A few days later, a storm broke out in the night, and the merchant ships were unlucky, and when the rain clouds rolled overhead, there was still a reef underneath the ship.

If Xuanyuan Yan and Xuanyuan Yu hadn't ventured into the sea to crush the tallest stones below, I'm afraid that the merchant ship would have been crushed in the collision with the reef, and until the two of them were overdrawn, they still couldn't completely clear a channel for the merchant ship to pass safely. In the end, it was Lin Ziyue who dragged the vines with a constellation-like moon blade, flew up diagonally with the entire merchant ship, and barely dragged out of the area. But there were still more than a dozen people who fell into the water, although Meng Liyan quickly rescued six or seven sailors, but when Xuanyuan Yan struggled to return to the bottom of the sea, he was one step too late, and there were still two missing and missing, and they were washed away by the raging sea water and did not know where they went, and one person was drowned.

Leaving the storm and the death threat in the reef area, Lin Ziyue watched in silence as Qian Qiu draped his gold-threaded coat over the sailor, and told a few housekeepers to tell the Qian family in the Chamber of Commerce when they arrived in the Dongsheng Continent that the consolation money for these people must be sufficient, and take twice as much from Qian Qiu's own account as they went out to give it to the families of the three sailors in private.

Then everyone was silent for a moment before returning to their posts in silence. There are still things to do, the sun will rise tomorrow, their voyage will continue, it would have been part of their lives, and they know that there will always be a day when it will fall on someone's head.

It's just that there is always a very rough singing voice coming from the boat, constantly breaking this dead silence, singing "When will you come home, child of the sea", with a poignant voice.

"We are closer to Dongsheng. ”

There was still a deafening thunder echoing across the sea, as if to drive away or spit on the surviving ship, ashamed of its cowardice in its refusal to crush when it ran away, and as if it was proclaiming the supremacy of the sea, warning all beings not to challenge its authority.

Qian Qiu sat beside Lin Ziyue, and seeing that her interest was low, he comforted her: "It is normal for people to die when they go to sea, although it is the first time for me to take the route of the Dongsheng Continent, but when we went to Yahimi before, we also encountered whirlpools and migrating black beasts, and I don't know how many people died at that time. If it weren't for you, maybe I would have explained here tonight, and I would talk about going to Dongsheng to enter the ancestral shrine and return home. ”

"I don't need your comfort, I know. But it's one thing to understand, it's another thing to feel uncomfortable. ”

Qian Qiu patted her on the shoulder, and left without saying anything, he still had to deal with the affairs of the ship, and took people to check whether there was any damage to the hull, and he didn't have time to accompany Lin Ziyue here to be depressed.

Blue held two open coconuts in her arms and handed one to Lin Ziyue, she thanked her, but never took her mouth to bite the slender reed tube.

"Why bother yourself? You've done what you can. ”

"Is it fate?"

When Lin Ziyue said these three words, she was not thinking about the main system or the Book of Destiny, but about the young sailor who won the guess with someone at dinner yesterday, with an extremely excited smile on his face, and then got the winner's reward from her - a bunch of green grapes.

"Yes and no. If you want to ask why he is such a stupid thing, I will be disappointed. But what you are asking about is fate, this word can be said to be life and death, it can be said to be auspicious and decaying, it can be said to be destined but unpredictable. ”

Lin Ziyue shook her head and returned the coconut to Blue: "I'm not questioning the cycle of life and death, but lamenting the impermanence of life and death." But grief doesn't change after that, you don't have to tempt me like that. ”

Blue's eyes narrowed like a fox: "Am I being too deliberate?"

"No, it's just that you're preaching too much. I'm a stubborn person, and it's hard to listen to anything other than Xuanyuan Yu's words, so the meaning of your words is particularly conspicuous. ”

The gloomy look on Lin Ziyue's face gradually dissipated, and she took one last look at the corpse covered with brocade robes before entering the cabin, the tradition of Charlotte Bay is to let the drowned sailor stay under the stars for one more day, so that his soul can leave home in the direction of the constellation, and will not be lost forever in the distant cold sea.

"Good luck all the way. ”

Lin Ziyue said.

