Compared with the human race that has developed its own unique culture in a thousand years, restraining itself in the words of the sages and the two ways of ritual law, although it has gone through wars and infighting, but has been thriving forward, the two races on the Eastern Continent are undoubtedly wilder and more primitive.

The lack of contact between the two sides is largely due to this extreme difference, whether it is the language barrier, or the difference in their respective cultural customs, it is an important factor in separating the hearts of both sides, and of course, there is also the vast sea of stars between the two sides.

This sea of stars not only refers to the starry stars that can be seen when you look up at the sky at night, but also represents a real ocean.

The first is the primitive overlord in the ocean, all kinds of huge size, can even create huge whirlpools and tsunamis between the sea beasts, and the sea beasts are generally low intelligence, relying entirely on instinct to act, in other words, maybe they are just a whim, but if it affects this side, that is the end of the ship's destruction and death.

In the entire ocean, except for the shark race, which is the master of the four seas, and the dragon race of the natural alien species, and even the shark people, no race can control the sea beast, at most, it is just based on the experience accumulated by the ancestors by relying on their lives, starting from the habits of the other party, avoiding it early or using other means to drive it away.

Unless there is an ironclad ship like the Qiankun Chamber of Commerce, which is tightly wrapped in three layers inside and three layers outside, and most of them are driven by mechanical power, ordinary wooden ships can't even block the two attacks of sea beasts, and the ship will be destroyed and killed, which is one of them.

The second is one of the two magical places that originate from the sea of stars, where there are strange dangers everywhere, and they appear irregularly, such as moving with the currents of the deep sea, occasionally appearing to sit on the reef above the sea and humming, the song can intoxicate the living beings, and make people completely lose their minds.

There are also swordfish schools that can absorb ships and destroy the bottom warehouse, but because the time it takes to circumnavigate from both sides of the continent is too long, even if there is no danger, it is impossible to make ends meet, so it is better to cross the sea of stars directly, and it is better to gamble, in fact, the Qiankun Chamber of Commerce will give them a certain share of the loss of each fleet that spends the sea, if it is unlucky to exceed this amount, then it will have to rely on the captain's private money to advance.

As for the third point, it is because there is a vast windless belt in the center of the Star Sea, which is the safest and most dangerous place in the entire Star Sea, and it is safe because no sea beast will lean over there from ancient times to the present, even if it is just to the edge, it will be bypassed in an instant, and it will go far away, as if it is born with fear or disgust there, there has never been an exception, the danger is because these ships are moving forward by sails, so once there is less wind, it is difficult for the ship to move there, if it stays too long, the water and food are consumed, it is the end of waiting for death。

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As for Gu Xuan, at every time of his fate, it seems that he can't tell whether he is lucky or unlucky, or whether everyone in this world may be difficult to make an absolute conclusion.

Fortunately, even if he was calculated by heart or not, he was still able to rely on a little luck and the help of everyone to forget their lives, so that he managed to escape and not fall into the hands of enemies who were scheming against him.

Unfortunately, he was already in a deep coma at that time, and was unconsciously carried by a careless boatman with a barrel onto the ironclad ship that was going to cross the sea of stars and go to the Eastern Continent to do business, and there was no hope of turning back for the time being.

Relying on a strong will, and a strong physical foundation, after he came to his senses, he didn't run out like this, telling people his identity loudly, in fact, before the situation is clear, it will only be more dangerous, after all, no one can grasp the thoughts of a stranger.

After getting out of the barrel, he hid in the cabin for a long time, until his body had almost recovered, and then he was caught by a large-scale search because the food on the ship was not consumed properly, and because he was blind in one eye, even if he sold it to the Eastern Continent, he didn't make a profit, he should have directly tied him up and fell into the sea as a punishment, but in the end, Gu Xuan took the initiative to beg for mercy, saying that he had the strength to do hard labor to pay off his debts, so he was reluctantly stayed.

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A few days later.

"Po!"

I saw an old man who was obviously an earth clan, stretching out his dirty hands and rubbing his eyes that had just woken up, while shouting at Gu Xuan in a very standard Terran language.

He is the first mate on this ship, and his status is second only to the captain at the helm, of course, above the captain of this ship, there is also the young master of the Jiang family, who is the real master of the entire fleet, but he has always stayed on the flagship with the most luxurious decoration, and the most protective and safe, as for the ship where Gu Xuan is, it is a ship that transports slaves, and the shipwrights on the ship are half of the powerful terrans, and half of them are the terrans of the Western Continent.

As for the slaves who stayed in the cargo hold underneath, they were naturally from the human race.

