Chapter 141: On the shore of Sunset Lake

Lu Yi and the others left Shacheng, this is the first time that everyone has officially communicated with other sects, more or less fresh, everyone's harvest is different, among them, the biggest harvest is Lu Yi, Lu Yi has systematically studied alchemy, with his own foundation in refining weapons and formations, he quickly reached the level of a second-order Dan master, and it is easy to advance to the third order in time. The next target of the pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info everyone is the twilight city, which is known as the "Pearl of the Southern Regions".

The reason why Dusk City is called the "Pearl of the Southern Regions" has a lot to do with its geographical location, because Dusk City is an authentic water city. Located in the middle of the largest lake in the Southern Regions, Luoyang Lake, the city is surrounded by water, and the whole city is located on a protruding mountain in the middle of the lake, like a bright pearl, guarded by Luoyang Lake. Luoyang Lake has a radius of tens of thousands of miles, a wide water depth area, tens of thousands of aquatic monsters and aquatic plants living in it, and large and small islands are dotted around, making it the most abundant area of water resources in the southern region. Twilight City is located in the center of the lake on the largest island, the island is three hundred miles in circumference, the twilight city is in the center of the island, its area is the smallest of the four main cities of the lion camel, but its prosperity is ranked second, because it is the largest trade distribution center of aquatic resources in the entire southern region, almost all aquatic species in the southern region can be found in Luoyang Lake, so generally people who have a demand for aquatic resources will come here to find what they need; , the lake fresh feast, have attracted a large number of tourists and diners.

From Shacheng to the southwest, Lu Yi and others rushed for a week, and finally arrived at the edge of the Sunset Lake, the endless blue waves, the islands dotted with stars in the distance, the water birds flying in the sky, and all kinds of fish jumping out of the water from time to time, accompanied by the sunset that is about to end, constitute a beautiful picture, and everyone is fascinated.

Wang Huanhui shouted that she wanted to watch the stars by the lake at night, Lu Yi asked Li Daniu and Sao Baomo to catch a few fish and come back, grill fish for everyone to eat at night, and arrange for Fang Cong and Xin Tong to pick up some firewood, and everyone camped by the lake at night. Soon, Sao Baomo and the others caught more than a dozen white fine-scaled small fish, each of which had a shuttle-like body and a small mouth without teeth. After Xin Tong and the others picked up firewood, Lu Yi set up a bonfire to roast the fish. This kind of small fish is rich in oil, and after roasting for a while, the fat overflows, Lu Yi sprinkled some spices, and soon the aroma overflowed, and the greedy crowd was dripping, and the index fingers moved, Ouyang Ye couldn't wait to tear off a piece of fish meat and stuff it into his mouth without waiting for the small fish to be completely grilled, and the mouth was full of oil, and the hot hiss haha, causing everyone to laugh. Everyone has eaten grilled fish, the night has completely fallen, the bright moonlight shines on the water surface, and the thin layer of water vapor rising on the water surface reflects each other, adding a bit of softness, gusts of light wind blowing, ripples on the water surface, the slight waves gently lap the waterfront, making a "whoosh" sound, it really makes people feel refreshed and happy.

There was nothing to do all night, the next morning, everyone was woken up by Wang Huanhui's exclamation, everyone followed the direction of Wang Huanhui's finger to look, only to see a round of red sun is jumping out of the water, suddenly the glow is bright, the darkness is swept away, a line of water birds fly from the water, just should be in the daylight, suddenly constitute a picturesque beautiful scroll.

After the dawn of the day, some small fishing boats began to appear on the surface of the water one after another, Lu Yi and the others found a relatively close boatman, expressing the idea of going to the twilight city, but were told to go to the ferry ten miles away to find the official boat to ride. The reason is that this Luoyang Lake seems to be calm and beautiful, and it is very safe to move around the lake, but after entering the middle of the lake, you will encounter some aquatic monsters, many of whom are fierce by nature, and often do things that destroy the boat and kill people, only by taking the official giant ship with a monk in charge is relatively safe, and even if it is an official ship, it is difficult to ensure that it will not be attacked, and there have been high-level demon beasts attacking the official ship over the years, resulting in the tragedy of the ship being destroyed and people killed。 The boatman also mentioned two other safe ways, one is to take a lot of expensive spirit stones to go through the teleportation array, and the other is to rent a flying mount to get there, which costs a lot less than teleportation, but is much more expensive than taking a boat. Of course, if you can bring your own flying mount or a high-level monk who can fly in the sky, that's a different story.

