amaotonovel Chapter 96 Paying Tribute to the True Lord of Frozen Crossing the Sea
Chapter 96 Paying Tribute to the True Lord of Frozen Crossing the Sea
Lin Yuan Realm, Xianlong Great Yu Hall.
After the discussion ended, the group, with heavy hearts, slowly walked into a wide square.
At this moment, sunlight pierced through the layers of mist, illuminating every corner of the square.
The golden sunlight and the hazy mist intertwined, adding a touch of sacredness to this space.
On the left and right sides, two stone walls covered with historical traces surround the square.
The stone wall is engraved with lifelike patterns, like a thick history book, which records in detail those glorious past events.
Looking at the scene before him, Jing Yuan put his hands behind his back, smiled, and looked at the square with a sense of nostalgia.
Those familiar corners, those traces left behind, all seem to be telling stories of past memories.
"Oh, revisiting this place after so many years is quite a rare experience, don't you think, old friend?"
Jing Yuan turned to look at Dan Heng beside him, his eyes filled with emotion.
"Sigh." Dan Heng sighed deeply, a hint of weariness flashing in his eyes. "I am not him, I am Dan Heng."
He had repeated this simple yet weighty phrase countless times during this journey on the celestial ship.
Each repetition is like a silent struggle against one's past identity.
Dan Heng raised his head slightly, fixed his gaze on the stone statue in the center of the square, and said, "The general should understand the habits of the Vidyadhara's cycle of rebirth."
"The waters of the ancient sea have cleansed Danfeng's sins. The person who stood here with you back then is no longer here."
"Yes, they're gone now." Jing Yuan lowered his eyes slightly and let out a sigh of regret. "Even the greatest achievements can't keep up with the passage of time."
He suddenly recalled the time when the five of them gathered here and raised their glasses in a toast.
The laughter, the conversations, and the crisp clinking of glasses still seem to echo in my ears, as clear as if it were yesterday.
Jingyuan exhaled a deep breath, as if expelling the memories from his mind along with it.
He raised his eyes and met Dan Heng's gaze: "As Dan Feng, do me one last favor. Once this matter is settled, I will let him die and rescind the banishment order against you."
Upon hearing this, Dan Heng frowned slightly, already having a general idea of what Jing Yuan was asking for help about.
He gently shook his head and said, "What Danfeng can do, I may not be able to do..."
Before he could finish speaking, Jing Yuan's voice immediately rang out: "You must do it!!"
Jingyuan's words carried a hint of sternness, as if he were giving orders to his soldiers as a general.
However, seemingly realizing that his words had been somewhat radical, he paused slightly and softened his tone, saying, "Blame your past life if you must."
If the power of dragon transformation can be fully inherited, I won't need to force you at all.
Upon hearing the word "inheritance," the image of a fox-woman suddenly appeared in Danheng's mind.
The familiar yet distant face made his body tremble slightly.
Although he knew these were fragments of his past life, the memories were as clear as if they were happening yesterday.
A complex emotion flashed in Dan Heng's eyes, and he almost subconsciously asked, "Is she... alright in this life?"
Upon hearing this, not only Jing Yuan, but even he himself was slightly taken aback.
Did this question originate from his own heart, or did it represent Danfeng's unfinished worries?
He himself didn't know.
"It's fine, it's just that the burden on my shoulders is a bit heavy."
"...That's good."
Dan Heng responded softly, as if a weight had been lifted from his heart.
After saying that, the two of them fell into a brief silence, each lost in their own thoughts.
Just then, March 7's energetic voice came from not far away.
"Hey! Danheng, what are you standing there for? Come and see!"
Her words carried a hint of urgency, and she kept waving at Danheng, as if she had made some new discovery.
Danheng was immediately pulled out of his reverie by her shout.
He quickly walked to March 7th's side and looked up in the direction she pointed.
"Look, Danheng, the person up there looks just like you!"
On March 7th, pointing to the somewhat blurred face on the statue, which had become blurred by the erosion of time, he seemed to see the shadow of Danheng in it.
This immediately piqued her intense curiosity.
She circled the statue again and again, muttering to herself, "How strange, how can it look so much like it?"
Suddenly, as if she had thought of something, she stopped and turned to Dan Heng, saying, "Oh! I know, the person in this statue is your brother, right?"
Hearing this, Danheng sighed helplessly. He was already used to March 7's behavior.
However, on March 7th, while pulling Dan Heng to guess the identity of the statue.
Lin Qiong, Xing, and Walter Yang were standing in front of a vast and boundless sea.
A comfortable sea breeze swept over them, gently caressing their faces, and their clothes swayed lightly in the wind, carrying a sense of freedom.
At this moment, a slight smile appeared on Lin Qiong's lips. He especially wanted to shout, "The enemy is on the other side of the sea!"
But when he thought that no one around him could understand the meaning behind his words, he ultimately didn't say them aloud.
"The question is, how do we get closer to the Jianmu tree?"
Xing gazed at the boundless sea before her, her brows furrowing slightly.
She looked around and found that there was no other path to follow on the sea except for the surging waves.
"We can't exactly swim there, can we?"
Hearing Xing's unrealistic idea, Walter Yang adjusted his glasses and smiled faintly: "I can use my 'Mimicry' ability to recreate a ship."
However... it's difficult to guarantee the level of detail.
After all, the ships he had come to understand in order to fight against the "Honkai" were basically warships equipped with weapons.
