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This guess isn't far off.

Wen Qiao pulled out a few pill bottles filled with water-repelling pills and handed them to her group of followers.

Since she took them in and they helped find a bunch of Mirage Sea God Flowers, Wen Qiao naturally had to look out for their safety.

When the lazy male cultivator realized the pill bottles had water-repelling pills, he was totally shocked and then looked at Wen Qiao with deep thanks. "Boss, you're the best."

Wen Qiao said with a straight face, "My husband whipped them up."

The followers all turned to Ning Yuzhou, who gave them a graceful smile. Suddenly, it hit them: Could he have made those poison pills that messed them up earlier?

Though they had their doubts, the followers kept their mouths shut and quickly swallowed the water-repelling pills.

Right away, the seawater holding them back seemed to stop mattering. Even underwater, it felt like they were on dry land, with little impact on their cultivation.

When they saw the fluffy little beast also had a water-repelling pill, the followers got a better sense of Wen Qiao's riches and immediately crowded around her, swearing to grab the Sea God Token for their boss no matter what.

Seeing these suck-ups, Shi Wuming felt his own face wasn't thick enough.

After popping the water-repelling pills, everyone started checking out their surroundings.

They walked into the main hall of the Sea God's Abode, which was bare and had no decorations or furniture. Even deep underwater, it wasn't dark. Instead, the walls and pillars were studded with glowing gemstones, shells, and sea pearls, making the whole palace look dreamy.

Wen Qiao asked Ning Yuzhou, "Husband, doesn't this palace look like the Sea Clan's?"

Ning Yuzhou nodded. The palace did look like the one they saw at Starry Gorge. Back then, Lan Jinshang said the palace was based on the Sea Clan's style. Too bad they were in a rush to get back to the Holy Martial Continent and didn't check out the Sea Clan's city.

"Could the Sea God's Abode have been built by the Sea Clan? And the Sea God Monument—could it be tied to the Sea Clan too?" Wen Qiao continued to ask.

Ning Yuzhou agreed, "Could be."

The people around them listened, feeling a bit confused. They had heard of sea beasts, but what was the Sea Clan? Was it some kind of sea beast tribe?

At this point, Ning Yuzhou added, "After entering the Sea God Monument, I've traveled to many islands these past few days and discovered some interesting traces."

"What traces?" Shi Wuming asked with interest. "Are they traps set by the three Emperor Yuan Realm elders who oversee the Sea God Festival?"

"No," Ning Yuzhou said lightly. "The Sea God Monument is merely a medium that transported us here. This place is likely a certain sea area within the Endless Sea, closely connected to the Sea God Monument."

It might even be that the Sea God Monument, as a vessel, has absorbed this entire sea area into itself.

"Really?"

The group of cultivators from the Inner Sea looked at him in shock and confusion.

Who exactly was this person, who could see through the essence of the Sea God Monument? Although this was the first time they had heard of such a thing, they inexplicably didn't doubt his words.

Ning Yuzhou glanced at them lightly, sparing them a look only because they were Wen Qiao's followers.

The followers, feeling somewhat wronged by his glance, dared not speak up.

Chapter 376

At the end of the main hall were several passageways leading to unknown destinations.

Shi Wuming felt a sense of déjà vu, reminiscent of being forced through a maze in the underground palace of Red Sun Villa and then being chased around by a hidden qilin. He reflexively felt that he might once again be bitten by a sudden swarm of leeches.

"Don't worry, I won't make you be the bait again," Ning Yuzhou kindly reassured him for once.

Shi Wuming, however, was not gullible enough to believe it, his face filled with suspicion.

To prove that he really didn't intend to use him as bait, Ning Yuzhou waved his hand, and a puppet statue appeared before them.

This puppet statue was produced by the Red Sun Villa, the original, unaltered by Ning Yuzhou, and resembling a real person. So everyone immediately recognized it as a puppet.

Ning Yuzhou had the puppet lead the way, with them following behind.

"With so many passages, which way should we go?" the slacker male cultivator asked with a troubled look, secretly glancing at Wen Qiao.

Wen Qiao said, "Just pick any direction."

After all, their goal wasn't to compete for the Sea God Token; they were just here to look around, so there was no pressure.

But the underlings were different; they were still eager to seize the Sea God Token for their boss. Hearing their boss's words, they immediately rallied, ready for action.

After looking around, Wen Qiao randomly pointed in a direction, with the puppet statue leading the way and the others following closely behind.

Shi Wuming asked nervously, "Does the Sea God Residence just pop up every now and then, then after gathering enough people, it sinks back into the sea, trapping everyone underwater and forcing them to fight for the Sea God Token? It feels like we're being forced into a fight."

As someone not exactly a powerhouse in combat, Shi Wuming was quite nervous.

Wen Qiao said, "It probably isn't like that."

She thought back to the underwater palace at Xingyue Gorge and was about to comfort him when suddenly, whooshing sounds cut through the water.

Everyone reacted quickly. Wen Qiao grabbed Ning Yuzhou with one hand, while Yi Xuan slapped his hand, sending the stone puppet forward with a strike.

After the chaos settled, everyone saw arrows scattered on the ground. Thanks to Yi Xuan's quick reflexes, the arrows had landed on the stone puppet. Due to the puppet's defensive nature, the arrows couldn't pierce its defense and just fell to the ground.

The arrows were heavy, sinking straight to the ground despite being in water.

Wen Qiao picked up one and weighed it, saying, "These arrows are made of rare and mysterious iron—pretty impressive." With that, she collected all the arrows on the ground.

"Boss, what are you collecting those for?" the slacker male cultivator eagerly went over to help while asking.