Douluo Dalu: The Frozen Throne

Chapter 230: Talking to the Purple Moon Whale King, Recognizing the True Deep Sea

After the incident in Minghai City was resolved, Shu Yan took Zhang Lexuan out of the city and flew straight to the location given by Count Inia.

Zhang Lexuan stared at Shu Yan for a while with a strange look on her face, and then she spoke softly:

"That little girl, is she really your Majesty's daughter?"

Shu Yan nodded, looked at the thin clouds in the distance, and said casually:
"Definitely. Come to think of it, that little girl is very similar to Jiujiu when she was a child, but Jiujiu was already very mature at that time, while the little girl just now is still ignorant. It can even be said that she doesn't look like a six-year-old child at all. She must have been protected too well since she was a child... Her personality should be similar to Aning before."

Zhang Lexuan nodded, her black hair fluttering in the sea breeze. After thinking for a while, she said quietly:

"You have a good memory, or you really love Her Royal Highness the Princess..."

Shu Yan laughed dumbly and replied:
"One thing is true. Jiujiu really took care of me as both a sister and a mother. There were many things she didn't need to do, but she still did them. Maybe there were many interests involved, but the feelings we have had for each other for so many years cannot be faked."

“Many seemingly perfect relationships in the world, once analyzed in depth, reveal various flaws or dirt hidden behind them. In other words, there is no perfect relationship in the world.”

"I don't know what people's definition of true love is, but as a princess of the empire, she was born with supreme power and status, and has obtained dignity and resources that ordinary people cannot obtain in their lifetime. It is precisely because of this that she must bear the responsibilities and pressures that come with her identity. Judging from the heart rather than the deeds, no one in the world is perfect. Even if we don't understand this truth, reality will force us to slowly understand and accept it."

Zhang Lexuan was stunned for a while after hearing this, and then she spoke:
"Sometimes I really envy you. Although you suffered some hardships at the beginning, fate favored you along the way. You have excellent talents, a childhood sweetheart, and finally found your family. Now you have even been given a bright and shining road to success. Compared to many people, your luck is simply indescribable. This really doesn't seem like a story that would happen in this world."

Shu Yan shook his head and just smiled and said:
"Let's move on. We can't empathize with everyone in this world, but at least we should try to give those close to us a satisfactory and happy ending..."

Zhang Lexuan also smiled, but then she changed the subject and said:

"What about Ruoruo? She's not young anymore."

"She and I have been classmates at Shrek Academy for so many years, and she has never been attracted to any member of the opposite sex. I thought we would depend on each other in the future, but she actually fell in love at first sight."

"She has seen your affection in the past two years. Maybe she is still interested in you, but with her personality, she will never show it deliberately. As her good sister, I have always hoped that she would have a good ending..."

"Of course, it would be better if this place wasn't leaky..."

Shu Yan was silent for a while, then said:

"Let's not talk about this for now. We are almost at the territory of the Purple Moon Whale. I will help you hunt it down. After you absorb the spirit ring, if the spirit bone is not a part you already have, then that piece of spirit bone will also belong to you."

Zhang Lexuan was silent for a moment, then hummed lightly and said nothing more.

……

The calm sea surface was stirred into chaos by wave after wave of huge waves. Countless water columns shot up into the sky, and bright red blood dyed the clear sea water red. Under the sunlight, a huge whale with a body length of more than 30 meters and dark purple skin finally raised its head and let out a wail filled with hatred and unwillingness, and then completely lost its breath of life.

Zhang Lexuan landed on the huge corpse of the Purple Moon Whale King, looked at the blood-red soul ring that was slowly condensing into shape, gently thanked Shu Yan, then sat down cross-legged and began to absorb the soul ring.

After Shu Yan dug out the whale glue and whale pearls of the Purple Moon Whale King, he casually spread a ray of cold air to freeze the surrounding sea surface, and then sat down cross-legged on the spot to protect Zhang Lexuan.

The Purple Moon Whale King itself is not a sea soul beast that is good at fighting. Among all whale soul beasts, its body size is also smaller, but its own strength is extremely outstanding, and it has good auxiliary combat capabilities. Generally, Purple Moon Whales and even Purple Moon Whale Kings will choose to form an alliance with powerful sea soul beasts near their territories. The Purple Moon Whale King in front of him is allied with a Purple Thunder Conger Eel with a cultivation base of more than 80,000 years.

