The next day, Long Chen was ready and waiting for Chen Xingyao's arrival.
Today, Chen Xingyao would take him to the Sacred Stone of Karma.
"I hope I can succeed on my first try."
That was what he thought, but the road to happiness was strewn with setbacks. Even if he did not succeed this time, he would not be discouraged as long as there were no losses. The six Sea Emperors had guarded the Sacred Stone of Karma for so many years without any gains. They clearly did not have the qualifications or ability to obtain the inheritance blood essence of the Divine Way Heart Refining Dragon.
Therefore, Long Chen was not in a hurry.
He even felt that if it were not for the God Generals, Demon Stars, and other dangers that were right in front of him, he could even wait until he was stronger before coming to the Sea Race.
Chen Xingyao came as promised.
But today, he seemed somewhat tired and listless.
"Not feeling well?" Long Chen asked.
This was more a kind of inner exhaustion and despair. He looked very down, so he could not help but ask.
Chen Xingyao shook his head. "I'm fine. Start preparing now. I'll take you to see the Sacred Stone of Three Lives and the Sacred Stone of Karma. We might be discovered, and then we might have to face it together."
"No problem, thank you. If you want to return to the Dragon God Domain, you are welcome at any time. This is what the three Dragon Emperors of the Devouring Dragon City told me. They know you are here to help me."
"Three Dragon Emperors …"
A pleasantly surprised smile finally appeared on Chen Xingyao's face, but it quickly disappeared. He nodded and said, "Alright, I will consider it carefully."
Then, according to the agreement, Long Chen entered his God Nation, and he would take him to the Sacred Stone of Karma.
"Let's go."
After a while, Chen Xingyao left, but no one knew that he had taken Long Chen with him.
Chen Xingyao's God Nation was an oasis. The grass was lush, and the flowers were in full bloom. The scenery was picturesque. Long Chen did not walk around, so as not to invade other people's privacy. He sat cross-legged in the middle of the oasis, waiting for time to pass.
Less than a quarter of an hour after Chen Xingyao left Long Chen's previous residence, Long Chen suddenly opened his eyes. He discovered a weak aura in this Divine Kingdom. It seemed as though he was on the verge of death, struggling at death's door.
This made him a little suspicious. After persevering for a period of time, the aura still did not dissipate. There was still a strand of life force hanging on, and it could probably hold on for a long time. He asked, "Senior Chen, there seems to be someone injured in your God Nation. Do you need my help?"
When Chen Xingyao heard this, he immediately stopped in his tracks and said, "Maybe you're mistaken. How is that possible? You should focus. We're almost at the first checkpoint. The place you're going to is the Sea Race's Forbidden Zone. First, we have to pass through a large door. There are many Seven-star Reincarnation Tribulation Eminences guarding the door. We have to convince them to let us in first. No, let me in."
It seemed that this aura was related to his personal secret. Since he was unwilling to let Long Chen know about it, there was nothing Long Chen could do about it. To him, the Divine Dao Heart Refining Dragon's inheritance blood essence was the most important thing. Therefore, he had already placed his attention outside the God Kingdom.
Chen Xingyao moved forward in the sea. A colorful sea appeared in front of him. All the colorful sea was a Forbidden Zone to him. Only the experts of the Sea Race with demigod bodies and above could enter. Although these Seven-star Reincarnation Tribulation Eminences were guards, they had never entered the Forbidden Zone before.
In front of Chen Xingyao were a few huge sea beasts. They had the same terrifying appearance and aura as the Demon Race, but they were even more ferocious. Among them was an octopus with eight tentacles covered in lumps. There were blue rings on its tentacles. This was a Sea Race called the blue-ringed octopus.
It was fundamentally different from the Black Yama Beast.
After seeing Chen Xingyao, they all transformed into human forms and pressed forward.
A total of more than ten people surrounded Chen Xingyao.
"Chen Xingyao, what are you doing in the Forbidden Zone? Although you are a demigod body expert, you are not from the Sea Race. You are not qualified to enter the Forbidden Zone. Hurry up and scram."
"That's right. Go back to your Devil Blue Palace and stay obediently. This is not a place you should be, Xiao Bai Face."
Back then, Chen Xingyao and Liu Ji's union had shocked everyone. No one had thought that the most beautiful woman of the Sea Race would marry an outsider. That was a painful past for all the men. Although thousands of years had passed, the men of the Sea Race still couldn't let go of it.
They still respected Liu Ji and were infatuated with her. However, it didn't mean that they would treat Chen Xingyao the same way. In their eyes, Chen Xingyao was still an outsider slave. If they had the chance, they would definitely mock him mercilessly.
Just like now.
Chen Xingyao could only rely on himself this time. Therefore, Long Chen waited to see how he would resolve this.
At this time, everyone had surrounded Chen Xingyao.