Lu Yi gave the boatman a gold ingot as a thank you, and the boatman left happily, and everyone began to discuss how to cross the lake. According to Lu Yi's idea, it is a good choice for the group to take a flying mount, and they can also enjoy the beautiful scenery of Luoyang Lake by the way, but everyone has never taken a boat, and directly collectively vetoed Lu Yi's proposal, under the leadership of Lu Fenglai, everyone went straight to the ferry in the direction indicated by the boatman just now, which made Lu Yi sigh that the team was becoming more and more difficult to take.

The ferry is very easy to find, it doesn't take long to go, everyone sees a sail shadow in the distance, a small town appears in front of everyone, there are about 50 households and shops in the town, there is a tablet on the official road at the entrance of the town, the book "rain and the official ferry" four words, I think it is the name of this ferry. When everyone came to the town, they inquired about the ferry, and learned that there are many ferries like this in the entire Luoyang Lake and on the islands in the lake, all of which are set up for the convenience of pedestrians, and over time they form a form of commerce, and those houses and shops at the ferry are all merchants who sell daily necessities and special products of Luoyang Lake and live together for a long time. When everyone came to the wharf, they saw that on the wharf of Li Xuchang, there were one large, five small and six official ships moored. The small captain is 10 zhang high and 3 zhang high, and he goes to and from the surrounding islands, and charges one tael of gold per person, and the big captain is fifty zhang and ten zhang high, and he goes directly to the twilight city in the middle of the lake, and charges ten taels of gold per person. In addition, there is also a flying inn in the town, providing a rental flying mount service, renting one lower grade spirit stone per person; this ferry port is smaller, there is no teleportation array, it is said that if the ferry with a teleportation array wants to go to Dusk City through the teleportation array, it needs to pay the price of ten lower grade spirit stones.

Chapter 142: Crossing the Lake

Lu Yi led everyone to hand over the gold and boarded the largest official ship, and the people who boarded the ship for the first time were like curious babies, looking around, looking here and there, it was very fresh. I have to say that this official ship is still built at a very high level, and the entire official ship is made of third-order materials. The hull is made of thousand-year-old black cypress, which is characterized by oiliness, strong waterproofness, light weight and good buoyancy. The hull is covered with a thick layer of black iron and silver synthetic metal materials, which are rust-proof and impact-resistant, and the bow and stern are each equipped with two anchor guns, and the huge flying anchor is two feet and four feet long, with adult thighs thick, and the front end is a three-pronged anchor hook, which is extremely sharp and can easily penetrate the body of a third-order demon beast. The cabins are divided into three levels, the lowest floor is where the sailors control the official ship, the second floor is 300 rooms for guests to rest, and the third floor is a hall for people to eat and entertain. Each of the three mainmasts is as thick as three people hugging each other, and on them hang sails made of black tarpaulin, and the sails are engraved with a formation to bless speed. There are also a lot of defensive arrays engraved on the entire hull, and there are hundreds of soldiers stationed in the garrison, and there are also three third-order monks and twenty second-order monks, and the defense force is not strong.

Such a large official ship can carry 1,000 people, every day from the twilight city and the ferry port, because the twilight city is far away in the middle of Luoyang Lake, more than 6,000 miles away from the shore of the lake, the official ship needs to sail for four days and three nights to arrive, for this official ship is also equipped with food and entertainment facilities for people to relieve boredom. After Lu Yi and the others boarded the ship for half an hour, the entire official ship was basically full, and the guests on these boats were basically ordinary people, as well as some low-level monks of the first and second order, after all, monks above the third order would not care about a low-grade spirit stone except for those like Lu Yi and others who took a boat to try it, and basically rented a flying mount to go to Dusk City, only these ordinary people and low-level monks were not easy to survive, and they would not be so extravagant that they would spend spirit stones casually.

