Stop pretending, the fake heiress is actually a master of metaphysics.

The sailors breathed a sigh of relief, and their gazes toward Shen Nian were now filled with surprise and awe.

The ship continued sailing forward and eventually arrived at a reef island in the sea.

After Fei Jiang's seasickness symptoms subsided, Shen Nian asked him to dive down and scout ahead.

The sailor standing nearby stared in shock: "Boss Shen, this is the open sea. You don't have diving equipment, and nobody knows what's underwater. This could be fatal!"

That makes sense.

Although this place is close to the reef, it is not land. The seawater is terrifyingly deep, and you can hardly see what is underwater.

Not to mention encountering large marine creatures like sharks, the seabed and turbulent currents alone are enough to drown someone without extensive diving experience.

But flying zombies are not human.

He nodded, then jumped off the deck and into the water, disappearing from sight in a few moments.

The sailors looked at Shen Nian as if he were a murderer or a madman.

In the deep sea, without diving equipment, a person jumps in, their fate unknown.

For a moment, the group looked at each other, unsure of what to say.

Will the police mistake them for accomplices to a murderer...?

As the group was lost in thought, they saw the young boy who had jumped down surface again.

Without batting an eye, as if he could breathe freely underwater, he returned to the deck unharmed.

"There is a shipwreck underwater, and the bottom of the shipwreck is the entrance to the underground palace."

Xiaobai gave a brief introduction to the structure of the shipwreck.

The ship was quite old; its interior had long been corroded by seawater, and the remaining frame was not sturdy.

They must be careful when they go down.

The sailors all looked at Little White as if it were a monster.

He just went downstairs... about ten minutes ago, right?

Who can hold their breath underwater for ten minutes?

Good heavens, who are these people they've brought on board?!

A sailor asked in a low voice, "Um... are you planning to salvage the shipwreck?"

Salvaging shipwrecks is quite common.

Many people started their businesses in salvage and ended up with their wealth increasing hundreds of times.

However, these three people... didn't have any salvage equipment, and their boat wasn't a professional salvage vessel. Even if there really were shipwrecks and treasures on the seabed, how were they supposed to bring them to the surface?

Shen Nian shook her head: "I said, don't ask questions you shouldn't ask."

"After we go out to sea, you should anchor the boat here and not go anywhere. No matter what you hear or see, do not make any rash moves. We shouldn't be at sea for too long. If no one comes back up after 72 hours, you can return to port on your own."

"Then you..."

"Others will come looking for us, so don't worry. The promised payment will be automatically transferred to the captain's account."

After explaining the situation, Shen Nian waved for Gu Yuncheng to come over as well.

Of the three, Xiaobai is a flying zombie; its corpse doesn't need to breathe and can move freely underwater.

Shen Nian is a high-level cultivator, so he can naturally hold his breath and doesn't need to worry about suffocating underwater.

The only troublesome thing is Gu Yuncheng.

Shen Nian handed him a bottle of water-repelling pills: "Take one pill every 12 hours."

In addition to the water-repelling pills, Gu Yuncheng also carried water-repelling talismans, serving as double insurance.

After making preparations, the three jumped into the sea, and their figures quickly disappeared.

Shen Nian and Fei Jiang dived down on their own, and Gu Yuncheng, who had learned freediving, followed behind them without falling too far behind.

For many people, the danger of diving lies not only in the lack of oxygen.

It also comes from the terrifying water pressure brought by the deep sea.

However, this pressure is almost negligible for the impenetrable bodies of flying zombies and the bodies of high-level cultivators.

Gu Yuncheng had been studying mystical arts with Shen Nian for a long time, and his physical endurance was far beyond that of ordinary people.

The three successfully descended to the location of the sunken ship and entered through a hole on the side of the hull.

After entering the hole, there is a dark and long tunnel.

Shen Nian tossed out a few luminous pearls, which swam forward with the group, their bright light illuminating the surroundings clearly.

Avoiding the rusty nails, chains, and the occasional skull floating by, the three finally descended to the entrance to the underground palace that Xiaobai had mentioned.

At the very bottom of the shipwreck, a blue stone slab lies silently, completely out of place with the surrounding seabed mud and sand.

Intricate runes were inscribed on it, gleaming with a faint blue-green light in the deep sea.

Shen Nian inserted the token given to her by the black dragon into the hollow space on the stone slab, and it fit perfectly.

The next moment, a bright blue light shone, and every rune on the bluestone slab seemed to come alive.

Everyone heard a distant and indistinct sound, similar to a dragon's roar.

The surrounding seawater trembled violently.

Fish and other marine life within a radius of several miles seemed to be drawn by the sight, swarming toward the location of the bluestone slab.

Shen Nian reached out and lifted the bluestone slab, then waved to signal the two of them to get off.

Then, Shen Nian jumped into the underground palace and covered the stone slab with his backhand.

Surprisingly, the underground palace was dry.

It was as if some magical power had forcibly separated them from the billions of tons of seawater above their heads.

...It truly lives up to its reputation as a jiao that was just one step away from transforming into a true dragon.

Shen Nian patted the water off her body and then cast a cleansing spell on Gu Yuncheng.

Xiao Bai gave Shen Nian a long look: "Why do you only know how to use cleaning magic on him?"

Shen Nian: "...Can't you do it yourself?"

This flying zombie can trap several sorcerers with an array, so why wouldn't it know a mere cleansing spell?

noob:……

He disliked Shen Nian.

After resting for a while, the three of them began to walk into the underground palace through the tunnel.

It has to be said that the underground palace that the Black Dragon built for himself is truly magnificent.

It surpasses all the imperial palaces Shen Nian has ever seen throughout history; it was probably built to the standards of a dragon palace.

So luxurious and extravagant it's blinding!

It's truly blindingly bright.

Because no matter which room they entered, they could see piles of various glittering gold coins and gems.

And everywhere you look there are crystal-clear glass and crystals, exquisitely crafted beyond compare.

Shen Nian: ...

This dragon must have collected all the gold and silver treasures from the shipwrecks in this sea area into its underground palace.

Adhering to the traditional virtue of "since we're already here," Shen Nian didn't stand on ceremony with the black dragon at all, and put all the gold and silver jewelry she could see into her storage ring.

Fei Jiang's lips twitched: "...Wouldn't this count as tomb raiding?"

Shen Nian glanced at him: "My own grave has been dug up, and you're telling me this?"

The black dragon is imprisoned in the Mountain and Sea Prison and may not be released. It's unknown how many years it will be before it returns to this underground palace.

Why not take it if it's free?

Flying Zombie: ...

Shen Nian moved along the Black Dragon's treasure vault, searching for the whereabouts of the Heavenly Book.

Passing a fork in the road, Shen Nian carefully sensed the direction and pointed to the left.

"This way."