Signing-In: The Lazy Moon Goddess-Chapter 204: North Pole (3)

After activating the defensive formation in Tan Bingyu’s hand, all three of them had jumped into the water. A huge splash was heard, but the ones who had caused it were in the ocean covered with a thin film of barrier around them. It was as if their group of three was enclosed within a transparent bubble.

Inside the formation, the oxygen existed, making it no problem for the three of them to be able to breathe underwater. The scenery under the ocean is completely different from the shallow sea. The moonlight illuminated the sea underwater, making it look as if the shallow area was glowing with the silverish shade of light.

Since the sun had already set, most marine animals in the area were asleep. There’s an eerie silence under the sea and looming darkness under their feet. Looking at the glacier they were on just now, the three realized that what they had walked on was just a piece of ice at the peak of the ice mountain.

The ice was glowing light blue under the moonlight, and it expanded so much as they got deeper underwater. The depths of the ocean are dark, very dark. Yet the eeriness of the area cannot be ignored. The sound of the waves would sometimes vary. It was as if someone was swimming nearby, but they couldn’t see anything at all.

On top of that, they can feel countless eyes on them. With only the darkness surrounding them from all sides, they would feel uncomfortable. The darkness around them made one feel as if they were eaten by this darkness and saw no path of light to escape at all.

Yue Xuexia commented, "The underside of the ocean is creepier at night."

"Mistress, you are right. There is something under the water with a powerful aura of ice!" said Tan Bingyu as she could feel a powerful surge of ice somewhere within the water.

"Which way is it? Don’t get separated. There is something in this region that is as powerful as Xue’er’s grandfather," said Taiyang.

He meant that there is a God living in this part of the sea, and it’s stronger than the Sea Dragon at the Bermuda Triangle. The two ladies felt the danger when a god-stage sea monster was said to exist in this ocean. Knowing that everything is possible in the darkness, Yue Xuexia and Tan Bingyu turned serious and vigilant.

Tan Bingyu pointed towards a part of the submerged ice mountain and said, "There is a powerful aura of ice elemental energy in that way."

"I also feel something is there," said Yue Xuexia.

With Taiyang taking the lead, the three of them approached the ice mountain. As they got closer, a light-blue light started to glow. They saw a small cluster of smooth, transparent-looking pebbles at the ice wall glowing like small stars within the ice. It was such a gorgeous sight even so; none of the three had approached the ice wall.

Tan Bingyu whispered, "There is something beyond the ice walls. It’s alive."

"It’s quite big, but its aura is not as powerful as the old man," said Tan Bingyu as a black fan appeared in her hand.

Taiyang asked, "Do you want to fight it? It’s just a sea monster at the golden core early stage."

"Mistress, please let me try it. I wanted to break through to the golden core as soon as possible," said Tan Bingyu.

After witnessing her mistress reach the Nascent Soul stage with just the first awakening of her physique, Tan Bingyu felt that she was about to become her mistress’s burden, and as her protector, this is something Tan Bingyu didn’t want to happen. Even if she can’t become as strong as her mistress, she doesn’t want to become her burden in the future. That’s why she must get stronger as soon as possible.

Yue Xuexia asked, "Do you want to borrow my fan?"

"That is something she can’t wield," said Taiyang to Yue Xuexia and suddenly said to Tan Bingyu, "You are at a disadvantage in water, but don’t forget where we are. This is the north pole; ice elements are the strongest in this place."

Tan Bingyu brought out her whip and started to gather the ice elements around her to her whip. All of a sudden, the whip in her hand was covered with thick ice and ice thorns. She flicked her whip to slashed at the area where the Ice Ore Stones are and sliced this part of the ice wall.

She keeps attacking the ice wall as a part of it broke and flew away from the ice water. Just as Tan Bingyu was about to grab that piece of ice wall, a huge mouth without rows of pointed teeth was coming for her.

Yue Xuexia saw its shape and noticed that the sea monster that was hiding within the ice wall had the shape of a basking shark. Just as Tan Bingyu was about to strike it with her whip, she heard her mistress’s voice in her head.

{No! Don’t kill it!}

Tan Bingyu halted her hand, which held the whip, and instead used it to take away the broken part of the ice wall filled with ice ore stones. She swam away from the big shark without teeth and dodged it without harming it.

