Chapter 145: The Coastline
In the blink of an eye, the third day has arrived!
The sky was bright, and a red sun rose from the east, illuminating the whole sea red. The www.biquge.info full of water, shining under the morning sun, jumped like a naughty child and rolled up a piece of waves. Suddenly, there was a golden light on the water, and several light seagulls flew happily close to the sea, which made people really understand what "the sea is wide and the fish jumps, and the sky is high for the birds to fly"!
Although the genius was bright, there were already a group of people on the deck of the fleet. Yesterday afternoon's observation gave them hope, but there was some inexplicable worry in their hearts. Many of the people who had just passed here had not slept well, and they were afraid that everything they had seen would be in vain. To avoid this, they came, and when the sun was just rising, they went to the deck to see more and make sure. They hope that things will not change again.
So they all gathered around the bow of the ship and took a serious look at the situation on the sea. Although the red sun in the sky stained the sea water, so that they could not see whether the sea water was green or blue for a while, the birds that came out early undoubtedly used their light and dexterous posture to tell them that they did not need to worry that the land monster was already close, and maybe they could see the endless black line in the next moment.
"It seems that the situation is going well!" Xia Di also got up very early on this day, and even He Chaozhi, who was on duty beside him today, had to get up early. Hearing the noise on the deck, he stepped out of his cabin and looked at the sparkling golden sea, and the smile on his face suddenly piled up.
"I once asked Xie Liuyun about sea navigation. He told me that if these seagulls appear in the sky, it means that the coastline is very close to us. We continued our voyage and estimated that we would be able to see traces of the coastline within 100 miles. He Chaozhi said playfully.
"Hundred and ten miles? Isn't that just an hour or so of sailing? Xia Di was slightly stunned, and then laughed: "In that case, then let's wait! I want to see what the coastline of the Blue Underworld Continent looks like." To be honest, this is the first time I've been to such a far place. I'm curious about that place, and I've heard that it's a continent that's completely controlled by humans, and I've been wondering what it's like there. Although I have read a lot of materials and listened to many people's introductions, this is not as profound as seeing it with my own eyes. β
"That's right...... One continent equals one world. We're almost like going to another world. He Chaozhi nodded kindly.
"In short, look more and think more...... Why is the Aurora Continent like this, why has the demon barbarians become so terrifying, and what should we do...... I think we should be able to get the answer in this place, which is called the system of the righteous path. Even if it can't solve the problem completely, it can at least solve it partially. Xia Di said leisurely.
"Hmm......" He Chaozhi nodded lightly, but he stopped talking.
The two of them stood quietly in the building of the Zhongyuan, facing the blowing sea breeze, and watched the changes in the sea surface fixedly.
As the sun rises higher and higher, the vivid red fades away, and the incandescent light casts down from the sky, illuminating the sea more and more green. The sea has become shallower, the water has become clearer, and the people standing on the strings of the boat can faintly see the scene of the seabed through the rolling waves, and they can see the coral communities that are scattered in between, and the schools of fish that move freely between them. These fish are not very large, but they are very colorful, and they swim in groups of people, giving people a very agile feeling.
"The water temperature here seems to be a little higher than ours. Like the fish at the bottom of the sea, I only seem to have seen them in the southern seas...... Still, the water here is clean. Looking at the sea as the waves gradually calmed down, a lean sailor squinted his eyes and said.
"South...... You and Dazhu were transferred from the Jianzhou Naval Division? That was three months ago. Another burly man with bronzed skin said in a breathless voice.
"Yes, Dazhu and we are from the same village...... By the way, I'm from the thirty-sixth sentinel, what about you?"
"I'm the eighteenth sentinel...... Dazhu, it's our whistle ......" The burly man replied in a low voice, and after this sentence, his words suddenly fell into a low voice: "It's a pity!"
"What is a pity?" the little man was puzzled.
"Dazhu has gone...... He's such a good person, but he ...... Alas!" Speaking of the sacrifice of his comrades-in-arms, the big man is also very uncomfortable.
