Hundreds of huge waves rushed in a row, Zhang Zhao had to jump up to dodge, seeing the three-masted black ship swaying left and right on the crest of the waves, and the amplitude was getting bigger and bigger to overturn to the left, the left side of the hull flashed bright again, Zhang Zhao watched the hull prop up to the right and restore his balance from behind.

Whenever a huge wave came on, Zhang Zhao first followed the water momentum backwards, and then jumped out of the wave when his strength decreased slightly. After hundreds of attempts, he felt more and more comfortable in the waves, and he deliberately slowed down when he could catch up with the big ship, and even had a sense of reluctance to this sudden storm.

The black three-masted ship he followed was even more strange, as soon as the hull of the ship was tilted to a dangerous angle, it immediately flashed bright light and returned to its original position, no matter how fierce the wind and waves were, it was always thrilling and dangerous.

Zhang Zhao felt that this must be his soul sense to see the dense pattern of the ship's hull immersed in the sea played a role, although he didn't know what kind of runes it was, but after experiencing the power of heaven and earth in person, Zhang Zhao knew that he would definitely not be wronged to spend those immortal crystals to buy this boat.

As quickly as it happened, the seemingly endless winds and waves around it disappeared in a few breaths, the dark clouds in the sky dispersed to reveal light, and with the arrival of early morning, the sea returned to its original breezy appearance.

"The owner, the owner. The three sails fell and gradually slowed down the ship came the heart-rending cry of the old salted fish, last night when the storm began to rise he rushed to the deck and did not see Zhang Zhao's figure, at this time the wind and waves quietly listened to the sailors in the cabin said that Zhang Zhao was not seen, and immediately panicked.

Zhang Zhao jumped on the big boat and ran close from behind: "Yu Bo, I'm here." The old salted fish sat down softly when he heard his voice: "It's okay, it's okay." The storm came so suddenly, and he and a few sailors were at the helm on deck with a cable tied around their waists, and they were busy for half the night, not knowing that it was the runes on the hull that kept them safe.

After this day, Zhang Zhao secretly left the ship to practice whenever he was itching. However, when he turned into objects with a knife, he found that the number of fish and various utensils he condensed was arbitrary, but he couldn't release two identical demon beasts.

After meditating and comprehending for a few days, Zhang Zhao found that these demon beasts were indeed different from those objects composed of sword light, they existed in his own sea of consciousness in a unique way, although they could send out damage to the enemy, they could not turn into the same one again before the condensation dissipated.

Among the moves that Zhang Zhao currently knows, in addition to the Great Luo Tian Slash, the power of these demon beasts is the most unpredictable, and the soul mind moves them to attack in their own way like life, if they are sent out in large numbers, the power can be imagined. There was no place to look for the demon beast Neidan on the vast sea, but after pondering, he understood the meaning of the cries of these more than a dozen types of demon beasts.

After experiencing the storm, Zhang Zhao always wanted to experience it again, but unfortunately it backfired, and the vast sea has been calm since then, not to mention any huge waves of bandits, and even a ship that is also a merchant has not been encountered.

After the freshness of watching the fish and the sea passed, Zhang Zhao felt that life on this boat was really boring enough. According to the rules, he couldn't ask how long it would take to arrive in Xuanshui City, so he climbed to the highest mast every day and sat idly and watched, hoping that an unusual scenery would appear soon in front of him.

The old salted fish and some sailors naturally knew Zhang Zhao's thoughts, they knew that there were no tricks except for fish on the sea these years, and they really couldn't think of any other way except to call Zhang Zhao to catch some big fish every day for recreation.

On this day, Zhang Zhao was sitting on the mast in a daze, and he seemed to hear some faint strange noises in his ears, he stood up and looked around, and his eyes lit up and shouted loudly: "Uncle Yu, look over there." The old salted fish thought that Zhang Zhao had seen some strange big fish, and turned his head to look at it with some surprise: "What is that?"

There was a black dot a few miles to the west, and it was blurry and indistinct. The old salted fish didn't want to do much, but when he saw Zhang Zhao's excited appearance, he smiled helplessly: "After getting off the middle sail, let's go around and take a look." ”

In the past thirty days, except for dozens of sailors and old salted fish on the ship, Zhang Zhao has not seen a single living person. He stood on the mast and watched as the big ship slowly turned and headed in that direction, and after a while the black dot became clear, and from time to time there was a loud noise.

