Deep Sea Hunter, but Deep Sea Titan

"It is in the temple where Your Excellency once stood. Your Lordship knows where that waterfall is."

After saying that, Laurentina climbed onto a movable rock face.

This is Lotin's arm after he grew to gigantic size, while the huge golden shield on the rock wall still shines brightly.

Your domineering and arrogant attitude has made me feel quite embarrassed.

In the past, the ambitious Zuo Le would probably have rushed in headfirst and tried to use some forceful methods.

But what happened at this time also broadened his horizons and made him understand the proverb, "A dragon must coil up, and a tiger must lie down."

"It's just that it's a bit straightforward, how can it be considered tyrannical?"

"If there is nothing else important to tell you, then I will take my leave."

Skadi has now become able to understand Yan language. Seeing that the discussion was almost over, she walked over to Laurentina.

W, being sensible, followed Skadi up the stairs.

She increasingly feels like she's becoming a comedic character, unable to even try to listen to the conversation as a story.

"Miss Theresa, do you speak Yan language? Could you teach me?"

For the first time, W had developed such a pure and simple obsession with knowledge; she had never wanted to learn everything so intensely as she did now.

"You child, you haven't even fully mastered the Sarkaz language yet."

While Theresa sees being motivated to learn as a good thing, taking too big a step will always cause problems.

But when Theresa looked at W's innocent face, she softened—did she really soften?

"Then you'll just have to use your spare time to study."

"This……"

It seems like the tedious reading time is about to increase again, but W wonders if he has anything else to do.

W gritted his teeth and agreed without hesitation.

“Miss Xi, since the agreement has been fulfilled, I shall take my leave now.”

He helped Xi save her painting, and Xi then led him into the world within the painting, where he touched the scroll of mountains and seas.

"However, I'm just giving you a friendly heads-up, your second brother seems to be plotting something."

Xi was able to directly understand Luo Ting's meaning. When the other party mentioned his second brother, she couldn't help but pull her thoughts away from the composition and painting.

"That terrible chess player?"

"Has he gone so far as to provoke you?"

Xi understood this principle. Entrusting Luo Ting with a task was negotiable, and the price to pay for borrowing the Mountain and Sea Scroll could never be higher than offending him.

"Incredible."

In short, be extra careful.

"Thank you for your kindness, but this is a really bad move. I didn't think to drag you into the game."

According to the memories Xi obtained from the "old thing" (the Sui beast), Gonggong was a being who did not like to engage in games with enemies. He seemed to prefer to crush his enemies by overwhelming them with sheer force.

"Then we'll meet again when this painting is finished."

The painting depicts a battle between colossal beasts and gods, a battle that seems to swallow mountains and rivers. After the painting was finished, the artist himself was asked to give his opinion, which Xi found quite interesting.

Chapter 188: Eagle's Hand

The capital of the Yan Kingdom, Baizhao City.

There were towering buildings, solemn academies, and endless palace walls—the city itself was a solemn discipline. From the first day outsiders arrived in Baizhao, the word "rules" was imprinted in their hearts.

Its name carries the weighty meaning of the multiplication, reproduction, and peaceful life of all living beings.

The Si Sui Terrace is located here.

Originally, the Si Sui Tai was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites. In ancient Yan Kingdom, sacrifices were a test or transaction with giant beasts, so the Ministry of Rites, which was in charge of sacrifices, naturally became the superior of the Si Sui Tai.

However, after a serious incident involving the escape of the Year Beast's agent, it became independent from the Ministry of Rites, and the escaped agent was "Wang".

Zuo Le was running a long distance that would exhaust him, so that he could reach the nearest post station as quickly as possible and send a report on the incident back to Si Suitai.

The other party's attitude was clearly saying, "If you want to probe my strength, then go ahead and probe. Once you do, you'll have a solution."

This left Zuo Le feeling quite uncomfortable.

