Starting boy Ma Kongqun

Chapter 370: Forbidden Magic, Big Fish

The pleasure boat headed eastward for another seven hundred miles.

Jiaona and Ruomei, who were the most lively, had already stood at the bow and looked around, but all they could see was the vast sea, which made them feel a little puzzled.

At this moment, Ma Ji, Lin Jin and Ruoxue also walked out of the cabin.

Jiaona ran to Ma Ji and asked curiously, "Master said that he would come here to inspect the 'Forbidden Demon Prison' of the 'Hun Tian Supervisory Office', but there is no island or other place to hide here. Could it be on the bottom of the sea?"

Ma Ji said, "It's not wrong to say it's on the bottom of the sea, but it would be more accurate to say it's in the 'belly'."

As soon as he finished speaking, the sea surface more than ten miles in front of the pleasure boat suddenly boiled up, and layers of increasingly high circular waves spread out in circles with the boiling point as the center.

As Ma Ji's mind moved slightly, the pleasure boat transformed from the "Heaven-Repairing Stone" automatically rose into the air and hovered nearly a hundred feet above the sea. It not only protected it from the huge waves, but also allowed Jiaona and the other four girls to see more clearly what was happening on the sea.

In the center of the boiling sea, a mountain stretching for miles broke through the water and stood firm above the sea.

Jiaona and the other four girls were dumbfounded, because when the "mountain" completely floated to the surface, they could see clearly that it was not a mountain, but a fish as big as a mountain. The so-called mountain was just barnacles and corals that had accumulated on the back of the fish for who knows how many years.

"I am Yu Ziyou, the warden of the Forbidden Demon Prison. I am honored to meet the warden."

A handsome young man in white clothes, who looked no more than sixteen or seventeen years old, appeared out of nowhere in front of the pleasure boat. He bowed to Ma Ji at the bow and was very respectful.

Ma Ji smiled and said, "You don't have to be polite to the prison warden."

Yu Ziyou said, "I heard from Supervisor Liu that the Supervisor will come to inspect the 'Demon Prison'. I have been waiting here for many days."

Ma Ji said, "Yu Jailer is very thoughtful. Please lead the way."

Yu Ziyou said, "I obey your orders. Please come in, Supervisor."

After saying that, he turned and flew towards the big fish floating on the sea, and the pleasure boat carrying Ma Ji and others followed closely behind.

When everyone flew closer, the big fish slowly opened its mouth, which was several times wider than the most majestic city gate of the capital. Between the upper and lower rows of jagged sharp teeth that looked like thick stalactites, there was a dark cave surrounded by clouds and the depth could not be determined.

The four girls saw Yu Ziyou flying towards the big fish's mouth first, and the pleasure boat they were riding on moved up without any hesitation. They all had looks of astonishment on their faces, and at the same time they all understood what Ma Ji meant when he said that the most mysterious "Forbidden Demon Prison" of the "Huantian Supervisory Office" was in its "belly".

The two sides passed through the mist in the big fish's mouth one after the other, and what appeared before their eyes was not the esophagus and stomach of the big fish, but an endless vast world.

Although there are no sun, moon or stars in the sky here, there are clusters of strange clouds floating above that emit bright white light, illuminating the entire space as bright as day.

On a vast plain nearby, a city of considerable size stood majestically in a scenic spot surrounded by rivers, and in the distance, there were faint mountains. It was not until this moment that Ma Ji explained to the four stunned girls, "This big fish is an ancient species, and there is a natural cave world in its belly. In the past, after Yuan Taishi became a Taoist, he encountered it by chance overseas and subdued it with magic. Later, Yuan Taishi assisted Taizu in establishing Dayu, and also established the 'Huntian Supervisory Office' to monitor all successful practitioners in the world, and then built a 'Forbidden Demon Prison' in the belly of this big fish to imprison evil practitioners."

As they were talking, everyone landed outside the gate of the city.

There is a vertical plaque above the city gate with the three characters "Forbidden Demon Prison" inscribed on it.

Ma Ji and the four girls got off the boat, and the pleasure boat turned back into the "Sky-Repairing Stone" and fell back into Ma Ji's hands.

There was another person waiting at the city gate. When he saw Ma Ji, he stepped forward and bowed with a smile: "My junior is Geng Qubing, nice to meet you, the host."

This man was none other than Geng Qubing, an aide recruited by Ma Ji when he was the prefect of Taiyuan. He had given Ma Ji advice and suggestions and made great contributions from the time he was in charge of Taiyuan to the later conquest of the northern barbarians on the grassland.

But when Ma Ji began to govern the north, Geng Qubing did not accept the court's reward. He took his fox wife Qingfeng and disappeared. No one has seen him since then.

Ma Ji was not surprised at Geng Qubing's appearance. He stepped forward to return the greeting and said with a smile, "Brother Geng, have you made any progress in your investigation of that matter?"

Geng Qubing said solemnly, "According to the direction pointed out by the host, I did make some discoveries. Later, I asked my master to come out and finally found the key clues. My master is inside now and wants to discuss this matter with the host in detail."

Ma Ji smiled and said, "Master Zhuge Wulong is known as the 'Bachelor of Heavenly Secrets and Broad Learning'. I have admired him for a long time and I want to ask for his advice in person."

The group then entered the city.

This city is the "Forbidden Demon Prison", so there are no residential houses in the city. The main buildings are the four prisons of Heaven, Earth, Xuan and Huang in the four directions, as well as the "Prison Warden" sitting in the center.

Apart from the Chief Inspector Liu Haishi and the prison warden Yu Ziyou who are stationed here all year round, there are no other jailers here. The task of guarding and managing the prisoners is entirely undertaken by the 54,000 Yellow Turban warriors under Liu Haishi's command who take turns to do so.

Yu Ziyou led everyone to the "Prison Warden's Office", where the Chief Supervisor Liu Haishi and the "Bachelor of Heavenly Secrets" Zhuge Wulong came out to greet them.

Zhuge Wulong lived during the time of Emperor Taizu Li Geng, but there was no sign of him practicing any martial arts or Taoism. He just looked like a skinny scholar in his forties, so he must have had some other way of maintaining his health and prolonging his life.

After the two sides greeted each other, they went inside together.

Actually, Ma Ji was the host here, so he naturally sat in the main seat. Liu Haishi and Zhuge Wulong sat on the left and right, and the rest of the people took their seats in turn.

After sitting down, Ma Ji bowed to Zhuge Wulong and said, "Sir, there has been a rumor circulating in the 'Hun Tian Supervisory Office' that in the past, Grand Master Yuan came to help Taizu establish Dayu, and with the help of Dayu's national destiny, he planned to build the 'Hun Tian Supervisory Office', all of which were preparations for a great disaster in the future. It's just that Grand Master Yuan never told anyone the details. Later, he was plotted against and ascended to heaven in a hurry, and this matter became an unsolved case. Now the world seems to have returned to peace, but I feel that undercurrents are actually brewing a bigger storm. And you chose to come out at this time after many years of seclusion, I believe you have something to teach me."

Zhuge Wulong sighed, "When I was a colleague with Grand Master Yuan, I did hear about it vaguely, but Grand Master Yuan has always been very secretive about this matter, so I didn't know the details. It wasn't until my disciple Qubing brought a few clues pointed out by the Supervisor to ask for my help that I followed the characters involved in those clues and made repeated calculations and inquiries from many parties, and finally grasped the outline of the whole thing. This is indeed a catastrophe that involves the survival of this world, and its roots can be traced back to ancient times..."

(End of this chapter)