"Toot-toot-toot!" Three horns sounded, and a group of monks came from the town, led by three mid-third-order monks, followed by twenty second-order monks, thinking that this was the monks' escort of this ship. When they boarded the ship, the ship swayed lightly and set sail.

The big boat slowly sailed out of the ferry and began to accelerate gradually, Lu Yi and others curiously lay on the side of the boat and looked down, only to see that the lake water had slowly changed color from the clear bottom, the color of the lake water became darker and darker, and gradually turned into dark green, the underwater situation was no longer visible, Lu Yi released his spiritual power, and he could only reach a distance of hundreds of zhang underwater. From time to time, small fish jump out of the water, and there are many water birds in the sky, constantly shooting into the water to prey on fish and shrimp. Soon, everyone could not see the land, and the ferry had disappeared into the sky, at this time, a third-order monk walked to a main mast on the deck, took out a lower grade spirit stone, and embedded it in the mast, a flash of spiritual light, the sail on the mast slowly rose, and the magic circle on it also operated, and the speed of the big ship instantly increased by more than 10%.

A few hours passed, and the other two sails of the big ship were all raised, and now the speed of the big ship had reached its maximum, and as the big ship went deeper, the wind and waves in the lake gradually increased, but the big ship was still very stable, without the slightest turbulence. Now on both sides of the ship, there are ten soldiers standing on each side, and low-level demon beasts have begun to appear in the water, and the water birds in the sky have gradually disappeared. The first day of the voyage was very smooth, Lu Yi and the others basically spent the day on the deck, and even at night, everyone did not miss the opportunity to admire the moon on the water, and stayed until the second half of the night before returning to the guest room to rest.

When everyone got up early the next morning to watch the sunrise, Lu Yi keenly found that the guards on the deck had increased, not only soldiers, but also a few more second-order monks, and their spirits were very nervous. Lu Yi released his spiritual power to investigate, and sure enough, he found that there were a lot of demon beasts hidden in the water, but the level was not very high, most of them were second-order demon beasts, and occasionally third-order demon beasts were also in deep water, thinking that higher-order demon beasts should be in deeper water. In the evening, Lu Yi found that the number of soldiers on the deck had increased to fifty, and the number of second-order monks had also increased to ten, and it seemed that this night should be the most dangerous night on this water trip. Before going to bed, Lu Yi told everyone to be smart at night, after all, everyone is sailing for the first time, and once they encounter a situation, they will definitely not be as comfortable as on land, and he has not slept all night, practicing fingering, while always paying attention to the movements around the big ship.

This night was still peaceful, when a round of red sun hung high in the sky, Lu Yi also breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that he is not so unlucky, although he is also a little hopeful that something will happen in his heart, but for the sake of everyone, it is still important to be safe. Lu Yi was in a reverie when he suddenly heard an exclamation from the side of the boat opposite: "Big fish! look! Lu Yi heard that he hurriedly looked to the opposite side, only to see that on the water surface a hundred zhang away from the official ship, a fish's back was exposed, the cyan fish's back was more than one zhang wide, covered with watermelon-sized scales, this thing body does not know how big, only the part that exposed the water surface is about ten zhang long, and there is a fish's dorsal fin on it, the bony dorsal fin is the size of a small table, and the four bone spurs are upside down on the fish's back like a spear, and there is a transparent membrane between the bone spurs to connect the four bone spurs into one. After the back of the fish floated on the surface of the water for a few breaths, it sank into the water suddenly, and then a huge tail exposed the water, and slapped suddenly, causing a splash dozens of feet high, and the next moment, the giant fish disappeared without a trace.

This scene couldn't help but remind Lu Yi of what Jin Dongzi had said back then, "If you can go up the mountain, don't go to the sea!" At that time, Jin Dongzi's explanation was that he would rather enter the night mountain forest to experience than go to the Chaos Sea, because the demon beasts in the Chaos Sea are far from being comparable to the demon beasts on land in terms of number and size. Seeing it today, Lu Yi really understood the meaning of Jin Dongzi's words, this is just a small Luoyang Lake, there are such huge demon beasts, if it is in the boundless chaotic sea, I don't know what terrifying existence will survive.

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