This urgent letter was secretly delivered to the Grand Tutor of the current dynasty.

Zuo Le recorded Luo Ting's basic abilities, known lifestyle habits, way of doing things, and relationship with the Year Beast agent in this letter.

The Grand Tutor's slightly aged face twitched slightly. Although Zuo Le, the young master, was a rising star in the Imperial Archives and the youngest candle bearer, he naturally had sufficient strength. However, to investigate such detailed information, he alone was probably still lacking in experience.

"Were they deliberately sending us this information?"

"Provocation, or warning?"

Moreover, the other party even demanded that the imperial court go to the old temple of Gonggong to negotiate, which was really damaging to the prestige of the Great Yan Kingdom. How could the Great Yan Dynasty, which has always regarded itself as the god of the peak, possibly bow down like this?

Offering small favors to appease the agents of these behemoths and get them to serve the people and territory of Yan has always been the court's practice, but the other party is clearly not someone who can be appeased by mere small favors.

The Great Yan Dynasty was forced to form an alliance with the Year Beast due to pressure. Although they did not break off relations in the end, the alliance still ended somewhat unhappily.

The centralization of power and prestige of dynasties were always based on a degree of wariness of so-called "divine authority".

The other party readily offered two options: renew the contract or leave, and we'd go our separate ways.

"What Lord Wei meant was that even if it was a little dishonorable, we shouldn't let the relationship get too strained."

The Grand Tutor had received Wei Yanwu's letter well in advance. Wei Yanwu's advice was that since a powerful ally could be obtained by simply setting aside some pride and having a few talks, why suffer for the sake of saving face?

It was nothing more than having the Ministry of Rites organize a sacrificial ceremony and throw some jade artifacts into the water.

Wei Yanwu's biggest reason for trusting Luo Ting was that if he really had a craving for worldly power like the beast Sui, then why didn't he have a craving for those countries that were already shrouded in his shadow, but instead continued to travel all over the world?

"Besides the problem of Gonggong, there is also the lurking threat of the Sui beast."

Fortunately, Ya was easily dismembered by Gonggong.

The Grand Tutor was also concerned about another point, which was about "expectation".

"His Excellency Gonggong instructed me to convey that 'If the second brother of the Sui family is left unattended, the fate of the Great Yan dynasty may be in jeopardy.'"

The Grand Tutor knew what this ever-restless agent was plotting, but he still turned a blind eye to some of his actions.

Mitigating the losses suffered by the Yan Kingdom when facing the Sui Beast was a policy that this old minister had always adhered to.

He twice turned a blind eye to Wang's behavior, hoping to use this opportunity to see the attitudes of the other agents and thus gain more support.

Having the agent of the Year Beast deal with the Year Beast would be most advantageous for the Yan Kingdom.

"Let Si Suitai send someone to negotiate, and make sure the person who goes is polite—but never mind, I'll go myself."

"Don't let the Ministry of Rites interfere too much."

Such absurd claims, that the fate of the nation is in peril, would be severely punished if uttered by ordinary officials or commoners.

However, this was indeed Gonggong's statement, and Zuo Le seriously included it as an important item in the report.

The Grand Tutor had no choice but to take this matter seriously.

At this moment, in a secluded bamboo forest, on a sturdy wooden chessboard, black and white pieces are arranged in an alternating pattern.

A white-haired man with dragon horns is holding a black chess piece, hesitating over his move.

There is no opponent on the other side of the chessboard, or rather, the opponent of this player is not something visible or perceptible.

"It's fine if you take back the Mountain and Sea Scroll."

The man stared at the black pieces in his hand.

"So what if the resurgence of the Year Beast means nothing to you?"

How could such a shrewd player not have considered proposing a deal with this impartial guardian?

The price that Yan Kingdom can offer will definitely be higher than what he can offer. Since that's the case, he can't guarantee that "Gonggong" won't come to sabotage his plans.

