Chapter 2511 Deep Ruins
Chapter 2511 Deep Ruins
Lin Mu flew up from the deck and slowly approached the area.
He kept his senses fully alert and his Spatial Perception was also active to ensure that he could see anything that might be happening below the water. He flew for about a minute before he finally reached the place where the puppet hawk had fallen.
~WHOOSH~
"It's pulling me!?" Lin Mu felt like a great weight was put upon him and he started to plummet.
"Daoist Lin Mu!" the others saw this and were worried.
"Hold on, he can get out if its too dangerous. We can't approach just yet." Crown Prince Feng Shun stopped the others who seemed Ike they might rush to help.
~THUD~
It looked like Lin Mu was about to sink right into the water, but just like the hawk puppet, he stopped a few inches above it.
"Wait, what?" But once he was there, he felt like the weight on him had disappeared. 'What is this restriction?' he was confused.
He felt the invisible surface under him, finding it to be like an barrier but still not the same.
'Is this a formation or what?' Lin Mu had never seen anything like it. He couldn't feel the Qi in it and even if he used his immortal sense to probe it, there was no resistance. His immortal sense simply passed through it and reached the water as if there was nothing there.
"This is different than the Hawk though." Lin Mu realized another thing. 'Bi Shu had said that the puppet was being restrained, but I don't feel restrained here since I can still walk around.' He thought to himself.
But when he tried to fly again, he found himself unable to do it.
"Ugh, the weight again." As soon as Lin Mu tried even a little, the weight appeared again and stopped him from doing it. He thought about it more and decided to test a bit.
~WHOOSH~
Instead of trying to fly, he jumped and found it possible. "So it's flying that is not permitted… or rather flying with the use of Qi that is not permitted." Lin Mu now understood that it was a restriction that might be similar to that of the Capital City. 'But this isn't an array… there should have been the presence of Qi that I could've sensed.' He thought to himself.
Seeing Lin Mu all doing things, the others on the ship became relieved.
"See, he's fine." Crown Prince Feng Shun spoke. "It might really be a restriction from the looks of it." Ziran said while observing Lin Mu who seemed to be testing things out. "It must be a very high ranked one because neither I nor did Lin Mu sense it." Daoist Chu spoke. "Well… We did deal with a Celestial's treasure before and are now up against a former celestial… who knows what else we'll see." Lady Kang replied.
"Indeed." Monk Hushu nodded.
Even if it was an array that was hidden with high ranking illusion, Lin Mu would've still sensed it with his Spatial Perception. They could hide the Qi itself, but they wouldn't be able to hide its movement against the background of the Spatial Fabric itself.
But then Lin Mu thought of the Icicle that Mei Nienzhen had dropped. 'It managed to enter the water but didn't melt. Is this restriction only limited to this area?' he wondered and went out to check.
He walked back towards the direction of the ship, but just after twenty meters or so he felt his leg sinking into the water.
"Huh… The restriction tapers into the water…" He touched it and felt that the tapering was very smooth and curved perfectly. "A dome? Or perhaps a sphere?" upon observing this, Lin Mu was also sure that this was definitely a barrier of some kind.
'Since we can't fly here and I can't enter it, I should just take a look underwater.' Deciding on this, Lin Mu sent a message to the others on the ship. "I'll swim down to check. But it seems like this is indeed a barrier of some kind." "Alright, be careful." Crown Prince Feng Shun replied but then paused. "Hang on, Bi Shu wants to send you something." He added quickly.
"Okay, send it." Lin Mu watched as the man dropped something into the water.
~SPLASH~
The object automatically moved towards Lin Mu and when it came close, it turned out to be a puppet that was in the shape of a fish.
"I guess this'll help others see it all too." Lin Mu spoke to the puppet, knowing that they could hear it. In response, the fish puppet actually nodded.
"Alright, let's dive in." Lin Mu jumped off the edge and sunk straight down into the water.
Even with his body weight being offset by his Qi, he was quite heavy so he sunk down like a rock.
His speed was sinking was matched by the fish puppet who swam very efficiently. The water was light at first, but after twenty meters it turned rather dark, disabling the use of eyesight. Lin Mu had to rely on his Immortal Sense as well as his Spatial Perception to sense everything.
He could sense several Aquatic beasts that were present in the area, and they seemed to be passing through the invisible barrier with no issues. 'Does it only reject certain things?' Lin Mu wondered before looking at the fish puppet. "Try going through there. See if it stops you." He asked.
The fish nodded and did as told.
~THUD~
And sure enough, the fish bumped against the inviable barrier and was stopped.
"Huh… so it allows immortal sense, but does not allow immortal tools or cultivators themselves." Lin Mu stroked his chin as he thought about something else. "Xiao Yin, Xiao Yang, I got something for you two to try." He quickly called out the twins wondering if the restriction didn't apply to beasts.
Lin Mu had confidence in the strength of the twins and knew that they'd be able to defend themselves against pretty much everything there.
~Bubble~ bubble~
The twins hissed like usual, but only created some bubbles instead of this sound. Realizing that they were inside water this time, the two were a bit confused. "I want you two to see if you can enter that area. It has a barrier there." Lin Mu requested.
"We can do that." The two replied in unison before turning to head there.
And sure enough, the two passed through it as if there was nothing there.
"There's no problem." Xiao Yang replied. "Yeah, the water here is a bit colder, but nothing different from that." Xiao Yin replied.
Lin Mu furrowed his brows and was even more confused now.
"Anything particular you two can sense here?" Lin Mu asked, hoping that their beastly senses might be better at this.
While the two weren't aquatic beasts, the were quite high up in the hierarchy of beasts, so it should still be possible for them.
"We'll take a look around," Xiao Yin said as the two siblings went further in.
Their slender bodies were seemingly perfect for swimming and they moved like torpedoes through the water. Lin Mu waited for about thirty minutes as the twins surveyed the area.
And when they finally returned, Lin Mu saw them to be covered in some dark substance that looked like mud.
"Are you two okay?" Lin Mu was concerned. "What's that on you?"
"Oh, some fish tried to attack us, so we killed it." Xiao Yang replied.
"It had very sticky slime on it. It's still stuck to us." Xiao Yin explained. "I see, and what did you find?" he asked.
"The water gets colder the further down we went becoming freezing cold, but after a while it becomes normal temperature again. But we saw a structure down there… looks like old ruins." Xiao Yang revealed.
"So there really is something there." Lin Mu raised his brows. "Though, entering it seems only possible for beasts." He wondered if this was a limitation put to prevent anyone from getting what was hidden there.
"We also saw a lot of beasts living there. All ocean beasts, but there's also a lot of plants. Some of them even glow." Xiao Yin added. "They're covering all the structures so its hard to see them."
'Considering we don't see the light here, it must really be too far deep. And if it gets colder down there, its it be why Mei Nienzhen's icicle didn't melt.' Lin Mu reckoned. "Anything particular like a symbol or writing you saw on it?" he asked next.
"Most of it is too damaged to see or covered with plants. But we did see a broken statue there." Xiao Yang answered. "It looked like a man with scales on his skin and was holding a broken spear." "A man with scales?" Lin Mu wondered what kind of ruins were down there.
"Atlantean… They're Atlantean Ruins." Xukong suddenly awoke.