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Laoshan Mountain stretches majestically, with peaks and peaks and clouds and mist, towering on the coast of the East China Sea like a fairyland outside the world.

In a reef-riddled bay at the foot of Laoshan Mountain, seven or eight battered seagoing ships are tied to the reef on the shore with thick cables, bobbing and tumbling with the waves.

In the sandy rocks on the shore, hundreds of men, women and children of different costumes have been hiding in this bay for more than a month, the ground is full of simple stoves and pots and pans placed everywhere, some grass huts made of simple wood and stones and branches and thatch are scattered among the woods and reefs on the shore, and near the grass huts, there are discarded birds, beasts, fish and turtles everywhere The bones and carapaces of discarded birds, beasts, fish and turtles are everywhere, and the area within a radius of several miles is a mess.

A torrential rain is brewing on the sea not far away, and layers of dark clouds are roaring along with a lightning storm.

An old man with gray hair, dressed in a kudzu robe, and a strange-looking appearance, sat cross-legged on the top of a reef like a rock, and breathed with his eyes closed, while boatmen and children came and went, cleaning up the messy items on the beach.

A middle-aged man in a short coat and a Taoist bun and a monk in a Taoist robe hurried down from Laoshan Mountain under the escort of several ink disciples, and soon came to the old man.

"Father, the rainstorm is coming, please go to the cave to take shelter from the rain for a while!" The middle-aged man respectfully saluted the old man with his eyes closed.

"It's okay, how are the ships being built?" The old man slowly opened his eyes, and there seemed to be a flash of white light in the depths of his eyes.

"Back to my father, more than half of the ten sea ships have been built, and they will all be completed on time before autumn!" The middle-aged man replied.

"Everything goes well, Lu Sheng, are the food, clothing, steel, coal and stone prepared by the Langya County Order ready?"

"Food and clothing have been prepared, enough to support 1,000 people for two years, and nearly 100,000 catties of steel, coal and stone have been prepared now, but these items are too heavy, I am afraid that they will not be transported at that time, and carrying too much may crush the ......ship," Lu Sheng, who was wearing a Taoist robe, said with some concern.

"It doesn't matter, although the steel and coal are heavy, but there are also advantages to carrying, which can hold down the sea ship to resist the wind and waves, not to mention that we don't have to bring it all, you quickly arrange for the boatman to go to Langya County to transport these steel and coal stone to the desert island first, just wait for the sea ship to be built, we will immediately take the boy and girl to set off to sea, this time, we will inevitably find Yingzhou ......"

As he spoke, the old man jumped off the reef and stepped lightly on the sand without making a sound.

Lu Sheng looked at Huang Shigong's feet with a little horror, then looked at the footprints that were an inch deep under his feet, and couldn't help but take a few steps back, "Huang Shigong, are you sure that we will be able to find Yingzhou Immortal Island this time?" ”

"Don't worry, the old man has been in the East China Sea for decades, and has been observing on the desert island for nearly three years, and recently he has been observing the sky every day and night, and has found the direction to Yingzhou, this time it will be successful, you hurry up and arrange someone to transport coal and stone...... "Huang Shigong's sleeve robe waved and walked to a stone cave at the foot of the mountain.

A trace of hatred flashed in Lu Sheng's eyes, now that a group of Fang Shi were completely controlled by Huang Shigong, even if they left this harbor to go out to meet the officials of Langya County, they were all accompanied by ink disciples, and they couldn't escape if they wanted to.

If you still can't find the so-called Yingzhou Immortal Island when you go to sea this time, you will be completely reduced to a lonely ghost and never be able to return to the Central Plains.

And all of this is Huang Shigong's obstruction.

If he hadn't listened to Huang Shigong's advice at the beginning, he, Hou Gong Han Zhong and others would not have gone to the sea to find sacred mountains and fairy grass, and naturally they would not have fallen to the point where they are today.

But now it's too late to regret everything.

Especially after the last night attack on the camp by the disciples of Chi Songzi and the disciples of Rashotang, a group of monks were even more worried.

And there is a mysterious figure behind these people, that is, Chen Xu, the Marquis of Qinghe, once Chen Xu traces any clues, they will definitely be killed by Taiyi Divine Thunder.

What's more, Huang Shigong actually trapped those people on a desert island overseas, and one of them is also the wife of the Marquis of Qinghe, this Liang Zi has been married and can no longer be resolved, if it is successful or not, they can only die overseas and cannot return to the Central Plains.

Now, their group of immortal family members are completely tied to the thief ship of Huangshi Gong, and there is no way to get rid of it.

"Alas~~" Lu Chang sighed and turned around and walked towards a big ship, and at the same time asked a few ink disciples around him to beckon the boatman to untie the cable and board the ship.

Seeing that several sea ships were sailing for Langya in the wind and waves, Lu Sheng stood at the bow of the ship and glanced at the cave where Huangshi Gong was sheltered from the rain, his face was even more gloomy, and he clenched his fists even more, and then walked into a cabin in the cabin.

The cabin was small, no more than two feet horizontally and vertically, except for a low desk fixed to the window, and the ground was lined with simple bedding and clothes, and some messy items, an old man with gray hair sat cross-legged on a straw mat and meditated, half of his cheeks were scarred, an arm was missing, and his body was wrapped in sackcloth, and his hair looked like a wild ghost cut out of a grave.

