The original repairer

Chapter 308: The sea beast appears, its purpose is clear

Upon hearing this, the bearded man laughed even more heartily and said cheerfully, "Haha, you're so straightforward, little brother! We're getting ready to leave tomorrow. You can stay with us in this market town first, and we'll set off early tomorrow morning."

Shi Chen nodded in agreement and followed these people to their residence in the market town.

It was a small courtyard, but it was elegantly decorated, with several simple rooms. Shi Chen was placed in an empty room. After entering the room, he did not relax his vigilance, but quietly set up some simple restrictions around the room, just in case.

The night passed in silence. The next morning, Shi Chen got up early. When he walked out of his room, he found that the monks were already preparing in the courtyard. When they saw Shi Chen, they all greeted him.

The bearded man said, "Little brother, let's set off now. Let's take my flying boat. It's not extremely fast, but it's very stable."

Shi Chen followed them outside the market. The bearded man summoned a flying boat. The boat looked rather simple, yet it emitted a faint spiritual energy. Everyone boarded the boat, and the bearded man started driving it. The boat slowly rose into the air and flew towards the northwest.

On the flying boat, several people took out tables, chairs, tea and placed them on the deck.

The young cultivator held a cup of spiritual tea and said, "Brother, my name is Lu Chuan. We've heard that there's a mysterious garden in the floating city. The flowers and plants in the garden are all spiritual plants and spiritual medicines. Some are even species that have become extinct in the outside world. Moreover, these spiritual plants seem to have special uses, but no one knows what they are."

The thin man in black also chimed in, "My name is Yan Kuan. Rumor has it that the Lord of the Floating City lives in a palace suspended in the air. The palace is surrounded by powerful forbidden formations, and the palace may hold the Floating City's greatest secret. However, getting close to that palace is as difficult as ascending to heaven."

Shi Chen listened and pondered this information. He introduced himself, "My name is Shi Chen. Do you know how to break the spiritual power formation surrounding the floating city?"

The bearded man scratched his head. "Everyone calls me Dazhuang. As for breaking the formation, we've only heard that it seems you need to find the center of the formation, then use powerful spiritual power or special magic weapons to destroy the center of the formation to open the passage into the floating city. But we don't know exactly where the center of the formation is, or what kind of special magic weapons are needed. There are also some people who are lucky enough to be right there when the floating city appears, and then they can return directly to the city after it appears."

"Huh? Didn't the floating city appear suddenly?" Shi Chen asked with a frown.

"Rumor has it that when the floating city appears, it is a phantom, and then it will solidify in a few breaths. If you happen to be within its appearance range, you can use a few breaths to rush into the city. If you are lucky, you can grab a handful of spiritual medicine or get a magic weapon when it appears." Yan Kuan drank the spiritual tea in the cup and said slowly.

"We just want to reach the predicted area first. If we're lucky, the floating city will appear before our eyes, and we can enter the city before its solidification formation is activated. If we're unlucky, we'll be teleported out after it becomes solid, and get nothing." Dazhuang said hopefully, gazing out at the sea.

Shi Chen silently memorized this information in his mind. As the flying boat flew, they were getting closer and closer to the sea in the northwest direction.

Suddenly, Shi Chen felt that the spiritual energy fluctuations around him became a little abnormal, and he stood up vigilantly.

Lu Chuan said anxiously: "Everyone, there is something wrong with the spiritual power fluctuations ahead, everyone be careful."

When everyone heard this, they became nervous. The bearded man slowed down the speed of the flying boat and everyone looked forward.

More than ten miles ahead, the sea surface of Xiyuan Sea was churning, and within a few dozen miles, the spiritual power was chaotic and violent.

Everyone stared at the chaotic area, feeling uneasy.

"Is this the legendary scene before the unique sea spirit tide of Xiyuan Sea erupts?" Lu Chuan's voice trembled a little. He tightly grasped the teacup in his hand, fear revealed in his eyes.

Yan Kuan's face was also solemn. "Looking at the situation, I'm afraid it is. I once heard an elder describe the Sea Spirit Tide. Once it erupts, the surging spiritual power wave is enough to overturn our flying boat in an instant. In such a spiritual power riot, we will be crushed by the violent spiritual power and perish on the spot."

Da Zhuang frowned, quickly forming seals with his hands and injecting more spiritual energy into the flying boat, trying to stabilize its flight. "Everyone, don't panic. Let's see what happens first. While this sea spirit tide is dangerous, it might still be possible to avoid it."

Shi Chen carefully observed the fluctuations of spiritual power in front of him and found that the chaos of spiritual power was not without pattern.

In the churning sea water, there seemed to be threads of spiritual power interweaving and entwining, as if a huge spiritual power net was being woven into shape.

Moreover, in the center area where the spiritual power fluctuations were the strongest, there was a faint light flickering, as if something was stirring everything in the depths.

"Look, there seems to be something in the center of the spiritual power fluctuation." Shi Chen said, pointing to the front.

Everyone looked in the direction Shi Chen pointed, only to see the light getting brighter and brighter. Suddenly, a huge tentacle stretched out from the sea. The tentacle was dozens of feet long, covered with sharp barbs, and emitted a disgusting smell.

"It's a siren! A giant siren! This sea spirit tide might be caused by this siren." Lu Chuan exclaimed.

Immediately afterwards, more tentacles emerged from the sea, causing the sea to become even more turbulent.

Those tentacles were waving on the sea surface, and the surrounding spiritual power seemed to be attracted by them, converging towards them madly, forming spiritual power vortexes.

"It turned out to be a sea monster from the Xiyuan Sea. I thought it was a sea spirit tide." Yan Kuan took a deep breath, but then became cautious again. "This sea beast is probably quite powerful. We must be careful."

Yan Kuan clenched his fists, his spiritual power was already secretly running, ready to deal with any possible attack at any time.

Da Zhuang gritted his teeth and said, "I'm afraid our flying boat can't withstand the attack of this sea monster. We have to find a way to bypass it or lure it away."

"How... to lure... it away? We don't understand this... siren, so I'm afraid we can only... have a head-on battle with it." Lu Chuan stared at the huge sea monster in the distance, his voice trembling slightly.

Half a cup of tea later, the giant siren had already discovered the flying boat in the air and was swimming towards it rapidly.

After several people looked at each other, they couldn't come to an agreement. Da Zhuang turned the flying boat around and flew away quickly.

Yan Kuan's gaze lingered on Shi Chen for a moment, then he winked at Da Zhuang and Lu Chuan. Da Zhuang and Lu Chuan were taken aback at first, then seemed to understand what Yan Kuan meant, a hint of hesitation appeared on their faces, but it was quickly replaced by determination.

Yan Kuan cleared his throat and said to Shi Chen, "Brother Shi Chen, you see, we are all relatively weak, and this flying boat can't withstand the torment of the sea beast. You are very powerful, and perhaps you can lure the sea beast away. As long as you can lure it away, we can take the opportunity to fly to a safe place and then come to pick you up."