simply following the woman's cries for help.

Under Jiang Chen's leadership, the three of them made rapid progress.

Finally, after three hours, when the alley wall in front of them was broken down, the view in front of the three of them was finally clear!

They've made it out of the ancient alleyway maze!

……

The three looked around and found themselves in an extremely wide square made of blue bricks, with the black alleyway walls behind them gradually moving and rapidly recovering.

Crimson beams of light also rained down from above, descending upon them!

The three of them looked up and saw a huge, full red moon overhead!

They used to think the crimson moon was eerie and terrifying, but now they find the full moon quite lovely.

"We've finally made it out!"

"yes!"

"Hey, there are people in the plaza ahead! It's Captain Long and Captain Zhang!"

Overjoyed, the three cautiously scanned their surroundings and finally spotted several familiar figures in the vast blue brick square!

The three of them quickly swam toward the figures in the center of the square, while Jiang Chen also quickly scanned the surroundings.

This blue brick square is very wide and huge, with no end in sight.

In the very center of this blue brick square, two enormous buildings stand.

A colossal, towering human-shaped statue, seemingly of an ancient general, with thick eyebrows, large eyes, strong lines, and an air of righteousness.

He was clad in armor, wore a cloak, and carried a majestic longsword.

The statue is fifty or sixty meters tall, towering and majestic.

Even with the crimson moonlight shining down from above, this general's statue was still filled with an aura of righteousness and integrity!

Jiang Chen's heart trembled slightly upon seeing the enormous human-shaped statue!

Because the armor on the general's statue was so similar to the armored guards he encountered in the ancient alley maze!

Armor plates with a mountain-shaped pattern, helmet, red cloak...

However, the armor on the statue in front of us is more elaborate and magnificent, and more high-class!

In front of this enormous stone statue stands another building, a white tower that is entirely white and exudes a sacred aura.

The White Pagoda is three stories high, with double eaves and flying beams, and open windows. It looks light and beautiful, like a fine and magnificent work of art!

Several wind chimes were hanging from the eaves of the tower, and they were even able to move as the water flowed across the square.

The wind chimes emit a crisp and melodious sound, like the tinkling of flowing water, which sounds very pleasant!

"Lingling~~~"

As Jiang Chen and his companions approached, Long Shijie and the others on the plaza also noticed them and came to greet them.

When they were about ten meters apart, they stopped in their tracks and looked each other over.

There weren't many people in the square at this time, only a dozen or so soldiers including Long Shijie and Lian Wei.

Lei San, Chen Shou, Yu Sheng, Yu Ning, Zhang Shanfeng, Wu Yao, and the other soldiers have not yet been seen.

Long Shijie spoke first: "The code!"

The soldier surnamed Zhang, whose pet was an armored dragon shark, glanced at Long Shijie and said, "Reporting, Captain Long, our code... we don't have a code. We didn't set up a code when we set off!"

Long Shijie then looked at another soldier: "Li Cheng, what's your father's name?"

The soldier surnamed Li replied, "Reporting to Captain Long, my name is not Li Cheng, but Li Yue. My father's name is Li Cheng!"

Long Shijie nodded slightly, then looked at Jiang Chen: "Jiang, do you have any news about your senior brother Lei Si?"

Jiang Chen: "Reporting to Captain Long, my senior brother's name is Lei San!"

"I have no news of him, and I'm all alone when I wake up!"

"Summon all your pets and show me their skills," Long Shijie said again.

"yes!"

The three of them immediately released their respective pets.

Humans can fake it, but pets cannot.

Therefore, checking the pets of Jiang Chen and his companions is the best way to verify their identities!

Having confirmed that Jiang Chen and the other two were indeed the same people, Long Shijie and the others also released their own pets.

With mutual identity verification successful, Long Shijie breathed a sigh of relief: "Back to the team!"

"yes!"

"Captain Long, is there still no news of my senior brother?" A group of people slowly walked towards the two huge statues. On the way, Jiang Chen asked Long Shijie.

"Not yet," Long Shijie shook his head slightly, "I and the others just got out of the maze not long ago."

After Long Shijie finished speaking, he couldn't help but look up at the ancient alley maze behind him, a trace of sorrow flashing across his face.

This suddenly appearing ancient alleyway maze will likely bring a lot of bad news.

For example, on his way here, he saw the skeletons of several team members...

The thought of that scene weighed heavily on Long Shijie's mind.

"Senior brother should be alright," Jiang Chen murmured to himself.

Lei San's strength is such that he might not necessarily be defeated even if he encountered Hong Guang!

So as long as Lei San isn't too unlucky and encounters a large number of powerful sea creatures in the maze, there shouldn't be any major problems, and he should definitely be able to get out of the maze!

Upon reaching the two enormous buildings, one could see several ancient stone tablets standing beneath the massive human-shaped statue, inscribed with text and patterns.