"Hou Gong, are you feeling better?" Lu Sheng sat down and asked.

The old man opened the only remaining eye, revealing a hideous and terrifying gaze and shook his head: "The old man looks like this now, it's impossible to be good, and the life that can be left is just a long life!" ”

"Hou Gong must not be discouraged, now the new sea ship can be built soon, Huang Shigong said that this time to go to sea will definitely be able to find Yingzhou, if Yingzhou really has immortal fairy grass, Hou Gong may be able to recover......"

"Recovery, haha...... Hehe......" The old man laughed as ugly as a night owl, "I waited for the evil of Huangshi Gong, this life is not to say that it is a recovery, and it is a good death to be able to die in the Central Plains, if there is really a Shenshan Xiandao overseas, then why would the Marquis of Qinghe obstruct the emperor, so I have now believed that there is no Shenshan Xiandao overseas......"

"Alas, so what, there is still a hope after all, now that the boys and girls and food and clothing are all ready again, Huangshi Gong arranged for me to transport the steel and coal prepared by the Langya County Order to the desert island, and I can go to sea again when the big ship is built!" Lu Sheng looked at the windy waves outside the window and sighed.

"Where is Han Zhong going now?" The old man asked.

"Han Zhong also knew that there might be no hope of returning to the Central Plains in this life, so in order for me not to lose my children and grandchildren, he took a group of ink disciples and disciples to collect some civilian women with good qualifications near Langya, and prepared to take them to sea together!" Lu Sheng said faintly.

"It's okay, let him go, if he really finds Yingzhou, I hope that the disciples can leave some bloodline in the end, and one day they can return to the Central Plains and bring back the ashes of us, so as not to really become a lonely ghost!" The old man slowly closed one eye again and stopped talking.

On an island 100 miles away from Laoshan Mountain.

A young and beautiful woman stood on the edge of the beach, facing the whistling sea breeze, her slightly shabby black dress hunting and swaying with the wind, tightly wrapped around her body to reveal her slender figure.

The woman held a short sword in her hand, looking at the vast and rolling sea, her face was blank and desolate.

Since being injured by Huang Shigong and abandoned on this desert island, nearly a month has passed in a flash.

In addition to the senior brother and others who were also trapped on the island, there were only five Mo disciples and seven or eight boys and girls who stayed on the island.

A young ink disciple wearing a short hexagram came out of the wooden shed, looked at the woman in the black dress standing on the beach in the wind, and looked at it for a long time with an extremely obsessive look on his face, and then he mustered up the courage to slowly walk behind the woman and salute with a fist and said: "Concubine Hou, the rainstorm is coming soon, please go back to the wooden house to avoid the rain, so as not to suffer from the wind and cold in the rain. ”

The woman in the black dress didn't look back, but was silent for a long time and asked, "Han Zheng, why did your Mo family do this?" ”

The young ink disciple was also silent for a long time and shook his head, "Zheng doesn't know, Shizun and I are just acting according to Shigong's orders, Shigong speculates that there will be chaos in the Central Plains in a few years, and he wants to take me and others to the sea to avoid trouble!" ”

"The Mo family is incompatible with the hundred schools of thought in the Central Plains, since the death of Mo Zhai, it has become more and more chaotic, the dogma is jerky and stubborn, not allowed to the emperor, not allowed to the people, and now the emperor is bewitching the emperor to go to sea to find the fairy grass of the sacred mountain, you are doing this, it is really digging your own grave and killing yourself, you are now young and promising, there are still parents and younger siblings at home, do you want to live abroad for the rest of your life and die alone?" The woman in the black dress said lightly.

"It's hard to disobey the master's order, Zheng doesn't know how to ......," the young ink disciple replied in a low voice with his mouth open a few times.

"Han Zheng, I want to ask you for something!" The woman in the black dress turned around, and a pair of beautiful eyes looked at the young ink disciple quietly.

The young ink disciple met these beautiful clear eyes, his face was dull for a moment, and he quickly lowered his head and clenched his fists and said, "Please also ask Concubine Hou to instruct, Han Zheng will not shirk if he can do it!" ”

"If I die, please help me bring this short sword back to the Central Plains and hand it over to my husband!" The woman in the black dress stretched out the short sword in her hand in front of the young ink disciple.

The young ink disciple's body trembled slightly, still lowering his head and not daring to look at the woman's eyes, "Concubine Hou, don't be so sad, although you are trapped on an isolated island right now, it is not that you have not returned to the Central Plains for a day......"

"I ...... I can't see him again, you have a kind temperament, you shouldn't have fallen into the Mo family and fallen to the end of the world, if you have the opportunity, I hope you can escape, return to the Central Plains and live with your family, the world's love, Mo Ruo's parents, the world's most affectionate, Mo Ruo's husband and wife, I lost my parents since I was a child, but then I met my husband, and finally tasted the love of the world, but I can't accompany my husband and godson, how can I still have the face to go back to see him, you take the short sword first, if you can find a beloved woman in the future, you must treat her well, Just like my husband treats me, I think that's the true and best relationship in the world......"

"Concubine Hou......"

"If the two love each other for a long time, how can it ......be in the twilight of the morning and twilight," the woman in the black dress gently placed the short sword in her hand on the young ink disciple's hand, and then turned around and continued to look at the sea in a daze.