His focus was entirely on the power of those weapons, which meant that the internal structure of the ship he "mimicked" might be lacking.
Seeing Walter Yang hesitate, Lin Qiong suddenly had an interesting idea.
He suddenly remembered that the star core from Yalilo-6 had been fused into his body.
This resulted in his body temperature being much lower than that of ordinary people, so that even when he came into contact with boiling water, it could be quickly cooled down until it froze into ice.
That's why a bold idea was born in his mind.
"Um...I have an idea, how about I give it a try?"
Under the watchful and curious gazes of the two, Lin Qiong slowly walked to the edge of the surging sea.
To verify his idea, he crouched down and carefully extended his hand.
As Lin Qiong's hand touched the icy seawater, a magical phenomenon occurred.
The water he touched began to freeze rapidly, and a thin layer of frost quickly covered the nearby seawater, spreading outwards.
Lin Qiong looked at the water surface, which had already frozen over, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.
"It actually works?" A faint smile appeared on Lin Qiong's lips. "Uh... what's that saying again?"
He muttered to himself, as if searching his memory for a famous quote from a legendary seafarer.
Just then, Lin Qiong had a flash of inspiration and shouted, "Freeze!!!"
At the same time, Xing and Walter Young were also drawn to his sudden exclamation.
Their eyes were fixed on the ice surface that Lin Qiong had created, their faces filled with curiosity.
As time went by, the originally thin ice gradually thickened, eventually forming a thick, solid block of ice that floated steadily on the sea surface.
Seeing this, Lin Qiong's eyes flashed with excitement. With a try-it-out mentality, he carefully landed on the solid ice.
"It seems there shouldn't be any problem standing on it."
Lin Qiong stomped his foot lightly, feeling the solid ice beneath his feet.
He nodded in satisfaction, a confident smile playing on his lips.
At the same time, he silently recited in his heart: "Paying tribute to the True Lord of Freezing Ice and Crossing the Sea - Kaiya".
Seeing this, Xing blinked and asked Lin Qiong, who was standing on the ice, with curiosity.
What are you doing?
Although she didn't quite understand why Lin Qiong did this, she was still very curious about everything Lin Qiong did.
Upon hearing this, Lin Qiong turned around and explained to the two of them, half-jokingly, "You see, since I can freeze seawater into ice..."
If we pave a road across the sea using ice to reach Jianmu, wouldn't we be able to walk directly there?
Upon hearing this, Walter Young's lips twitched slightly, and a helpless expression appeared on his face.
He gently patted Lin Qiong on the shoulder and said earnestly, "Your idea is very creative,
But if a huge wave suddenly rises on the sea, people walking on the ice road could be in grave danger.
He pondered for a moment, then continued, "I doubt anyone would use such a risky method to cross the sea."
Just then, March 7's exclamation suddenly rang out from behind the three of them.
"Huh!? Could the person in that statue really be you?"
The exclamation caused everyone to turn around and look in the direction from which the sound came.
March 7th was standing next to Danheng, pointing at the statue next to him with a look of astonishment.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
Xing approached with a curious expression, her gaze constantly shifting between March 7th and Dan Heng.
She looked in the direction March 7th was pointing and was instantly drawn to the lifelike statue.
The statue's face bore a striking resemblance to Dan Heng's, as if it had been directly copied from Dan Heng's body.
"They really look alike!"
Xing couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice, her tone filled with disbelief.
She carefully compared the differences between the two.
It was discovered that Danheng at this time lacked the two dragon horns on the statue and the sense of majesty that the statue exuded.
There are almost no other obvious differences.
"Right, right! The person in this statue looks almost exactly like Danheng!"
March 7th couldn't help but chime in, his face beaming with excitement, as if he had discovered some earth-shattering secret.
With the sounds of the two people's constant chatter still echoing in his ears, Dan Heng sighed helplessly, a hint of weariness flashing in his eyes.
He had explained the same issue countless times along the way, to the point that he no longer wanted to defend himself.
At the same time, Jing Yuan slowly walked to Dan Heng's side, raised his head and looked at the statue covered with the marks of time.
"It's about time. Release the seal. The power you possess is the key to the Jianmu tree."
Upon hearing this, Dan Heng nodded, took a deep breath, and tried to calm his complicated emotions.
He slowly closed his eyes, facing the ancient statue, and a black and white bead appeared in his palm.
Seeing this, Jing Yuan involuntarily took a few steps back, fixing his gaze firmly on Dan Heng's back.
Dan Heng opened his palm, and the black and white bead in his palm slowly floated up, emitting a faint glow.
At this moment, he could clearly feel a connection between himself and the Scale Abyss Realm.
At the same time, countless memories from the past flooded into Danheng's mind like a tidal wave.
As his memories deepened, Danheng uncontrollably opened his tightly closed eyes.
The bead floating above the palm of the hand also emitted a dazzling light, illuminating the surrounding space as if it were daytime.
"The moon hides in the grotto, the azure dragon cleanses the world!!"
As his voice rang out, the power within him coalesced into a phantom image of a soaring azure dragon.
The phantom of the azure dragon hovered and surged in the air, each movement accompanied by the booming sound of thunder, as if it were about to tear the sky covered by dark clouds apart.
"Boom!"
At the same time, the entire Lin Yuan Realm shook violently.
The once turbulent seawater seemed to have been tamed, splitting into two straight and wide paths that led directly to the base of the Jianmu tree.