nucmednet Chapter 359 Azure Sea Golden Locust
Chapter 359 Azure Sea Golden Locust
At dusk, half a ray of moonlight pierced through the clouds, illuminating the azure sea.
Under the influence of tidal forces, seawater continuously surges up and gradually overflows the beach.
One by one, the martial arts teams stood up and surveyed their surroundings.
Wen Qin also flew up and bowed to Ye Kang.
"Fellow Daoist Wang, the tide is coming in. The Azure Sea Golden Locusts are about to come out to hunt for food. I have a few teammates who are already preparing to go down. Would you like to join us?"
"can."
Ye Kang stood up, and the carp god wearing a coconut shell on his head also stood up.
Wen Qin was somewhat surprised: "You're taking the child with you?"
"Why not?"
Ye Kang naturally couldn't go there by himself, since whether or not they could find the Golden Locust depended entirely on the Carp God.
Wen Qin's expression was a little strange, but it was understandable. After all, it was dangerous to leave a small child alone on the reef.
Without saying anything more, she led the two to the beach and found the rest of her teammates.
There were two people in total: a boy in a short-sleeved shirt and a muscular man wielding a hammer.
Both of them frowned as they looked at Ye Kang and Li Shen. The young man was even more blunt, saying, "Wen Qin, are you really going to bring him along?"
Wen Qin nodded: "Hu Meng is dead. We're one person short. If Qi Laosan and his gang target us, it won't be easy for us to escape."
"But you can't bring a little baby along, who will take care of her then?"
The burly man with the hammer also spoke in a deep voice, his expression showing considerable dissatisfaction.
“The Carp God can take care of itself,” Ye Kang said calmly.
The carp god nodded in agreement, looking very serious.
The boy and the burly man opened their mouths, but ultimately did not continue to refuse.
"Forget it, we're one person short. That bastard Qi Laosan and his gang snatched another gold locust yesterday. If this continues, they'll devour all our fellow comrades sooner or later."
The strong man sighed.
Ye Kang looked at the large group of more than a dozen martial artists in the distance.
"Are you talking about them?"
"Who else could it be?" The boy gritted his teeth, his face grim.
"Those people were all desperate criminals who lived on the edge of a knife. They were all just trying to make a living and came here to gamble for a chance. They rarely interacted with each other until those bastards came and stole so many teams. They are utterly despicable!"
Wen Qin quickly covered his mouth: "Keep your voice down, Qi Laosan has already reached level eight. If he hears you, you're finished!"
"And who is Qi Laosan again?"
"Brother Wang, look, that guy with the wicked grin and domineering aura is Qi Laosan."
Ye Kang followed Wen Qing's gaze.
Sure enough, all of the dozen or so men had murderous expressions, but they all respected a man with a sinister face.
The man glanced disdainfully at the crowd, then suddenly announced loudly, "Fellow Daoists, you all trust me, Qi Laosan. As long as you can find the Golden Locust, you can sell it to me. I guarantee honesty and fair dealing! That piece of land in the middle is still ours today. Does anyone have any objections?"
He smiled and scanned the crowd, his words full of threat.
The surrounding groups of independent cultivators gritted their teeth, their anger rising, but none of them dared to speak.
"Looks like everyone agrees, brothers, let's go."
A dozen or so men grinned and flew out, arriving at the middle of the beach where the tide was rising, where they began to search carefully.
On Ye Kang's side, the boy clenched his fist and said in a low voice, "The middle area has the most golden locusts caught. These people occupy the best spot every day. They are really shameless."
"Sigh, we're all independent cultivators, why make things difficult for each other?"
The burly man also shook his head, condemning Qi Laosan's bullying behavior.
Sure enough, after Qi Laosan and his group went into the water, the other teams began to scramble for positions.
Wen Qin said, "Let's go over there too, or there won't be any seats left."
Because the Azure Sea Golden Locust is naturally able to block divine sense detection, martial artists cannot rely on their powerful divine sense to search for it and can only rely on luck with their naked eyes.
Moreover, the golden locust is clever and cunning, and has the talent of mimicry, making it extremely difficult to find. Therefore, catching the golden locust is like going to the beach; a good location is the most useful tool.
Ye Kang had seen this information on the nautical chart, but he never expected that this group of people would be fighting each other with swords every day in order to catch the gold locusts.
The group quickly flew to a deserted beach where the seawater was thigh-deep and the tide was rising very fast.
Wenqin was initially worried that the Carp God would be submerged, but when she looked up, she saw that the Carp God was floating on the sea, drifting freely, and could even dive freely without any effort.
The group looked on in astonishment: "How can this little kid be so amazing!"
“As I said, the Carp Goddess can take care of herself, so you don’t need to worry about her.”
Just kidding, the true form of the Koi God is a dragon-shaped koi. Although it is a freshwater creature, its bloodline is there, so adapting to seawater is a piece of cake for it.
For some reason, Ye Kang felt a faint sense of pride, as if he were showing off his successful child.
Seeing that the Carp God was in his element, Wen Qin was no longer worried. Instead, she reminded him, "Brother Wang, be careful. The mimicry of the Azure Sea Golden Locust can easily deceive our eyes. Divine senses won't work. We must be extremely focused!"
The burly man continued, "Notice that the golden locust has a golden line on its abdomen, which looks very similar to the golden-lined leech in freshwater."
"Thank you."
The so-called "Golden Locust of the Blue Sea" actually has another name: the "Golden Thread Leech of the Blue Sea".
Yes, this is a type of marine leech.
However, everyone felt the name was too long, so they simply called it "Azure Sea Golden Locust," and that became the accepted name.
Ye Kang looked up and around. The entire tidal zone had been divided into several areas, and all the martial artists were bent over, afraid of missing any movement.
"Don't bother looking. These people are shrewd. Even if they find something, they'll pretend there's nothing there."
The boy muttered a complaint.
Ye Kang nodded and added, "This uninhabited island must be surrounded by shallow waters, right?"
Wen Qin nodded: "That's right. The entire blue sea is the habitat of golden locusts. The surrounding uninhabited islands, wherever there is a beach, are their foraging grounds. No matter which island you go to now, the situation will be the same as here."
"So, the other parts of this island have also been occupied by rogue cultivators?"
"It's ridiculous, isn't it?" Wen Qin laughed self-deprecatingly.
"We have no roots or resources, so we can only try our luck here. Fifty thousand spirit crystals, even if I only find one golden locust in half a year, it's worth risking my life for."
"Don't laugh, I'm also a rogue cultivator."
Ye Kang gave Wen Qin a smile, then transmitted his voice to the Carp God: "So, Carp God, have you discovered anything?"
"The Carp God doesn't know, the Carp God is hungry."
"..."
Ye Kang looked helpless. This guy has never been full. How come he's always on the road to hunger?
"Good carp god, quietly eat some small fish, don't let them find out."
"The Carp God thinks the small fish over there taste better."
Suddenly, the carp god looked to Ye Kang's side and front.
That was also their search territory, but it was located on the edge of the tide and no one approached it.
Ye Kang's heart skipped a beat, and he moved closer to that side.
Seeing this, Wen Qin quickly said, "Brother Wang, that's the territory of giant hermit crabs. Don't mess with those troublesome crabs!"
Ye Kang ignored him, and the boy and the burly man both turned pale upon seeing this.
"I told you not to bring that kid in! He won't listen to me. Bring him back!"
The three of them hurriedly gave chase, but the next second, Ye Kang and Li Shen stopped in their tracks.
The three people surrounded her, about to reprimand her, when Wen Qin's expression suddenly changed.
"do not move!"