"That Ding Qin, has already left?" In the Xingyao Empire Palace, Sikong Qinghou sat in his palace master seat and asked a communications officer below.

The communications officer maintained a salute posture, "That's right, it's gone." As far as I know, the third princess specially asked the king for a token and gave him an ironclad ship, as well as the royal sailors of the whole ship. It's just that Ding Qin later let all those sailors get off the ship, and he didn't use them, just walked by himself. ”

"This third princess. Sikong Qinghou's face showed dissatisfaction, "It is obviously emotional to Ding Qin." Such a person should either keep him to serve in the Star Glory Country, or he should be exterminated to prevent future troubles. He was actually let go. Women, women, just don't have the courage to achieve great things. ”

The communication officer below nodded repeatedly, "That's what the Sixth Prince said. ”

Sikong Qinghou sighed, "It's a pity that my father is also a little confused." I have to prepare for the third princess to ascend the throne. You say, who is stronger than me and the third princess?"

The communications officer below couldn't help but be dumbfounded for a moment, and didn't dare to speak.

Because to discuss this issue, it is very likely that you will lose your head.

Sikong Qinghou obviously also felt the difficulty of the communications officer, and sighed again, "Alas, how can you answer such a question? If you can't answer well, I'm not happy, and if you answer well, it violates basic ethics and morals, how can you commit a capital crime." ”

There was a relieved expression on the communications officer's face, "Thank you, Sixth Prince, for your understanding." ”

Sikong said lightly, "However, there is another question that you can give me an opinion. You say, after I have this magic stick, who is stronger than Ding Qin?"

The communications officer obviously didn't want to let go of an opportunity to slip around and shoot horses, and he couldn't answer the questions related to the third princess just now, so he was trying to find a way to end the game, and immediately said, "I think that the sixth prince has obtained this magic stick, and his strength has increased greatly, and he is already the best in the royal family." That Ding Qin, even the third princess can beat him to a serious injury, I estimate, will inevitably be defeated by the stick of the sixth prince. ”

He said that this pile, the routine is obvious, and it also vaguely expresses the meaning that the sixth prince Sikong Qinghou is now stronger than Sikong Yan.

Sikong Qinghou was obviously very useful, and a smile appeared on his face. "Well, I think so too. In addition, I was injured by Ding Qin before, and the root cause was insufficient preparation. Now, we are ready, if we fight Ding Qin again, he will be defeated by my stick. ”

The correspondent said, "What the prince said is extremely true. ”

Sikong said lightly, "Hmm." Tell me to go down and have my guards assemble. In addition, take my warrant, go to the Cape of the Stars, prepare an ironclad ship, and go after Ding Qin. ”

The communications officer hesitated, "But...... The king has an order, and without his hand, no one can go to sea from the Cape of the Stars. ”

Sikong Qinghou smiled slightly, "I got this warrant from my father." Go ahead. ”

After he threw down the warrant, he leaned back, "Ding Qin, I'll let you know this time what it's like to be defeated by your own weapon." ”

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After the ironclad ship slowly left the port, Ding Qin began to feel the difficulty of sailing from the Cape of the Stars.

The route departing from Wangxingjiao is precisely the direction of the ocean current. The width of the current is extremely narrow, and after the exit section, the underwater situation becomes more complicated, and it needs to be carefully controlled.

Ding Qin couldn't help but secretly rejoice, fortunately, it took him a while to learn and master the operation of the ironclad ship before.

Since leaving Xingyao City, He Yan has not spoken much, and most of the time she has helped Ding Qin operate the ship according to Ding Qin's request. As for what she was thinking, Ding Qin didn't ask much.

However, Ding Qin wanted to help her from the bottom of his heart. For her, her current cultivation is still too low.

She is only suitable for living in a place like Kaiyuan City. With the cultivation of the first and sixth layers, not only will you not encounter any trouble, but you can also have a certain status.

However, someone wanted to kill her. If she left herself, maybe one day, the man in black would kill her again, and she would not be able to fight back at all.

Under this contradiction, the way Ding Qin thought of was to help her improve her strength. He had also discussed it with the Bone Soul, and the Bone Soul was helping He Yan formulate a more scientific cultivation plan. It's just that Ding Qin is not sure whether He Yan himself can accept it.

Because she also has a strong sense of self-esteem. Beneath her slightly brutal exterior, there is also a strong and self-respecting heart.

"We're almost on the flat stream island. Ding Qin looked at the chart, then looked at a small green island in the distance, and said, "Pingliu Island is one of the places with better sea conditions, so we will leave the route to Dengsendai from here and enter the route to Chiyan Mountain." ”

He Yan just answered, but didn't look at Pingliu Island. Ding Qin drew and drew on the chart himself, and then corrected the direction several times.

