Boom, a deafening sound came from the distant sky. The fish hovering near the hook frightened a spirit, turned around and burrowed into the water.

Wu Yan put down the fishing rod and stared into the distance in some surprise. In the distance, a red line appeared on the canopy, stretching across the sky like a sunset, with no end in sight.

Looking at the sun in the sky, Wu Jian was a little confused.

"Come and go, water the boat, don't leave anything out. Sha Jin, you idiot, quickly put the wine jar back in the cabin. Ran Canopy was barefoot, scolding on the deck.

Yang Zheng and Zhuo Ke also ran out of the cabin, curiously looking at the vision on the horizon.

"That's a thundercloud of fire, and it doesn't disperse all year round." Ran Peng walked over and explained, "On the side of the rising sea near Kuntianzhou, there is a thick layer of fire thunderclouds, and as long as something large flies in, this kind of cloud will cause lightning strikes, and then ignite the clouds, burning everything that flies into them to ashes.

Now you know why the spaceship can't fly directly through the rising sea and reach Kuntianzhou. Some people say that this is a huge formation set up by the gods in order to protect the shepherds, so that people cannot reach Kuntianzhou in the air. ”

Wu Gen and Yang Zheng couldn't help but be stunned, and there was such a statement. However, if there is such a circle of fire thunderclouds on the periphery of Kuntianzhou, it is really difficult to take a spaceship or fly to the sky, which also invisibly provides an excellent air barrier for the herdsmen.

"The clouds are fifty miles wide, and ships are generally fine at sea, but occasionally sparks fall from the sky, so when they arrive here, they have to pour water on their decks to prevent fire." Ran Peng continued to explain.

Further on, the number of seabirds on the surface of the sea gradually increased, and many of them just flew close to the mast, and they could catch one with their hands. These birds deliberately chose to fly low in order to avoid the fire thunderclouds, which created this strange scene.

When approaching the fire thundercloud, Wu Yan stood at the bow of the boat and looked around, and after a long time, he jumped down in disappointment.

"Wu Gan, what are you looking for?" Yang Zheng was playing with a dead bird in his hand and asked curiously.

Wu Qian pointed to the endless sea and sighed, "The distance between Kun Tianzhou and Tianyuan Continent is far away, if there is a spaceship, it can greatly reduce the time." Since the spaceship can't fly directly, if there is a foothold outside the fire thundercloud, it can rely on it and fly directly to Tianyuan Continent. ”

"One or two won't be a difficult task, but how many ships are you going to use." Yang Zheng understood what Wu Gen meant. The army invaded Tianyuan Continent in a spaceship, and there must be a lot of spaceships needed.

"Of course, the more the merrier, if there are fewer ships, a few hundred will do." When Wu Jian was in the Shenwu Academy, he used war chess against Hu Jia, and he was quite impressed by the role of the Yihu soldiers. These flying pawns are fast in action, and they have incomparable advantages in carrying out tasks such as raiding, intercepting, or breaking cities.

"Hundreds?" Yang Zheng's head shook like a rattle, hundreds of spaceships, which cost money and manpower, and the money to build the spaceship alone is an unimaginable number. Even in a country like Zhao, it has to raise the strength of the whole country, and I don't know how many years it will take to empty the treasury to form such a scale.

In addition, the soldiers on the spaceship and the daily maintenance of the spaceship, which do not need money, this is a bottomless pit. With only Wu Gen and himself, even if the bones were smashed and sold, it would be impossible to gather so many ships.

Moreover, in the territory of the shepherds, there are human beings who have such power, isn't it purely that the old man eats arsenic and lives impatiently.

Wu Gen also shook his head with a smile, he took it for granted, if he wanted to realize such a wish, he was afraid that he would have to work hard in Kuntianzhou for a lifetime.

"If there are hundreds of ships, how many cargoes have to be pulled at one time, wouldn't it be a profit." Ran Peng also sighed when he heard this, "However, this requires the full support of the shepherds to pull the spacecraft through this fire thundercloud and then take off."

Throughout the year, the shepherds send people to inspect these fire and thunderclouds. If the Divine Cult attacks, as long as you use a little means to attract these fire and thunderclouds, countless flames and lightning strikes will fall from the sky, and no matter how many men and horses you have, they will all be burned to ashes. As long as there was this layer of defense, the Divine Sect would not be able to attack Kuntianzhou. ”

Listening to Ran Peng's words, Wu Gen couldn't help but move in his heart. If so many ships were only used to fight the Cult, the shepherd would not have been able to control himself if he was kicked in the head by a donkey. But if it is used for trade, it is not said that the shepherd will agree to it under the great interest.

The ship slowly sailed under the thunderclouds of fire and moved cautiously. The red clouds rose and fell like rolling waves, and from time to time flames erupted from between the clouds.

The clouds are extremely low, and walking under the clouds is as if the sky has fallen, which inevitably makes people frightened, for fear that if they speak louder, there will be endless heavenly fires falling.

The heat wave fell, and some of the birds that flew a little higher lost their minds by the heat and fell straight to the sea.

It took a whole hour for the ship to pass through this thick thundercloud of fire, and the people on board couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

After two more days, the boat slowly approached an island, a chain of islands, from which from time to time ships came in and out.

From afar, there are many ships heading towards this place. These are all smuggling ships that set sail from all over the country, cross thousands of miles of sea borders, and send goods to Kuntianzhou like swallows in the mud.

Standing here and watching the hundreds of boats competing for the stream, there is quite an irony. The ban of the Divine Cult, in the face of huge benefits, is obviously not as good as a piece of waste paper.

