The cold sea breeze blew across the vast, dilapidated city, plunging it into a brief peace.
Beneath the pounding of the waves, the sea god statue still stood tall, its hundred-ter-long robe and the cold, rciless eyes beneath it emanating the haughtiness of the deep sea, maintaining its supre dignity!
"Sea God..."
Chen Qi also faintly perceived the Sea God's embarrassnt.
Normally, a Deep Sea Titan from the Sea Coffin, even sold at the lowest price, would be worth more than twelve thousand in ancient currency.
Not to ntion, this was in addition to the nurous fish he had offered before.
The Tentacle rchant and the many creatures raised their heads; they, who believed in the deity that ensured their survival in the Sea Coffin, quietly awaited the god's instructions!
Chen Qi was not an expert in theology, but in the forums, he had heard about so of the deities from the New Day World.
Most gods, although powerful, had to follow certain laws, certain principles.
Especially the bound deities, if they failed to maintain their own principles, would beco extrely weak.
And the Sea God, as the one in charge of sea trade and the guardian of Shell Country's trade during the prosperous eras of the sea, was the god of both shell and scale, representing the sea's fair trade.
Even in the Sea Coffin, with only a sea god statue, its laws still influenced the many brutal and cold creatures of the sea, preserving the Shell's Principle!
As the god of the shell aspect, the fair trade principle of the Shell's Principle was his law!
Ding-dong! Ding-dong!
The sea god statue did not give up; the scales in its hand kept shaking.
With its relentless shaking, two more twisted ancient coins appeared on the balance.
Through its tireless efforts, it managed to extract two ancient coins!
An astonishing total of twelve thousand and two ancient coins!
Little Crow whispered softly upon witnessing this:
"Is the Sea God... out of money?"
"Shut up!"
The Tentacle rchant puffed up her chest, glaring at Little Crow with a demonic gaze:
"Do not insult the divine!"
As the protector of the rchant Coffin, how could the great Sea God owe money to two puny adventurers!
This was blasphemy!
The Tentacle rchant bit her own tentacle hair:
"The Shell's Principle is not for you, weak vermin, to desecrate!"
The Tentacle rchant turned her head, extending her sticky little hand, ready to teach the blaspher Little Crow a lesson.
However, the very next second, a chill suddenly emanated from behind the Tentacle rchant.
The Tentacle rchant quickly turned around, only to see the bronze eyes beneath the hundred-ter statue, staring intently at her.
The Sea God had another decree!
Is the Sea God asking to imprison these adventurers... The Tentacle rchant silently anticipated.
Suddenly, runes of shells and scales, intermingled with stars, erged upon the sea god statue, conveying its will:
"This is my Divine Domain, my followers, uphold my Shell's Principle, see them as you would see ."
"???"
Chen Qi was stupefied.
He never imagined that the Sea God could speak so clearly.
But what did it an? Chen Qi turned around, only to realize that all the creatures had taken a step back.
The eyes of the Tentacle rchant abruptly constricted and her mouth dropped open, in disbelief, looking up at the supre sea god statue.
Translated into human terms, the Sea God's words ant:
This money, let my followers repay it!
For this purpose, the Sea God specifically pointed out one of the most devout and prestigious followers from the Sea Coffin.
The creatures placed the Tentacle rchant in front of them.
The sea god statue finally shook the balance, promising a final price.
Chen Qi's sacrifice could be exchanged for a total of twenty-two thousand ancient coins.
Such a massive sum of ancient currency, even for these creatures, was an indescribable fortune!
Chen Qi's mouth opened slightly.
Is this even possible?
So it turns out when a deity is short on cash, it can have the followers repay it, no, to be precise, this is how followers are supposed to be used... Chen Qi suddenly realized.
But what surprised him even more was the brash Tentacle Witch behind him.
"Eh?"
"Eh eh eh?"
The Tentacle rchant flailed her arms and tentacle hair, her entire being looking flustered.
If it weren't for the Sea God having bestowed her with power, she would really like to say to the Sea God:
Are you even human?
The Tentacle rchant wryly smiled, making a prayer gesture:
"But, great Sea God, even for , this amount is too overwhelming..."
A portion of the Tentacle rchant's money would be dedicated to the Sea God, another part consud to enhance her own power, and so to trade with other rchants for food.
The Tentacle rchant only had two thousand ancient coins in her purse now, which was from increasing the fare for the Black Whale Group's passengers.
Faced with the Tentacle rchant's prayer, the great sea god statue stood silent in the waves.
Chen Qi looked at the pitiable little Chef, and with the deanor of a priest, solemnly said:
"Little tentacle, reflect on yourself. Have you not been diligent enough these days? Have you neglected to earn money to worship the great Sea God?"
"Eh?"
The Tentacle rchant turned her head, looking at Chen Qi with an almost resentful gaze.
As the richest, most diligent rchant creature of the Sea Coffin.
While other creatures rested or hibernated, she alone steered her rchant ship, salvaged shipwrecks, lured Transcendents!
And all this was for the great Sea God, to have enough strength to conquer the real world during the Crack Tide!
Yet, faced with the adventurer's insult, the Sea God remained silent.
The scales of the sea god statue wobbled slightly, and a Sheepskin Scroll with enigmatic runes - a 'Debt Contract' - flew into Chen Qi's hands.
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