It is indeed close to the coastline of the Dongsheng Continent, and when Lin Ziyue came to the bow of the ship this morning, she saw the long-lost seagull in the clear sea and sky, although it was only a small dot like a tearful mole of a beautiful woman, but she was about to get a glimpse of the true face of that continent. Unlike Aisata, the Dongsheng Continent is dominated by oriental culture, which can be seen from the clothing design and tailoring of the Qian Family Chamber of Commerce, but before seeing it with her own eyes, Lin Ziyue still has a hard time imagining what that kind of antique place will be like.

Meng Li was noncommittal about her romantic feelings, telling her that there was nothing special, it was a very typical template for the image of ancient oriental civilizations. As a result, he was despised by Xuanyuan Yu and Lin Ziyue, saying that he was uneducated, and he was so angry that the former copywriter of the phantom company did not come out again until he entered the port, saying that he didn't want to see these two stupid stunned young people.

Regulus had no opinion on this chain of discrimination, as he and Blue had agreed on this, and the three young men simply liked to argue about things that didn't matter, and then deepen their feelings and understanding each other in this argument.

"Little kid temper. Blue gave this assessment.

There were already people on the dock who had already set up a formation to greet them, and the Qian family naturally sent people to wait for this merchant ship, and the vision of Arthur City was heard by the entire illusion world, but because Lin Ziyue had deliberately confessed to Qian Qiu to keep it secret, no one knew that it would be related to some people on this ship.

Lin Ziyue and the five people didn't even go with Qian Qiu, but Qian Qiu sent a trustworthy sailor to take a few people to the town to find a place to stay, saying that it was the best inn in the town, although Qian Qiu wanted to hurry up to take over from the stewards of the Baolai Chamber of Commerce, but he did not forget to fulfill his friendship as a landlord.

This town is called "Cape" because it is a small horn protruding from the southeasternmost part of the Dongsheng Continent, and the most frequent people are merchants, especially those who are extremely worried about the Azata. There are many people passing by, and there are naturally many inns in the town, and the area is naturally big, but this inn called "Cape Fishing Town" covers an extremely wide area, and the old sailor who has been to Dongsheng four or five times has introduced that this hundred-meter-long block is actually part of the periphery of this inn.

Slowly moving along the long street, Lin Ziyue's clothes occasionally provoked people on the street to take a few more looks, but they didn't point a finger, although people were curious about their identities, they didn't pay much attention, thinking that it was also a close relationship between this place and the Asata continent. The shops and restaurants on the street make Lin Ziyue feel a little like a pedestrian street in a city by a broken bridge and a lake, but it is more rough and messy.

From time to time, benches and square tables could be seen on both sides of the road, and two or three people were sitting in the doorway, gossiping and pouring herbal tea from small pots. It's not like Ahimi here, there are very few stalls outside, and there is not much sound of selling, but from time to time you can see the bamboo curtain hanging at the door of the store, and the bamboo signs on it are hung up in strings, and when you get closer, you can see the name of the dish or the goods written, and when you see someone approaching, Xiao Er will also pop up from the window edge on the side, shouting and asking the guest officer if he wants to have something.

There are all kinds of shops along the way, from sauce and meat shops to seafood franchises, from dried fruit snacks to jewelry and jade, this street includes almost all the goods you can imagine.

When a few people really walked to the door of the inn in the depths of the alley, they had completely changed into the clothes of the Dongsheng Continent.

Lin Ziyue was wearing a short skirt with light blue moire on a white background, and her hem was slightly fluttering between walks, although it was definitely inconvenient to fight with people, but because the design of this store was too beautiful, she was really reluctant to change to a monotonous cloth shirt like short brown. Xuanyuan Yu wore a straight-lined robe with a similar texture to hers, but the color scheme was indeed red moire and black background, and the men's design was more convenient for movement, so he paid special attention to this aspect when he tried it.

Meng Li was actually wearing a Taoist robe, which made Lin Ziyue and Xuanyuan Yu despise him madly, disgusted him for being too shameless, what kind of scholar is a good demon, he was indifferently refuted by Meng Li, and following the customs of the locals is his criterion. And his scholarly temperament is not light, the dark blue robe makes his temperament more lonely and cold, and then add a unicorn embroidered sword sleeve to the Western-style scabbard, he is actually decent.