"Really?" the little man's voice lowered when the big man said this. When it comes to the sacrifice of comrades-in-arms, it is always regrettable.
Just as everyone was talking and exchanging with each other, the lookout inside the mast of the Zhongyuan rang the hurried bell again: "Dang...... While...... When!"
"What's wrong?" someone asked with concern.
"Land...... I saw land ahead. The lookout on Diao Dou replied loudly.
"What??" the crowd was shocked. Then I couldn't believe it: "Did you really see the land?"
"Look, look, aren't they just ahead?" said the lookout on Diao Dou stomped his feet, his hand pointing straight ahead.
"Really?" everyone was slightly stunned and quickly shook their heads. Soon, they saw a black line at the intersection of water and sky in front of themβat first it was only a small section, but as the ship approached, it was rapidly elongated and magnified in the eyes of the naked eye, and it became a long strip between the whiskers.
"Land...... Sure enough, it's land," a voice of surprise sounded on the deck
"I just don't know if this is a mainland or a large island ......" There are also people who are cautious about this.
Even if there is a small village, it should be able to buy some of the most basic freshwater river grain. "Someone was very direct about the most concerning issue.
"Well, I hope so. Seeing that the bottom of the sea here is so shallow, I think the coast here should be relatively gentle. "Experienced people also contribute their own experience.
...... In short, when a coastline actually appears in front of everyone, most of the people in the fleet laugh and talk about the dangers associated with it. At this moment, these people on deck are carefree.
However, unlike their carefreeness, the high-ranking members of the fleet, after the shoreline was discovered, gathered in the command cabin to discuss things seriously. Of course, it was not only themselves who participated in the discussion, but also the star accountants who planned this new route.
"Can you determine where we are?" In the crowded cabin, Xie Liuyun frowned slightly, and asked the master of the star calculation officer in a low voice.
"Well, we calculated the results of our voyage route. According to the angle of our actual navigation, we are probably here so far, roughly the location between Rao Mountain and Pingdingzhou is marked on the chart, and it is estimated that the mouth of the Qin River can be seen a little south. The star schemer said as he marked the location on the chart.
"...... here" Xie Liuyun nodded slightly, lowered his head and muttered for a while, then raised his head and looked towards the location of Mingxuan's real person: "Senior Mingxuan, you are a master of the Qing Netherworld Continent...... Looking at the information on the chart, do you know who is in charge of this area? Xie Liuyun asked in a low voice.
"Rao Shan and Pingding Prefecture?" Ming Xuan Zhenren walked over and looked at the location marked on the chart, but his brows furrowed slightly: "This place is under the control of the Armored Beast Sect...... The Armored Beast Sect, this is a rather unruly sect. They don't listen much to the command of our Three Holy Palaces. β
"Armored Beast Sect, is this a very powerful sect? Could it be...... Are these human clan sects on the Qing Netherworld Continent also having enemies with me?" Hearing Mingxuan Zhenren say this, Li Jingxuan was slightly stunned, and then asked the doubts in his heart.
"Armored Beast Grandmaster, a sect that has risen after the great changes in the world. His sect was stationed in Cuiping Mountain, south of Binh Dinh Prefecture. What does this sect say...... It's not good to talk about people behind their backs, but I always think they're crazy. Ming Xuan Zhenren's brows furrowed tightly when he said this, two deep furrows were engraved on the center of his eyebrows, and the faint angry expression on his face made people know at a glance how unkind he was to this Armored Beast Sect.
"Na...... What the hell is going on?" Ming Xuan Zhenren said a little vaguely, and this ambiguity aroused the curiosity of everyone in the cabin about the Armored Beast Sect - this was the first sect they encountered when they came to the Qing Netherworld Continent, and everyone knew nothing about this sect.
