Everyone ascended, but I didn't get on board

Chapter 28 Endless Sea

"You... are looking for me?" Jing Hong walked into the room and took a quick look inside. When he found that Qiu Ci was the only one there, the expression on his face obviously relaxed, and he even took the initiative to ask.

"Well, I have something to ask you." Qiu Ci poured a cup of tea and handed it to him, placing it in front of him.

Jing Hong sat down at the table silently, looked at her, then looked at the teacup in front of him, but his eyes were fixed on the drop of tea sliding down the edge of the cup. His brows wrinkled slightly, and his whole body stiffened a little.

Qiu Ci's mouth twitched, and he inexplicably understood what he meant, "Wipe it off if you want, or you don't have to drink it!"

He was stunned for a moment, and then, as if sensing her acquiescence, he slowly pulled out a handkerchief from his bosom. He quickly picked up the cup on the table, poured out the tea inside, and rubbed it vigorously inside and out until the entire wall was shiny and translucent. Then he let go, and then...

He picked up the other cups on the table and wiped them 360 degrees again.

Well, besides being a socially anxious person, this guy also has mysophobia.

Qiu Ci was speechless for a while and waited silently for more than ten minutes until he finished wiping all the cups, then his eyes slowly fixed on her hands.

"No, you don't want to wipe mine too!" Where is your sense of boundaries?
"..." Jinghong didn't say anything, just silently looked at the half-drunk teacup in her hand.

Qiu Ci was so annoyed by his look that he had no choice but to hand over the cup, "Okay, okay, you wipe it!"

Jing Hong's expression remained unchanged, but the moment he took the cup, his brows relaxed slightly. He wiped the entire set of cups clean. He then performed several Dust Removal Techniques, used the Water Technique to condense new tea, and then used magic to boil it. He then picked up the bubbling teapot, brewed a new cup, and handed it to her, moving it to the most suitable position.

The movements were so smooth and flowing, as if they had been performed many times in private.

Qiu Ci: “…” Okay, it’s his fault that he has social anxiety.

"I heard you are of dragon blood."

"Yeah." Jing Hong nodded, taking a sip of tea. He didn't have the tense feeling he had when meeting outsiders. Ever since she exposed his social anxiety, it was as if something had clicked in him. He was actually more comfortable in her presence. Although he was still quiet, he at least responded to every question, no longer silent for a long time without being able to utter a word.

"Then do you know anything about the dragon race?"

"Understand?" Jing Hong was stunned. "What kind of understanding?"

"Anything is fine!" Qiu Ci asked in a deep voice, "Personality, history, ability and so on are all fine." She knew nothing about these things. If she knew more about them, she would be able to confirm what the main brain wanted to tell her.
Jing Hong was silent for a while before shaking his head, "I don't know."

"What?"

"Although the bloodline I awakened is the dragon clan, it is only slightly stronger than other bloodlines. Dragons have always been legendary creatures, and I have never seen one." He replied seriously.

"There's just... nothing special about it." Qiu Ci didn't give up.

"No!" he shook his head.

Qiu Ci was instantly discouraged. Well, it seemed that she had thought too much. The so-called beast tribe had nothing to do with those of them whose bloodlines had awakened, and Jing Hong had even less connection with that scale.

She looked at the green scales on the side of Jinghong's face that showed his blood vessels, and took out the one found in the research institute. They looked similar, so why were they not related?
"Senior, what is this?" Jing Hong couldn't help but ask when he saw what she was holding.

"It should be dragon scales!" she replied. The scales that could engrave the agreement between the two tribes could only be dragon scales.

"Dragon scales?" Jing Hong was curious. "Can I see them?"

"Look!" Qiu Ci put the scales on the table without paying any attention to it. After all, the content of the agreement could only be seen after the system was cracked.

"There really are dragons in this world..." Jing Hong stretched out his hand and just touched the dragon scales. Suddenly!

A green light suddenly lit up, and the originally dim dragon scales seemed to be activated. A beam of light shot towards Jinghong and instantly enveloped him.

Before Jing Hong could react, he felt a large image flash before his eyes. He felt a sharp pain in his sea of consciousness, and the spiritual power in his body began to boil uncontrollably. His blood and qi surged like a torrent, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

Phew~~~~~
I go!

!!!∑(Дノ)ノ

This unlucky kid, why does he spit out blood when he doesn’t agree with something?
All this happened in an instant. Qiu Ci was also startled. He quickly stood up and went to his side, mobilizing his spiritual power to suppress his suddenly violent spiritual power, and kicked the table and the scales on it away.

The magical thing was that the light that was rushing towards Jinghong receded like the tide the moment it came into contact with her spiritual power. It was incredibly well behaved. The spiritual power that was raging in Jinghong's body also calmed down one by one. If it weren't for some damage to his tendons and veins, it would be impossible to tell that the riot had occurred.

"What's going on? Why would this scale attack you?" She had been holding it for so long and didn't find any aggressiveness in it.

"No...it's not an attack!" Jing Hong coughed heavily a few times, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and said, "I...I seem to hear something...calling!"

"What?" Qiu Ci was stunned.

Jing Hong took a deep breath, and after his breathing became steady, he continued, "The moment I touched the scales, I heard a voice..."

"what sound?"

"I don't know." Jing Hong shook his head. "That voice was very strange. I can't describe it. I just know it was calling me to go somewhere."

"Do you know what place it is? Where is it?"

"I don't know! But I know the direction." Jing Hong stood up and pointed out the right window. "It's in the east, very far east, farther away than the area I know."

Qiu Ci pondered for a moment, then made a quick decision, "Let's go! Let's go ask the Sect Master first!"

Qi Hong is very familiar with the terrain of the mainland.

"East side, you mean... the Endless Sea!" Qi Hong immediately shook his head and warned in a deep voice, "Senior, that's not a good place to go!"

"Why? What is there?" Qiu Ci asked.

"Alas! The Endless Sea is also known as the Sea of Death." Qi Hong sighed and explained, "Legend has it that it's an endless sea, and within it are countless terrifying monsters. Anyone who ventures deep into the sea will be killed by the monsters. It's a place from which there's no return."

"Demon beast?" Qiu Ci was stunned. Could it be the beast tribe mentioned in the agreement?

"That's right. Those monsters are so terrifying that it is rumored that they have the ability to suppress the spiritual power of cultivators. No one can escape from their mouths. Even if a Nascent Soul cultivator enters there, there is no possibility of survival. Over time, no one dares to approach that sea area anymore." It can be said that it is a place of death that no one in Linyuan Continent dares to approach.

"Has no one ever come back from there?" Qiu Ci wondered.

"No!" Qi Hong's face was full of secrecy. "There were rumors that there were countless secret treasures in that sea area. Some even said that the end of the Endless Sea was connected to a continent even larger than Linyuan. But those are just legends. No one has ever returned alive from there."

"So mysterious?" The more Qiu Ci listened, the more he felt that the secret about the beast tribe was hidden in that sea area, and he would get the answer as long as he went there.

(End of this chapter)