On the same day, seven yuan against the sky, blue wharf, evening.

It is a coastline of saline land and gravel beaches, with continuous docks taking up most of the coastline. When the moon is over, the sea is dyed black and blue by the night. During the day, the blue pier is always bustling with people, from fishermen to hunters, and the shallows are full of rafts of all sizes. Now the blue pier is quiet, and the vast coastline is deserted, except for the sound of the tide crashing on the reef and shrimp and crabs crawling on the gravel stalls.

Benzo was in a very good mood today, and he sat on a small chaise longue under the waterproof eaves of his dock and looked out at the sea at night. At his feet is a pot of "seaweed yaki" that is sitting on the flint, and the rich aroma of the sake spreads with the slightly shaking lid, which is refreshing. In the hut behind him was the trophies of the day, and a full 200 fresh fish were jumping around in the big bucket.

He doesn't drink alcohol on weekdays, and a full-time fisherman needs to have his hands steady the most, and his hands are easy to shake when he drinks too much. But today's battle was quite fruitful, and I was happy and rarely broke the ring.

Wenzang Good Luck is 63 years old this year, and he has reached the age of sixties.

Although the name contains the word "good luck", it is actually a life of good luck that has nothing to do with good luck. When he was young, he was full of ambition, eager to become an elemental master and then become a guard Guangzong Yaozu, but at the age of 10 to 12, he failed to awaken three times in a row, and he lost his fate with the elemental master in his life. In desperation, he switched to the University Palace, a chef major, but was dropped out of school just two weeks after entering the school, because he was slandered by his classmates for stealing the ingredients in the kitchen...... In fact, he did eat it, but it was just a white radish that was carved when he practiced knife skills.

The real reason is that he is stupid and doesn't know how to behave in the world. When he first entered the school, Bunzo had good luck sternly rejecting a thug who asked him for protection money, and the thug was the same classmate who later slandered him...... At the same time, he is also the nephew of the principal of the school palace.。

Explanations are unlikely to be useful, and in this world, the right to speak is far more effective than the truth.

After having a stain, it is naturally difficult to find a job. In order to make a living, Wenzang good luck began to travel to various metaverses. The fruit grower, the bartender, and even the sweeper, he tried everything. His back gradually became more and more bearded, and when he reached middle age, he finally had some savings and opened a small restaurant after struggling for half his life. In fact, Wenzang has other choices, but he occasionally thinks back on the first half of his life, and still thinks that he is the most handsome when he holds a spatula.

The business of the small shop is even more prosperous than expected, because of the fair price and the good craftsmanship honed by Bunzo over the years. After ten years of hard work, the family gradually became solid, and Wenzang moved the idea of marrying a wife and having children, so his wife, who was three years younger than him, entered Wenzang's house. The wife is dignified and virtuous, and I heard that she was a famous singer in the Eastern Yuan world before. On the wedding day, Wenzang smiled and told his wife that fate had played him one joke after another that was not funny, and now the joke is finally over......

It's weird.

A week after the wedding, his wife swept away all his savings and disappeared, burning down the small restaurant he had worked so hard to run for ten years. At that time, Bunzo knelt in front of the burning storefront and cried like a child, and the 44-year-old cried like a child. He wanted to ask the guards for help, but he didn't even have the money to write a red power of attorney.

He was still naïve, and the joke of fate had not come to an end. Bunzo had good luck changing so many jobs, and finally became a beggar.

The muddy life lasted for a long time, until one day when he was digging in the trash can when he met a richly dressed man. Wenzang is lucky and muddy, and instinctively wants to hide away. But the man suddenly leaned down and grabbed him with his spotless hands.

"I wanted to inspect the garbage disposal...... I didn't expect that there are such suffering people in my jurisdiction, I'm sorry, I didn't help you in time. The man's voice was gentle, and his eyes were clear without a hint of disgust.

"You...... What are you doing here? Go away, your clothes will get dirty. Wenzang hurriedly withdrew his hand, but the man's palm was very strong, and a trace of warmth passed through his palm.

"Have you ever done evil?" the man asked.

Wenzang shook his head, this is the truth, he can mix like this, in the final analysis, it is because he is too honest.

"Your eyes tell me that you are not lying, and that you have never done anything wrong in this encounter, so what is there to 'dirty'?" said the man, turning back to his men behind him, "Buy a meal for this gentleman, and find a job, and ...... The name of the ink industry!"

After that, he became a full-time fisherman. To this day, his femme fatale wife is still on the run, but Bunzo doesn't care anymore, and all the remorse and pain are gradually washed away by the sound of the waves. He's just a little person, a little person with a lot of luck, but a little person also has a way of life. Now he can finally enjoy his ordinary life as a small person without worrying.

Just because that day, a man named Moye cut off fate's joke on him.