On a wooden boat about a foot long, a figure in white turned and waved his palm into the sea, and the water surface suddenly stirred up columns of water, as if he was fighting with something. When the big boat approached, he saw that several long tentacles were sticking out around the wooden boat from time to time, wrapping around the man in white.

The man in white suddenly approached, and pulled hard to snatch something down from one of the tentacles. After that, he fought and retreated, and a mist of water grew under his feet, and he stood away from the wooden boat by the water, and from time to time he patted his palm and swept away the tentacles waving in the sea.

Zhang Zhao's big ship was dozens of feet away, and he heard the man in white shouting: "Don't come here, leave quickly." With his shout, several huge white tentacles staggered around the empty wooden boat, and "clicked" and shattered.

A huge spherical monster much bigger than the wooden boat surfaced, with a nose and eyes, a round head and a round brain, it looked a little human, Zhang Zhaozheng thought it was interesting, and the old salted fish and Seabeard next to him hurriedly shouted: "Set sail, let's run." It was a human-faced fish. ”

The human-faced fish's round eyes seemed to be angry, and it stood up and stretched out six tentacles several feet long to quickly paddle on the sea, rushing towards the man in white as swift as a fly, obviously trying to regain what he had just snatched.

The white-clothed man's clothes fluttered in the air, and the human-faced fish raised several tentacles, and even the volleys were easily dodged by him, seeing that he was getting farther and farther away, he couldn't catch up, and the human-faced fish suddenly collected its tentacles and dived into the sea and disappeared.

"Hurry up, hurry up. The old salted fish shouted as the sailors raised their oars and turned the bow of the boat, and the three sails fled like arrows, and headed in the same direction as the man in white in the distance.

Zhang Zhao saw that they all looked frightened, and walked to the side of the boat curiously to see if there was nothing abnormal: "Uncle Yu, didn't you say that those fish in the sea are very timid, so what are we hiding?"

"It's different, the owner, the human-faced fish is a monster on the sea, it can remember your appearance, if anyone provokes it, don't want to eat at sea in this life......" The old salted fish did not finish speaking, and the sound of "dong" on the hull of the boat seemed to be hit hard by something.

The old salted fish's face immediately turned gray: "My God, no." But it turned out that his guess was true, and the knocking sound of "dong dong dong" sounded one after another. Zhang Zhao took a few steps closer to the side of the boat and leaned in, and saw the human-faced fish half-exposed from the sea, raised his head and put two tentacles on the hull of the boat and extended upward, and the rest of the tentacles hit hard.

In this way, if it weren't for the tall and big three-masted ship, it would definitely be strangled to pieces by this human-faced fish. The tips of the two long tentacles were about to reach the top of the ship, and the old salted fish and the sailors were pale and did not dare to approach.

"This monster is the most stingy, it can't catch up with me, and that's why it's angry with you. An unfamiliar voice came, and the man in white landed on the boat silently, looking at the scene with an apologetic face: "I just cared about competing with it for coral beads, and forgot to stop you from coming, I was careless." ”

In his left hand, he holds a crystal clear bead the size of a bowl, and a small colored coral in the bead is shining with a little light, which is very beautiful like a dream. Zhang Zhao has seen a lot of rare treasures in the past two years, but even the night pearl he gave to Nie Wanqing with immortal crystals is a little inferior to this coral pearl.

This white-clothed man has a handsome face and a sharp eyebrow, five locks of black beard that looks like a fairy wind and bones, coupled with his performance in the sea just now, he knows at a glance that he is a cultivator of the Yin and Yang realm who has cultivated to a superb level. He frowned slightly and sighed: "Do you have to kill this bead for the sake of it?"

Zhang Zhao saw that the human-faced fish shook its tentacles and smashed it more than a hundred times in a row, and the three-masted black ship was still intact, so he hurriedly persuaded: "It will be tired after hitting it for a while, it doesn't matter anyway, why do you have to kill it?"

