Bright sunlight pours down from the sky, creating a string of hexagonal spots of light.

The sea crashes tirelessly against the reef with a rhythmic sound.

This is the seaside south of Jingtie Island, surrounded by black and rugged reefs, and it is difficult to find a place to stay. Some of the reefs are like hills, towering high.

Standing on the highest rock, Anrui looked condescendingly at the water below, the sparkling light changing in his eyes. After leaving the Iron Cannon Harbor in a horse-drawn carriage, he drove directly here, naturally in search of deep-sea refined iron.

"Is the Deep Sea Iron down there?" Shafi leaned in and asked crisply. Due to the hot weather, she was dressed very thinly today, wearing a white shirt on her upper body, the buttons of which were unbuttoned from her navel and the hem of her clothes were tied together at will, so that her smooth and slender abdomen* was exposed to the sun.

"Well, it's down there, and there are quite a few of them." An Rui nodded and said excitedly. It took him many days to build a new ship, and now it's finally nearing completion. The new ship has now been basically built, and even the bow statue carved from the keel has been installed, as long as the deep-sea refined iron is collected and a batch of cannons are cast, it can officially go to sea.

"How do you know that there is deep-sea refined iron down here?" Sophie asked again.

"I know something about finding ore veins, so I know that there must be deep-sea refined iron here." An Rui turned his head and smiled at Sha Fei beside him, blinking, "Your captain knows a lot. ”

"Yes, I admit it." Shafi laughed. These days, she has always been led by the nose by the captain Anrui, going here today, going there tomorrow, and being very busy. During this period, no matter what An Rui encountered, he could speak the truth, like an encyclopedia. Dealing with such a captain is always reassuring.

"Later, I will go down alone to dig the deep-sea iron, you and Berego will wait for me on this, after digging the deep-sea iron, I will send it to the shore, and you take the deep-sea iron to the carriage." An Rui explained.

"Okay, no problem."

"By the way," Anrui suddenly thought of something, and turned his head to look at the elven archer who was busy sorting out the carriage not far away, "Berego, aren't you a landlubber, we'll have to stay here for a few days, you can take the opportunity to learn how to swim." ”

"It looks like the landlubber is going to turn into a water duck. All right. I'll learn to swim. Berego agreed.

"Shafi, you swim well, remember to teach him, I'll go to the sea." An Rui said a word to Shafi, then walked to the edge of the reef, took a deep breath, and jumped down. With his head down, his feet up, his hands at the sides of his legs, he plunged headlong into the water, setting off a cloud of waves.

An Rui's body was instantly soaked by the sea, he puffed out his cheeks, stretched his limbs, paddled the seawater, and floated to the surface. He stretched out his right arm forward, touched the dragon pattern on his arm, and an ice-blue light lit up, broke away from the skin on his arm, and landed on the sea, turning into a majestic ice dragon.

The Ice Dragon liked the sea very much, and after landing on the surface of the sea, it immediately fluttered excitedly a few times, setting off waves one after another.

An Rui let the Ice Tide Dragon make a fuss for a while, then got down to business, and gave an order to the dragon pet in front of him through his mind.

The Ice Tide Dragon obediently complied, opened its crocodile-like mouth, and performed the "Blister Guard" skill, spitting out a huge blister that covered An Rui's head.

The blister was like a transparent glass cover, enveloping Anrui's head, filling it with air for people to breathe into. The blisters were large, up to a yard in diameter, enough for Anrui to breathe for a long time.

Now Anrui looks like a big-headed doll, more or less funny. Sha Fei, who was standing on the reef, couldn't help but burst out laughing when she saw this scene, and her whole body trembled.

An Rui touched the bubble on his head, and his palm went straight into the bubble, but he couldn't burst the bubble. The bubble looks fragile, but it's actually sturdy, and objects can move in and out at will, but there's no way to break it. He took a deep breath of the air contained in the bubbles, smiled with satisfaction, looked up, waved his hand at Shafi, and dived headlong into the water.

The huge bubble wrapped around An Rui's head and entered the seawater together, shaking slightly with An Rui's movements and the impact of the current.

The Ice Tide Dragon followed closely behind, swinging its webbed paws and its long, powerful tail, swimming gracefully.

An Rui swam all the way to the river, and after swimming for a long time, he came across a small school of fish. The little finger-sized fish were disturbed and fled one by one.

The further down you go, the more you will encounter the sea creatures, most of which are of course a variety of fish, but also some turtles, jellyfish and squid.

The Underwater Realm is truly magical, it is completely different from the Terrestrial Realm, and has a different ecosystem. In this world, you can feel a kind of life force, whether it is a big fish or a small fish, they are busy trying to survive.