Jiang Chen recalled that Long Shijie and the others had just been observing these stone tablets.

Jiang Chen curiously stepped forward and saw five patterns engraved on the stone tablet.

The first stone tablet: In the center of the picture, a baby girl is born into a luxurious and wealthy palace complex.

The baby girl's identity seemed to be quite extraordinary, with a large number of people bowing and worshipping around her, all seemingly showing great admiration and respect for her.

The second stone tablet depicts the baby girl growing up into a pure and innocent young girl, around ten years old.

The image of the girl on the stone tablet is depicted with only a few strokes, but the pure and holy temperament of the girl is vividly portrayed, lifelike and very expressive.

For some reason, when Jiang Chen looked at the little girl, he couldn't help but think of his wife... oh no, he thought of his teacher, Jian Qingqiu.

Sigh, the words "wife" and "teacher" are only one word apart, but making that transition in identity is incredibly difficult!

Back to the topic.

At this moment, the two people had very similar appearances and temperaments: clear, transparent, pure, and otherworldly, like a solitary white lotus flower.

The girl seemed to have a very high status in the city. She was carried in a sedan chair by eight men, surrounded by maids and guards. Wherever she went, the people around her bowed and kowtowed, touching their heads to the ground with great piety.

The third stone tablet: The girl seems to be teaching something, and the people around her are overjoyed whenever they receive her guidance.

The entire city seemed to have become more prosperous and thriving because of the girl!

Jiang Chen frowned as he carefully examined the stone carving, but because the carving was somewhat simplistic, he had no idea what the woman in the image was teaching.

The first two stone statues looked alright, but the third one immediately became a bit mysterious.

What exactly is this thing that the girl is teaching?

Why can it make people ecstatic?

It looks like some kind of pyramid scheme or cult propaganda ritual.

Jiang Chen frowned and looked at the fourth stone tablet.

This stone statue has the largest area of ​​carving and contains the most carvings.

The carving depicts a city seemingly under attack by an enemy, with a ten-year-old girl leading troops to fight back.

The loli descended like a war goddess, and wherever she went, all enemies immediately crumbled and fell one by one!

However, there's something strange about this fourth stone tablet!

That was the scene of the girl facing off against the enemy. It seemed to have been decayed by something, and was so blurry that it was impossible to see what was drawn.

The fifth stone tablet: The great battle was won, and the little girl returned to the city amidst the cheers of the crowd. However, the little girl was also fatally wounded and unfortunately died.

After looking at these five pictures, Jiang Chen was speechless for a moment...

These five stone tablets can be summarized into one central idea: Lolita is great!

She's petite and delicate... even an enemy could be knocked down!

So the content of this stone tablet carving is really mysterious; it looks just like a scene from a loli pyramid scheme or some loli cult.

If it weren't for the fact that the stone tablet and carving marks looked extremely ancient and weathered, Jiang Chen would have suspected that it was some kind of prank carving!

However, based on the content of the pattern, Jiang Chen was certain that the city in the pattern should be the Qingyu Underwater Ancient City where he was currently staying.

The huge square and some iconic buildings in the picture are exactly the same, so it should be correct.

There are some characters at the bottom of the stone tablet's design.

However, these characters, like the three golden characters they encountered before entering the secret realm, belong to the ancient script oracle bone script, which Jiang Chen could not understand at all!

"Captain Long, does anyone here recognize these characters?" Jiang Chen asked, looking up at the others.

"I don't recognize it," Long Shijie shook his head and said, "We looked at it for a long time just like you, but we couldn't figure it out."

"The only one in our team who understands ancient writing is your senior brother, Lei San."

Jiang Chen recalled that before Lei San set off, Jiang Henian did indeed force him to take ancient script classes for a period of time, just to deal with the current situation.

"It seems we can only wait for my senior brother to arrive." Jiang Chen gently spat out a mouthful of water.

"kindness."

Jiang Chen looked at the patterns on the stone tablet in front of him while looking up at the huge human-shaped statue above him.

Although he found the content of the picture utterly absurd and ridiculous, for some reason he always felt it might be true...

After all, this is the heart of the ancient city, and the stone tablet erected here must be of extraordinary significance!

Furthermore, in the fourth stone tablet illustration, who erased the enemy carvings? And why did they do that?

Judging from the marks on the stone tablet, it must have been erased a long time ago, not recently.

After looking at the huge human-shaped statue in front of him, Jiang Chen couldn't help but walk towards the holy white tower next to it.

This white tower is so eye-catching and dazzling in this crimson and gloomy square!

It was like a splash of white in a pool of black ink, a white lotus in the mud, a hope in the darkness.

This eerie and terrifying ancient city world inspires endless longing and yearning, making people irresistibly want to get closer.

"Help me!"

"Please, please save me!"