Xuanyuan Yan and Bru chose Confucian robes, but Bru is dark gray, and the material is just simple linen, unlike Xuanyuan Yan's white background and black edge, which is more refined at a glance, and the feel is much more comfortable to touch, it seems that Bru is deliberately maintaining his low-key identity. At this time, Blue also walked behind Lin Ziyue with his head hanging slightly, his hands in his cuffs, and he really didn't look so much like a poor handyman, but more like a somewhat swarthy poor teacher. Xuanyuan Yan was very energetic, he put a fan in his hand to shake the wind for himself, and what was even more exaggerated was that he deliberately made his hair longer, and after picking a hairpin, he actually asked the store to tie himself a mixed bun.

"Why don't you take the dust?"

"I'm a demon, too. ”

"You know!"

These few lines of dialogue are from Meng Li in the chain of contempt and Xuanyuan Yan who doesn't care.

From Aisata to Dongsheng, at the end of this journey, many things that happened on the ship seemed to fade, but everyone had their own thoughts, and Lin Ziyue shook her head in her heart every time she saw Blue's respectful demeanor.

There was a plaque of "Worry-free Inn" hanging high on the head, and several people stepped through the threshold and walked into the door of the inn, passing through the elegant and chic but very neat courtyard, and naturally the sailor took the token of the Qian family to the front desk. It didn't take long for Xiao Er, who was in charge of reception, to warmly invite a few people upstairs, and the sailor completed his task, and after saying hello to Lin Ziyue, he hurried back to report to his young master.

"Little brother, we are also outsiders, is there any unique place here in Cape City? It's rare to come here like this, we want to visit more. ”

The little er, who looked very clever, looked at Lin Ziyue and the others quickly, and said with a very attentive attitude: "Look at you, this accent is from outside......, right?

Lin Ziyue threw two silver coins over, and the light in the eyes of the little second child turned white, similar to the color of the silver coin: "Hey, look at you! Why bother! Give so much!"

Then he quickly stuffed the two coins into the mezzanine of his trouser belt, as if he was afraid that Lin Ziyue would regret it, so he said in a lower posture: "I'll give you a few maps later, all of which are drawn by my lady on each shop in the cape, and I guarantee that the details are extremely detailed, and there is information in it from the introduction to the boss! You can give you a discount if you report my Lou Datou's name to them! If you need it, call me directly, and I will let the little girl go over to be your guide, it's not expensive! It's for the sake of your kindness!"

Meng Li kept a cold face in front of outsiders as usual: "The map and the tour guide are not worth these two silver coins, right?"

"What do you want to inquire about? Look at a few people who are not like mortals under their feet, do they want to go to the mountain gate from the cape to seek the Tao? If you have anything to know, just ask, as long as you are small, I will tell you about it!"

Xuanyuan Yan suddenly became interested: "Oh? There are often people here who come to seek the Tao? We have indeed been cultivating in the mountains for many years, and we don't know these ways now, can you introduce us to them?"

"Then you can ask the right person! Just rush to our cape in the southeast, which seems to be a small place, and there are so many boats! Half of the 100 people are passing through here to go to the north, and 20 of these 50 people must be going to seek the Tao! The people in the mountains have become immortals, and that is a great glory! But how can there be so many people with spiritual roots now? In the end, it would be good that 10 of the 20 people could be accepted by those cultivators!"

"I remember that Dongsheng also has a lot of martial arts cultivators, right?" Meng Li asked this question, he knew that many players would also choose to take the branch of martial arts, but listening to this little er's words, it seemed that only those who cultivated immortal methods were well-known.

"You're right, but Wu Xiu and these people often don't have a mountain gate, they are all casual knights, and naturally they don't have the miracles and fame of the mountain gate. To tell you a word from the heart, I don't like those chivalrous people very much, they are used to being free and too capricious, and they will fight and kill everywhere if they don't agree with each other, how can there be such a merciful heart as the disciples of the Mountain Gate, and always help us who are begging for a living......" Then Xiao Er's eyes turned around on Meng Li's sword, and suddenly regretted that he was a little too talkative: "Oh! I see a few people who are already extraordinary, and the little ones say a few broken words, if you offend you, don't go to your heart!"

