Sect: Starting with Comprehending Thunder Skill Chapter 1352 - 577: Pearl of Water Virtue

"Be careful! These stone coffins are arranged in the ’Seven Stars Killing Formation’ of the Big Dipper."

Li Yunjing warned, "Each stone coffin corresponds to a killing star. Forcibly opening them will bring backlash!"

Li Yunjing raised his hand to stop Xu Xun, who was about to rush forward, and his fingertips condensed celestial secret runes pointing to the ground.

Below the bluestone bricks, a miniature ’Water Mirror Technique’ suddenly arose, reflecting the scene of the ’Water God Palace’ ceremony seven thousand years ago.

Seven elders used their essence blood as a guide, sealing the forbidden powerful sea tribe within...

"These are the ’Water God Palace’s Demon Suppressing Coffins, and the ones suppressed inside aren’t treasures but... sea tribe powerhouses!"

Before Li Yunjing’s words fell, the third stone coffin suddenly emitted a loud noise, a fish-shaped light shadow transformed into a ferocious ghost face, spewing out foul-smelling seawater through the coffin’s cracks.

"Seven thousand years, it is still alive?"

Xu Xun was startled, instinctively swung his sword toward the ghost face, but the sword Qi dissipated as a mud ox into the sea.

"Maybe not alive! Perhaps turned into a ghost creature!"

Seeing this, Li Yunjing immediately performed a hand seal, and the power of the Five Elements in his palm condensed into a funnel, forcibly blocking that wave of seawater, absorbing it within.

The seawater passed through the funnel and transferred to the other side of the corridor, turning into a black toxic mist upon landing, corroding the ground and producing sizzling smoke.

However, this maneuver of shifting stars was enough to counter the attack without significant energy expenditure for Li Yunjing, effectively handling the toxic water assault.

"Something’s not right, the time flow inside the ’Tide Bead’ is different from the outside."

Li Yunjing looked at the rapidly passing scales on the ’Celestial Profound Compass,’ "The time here should be one to five! One day here, five days outside!"

He suddenly noticed the dome above the stone coffin engraved with a star map, each star corresponding to a rune on the coffin lid.

"Interesting! I seem to understand the purpose behind the construction of the ’Water God Palace’!"

Li Yunjing jumped onto the stone coffin, his fingertips consecutively touching the ’Dubhe’ and ’Merak’ runes, "Back then, ’Water God Palace’ used the power of the stars to suppress demons and alter time. This place is a treasure built by some ancient beings afraid of death, to prolong their lifespan!"

"What? You can even alter time?"

Xu Xun was perplexed, almost unable to believe it, wondering how profound the Dao practice and vast the mana would be required for such a feat!

"Haha! Nothing is impossible! In ancient times, the power at the Immortal God Level could materialize in the mortal world. Who knows if a great figure personally acted to construct it!"

Li Yunjing let out a cold laugh, continuously moving atop the seven stone coffins, and as the last rune lit up, the seven stone coffins opened simultaneously, yet neither the expected corpses nor magical treasures appeared.

At the bottom of the central stone coffin, a dark door emerged, and from within came the sound of trickling water, faintly visible stone steps leading deeper into the sea.

Li Yunjing picked up the bronze key left inside the coffin, engraved with "Water Virtue."

"It’s the inheritance mark of the Water God Palace!"

Xu Xun’s eyes flashed with envy, "Brother Li, you are destined to receive this opportunity!"

Li Yunjing inserted the key into the dark door and stepped into the deep sea along the stone steps.

The water pressure surged instantly but dispersed automatically three feet around him.

In the depths ahead, a floating Crystal Palace slowly rotated, and the pearl embedded on the palace door connected to the key in his hand, emitting a faint glow.

As the key entered the lock, the entire palace suddenly issued a dragon-like roar, appearing countless phantoms of the past Palace Masters of ’Water God Palace’ amid countless bubbles.

"The inheritor arrives, to uphold the Water Virtue Dao..."

From the phantom walked out the first Palace Master, who pressed a Jade Scroll engraved with sea wave patterns into Li Yunjing’s forehead, "Beware of the ’Soul-consuming Jellyfish’ in the seabed fissure..."

Li Yunjing only felt a cool energy flow into his Sea of Consciousness from his forehead, and the sea wave patterns on the Jade Scroll transformed into countless water runes, condensing into a sea god phantom holding a Trident at his upper Dantian.

The voice of the first Palace Master echoed in the Sea of Consciousness, "The Water Virtue Dao, utmost soft and hard, benefits all things without striving, can also overturn rivers and seas, suppress the eight wastelands..."

The phantom raised a hand pointing at his Sea of Consciousness, images flooded in like tides.

The ancient Water God Palace commanded the East Sea through the Water Virtue Law, and fell in a great calamity, the inheritance severed...

When the images dissipated, Li Yunjing found the fist intent of his ’Five Elements Divine Fist’ undergo a miraculous change.

The power of the Five Elements now incorporated the Water Virtue Law, adding a few degrees of circular flow to the originally fierce fist stance, continuous like rivers into the sea.

He tried to circulate mana, and immediately a layer of pale blue water curtain appeared around him, within which the trajectory of stars was faintly visible, precisely a fusion of Water Virtue and Celestial Secret Technique.

"This is..."

Li Yunjing’s eyes flashed with joy. He could feel that his control over the water element had increased several folds, even hearing the distant sound of flowing seawater.

At that moment, an eerie wave emerged from the seabed fissure.

Countless transparent jellyfish swam out of the fissure, their bodies showing a semi-transparent purple hue, and their tentacles shimmering with ghostly blue light - these were the ’Soul-consuming Jellyfish’ mentioned by the first Palace Master.

When these jellyfish appeared, they surged toward Li Yunjing, the light on their tentacles growing ever brighter.

Li Yunjing remained calm, raising his hand to wield the Water Virtue Law.

The water flow from his palm formed a water shield in the air, blocking a few jellyfish that rushed in first.

"Bang!"

When the jellyfish’s tentacles touched the water shield, it instantly emitted a piercing shriek. Their bodies rapidly expanded, then exploded.

The purple toxin spread in the water but was isolated by the water shield, unable to approach.

"So, these jellyfish are polluted by demonic seeds, losing their intelligence."

Li Yunjing muttered to himself, his eyes flashing a trace of pity.