Well, this guy was not at all vague when it came to selling out his teammates. After realizing that something was not right, he ran away without caring about the life or death of the Purple Moon Whale King at all.

The heat from the sun and the cold from the ice canceled each other out. Shu Yan was quietly thinking about something and was not sensitive to the passage of time.

Zhang Lexuan herself has a profound foundation, and she has already absorbed a hundred thousand year soul ring. Now she is absorbing it again when she has the ninth ring. Although the process is not very smooth, the result is good. She did not need to lie in bed for half a year to recover like last time.

Standing on a rock at the edge of a small island, watching the waves hitting the smooth rocks one after another and finally turning into splashes of water, Shu Yan slightly turned his head and said to Zhang Lexuan:
"Next, I will go into the deep sea to hunt ferocious beasts. You can decide whether you want to go there to train on your own or return to Xingluo City to consolidate your cultivation. Of course, don't get too close to the Mingdou Mountains. It's not very peaceful there recently."

Zhang Lexuan thought for a moment, then said softly:
"I plan to return to Xingluo City to practice in seclusion and consolidate my cultivation. After that, I will fuse this torso bone and strive to directly increase my soul power level to level ninety-three."

Shu Yan hummed, and finally said:
"Be careful when you go back. Don't let the evil spirit master target you without you realizing it like last time. I'm leaving..."

After saying that, Shu Yan turned into a stream of light and left the deserted island. Zhang Lexuan looked at the direction where he went away in silence for a moment. Her lips seemed to murmur a few times, but no sound came out. Zhang Lexuan let the sea breeze blow her cheeks and hair. After a long time, she finally left...

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In this era, due to the limitations of human technology and vision, very few humans would enter the ocean to hunt soul beasts. Even if they were hunting souls, they would basically not go deep into the deep sea areas, especially areas like this where almost no one has ever reached.

The original three Douluo Kingdoms did not have a so-called "navy". Even the Southern Legion of the Star Luo Empire was mostly only used to resist the invasion of sea soul beasts that came ashore or even to resist the invasion of a large number of sea soul beasts into shallow sea areas. Their army did not have the advanced iron-clad soul-guided warships that the Sun-Moon Empire had equipped. Most of the warships they used were extremely primitive and backward. This shows how big the development gap between countries is.

Shu Yan was flying alone at a height of about 100 meters above the sea. Snow Emperor and Ice Emperor both had a general understanding of the area where the powerful sea soul beasts were located in the waters near Douluo Continent. Following their guidance, he flew all the way to the depths of the vast ocean.

As the sky gradually darkened, the rose-gold sun slowly sank into the horizon, and the night gradually enveloped the entire ocean. The sound of waves echoed in my ears, and there was no sign of life anywhere I could see.

While Shu Yan was still searching in the deep sea, the peaceful Xingluo City was stirred up by the arrival of the two people. In the Xingguang Hall, Xu Jiawei, who was sitting in the first seat, and Xu Jiujiu, who was sitting below, looked at each other in bewilderment. The brother and sister were both somewhat stunned, and for a moment, no one knew what to say.

After a long time, Xu Jiawei looked with complicated eyes at the beauty sitting next to him, who was even more graceful than before. The usually decisive emperor didn't know what to say for the first time. Looking at the exquisite golden little Lolita who looked like a doll, Xu Jiawei was a little dazed for a moment, and then his mood became tense and nervous.

"This child is..."

After a long silence, Xu Jiawei looked at the curious little girl sitting in Count Inya's arms, and then he spoke.

Although he didn't ask this question, Xu Jiawei already had the answer in his heart.

The natural closeness between blood relatives shocked him the first time he saw the little girl. Thinking of the past, even though he has been on the throne for many years, Xu Jiawei still couldn't help feeling a little guilty. But now, these guilt were replaced by an indescribable emotion, like excitement and at a loss.

Xu Jiujiu was quite stunned. Although she knew that her brother was as good as Shu Yan when he was young, she had never expected such a situation...

Who would have known that Countess Inia had given birth to a daughter for her royal brother, and they hadn't received any news for all these years... After all, she was her only niece, so even her eyes became much gentler when she looked at the little girl.