Xuanyuan Yan patted Xiao Er's shoulder very gently, his familiar and casual temperament made him seem harmless: "You don't have to be afraid, this guy is always like this, but he won't bully people." Is there a smaller mountain gate around here? We haven't been out and around for a long time, and we want to visit our fellow Taoists and exchange more experiences on the Tao. ”

"Oh, yes, yes. There are actually not many mountain gates near here, most of the people who come to Haijiao take a boat from here to the north, but there are still two, one is a Nanhuai Mountain Residence, and one is a flower dynasty faction, both of which are small mountain gates with few people, but a few disciples under the door often walk around Haijiao, and the people are very good, and they have not done anything to harm people and private affairs. Although some people always say that their attitude is too arrogant, I think it's normal...... They are all people who cultivate the Tao and want to cultivate immortals! Where will they be like us ordinary people!"

Lin Ziyue laughed: "That's not the reason, it can only be said that they are superior to others." Are there any special features of these two mountain gates? Of course, we will have to ask people how they got there, and if we can meet our disciples on the street and talk to them about their visits, it will naturally be much more convenient. ”

"Oh, there's nothing you can't say about this, anyway, anyone of you can find out. Nanhuai was established a little longer, but few people know how this mountain gate came about, it seems that the history is earlier than Haijiao City! Legend has it that at first this was just a noble in the south of the fancy of the village, and later changed hands to a good Taoist, that Taoist people like to be clean and happy to appreciate the citrus aurantium flower and love to eat the south orange, because he is good at medicine and saved a lot of people, and later there were people who begged him to accept apprentices to open the gate of the mountain dwelling, so the disciples he accepted in order to please the master, he spontaneously took the citrus orange flower and the south orange as the symbol of the mountain gate. The disciples of Nanhuai Mountain House are basically light cyan robes embroidered with citrus flowers on their backs, and often have orange hairpins or cyan citrus leaves on their heads, and most of them are two men and two women who travel to the town together, otherwise there are two other young boys who go down the mountain alone to purchase. ”

"The Flower Dynasty faction is more special, it is a mountain gate that only accepts female disciples, alas, legend has it that in the era of war and chaos in the past, there were also old people who made sins, and threw them into the mountains when they gave birth to a female baby. Later, a fairy girl couldn't bear to see the tragedy of abandoned babies again, so she settled here in Haijiao and established the Flower Dynasty Sect, which specially adopted those lonely baby girls and displaced girls. Now that the three or four women in the Qinglou in Haijiao are pregnant, and they can't bear to suffer when they give birth to their daughters, they will also be sent to the Hua Dynasty faction, and at worst they are just a handyman, which is better than suffering with their mother without a father. The Hua Dynasty Sect is also a place where Taoism and martial arts are cultivated, so I don't care about the problem of spiritual roots, but there is a difference between men and women, and you men probably can't even get close to the mountain tower. The disciples of the Flower Dynasty faction are basically very pleasing little ladies, they are very kind without any shelves, they often hang out in the rouge shops and dried flower shops in the town, they are all dressed in foundation skirts, camellia is their mountain gate feature, or wear it on the head and pin it on the chest, or embroider a large piece of blooming camellia branches on the cuffs, hey, they are indeed as fresh and innocent as the camellia!"

Xiao Er said for a long time, his mouth was dry, but several guests were obviously very satisfied with him, Xuanyuan Yu urged him to send the map over earlier, so he let him leave first, and before leaving, Lin Ziyue gave him an extra silver coin, Xiao Er was so happy that his eyebrows were about to rise to the top of his head, saying that he would send some snacks from the store to a few distinguished guests later, all of them were apprentices from a famous old store in Cape City, and their skills were excellent.