If the other party is directly asked to banish the Year Beast forever, then the Yan Kingdom will not have the problem of trying to offer a higher price.

But he created a new Year Beast not only to sever ties with his other brothers and sisters, but also to separate his deceased sister once again.

Therefore, for him, the Year Beast was indispensable.

Since the Sui Beast cannot survive, he has no choice but to oppose the Yan Kingdom.

He took a risky step, first provoking the giant god, then inducing the Yan Kingdom's court to oppose it, and making the other party retrieve its true form, all to give the Yan Kingdom a reason to be wary and hostile towards the other party.

Ultimately, the goal is to ensure that both sides suffer heavy losses.

As for whether he himself lived or died after the Sui Beast was resurrected, he no longer cared. Reviving the Sui Beast and then killing it was the outcome he had planned in his scheme.

"In your opinion, was this move a standard move, a mediocre move, or a brilliant move?"

It could also be one of Eagle's tricks.

This pavilion rarely receives visitors, after all, its owner is a dangerous figure who has fled from the capital.

The person he was asking the question to was a man with green hair and dragon horns wrapped in brocade threads.

"Second brother, I can't see clearly."

The player was indeed "Wang". This man was the seventh son of the Sui family, a wealthy merchant from the Yan Kingdom, known as "Ji". He supported "Wang's" plan, but honestly, he felt he would get along well with "Gonggong".

They are the kind of people who prefer to resolve issues through a transparent, price-based transaction.

Ji, who wields both real and illusory power, is capable of weaving destiny into threads, yet he cannot even touch the fate of this ancient giant.

"If Yan is not strong enough to cause mutual destruction with Him, what will you do then?"

Ji was quite surprised that his second brother had been forced into such a risky move, one that could easily turn into a disastrous mistake.

"He is too heavy."

The sound of the black pieces striking the board was deep and loud.

"Four ounces can move a thousand pounds, but cannot move ten thousand pounds."

Ji rarely expressed concern about his second brother's plans.

"The Great Yan, which claims to be a deity, didn't scare you. It's the fact that it just regained its true form that made you so nervous."

"Seventh brother, no matter how heavy it is, we can only pry it open."

“The Great Yan court will definitely want to talk to Him, but once the talks are completed, this game will be impossible to continue.”

Chapter 189: The Episode That Least Needs Fixed Skill Sets

After the release of the Mountain and Sea Scroll, Luo Ting immediately confirmed the mechanics of this skin.

First, the skin's passive ability.

Unlike the initial three starter Pokémon, and also unlike the unique privileged Pokémon [Astronaut].

Its passivity is quite brutal:

[Guardians of Mountains and Rivers]

[Possesses the dual ability to control floods and lava]

[Consume mana to shape mountains and rivers (no mana is required in the Mountain and Sea Scroll)]

The system means that it can directly manipulate the geological structure within a certain range, but only in terms of macroscopic manifestations.

Enlarging and increasing spell power can enhance the range of manipulation, and this ability is undoubtedly very useful in combating tsunamis created by large groups.

The fact that he is affected by the power of the law means that his current ability is far stronger than that of the ancient Yan Kingdom's [Shan Hai Hui Juan Nautilus], which makes it impossible for Si Suitai to use his past performance as a reasonable reference.

That's why they dared to bring Luo Ting to the Mountain and Sea Scroll under Wei Yanwu's recommendation, taking this opportunity to update the archives and information about "Gonggong".

If Xi hadn't mentioned that "it's not His true form yet," Zuo Le wouldn't have even known why Luo Ting was looking for the Mountain and Sea Scroll.

Si Suitai seems to think that the Mountain and Sea Scroll is just a strange object with a world in the painting and a token for communicating with Gonggong, which is enough to be used as bait to lure the other party into the Yan Kingdom.

Although the [Creator God] probably also has the power to control floods and is more specialized in this regard, it is slightly more difficult to collect.

The racial passive is a buff called [Jiaolong].