"Everyone, it was Liu Ji who told me to go to the 'Sea Clear Pavilion' to get something for her. I didn't come here willingly. Can you make an exception and let me in? This is her token."
Chen Xingyao took out a black token. There was a snake on it.
With this token in hand, it was as if Liu Ji had come in person.
It could be seen that Chen Xingyao had come prepared. He had also made up an excuse.
"It was Lady Liu Ji who told you to go in. What do you want to take from the Sea Clear Pavilion?"
Obviously, the Sea Clear Pavilion was also in the Forbidden Zone.
Hearing that it was Liu Ji's order and seeing her token, their tone became slightly better. Of course, they were giving Liu Ji face. As for Chen Xingyao, they were still full of disdain. Chen Xingyao wasn't a strong-willed person. In the Sea Race, he almost never fought. Basically, he was the one being bullied.
He said, "I'm sorry. This is Lady Liu Ji's secret. I can't tell you. She said that when you see this token, you will naturally let me in. I don't know if you can do that."
Hearing this, the guards looked at each other.
"Let this bastard in."
"There's no other way. This is Lady Liu Ji's order. After all, he's her husband. He can't get close to her."
"I can't accept it. Why don't we tease him?"
A group of Seven-star Reincarnation Tribulation Eminences were discussing in front of Chen Xingyao. They were really looking down on him. Long Chen was a little angry, but Chen Xingyao remained calm, as if he was used to such a life. Long Chen pondered. He really didn't understand. He was so cautious, failed, weak, bullied, and had no dignity as an expert. Why didn't he leave this place?
He shouldn't have liked Liu Ji, so what was the reason for that?
At that moment, Chen Xingyao suddenly smiled and said, "Today is the first time I've troubled you. Thank you very much. I have some Primordial Dao artifacts and immortal essences here. I'll give them to you now. I hope that you can do me a favor and let me in."
With that said, he took out the gifts. The things he gave were very attractive to Seven-star Reincarnation Tribulation Eminences. Clearly, he had put in a lot of effort.
The few of them had wanted to tease him, but when they saw the gifts, their eyes lit up. More than a dozen of them began to fight for them. Soon, more than a dozen of them received the gifts and couldn't stop smiling.
The greedy nature of the Sea Race was vividly displayed on them.
"Chen Xingyao, actually, you're not bad."
"That's right. You know how to behave. Besides, you have Lady Liu Ji's token. Of course, you can enter the Forbidden Zone. The next time you enter, we brothers can help you."
Indeed, compared to their jealousy of Chen Xingyao, they coveted the treasures more.
"Thank you, everyone."
Chen Xingyao heaved a sigh of relief and put away the token. After thanking them, he led Long Chen into the rainbow sea and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"Thank you."
If it weren't for him, it would have been quite troublesome for him to come here. The greater advantage of getting Chen Xingyao's help was that even if Chen Xingyao was discovered, he wouldn't be discovered.
This time, Chen Xingyao had indeed put in a lot of effort and sacrifice, which made Long Chen very grateful.
"En, actually, don't be too happy too early. In this forbidden realm, the most troublesome ones aren't them, but the patrolling warriors with Demigod bodies. They will randomly appear in this forbidden realm, and each of them can monitor a very large sea. I can't escape, so I can only rely on luck."
"No matter what, I'm really grateful to you this time."
At first, he doubted Chen Xingyao, but it was different now. Chen Xingyao was indeed a friend worthy of deep friendship.
Seeing Chen Xingyao heading towards the depths, Long Chen couldn't help but look forward to the Sacred Karma Stone. He was getting closer and closer to the inheritance blood essence of the Divine Dao Heart Refining Dragon.
Long Qinglan probably only knew the location of this drop of essence blood, but had never controlled it before, so it was still quite difficult.
"We're probably halfway there."
Chen Xingyao said.
"En."
Long Chen was also prepared, using all his strength to sense the existence of the Sacred Karma Stone. He seemed to have sensed a place in front of him, where there were two things that made his heart palpitate. They should be the Three-life Divine Stone and the Sacred Karma Stone.
"We're getting closer."
Chen Xingyao's words stirred Long Chen's heart again.
"Chen Xingyao."
At this moment, the sound of the sea breaking could be heard. The seawater rippled, and an old man suddenly appeared in front of Chen Xingyao. It was a black-haired old man with a sharp head like a spear. He looked very ugly, but he had a murderous intent. He could easily dominate a large area of the sea, and he had the World Tree. His rule power had been formed, and he had millions of divine palaces.
An expert with Demigod body.
Fortunately, he was only at the early stage of Demigod body, at the level of City Lord Di Jun.
However, such an old man wouldn't be as easy to fool as the guards at the entrance.
"Chen Xingyao, why are you here? This isn't a place you should be. Scram, otherwise, I will report this to the six Ocean Emperors."
Chen Xingyao quickly said, "Gao Yang, I am here on Liu Ji's orders to take something from Haiming Pavilion. I will leave immediately."