The white-clothed cultivator looked at him sideways: "The first time the little brother saw this thing, he didn't know how powerful it was. He pointed to the old salted fish and a group of sailors around him: "They must know that this man-faced fish has an extraordinary ability, and as long as your boat passes over this sea next time, it will definitely chase after it." ”

"And the people on this ship will remember it if they look at it, and if you take another ship, it will catch up and destroy it. Therefore, the people at sea are most afraid of this thing, as long as they provoke it once, they will not die. ”

Zhang Zhao looked at the face of the human-faced fish and could feel its indignation: "Senior, is it angry because you robbed it of something?" The white-clothed cultivator looked at the coral beads in his hand and sighed: "There is a sea mussel in that area that is hundreds of years old, someone passed by a few months ago, and when they saw this bead in the mussel, they didn't dare to approach. I came to look for it, but I ran into this guy. ”

"It took the bead from the clam first, and I snatched it from it and wanted to leave, but you happened to pass by. It sees you as if you're with me, and that's why it's chasing after you. Zhang Zhao listened to him interestingly: "Senior, if we don't come, what will happen?"

The white-clothed cultivator smiled: "The human face fish has clear grievances, it will only remember my own face but will not embarrass others, otherwise how could I cause trouble for people passing by on the sea for a bead." Zhang Zhao didn't care when he heard it: "Then let it knock a few times to get angry, I don't think it's okay." ”

"Boss, this is unacceptable. The old salted fish hurriedly interjected: "Quickly ask this gentleman to kill it, this human-faced fish is still small, if it grows up, our boat will have to be dragged into the sea by it." ”

The white-clothed cultivator saw that Zhang Zhao seemed to be disbelieving: "Little brother, the human-faced fish can grow to dozens of zhang." Your ship, though sturdy, will not be like this in a few years. Zhang Zhao was also embarrassed when he heard this: "Is there no other way than to kill it?"

After pondering for a moment, the white-clothed cultivator raised the coral bead and looked at it for a while: "Try this method first, if it doesn't work, you have to get rid of it." He walked to the edge of the ship, lifted the coral beads and shook them, and the mermaid was even more angry when he saw it, and hissed with its huge mouth full of thin teeth.

"This bead has been returned to you, if you don't leave, don't blame my men for being ruthless. Seeing the white-clothed cultivator shake his arm and drop the coral beads, the human-faced fish reached out a tentacle and caught it steadily, and then raised it closer to take a closer look, and let out a few snores from its mouth.

The demonstration gently tapped the hull of the boat a few times, and the human-faced fish slowly withdrew its tentacles from the boat. Its eyes were still fixed on the people on the boat, and it shook its head and lifted the coral beads with a very proud look.

The white-clothed cultivator let out a long breath: "It seems that it really works, this time you can rest assured, as long as it leaves this time, it will not chase you again in the future." The sailors and the old salted fish on board were relieved to see that the fish no longer hit the ship.

Zhang Zhao felt that the joy of the human-faced fish at this time was very similar to those children who got dried meat in the Nine Shadows, and he didn't feel any danger at all. When he saw the mermaid still swimming beside the boat with coral beads to show off that he had never left, he couldn't help but have an idea.

"Hey, can you exchange that thing for me?" Zhang Zhao leaned over and knocked on the hull of the boat, pulled off a piece of his jade pendant from his waist and held it in his hand and shook it. This piece of jade was purchased by him from Xuanmu City, and it exuded a faint luster and was of extraordinary quality.

"Boss, come back quickly, this thing can't be provoked. Without waiting for the old salted fish to come up and pull Zhang Zhao, the human-faced fish had already raised its head and found the jade pendant in Zhang Zhao's hand, it was obviously very interested, the two tentacles were on the hull of the boat again, and the huge round head almost poked out of the sea.

Zhang Zhao pointed to the coral bead in its tentacle, and shook his jade pendant again: "Do you want to change it?" The human-faced fish tilted its head slightly to make a contemplative look, and the tentacles gently probed to the side of the boat, Zhang Zhao felt that its emotions were not the slightest hostile, so he leaned the jade pendant over, and the human-faced fish hesitated for a moment and waved his tentacles, and gently rolled the jade pendant away.

It shook the jade pendant and looked at it for a while, and its expression showed affection. Zhang Zhao didn't urge, he spread his soul consciousness with a pleasant face, and carefully experienced the changes in the inner emotions of the human-faced fish.