The seaweed boiled, and Bunzo Good Luck took a sip, the wine was spicy and fragrant like fish sauce, and he smiled contentedly.

The sound of running "oh ooooh It is a "road seahorse", a land primordial beast that resembles an ostrich but has the appearance of a seahorse's head. Because of their docile nature, many residents will domesticate a few to use as a means of transportation. Speed and endurance are also excellent, as long as the radish is fed enough, a road seahorse can run wild for three hours without stopping.

Bunzo got up and looked, and a young man and a woman rolled down from the road with a seahorse, and they tied the seahorse to the dock of Bunzo with the reins.

"Yoha, traveler?" asked Wenzang, staring curiously at Geng Yan's wolf eyes.

"Yo ha, no, I'm sorry grandpa, I want to rent a boat so late to bother. As he spoke, the boy pulled out a power of attorney engraved with the union seal, "My name is Geng Yan, and I am a professional guard. ”

"Yo ha, Xi Kui, Xiangyang, take the liberty of disturbing. The girl on the side bowed politely.

As you can see, fishermen on the shore often come across guards with similar requests. After all, in the Eastern Metaverse, a large part of the guard missions here need to be carried out at sea.

"Expel pirates?" Bunzou looked at the power of attorney, "Quite a common mission, but where?"

Geng Yan was a little surprised by Wenzang's knowledge, and said, "Margotik Island, have you heard of it?"

In addition to the 13 coastal capitals in the Eastern Metaverse, there are actually many scattered islands distributed around the Great Vortex. These islands are not close to the coastline, and it is difficult for the Guards Guild to manage them in a timely manner. Over time, many pirate groups gradually took root here. However, due to the deterrent effect of the ink industry, most of them only did some things to attack fishing boats, and did not dare to go ashore.

"Hey, that's far away, I'll find you a map. Wenzang didn't wait for Geng Yan to respond, and returned directly to his dock. There was a clanging sound of debris falling from the dock, and after a while he came out again, scratched his gray hair, and said embarrassedly, "Old age, I have to look for a while, why don't you two come in and sit down?"

Geng Yan wanted to refuse, but in a cautious manner, he agreed. Even if it's just a red-level mission, you can't be careless, the sea is vast, and there is always one more insurance with a map: "Then bother." ”

The two of them walked into the dock, and the cabin was very simple. A table, a bed, and a bookcase are all made of reef. A plate of braised fish was steaming on the table, and there was a broken fishing net standing next to the cabinet, which looked like it was some years old.

"Sit down, sit down, you two wait a while. Bunzo greeted warmly, turned around and began to rummage through the bookcase again.

"Trouble. Geng Yan responded, and Xi Kui on the side suddenly pulled his arm, staring at the braised fish with his eyes, and swallowed his saliva very secretly.

Geng Yan was a little helpless, so she leaned into her ear and lowered her voice and said, "I know you love fish, let's go to the city to eat after the task is over, okay?"

As a half-forest spirit, Xi Kui's hometown is in the Yeer Forest of the Western Metaverse, and Geng Yan's hometown is also in the Western Metaverse. Then the two were expelled from the family and adopted by Qianji, and the school palace was still in the Western Yuan Realm. This led to the fact that the two of them rarely left there except for missions, and the seafood in the forest city-state was naturally rare, and the most they ate in the school palace was the endless beef and camel meat. It's rare to come across a plate of fragrant fish dishes, and Nozomi is really a little panicked.

"Eat a lot. "Gluttony is greedy, Xi Kui didn't really want to take two bites, but just took this opportunity to remind Geng Yan.

"Don't worry, you can eat as much as you want. Geng Yan smiled, Xi Kui didn't talk much on weekdays, always stood quietly beside him and silently helped him, like a competent secretary, this gluttonous appearance is really rare.

It took a while for Bunzo to find a map, but this kind of distant island was not the range of fishermen's hunting, and the map was not used much. He blew the dust off the map and placed it on the table, along with three shot glasses.

"Grandpa, what are you?" Geng Yan was a little surprised.

"Let's take two bites together. Wenzang smiled, "Such a beautiful girl, are you willing to be hungry?"

"You heard that......" Geng Yan was a little embarrassed.

"Hahaha, a good fisherman has to look at all directions. Wenzang brought two more pairs of dishes and chopsticks, "You're welcome, old man, I usually eat alone and I am flustered, so you should accompany me to relieve my boredom." ”

At this point, Geng Yan couldn't refuse, he put away the map and put a gold coin on the table, the charter fee plus the map money and before dinner, only a little more. The collection is the duty, saying that 30 silver coins is good, but Geng Yan refused. Wenzang didn't say much, but he burned two more fresh fish.

