NOVPUBQin Lingxiao unconsciously opened his eyes.
He found that the Hole-digging Otter, which was previously submerged underwater, was now halfway on the surface of the water, waving its tiny paws back and forth at them.
Wang Ba also detected the movement and stood up.
The otter immediately chittered as it reached into its thick fur and pulled out a heap of things, tossing them over.
Wang Ba was slightly puzzled but mobilized the Mother Qi of Dharmas in time to catch everything the otter had tossed over.
However, upon taking a closer look, Wang Ba was speechless.
The otter had thrown seaweed, baby turtles, coral bugs, clams and regrettable, some more seaweed tangled up in the mess.
The otter chittered, even specially demonstrating how to open a clam shell to consume it.
Qin Lingxiao, who was watching from the side, couldn’t help but laugh at the otter’s adorable actions and Wang Ba’s speechless expression.
Looking at the otter’s eager eyes, Wang Ba felt like he had shot himself in the foot.
"Desperate times, desperate measures…"
Reluctantly taking the objects from the magic hand, Wang Ba paused.
"Hmm?"
He couldn’t help but look around.
As he held these objects, he surprisingly felt that the surrounding Yuanci power, which was consistently pervading around, had mysteriously disappeared!
Subconsciously, Wang Ba looked at the wet and squirming "gifts" in his hand. His eyes quickly fell on the weed.
He hastily picked it up and realized it was heavier than expected.
He carefully tore the seaweed away, revealing a dark grey token wound around by the seaweed. The token appeared neither jade nor iron.
The design on the token was full of foreign vibes, not falling under anything Wang Ba was familiar with.
"What is this?"
Qin Lingxiao came over curiously.
Upon seeing the pattern on the token, she wondered, "Eh... doesn’t this look like something from Zhongsheng Continent?"
"Zhongsheng Continent?"
Wang Ba tilted his head in confusion.
Qin Lingxiao seemed uncertain. "Let me take a closer look. It’s a bit far."
She came up to Wang Ba’s side.
Wang Ba creased his brows but didn’t refuse.
Just as Qin Lingxiao felt an internal joy, she suddenly detected a change in the surrounding Yuanci power. Her face noticeably changed:
"The Yuanci power is gone?!"
She looked around in astonishment, then quickly realized something. Her eyes fell on the token in Wang Ba’s hand, and she cried out:
"Is it this?"
"It should be."
Wang Ba nodded slightly and handed the token to Qin Lingxiao.
After receiving it, she delicately removed the seaweed threads wrapped around the token and examined it for a while. Her expression soon revealed certainty:
"There’s an eighty to ninety percent chance it’s from Zhongsheng Continent!"
"I’ve seen similar ones at my grandpa’s place."
Upon hearing this, Wang Ba frowned:
"Which Continent is Zhongsheng? Where is it?"
As a royal descendant, even without deliberate understanding, Qin Lingxiao was fairly familiar with the Nine Continents situation thanks to the many anecdotes she picked up. She started explaining :
"The Little Cang World has Nine Continents. To the extreme west, there are two continents, the Xituo Continent, known as the Buddha Kingdom, and the Tupi Continent filled with barbarian tribes. Not far from them is Daosheng Continent, which is right between our Fenglin Continent and the two western continents. To the east of Fenglin Continent is Huangji Continent where the royal path is the most prosperous. North of Huangji is Tianmo Continent, and to the south is Jingyuan Continent, known as the fairyland of mankind."
"Outside of these seven continents, there are two exceptionally unique ones: the Northsea Continent in the extreme north and Zhongsheng Continent in the extreme south."
"Though it’s in the extreme south, why is it called Zhongsheng?"
Wang Ba was a bit puzzled.
"This continent originally had no interaction with the outside world, and they assumed they were the only continent in the world, hence the self-proclaimed name ’Zhongsheng’."
Qin Lingxiao seemed to have complete command of these stories.
Wang Ba immediately understood, and immediately frowned:
"But why are there products from Zhongsheng Continent here? Could we have been transported by the geographical position to Zhongsheng Continent?"
This questioned pointed to Qin Lingxiao’s blind spot. After thinking for a while, she could only shake her head in confusion:
"Indeed, this object that can shield the Yuanci power should be a priceless treasure. I don’t know where this Hole-digging Otter dug it up from…"
Wang Ba’s eyes started to sparkle, he raised the token towards the otter in the sea, speaking and gesturing:
"This... where… did... you... get... it... from?"
"Ya?"
Floating up and down with sea waves, the Hole-digging Otter that was half submerged tilted its head, looking utterly confused.
Then, seemingly remembering something, it reached into its fur, pulling out another identical token.
"Ya, ya?"
"Yes! That!"
Wang Ba nodded.
However the Otter rolled its eyes, swiftly swimming to the shore. It ran on four legs towards Wang Ba’s feet and held out its five-fingered palm.
"Ya, Ya!"
Wang Ba understood the otter’s meaning in a split second.
"It’s actually taking advantage of the situation to ask for the chicken essence..."
Wang Ba was both astonished and somewhat amused at the otter’s extraordinary intelligence. He hesitantly took out chicken essence from his Storage Treasure, intentionally taking out a complete one and gently scraped off a small piece from it.