Half of the body of the human-faced fish was firmly on the side of the boat, and he held up the coral beads for a while, and looked at the jade pendant for a while. It seemed to understand Zhang Zhao's gesture just now, and was hesitating to make a choice.

After a while, it handed the jade pendant back up, and Zhang Zhao was about to reach out to take it with a smile on his face, but the human-faced fish immediately retracted its tentacles and observed Zhang Zhao's expression with wide eyes. Zhang Zhao could obviously perceive that its movements were tentative, and this human-faced fish actually knew how to read people's faces like a child.

Seeing the smile on Zhang Zhao's face, the mermaid stretched out its tentacle again, but this time it was the coral bead. Zhang Zhao spread out his palms and waited quietly until the human-faced fish slowly placed the coral bead in his hand.

"Is that okay?" Not only did the old salted fish and a group of sailors have eyes that are about to pop out of their sockets, but the white-clothed cultivator who doesn't want to trouble them to return the coral beads is also incredulous. In their hearts, the human-faced fish, which has always been a demon-like existence, actually started a barter transaction with Zhang Zhao.

Zhang Zhao held the coral beads and did not rush to take them back, but kept a smile and nodded at the human-faced fish, and his soul was also full of friendliness. A scene that surprised everyone even more ensued, the human-faced fish squeezed out a strange smile on its face in the same way as Zhang Zhao, and its mouth made a happy ho sound.

Feeling the joy of the human-faced fish, Zhang Zhao's heart was also extremely excited, he whispered softly to the human-faced fish and also snorted a few words, the human-faced fish held Zhang Zhao's jade pendant and rowed briskly on the side of the big boat, and the tentacles patted the water splash and looked very satisfied.

The white-clothed cultivator's face changed and muttered, "Good guy, I didn't expect that the little brother still had such ability. Zhang Zhao turned around and smiled at him, and handed over the coral beads: "This is not a good thing, I just think it is not as fierce as you say, how good it is, everyone is satisfied." ”

"This bead has been exchanged for his own things by the little brother, and I can't ask for it. The white-clothed cultivator was about to excuse himself, Zhang Zhao stepped forward and offered the beads with both hands: "The predecessors are kind-hearted, and for the sake of our safety, we would rather give up this thing than hurt the living beings, presumably if you want this bead to be of some use, please accept it." ”

The white-clothed cultivator really wanted this bead very much, and when he saw Zhang Zhao's sincerity, he reached out and took it: "Okay, then I'll take it." Thank you, little brother. The two looked at each other and smiled and walked to the side of the boat to look, although the human-faced fish did not leave with the big boat, but only tossed the jade pendant between a few tentacles to play without hostility.

Zhang Zhao took out a few steps from his waist and walked to the back of the boat, and cut a few pieces of meat from a big fish he had just caught not long ago. He pulled the middle fish bone out and let out another ho to get the attention of the human-faced fish.

"Do you want to eat?" Hearing Zhang Zhao's voice, the human-faced fish swam closer curiously, stretched out his tentacle to take a basin-sized piece of fish meat in his hand, and saw Zhang Zhao hold up another piece and put it to his mouth to bite it, it also put the fish meat in his mouth and chewed it.

Although the piece of fish meat looks not small, it is not enough to stuff the teeth in the huge mouth of the human-faced fish. But it felt that it tasted good after a few chirps, and stretched out its tentacles again and took the other piece in Zhang Zhao's hand.

Zhang Zhao saw that it liked to eat, and hurriedly dragged the big fish over and cut out the bone spurs and cut it into large sections, this human-faced fish was not polite, and several tentacles hung on the hull took turns to take the meat pieces, and after a while, a big fish that was two feet long was eaten cleanly.

After eating enough meat, the human-faced fish raised its head and lay in the sea from time to time hooping twice, and six long tentacles swam forward several feet with a slight pull, a few points faster than this ship with three sails rising together, and its extremely comfortable appearance looked at the eyes of all sailors, and they couldn't believe that this was a monster in the sea that made people talk about it.

After swimming side by side with the big boat for a while, the human-faced fish suddenly swam close again and reached for its tentacles. Zhang Zhao thought that it still wanted fish, so he dragged a big fish over and cut it off and handed it over, but the human-faced fish did not take the meat but snorted softly, and Zhang Zhao found that it also handed back the jade pendant.

