Deep in the ocean, at the temporary gathering point of the merfolk priests.
Valira arrived alone.
After being remade by Kunpeng and becoming a holy spirit, Valira had made a silent vow to ensure the merfolk once again bathed in the glory of the Sea God.
However, she was merely an ordinary Sea God priestess, and being alone, it was difficult for her to influence the entire race.
This was especially true in this era where the Sea God slumbered, divine power had faded, and royal power had risen.
Authority was held firmly in the hands of the Merfolk Queen.
She needed allies, and the High Priestess of the Sea God, Vashj, would be her best ally.
In the era of royal power, Vashj had been suppressed the most. Her former honor, power, and the praise of the merfolk had all been plundered by the crown.
Valira believed that her older sister would definitely join her side and challenge the royal authority.
Valira walked into the Shell Forest and looked around, but she could not find any trace of Vashj.
"How strange. Where is everyone?"
"Lady Valira, are you here to find the High Priestess?"
The voice of an attendant came from behind Valira.
Valira turned her head and said, "Yes. Where did High Priestess Vashj go? Usually, she almost never leaves this Shell Forest. Has the Queen summoned her again?"
"I am not sure, but the High Priestess did indeed leave in the direction of the main city. She was very angry and was cursing incessantly as she left."
"Angry? Has that Merman Queen provoked her again?"
As the representative of divine power, Vashj was naturally treated as a target by the Merman Queen, who would cause trouble from time to time to suppress the religious faction.
"No, it is because over a hundred of the Sea God altars the Queen lent to the naga were lost. That is why the High Priestess is so furious."
"What! Say that again!"
Valira gritted her teeth and suddenly grabbed the divine robes on the attendant.
"The... the Sea God altars. Over a hundred were lost."
"Damn that Louise, and damn those naga!"
Valira's reaction was exactly the same as Vashj's had been, loudly cursing both the Merman Queen and the naga.
After venting her frustration, Valira looked at the attendant with a fierce gaze and said loudly, "I know you have a way to contact Vashj. Tell her that I, Valira, the holy spirit of the Sea God, am waiting for her here.
Tell her to return immediately. The merfolk cannot continue to fall into ruin under Louise's hands. We are the children of the Sea God. We were in the past, we are now, and we will be in the future.
Those merfolk who have betrayed their faith, I will make them personally atone before the Sea God!"
As Valira's emotions flared, her holy spirit light also bloomed.
That faint blue light was incredibly dazzling in the eyes of the attendant. By the Sea God, how had Priestess Valira become a holy spirit?
Seeing the attendant frozen in place, Valira directly grabbed her chin, lifted her up, and pressed her mouth close to the girl's ear, whispering, "I do not want to repeat myself, good child."
The intense pain snapped the attendant back to her senses. "Yes... I will contact the High Priestess right away."
Only then did Valira release her hand and let her go.
Poor Valira did not know that those hundred Sea God altars had been destroyed by Kunpeng.
She thought that because so many Sea God altars had been broken, the Sea God had been awakened and had personally taken action to punish that bloody butcher.
The fury of divine desecration already filled her mind. Revenge was the only option.
...
In Daxia, at the Daxia Military Academy Dungeon Preparation Base.
Chen Xu had hurried back after settling his rewards in Yinglun.
In any case, he had already scouted the situation of the sea race, and the naga should not be able to organize an effective offensive in the short term.
Furthermore, the Bone Kun squad, those ocean wanderers, were constantly hunting the naga and drawing their attention.
Knock, knock, knock!
He knocked on the door of Xia Qiming's office.
"Come in! Oh, it is you, kid. It has only been a day. Yinglun was willing to let you go so soon?"
Xia Qiming looked up and found that the person walking in was actually Chen Xu.
"Of course. You do not know, Teacher, but I was a guest of honor in Yinglun. When the sea race surrounded the island and Yinglun was at the brink of life and death, it was I and my Bone Kuns who easily crushed their conspiracy and saved them."
"Heh, you should brag a bit less. I am afraid my office won't be able to hold all that hot air and will fly into the sky."
"Since you are back, good. Take this."
Xia Qiming pulled open a drawer, took out a translucent blue bead, and tossed it to Chen Xu.
Chen Xu reached out to catch it and held it up to the ceiling light to examine it closely.
"It is very clear. Good material. Teacher Xia, when did you start getting into the jade business? And what use is just one? Give me a few more so I can make a bracelet at least."
"What jade? That is a water-repelling bead. Take one so you do not have to fear fighting in the water in the future."
"This is a water-repelling bead? Teacher Xia, if I saw correctly just now, you pulled that out of a drawer, right? Since when did Daxia become so rich that even these things can be left lying in a drawer?
Did we just clear some massive dungeon and get rich without telling me?"
Facing Chen Xu's teasing, Xia Qiming shook his head and said crossly, "Rest assured, if there really is a new massive dungeon, you definitely won't be missing. You will be on the clearing team for sure. You won't be able to run even if you want to."
"Forget it, let's not talk about that for now. Since you are back, record the information about the sea race into Fuxi first. I will see if I can pull a few experts together to settle this mess with the sea race.
Otherwise, it will be difficult to carry out the plans at Hanyuan Base if we always have to watch out for the sea race."
Chen Xu pulled out his smart terminal, accessed the Fuxi sub-system, and directly uploaded the information regarding the sea race.
As for Xia Qiming's worries, Chen Xu told him there was no need for concern.
"You can relax, Teacher. The sea race has no time to invade the land in the short term. The naga have their attention occupied by Kunpeng and the others.
As for the merfolk, Kunpeng's holy spirit has already returned to their territory. She has begun using her status as a holy spirit to cause trouble and plans to seize power from the Merman Queen. If you want to lend a hand, now is the perfect time."
...
"Valira, I did not expect you to actually become a holy spirit. Hahaha, how interesting."
Not long after Vashj arrived in the main city and met with several old friends from the Sea God faction to set a plan for a counterattack, she received the message from her attendant saying Valira had become a holy spirit.
It startled her so much that she rushed back to the Shell Forest.
It was only after she personally saw the holy spirit aura radiating from Valira that Vashj was convinced she was not lying.
"However, which Sea God's holy spirit are you?"
As the High Priestess, Vashj held many inherited items that carried the aura of the Sea God.
Through daily contact, Vashj knew very well that the divine aura on Valira's body, while very similar to their Sea God, was definitely not the Sea God of the merfolk.
"Does it matter which Sea God?"
During her time waiting, Valira had calmed down and realized things were not quite right.
But she no longer cared. Whether it was the merfolk's Sea God or a Sea God that had taken over, her status as a holy spirit was not fake, and this power was not fake. Whoever granted her this blessing was her god.
"Hahahaha, you are right. Does it matter?"
Vashj also laughed out loud.
Even Valira had become a holy spirit. As long as the entity was willing to accept the faith of the merfolk, did it matter which Sea God it was? It did not. What mattered was that they, the priests, were no longer without a protector.
What mattered was that she and the other priests could return to their former glory.
"Then, tell me your thoughts, Lady Holy Spirit."
"A king without the mandate of the Sea God should not be the king of the merfolk. She has made too many mistakes. We need a new king, a king appointed by the Sea God!"
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