Just as Jiang Chen was walking towards the White Pagoda, the woman's cry for help suddenly rang in his mind again!

The moment that cry for help rang out, Jiang Chen suddenly froze, his feet stiffening!

At this moment, Jiang Chen could clearly hear that the cry for help was coming from the sacred white tower in front of him!

The voice was as clear as if it were right next to my ear, tearful and pleading, incredibly clear!

"this……"

Jiang Chen stared blankly at the white tower in front of him. Was that woman trapped inside?

A bolt of lightning suddenly flashed through Jiang Chen's mind!

Jiang Chen turned around abruptly, his eyes fixed on the girl carved on the stone tablet.

Could it be that the woman who keeps pleading with him for help is the little girl on this stone tablet?

"boom!"

Just as Jiang Chen was pondering this question, a huge explosion suddenly occurred on the wall of the ancient city maze not far away!

Bricks flew everywhere, pebbles were tossed about, and two figures shot out from inside through the smoke!

One of the figures was over ten meters long, its entire body scarlet, as if all the skin of a fish had been peeled off, making it ugly and unsightly.

The other person had bulging muscles all over his body, exuding a strong metallic feel.

His body swelled up violently, reaching a height of four meters, and his skin turned bronze, making him look like a bronze giant!

As if on cue, Jiang Chen was overjoyed when he saw the bronze giant. It was none other than Lei San!

Meanwhile, the one fighting Lei San was none other than the prince Hong Guang, who had previously chased after Jiang Chen and the Red Skull Devil Fang Fish!

The man and the fish, who were originally engaged in a fierce battle, clearly did not expect to walk out of the ancient alley maze like this.

The two quickly scanned their surroundings. As soon as Hong Guang saw Long Shijie and the others in the center of the square, it froze and turned away without saying a word, quickly moving away from Lei San and Long Shijie!

joke!

Lei San alone could fight it to a standstill, but if Long Shijie joined in, it would be like chrysanthemums blooming brilliantly in autumn!

As time passed, figures also appeared around the perimeter of the plaza; these were other members of the sea race.

They saw that the center of the square had been occupied by humans, and that there were two powerful enemies, Long Shijie and Lian Wei, so they cautiously kept their distance and did not go forward.

They hovered in front of the ancient alley maze, ready to retreat into the maze at any time if danger arose.

"Captain Long?"

Lei San also quickly spotted Long Shijie, Jiang Chen, and the others in the center of the square.

Seeing Hong Guang wandering around, he glanced at him coldly but did not give chase.

The two are evenly matched, so defeating the other will not be easy.

"Teacher Lei, it's me!" Long Shijie quickly led the group to swim up.

Without saying a word, Long Shijie released his pet beast, and Lei San also released his Thunder Snowstorm Bear and Jade Flying Fish in perfect unison.

With their identities confirmed, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Senior Brother Lei, you've arrived just in time!"

Jiang Chen quickly stepped forward and said, "There are some ancient characters on the statue in the center of the square that you need to decipher. They should be related to the secret realm of this ancient city."

"Really? I'll go right now!" Lei San's eyes lit up immediately, and he strode towards the center of the square.

As he swam away, Lei San's size gradually shrank, returning to his usual height of about two meters.

Those who cultivate their bodies, even with an ordinary bronze body, can enter a giant state after cultivating to the fifth level of silver bones.

Yes, although Lei San's beast taming cultivation is only at the fourth level, his pet beasts are at the late stage of the commander level.

Lei San's Beast Tamer cultivation level was stuck at level four for a long time, but his Body Refinement cultivation level was successfully advanced.

He has broken through the fourth level of Crimson Blood and entered the fifth level of Silver Bone.

This is why Lei San was able to transform into a bronze giant just now.

Jiang Chen and Zhao Ziyi, being of the [Golden Body] and [Silver Body] levels respectively, have a relatively high level of body tempering, allowing them to enter the [Giant Transformation] stage ahead of time.

The group led Lei San towards the center of the square, and the others, knowing that Lei San understood ancient writing, also followed with great interest.

This ancient city has so many secrets, and the stone tablet in the center of the square may very well reveal a great deal of secrets.

The group quickly arrived in front of the stone tablet, and Lei San carefully read the inscriptions and patterns on the tablet.

After a moment, Lei San frowned and slowly said, looking at the ancient characters beneath the first stone tablet image, "That's right, these are all ancient oracle bone script."

"Let me begin with the inscription on the first stone tablet, which reads: 'Blessed by Heaven, a Holy Maiden has descended, and our Qingyu Island will usher in an era of prosperity and peace!'"

"A saintess?" Jiang Chen was taken aback. "The little girl on the stone tablet, is she a saintess?"

Long Shijie and the others were also a little confused. How did another saintess suddenly appear?

What exactly is going on with this secret realm?

Lei San scratched his head: "That's what it says on the stone tablet."

