CHAPTER 375: CHAPTER 367: TURTLE PRIME MINISTER!

Just as Chen Qing had thought, no one dared to open the giant clam from beginning to end. The Blood Guards, who could instantly kill whale sharks, handled the clam with extreme care as if holding a treasured gem, and carried it down to the abyssal depths.

While one couldn’t see inside from the outside, inside, Weichi Feihong could share the clam’s field of vision and see the outside.

This ability was taught to him by Princess Bai Yu, who clearly believed that Weichi Feihong would remain loyal to her forever. She never anticipated that Chen Qing would take back this favored subordinate in such a manner.

"Below... there are so many giant clams..." he reported through the shared vision.

Chen Qing nodded slightly, it was exactly as he had expected.

"Your Majesty is truly incomparable in strategy!" Weichi Feihong said with sincere admiration, "Those creatures with crab heads and human bodies are transporting a large number of giant clams. It must be as you said, Your Majesty, they are being used to store Bai Yu."

"Bai Yu is precious because it is free of impurities. The best containers for it are pearl and jade clams. The massive amount of Bai Yu stored here is a precious resource for Dragon Palace to restart its power; its importance is not even less than that of those yet-to-awake nobles of Dragon Palace."

Weichi Feihong nodded slightly, but at the same time, he was puzzled. If that was the case, how would Chen Qing take these things from the hands of those creatures?

As he was pondering, suddenly a massive, icy oppression rushed at them. Even inside the clam, the three of them felt chills all over. Murong, who was in the process of blood regeneration, felt this even more acutely, his complexion turning ashen to an extreme degree.

"What is that?" Murong asked in horror, looking towards Weichi.

"I don’t know..." Weichi shook his head, "It has a tall frame, looks like an Evil Ghost, with eight arms... But it seems very weak, its muscles all shriveled, clearly not yet recovered..." He then looked towards Chen Qing, "Is it from the Dragon Clan?"

Chen Qing listened to the description and shook his head, "No, it’s a Yaksha, one of the top warriors in Dragon Palace, their status only below the Ghost Minister and the Dragon Nine Sons, and even higher than some of the Whale Shark Generals."

"Not from the Dragon Clan?" both Murong and Weichi gasped. It wasn’t from the Dragon Clan, and yet it had such terrifying oppressive force?

Weichi even felt that, even if he were completely adapted to the current qi and blood, he would stand no chance against that being, and even the last two trump cards of Bai Yu would have no chance of winning. And the result... it wasn’t from the Dragon Clan?

How terrifying must the true Dragon Clan be?

"Don’t be afraid, and don’t bother with it. The Yaksha is a high-ranking existence in Dragon Palace and won’t be reviving anytime soon. Right now, it is but an escorted being."

Upon hearing it wouldn’t revive for now, both let out a sigh of relief.

"Look closely, where are the Blood Guards mainly sending the blood essence stones?"

At this, Weichi Feihong started and hurriedly looked over. He suddenly noticed that the further down the abyss they went, the more Yakshas there were—there were thousands of them!

For a moment, Weichi Feihong felt as if his heart had turned to ice. Thousands of such creatures? If they all revived, what could the Human Race use to resist?

No wonder in ancient times, the Human Race was only fit to be slaves...

This was not even on the same level!

However, he also noticed that the blood guards, carrying the blood essence stones, did not provide for these Yakshas. There wasn’t a complete absence of supply—passing by, it was evident that some of the Blood Guards would distribute a few stones to allow the Yakshas to slowly recover their vitality, but the majority of the blood essence stones were still being sent down into the abyss!

Confused, he said, "Are they planning to focus on reviving the members of the Dragon Clan mentioned by Your Majesty?"

Chen Qing, however, shook his head, "With time pressing, the blood essence stones collected by the Blood Guards are extremely limited, nowhere near enough to revive any of the Pureblood Dragon Race. Reviving a few Yakshas might be possible, but it wouldn’t be very effective. Faced with monstrous beings like the Heavenly Ghost Octopus, they clearly intend to use the blood essence stones on a most valuable being."

"What is it?" Weichi Feihong asked curiously.

"You’ll know soon enough!"

Hearing this, Weichi Feihong continued to look through the clam. On the way down, he saw the bottom of the abyss covered with creatures that were frozen and horrifying to behold, with an oppressive power like that of the Yakshas. It was hard to imagine how the Human Race had managed to survive amidst such a group of creatures back then.

