"Are you really ready? You should know that the place you're going to far surpasses Soul Land in every plant and tree in terms of its plane hierarchy."
Lin Yi asked a question. Regardless of what the traditional Journey to the West setting was like, at this moment, under the System's setting, the place Zi Ji was about to go to was a plane of the highest hierarchy, a level 5 plane. It might even be a parallel dimension to the traditional Journey to the West.
If you ask me like that, I'm not sure if I am ready or not...
Zi Ji thought anxiously in her heart.
As if guessing the other's thoughts, Lin Yi gave a slight smile and didn't say anything more.
With a wave of his right hand, Zi Ji's entire being was engulfed in a seven-colored light, and in the next second, she disappeared from where she stood.
"She's gone just like that?!"
"Look over there, at that scene!"
"Yes, please, Senior Lin Yi, let us see what it's like over there!"
...
The crowd below suddenly became excited, as if they were the ones receiving the reward instead of Zi Ji.
Lin Yi remained silent and waved his right hand in the air again.
A screen of light appeared mid-air, showing the place where Zi Ji was at that moment. She was floating in the air, and below her was a vast ocean.
The screen brought not only images but also sounds, and even conveyed some of the aura from that place.
Poseissi looked at the scene on the screen, dazed, and said, "Indeed, it's different. This ocean gives me a feeling of being unconquerable... The density of Spiritual Energy here far surpasses that of the Divine Realm, and it's completely different Spiritual Energy. If someone from Soul Land were to try to cultivate here, they would probably explode and die in an instant."
The calm yet awe-filled words of Poseissi quickly spread throughout the audience, leaving everyone stunned—after all, she was the authority on the ocean present there.
However, Lin Yi felt it was quite ordinary. Perhaps, it was because he was not from Douluo, or perhaps his level was naturally suited for living in a level 5 plane.
The Divine Realm.
The seven gods were extremely silent as they surveyed the screen. In that moment, they felt the difference in level.
Being the pinnacle of existence in the Douluo plane, they felt that the aura transmitted from the screen was not merely of a higher level than theirs in simplicity; the uniqueness of this aura was also reflected elsewhere. However, with their current level, they were unable to discern where this uniqueness lay.
Perhaps Lin Yi knew... the seven gods looked deeply at Lin Yi.
Next to East Victory Divine Continent.
Above the East Sea Dragon Palace.
The moment Zi Ji appeared, her face showed a pained expression. She clutched at her chest, feeling the air here constantly compressing her body every moment.
This sensation was extremely uncomfortable, and to put it more vividly, as soon as Zi Ji appeared here, she felt as if she had a fifty-meter tall mountain pressing down on each shoulder. Any slight movement made it feel like her bones would disintegrate.
"Golden Dragon Lord, why do I feel so uncomfortable, like I can't catch my breath?"
Zi Ji was curled up in mid-air on the screen, asking Lin Yi with difficulty.
Lin Yi just smiled lightly and responded, "Is that the first question you need me to answer for you?"
Zi Ji was taken aback, then pursed her lips tightly. She had asked this to report her current state, and surely the reason could be guessed.
"No, no it's not! I'll go down now!"
Having said that, Zi Ji put her hands together and plunged into the sea.
To her surprise, she did not feel the same oppressive sensation as before in the sea.
Lin Yi's lips curved up slightly; the additional benefit of the reward allowed for free movement in the water. Entering the sea naturally wouldn't bring any negative status to Zi Ji.
So if Zi Ji had used that one opportunity to ask a question just now, Lin Yi's answer would have been, "Jump into the sea."
Once the reward is used, the timeline is already set.
At this moment, Lin Yi opened the panel in front of him, ready to see what timeline Zi Ji was headed to, but the next moment he was taken aback.
"No way, It can't be such a coincidence, can it?"
Lin Yi stared at the panel for a while, then silently closed it.
He didn't know whether Zi Ji would encounter that person during this trip to the East Sea, but the likelihood was quite high, since both Zi Ji and he aimed to search for treasures in the Ryugu...
...
She could breathe normally and swim quite quickly!
Zi Ji soon realized her underwater privileges and also saw a huge, glittering palace in front of her.
The palace lay at the bottom of the sea, a place that should be enveloped in darkness due to the absence of sunlight, yet it was brightly lit, which was quite magical.
Zi Ji swam towards it with a clear goal in mind, her pace neither fast nor slow. In fact, in the seas of Soul Land, she could swim much faster, but even a normal swimming speed seemed like a privilege here.
Just as she arrived at the entrance of the palace, a group of shrimp soldiers and crab generals suddenly rushed out! This sight instantly froze Zi Ji on the spot, too scared to move an inch.
However, she quickly realized these shrimp soldiers and crab generals couldn't see her.
But at the same time, she could feel a terrifying aura emanating from this group!
This is outrageous...
These beings, who seemed like mere foot soldiers, gave her the impression that they were no less powerful than Di Tian!
Is this what the highest-level plane is like?
My God.
Zi Ji covered her mouth; although these "foot soldiers" couldn't see her, she still didn't dare to make much noise.
As the shrimp soldiers and crab generals walked past her, they were still blabbering about something. Zi Ji vaguely heard words like "strange monkey" and "please Dragon King."
It wasn't until they had left that she dared to enter the grand doors of the palace.
After all, although they couldn't sense Zi Ji's presence, she could feel theirs, which was an experience so overwhelming it could make one feel short of breath and chest tight just by standing beside them. Thus, she had to stand far away to the side.
But once inside the palace, Zi Ji wandered around like a headless fly, utterly clueless about where to go.
There was no helping it; she didn't know where the treasures were kept...
"How huge is this Ryugu? It's so big inside?"
"Yeah, Zi Ji has been wandering around for like five or six minutes, I'm getting dizzy just watching her!"
...
Hearing the discussions of those around her, Gu Yuena grew anxious and reminded, "Aren't you going to ask a question? Are you waiting for the time to run out?"
Zi Ji, hearing the voice in her ear, hurriedly asked, "First question, please tell me, Golden Dragon Lord, in which direction is the biggest treasury of the Ryugu?"
Lin Yi slowly said, "There are dozens of treasuries, big and small, in the Ryugu. The direction to the biggest treasury you're asking about is to go three hundred meters to the right, then five hundred meters straight ahead, and finally left for one hundred meters. That's the quickest path."
"Thank you!"
Zi Ji immediately followed the directions Lin Yi had given.
Lin Yi thought to himself that at this very moment, that largest treasury was quite busy, as a certain monkey was picking out weapons as if he owned the place.