Seeing this situation, Wang Jin knew they had encountered some giant beast again. He hurriedly held tight to the Yin Fish's bone fin, vigilantly watching his surroundings.
They were surrounded by Li Fish, which could handle ordinary giant beasts. Even if it were a Haiqiong, they could hold it off for a while, and escaping wouldn't be a problem.
However, after the giant waves passed, Wang Jin felt he had thought too simply.
As the waves from all four directions receded, what was revealed were four adult Haiqiong, all staring covetously at the Yin Fish under Wang Jin's feet.
"!" Wang Jin was so startled he froze.
The Yin Fish let out a mournful cry, its body trembling into a ball, shrinking into the center...
When Cheng Bai woke up, he was already back at his own residence. Pan Shulin was guarding by his bedside.
He frowned, propped himself up to rise. Pan Shulin saw this and hurriedly reached out to support him, but Cheng Bai avoided him: "Why are you here?"
"You are seriously injured, I... I came to take care of you." Pan Shulin said softly.
A flash of impatience crossed Cheng Bai's face: "I don't need you to take care of me. I have a ger."
"You mean Xi Yao?" Pan Shulin asked.
Cheng Bai nodded. Pan Shulin's heart felt blocked by a stone wall, unbearably uncomfortable. He said hatefully, "He's already dead! I saw him fall off the boat and sink with my own eyes! It's been so long, he's already been eaten by fish..."
"Shut up!" Cheng Bai, heartbroken, sharply interrupted him: "That little delicate one and I were trapped in a beast horde before and managed to escape unscathed. He is so clever, he would never come to harm."
Having said that, he struggled to get up and walk out.
Pan Shulin was startled and hurriedly reached out to block him: "Where are you going?"
"Get out of the way." Cheng Bai avoided Pan Shulin: "Where I go has nothing to do with you, Young Master Pan. I told you we are finished!"
After speaking, he walked out.
Pan Shulin hurriedly followed him with his servants all the way.
He didn't dare to step forward and stop him, but couldn't bear to leave either. So he followed him all the way to the seaside. Once there, Cheng Bai actually transformed into his beast form, intent on charging into the sea regardless of the consequences.
This scared Pan Shulin into stepping forward and directly hugging his leg.
Cheng Bai was startled, transformed back into human form to avoid it, and said angrily: "What are you doing?!"
"I should be asking, what are you doing, Brother Bai?" Pan Shulin said angrily: "In your current condition, covered in wounds, you simply cannot touch water, let alone seawater!"
"What's it to you?" Cheng Bai said coldly.
"..." Pan Shulin's heart ached, his eye sockets uncontrollably sour. He protested, "I took care of you for days and nights without rest, just to watch you damage your own body to look for that Xi Yao?!"
"..." Cheng Bai's steps paused, then he continued walking without paying him any mind. Pan Shulin watched his resolute back, his heart growing even more distressed.
Even in death, Xi Yao continued to torment him.
He regretted, he shouldn't have let Xi Yao die so cleanly. He should have kept him alive, subjecting him to death by a thousand cuts. Only such a slow, agonizing end could soothe the hatred festering in his heart.
Pan Shulin's face darkened, as if he had crawled straight out of hell. If Cheng Bai had looked back at that moment, he would have seen the sheer resentment and hatred radiating from him. Unfortunately, Cheng Bai was currently single-mindedly intent on going into the sea and didn't look back at Pan Shulin at all.
Gritting his teeth, Pan Shulin picked up a stone from the ground, stepped forward, and, clenching his teeth, struck Cheng Bai on the back of the head.
Cheng Bai grunted and fell to the ground.
"!" The servant witnessing this was so shocked he couldn't form a complete sentence: "Y-young... Young master, he is... Cheng... Cheng... Young master Cheng."
His young master was the one who cared most for Young Master Cheng, he was the one who liked Young Master Cheng the most?!
How could he still...
Seeing this, Pan Shulin said gloomily, "Of course I know it's Brother Bai. Only by knocking him out can we keep him here. Xi Yao is already dead. For him to go like this is to seek death! I won't let Brother Bai die. I will make him stay by my side. He can only be mine. Even if he dies, he must die by my side, die for me, not for Xi Yao."
Pan Shulin spoke with a gloomy face, his features twisted to a frightening degree. His voice was soft one moment and full of hatred the next, intermittent, making one's ears creep.
The servant had always followed Pan Shulin and had done many things, both proper and improper. But never had he seen the person before him so insane, as if completely devoid of reason. This made him momentarily afraid to approach.
Pan Shulin, dissatisfied, said, "What are you staring at? Help me take him home."
"...Mm, yes." The servant, trembling, approached and helped Pan Shulin support Cheng Bai, one on each side, walking back.
Cheng Li and Pan Yue had been searching for several days but found nothing.
Facing the vast ocean, everyone's expressions were very grave. The sea was so large, and it was unknown if the person was even still alive... how were they to find him...
While lost in thought, the two saw a messenger bird circling. Pan Yue hurriedly reached out and caught it. Opening the message, his eyebrows instantly lit up with joy.
"Brother Cheng, the young master is still alive." Pan Yue handed the letter to Cheng Li: "The city lord said he asked the Elder. The Elder divined that the young master is to the east."
"...Just 'east'?" Cheng Li frowned: "Last time the young master went missing, the Elder calculated a specific location. This time it's just a direction?"
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