Although the individual combat effectiveness of the human race is generally relatively weak after leaving the Western Continent, which is forbidden by ten thousand laws, the slave trade is often not about whether these people are useful or not, but whether they are rare or not, for example, whether parrots are useful or not, they are still not worth a thousand gold, not to mention that many of these slaves have a skill, and the price is much more expensive than parrots.

And the reason why Gu Xuan was able to be left by the people on the ship as an exception was actually another reason, that is, because he could speak the language of the Eastern Continent, and this was definitely a rare thing, even in the Qiankun Chamber of Commerce, which was full of talents, if he could master the language of the Eastern Continent proficiently, he could be exceptionally promoted and entrusted with important tasks.

So the accent is mellow, oh no, it should be said that thanks to Lao Huo's teaching, he is more inclined to the local accent, not only succeeded in gaining the favor of these local people, but also won the favor of the captain, but because his specific identity is still uncertain, after returning, the people of the Qiankun Chamber of Commerce found out his origin, and if there is no problem with his resume, he will definitely be invited to join the Qiankun Chamber of Commerce.

Gu Xuan put down the work in his hand, raised his head, showed a sincere smile on his face, and greeted him warmly, shouting, "Uncle Dong, you are here." ”

He, a "blind man" who could only be regarded as half of his own people for the time being, plus had no experience working on a ship, was responsible for the simplest and hardest job of cleaning the deck.

Fortunately, he has now left the Western Continent and gone to sea for many days, plus with the help of the ship's doctor, his body has basically recovered.

And the old man of the earth clan who he called Uncle Dong is similar to Lao Huo, not only the appearance of both sides, but also a drunken character, even if he was hired by the Qiankun Chamber of Commerce and became the first mate on the ship, the right can be said to be under one person, above hundreds of people, but he still sleeps until noon every day before getting up, and then goes back to drink after patrolling as usual.

Although the role of these earth-tribesmen close to the earth at sea is actually not as good as that of these humans, who are more nimble-armed and nimble, because they want to do business between the two continents, they always need local natives as guides, and the spirit tribe has always been arrogant, and they can't do this kind of dirty work at all, so they can only hire people who are powerful and willing to do things, so the real status of this old man on the ship also belongs to the highest group, not the high-ranking and light-powered.

The two were about to open their mouths to chat, but at this moment, someone next to them suddenly shouted Gu Xuan's pseudonym on the boat.

"Bao, when is this coming, why don't you go down there and feed the 'pigs'!"

The person who spoke was one of the leaders of this group of Terran sailors, and his position was the second mate on the ship, but because he was a Terran and related to the captain of this ship, in fact, his status was similar to that of the old man of the Terran clan in front of him.

The old man took it upon himself to leave this kid who should have been thrown into the sea to feed the fish, and he also favored him, plus this person also knew that Gu Xuan could speak the East Continent language, as a perennial merchant who followed the fleet, he was naturally keenly aware of a little threatening aura, so he suppressed this potential threat mostly.

Gu Xuan shook his head secretly in his heart, it was really interesting, the foreigners saved their lives, but the people of the same clan wanted to suppress themselves openly and secretly, but for Gu Xuan, who had just escaped from that terrible pursuit, these were all trivial meanings in front of him.

After going to the top of the mountain and seeing the sea of clouds surging, how can you care about the size of the ants under your feet?

So after he obediently agreed, he put down the mop in his hand and the wooden barrel full of sewage, and was about to leave to feed the slaves below, when the man suddenly added: "Bring the things, and clean up the bottom by the way, don't die half before you get to the place, you kid can't afford to pay." ”

Think about how clean the place where the slaves lived, eating and drinking Lazar in a small cage, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a hell on earth, the lower layers are smelly, even these sailors who have been at sea all the year round, with a fishy smell and dirt as thick as a hard shell, do not want to go to the bottom to do cleaning.

However, Gu Xuan still nodded indifferently and agreed, "Okay, let's go for the little one." ”

Seeing that he had already walked down the stairs, Uncle Dong and the other party glanced at each other, each snorted coldly, and turned around and left silently.

Although it is easy to kill a person at sea, they are merchants, not pirates, and it is impossible to kill people casually, even if they sell him or slaughter him and eat him, it is better than killing, because businessmen only look at profits, and never look at anything else, if this kid can be stable or used by me, it is not impossible to be promoted.

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Actually, I've been thinking about whether to write about the content of the Eastern Continent, because it will take one more volume to write it down, but if I don't write it, it seems that this setting is too redundant, so I'll write it.