The second and third stone tablets read: "The Holy Maiden has come of age, her divine power is beginning to manifest, she imparts divine skills, and her blessings will last for ten thousand generations!"

Jiang Chen inwardly cursed, "This is definitely a pyramid scheme, no doubt about it..."

"The fourth stone tablet, the first two ancient characters are corroded and illegible."

Lei San stared at the two ancient characters on the front of the fourth stone tablet. Like the "enemy" that the girl in the picture was going out of the city to fight, they had been corroded and erased by something and were not clear.

"However, by combining the following text, we can still understand the meaning: although this so-called 'Qingyu Saintess' successfully defeated the XX enemy, she herself was also seriously injured and died."

"The entire ancient city of Qingyu mourned her deeply and buried her in the Qingyu Sacred Tower."

After speaking, Lei San turned around and looked at the striking, dazzling, and beautiful white tower behind him, saying, "This ancient tower should be the sacred tower within the secret realm of Qingyu Ancient City!"

"And the saintess on the stone tablet was buried here after her death."

After Lei San finished speaking, Jiang Chen, who was standing to the side, trembled violently, as if struck by lightning!

Bolts of lightning struck him repeatedly from above!

His... his guess was actually true!

The woman who had been calling for help in his ear ever since he stepped into the secret realm was actually the little girl on the stone tablet!

No...that's not right!

Doesn't this text say that the little girl died after defeating the enemy?

If he's dead, how can you send him a distress signal?

Is he... dead or not?

Or perhaps the inscription on the stone tablet is wrong, and this so-called saintess is not truly dead, but unfortunately imprisoned inside?

Or perhaps, this saintess was indeed dead, but had risen from the dead?

That's totally possible!

After all, the aura of the dead is so strong in this secret realm that it's not surprising for a corpse to come back to life!

Jiang Chen took a deep breath, then pulled Lei San aside and revealed his thoughts.

Lei San, standing to the side, was also stunned after hearing Jiang Chen's words!

Lei San stared wide-eyed at Jiang Chen, bewildered: "You mean the cry for help you've been hearing is coming from this white ancient tower in front of us?"

"Yes, it's calling for help from me right now," Jiang Chen said.

"..." Lei San.

Lei San's eyebrows were disheveled!

Damn it, what the hell is all this? All sorts of inexplicable and complicated things keep happening. I don't think I have one head, I don't think I have two!

"Senior Brother Lei, let's go take a look at this Azure Island Sacred Tower!"

Jiang Chen turned and stared intently at the magnificent and beautiful white pagoda, saying softly, "I think that if we know the details of this white pagoda, we should be able to uncover many truths!"

"Whether the other party is a saintess or not, whether she is dead or not, should all be found out from this holy tower."

"Yes!" Lei San nodded in agreement.

Since the cries for help were coming from inside, the truth must also be inside.

Lei San briefly explained Jiang Chen's situation to Long Shijie and the others, and then the dozen or so people swam towards the White Pagoda.

When Long Shijie learned that the cries for help Jiang Chen heard came from inside the white tower, his expression immediately turned serious.

The group slowly arrived at the white tower that emitted a holy white light. From the outside, the white tower was very simple and clean. Apart from the wind chimes hanging on the eaves, there were no other decorations, carvings, or paintings.

"This tower doesn't seem to have any entrances!" Jiang Chen exclaimed in surprise after turning around.

"Yes, even the windows were tightly closed, without a single crack," said Long Shijie, who had already observed the area.

Jiang Chen thought to himself, "This means they don't welcome us in!"

However, if we follow the inscription on the stone tablet, this white tower was used to bury the saintess, then the lack of a gate seems understandable!

In another sense, this white tower is the tomb of the saint.

Graves obviously can't have doors open; you can't exactly say, "Welcome in!"

The white pagoda has only three stories and is about ten meters tall. It is not very tall and appears rather small compared to the huge human-shaped statues next to it that are fifty or sixty meters tall.

"Hey, Teacher Lei, come take a look! There seems to be some text engraved on the tip of this white pagoda!"

At that moment, one of the Ironclad Dragon Shark teammates noticed something.

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately swam towards the tip of the white pagoda.

Upon closer inspection, everyone indeed saw several lines of ancient golden characters engraved at the top of the tower.

Lei San hurriedly stepped forward to check the translation, while Jiang Chen and the other "illiterate" group stayed where they were and waited.

A few seconds later, Lei San looked at the line of ancient text with a strange expression.

"Teacher Lei, what's wrong?" Long Shijie asked upon seeing this.

Lei San glanced at Long Shijie and slowly said, "This line of ancient text reads: 'When desire is unshackled, there is no way forward; one can only turn left or right. The left is hell, and the right is also hell.'"

After he finished speaking, there was a moment of silence around them!

Jiang Chen's pupils also contracted sharply!

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(End of this chapter)