Chapter 131 Divine Rank

  The palace of Hai Huang, in Li Xie's imagination, should be a golden yellow, showing off the richness and luxury of gold. But what he saw before his eyes was vastly different from what he had imagined.

  The Hai Huang Palace, in terms of its position relative to the Hai Huang, is not very large, covering an area of about one square kilometer. The first thing that catches your eye is a 500-meter-long and five-meter-wide path that is level with the sea surface. The entire path is made up of crystal, and if you don't look closely, you can't even see that there's a path here. However, all guests entering the Hai Huang Palace, regardless of who they are, must enter through this path, unless you have the power of the Wu Huang!

  At the end of the path, a European-style palace is connected, with the dome of the main hall and the spires of the two side halls forming a mountain-like shape. The palace is not symmetrical like human design, nor does it look as flat as a human palace, but is wrapped in crystals, gems, corals and other decorations. Under the sunlight, it looks like a gemstone mountain, or a coral reef floating on the surface of the water.

  The outer perimeter of the palace is lined with five hundred-meter-high spires, level with the height of the palace. The exterior of the spire has a spiral path, and the top of each one supports a gigantic milky white pearl, emitting a milky white glow that illuminates the entire Sea Emperor Palace in a bright and beautiful light.

  The entire palace floats on the surface of the sea, seemingly without a foundation, but it is unknown how it floats.

  Looking at the building style of the Hai Huang Palace which was slightly different from that of humans, Li Xie felt a bit surprised and asked the Green Turtle in astonishment: "Could it be that Hai Huang is not human?"

  The green turtle carried Li Xie onto the path and didn't answer Li Xie's question, only saying: "I've sent you to your destination, my task is complete, farewell."

  Jing the green turtle was unwilling to answer, and Li Xie didn't press the issue either. He smiled and said: "When I return, will it still be Brother Turtle who sees me off?"

  "I'm only responsible for bringing you here, not sending you off, goodbye."

  "Thank you! Goodbye!"

  Li Xie saw the green turtle dive into the sea, and he himself walked towards the main hall of the Sea Emperor's Palace. As he looked around, he didn't see anyone guarding or welcoming him, leaving Li Xie to walk alone on the path, looking a bit lonely.

  Just as they reached the palace gate, a servant came over and greeted Li Xie: "Duke Xie, please follow me."

  The servant spoke politely, slightly bowing his waist and lowering his head, but without the arrogance that a servant of the emperor should have. However, he also didn't give Duke Li Ye any courtesy.

  As I entered the palace, inside the palace, the railings of the corridors were made of crystal, the walls were polished with precious stones, and the decorations were dazzling treasures. All the lighting objects were actually precious pearls!

  This palace is not just like a gemstone on the outside, but it's all gemstones inside!

  The wealth of the Hai Huang is already visible! As for Li Xie, who wasn't too interested in gems, he suddenly thought of Zeenarnad at this time. If that guy entered the Hai Huang Palace, he probably wouldn't want to leave even if he was beaten to death!

  Quietly, the servant walked into a room, which was very spacious, about two hundred square meters. The walls were made of huge rocks, and there were many holes carved on them, with many things placed inside, including some weapons, strange gems, or bizarre devices.

  There was a man wearing brocade robes with his hands clasped behind his back, facing the stone wall inside. This man should be Hai Huang.

  The servant stopped making a sound, only stopping to bow and then retreat. Hai Huang also didn't make a sound, still using his back against Li Xie, not speaking either, which made Li Xie feel quite uncomfortable. His mood naturally became unpleasant as well.

  He came as a guest, not to be slighted. At least, turning one's back on the guest is not hospitality.

  Li Xie felt unwell and didn't care about anything, so he walked forward and stood beside Hai Huang. Just as he was about to speak, his attention was caught by what Hai Huang was facing.

  It was a fist-sized, sky blue rhombus crystal that fell into a pit in the stone wall, but it floated and didn't touch the stone wall. The crystal's appearance continued to flake off fragments, but the crystal didn't get smaller, and the fallen fragments disappeared instantly, looking like a star scattering blue starlight!

  To sum it up, this can only be considered a slightly special crystal, which is not enough to immediately attract Li Xie's attention. What attracts Li Xie is the aura emitted by the crystal, a very strange aura that seems to be able to firmly grasp people's sight and even make them infatuated!

  Li Xie felt his body getting farther and farther away, his gaze drawing closer and closer to the crystal stone. This eerie feeling made Li Xie suddenly startled, thinking that if he continued to look at it, his soul would be sucked into the crystal stone. He hastily shook his head and looked towards Hai Huang beside him, still unable to see Hai Huang's face clearly, only vaguely seeing a bit of his features, as if shrouded in a layer of mist.

  "What is this?" Li Xie felt that this thing might be very dangerous, and he wasn't sure where it came from. Perhaps it was instinct, or perhaps the feeling of wanting to stick his face on the crystal stone just now made Li Xie feel a little fearful.

  "Divine!" Hai Huang didn't mind that Li Xie hadn't paid his respects to him and spoke out these two words without any reserve.

  Li's heart skipped a beat!

  Is this divinity?

  Legend has it that possessing divine status can make one a true god!

  And now, a divine aura is right in front of him, possessed by Hai Huang. Could it be that Hai Huang is about to become a god?

  Li Xie didn't dare to look at the divine aura again, his gaze drifting aimlessly as he exclaimed: "The legend of the divine aura has been passed down for thousands of years, and yet no one has ever possessed it. I never thought that Hai Huang would actually have a divine aura! It seems that Hai Huang's ascension to godhood is not far off, congratulations!"

