novelraw Chapter 131: Sea Clouds and the Song of Rebuke
Chapter 131: Sea Clouds and the Song of Rebuke
In the dead of night.
Chen Qi held an extinguished lantern, moving steadily through this sea area.
He had already reached deep into the territory where the deep-sea titan resided.
Waves gently swept over his pant legs, sending a faint chill up from his feet.
It probably wasn’t the water spirits sneakily nibbling at his toes…
Chen Qi looked down toward the seabed.
Beneath the vast ocean floor, he could vaguely make out countless writhing tentacles in the depths.
Each tentacle was as thick as a truck, and the countless tentacles lightly swayed, capable of stirring up a raging storm across the entire area.
The Deep-sea Titan—the Tentacle Giant Tree!
“Truly magnificent…”Chen Qi sighed in admiration.
This was the largest deep-sea monster he had seen so far!
Unfortunately, the only valuable thing on this titan’s tentacles was its epidermis.
As for the core item inside, it wasn’t something he could acquire.
At that moment, a shiver ran down Chen Qi’s spine.
It shouldn’t attack me, right?
Strictly speaking, the deep-sea titan beneath his feet was more of a plant than an animal.
Overall, its lifestyle resembled that of a pitcher plant—sometimes it might attack spiritual beings invading its territory.
Would his Deep Sea Affinity really work on this plant-like deep-sea monster?
Could it really work?
The waves grew increasingly fierce.
Chen Qi gripped the lantern tightly, widening his eyes.
Boom! Boom!
Below the ocean, the tentacles flailed wildly, stirring up enormous waves!
This titan had clearly detected an unknown creature entering its domain!
He watched as the enormous tentacles twisted, overlapped, and entwined, forming a strange pattern!
Under the moonlight, Chen Qi vaguely recognized the special pattern formed by the overlapping tentacles—one that had appeared multiple times in civilization, carrying a mysterious symbol!
A heart shape.
A heart formed by tentacles? What the hell was this?
“???”
Chen Qi wore a baffled expression as he stared at the blurry shadow beneath the sea, doubting his own eyes.
Separated by the pitch-black ocean surface, he couldn’t clearly see the titan’s true face.
But for now, it seemed Deep Sea Affinity was useful.
This should be the Tentacle Giant Tree’s way of expressing goodwill.
Chen Qi felt a strong intuition that this titan would not attack him!
“Safe…”
A faint smile curled on Chen Qi’s lips.
Since the owner of this area had no objections, he might as well do as he pleased!
It was time to see if there were any cute sea creatures in this area.
Chen Qi’s steps grew bolder as he began searching for sea beasts in this territory.
Hammerhead sharks, go!
Clownfish, go!
Electric jellyfish—if there’s a large enough ship in the future, they could be used as generators, so go for now!
Great sea serpents, don’t coil around my legs, go away!
Deepsea Water Spirit Number Two, get off that small green algae!
Chen Qi wandered freely near the deep-sea titan, hoping to find valuable sea beasts.
Unfortunately, like Sea Monster Gorge, this place was filled with dangerous sea creatures and few commercially valuable ones.
Just then, he suddenly caught a faint sweet fragrance.
Chen Qi immediately turned his head.
Above the sea surface floated several fluffy, sheep-like creatures.
They leisurely drifted over the sea like clusters of cotton candy.
“These are…”
Without hesitation, Chen Qi decisively opened the Sea Beast Herbal Material Utilization Guide.
Sea Soap! Also known as Sea Cloud!
This cloud-like creature, similar to the Deepsea Water Spirits, was a special kind of sea beast that could freely navigate the ocean.
If you peeled off the woolly, cloud-like exterior, inside would be a small sea beast similar to a Deepsea Water Spirit.
But in terms of commercial value, it far surpassed the water spirits!
The “cloud” of the Sea Cloud was a famous perfume, cosmetic, and body wash ingredient in Beiguo!
When the cloud was heated, it would melt into a slime-like soothing liquid.
This liquid was absorbed by the skin, whitening it, increasing elasticity, and repairing external wounds—greatly enhancing one’s charm!
In advertisements, the Sea Goddess bathing in the ocean used a body wash made from Sea Cloud!
It was a luxurious product beloved by many beauty enthusiasts.
In value and effect, it even surpassed the renowned slime liquid beauty products from the Goldenfinch Kingdom!
A treasure… Chen Qi rubbed his hands in excitement.
However, Sea Clouds were irritable and reclusive creatures. They disliked attacking humans and avoided contact with other sea beasts.
But they remained incredibly dangerous.
Their speed across the ocean could even exceed the speed of sound, like missiles destroying any ship in sight.
