Douluo Continent: From Rusty Spear to Emperor-Slaying Spear

Chapter 28 Sword King of Xili Stone Kingdom

Two days later, inside the unnamed large island

A dozen or so children, around five or six years old, gathered inside the stone house, curiously examining Ji Wuming lying on the stone bed.

"Grandpa Village Chief, why isn't this outsider awake yet? Should I stand up on him and pat him?"

"Grandpa Village Chief, I need to pee!"

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At that moment, Ji Wuming heard a cacophony of sounds and slowly opened his eyes. A dozen pairs of eyes were staring directly at him, making him slightly panicked.

"Where is this?"

His mind raced, his eyes hardened, and he even showed signs of murderous intent.

"Grandpa Village Chief, he's awake!"

As a child shouted, an elderly man with gray hair, leaning on a cane, walked in and said in a very gentle tone,

"Outsider, you are safe now. Dali and the others rescued you from the sea..."

After the old village chief's introduction, Ji Wuming finally lowered his guard. He realized that he had come to the Western Stone Kingdom, a place like a paradise on earth.

Based on his recollection, this wasn't actually a country, but rather a slightly larger village. Especially noteworthy was the fact that even ordinary adults here possessed Soul King strength, and their awakened martial souls were all sword-type.

The fact that Chief Dali was able to save himself from the brink of death from those ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts suggests that his strength must be at the level of a Soul Douluo or even a Title Douluo, which inevitably inspires respect for this place.

"Old village chief, do you know where Seagod Island is?" Ji Wuming didn't know that these people, who resembled primitive tribesmen, knew the direction of Hanhai City, but if it came to Seagod Island, they would definitely know.

After all, most people who live by the sea or on islands know more or less about the sea god and the name of the island of the sea god.

"Poseidon Island is located to the northwest of our hometown."

Upon hearing this, Ji Wuming finally understood his general direction. He was currently in the southwestern sea area of ​​the mainland, and he only needed to head northeast to return to the mainland.

However, seeing that Ji Wuming's injuries had not fully healed before he wanted to leave, the old village chief couldn't help but remind him, "Young man, the soul beasts throughout the entire sea will be rampaging soon. No matter where you want to go, it's best not to leave the island during this period."

"A riot of soul beasts?"

Ji Wuming's thoughts were slightly chaotic. He knew about the soul beast riots in the ocean; these riots also had another name: the sea soul beast feast, which occurred every year.

During a riot, they can leave their own sea territory to hunt for food in the territories of other soul beasts, or even communicate with other sea soul beast groups and reproduce.

But how could that be? There's still at least a month until the soul beast uprising.

Suddenly, his thoughts shifted. Perhaps the attack he had suffered from those ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts had caused the sea soul beast uprising to break out prematurely.

"Thank you for the reminder, old man! I'll leave after the sea spirit beast riot is over. My name is Ji Wuming."

The old village chief and the children were overjoyed by Ji Wuming's stay, as they hadn't encountered an outsider for almost sixty or seventy years.

"Big brother, can you tell us a story?"

"Big brother, isn't the outside world quite dangerous? Like that Spirit Hall? They're so evil!"

"Big brother, where are you from?"

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The children all voiced their questions and thoughts, with the majority focusing on the Spirit Hall.

In fact, there was a reason why they hated the Spirit Hall. When Qian Daoliu was the Pope, he sent a large number of spirit masters to the Western Stone Kingdom in an attempt to kill all the people there to eliminate future troubles, but they were defeated by the Western Sword Master.

"Don't disturb your older brother, let him rest!"

The old village chief left with many children, leaving Ji Wuming alone in the room.

Ji Wuming finally calmed down and lay flat on the stone bed. He felt both relieved and somewhat helpless. He touched the blue and gold crown on his head.

The crown, as an external soul bone, has a somewhat lackluster soul skill. It can only enhance one's mental strength and reduce the soul power consumption of soul skills, without much practical use. It can only serve as a support soul bone.

However, without this external soul bone, Ji Wuming might not have survived. It seems we can only hope for the external soul bone's future evolution.

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Meanwhile, within Hanhai City,

The captain and a small number of crew members who survived the attack informed the head of the Hai family and Director Lu of the academy about the incident.

"What? What do you mean Xiao Ji died after being devoured by a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast?"

Upon hearing the news, Director Lu's heart skipped a beat; he was utterly shocked. However, the next moment, some of the teachers who had gone out to help students acquire spirit rings hurriedly returned with their students, urgently saying...

"Old Lu, he's gone mad! The sea spirit beasts have completely gone mad! A large number of thousand-year-old spirit beasts have appeared in the shallow sea area, and there are even a few ten-thousand-year-old spirit beasts. The spirit beast uprising has come ahead of schedule."

"What's going on here? Wasn't the sea spirit beast uprising supposed to be a month away? How come it's happening so soon? Could it be that some hundred-thousand-year-old spirit beasts from the deep sea are deliberately retaliating against us humans?"

As Director Lu spoke, his heart grew increasingly worried. Could it be that Xiao Ji had died in the soul beast rampage? Yet, he still held onto a glimmer of hope.

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Xiao Ji knows soul beasts very well, so it's impossible that he died from a soul beast rampage. He must have escaped to some island and hidden away. That must be it!

"Quickly send men to the coast and Blue Fish Village to find out if Xiao Ji has returned. He would never die so easily."

After instructing people to search, Director Lu picked up a pen to write a letter, but then put it down. The best news was that his body had not yet been found.

At this moment, in Nottingham, hundreds of miles away,

A seven-year-old boy dressed in blue, with a somewhat dark look in his eyes, was walking down the main street of Nottingham.

"Hey, wait for me! I've never been to your house before! The semester's finally over, can you take me to visit your place?"

A girl in pink clothes with rabbit ears on her head, carrying a small square package, hurriedly caught up with Tang San ahead.

"My home is very simple, I'm afraid I don't have anything good to offer you."

Xiao Wu said happily, "It's okay, I brought some carrots and bought some meat."

Tang San said as he walked, "My dad has a bad temper!"

"It's okay, I'm very well-behaved!" Xiao Wu walked up to Tang San, revealing her cute and innocent side.

As they continued their journey, they soon arrived at Holy Soul Village. When Tang San pushed open the door, he only saw Old Jack.

"Young lady, your father and I were planning to pick you up, why did you come back early?"

(End of this chapter)