Moo, a low voice came, and a dozen giant rays appeared on the surface of the sea, covered in heavy scale armor, and the fangs exposed were seven or eight feet long. The thick limbs paddled the water, making huge waves.

On each giant dragon, there were more than a hundred shepherds, armed with spears, dragging long tails behind them, and their faces scanned in all directions with cold faces.

These giant rays patrol back and forth along the island chain, maintaining order at sea.

"Ahead is Yingke Island, the first stop on the route. These are shepherds' patrols, and as long as they don't make trouble at sea, they generally don't care. Ran Peng looked at these giant dragons and explained to Wu Gan. Compared with the Cult of God, shepherds are not good at shipbuilding, so they travel on the sea on weekdays and control sea beasts. ”

"How far is it from Kuntianzhou?" Wu Gen asked curiously, but he didn't expect to see the shepherd just after the fire thundercloud.

"If our ship sails to Kuntianzhou alone, it will take about more than a month. If you use a shepherd's sea beast, it will be much faster, twenty days is enough. It's just that there is some extra money to pay for the use of sea beasts. Ran Peng carefully observed the movement on the sea to avoid colliding with those rampaging guys, while answering Wu Gan's question.

"Hehe, this shepherd is shrewd in business, and he has to count everything as money." Wu Yan sneered. Fang Cai Ran Peng has already said that when he embarks on this voyage, except for the air, he has to ask for money, and these shepherds are afraid that they will have to scrape the profits of these ships layer by layer.

"It's not all the shepherds, most of these sea beasts are provided by the mermen, so part of the cost is paid to the mermen. However, there is one kind of ship that does not need to pay freight, that is, the ship that transports people, after all, talent is what Kuntianzhou needs most. Ran Peng pointed to a wide ship in the distance.

"To tell the truth, the shepherd's control of the sea is far better than that of the Divine Cult, as long as you pay the money, you will be safe all the way, and other shepherds will not dare to touch you in the slightest. And with their sea beasts, it takes less than ten days to sail, and they can unload and return earlier, and they can squeeze out the time to run one more trip after accumulation, so many shipowners are not stingy with this freight. ”

After listening to Ran Peng's words, Wu Jian couldn't say anything, the shepherd had indeed put a lot of thought into this route.

Ran Peng slowly parked the ship in a port, and people came and went on the shore, and people with all kinds of strange decorations and strange appearances came and went.

After walking on the sea for such a long time, I suddenly saw so many people, and I felt like I was in a different world.

Ran Peng found an inn, and except for the necessary guards left on the ship, everyone else went ashore to let the sailors enjoy a rare time on land.

With nothing to do, Wu Gen and Yang Zheng took Zhuo Ke to wander on the shore. Along the way, there was an orderly order, and from time to time there were patrolling shepherds passing by, and there was not even a single case of quarrels, which are common in the market.

It is said that the people who can get here are all pirate smugglers and the like, who are already irritable, but when they go to the shore, they have become well-behaved. As soon as I inquired, I learned that those who made trouble on the shore were all reduced to slaves and brought back to Kuntianzhou directly.

Therefore, although there are many vicious-looking people on the shore, they only dare to make some provocations with their eyes, and no one dares to make a move.

While he was strolling, Wu Gan noticed that a ship was docked in the harbor. A dozen sailors dressed as men came down from the ship.

After greeting the patrolling herdsmen, they fenced off a large area on the shore with sticks and ropes. Soon some of the shepherds gathered around the rope, but they refused to take a step.

At this moment, even Yang Zheng became curious, what was this for. After a while, a column of merfolk in shackles stepped down from the ship and into the area enclosed by the rope. Under the reprimand of the sailors, these people sat on the ground, and each one looked a little sluggish.

Soon more people were disembarked, men and women, mostly young and strong, and one after another almost filled the space inside the fence.

Roughly counted, there were nearly two hundred of them. With so many people on board, it must have been a very hard time to come to the sea.

"These should be slaves who were sold to Kuntianzhou." Yang Zheng whispered softly, "It's a pity, so many people. ”

Wu Gen also looked a little gloomy, these people were robbed to Kuntianzhou, I am afraid that they will not be able to return to their homeland for the rest of their lives, and they will become lonely souls in a foreign land.

The sailors took some dirty wooden basins, threw them in the crowd, poured some water into the basins, and left them to drink with their heads buried like dogs.

There are many people and little water, and from time to time some people cry noisily because of the scramble. The sailors rushed over, brandishing their whips and cursing in their mouths, not treating them as human beings at all.

Seeing this, Yang Zheng's eyelids jumped, his eyes became indifferent, and his hand tightly grasped his belt.

Wu Yan patted his shoulder lightly, and sighed: "We can save these people, but we can't save others, and when we get to Kuntianzhou, we will see if there is a way to break this kind of business." ”

The shepherds watching from the outside of the circle became excited, and from time to time someone pointed to one of the slaves in the circle, and asked the sailor to pull him over and look at it carefully, and from time to time he was writing something on a piece of paper. However, under the watchful eye of the shepherds, these shepherds did not dare to step half a step over the low fence, so they could only call for the sailors to help pull the people over.

After listening to the discussions of others, Wu Jian realized at this time that these shepherds had rushed here in advance to choose the slaves they liked, but they were not allowed to buy and sell here, and when they returned to Kuntianzhou, they paid a lot of money to grab the slaves they liked.

At this moment, a tall man was dragged to the fence by two sailors. The man did not resist, but stood upright, letting the shepherd pick his own body and fiddle with his body like an animal.

The shepherd was so pleased that he wrote down the man's name on a piece of paper.

"I want medicine, I want it now, otherwise, I won't go to Kuntianzhou even if I die." The man spoke suddenly, and spoke loudly to the shepherd in front of him.