Chapter 190: Gathering of Heroes (1)
Wu Gu's worries were unknown to Lu Heng.
Now, he is leading Xiao Ai and following Lady Yu Linglong, leaving Fan Jie Mountain.
To the south of Fan Jie Mountain lies a sea mouth that leads to the Mermaid Kingdom, known as "Sea Gate," an important gateway.
However, it is now blocked and forbidden for outsiders to enter or leave.
Lady Yu Linglong is leading Lu Heng on a different path.
Leaving the Warm Fragrance Pavilion, crossing the city on Fan Jie Mountain, in a secluded corner, there is an elegant and tranquil small courtyard.
Pushing open the gate of the courtyard, one beholds an elegantly arranged space. The pavilions and terraces, rockeries and flowers, are laid out in an orderly fashion, exuding beauty without appearing disorderly. It is clearly a work of great craftsmanship.
However, Lu Heng and his companions didn't come to visit the courtyard.
Following Yu Linglong, Lu Heng and Xiao Ai passed through the courtyard and one door after another, finally arriving at a pond hidden between the mountain rocks.
The pond is only a few meters in size, not very large and looks like a private pool, but it is deep and not visible. Yu Linglong walked to the edge of the pond and gently shook a bronze bell.
The crisp sound of a bell echoed among the rocks, and soon there was a reaction in the pool of water.
Faintly, there was a huge dark shadow swimming underwater.
Yu Linglong turned to the white wolf and Xiao Ai behind her, explaining, "There is a sea monster underwater called the 'Speedfish', a huge fish. The Mermaid Kingdom raises them as aquatic mounts for transportation, which can quickly bring us to their city."
After speaking, Yu Linglong directly leaped into the pool and disappeared from Lu Heng's sight.
Xiao Ai glanced at Lu Heng and saw the Wolf God nod, so she also leaped and jumped into the water.
Then, it was Lu Heng's turn to jump into the pool.
In the instant that the huge white wolf jumped into the water, a huge gaping bloody mouth appeared in his sight.
However, Lu Heng remained unwavering instead of panicking as the monster devoured him whole. As he traveled through the gushing currents, he passed through the creature's esophagus and arrived at a small, solitary island aided by the flow of water.
On the shore, Yu Linglong, the tower master, was waiting for Lu Heng with a smile on her face. Behind her, there was a small bamboo garden, with its buildings as beautiful as they were in the Warm Fragrance Pavilion.
Looking around, he didn't see the bloody walls of the beast's interior, but instead saw surging seawater.
To his surprise, there were fish swimming in the flowing water.
This bizarre scene left Lu Heng awestruck.
Yu Linglong chuckled, "One trait of this fast-moving beast is that once inside its body, one can directly observe the outside scenery. However, what outsiders see is a large fish, they cannot see the person inside the fish's belly."
"Therefore, some noble aristocrats of the Mermaid Kingdom keep a Speedfish as a travel mount. As we are inside the fish's belly, we can travel south without worrying about being detected even if we encounter the Mermaid Kingdom's patrol teams."
Saying so, Yu Linglong gently shook the bell in her hand.
Amidst the crisp sound of the bell, Lu Heng saw the surrounding fish swiftly retreating behind them. The mouth of the water pool above their heads disappeared from view.
This huge beast had already started swimming at an incredible speed.
However, despite the incredible speed, Lu Heng and his companions inside the fish's belly felt no bumps or jolts.
Yu Linglong said, "The Wolf God can take a rest for a while. Even with a Speedfish, it will take a day and a night to reach the Mermaid Kingdom. You can rest for now, and I will call you when we arrive."
Lu Heng nodded and said, "If that's the case, then I trouble the master."
After speaking, Lu Heng didn't go inside but sat down in the courtyard, closed his eyes, and meditated.
Although there was no feeling of shaking inside the Speedfish's body, its swimming speed was extremely fast. Those occasional sightings of the rocky islands were quickly left behind.
Such a fast speed that even airplanes from his past life couldn't compare.
But such a fast fish still had to swim for a whole day and night to reach the Mermaid Kingdom… The borders of the Mermaid Kingdom were indeed as vast as the rumors.
Inside the fish's belly, Lu Heng closed his eyes and waited to arrive at the Mermaid Kingdom.
In front of this Speedfish, Yu Hailing, the lord of the Mermaid Kingdom, had just received the report from the maritime patrol team in the huge underwater city close to the South Sea Deep Trench.
The usually calm South Sea Deep Trench has recently experienced strange disturbances.
The Extreme Hell Black Water, distinct from the clear waters of the South Sea, has occasionally surged and intruded into the South Sea area these days. Wherever the eerie black water flows, vitality ceases and all things wither.
Despite the fact that the black water will soon fade away, the sudden abnormality in the usually calm South Sea Deep Trench prompted the entire Mermaid Kingdom to take swift action.
More than ten times the usual number of maritime patrol teams are patrolling around the abyss day and night, keeping watch for any possible changes.
Even the forbidding abyss, which was marked as "don't enter" by the living, the Mermaid Kingdom dispatched several people to dive down and climb down the steep cliffs to check on the situation inside the abyss.
And now, what Yu Hailing heard was a report from the exploration beneath the extremely steep cliff.
According to the investigation of the Sea Patrol, there is currently no appearance of the evil creatures recorded in the Extreme Hell Black Water. The water area beneath the extremely steep cliff is also in a normal state, and there is no phenomenon of evil energy surging.
The recent mutation in the black water is likely to be induced by the evil energy of the Moluo Evil Sword, and it is nothing unusual.
However, even so, Yu Hailing dare not take it lightly.
She frowned and ordered, "Continue patrolling and don't take it lightly. If there is any change in the situation, report it in time. We must not affect the execution of the Moluo Sword's sword spirit."
The Mermaid Kingdom has guarded the South Sea for generations, warding off anything that might come out from the South Sea Deep Trench.
However, those evil creatures that were recorded in the ancestors' records have never appeared. So much so that the Mermaids have forgotten what those so-called monsters of evil were like.
Nevertheless, no one dared to underestimate the abnormality of the Blackwater.
The warnings passed down by the ancestors are deeply engraved in the heart of every Mermaid, and they dare not forget.
All factors that may lead to an abnormality in the Blackwater must be completely eliminated.
For example… the Moluo Sword's sword spirit.
After dismissing his subordinates, Yu Hailing headed towards the direction of her ancestors' shrine.
However, she hadn't gone far when she saw the rushed Minister of the Ministry of Personnel coming, so she stopped and waited for him.
"Your Majesty!" The anxious Minister of the Ministry of Personnel brought bad news, "News has come from Fan Jie City that the Wolf God is no longer at the Warm Fragrance Pavilion and seems to have crossed the sea gate directly into our country's waters."
The news from the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel made Yu Hailing's face slightly serious.
"As expected," Yu Hailing said calmly, "the Wolf God previously searched for the South Sea all over for his friend and even killed the Erba God Man. Now that his friend has trouble, he will surely not sit idly by."