Unexpectedly, The big shark just closed its big mouth and looked at Tan Bingyu with shock in its eyes. It was as if he didn’t expect a human to appear before him and was almost eaten by it. Tan Bingyu saw no malice within the innocent eyes of the shark and even saw it now in its big head as if apologizing to her. A childish voice rang in the minds of Taiyang, Tan Bingyu, and Yue Xuexia.

{I’m sorry. I was eating some planktons and fish but was stuck in that ice mountain. I don’t eat humans. Please don’t kill me~}

Taiyang frowned and couldn’t believe that such a big fish doesn’t eat humans. "You don’t eat humans? You said you were stuck. How did you survive without eating?"

"Don’t be scared of it, Yangyang. This child here is a basking shark. It doesn’t even have teeth; how can it eat humans? As for how it can survive, maybe it had something to do with those Ice Ore Stones. He got something big inside him that kept him alive and helped him become sentient," said Yue Xuexia.

"Big guy, you ate something like a stone or something similar?"

{Stone? I accidentally ate one! Because of it, a huge and old sperm whale wanted to eat me. I wanted to hide in this ice mountain but got stuck in it and was frozen. Thanks to what I have eaten, I have intelligence and don’t easily get hungry as long as I breath and filter the water around me.}

Seeing that the basking shark was harmless, Tan Bingyu hung her whip at her hips, and like her mistress, he rubbed the skin of the weird-looking shark.

Tan Bingyu said, "Sorry. I thought you wanted to eat me. Did I hit you?"

{No. I wasn’t hurt.}

On the other hand, Taiyang looked through the interior of the basking shark and noticed that something was glowing in him. He noticed a familiar energy that isn’t supposed to exist in this world. It’s a space meteorite ore with the size of two human adult heads. It has the ability to stop time and retain a certain timeline that is not affected by anything outside of it.

Space Meteorite Ore is usually used to make space-related artifacts like space rings, space bags, and all other space-related artifacts. Even in where Taiyang comes from, this material is rare, especially for something this big.

Taiyang’s eyes glowed and he was about to take out the space stone, but he heard the system’s voice in his head.

[If you take out that stone inside that fist, it would die. If it dies, Xue’er will be sad.] Shen Jueyang, who was silently observing everything, finally spoke up.

When he was ignored by Yue Xuexia, he felt a bit depressed and turned himself mute temporarily, as he knew himself that he had said wrong things before and was feeling guilty about it.

[Give it a few longevity pills to extend its life. Without the space meteorite ore, it’s time would return to normal. This fish can only live a few hundreds thanks to its cultivation; without the ore, it only has a few days to live. Explain things properly to Xue’er only when she agrees that you can take the ore out.]

Taiyang snorted and replied in his mind, ’Why are you caring towards Xue’er again? I thought you wanted to treat her as just a mere host. You’ve seen it already. Her imprint appeared on her face, not on her back. She is not her reincarnation.’

[I know. Just shut up and do as you need to do.] Shen Jueyang cut off their connection and once again became a mute system.

After being cut off by his main body, Taiyang explained everything to Yue Xuexia about the situation of the basking shark. He told her that the reason the Sperm Whale and other sea monsters attacked this basking shark was also because of what was inside of him. The Space Meteorite Ore is considered not only a precious material but also a natural treasure born with a bit of law of space and time.

Taiyang continues to explain the situation. "For cultivators, treasures with hints of laws are extremely rare and precious. They would do anything to take them away. If the old cultivator outside the ocean learned about this treasure, this weak basking shark will definitely be hunted."

"We can only remove it and extend his life with longevity pills and teach him a technique that will help him escape the prying of other sea monsters. I will teach him a technique of illusion; that way he can pretend to be an ordinary basking shark and the sea monsters wouldn’t see him as a sentient one."

"What do you think, little fish?" asked Taiyang to the Sentient Basking Shark.

{If you teach me that scary sperm whale will not chase me anymore?} The basking shark asked.

"I can’t promise you that. After all, the strong prey on the weak. But since he is after the ore inside of your stomach, once it’s gone, you will become an ordinary fish in his eyes and no longer chase you like before. The same goes to the other sea monsters in this area. If you want, we can bring you to the south pole. At least there is none who knows you there," said Taiyang.

{Okay, I will go to the South Pole with you!} said the sentient basking shark.