The rooms in the inn are very spacious, much bigger than the feeling of looking outside, generally two beds in a room, there are simple washbasins and copper mirrors in the room, the delicate mahogany table can be used as a desk or a small mirror on the side as a dresser, the tables and chairs in the room are all available, and there are even complete sets of tea sets, which have been filled with hot tea, and are still steaming when they are poured out. There was no smell in the wardrobe, there was a faint smell of smoke throughout the room, and the bed and pillows were a little hard, but it didn't interfere with rest, at least not like on a ship.

Behind the door are small bells, each with the words leading to the hospitality, kitchen, and lavatory. Later, when Xiao Er came up to deliver snacks and maps, he explained to a few people, the words of hospitality are when there is a problem with the room or when there is trouble with accommodation, the kitchen has hot water, good dishes and all kinds of tea and snacks, all on call, but the worry-free stack does not provide bathing here, but the bathroom can help the guests wash their clothes, send toiletries, three bells will listen to at any time, if you want to take a bath, you can go to the bathing hall in Cape City, which is also the best service here, the most private place to bathe.

The group asked for a total of three rooms, and they got three keys, and Xiao Er knew that they were together and specially chose an adjacent room for them. Several people simply divided the room, Xuanyuan Yu and Meng Li were in the same room, Xuanyuan Yan was wronged and Blue was in the same room with Bo Tisi by the way, fortunately, a certain snake did not occupy the space, and Lin Ziyue was in his own room.

Although Xuanyuan Yu repeatedly asked if he wanted Lin Ziyue to share a room with him, under Lin Ziyue's crazy opposition and the cold eyes of Blue and Meng Li, Xuanyuan Yu finally gave up this suggestion himself.

Probably noticing that the eyes of several people were very strange, Xuanyuan Yu had to stand up and clarify: "I don't have that kind of thought! I'm just worried that it won't be too dangerous for her to sleep alone! We just arrived in Dongsheng, and we are about to contact the players and the Immortal Cultivation Mountain Gate here, so we can't be too careful!"

In other words, take advantage of people's danger. Botisi complained lightly.

Xuanyuan Yan patted Xuanyuan Yu on the shoulder: "Little brother, you can't eat hot tofu if you're so anxious, look, the girl's favor for you has plummeted, right?"

"I really didn't mean that!" Xuanyuan Yu was about to go crazy.

Meng Li subconsciously pushed his glasses, but found that the glasses had long been thrown away by him, as if they had fallen into the sea when he went to save people before, anyway, he was not short-sighted, they were flat glasses. Meng Li sneered at Xuanyuan Yu and said, "No, no, you can hide it from others, but you can't hide it from me, have you forgotten my title of the Seven Deadly Sin......s?"

Xuanyuan Yu's face suddenly turned from white to red: "I! Okay! I admit that there is a little bit! But it's not like that! I just thought about sleeping together for a while! Don't splash dirty water on me!"

"Is your world very open to this kind of thing?" said Blue to Lin Ziyue.

Lin Ziyue pulled her face and glared at Blue, seeing that Xuanyuan Yu and Meng Li were still making trouble, although Xuanyuan Yu's expression was very funny, but she could only hold herself back and blush, turned around and walked into her room, and closed the door with a "bang".

Xuanyuan Yan kindly answered Blue's question: "Young people, they are always shy, free love is nothing, right?"

But this time, Xuanyuan Yan didn't succeed in reaching a conceptual agreement with Blue, and Blue also glared at him: "Phew! He doesn't deserve Lord Lin, even if he still has evil thoughts, it's really immoral!"

Then Blue also slammed the door shut, and Xuanyuan Yan touched his bun in a daze, feeling that the hair on his head was a little heavy: "Hey, little brother, some people say that you are not worthy of a girl?

Xuanyuan Yu gave him a middle finger, and then raised his gesture at the door that Blue had shut, and a thousand words were in it.

Lin Ziyue's door opened, and she threw Botisi into Xuanyuan Yan's arms, and then slammed the door shut, without even looking at Xuanyuan Yu.

Meng Li pointed at Xuanyuan Yu and whispered, "Look at her face, are you finished?"

"What are you talking about!" Xuanyuan Yu slapped him on the back of the head.