“I am Lu Yang, and this is my junior brother, Meng Jingzhou,” Lu Yang took the initiative to introduce them.
“That’s not right. The portraits don’t look like you two.”
“Our Dao Seeking Sect has quite a few enemies in the East Sea, so we disguised ourselves.”
Xiao Xinghai remembered that eight of the Nine Scions of the Dao Seeking Sect had bounties on their heads, and understood what Lu Yang meant.
“Then let’s go! I’ll take you around for a tour.”
Encountering renowned geniuses from Great Xia made Xiao Xinghai exceptionally excited. He voluntarily transformed into a Golden-Winged Peng to carry Lu Yang and the others.
His golden feathers shone like glazed gold, glittering brightly under the sunlight.
Leaving Clan Head Xiao’s home and sitting atop Xiao Xinghai’s back, everyone finally had the opportunity to take in the Kunpeng Clan’s living environment.
Vast groves of Xunmu trees took root in the East Sea, soaring thousands or even tens of thousands of zhang into the sky. Half their trunks were submerged in the sea, while the other half rose above the surface. Dense Xunmu branches intertwined into an unbroken expanse, shielding them from the sun overhead, while beneath their canopy, the air was cool and refreshing.
The Kunpeng Clan had two types of dwellings: one hollowed out a section of a Xunmu tree, while the other was a constructed bird’s nest.
Clan Head Xiao’s home belonged to the former.
Because the Kunpeng were quite enormous in size, their dwellings were exaggeratedly massive. The tree hollow entrances were generally dozens of zhang high; standing at the entrance, Lu Yang and his companions felt as if they had stumbled into an ancient kingdom of giants.
From time to time, great pengs flew past them, casting curious glances their way.
“Prepare to enter the sea!” Xiao Xinghai called out in warning. His feathers shifted into golden scales, resembling a legendary golden dragon.
Riding on the back of the enormous golden kun, Lu Yang and the others held fast to his dorsal fin. Frigid seawater surged in from all directions, submerging them. The Water Avoidance Beads on their chests took effect, dispelling the water pressure and allowing them to move freely underwater.
Under the sea was a way of life entirely distinct from the surface. Countless kun swam through the waters. Huge kun even larger than Xiao Xinghai were everywhere, yet none possessed scales as flawless as his.
The kun in fish form were clearly far more numerous than the pengs.
“Most clan members prefer life underwater,” Xiao Xinghai explained.
Besides the kun, there were many other Sea Race members present—sea folk from nearby who had come to the Kunpeng Clan’s marine market to trade goods.
The scale of this sea market rivaled that of Penglai Island; in this respect alone, the Kunpeng Clan truly lived up to its prestige as one of the ten great races of the East Sea.
This was a place even Qin Haoran and Su Yiren had never visited, captivatingly beautiful. Tao Yaoye gazed wide-eyed at it all, wanting to use it as a setting for future Dream Bubbles.
Falling from a ship, Senior Brother Lu Yang diving into the sea, seeing that she had stopped breathing and giving her breath through a kiss... What a wonderful picture that would be.
“Senior Brother Lu Yang, if I were to fall into the sea, would you save me?”
Lu Yang sized Tao Yaoye up with a bewildered look. Seeing her moving about underwater with complete ease, he could not fathom why she would ask such a thing.
“Junior Sister, did water get into your brain too?”
“...I mean, I want to film a Dream Bubble set against the backdrop of the East Sea, and one of the scenes has me falling into the sea and you coming to save me.”
Lu Yang came to a sudden realization and said excitedly, “So that’s it! In that case, Junior Sister, your fall into the sea must be caused by the foul play of the East Sea Dragon Clan! After rescuing you, I’ll fight the East Sea dragons for three hundred rounds and tear out a dragon’s tendon. To seek vengeance against me, the East Sea Dragon Clan threatens to drown Penglai Island under the waves, so I heroically step forward and take my own life before them!”
“Afterward, Eldest Senior Sister appears, gathers my three hun and seven po, and crafts a lotus-root body for me. With the help of the lotus-root body, I am reborn, wreak havoc across the Dragon Clan, and restore peace to the East Sea!”
“Junior Sister, is that how you want to film it?”
“...And what about me?”
Listening from the side, Man Gu asked in confusion, “Weren’t you already saved?”
Chapter 831