Chapter Fifty-Eight: Arrival
It is really not easy to accurately find the location of Xia Ke Island in the vast South China Sea.
Su Cheng was lucky at this time, and he was accompanied by Xiao Zhao, but whether he could find Xia Ke Island in the end was still an uncertain thing.
On the endless sea, Su Cheng and Xiao Zhao drove a boat and drifted on the sea all day.
At this time, Xiao Zhao held a copy of the sea chart in his hand, pointed to a place on it, and said:
"Childe, the front should be where Hainan Island is located, why don't we go to the island first, and then supply some things, and we can also find out the news."
Su Cheng nodded, there was no other way.
Hainan Island was also ruled by the Yuan Court at this time, and there were a lot of people on it, relying on the mountains and water to eat the water, and the people living on Hainan Island must know more about some of the situations in the South China Sea than others.
In addition, the Qiongzhou Road Pacification Division of the Yuan Court here must also have a record of some of the situation in the South China Sea.
After arriving on the island, Su Cheng found that there was a big difference between this place and the Central Plains, the Central Plains was full of wolf smoke, and there were uprisings everywhere, but on Hainan Island, it was rare to be calm, and there were not even many Yuan soldiers.
From the early Tang Dynasty to the present, the only role of Hainan Island may be to exile and distribute some sinners, which may be a more serious punishment than the death penalty in this era.
Now that the Central Plains is in turmoil, the Yuan Court must have recalled the soldiers and horses a long time ago, leaving only some standing officials.
Su Cheng and the two of them inquired about the relevant situation of Xia Ke Island with the local people, and asked many people, but found that most of these people had only been to the sea within a radius of ten miles, and no matter how far away, they didn't know anything at all.
As a last resort, Su Cheng and the two came to the Qiongzhou Road to pacify the Division, and with the level of miscellaneous soldiers here, they naturally couldn't stop them, so they directly broke into the warehouse where the local chronicles were recorded.
Looking at the room full of books, and even some bamboo slips, Su Cheng felt his head big for a while, and said to Xiao Zhao on the side:
"Xiao Zhao, it seems that we need to waste some time here, so let's go alone."
At this moment, Su Cheng can only use this stupid method.
From the Zhou Dynasty and even earlier, local chronicles would be compiled to record some situations in various places, and no matter which dynasty it was, such things would be done.
Su Cheng opened the ancient book casually, it seemed to be a real glance and ten lines, searching for the information he needed, with his reading speed, after a stick of incense, he had already flipped through dozens of books, and Xiao Zhao's speed on the other side was not much worse than him, and he had read a lot of books in a short time.
"In the third year of the first century, there were fires from the sky, tsunami and earthquakes, countless casualties, and hundreds of small islands suddenly appeared hundreds of miles away in the southwest......"
Seeing the content of the ancient books, Su Cheng was shocked, the third year of the previous Yuan should have been the Han Dynasty, and there were some visions here, and then it should have been the small islands under the sea, all of which were shaken out.
The martial art of the Taixuan Sutra is engraved on a certain island in the form of tadpole script, which is related to the rumored Guangchengzi, but it really cannot be theorized as usual.
Subsequently, Xiao Zhao also found a record there, it turned out that there were also people in the Yuan Court before, and they sent people to check on that island, but in addition to the loss of soldiers, it seems that there is nothing to gain, after all, the navigation technology at this time is far from reaching the standard.
With the exact clues, Su Cheng and Xiao Zhao continued to search, and finally found a scribbled map of the sea voyage.
"Nine times out of ten, this is it, Xiao Zhao, let's go."
Su Cheng was already a little impatient, if it weren't for the magic of the Taixuan Sutra, he would definitely not waste so much time trying to find a secret book with unknown whereabouts.
Before leaving Hainan Island, Su Cheng glanced back again, and when he saw those calm and peaceful people, his heart suddenly moved, and he planned to send some Huashan disciples to manage this place on Hainan Island, which could be regarded as being prepared.
Retracting their thoughts, Su Cheng and Xiao Zhao returned to the ship again, and moved forward in the vast sea according to the guidance of the chart.
"Let's hope everything goes well."
Su Cheng looked at the boundless sea, the sky and the sea in the distance were connected, and there was no end in sight, in such an environment, even he felt a little small, once there were monstrous waves, it was really possible for the ship to be destroyed and people died.
No matter how powerful a person's martial arts are, how can they be compared with the power of heaven and earth, for a while, Su Cheng's heart was much calmer, and the breath on his body became more and more peaceful, and he merged with the breath between heaven and earth in a trance.
"You see the blue sky and the sea, and your heart is enlightened, and your mood is +5."
Su Cheng looked at the prompt in front of him, and remembered the comprehension he had improved with the Mandate of Heaven before, he really didn't expect that if he looked at the blue sky and the sea at random, he would actually have some understanding.
Strictly speaking, comprehension is really a good thing, it determines the upper limit of what you can achieve in martial arts, and to some extent, it is more important than the secret book of divine skills or the nature of the bones.
A talented person like Zhang Wuji can indeed become a top master, but he will never be able to become a peerless master like Zhang Sanfeng.
The root of it lies in the fact that it may be in Zhang Sanfeng's anti-heaven understanding.
Zhang Sanfeng looked at the two mountains of turtles and snakes, created the Zhenwu Seven Interception Array, and then created Taijiquan, Taijiquan Sword, Mianzhang, Tiyun Zong, etc., it can be said that with his own strength, Wudang was pulled to the same level as Shaolin, which is definitely not something that can be done by being strong in martial arts.
Rushing!
The waves were flying, seeing that the sky was about to darken, and there was a breeze all around, Su Cheng retracted his thoughts, and Jiuyang True Qi instantly poured into Xiao Zhao's body, and then saw that the boat increased its speed several times, and then under Xiao Zhao's control, it sailed forward at a gallop.
"Childe, great, at this rate, at most half an hour, we will be able to get to the place."
Xiao Zhao's face was happy, the sea is not as good as the land, and if he can arrive at the place earlier, there will be less danger.
The only one who can squander and use internal force like this is Su Cheng, and ordinary first-class masters can hold on for half an hour, but after that, they will inevitably be physically and mentally exhausted, and their strength will be reduced a lot.
Half an hour passed in an instant, and a group of hazy islands appeared in front of them, which did not seem to occupy a large area, but there were quite a few of them, and there were a few of them.
"Here, Childe, look ahead."
Xiao Zhao hurriedly docked the boat next to an island, and then disembarked with Sioux City to the largest island.
The forest on the mountain is deep and dense, Su Cheng carried Xiao Zhao, and after a few longitudinal crossings in the deep forest, he came to the top of the mountain, looking at a deep cave in front of him, he had an intuition in his heart, and the Taixuan Sutra was inside.
"Let's go, Xiao Zhao, I hope you can also comprehend......"
Without any hesitation, Su Cheng walked in with Xiao Zhao, and it was suddenly dark in front of him, and then there was light again, and Su Cheng found that there were many night pearls on the stone walls on both sides of the cave, and the light in the cave was as bright as day.