The three of them gathered around this small stone table and ate a simple dinner quietly, one for each person. The atmosphere was a little stiff at first, but two cups of seaweed were much better. Geng Yan and Xi Kui are not big, but the physical fitness of the elementalist is not covered, and a few glasses of wine are no problem at all. Wenzang and Geng Yan began to chat about idle days with each other, and Xi Kui occasionally politely turned to her one after another, and paid more attention to the braised fish.

The two clinked glasses, Wenzang and Geng Yan drank the residual wine in the toast at the same time, but Geng Yan drank two glasses, and he didn't want Xi Kui to touch too much wine.

"Speaking of which, young man, you don't look very old, and you are all green-level guards. Two blush appeared on the old face of Wenzang's darkened face under the wind and sun, and it could be seen that he was drinking very happily, "It's still a high-talent doll in the Dream Soul Academy, it's amazing, do you have a ranking or something, how many?"

"First. Geng Yan said lightly, the name of the Dream Soul Academy Palace was well known to everyone in the Tianyuan Realm, and he was not surprised that the old man would hear about it.

"Haha, awesome. I also wanted to be a guard back then, old man, but God is not beautiful. Fumizo burped with emotion.

"Actually, it's lucky, it's all talent, there are people who are stronger than me. Geng Yan couldn't help but recall the boy who was wrapped in seven-colored light, and shook his head with a smile, "It's just more annoying." ”

"Friends?"

"All the people in the Metaverse are dead, and it's impossible for me to be friends with him. Geng Yan twitched the corner of his mouth, "It's just a sinister dead three." ”

"How do you rent a boat at this point? It's rare. As he spoke, he wanted to take another sip, when he suddenly realized that the glass was dry when he clinked glasses.

Geng Yan was very interested in helping Wen Zang to fill up: "There will be fishing boats on the sea during the day, and if the pirates escape if they are not completely eradicated, there may be a danger that innocent people will be taken hostage." Night raids are also more efficient, and red-level missions can't be slack. ”

"Professional. Fumizo gave a thumbs up.

"As the first in the school palace, you can't be dishonored. Geng Yan said as he took out half of the braised fish on his plate and gave it to Xi Kui, and his movements were skillful.

"Oh yo. This subtle little action did not escape Bunzo's eyes, he showed a yellow tooth missing a front tooth, and smiled evilly at Xi Kui angrily, "What's the matter, your daughter-in-law?"

"It's not. Geng Yan smiled and didn't shy away from it, "Not yet." ”

Xi Kui didn't react, still eating the fish calmly, but the shell chopsticks in his hand still shook inadvertently. Wenzang was stunned, and immediately showed a knowing smile.

"It's great to be young. Bunzo raised his glass, "Cheers boy!"

The two clinked glasses again and drank them all.

Three poles on the moon, the black-blue sea was plated with a sparkling silver-white color by the moonlight. The boats parked outside were swayed from side to side by the rolling tide, and the platform outside the dock was gradually covered in a thin layer of spray. The time has completely entered midnight, and it is the time of high tide.

After dinner, Bunzo boldly rented the best big boat in the dock. He proudly told Geng Yan that this was the treasure of his town, and the ship's name was "Blue Whale Pill", which was completely incomparable with ordinary bamboo and wood rafts. Not only is the draft deep, but the boat is stable, and it doesn't have to be cranked by hand. There are 10 "powered jellyfish" placed in the stern of the boat, and the tentacles of these jellyfish will rotate like propellers when they are fed small fish and shrimp, and they are full of propulsion. At the same time, he also generously gave Geng Yan more than 20 fresh fish as "fuel", this old man liked Geng Yan very much, and tried to make his charter fee of a gold coin return. And Geng Yan also had a good impression of this kind and hospitable old man, and took advantage of Wenzang's time to clean up the dishes and chopsticks and secretly stuffed a gold coin under his bed.

Xi Kui carried the fish bucket out of the hut first, and Geng Yan asked her to "refuel" the Blue Whale Pill. Geng Yan stayed in the hut for a while, carefully checking the equipment in the travel ring.

"Oh, that. Wenzang suddenly spoke, and he happened to see the silver conch in Geng Yan's equipment, "Young man, you don't need to bring the communication snail, it's useless on Margotic Island." ”

"What do you mean?" Geng Yan was puzzled.

"I'm ashamed to say that I forgot to tell you that we never go near Margotic Island. Bunzo said.

"Because of pirates?" said Geng Yan, "Don't worry, old man, you can solve it tonight." ”

"Where, there is Lord Moye to protect us, what are those little shrimp boys? "It's because of the strange circle near the island, as long as you are within three kilometers of that ghost place, the communication snail sound transmission stone will be inexplicably ineffective." Pirates are nothing, but when fishing, there are inevitably three waves and six waves, and if you are shipwrecked there, you can't call for help. ”

"I see, thanks for the reminder. Geng Yan thanked him politely, but he didn't care very much. He had seen the map before, and the island was only about 20 kilometers from the coastline. With his physical fitness, he can swim back with Xikui on his back.