"This is what I exchanged with you, you can take it. Seeing that he didn't take the jade pendant and just smiled and spoke, the human-faced fish held the jade pendant in front of Zhang Zhao and shouted, until Zhang Zhao took the jade pendant, it turned over and jumped into the sea, and the six tentacles swiped quickly, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

The man in white witnessed all this and secretly sighed: "It's still a little brother's method, since there is no danger, I also have something to do, so I will leave first." He nodded at Zhang Zhao and the others, and his figure flashed and volleyed away.

"That's a lot of luck. The old salted fish and the sailors cheered in unison, and when they saw the fish, they thought that they would be doomed, but it ended in such a peaceful end.

Everyone thought that this was the end of the matter, but the next morning there was a gentle knocking sound on the hull of the boat, and the human-faced fish went and returned, and when they saw Zhang Zhao appear, they screamed and cheered. Of course, Zhang Zhao was also happy, not only fed it again, but also took the initiative to pull the tentacles stretched out by the human face fish.

In the following days, Zhang Zhao ignored the dissuasion of the old salted fish and others, insisted on jumping into the sea to ride the waves and walk with the human-faced fish, he experienced the emotional changes of the human-faced fish, learned it to shout, and boldly let it lift it high with its tentacles and throw it in the air and then catch it, and the relationship between one person and one fish is becoming more and more harmonious.

Changes were also taking place around them, white icebergs gradually appeared in their field of vision, and when the three-masted ship bypassed a glacier that stretched for nearly a thousand miles, other ships began to appear on the sea in front of them. There is no need to ask the old salted fish, Zhang Zhao also knows that he is about to arrive in Xuanshui City.

"Ho-lur, goodbye. The human-faced fish swam to the end of the glacier and stopped following the boat, hearing Zhang Zhao calling the name given to it these days, and raising two tentacles to wave goodbye in the same way as Zhang Zhao.

On the other side of the glacier, the climate changed suddenly, and everyone exhaled a thick white breath. The old salted fish and a group of sailors changed into thick leather clothes that had been prepared long ago, and Zhang Zhao had a magic trick in his body that was not afraid of the cold, and he casually put on a piece of skin and stood on the deck watching the ships coming and going.

Although almost all of them were three-masted ships, Zhang Zhao's black ship was obviously much taller than them. Condescendingly accepting the amazed glances cast by the neighboring ships, even the old salted fish and a group of sailors were full of pride in their hearts.

After four or five days of sailing in cold weather, a continuous stream of tall icebergs appeared on the sea, and Zhang Zhao saw that it looked like a majestic city when the ship approached. This ice and snow city stands in the middle of the sea, shining like a huge piece of white jade.

Zhang Zhao looked back with surprise on his face and asked, "Uncle Yu, is that Xuanshui City, how can the city be built in the sea?" The old salted fish smiled: "How do I know, I heard that it is only the ice field behind Xuanshui City, and it is also larger than our entire Xuanmu Domain." ”

Although Xuanshui City seemed to be close at hand, the three-masted black ship did not arrive at sea for a whole day, and it was not until near noon the next day that it finally entered a port and stopped.

"Don't worry, owner, we have to thank Lord Hai first. Zhang Zhao, who was just about to get off the boat, hurriedly turned around, took the old salted fish and a group of sailors and bowed three times in the direction he came: "The sea god blesses, the ship is stable and the people are safe." ”

After the salute was completed, Zhang Zhao took the lead in jumping off the boat, but as soon as he touched the ground, he felt quite awkward. I haven't stepped on the ground for nearly two months, and it took me several laps to get used to the feeling of walking on the ground again.

Although there was a thick layer of ice all around, Zhang Zhao found that the ice was covered with a thick layer of shell debris that was also white, which was flattened like a mirror by the people and cars passing by, but there was no slippery feeling when stepping on it.

From the foot to the surroundings, the entire Xuanshui City was like a huge block of ice that was integrated into one, without any bricks, tiles, wood, sand and stones. Everywhere is as crystal as jade, reflecting a soft light but not dazzling. Zhang Zhao looked around and saw that the same was true of one house after another.

(End of chapter)