Wait a minute, where is my master?

East Sea waters, above the vast turquoise waves.

A streak of golden light pierced through the heavy clouds, speeding forward.

"Young Master, five thousand li ahead there is a giant volcanic island, please turn right after sighting it. Then proceed straight for eight thousand li, and after seeing a small uninhabited island covered with vegetation, turn left and keep going to reach near the Deep Sea Abyss."

Within the Golden Spiritual Power Shield, Yu Yaoer, acting as a maritime navigator, was doing her best to direct the young Taoist's route.

Jin Xu nodded slightly upon hearing this, but did not respond immediately. Instead, his face took on a pensive expression.

After a moment.

The young Taoist, his eyes slightly clouded with confusion, finally turned to look at Little Fish Demon, his tone revealing perplexity as he asked.

"Little Yu, we're at sea, can't we just fly straight there?"

"Cough... Young Master, I can't find the way if we don't fly like this."

Upon hearing the question, a hint of embarrassment crept onto the face of Yu Yaoer, the maritime navigator, making her seem somewhat sheepish.

"..."

Indeed, this answer was very much in line with her character.

The young Taoist internally criticized the response before turning back to focus on executing the Dry Land Onion Escape Skill.

About the time it took to brew a cup of tea had passed.

Jin Xu arrived at the small uninhabited island, teeming with trees but shattered to pieces.

To confirm whether this was the landmark Yu Yaoer had mentioned, he deliberately stayed for a moment for her to recognize it.

Once Yu Yaoer confirmed that this was indeed the landmark, the young Taoist was about to deploy the Escape Technique to turn left and proceed.

Shiqi, who had seemingly taken out a bun to nibble on at some point, suddenly exclaimed!

She leaned forward eagerly at the bottom of the Golden Spiritual Power Shield, her face full of amazement as she shouted.

"Wow! Temple Master, Sister Little Yu, look at the water below!"

Jin Xu, hearing the cry, stopped his spellcasting and looked down.

At that moment, on the undulating ocean, a sea beast similar to a blue whale suddenly broke the surface, then crashed back down, stirring up countless waves.

The young Taoist directed his Spiritual Sense downwards, scanning across the water.

He discovered that beneath the sea, countless oddly shaped marine creatures, coated in dark slime, were attacking the massive whale-like sea beast.

The immense sea beast was struggling valiantly, seemingly much stronger than the bizarre marine creatures assaulting it.

But as the saying goes, it is difficult for a pair of hands to match many, and even a tiger can't defend against a pack of wolves.

At this moment, the sea beast's enormous body was covered in countless small wounds, and some areas of its skin had been tainted by the black filth, sprouting numerous tiny tentacles that appeared chillingly disgusting.

"Is this... a water spirit corrupted by the Nine Provinces Sea Eye?"

Noticing the inherently repulsive aura on the marine creatures, the young Taoist muttered to himself.

Then, Little Fish Demon's voice, three parts shocked and seven parts delighted, suddenly rang in his ears.

"Uncle Zhang!"

"Uncle Zhang? The giant beast or that group of marine creatures?"

While asking, Jin Xu curiously glanced at the Little Fish Demon beside him.

"You don't even have the surname Xia," he thought to himself.

After her exclamation, Yu Yaoer turned to look at the young Taoist with a pleading tone in her voice that was incredibly rapid.

"Sir, that creature below... no, first save the person, that giant beast being besieged! I will explain the rest later."

She caught herself mid-sentence, realizing that perhaps explaining right now might not be quite appropriate for his Uncle Zhang, so she quickly corrected herself.

Jin Xu nodded lightly upon hearing this, and while the phrase "you call me brother, and I'll call you daddy" circulated in his mind, he condensed an extremely compressed and oversized "Body Purification Skill" in his left hand and threw it towards the sea surface.

"Roar!"

The whale-like sea beast breached the surface again, issuing a whale song from its huge mouth that shook the trees on the nearby fractured islands, tilting them slightly backward.

The marine creatures that had been assaulting it were now one by one falling into unconsciousness, some floating to the surface, others sinking to the seabed.

The enormous whale-like creature re-entered the water and, after a moment to recover, half of its body emerged from the surface.

At this moment, Jin Xu had also used a Golden Spiritual Power Shield to descend in front of the creature.

"Thank you for your help, Zhang... huh, Little Yao, what are you doing here?"

The whale used the Sound Transmission Skill to express its gratitude, but halfway through, it noticed an old acquaintance among the three people in front of it.

"I am here with the gentleman to rescue grandma. Uncle Zhang, is my grandmother with you?" Yu Yaoer asked anxiously, then turned to explain to the young Taoist beside her.

"Sir, Uncle Zhang is from the Deep Sea Giant Whale clan. His body is a world in itself, and he carries the bloodline of Kun in him. Only by becoming an Immortal can he transform into human form.

"It's also for this reason that grandma often travels the Four Seas riding with Uncle Zhang.

"That's why I was so agitated just now..."

The young Taoist nodded in understanding upon hearing this.

Got it, the exclusive whale of the Shui Clan Elder.

"The Great Elder is not in my body at the moment," said the gigantic sea beast with a voice that was low and tired. He paused for a while and then briefly explained his ordeal to the young Taoist and the others.

"...After we finished collecting herbs, we were stopped by a group of human cultivators, and then the Nine Provinces Sea Eye began to show anomalies. A pitch-black fissure suddenly opened, and the foul substances suppressed within the Sea Eye inexplicably dispersed, affecting many of our cultivators who were caught off guard.

"Seeing that most of us could not resist the contamination, the Great Elder used a Great Divine Power to temporarily withstand the enemies and foul substances, ordering us to use any means necessary to flee quickly, hoping to spread the news of the Nine Provinces Sea Eye's breach.

"But it seemed the enemies were well-prepared, having set up countless Formations at the bottom of the Deep Sea Abyss. This caused the escape methods of most of my Shui Clan brothers to fail.

"Only I, possessing the blood of Kun and a part of the Space Power within my body, plus an Innate Divine Ability related to the Space Power, was lucky enough to break out of the many Formations. However, the speed at which the foul substances from the Sea Eye spread was too fast, and shortly after I escaped, I encountered attacks from sea creatures that had been contaminated.

"Because I had used up a lot of Space Power when breaking out of the Formations, I was unable to use my Innate Divine Ability to teleport again. I had no choice but to send out Brother Zhuang, who had been injured and swallowed by me earlier. I, meanwhile, had to flee while fighting off and killing those attacking me.

"Fortunately, I am large in size, and the attack power of these contaminated creatures is weaker, which allowed me to hold out until now.

"Otherwise..."

The sea beast said, glancing at the nearby floating marine creatures with its Spiritual Sense, the tone carrying a hint of fear.

Yu Yaoer, hearing that her grandmother was not inside the sea beast, couldn't help feeling a bit disheartened.

The thought of continuing the journey to the Deep Sea Abyss surfaced in her mind.

The young Taoist nodded slightly; he had been curious about how the lobster cultivator had suddenly appeared from so far away from the Deep Sea Abyss.

Now, he had his answer.