As for the red-level pirate group?

It didn't take long for Geng Yan to finish checking the equipment, and was about to turn around and go out, when he was suddenly stopped by Wenzang.

"Don't succumb to your fate, young man. ”

Geng Yan turned his head and looked at Wenzang in surprise. The old man leaned slightly drunk on the edge of the bed, but his eyes were bright.

"What's right?" Fumizo smiled at him.

"Grandpa, you ......"

"Son, it was your eyes that told me. Have you forgotten what I just said? Okay, the fisherman should look at the six directions and listen to the eight directions. "I used to be a person bound by fate, and I couldn't be more familiar with your eyes. “

Geng Yan was silent, silent for a long time, he didn't deny it, but his voice suddenly became difficult: "I should ...... How?"

And so on. ”

Geng Yan was stunned.

"Do you think I'm going to say something like 'fight,' 'fight,' or something like that?" Wenzang smiled again, "You don't have 10,000 to hear that kind of thing, you can have 1,000, it's meaningless." How can those who watch the fire from the other side know the pain of the fire in the depths?" The old man, whose mouth was full of fish, said for the first time words that did not match it at all, "Fate, but it is more sticky than mud, and it is difficult to climb out on its own if you fall into it." So you have to wait, you have to believe, you have to believe that there will be someone in this world who will come to redeem you. If you can't do it alone, leave it to that person. ”

"Did you meet that person?" Geng Yan's voice trembled slightly.

"Yes. Just three words, Bunzo said both firm and satisfied, "So, you will too." ”

He got up, walked up to Geng Yan step by step, took Geng Yan's hands and held them, and held them very tightly. Wenzang's hands were rough and full of calluses, but Geng Yan could feel the warmth coming from his palms, just as he had been years ago...... There have been people who have held Bunzo's hand in this way.

"Life is long, don't rush it. The old man suddenly smiled like a child, "Also, don't do evil." ”

......

After bidding farewell to Wenzang, Geng Yan set off with Xi Kui. The power jellyfish rolled up bursts of white foam, and the blue whale maru cleaved the waves in the endless black sea, and began to march towards the mission destination.

Geng Yan was silent all the way, just lowered his head, and kept playing with the gold coin he used to predict the outcome in his hand. Kikui stood quietly beside him, turning the rudder from time to time to adjust the direction according to the map. The distance was not too far, and it was quickly reached near the target at the speed of the Blue Whale Pill. Under the dark night sky, the outline of a small island gradually became clear.

"It's almost there, why don't you ask anything?" Geng Yan suddenly broke the silence.

"It's nothing more than talking to that old man about something that stimulates your little heart again. Xi Kui stroked the black hair blown by the sea breeze with her hand, "Young master, you are like this, you are always proud, but you have a glass heart." ”

"Obviously you don't have a dirty word, why do you feel that your mouth is so poisonous?" Geng Yan smiled bitterly.

"I love that old man. Kikui said.

"Because it's delicious to cook fish?" asked Geng Yan.

Kiaoi nodded.

"Do you still want to eat?" Geng Yan asked again.

Nozomi nodded again, and nodded extra hard.

Geng Yan "poof" twice, and finally couldn't hold back laughing. Nozomi is like this, people look cold, but in fact they are very cute. Two completely opposite attributes can coexist harmoniously in her, and a single action can inexplicably poke her laughter. He wiped the tears from his laughter and quietly looked at Xikui's side face.

"Don't be afraid, young master. Xi Kui whispered, "Xi Kui, Xiang Yang will always be Geng Yan's armor and blade." ”

"Well, I know. Geng Yan replied softly.

Himself too, what is sentimentality? Geng Yan thought to himself. What if you can't meet that person in this life, even if you have nothing left?

At least I'm lucky that you're still there at this moment.

"Finish your work early and take me to play. Nozomi took out two fresh fish and threw them at the stern of the boat, and the Blue Whale Pill accelerated abruptly.

At the same time, a clear siren sounded from the island, and they had apparently been spotted by a group of pirates patrolling the night. But Geng Yan was not afraid, he slowly got up, and faced the direction of the island with his head held high. A few faint sparks flashed in a pair of wolf pupils, and a pair of broken military guns entered, and the mouth of the fire guns reflected a hideous light in the moonlight.

He is a proud person in his bones, and naturally he has to face all battles with the most proud attitude.

"That's right, finish the work early, we still have to watch the fireworks. Geng Yan said slowly, "Let's go, Xikui, after this battle, I'll take you to play!"

What Geng Yan didn't know was that the fate he had always hated was playing a huge joke on him at this moment.

At the moment when he stepped into the sea of Margotik Island, the communication snail of the thousand machines came at the right time and could not be connected......

To be continued......