Anrui looked curiously at the underwater realm, occasionally making intimate encounters with the docile sea creatures. When he met a turtle that was swimming slowly, he became childlike and directly held the turtle in his arms. The turtle struggled and tried to bite Anrui's hand.

"Ha Lu Ha." An Rui smiled heartily, let go of his hand, and let the turtle out.

After having had enough, An Rui sped up his swimming speed and swam deeper into the underwater realm.

The top of the ocean floor can receive sunlight, and there is still some light that can be seen. But not in the deep sea, where it is as dark as the night, and there is not a single light in sight. No one knows what lurks in the darkness, but it's certain that there must be underwater creatures there, and maybe even ferocious sea monsters.

It became more and more difficult for Anrui to see, and the darkness silently swallowed him, making him feel a little uneasy. In order to illuminate the darkness, he put his hand into his bosom and rummaged for a while, from which he took out a peculiar little stone.

The stone was only the size of a jujube, white and emitted a hazy light, illuminating the surrounding waters within a three-yard radius.

This stone is called "Luminous Stone" and is a special type of stone that is capable of emitting light on its own. An Rui knew that he needed this kind of stone for deep-sea mining, and he specially bought a small piece before leaving. The quality of luminous stones varies, generally speaking, the larger the volume, the brighter the light emitted, and the more expensive the price. For example, this small and dim glowing stone in An Rui's hand is not worth a few dollars.

In this magical world, there are many kinds of special stones, and the Luminous Stone is just one of them, in addition to the "Sound Transmission Stone", "Roaring Stone", "Blasting Stone" and so on, each stone has a special effect and can come in handy.

An Rui held the glowing stone in his hand and continued to swim towards the slur. Don't look at the dim light emitted by this glowing stone, but it helps a lot. At such times, even a little bit of light is good.

After descending a few hundred yards into the ocean floor, Anrui stopped, and by this time there was not much air left in the bubbles covering his head. He gave a new order to the Ice Dragon, which immediately complied, spitting out a new bubble that covered his head.

Anrui suddenly felt that his breathing was much easier, and he refreshed his spirits, changed the direction of his swimming, and swam towards the west, which was closer to the land. He knew that there was a lot of deep-sea refined iron ore on the rock walls of the seabed there.

After swimming to his destination, An Rui held up the glowing stone and glanced around. On the opposite side of him, there is an uneven rock wall overgrown with seaweed and other marine plants, through which many small fish and shrimp are shuttled.

An Rui swam along the rock wall, looking for the figure of the deep-sea fine iron, and this search lasted for more than ten minutes. During this time, the Ice Dragon has been by his side, protecting him from harm and providing him with fresh air.

Suddenly, a piece of blue ore embedded in the rock wall came into Anrui's eyes, this stone reflected the blue brilliance under the light, and the surface of the stone had many smooth edges and corners.

An Rui recognized at a glance that this was the deep-sea iron, and was overjoyed, and sped up to swim over, while untying the short pickaxe on his back.

"I've finally found you." An Rui looked at the deep sea iron on the opposite side with burning eyes, his heart blossomed, and after observing for a while, he waved his pickaxe and gouged out the deep sea iron bit by bit, and put it into the bag behind him.

When casting iron cannons, only a part of the deep-sea refined iron needs to be mixed to greatly improve the robustness and heat resistance of the iron cannon, and it is not necessary to completely use deep-sea refined iron. Therefore, Anrui does not need to dig too much deep-sea refined iron, digging more than 100 kilograms is almost enough.

The excavation work was in full swing, and Anrui was in the underwater realm, looking for the blue ore, and whenever he found it, he used a pickaxe to dig it out. There is a lot of deep-sea iron on this rock wall, and if you are lucky, you can come across one in ten minutes.

This sea area is still very safe, there are no too powerful sea monsters, even if there are some small sea monsters, they are not the opponents of the Ice Tide Dragon at all, just leave it to the Ice Tide Dragon to deal with, and An Rui can mine with peace of mind.

As time passed, the bag behind Anrui's back gradually bulged, affecting his movements. He had no choice but to untie the bag and tie it around the neck of the Ice Tide Dragon, and then led the Ice Dragon to swim back with him.

The further upstream, the more abundant the light became, and it gradually became brighter.

From a distance, An Rui saw two figures swimming on the surface of the sea. One of them was graceful and moving, plump and swam, like a mermaid. Another figure was on the shore, gouging the sea in an extremely clumsy way, looking very embarrassed.

There is no need to guess to know that these two figures are Sha Fei and Berego.

It seems that Berego is a quick learner and is already able to flutter in the sea water on his own.

Anrui grinned and burst through the sea, splashing beads of water that shimmered with golden light.

"Look what I've brought back." An Rui Da Lu laughed.