Chapter 2374 - 2377: My Defeated Foe Remains the Abyss King

The search page kept refreshing, and Shen Qiang felt inexplicably tense, because for him, obtaining the keys to the Moon Palace and acquiring the Dragon Bone meant soaring to greatness, becoming a peak power capable of quelling any adversity.

But soon, when the page displayed the search results, Shen Qiang immediately frowned.

There were over a hundred pieces of information about the Water Element Ring in the Dragon Group's marketplace, which Shen Qiang checked one by one, but the results were disappointing; there were many Water Element rings, but none seemed to be the one he sought.

This made Shen Qiang incredibly disappointed.

Not only that, but in the ensuing time, Shen Qiang continually searched Cheng Xinyi, Wan Xin Sheng He, and the bounty hunters platform, yet yielded nothing.

The other key with the ability to create water infinitely, the yongtan ring, seemed to have never existed in this world, with absolutely no related news at all.

If Shen Qiang hadn't known for sure that Youying wouldn't joke about this, asserting that the ring indeed existed somewhere in the world, he might've instantly felt weary and unwilling to search any further.

Almost simultaneously, Shen Qiang's phone suddenly rang.

Shen Qiang then saw it was Yu Jiang.

"Shen Qiang, there's big trouble. Several Great Sea Demons have intervened regarding the issue of ancient Long Chang's standardized weapons appearing in your Dragon Emperor's treasury, so now, I might no longer be able to control everything. They want to pull you down from the Dragon Emperor's pedestal."

Shen Qiang's expression turned icy cold immediately and he said, "I understand. Don't attempt to control the situation happening anymore, withdraw and leave it to me."

Yu Jiang was silent for a moment and then said, "Alright, I hope you have a way to turn the tide, otherwise, the sea border will be a forbidden zone you'll never approach again in this lifetime."

Shen Qiang nodded, "I know."

After saying that, Shen Qiang directly hung up the phone.

His heart felt somewhat repressed, yet he still couldn't think of a good solution.

Indeed, concerning the situation within the sea borders, though Shen Qiang did not yet understand it, he realized Yu Jiang wouldn't continually contact him unless the pressure was immense.

But what could be done?

Now, except for patching holes and fixing previous mistakes, Shen Qiang had no way to resolve all the problems.

So, for the next three days, Shen Qiang quietly stayed at Sheng He He.

On one hand, Shen Qiang utilized his identity as a Dragon Group security advisor to apply for a lunar launch spacecraft, but the response he received was that Huaxia had no commercial spaceship, and even if Shen Qiang was willing to pay a large sum to purchase a lunar spacecraft, it definitely couldn't be accomplished in a short time.

This was exceedingly bad news.

However, meanwhile, the good news was that a certain aerospace major nation had manned commercial spacecraft, which could be acquired if enough money was provided, although it required several months of preparation, and the related procedures were quite complex.

Yet having it was better than not having it.

Furthermore, during the next three days, Taiyin Youying fully materialized the six keys, giving them various real-world shapes, appearances, characteristics, and other important details. After Shen Qiang's extensive investigative work, he discovered the whereabouts of one of them.

The Balance Ruler.

But what was awkward was that the Balance Ruler was located in the Ninja Country, making it difficult to immediately clarify the details and determine who controlled it, so Shen Qiang posted numerous bounty missions hoping the bounty hunters would solve the related issues.

Other than that, during these three days, everything in Sheng He He remained stable.

But everyone, including Shen Qiang himself, was wound up as tight as a drum.

Even having the company of the stunning actress Song Weiyin couldn't completely eliminate the tension.

After all, whether about the Dragon Emperor or guarding against Gong Ziyi's sudden betrayal, it required vigilance, caution, and more caution!

This made the whole Sheng He He like a taut primordial giant beast, watching the movements of the Cultivation World closely 24 hours a day.

Yet, while deploying additional manpower and investigating the six keys and the Balance Ruler, Shen Qiang continuously following the dynamics of the Cultivation World also discovered something interesting.

That was Gong Ziyi's humiliated return from Sheng He He.

The entire Cultivation World seemed charged with adrenaline, frantically discussing this matter, but from their online posts and discussions, Shen Qiang was very certain they had merely heard rumors, and the true insiders remained in eerie silence.

Honestly, Shen Qiang wasn't surprised people knew he had beaten Gong Ziyi.

While at the bottom, Shen Qiang thought the Cultivation World was incredibly large,

But in reality, once Shen Qiang truly rose, he realized the Cultivation World was really small.

The twelve peak individuals, the ten artifact refining masters, Abyss, Dragon Group, bounty hunters, and ordinary cultivation sects.

That's the big picture.

Every cultivator was almost within that range.

Those capable of influencing the whole cultivation world's dynamics and possessing enough power to stir colossal waves, altogether are only dozens of people, and the rest are insignificant and not worth worrying about.

As the Medicine King rising star Shen Qiang, and the illustrious Abyss's noble son representing nearly twenty years of dominance, they are precisely among those who can influence the Cultivation World's dynamics. If such a great battle occurred between them, it would be impossible for the Cultivation World not to know.

Given that communication no longer relies on carrier pigeons.

With phones, internet, any slight disturbance in the Cultivation World would spread almost instantaneously throughout the Cultivation World, more conveniently, a single mobile phone can do live broadcasting, so such open battles cannot be hidden from any cultivator.

Moreover, Shen Qiang had never intended to hide Sheng He He's power from the start.

Because the brutal truth of the Cultivation World is that there's survival of the fittest where the strong are revered.

As long as you are strong enough, even if you help no one, they will respect you, and before you, they will be disciplined.

The strange thing was that those who truly knew were not discussing these matters in public; instead, it was those who spread rumors that were buzzing with chatter.

"Haha, I knew it, that Gong Ziyi was too arrogant, bound to hit a brick wall, and that so-called Funeral, was obviously a trash Dao Fruit, totally unworthy of mention."

"Yes, I really wonder how Gong Ziyi made a name for himself, that wimp, claiming to be Abyss's noble son, I bet even I could beat him."

"Indeed, his fame is pure Cultivation World hype, bringing so many people only to be beaten to smithereens by a powerless alchemist, isn't that just a joke?"

But as ordinary cultivators in the Cultivation World wildly proclaimed Gong Ziyi as nothing more than a fame-seeking trash, three days after Shen Qiang's battle with Gong Ziyi, Gong Ziyi proved once again with near-cruel means that even when devastatingly defeated and completely stripped by Shen Qiang, upon leaving Shen Qiang's reach, he remained a powerful Dark Night King.