Son-in-law Heaven Emperor Xiao Yi

"Save me... save me..."

The clear and melodious voice suddenly rang in his mind.

Xiao Yi was startled and looked around, but there was not a single woman nearby. He couldn't help but frown, "Could it be an illusion?"

"Save me..."
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That clear voice sounded again.

Xiao Yi's pupils suddenly shrank as his gaze turned towards the necklace in the old man's hands. It was at that moment he sensed a strange fluctuation emanating from the necklace.

It seemed to be calling out to him.

"Could it be this necklace?"

Xiao Yi couldn't help but recall the old man's previous tale about the Sea Demon legend. His eyes flickered slightly as he squatted in front of the old man, "Old man, how much for this necklace?"

"Hmm? Young man, do you believe what I said?" the old man asked excitedly.

Xiao Yi smiled, "In this vast world, nothing is too strange to exist. Why wouldn't I believe?"

"Good, good, good, finally someone believes me!"

The old man's milky white eyes rolled around, revealing a sly smile. He said, "Young man, you fancy this necklace? If you really like it, I'll sell it to you – just for one million taels of Silver!"

Xiao Yi stood up, "Keep it for your own amusement!"

"Don't go..."

The old man hastily called out to Xiao Yi, showing a struggling expression with difficulty on his face, "How about this, half a million... no no no, one hundred thousand…"

Xiao Yi replied indifferently, "One hundred taels of Silver!"

"..."

The old man pursed his lips, his face darkened as he said, "Get lost, I'd rather it rot in my possession..."

Xiao Yi uttered an "oh" and stood up, ready to leave.

The old man quickly shouted, "Enough, enough, one hundred taels then. Who made me so fated to meet you?"

Xiao Yi curled his lip.

He paid one hundred taels of Silver and took the necklace into his hands.

Xiao Yi fiddled with the necklace in his hand, trying to infuse it with his vitality, but still, there was no effect. It was as if that faint fluctuation he had just felt was merely an illusion.

"Could it really have been my illusion?"

Xiao Yi frowned in puzzlement, unable to figure it out, so he simply put the necklace away.

As he was distracted, a figure collided head-on into him. Xiao Yi's Wind Thunder Holy Body was at the fourth realm, hitting him was like crashing into a city wall.

Xiao Yi didn't budge an inch.

The person opposite him cried out in pain, flipping backward and falling to the ground.

Xiao Yi snapped back to reality and asked with concern, "Are you alright?"

"Are you blind? Can't you walk with your eyes open? Didn't you see me walking here? You motherless bastard, pay me money. Today, this matter won't be settled without ten to eighty thousand!" the person retorted, flipping up to his feet, glaring angrily at Xiao Yi, and cursing at him.

Xiao Yi's brow furrowed tighter, "Watch your mouth!"

Anything about his mother was his Achilles' heel.

The young man sneered, rolled up his sleeves to reveal his muscular arms, and said ominously, "Little bastard, I just have a dirty mouth. What can you do about it? Have the guts to hit me, come on, do you dare?"

The young man stretched his face forward, challenging him defiantly.

"I've never seen such a shameless request..."

Xiao Yi shook his head, not wanting to escalate the situation further.

However, the young man was relentless, reaching out with a grab toward Xiao Yi's shoulder.

"Scram!"

Xiao Yi sidestepped the young man's grab while a low growl escaped his lips. With a sonic boom erupting from his mouth, the young man was blasted away by the force.

Whoosh!

The young man was sent flying for a good thirty meters, thudding to the ground with a roll.

Xiao Yi gave him a cold glance, then turned and vanished into the crowd.

The young man lay on the ground for quite a while, and after struggling for some time, he finally got up. As he searched around and did not see Xiao Yi anywhere, a fierce look crossed his face, "Damn it, you little bastard, you better hope I never run into you again!"

...

An uneventful night passed.

At dawn, the sound of the tide was roaring as it poured through the open floodgates and into the harbor.

Ships floated on the surface of the sea while the wharf bustled with people, all of whom became busy. Some were moving goods; others were setting sails out to sea.

Besides merchant vessels, there were many ships dedicated to hunting sea demons.

After all.

The number of sea demons in the sea was simply too vast, and their flesh was delicious; once it was sold inland, the price could multiply by dozens of times.

Xiao Yi, holding his ticket, boarded the colossal ship that stretched ten thousand meters and was clad in azure-gray.

The ship's hull was inscribed with dozens of Formations, including the Wave Breaking Formation, Wind Riding Formation, and so on. Even if hundred-meter-high waves struck, they wouldn't be able to shake the ship in the slightest.

"Cabin number ninety-eight, first-class, at the topmost level!" The crew member checked Xiao Yi's ticket and pointed to the top layer of the massive ship.

Xiao Yi nodded, "Thank you!"

The cabins on this giant ship were divided into four classes: A, B, C, and D. The first-class cabin that Xiao Yi chose cost a million taels of Silver. The cheapest, class D, only cost a few hundred taels of Silver. However, Xiao Yi decisively gave up on the idea of squeezing into a room with dozens or hundreds of people.

Money was no object!

It was all about caprice!

As they say, you get what you pay for. The first-class cabins were for two persons each.

In cabin number ninety-eight, first-class, a graceful woman who had arrived before Xiao Yi was sitting inside. She wore a long blue dress with a wide hem that tightly wrapped her legs. A pale blue veil covered her face, and she held an ancient zither in her hands.

Upon seeing Xiao Yi enter, the enchanting woman glanced at him with her phoenix eyes, then swiftly looked away.

Xiao Yi touched his nose, "Sorry, I didn't know there were coed accommodations here..."

The melodious voice from beneath the woman's veil sounded light and pleasant, like a warbling oriole, "It's fine!"

"Hm."

Xiao Yi nodded and sat down on another bed.

A screen separated the two, giving them a measure of privacy and reducing the awkwardness.

"Set sail!"

About half an hour later, a series of resonant shouts woke Xiao Yi.

Through the window, he saw the giant ship's Formations shining brightly as the vessel trembled and leisurely left the harbor. While imposingly vast within the harbor, once it entered the Beast Emperor Sea, it became as insignificant as a grain of sand in the Azure Sea.

Utterly minuscule.

Whoosh!

The ship cut through the wind and waves, speeding up as it went.

Under the support of the Formations, the ship was especially stable, without a hint of rocking.

Xiao Yi noticed more people had emerged on deck, all admiring the seascape.

"I wonder how long it will take to reach Beast Emperor City from here!" Xiao Yi mused as he walked out of his cabin, intending to ask someone.

The decks for cabins of classes A, B, C, and D were separated and interconnected, but only passengers from higher-class cabins could enter the decks of lower classes. Those from the lower-class cabins were not allowed to access the areas designated for the higher class.

There's always a hierarchy, a division between the noble and the common, no matter where you are.

Standing on the deck.

The sea breeze blowing in his face carried a faint saltiness, giving one a sense of the boundless ocean.

Just as Xiao Yi was about to approach a crew member ahead with his questions, he heard a brash voice from behind, "Hahaha, you little wretch, it truly is a small world. Never thought I'd run into you here!"