Chapter 568: Eternal Life (Part I)
On the seventh day after the huge Fushan tour group left the Qinglong Mountain Range, Mei Xue came to the viewing platform in the lower Azure area early in the morning, because Taichu, who had been sent out by him to explore the way ahead, saw something very amazing.
It was a sea of light, and the huge stream of light that shone on the hundreds of thousands of miles of sea covered the sky and the sea, giving people an incomparably majestic atmosphere.
And the composition of this ocean of light is hundreds of millions of luminescent creatures, the smallest of which is only the size of a finger, and the largest is as high as a hundred zhang, and the transparent veins of the whole body can be seen clearly.
Most of these small populations are active at and below the surface of the sea, while medium-sized ones begin to emerge from the surface and move with the wind in a sail-like shape.
Because of this special life form, this harmless creature is named the sail jellyfish by the people of the seas and mountains, and it is a magical life with a strange ecology that even immortal warlocks cannot explain.
Among the navigators of the seas and mountains, some people even worship this transparent jellyfish as a god, because this jellyfish has an uncanny property - eternal life.
Yes, the power of the Great Dao that all beings dream of, the path that countless immortal warlocks have chased one after another, and the seas and mountains are the only large-scale population recognized as having the power of immortality.
Starting with a larval the size of a little finger and eventually developing into a final body the size of a hundred zhang, sail jellyfish takes a long time.
However, after the evolution to the final full body, the sail jellyfish will not die naturally due to decline, but will return to the juvenile state and start a new round of life again.
This kind of endless cycle of life has been studied by countless great supernatural beings and immortal warlocks, but unfortunately there are no results so far. It is only known that this luminescent creature never needs to hunt, only needs to absorb air, sunlight, and water to survive, and will gradually grow its own population.
Now, the swarm of sail jellyfish that Mei Xue saw covering hundreds of thousands of miles of sky and sea was obviously an ancient population with a history of more than 100,000 years.
Although there has never been a record of sail jellyfish attacking humans or even actively attacking any living thing, such a large swarm of sail jellyfish is obviously not enough to make the floating mountain pass, and the hundreds of millions of sail jellyfish alone are enough to block the route of any floating mountain.
However, there is a reason why the sail jellyfish is called a god in the eyes of navigators.
"It's a sail jellyfish!"
"I was so lucky to have met a lucky jellyfish!"
"Come on, come on, get ready!"
When the other people on the floating hill saw this huge swarm of sail jellyfish, they let out cheers one by one, so that more people who were still dreaming woke up.
The Fushan Brigade led by Tian Qing slowly stopped, and each dropped anchor and entered a static state.
Subsequently, countless small boats drove out of the major floating mountains, and the target was the sail jellyfish group in front of them without exception.
"This is the legendary sail jellyfish, the eternal god of the sea?" Koyanagi, who was wearing a bandage, appeared beside Mei Xue and looked at the swarm of sail jellyfish that covered the sky and the sea with extremely curious eyes.
This special life form is also famous among the masters of the secret realm, because long before the secret realm was closed by the rules of the seas and mountains, this kind of magical life has been infested in the seas and mountains.
The characteristics of eternal immortality, the constant cycle of life forms, and the irregular way of movement, as early as the ancient times of the seas and mountains, this life form named sail jellyfish was full of all kinds of wonders.
As a descendant of the god of water, Koyanagi could feel that this huge population contained an incomparably mysterious power of the Great Dao, which was also the reason why many great supernatural beings were interested in sail jellyfish in the first place.
However, no one, no way, can catch sail jellyfish, these sail jellyfish with eternal life seem to have the power to travel through space by nature, always appearing suddenly in a certain sea area and then suddenly disappearing without a trace.
Even if you capture the sail jellyfish where they appear, or even imprison and kill them by various means, the final wreckage will disappear with the sail jellyfish's departure.
Then, a hundred years later, the slain specimens were seen reappearing in that population, only to revert to their juvenile state.
Attempts have been made to wipe out an entire population of sail jellyfish, but before a tenth of them can be killed, they suddenly disappear and then reappear elsewhere hundreds of years later.
Pure and harmless, these immortal sail jellyfish are a unique sight to the mountains of the seas.
After a long time, there will not be many people who will fight these magical life ideas that they can't kill no matter how they kill, and they won't gain anything if they kill them.
No matter how the times of the seas and mountains change, and how many great supernatural powers and immortal warlocks are updated, these sail jellyfish are leisurely drifting in the waters of the seas and mountains, and passing leisurely in the long river of time.
Perhaps, for such a life with eternal life, the many great supernatural powers and immortal warlocks of the seas and mountains are just short-lived ants in the long river of time, and they will not attract their attention at all.
They don't react to the attacks of these people, and they probably just pay no attention to the trivial things, and for this race, which has an eternal life, it has long lost its concept of life and death, and death is only a way for their young to return.
Because of this indisputable nature and eternal immortality, no matter how time changes, they also do not change at all, so the mortals of the seas and mountains worship them as gods, and they are one of the several creatures called "sea gods" in the ocean in the world of seas and mountains.
Of all the creatures that qualify to be called "sea gods", the sail jellyfish swarm is undoubtedly the most powerful, but it is also one of the most popular.
Unlike the Kraken species that invaded from the Nine Shadows, the sail jellyfish never attacked any living creatures, and they seemed to drift in the waters of the seas and mountains just to simply enjoy the sun, air, and water, no matter what time of the day, it was a leisurely vacation.
And where they appear, there is a very small probability of condensing a crystal, with extremely high purity and flawless appearance, it is a high-grade gemstone named "sail crystal", and it is also a natural water attribute fairy stone.
Therefore, the floating mountain that encounters the sail jellyfish can often make a lot of extra money, and if you find a large piece of sail crystal, it is not impossible to get rich overnight.
Therefore, the people in the Fushan Brigade cheered at once when they saw such a large-scale swarm of sail jellyfish.