Wait a minute, where is my master?

East Sea.

Youren Island.

In the hall now, only eight people remained.

Those who had been present earlier had contacted their subordinates and family members, only to receive no response or to discover that the tremendous shock waves had affected a wide area, damaging their own islands to varying degrees.

Thus, after waiting for a while and not receiving any coordinated instructions from the upper echelons of the Shui Clan, they each chose to rush back to their homes to take charge of the situation.

Only the couple in the Divinity Transformation Realm and Hai Laosi had temporarily stayed behind.

During this time, Jin Xu, who was waiting for Taoist Xia to awaken, had curiously asked Yu Yaoer for information.

"Such a major incident has occurred in the Shui Clan, isn't there someone from the higher-ups who should step in and take temporary control?"

The Little Fish Demon told him that the Shui Clan's jurisdiction was over a complex array of islands and sub-clans. Aside from her grandmother, no Cultivator's ascent to a position of power from any sub-clan would be universally accepted.

Therefore, in the Shui Clan, her grandmother was the only high-level elder who could make final decisions.

The rest, including various clan leaders and island masters, were nominally equal but privately ordered by slight seniority differences based on cultivation.

After hearing this explanation,

The little Taoist felt that the Shui Clan's upper management structure seemed somewhat unhealthy.

However, he no longer had the leisure to concern himself with these matters.

That was because the unconscious Taoist Xia had been temporarily awakened by the tacit agreement of the Divinity Transformation Realm couple with Divine Soul Twelve Needle.

"Disaster has struck! You all need to escape!"

A voice filled with panic echoed throughout the entire hall.

The Cultivator, his head filled with Golden Needles, sat up abruptly with half his body the moment he awoke, shouting out that phrase.

The expressions of everyone in the hall instantly grew tense.

Hai Laosi, who clearly had a close relationship with him, took a step forward, placing his hand on the other's fiery red pincers, and spoke in a calming tone,

"Mr. Zhuang, this is Elder Wu's territory; we are safe here with so many of us present, including a few grand elders. Calm down first, and then tell us what exactly happened. Where are the Great Elder and all the other brothers of the Shui Clan?"

After hearing Hai Laosi's words, the Cultivator with the Golden Needles took several deep breaths, his expression one of fear as he looked around, slowly regaining some composure.

However, as he saw the little Taoist and Yu Yaoer approaching him, his emotions surged once again.

"Yaoer, you're here!? That's great; the Nine Provinces may yet be saved!

"The Great Elder once instructed us that if anyone successfully escapes and encounters you, they must protect you and immediately head to Ling State on land, to Dan City, to find an Alchemist named Taishu Mo.

"He has a Seven Star Token, which is said to be able to contact the legendary Xuanxu Temple of the Two Paths of Buddha. When you contact the temple master using the Token, just show the waterskin the Great Elder gave you, tell him to come to the Four Seas to clean up the peach blossom debt he left behind. That way, the Nine Provinces might have a chance!"

The Cultivator said all this with an excited face, then attempted to stand up with his heavy lobster claspers.

But after trying,

He realized how terrible the condition of his Dantian and meridians were, and how weak his entire body felt; it was very difficult for him to even move at all.

The excited look on the Cultivator's face suddenly turned to one of astonishment.

But a moment later, he continued to shout at the people in the hall, "I seem incapable of fulfilling the Great Elder's task. You must protect Yaoer and take her to Ling State on land.

"Wu Youren, Hai Laosi!

"And the two elder exalted ones of black and white, this is a matter of life and death for the Nine Provinces. And please, inform the brothers of the Sea Clan to also escape to land quickly. According to the Great Elder, there are Ruined Arrays left by great masters from ancient times on the land of the Nine Provinces.

"They can temporarily fend off the invasion of that thing!"

After the lobster cultivator finished shouting, he finally seemed to realize something and looked down at his own body, mumbling silently.

"Strange, how did I recover so quickly..."

Meanwhile, Hai Laosi, who was squatting beside him, had an indescribable expression on his face at this moment.

The information that the other party had relayed was too complex and astounding, Hai Laosi felt like he couldn't digest it all at once.

How did a minor tremor at sea escalate into a great calamity for the Nine Provinces?

The other three Shui Clan cultivators also felt much the same way.

The Divinity Transformation Realm female cultivator, upon seeing Jin Xu and Yu Yaoer gathering close, subconsciously reminded them, "Mr. Zhuang has only a stick of incense's worth of wakefulness, and his emotions will fluctuate greatly. Little Taoist, you..."

Midway through her caution, the little Taoist waved his hand at her, indicating that there was no need to continue.

He had already seen the emotional instability for himself.

The lobster cultivator, curious about his own sudden recovery, looked down at his body for a moment before looking up to find that no one else had taken action, which once again made him anxious.

He was about to urge them verbally when suddenly,

a flash of golden light shone into his eyes.

At the same time, an immense and oppressive wave of spiritual power spread throughout the hall.

For a moment, everyone found it increasingly difficult to breathe, as if thousands of invisible, heavy mountains had suddenly pressed down upon them. Even the ceaselessly flowing spiritual power within their bodies came to a halt.

However, the next moment, a smooth and gentle voice broke through this terrifying pressure.

The little Taoist, holding the "Hand Palm Thunder" in his right hand and half-kneeling in front of the lobster cultivator, spoke deliberately and slowly,

"I am currently the temple master of Xuanxu Temple.

"Now, tell me, where is your Great Elder? What was that thing that turned your claw into dark tentacles just now?

"Also, what is this invasion you mentioned?"

After Jin Xu spoke, he paused briefly and the Golden Thunderbolt in his palm suddenly coalesced into a small sphere, after which he added another line.

"You have limited time to stay conscious, no nonsense allowed."

The lobster cultivator, suddenly realizing that he was in the presence of the current temple master of one of the two Buddha Dao Xuanxu Temple, was momentarily stunned.

Then, a look of ecstatic joy spread across his face.

As for doubting, he didn't even consider it.

The other person was wearing a Taoist robe and could casually gather such terrifying magic thunder; if he said he was the temple master of Xuanxu Temple, it made sense!

"You need to hurry up..."

The lobster cultivator instinctively wanted to shout, but then he inadvertently glanced at the golden sphere in Jin Xu's palm and remembered the latter's final words.

Ah.

The side effects caused by the temporary revival miraculously vanished.

"Ahem... Elder, the Great Elder is in the Deep Sea Abyss, and he may be in danger right now. The invasion that I mentioned is the filthiest being in the world, suppressed in the depths of the Nine Provinces Sea Eye.

"As for my arms turning into black tentacles, I don't remember that."

The lobster cultivator's emotions had stabilized a lot, and he politely relayed what he knew to the little Taoist in front of him.

"The Deep Sea Abyss?"

Jin Xu didn't quite understand what that place name signified, so he turned to look at Yu Yaoer, and she transmitted an explanation to him.

"Young Master, that place is east of the East Sea, a veritable no-man's land."