The government was sending out wives, and I ended up with a princess from the previous dynasty!

On the sea.

A cold wind swept through!

Hong Siyang and Huo Yaojin stood on the bow deck, looking at the ice layer shrouded in thick fog not far away.

At this moment, some martial arts practitioners were still moving quickly on the floating ice and icebergs on the sea, rushing towards that ice layer.

Huo Yaojin glanced to his right. There were imperial experts led by the Holy Maiden Murong Nishang, as well as people from the Shadow Sect.

This time, Murong Nishang was also invited by Zhan Yunqian to come to the Martial God Palace to explore for treasures.

At this moment, Murong Nishang had already made some changes to her face, and she no longer looked as stunning as before!

Huo Yaojin had already begun to suspect Murong Nishang's identity.

Murong Nishang was raised by the previous Holy Maiden of Longwu Kingdom from a young age.

But no one ever knew where Murong Nishang came from.

As everyone knows, a saintess cannot marry, so Murong Nishang is definitely not the old saintess's daughter. So where did she come from?

The people of the Longwu Dynasty originally planned to advance together with the people of the Dajing Dynasty, but due to some unforeseen circumstances, the matter became very sensitive.

The unexpected turn of events was that the Kushan Empire suddenly sought cooperation with them, preparing to join forces with the Longwu Dynasty to enter the Temple of Martial God.

Therefore, at this moment, to Huo Yaojin's left were the people of the Kushan Empire, led by Qing Manchao and Hui Ningshi.

A treasure trove like the Temple of Martial Gods naturally wouldn't be complete without them.

As a landlocked country, the Kushan Empire had no coastline and no fleet.

If they want to go to sea, they can only cooperate with either the Longwu Dynasty or the Dajing Dynasty.

They had just fought a battle with the Great Jing Dynasty and lost many people. It was unrealistic to expect the Great Jing Dynasty to take them along, so they had no choice but to cooperate with the Longwu Dynasty.

Of course, they also paid a lot of money for tickets to get on this ship.

They brought along elite experts from the Yuansheng Dao, one of whom was a very tall and burly bald man with a menacing black tattoo on his head and two large, gleaming silver iron rings hanging from his ears!

This bald man is none other than Tuolei, a very famous new generation expert in the Yuansheng Dao!

"Seven experts at the Freedom Realm and two at the Unfettered Realm—all top-tier masters have arrived. It seems that Yuanshengdao and his group are determined to obtain the treasures within the Martial God Hall!"

"If things really come to a head, we'll have to be wary of these people stabbing us in the back!"

Huo Yaojin looked around and muttered to himself.

Don't let his rough appearance fool you; he's quite shrewd. Otherwise, Huo Zhitian wouldn't have trusted him to represent him at sea.

Besides the Kushan Empire's people, their ships also carried people from other races.

For example, the people of southern Xinjiang!

This time, the people from the southern border were in no way weaker than those from the Kushan Empire.

The person leading the team was a woman with a very alluring and charming figure named Lan Fenghuang. She was said to be the Holy Maiden of the Ten Saints Sect of Southern Xinjiang. She was a master of Gu magic. It was said that she entered the Ten Thousand Snake Cave alone for seven days and seven nights to obtain the Holy Maiden position, and forcibly refined herself into her natal Gu worm!

The members of the Ten Saints Sect in Southern Xinjiang, although skilled in Gu poison, have even refined themselves into Gu worms, which is simply unprecedented!

Just a few days ago, Lan Fenghuang and her group came to us, offering to buy tickets to the Temple of Martial God for a fee. The price they offered left Emperor Longwu Zhan Yunqian with no reason to refuse!

Besides the people from the southern border, there was also a group of people from the western regions who offered very good prices and boarded the Longwu Kingdom's ship.

These people have typical Western Region features and look very much like people from the City of Eternal Desolation.

These people have rarely left their cabins since boarding the ship.

But there seems to be a tacit understanding between them.

Seemingly noticing Huo Yaojin's probing gaze, the attitudes of these people from the major powers changed.

Lan Fenghuang from Southern Xinjiang frowned slightly, seemingly quite disgusted by Huo Yaojin's gaze.

Meanwhile, the experts from the Yuansheng Dao sect, who were in charge of the Qingman Chao sect, nodded to Huo Yaojin.

As for those few people from the Western Regions, they had expressionless faces and seemed to care nothing about what was happening outside!

"These people went to the Martial God Temple, probably not just for the treasures inside," Huo Yaojin thought to himself.

“If you’re not in a hurry to go in, my suggestion is to wait a bit longer,” Hong Siyang said with a faint smile, his expression nonchalant.

It must be said that this old eunuch had seen a lot in his life; he remained calm and composed in the face of adversity, demonstrating excellent self-control.

To be honest, he didn't want to go in now; there wasn't enough time!

We need to let those people from the Great Jing Dynasty get ahead and wade through this mess first!

Hong Siyang originally thought that these people were all eager to go in.

But to his surprise, no one objected to his suggestion!

That saves a lot of trouble!

……

"Whoosh!"

On the inky black sea, a huge roar of waves suddenly resounded, and the once calm, mirror-like surface of the water instantly became turbulent!

One after another, menacing tentacles covered with suckers emerged from the water, lashing out like giant whips at the few wandering swordsmen charging at the front!

The few wandering swordsmen at the forefront hadn't even seen what was attacking them before they were swept into the sea!

"Pfft!"

A burst of bloody water churned in the sea!

The sudden turn of events startled the wandering swordsmen who were rushing forward, causing them to scream in fright and retreat in disarray!

However, the path below the cliff was so narrow that some people rushed forward while others retreated, and the two groups soon collided!

The monster in the sea seemed to be stimulated by the smell of blood and suddenly became excited!

"Whoosh!"

The water surged and two more tentacles covered in suckers flew out, grabbing the leg of a wandering swordsman and pulling him upside down, suspending him in mid-air!

"Hua Hua Hua..."

Then, a huge, wrinkled, grayish, ferocious monster with eight eyes emerged from the water!

This thing is just too big. Its head alone is over ten meters in diameter. Especially its tentacles covered with suckers, each one looks like a giant python!

"This... is an eight-eyed octopus!"

"My God, how can there be such a huge eight-eyed octopus? It must have lived for thousands of years!"

"Yes, eight-eyed octopuses are usually quite small, this one is way too big!"

"Could this thing have become sentient?!"

Exclamations arose from the crowd.

Although this statement is shocking, anyone who sees this scene would have this thought!

Because this eight-eyed octopus was simply too big, beyond their comprehension!

A typical eight-eyed octopus is only about the size of a foot bath basin!

And here it is, this huge one?

"I suspect it might be related to the Temple of Martial Gods!" someone said, offering their guess.

But his voice trembled as he voiced this guess!

However, there's one more thing: this trembling doesn't seem to be caused by fear!

Instead, it's excitement!

It's the ultimate form of greed!!

At that moment, everyone's eyes lit up with a green light!