  "This was given to me by Wu Huang." The Sea Emperor's tone was calm, but a hint of doubt could be detected.

  Li Ye was also puzzled!

  What did Emperor Wu give?

  Wasn't Wu Huang just at Hai Huang Palace, precisely for the sake of this divine aura of Hai Huang?

  Having divine status is enough to become a god, why does Wu Huang want to give his divine status to Hai Huang?

  This is unscientific.

  Hai Huang turned his face away, glanced at Li Xie, and seemed to be smiling: "Hai Huang sent me a divine aura, what do you think?"

  Uh...

  I'm not Yuanfang!

  Li Xie didn't know how to respond, but indeed there were too many things he couldn't understand. However, regarding the matters of the Three Emperors, Li Xie thought that his own views were just a drop in the ocean and insignificant before Hai Huang, so he didn't say anything.

  "Hmm?" Hai Huang seemed somewhat displeased with Li Xie's silence.

  Thus, Li Xie only felt a bit helpless, helpless that his strength was too low, and he didn't even have the power to not answer questions. Since Hai Huang was displeased, Li Xie could only furrow his brow and think seriously, he definitely didn't want to offend Hai Huang over such a small matter.

  After thinking for half a day, how could Li Xie guess the intention of Wu Huang sending Shen Ge? As for his opinion, Li Xie shrugged: "Probably, Wu Huang wants to help you become a god."

  Such a lack of insight immediately provoked a cold hum from Hai Huang, who saw him spread his palm and suddenly produced a blood-red rhombus crystal in the center of his palm. The crystal floated above Hai Huang's palm, constantly peeling off blue starlight!

  Also deity.

  Another divine artifact!

  Li Xie was quite surprised, wasn't it said that no one had obtained a divine rank? Yet, there were two right in front of him!

  And seeing the crimson color, Li Xie instinctively associated it with blood energy, and immediately activated his Blood Energy Super Sense. Under this perception, Li Xie's heart was racing wildly with a power of 100,000 horses.

  Blood oath!

  Incomparably powerful blood energy!

  A drop of blood containing divine power, Li Xie surprisingly couldn't sense the specific amount with his blood super sensitivity, yet he clearly recognized that one drop would immediately promote him to a Golden-eyed Vampire.

  The undisguised greed and desire in Li Xie's eyes emitted a tangible glow.

  Hai Huang had noticed the greed and longing in Li Xie's eyes, and merely smiled lightly. To Hai Huang, this expression of Li Xie was what ordinary people should have, rather than being bewildered like just now.

  "What is your relationship with Wu Huang?" Hai Huang suddenly asked.

  Li Xie's gaze stopped on Hai Huang's Sheng Ge, and he replied, "I haven't even seen his face before, let alone talk about a relationship."

  "No?" Hai Huang slightly shook his head: "Then why did he give me the divine position? Why did he save you?"

  Huh!

  These words made Li Xie's heart skip a beat.

  Attracted by the divine aura, Li Xie even forgot to ask why Hai Huang had called him to the Hai Huang Palace!

  Just now, isn't it saying that Hai Huang called Li Xie over to take his life?

  Li Xie finally shifted his attention from the deity to his own safety, and calmly asked: "The Emperor of the Sea has summoned me, I wonder what's the matter?"

  The Sea Emperor withdrew the divine aura in his hand and said calmly, "Originally, I wanted to give this divine aura to you to help you become a god. Now it seems that the Martial Emperor doesn't agree."

  Send me divine power?

  Li Xie's mind was already muddled.

  There were two things that Li Xie just couldn't understand.

  Firstly, he only met Hai Huang once, but Shen Ge can make people become gods. Just one meeting, and Hai Huang wants to give away Shen Ge, this is simply unbelievable, Li Xie cannot believe that his charm is so great that it has even tempted Hai Huang.

  Secondly, with the blood's super-sensory perception, Li Xie can be certain that even if a divine spark cannot help him become a god, it will definitely allow him to advance to a Golden-eyed Vampire! The peak strength of a high-ranking vampire may not be inferior to that of a demigod. Being able to obtain the Sea Emperor's divine spark is absolutely a good thing. However, now that the Sea Emperor says that the Martial Emperor disagrees, it is clear that the Martial Emperor has ruined Li Xie's good fortune. But then why would the Sea Emperor say that the Martial Emperor saved Li Xie?

  Hai Huang seemed to notice Li Xie's confusion, and while stretching out his hand towards the divine spark on the stone wall, he said: "This seat has had a divine spark for two thousand years, but has never dared to merge with it and become a divine spirit! Do you know why?"

  Hai Huang's hand had already touched the divine pattern in the stone cave, his fingers pointing at the divine pattern. However, as soon as he made contact with the divine pattern, Hai Huang's body began to emit golden and white lights from his hands, causing a strong gust of wind to spread out around him, blowing against Li Xie's clothes and making them flutter loudly.

  Li Xie's eyes narrowed, and he saw the golden light on Hai Huang's body, which he could recognize as Dou Qi. However, the current situation was not Hai Huang unleashing his Dou Qi, but rather, his Dou Qi was being forced out of his body and dissipating.

  The Sea Emperor merely touched the Divine Rank for a second before withdrawing his hand, and the golden light and white light on his body also disappeared into his body. He calmly said: "Divine power is inviolable! Even if only the Divine Rank remains, it's not something that mortals can covet! Touching the Divine Rank will cause the fighting spirit and magic within a mortal's body to dissipate, even divine light!"

  Wow!

  Li Xie realized why Hai Huang had called him over.

  Could it be because I don't have magic and aura fluctuations?!