The morning light pierced the horizon, and waves crashed against the shore rocks.
On the shore of Seagod Island.
Confirming the surroundings were safe,
Little White, the Demon Soul Great White Shark King, immediately slid the giant mirror she carried into the sea.
The mirror's surface touched the water, rippling outwards.
As the mirror rippled, one after another, Demon Soul Great White Sharks leaped out of the mirror like dragons leaping over a gate, splashing into the sea with countless sprays.
Then, with a loud bang, Purple Pearl also flew out of the mirror, crashing heavily onto the surface, causing the ship to rock for a moment before stabilizing.
Last to emerge were Dongfang Jing, Dongfang Yao, Purple Pearl, and the weakened, ten-thousand-year-old Demon Soul Great White Shark.
Also present were the five Demon Orcas, already on the verge of death after being ganged up on in the Hall of Mirrors.
"Little brother!" The Demon Soul Great White Shark King swam over, gently nuzzling it with her head. Feeling its weak but steady heartbeat and breathing, the anxiety in her eyes subsided slightly.
She carefully examined him and found that her younger brother's wounds had been treated with hemostatic herbs and bandaged.
"I know a little about medicine, but the body structure of soul beasts is different from humans. You should find a more professional veterinarian to examine him,"
Dongfang Jing's voice was extremely weak. His face was pale, his lips purple, and his head was throbbing with pain.
Using soul skills and the Mirror Body Soul Splitting Technique, while the Hall of Ten Thousand Mirrors was constantly draining his spiritual energy, had led to his exhaustion.
As soon as he finished speaking, his vision went black, and he collapsed backward.
Dongfang Yao and Zi Zhenzhu quickly caught him.
Looking at her brother's unconscious face, Dongfang Yao's heart ached.
She clenched her small fists tightly.
A surge of anger burned within her.
It was all that evil tiger whale king's fault! When she became powerful enough, she would definitely avenge her brother.
Time passed, and the sun set.
Dongfang Jing's eyelashes trembled a few times before he slowly opened his eyes.
The intense headache had subsided considerably.
He looked around, confirming that he was in his room on the Purple Pearl.
At that moment, the wooden door creaked open.
Dongfang Yao entered, carrying a plate of fruit.
Seeing him awake, she exclaimed with delight, "Brother! You're awake!"
She quickly went to the bedside and placed the fruit plate aside.
"Yao'er, are you both alright?" Dongfang Jing sat up, carefully examining his sister.
Seeing that she was unharmed and in good spirits, he felt relieved.
Cooperating with soul beasts was a gamble, and even though they didn't seem to hate humans, he was still worried that they might kill him afterward.
"Brother, Pearl and I are both fine,"Dongfang Yao told him what had happened after he fainted. The Demon
Soul Great White Shark King not only didn't attack them but also treated them very well.
However, Seagod Island had rules that outsiders weren't allowed on the island, so they had to make do with resting on the Purple Pearl.
Dongfang Jing nodded, lifted the thin blanket, got out of bed, stretched his stiff limbs, and walked towards the cabin door.
Suddenly, he remembered a crucial question: "By the way, what about those five demonic orcas? Were they all killed by her tribe in a fit of rage?"
"Uh, one was killed by them, but the remaining four are still alive! I guess bringing them back specifically for you, brother, must be useful. Quickly have Sister Xiaobai order her tribe to stop."
"Xiaobai?"
As Dongfang asked, he climbed to the second deck.
A cheerful, bell-like laugh reached his ears.
He saw Zi Zhenzhu leaning against the railing, chatting and laughing with a figure whose back was to them.
The figure wore a uniquely tailored white leather jacket that accentuated a breathtakingly perfect figure, and long, straight, grey-blue hair cascaded down like a waterfall.
Hearing footsteps, both turned around simultaneously.
Zi Zhenzhu's eyes lit up, her smile widening, even revealing a rare hint of girlish shyness,and a subtle, almost imperceptible, mischievous glint.
The grey-blue-haired girl also turned around.
Her skin was fair with a faint grey-blue sheen, her nose high and straight, her facial features clear and angular, yet not at all jarring; instead, they combined to create a captivatingly exotic face. Her clear, deep grey-blue eyes looked over with a gentle smile.
"My benefactor, you're awake!" she said, her voice ethereal and melodious.
Looking at the face that was both unfamiliar and vaguely familiar, Dongfang Jing guessed, "Could you be... the King of the Demon Soul Great White Shark?"
The girl, or rather, Xiao Bai, smiled and nodded in acknowledgment.
Dongfang Jing was immediately surprised.
He had never heard of a soul beast being able to transform into a human before.
Could this be the legendary mermaid?
Xiao Bai seemed to sense his confusion and took the initiative to explain, "We sea soul beasts are quite special. After our cultivation reaches 100,000 years, we can briefly transform into human form on land, maintaining it for about an hour. If we don't return to the water within that time, our power will continuously weaken, even endangering our lives."
After she finished speaking, she solemnly bowed to Dongfang Jing: "This time, we are truly grateful to you, my benefactor, for allowing my brother and many of our people to survive. Let me formally introduce myself, I am the King of the Demon Soul Great White Shark, you can call me Xiao Bai."
"Dongfang Jing," he replied in a calm tone, "There's no need to call me benefactor, we're just mutually beneficial."
"Alright, benefactor," Xiao Bai readily agreed, her smile undiminished.
Dongfang Jing: "."
He shook his head, deciding to skip the issue of address and get to the point: "Where are those Demon Orcas?"
"This way, please." Xiao Bai led the way.
Reaching the ship's railing, they saw dozens of Demon Soul Great White Sharks forming a tight encirclement in the clear, shallow sea below.
Inside the circle were four Demon Orcas, bound by special water chains and unconscious.
On the beach not far away lay the headless carcass of a fifth Demon Orca.
Dongfang Jing blinked and pointed at the carcass, asking, "Where's its head? Was it eaten?"
"Oh, that one... it was Pearl Sister..."
Dongfang Yao was about to explain when Purple Pearl quickly covered her mouth, silencing her and leaving only muffled "woo-woo" sounds.
A hint of embarrassment flashed across Purple Pearl's face: "Um... Brother Jing, there's something quite valuable about the head of the Demonic Orca. Could you give me one?"
Dongfang Jing didn't care; he wasn't short of money, and besides, he had four: "Sure."
He stopped paying attention to the corpse and turned his gaze to the four living Demonic Orcas in the sea, maintaining a safe distance. He asked Little White beside him, "Can you tell their exact cultivation levels?"
Little White carefully sensed them and replied, "The lowest cultivation level among the Demonic Orca clan is ten thousand years. From left to right, these three are approximately thirty-five thousand, twenty-six thousand, and twenty-five thousand years old, while the smallest one on the far right is ten thousand years old."
Dongfang Jing frowned slightly upon hearing this.
All such high cultivation levels?
He had originally held onto a sliver of hope that one of them, a hundred years old, could be absorbed by Yao'er; now it seemed impossible.
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