Facing the astonishment of the brother and sister, Iniya just curled her lips and smiled. She hugged the little girl, then pointed at Xu Jiawei, who had a complicated expression, and said softly:
"Lingling, this is your Uncle Xu..."

Yiling blinked her beautiful big eyes and called out obediently:
"Hello Uncle Xu~"

Xu Jiawei: "..."

Xu Jiujiu: “……?”

The corners of Xu Jiawei's mouth twitched a few times, then he slowly stood up, walked down a few steps, and came in front of the two of them.

"Lingling? Is your name Xu Ling? It's a nice name..."

Xu Jiawei tried his best to make his voice softer. It didn't matter what tone his useless sons used, but it was different for his daughter. How could a son compare to his sweet and soft daughter...

The curve of Iniya's mouth became a little sarcastic. She looked at Xu Jiawei's face, which had become much more mature, and then said:

"Your Majesty, you are joking. Lingling's full name is Yiling. I dare not have any connection with the royal family..."

Xu Jiawei really didn't know what to say for a moment, so he simply ignored Inya's expression and turned to Yiling and said:
"My dear daughter, I am not your uncle, I am your father..."

Yiling blinked, looked back at Aenea, and then said softly:
"My mother said that my father died among women a long time ago, and she takes me to worship him every year..."

This time Xu Jiujiu really couldn't hold it in any longer. She had met Countess Ina several times in the past and was familiar with his style of doing things, but looking back on it now, it still made her laugh.

My royal brother hasn't shown this kind of expression for many years. It can be seen that he is indeed a little overwhelmed when facing this big and small one.

Thinking of this, Xu Jiujiu stood up at the right time and walked to Xu Jiawei, then extended his hand to the little blonde girl.

"Lingling, be good. Come out and play with your aunt, so that Dad and Mom can talk alone..."

Yi Ling looked at Xu Jiujiu with a gentle smile on his face, and naturally felt a sense of closeness. He turned his head to look at his mother, and after getting permission, he jumped out of Iniya's arms, and then was led by Xu Jiujiu to walk out of the palace...

Inside the palace, Xu Jiawei and Iniya were silent for a moment. Finally, Xu Jiawei, knowing that he was in the wrong, took the lead in bringing up the topic...

……

While Inya and Yiling had arrived at Xingluo City, Shu Yan had already completely penetrated into an extremely gloomy sea area.

The sky in this sea area is no longer clear and bright, but there are lightning, thunder and howling winds. This is a deep sea area more than a thousand kilometers away from the mainland. No human has ever set foot here from ancient times to the present.

The climate of the sea is always beyond common sense, especially in some special areas. Due to their special geographical location or other factors, they are shrouded in extreme weather like this all year round. The sea soul beasts living in such sea areas are generally stronger than those in normal sea areas. In harsh environments, creatures will often try their best to unleash their potential in order to survive. This applies to both humans and soul beasts.

"It's near here. The Spirit Tide Whales migrate in the ocean every year. I heard from the Whale King of their tribe that they once entered a very gloomy sea area during their migration. The ruler of that sea area is a ferocious beast-level magic knife fish."

Bingdi said in a deep voice that the scope of this gloomy sea area was extremely large, but as a top-level ferocious beast, she could still vaguely sense a powerful aura, the intensity of which was not inferior to his, which meant that the other party's cultivation was actually more than 300,000 to 400,000 years.

The Demon Knife Fish is a mutant of the Devil Fish, with three attributes of evil, water, and thunder. It is extremely fast and its methods are even more bizarre and unpredictable. A 400,000-year-old Demon Knife Fish is no less powerful than an Ultimate Douluo in the ocean. It can even compete with some Ultimate Douluos who are not good at fighting in the ocean. An Ultimate Douluo who relies on external forces to break through like Xuan Zi in the original novel can only be chased and bitten by this Demon Knife Fish in the ocean...

Shu Yan nodded to Bingdi, who understood and immediately spread out his aura.

Soon, a huge wave a hundred meters high suddenly rose up on the sea in the distance. In the dark sea water, a pair of blood-red eyes were vaguely staring at this side. The strong murderous aura made people shudder...

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(End of this chapter)