Their understanding of the Blue Netherworld Continent generally came from the mouths of some merchants and monks who came to the Aurora Continent from the Green Netherworld Continent. And these merchants and monks are all from Luogang in the south, and they are right, and the sects they mention are generally the sects in the south of the Blue Netherworld Continent and some top-level existences that occupy a dominant position on the continent. And a regional sect like the "Armored Beast Sect", which is located in the north of the Qing Netherworld, they really don't know much, and they can even be called ignorant.
"Armored Beast Sect...... Extreme humanists. In order to be able to defeat the demon clan, they are willing to do anything - this is evident from their founding exercises. After a moment of silence, Ming Xuan Zhenren explained to everyone all the things about the Armored Beast Sect.
The Armored Beast Sect is a part of the inheritance of the above ancient tamers, combined with a part of the immortal cultivation method and mechanism research and development technology. Its founding patriarch was Yu Ningzi, who was called the "Beast Emperor" 30,000 years ago. This is a figure above the fairyland, a ruthless man, and has the deeds of suppressing the five fairies of the demon clan with one person.
The cultivation of the Armored Beast Sect is very different from the other sects. They are a bit similar to the Imperial Beast Sect, they all have to contract their own spirit beasts at the beginning of their cultivation. It's just that unlike the Royal Beast Sect, after contracting the spirit beast, they destroyed the spirit beast's divine consciousness, and then split their soul consciousness, turning it into the spirit beast's body, and controlling the spirit beast's body like an arm's command.
After that, they further improved the body of the spirit beast, and used the almost refining technique to ensure the activity of the spirit beast's body, and used the heart refining technique to transform the spirit beast into what they called the "armored beast" little by little. This kind of "armored beast" has the same heart as the master, and can be turned into spirit armor and attached to the master's body in battle, providing the master with a combat power bonus. For the Armored Beast Sect, the spirit armor is not only their magic weapon, but also their armament. Every disciple of the Armored Beast Sect has devoted his whole life to this spirit armor.
"With the Spirit Armor...... The disciples of the Armored Beast Sect are not fighting alone. Although their fighting styles are very similar to their physical cultivation and sword cultivation, their strength is still superior to physical cultivation and sword cultivation...... This was a very effective cultivation path, but ......," Ming Xuan Zhenren said, and he couldn't help but hesitate a little here.
"But what?" everyone was puzzled by this: "This kind of exercise should be perfect." β
"Perfect? How is this possible? How can there be a perfect exercise in the world? Ming Xuan Zhenren shook his head lightly: "The exercises of the Armored Beast Sect can quickly improve the combat power of cultivators, but its long-term combination with spirit beasts has also been affected by spirit beasts to a certain extent. This kind of bestiality is not only in the desperateness and cruelty of fighting with people, but also in the methods they take in the city bazaar controlled by the sect - the place controlled by the armored beast sect, where the people are not living very well. For the Armored Beast Sect, everything is about gaining strength to defeat the Kraken. In their eyes, there are only two kinds of people under their rule, one is useful to themselves, and the other is useless to themselves. Those who are useful to themselves, they will naturally cultivate well, but those who are useless to themselves are squeezed to their heart's content. Combat power is profound, but virtue is insufficient...... To put it simply, the Armored Beast Sect is in such a state. β
That means that the cities and villages of the Armored Beast Sect are very desolate, and the people of the Armored Beast Sect are not so easy to talk to. Hearing Mingxuan Zhenren say this, Li Jingxuan quickly summed up two points about the Armored Beast Sect.
"Confusion and misery...... This is the situation under the rule of the Armored Beast Sect. Arrogance, domineering, and self-centeredness are the labels of disciples of the Armored Beast Sect. It's not as simple as they can't talk. It can be said that after putting aside the premise of targeting the demon clan, what the Armored Beast Sect does can only be classified by the Demon Gate, and they are not the same system as our Three Holy Palaces. Ming Xuan Zhenren told the true appearance of the Armored Beast Sect, and he felt that Li Jingxuan's induction was still a little light after all.
"Is it that scary?" the crowd still didn't believe it.
"It's really that terrifying!" Mingxuan nodded heavily. (To be continued.) )