"What's that?" Just as Ding Qin was about to leave the deck, He Yan pointed to the sea behind the ship and stopped him.

"What?" Following the direction she was pointing, Ding Qin looked at something faintly on the sea.

He Yan was also carefully distinguishing. After a while, she said in some surprise, "Could it be a ship? Well, it does look like a boat." ”

Ding Qin couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart, "It stands to reason that this should be a special route from Wangxingjiao to Dengxiantai." Why did the ship appear again? Could it be that it means the Star Glory Kingdom?"

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous. It's not the first time that King Xingyao has rebelled, and it can't be ruled out, he first agreed to Sikong Qingyan, and then sent someone to follow, preparing to find trouble for himself again in a qualified place like Pingliu Island.

He Yan obviously thought of this as well. She looked at Ding Qin, "What should I do?"

Ding Qin looked in the direction of Pingliu Island again and said, "Full speed ahead." After entering Stratoke Island, we changed course at our predetermined position and quickly sailed away. ”

"It may be too late. He Yan said, "In my opinion, the speed of that ship is faster." It was able to catch up with us before we arrived. And, as far as I know, the battleship does not need contact to attack. ”

Ding Qin looked back at the battleship again. He let out a long breath, "No matter what, try to move forward." It's a pity that you and I don't have any experience in naval battles with warships, and the operation is only a simple learning. ”

He Yan said, "It would be nice if those sailors were still there." ”

Ding Qin didn't answer her words, but said to her, "You go down to the cabin first and stay at the door of the cabin." If anything happens, I'll call you. ”

With that, he fixed the course himself, and walked alone to the aft deck.

There, the boat behind was seen more clearly.

Indeed, the speed of that ship was very fast.

Closer, Ding Qin found that it was also an ironclad battleship, which undoubtedly came out of Wangxingjiao Harbor. And this ship, the smallest of the warships there, had a slender hull and was clearly designed for main-speed sailing.

It is very easy for such a ship to catch up with Ding Qin's ship.

Ding Qin took the telescope on the ship and took a closer look. On the deck of the ship, there was no one to be seen, and the attack ports on the ship were not opened, and it did not look like it was preparing to attack.

Or was it Sikong Qingyan, knowing that he had dismissed all the sailors, and was afraid that there would be problems with the voyage, so he sent this ship to escort him?

After this thought flashed, Ding Qin felt that it was a little impossible. Although Sikong Qingyan likes himself and thinks about himself, he should not disrespect his decision to dismiss the sailors.

In this way, standing on the deck, Ding Qin watched the ship slowly approach.

Until the range of the attack, the attack port on the ship was never opened, and no one came out.

Ding Qin couldn't help but be a little surprised.

And what made Ding Qin even more puzzled was that this ship actually passed by his ship and surpassed himself!

But the problem is that if the royal family really went to Sendai through the shipping lane, it would not have been possible to send only one ship, but a fleet.

And if it weren't for the royal family, it would be impossible to use such an ironclad ship!

With this question, Ding Qin lowered the speed of the ship after it overtook him, and observed the movement of the ship.

And the ship, not only did not mean to stop itself, but also did not mean to slow down, and headed straight in the direction of Stratoke Island.

He Yan also came out after hearing the movement. She looked at the ironclad ship that was gradually moving away, and asked, "What's the situation?

Ding Qin smiled bitterly, "I don't know." The ship did not attack us, nor did anyone send any communication signal. However, the transcendent action just now is already a very dangerous act in such a narrow channel. ”

The battleship was still moving at full speed, getting farther and farther ahead of Ding Qin's ship. Finally, he entered the advection area of the stratosphere island roundabout, and after bypassing the island, he disappeared from Ding Qin's sight.

"What should we do?" He Yan looked at Ding Qin, as if waiting for Ding Qin to come up with an idea.

Ding Qin smiled bitterly again. "What can we do? That's the only way we can go. Whatever its intentions are and the way to go, we still have to go. If they're just passing by, we're irrelevant. If it's a ...... looking for trouble."

Ding Qin took a deep breath and clenched his fists, "Then we'll fight them." ”

With that, he resumed the ship's speed and began to sail towards the waters of Stratoke Island at full speed.

Pingliu Island doesn't look big, but when you get closer, you find that its area is not small, maybe the island is more than ten or twenty kilometers longitudinal and horizontal. Especially after a long time at sea, being able to see such a large area of land naturally makes people feel a sense of comfort in their hearts.

The island is surrounded by relatively flat sandy beaches, and after extending into it for a while, it slowly becomes a forest.

Entering the sea area of Stratoke Island, the sea conditions have improved significantly. Ding Qin's ship began to sail around the island, but after half a week, he found that the other ship actually stopped on the route around the island.

On the deck of the ship, there was already a queue of people. The first one, Ding Qin knows.