A month later, the sea of rocks.

Bright sun, hanging over the blue sky. It's early spring, and the broken ice that was previously suspended on the ice has quietly disappeared. However, the gentle sea breeze still carries a chill of the steep.

An old fishing boat, rippling on the gentle waves. A few simple fishermen are busy casting nets to catch fish.

Suddenly, a terrifying red flame appeared on the eastern sea, speeding on the sea like a fire dragon, rushing up a row of rushing waves and rushing straight towards the fishing boat.

"Sea monster!!" a fisherman cried out in terror, and his voice, as well as the strange sight in the distance, caused panic on the ship.

The captain immediately picked up the harpoon, and stood at the bow of the ship with several strong men, staring at the scene in the distance.

As time passed, the dragon-like flames got closer and closer, and they could almost feel the blazing air currents rushing towards them. However, the strange thing was that the dragon-like flame, when they were still more than a hundred feet away, suddenly dived into the sea water and disappeared without a trace.

The middle-aged longship, blinking his eyes, looked at the rippling sea and the white smoke and mist rising on the sea, and his heart was beating with a puff.

In the solemn atmosphere and oppressive silence, the cold sea breeze blew through.

After about ten breaths, a black object like a stone mill suddenly flew up in the sea water next to the boat, and then fell into the boat with a bang, startling several fishermen.

When a few fishermen looked closely, they saw that it was only an old black sea mussel the size of a stone mill.

Then, a splash jumped in the sea again, and a nimble young figure landed on the fishing boat.

Under the bright sunlight, the boy was fourteen years old, six feet tall, with short wet black hair, handsome face, and a cheerful smile. He had an old crescent-shaped scar on his chin and a full moon-shaped scar on his chest. He carried a black-sheathed sword and a green cloth baggage. Immediately afterwards, a small wild cat with yellow hair also jumped up from the seawater, landed nimbly at his feet, and quickly shook off the water droplets on his body.

This is Ye Qingcheng and Lihuo.

In the slightly cold wind, white heat rose from Ye Qingcheng's sturdy body, and he said with a smile: "I've disturbed a few." ”

The captain looked at Ye Qingcheng carefully, and found that he did not have any dangerous aura on his body, but he had an outstanding temperament, so he asked tentatively: "The sea monster that appeared just now has something to do with Gongzi?"

"It's just a red sea serpent. Ye Qingcheng casually lied and said with a smile: "I've been scared away." I'm an apprentice beast tamer, and I'm going to Zhenhai City to participate in the beast worship battle. ”

Zhenhai City, the largest city in the Hundred Stone Country, is located on the western edge of the Troubled Stone Sea, where the first three assessments of the Beast Worship War are held.

Hearing this, several sturdy boatmen immediately had a sense of worship in their eyes.

"It turned out to be a genius. The middle-aged boatman put down his harpoon and said with a smile, "Why did you come to my little fishing boat?"

"Can you take this boat to take me to Zhenhai City?" Ye Qingcheng asked. He could rely on the power of the fire spirit from the fire to travel directly to Zhenhai City. However, after the demonization of the fire, it is too eye-catching. Even if the Gu Mu clan had passed on the fire concealment spirit technique in the dream, it would still be exposed after the demonization.

"This ......," said the captain in embarrassment, "we have just gone out to sea, and we have not caught a net of fish before we have returned."

Ye Qingcheng understood what he meant.

I saw that Ye Qingcheng walked up to the stone-ground black sea mussel, stroked the texture on its shell, and said, "This is an old mussel that has lived for one hundred and thirty years, and it should contain a pearl." ”

As he spoke, Ye Qingcheng suddenly broke the tightly closed hard shell of the Black Sea Mussel, and reached out to dig it out in the mussel's body for a while. After a while, a silver pearl the size of a baby's fist was pulled out by him. Seeing this scene, several fishermen's eyes almost popped out.

Ye Qingcheng handed the big pearl to the captain and said, "I can't estimate the price of this pearl, so I will use it as a reward for this voyage." ”

The captain was incredulous and stared at the big pearl, his eyes as wide as the size of a cow's egg. After being shocked for a long time, he let out an excited laugh and said heroically: "Childe is too polite! We, the boat people of the Hundred Stone Country, are all bold people, why do we have to pay such a heavy reward?!"

As he spoke, the captain stuffed the big pearl into his arms, raised his hand, and said in high spirits: "Sail, return!!"

............

A few hours later, Ye Qingcheng stood at the bow of the ship, looking up at the vast sky. At this time, a majestic dark cloud had risen in the western sky, and it seemed that a snowstorm was brewing.

"Ship boss, how long will it take to reach the port of Zhenhai City?" Ye Qingcheng asked.

The captain was whispering around the pearl with several boatmen, and when he heard the sound, he smiled and said, "Please rest assured, Childe, before sunset, it will definitely arrive." You won't miss your beast fight. ”

"When will the Beast Worship Battle be held?" Ye Qingcheng continued to ask.

"Tomorrow. ”

"So fast?" Ye Qingcheng couldn't help but be surprised, and said, "Then I don't even have a chance to sign up!"

"Childe hasn't signed up yet?!" the captain was even more surprised.

"Can you arrive at Zhenhai City before sunset?" Ye Qingcheng asked anxiously.

"Good!" the boatman immediately commanded, "Everyone, go and get the oars!"

............

As a result, even though all the fishermen were dispatched, the sun still set in the west when the ship arrived at the port of Zhenhai City in the Hundred Stone Country.

In front of the fishing port, the middle-aged captain generously gave Ye Qingcheng a thin horse, and pointed to a vast wasteland in the west and said: "Follow this stone road, ride a horse for half an hour, and you can reach Zhenhai City." ”

"Thank you. Ye Qingcheng put on his black robe, stuffed the fire into his arms, then jumped on the horse, arched his hand to the captain, and finally he raised his horsewhip.

A loud whip sounded, and the thin horse immediately stepped out a cloud of dust and smoke, and galloped away to the west.

At this time, the dark clouds on the sky were already thick, the cold wind was howling more and more bitter, the temperature plummeted to freezing, and the sky was darkened, as if the night had arrived earlier.

Time flew quickly, and Ye Qingcheng carried a big sword on his back and galloped all the way.

Suddenly, a thunderbolt flashed on the sky, making him tremble. Ever since his heart was replaced, he was extremely afraid of thunder and lightning, and for some reason, every time there was thunder, he would always find a hidden place to hide.

However, time was of the essence, and he couldn't care so much.

On the sky, after a few lightning flashes, snowflakes began to fly down. The sky was getting darker, and there was a haze shrouded in darkness ahead. However, vaguely, he saw the flickering lights in the distant Zhenhai City.

However, at this moment, a bolt of lightning fell, and on the edge of the ancient stone path, a bloody purple-eyed fierce wolf corpse the size of a calf appeared.