People once tried making steel cages to farm Sea Clouds.
But Sea Clouds never became slaves!
If forcibly restrained, they would explode—literally a physical explosion!
Therefore, the usual way to obtain Sea Cloud “wool” on the ocean was to catch them, shear off the wool, then release them.
Of course, like water spirits, Sea Clouds could also be kept as pets.
Some transcendent beast tamers signed contracts with Sea Clouds to make them their pets.
But this was extremely rare because, unlike water spirits, Sea Clouds became very weak once they left the sea and often couldn’t survive.
Not to mention, Sea Clouds had very bad tempers and wouldn’t obey their owners even if forcibly contracted.
Chen Qi’s eyes lit up excitedly as he approached the Sea Clouds.
After countless hardships, he finally caught high-value sea beasts.
He counted them—ten Sea Clouds in total!
One Sea Cloud’s wool was worth 500,000, so ten amounted to a full 5 million!
And unlike the Ghostfire Fish, Sea Cloud’s wool bath products were very popular, making them a typical rare luxury item.
Besides, their growth cycle was faster than Ghostfire Fish!
“Hehe, Sea Clouds, hehe, Sea Clouds…”
Chen Qi’s cheeks flushed slightly as he squatted down excitedly, preparing to pluck some Sea Cloud wool to rub on his skin.
This was truly something that could whiten and firm the skin!
He also happened to be short on sunscreen!
Slap!
Suddenly, a Sea Cloud jumped and pushed his hand away.
They seemed to say:
“Get your filthy hands off! You stinky monster!”
“Go away, go away, stinky monster!”
“Stinky monster, scram! We’re not yours to touch!”
“???”
Chen Qi was startled. Despite his Deep Sea Affinity, this was the first time he had encountered such a situation.
This had nothing to do with his Deep Sea Affinity. If it were the Flower Witch, she would have already been pushed into the air by angry Sea Clouds.
Sea beasts had personalities, and Sea Clouds were the typical irritable type. Even if the Coastal Apex Predators showed up, these Sea Clouds would probably slap them!
Their tempers were even worse than the Ghostfire Fish!
“What a pain…”
Chen Qi fell into frustration. Could it be that even he couldn’t farm Sea Clouds?
If he roughly took their wool, the Sea Clouds might just explode on him!
Looking at the Sea Clouds, Chen Qi felt a strong sense of money wasted and defeat.
Seeing Chen Qi’s lack of resistance, the Sea Clouds even lightly bumped his abdomen with their springy cloud bodies.
Bang!
Though harmless, the insult was severe!
At that moment, the small green algae holding Deepsea Water Spirit Number Two poked out its head.
It couldn’t stand it anymore—how could sea beasts be so rude!
It glared at the obnoxious Sea Clouds and cleared its throat:
“La la la la~”
A light, melodious song echoed over the ocean.
Though delicate, the song carried a peculiar insulting vibe!
It was the Song of Rebuke! Simply put, a song that made listeners feel guilt and self-reproach.
Chen Qi wanted to stop the small green algae.
The algae was scolding the rude Sea Clouds on his behalf.
But Sea Clouds were not Ghostfire Fish—they had huge tempers!
With their irritable nature, the Sea Clouds might just slam the algae flying into the sky!
A fight between sea beasts was still possible!
Unexpectedly, however, the Sea Clouds, though still irritable and snapping back, approached.
Then, the moment they got close to the algae, their attitude suddenly shifted—they cuddled up to the algae.
But the algae didn’t tolerate them, grabbing Deepsea Water Spirit Number Two and pushing them away.
The Sea Clouds made contented sounds:
“Wai bi wai bi! (Sounds nice)”
“Wai bi wai bi! (Sea Witch Sister! Sing another!)”
“!!!”
Then the algae wore a proud expression, its tentacle hair waving about.
Chen Qi was stunned and patted the algae’s tentacle hair.
What was going on?
Why did a single song cause such a drastic change in the Sea Clouds’ attitude?
Were they asking for insults?
Was it because of the song?
Such blatant favoritism.
Could it be that I could also attract Sea Clouds with singing…? Chen Qi had a bold idea.
Anyway, at least the Sea Clouds were willing to follow him. Finding a chance to lure them onto the ship shouldn’t be a problem.
Finally, he had acquired farmable sea beasts!
Chen Qi excitedly clapped his hands. Without realizing it, he had already reached the very center of this sea area.
He remembered Palu had said legendary medicinal herbs grew in this central area!
Chen Qi continued forward, and sure enough, not long after, he saw a huge transcendent plant emitting a wonderful transcendent aura.