Moreover, looking at the ancient history revealed by Bai Yu, there wasn’t just one ancient power like Dragon Palace in existence during those ancient times. Considering how formidable the Dragon Palace alone was, how did the Human Race, facing multiple ancient powers back then, manage to endure until now?

The ancient ancestors must have been even worse off than ants, but even so, the Human Race... has persisted until now and dominated the present world!

"Is it that one?"

Almost an entire hour had passed when Weichi finally saw it, the true bottom of the sea!

The ground of the abyss was made of a layer of translucent jade stone, the high-quality Imperial Green spread everywhere like flooring, and natural jade stone illuminated the entire sea bottom of the abyss.

Weichi had seen much of the world, but he was still deeply shocked by the scenery before him!

The colorful corals, the green jade ground, and the countless brilliant jewels that decorated it, the luxury at the bottom of the Dragon Palace was beyond his imagination!

At that moment, near the approaching Blood Guards, there were giant crabs and giant turtles, carrying ice mountain-like structures on their backs.

Weichi Feihong couldn’t see through what was inside the ice mountains, but even the shadows emerging from within made him avert his gaze, instinctively fearing what they hid so that he didn’t dare take a closer look...

Among the numerous giant sea turtles, there was one whose size was not large, rather small, about the size of a person.

But it had a very special form, crystal clear all over, like a jade stone turtle, and it looked extremely beautiful.

At this moment, the largest quantity of the Blood Guards’ essence stones was being fed to this small sea turtle!

"What is that?" Weichi asked after describing it.

"Have you ever heard of Mister Tianji?" Chen Qing inquired.

Weichi’s pupils shrank. That name was a taboo just like the King of Qin. It was said that Your Majesty the Emperor had long ago secretly organized a group of top assassins to covertly search for that person, with the key leader of the search being Duke Liu Yu of the Song country.

Even Duke Liu said that if he was lucky enough to find Mister Tianji, under the heavens... only he, Liu Yu, could capture Mister Tianji!

It was a mysterious existence that even the kings feared, and even his own father hardly dared to mention it.

Nevertheless, he had seen some records in the secret family chronicles.

Mister Tianji, one of the five masters, possessed the inscrutable Tianji Arithmetic, which could calculate all the fortunes and misfortunes in the world and was the most feared card under the hand of the King of Qin back in the day.

However, Weichi Feihong was a bit puzzled by this. If that person could calculate all the fortunes and misfortunes in the world, why didn’t he predict the King of Qin would be betrayed?

And what connection did this peculiar sea turtle have with Mister Tianji?

Full of doubts, he could only respond, "I’ve heard a bit, but Mister Tianji is so mysterious that there’s very little recorded information..."

Chen Qing stroked his chin upon hearing this, squinting his eyes. Of the five masters, Mister Tianji should be the hardest to capture. However, considering various messages revealed by Wang Ye, Mister Tianji should have been a figure serving the King of Qin. He and Weichi thought alike, if the King of Qin had Mister Tianji as his card, why was he betrayed?

But the secrets of the past were clearly beyond his guessing now; he still needed to solve the current situation.

"What you saw is a very special existence in the Dragon Palace, this species, could hold the position of Prime Minister in any of the Four Dragon Palaces!"

"Prime Minister?" Weichi was taken aback. Although the turtle looked quite peculiar, it was obviously not at the same level as the other ferocious creatures around it. It somehow felt... less dangerous...

"Hmm..." Chen Qing nodded. "It is a very special entity. The turtle shells used by Mister Tianji for divinations come from this creature. Fortune tellers all over the world probably dream of obtaining a piece of that Turtle Prime Minister’s shell—it’s a divine tool for divination!"

"A divine tool for divination?" Weichi caught on: "Then this creature..."

"Yes, an aging Turtle Prime Minister can even participate in making major future decisions for the Dragon Palace, precisely because of their miraculous power of divination. The Blood Guards prioritize reviving this creature because the path it calculates is the one that can most ensure their safe retreat!"

"I see..." Weichi realized, instead of reviving a few Yakshas, reviving such a magical being that could predict fortunes and misfortunes was more beneficial to their current retreat!

"This is our only chance," Chen Qing said, holding his breath. "All the top creatures of the Dragon Clan here have not had time to revive. If we capture that turtle, we’ll win half the battle!"

"Capture... the turtle?" Weichi stuttered, "Now... right now?"

"If not now, are we going to wait until the turtle calculates our location before we act?" Chen Qing rolled his eyes in silent exasperation...

"Watch my hand signals, be ready to act any moment!!!"