Upon seeing the inside of the shell for the first time, they were instantly mesmerized.

The conch shell was actually transparent! They could clearly see all the scenery outside from within.

"Wow."

Qian Xiao was utterly astonished. He touched the inner wall of the shell, poking here and looking there, when he suddenly felt a chill around him…

Turning his head, he saw Beibei smiling gently, looking at him with a friendly gaze.

Wait a minute—why is she holding her sword?

Qian Xiao shivered inexplicably. He carefully withdrew his hand and even used his sleeve to wipe the spot he had just touched.

Only then did Beibei release the sword hilt. She sat down beside Yiyi and said obediently, "Sit tight. We're about to take off."

Following Beibei's words, the conch shell sped across the surface of the sea. In the blink of an eye, it was at least three kilometers from the coast.

"Slow down, slow down! I get carsick… no, 'shell-sick,'" Qian Xiao said, his face pale.

However, upon hearing this, not only did Beibei not slow down, but her eyes gleamed as she accelerated even more.

On the distant coast, tourists only saw a white streak disappear in a flash. Many wondered if it was a yacht, but it seemed far too fast…

Xu Lai sat leisurely on a cloud, trailing the conch. Sensing something, he frowned and scoffed, "You're courting death!"

Within the mist, a six-winged seagull suddenly exploded into a cloud of blood.

"Mount Haitang has transformed into a Dragon Vein. The Spiritual Energy is too rich, attracting all sorts of riffraff," Xu Lai murmured, narrowing his eyes.

Before Mount Haitang became a Dragon Vein, the fifty-mile radius around it held only a couple of insignificant monsters, not enough to pique his interest in the slightest. Now, however, it was bustling with activity. That six-winged seagull, for example, had a Boundary almost on par with Tan Chang, yet it had radiated murderous intent, wanting to attack him.

"Cleanse the area of all monsters that hunt humans," Xu Lai ordered coolly.

He wouldn't interfere with humans who entered the Cultivation World. But if these Sea Demons or land monsters dared to harm even a single hair of an ordinary person—they would be annihilated!

Instantly, clouds and mist swirled around the summit of Mount Haitang.

"ROAR!"

A black Divine Dragon leaped out from within the clouds. Its roar caused all the evil spirits for dozens of miles to tremble in shock and fear. The sea monsters, in particular, stiffened completely, prostrating themselves on the ground or in the water, not daring to move an inch.

Xu Lai glanced at the scene before withdrawing his gaze.

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The conch shell drifted on the sea for a full two hours. By now, they were at least three hundred kilometers from the coastline, over a hundred and sixty nautical miles.

"Yiyi, are you ready? We're about to dive," Beibei said, looking at Yiyi warmly. "Or we could stay here and bask in the sun for a while."

Meanwhile, Qian Xiao lay on the ground, his soul nearly rattled out of his body by the extreme speed. Beibei completely ignored him.

"Let's wait for him," Yiyi said. She squatted down and touched Qian Xiao's forehead with her finger, asking with concern, "Qian Xiao, are you okay?"

"Boss, I… I'm fine," Qian Xiao said weakly.

"Tch, such a useless human," the Sea Demon, Beibei, pursed her lips. She hadn't even started tormenting him yet, and the boy was already at his limit. What a disappointment to this conch!

Beibei partially opened the sealed shell. Qian Xiao quickly stuck his head out to vomit. After he finished, he sensed something was wrong. Why were there so many black fins floating on the water's surface? And why were they getting closer?

"Mommy!"

Qian Xiao scrambled back into the shell, his small face filled with immense terror.

Those are sharks!

Through the transparent conch shell, they could clearly see a gigantic shark swimming right beneath them. Dozens more like it were nearby. Looking around, they saw nothing but the vast sea; no land, no ships in sight.

Qian Xiao suddenly felt dizzy, as if in a dream. I can't believe we're actually in a shell out on the open sea…

"Don't worry, sharks basically don't eat people," Beibei offered a rare word of comfort.

"But… but on TV they're always reporting that sharks ate people somewhere." Qian Xiao was still huddled in the farthest corner of the shell, shivering.

"Coward."

Beibei rolled her eyes and leaped into the water, frolicking with the school of sharks.

"You can touch them," Beibei said with a humph, perching atop a shark's head. "I'm the most formidable swordfighter in these waters. Every Sea Demon has to show me some respect."

Xu Yiyi tentatively reached out her hand and touched a shark. She was thrilled. "It's so slippery… Qian Xiao, you should try it too!"

Qian Xiao shook his head like a rattle drum and retreated even further back.

After this brief interlude, Qian Xiao was no longer dizzy, the fright having sobered him up completely.

Beibei returned to the shell, sealed it, and began the descent.

For the first few meters, they could see an abundance of marine life. The sunlight refracted through the water, and the azure sea was breathtakingly beautiful, drawing continuous gasps of wonder from both Yiyi and Qian Xiao at the beauty of nature.

However, as the shell continued to sink, their vision gradually blurred. At a depth of around forty or fifty meters, it was pitch-black—a terrifying darkness.

"Boss, I… when are we going home…" Qian Xiao was getting scared. He clutched Xu Yiyi's sleeve and asked cautiously.

Xu Yiyi also felt a knot of panic in her stomach. In her imagination, the world under the sea was supposed to be dazzlingly brilliant, but now all she saw was darkness.

"Beibei," Xu Yiyi whispered, "maybe we should come back another time."

"Alright." Beibei scratched her head. As the monster who had offered her Soul Blood to Xu Yiyi, she naturally wouldn't refuse, even though they were almost at Sea City.

But just then, the entire sea suddenly lit up as countless beams of light pierced through the darkness!

When Xu Yiyi and Qian Xiao's vision cleared, they saw a gigantic eye pressed against the conch shell. Its eyeball was twisting around, scaring the two of them so much they shrieked.

"AAAAAH!"

"There's a monster, there's a monster!"

"That's not a monster…" Beibei said, flustered as she tried to comfort them. "It's just an ordinary octopus, only a bit larger than usual. Don't be scared, don't be scared."

No sooner had she finished speaking than a figure appeared before them.

"Who's there!?"

Beibei, on high alert, drew her sword to strike, but Xu Lai effortlessly pinched the blade between his fingertips.

Once Beibei recognized the newcomer, she huffed twice and sheathed her sword. Although she was a bit surprised that Xu Lai had found them, it wasn't entirely unexpected, since this human's strength surpassed her own. She suspected the sudden light at the perpetually dark bottom of the sea was his doing as well.

"Daddy!" The frightened Xu Yiyi rushed over to him, sobbing, "That eye was so scary!"

"Da… Uncle Xu, save me!" Qian Xiao almost called him "Dad" but caught himself halfway and corrected his plea.

"Scared now, are you?" Xu Lai said with a smile.

"Mmm-hmm, mmm-hmm." The two little ones nodded incessantly, their eyes teary.

"Will you dare to sneak out to play on your own again without telling your parents?"

"We won't dare!" Yiyi and Qian Xiao shook their heads repeatedly, still crying.

Only then did Xu Lai nod, satisfied. He said calmly, "Next time you want to go somewhere fun, tell me. I can take you. Otherwise, what would you have done if you'd gotten into trouble?"

"Yiyi knows she was wrong," Xu Yiyi sniffled. "Daddy, please don't be mad, okay?"

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