The fleet went all the way north, the journey was relatively smooth, and there were no strong winds and waves, idle and boring sailors, and those who did not go to work have already begun to knot rope fishing, and some dared even used the fish they caught to tease the sharks that followed.

Due to the smooth wind, half a month later, the fleet smoothly passed through the North Sea and entered the strait between the Wa Kingdom and Goguryeo.

Li Fayuan, as the boss of the fleet, was also relatively idle at this time, because it was the first voyage, he didn't know what to do, the matter of drawing the sea chart was completed by the students and the people of Qingbei College, the wind and waves were calm, in addition to checking the reserve of drinking water and food every day, he was willing to sit in the wheelhouse and listen to Lu Jiutong tell the story of the sea.

Lu Jiutong has liked the ocean since he was a child, and often goes to sea with adults, so he knows a lot of interesting things, he corrects the course from time to time, and tells Li Fayuan about it, and then Li Fayuan actually brought a pen and paper to record, saying that he is going to write a book of anecdotes when he comes back. This aroused Lu Jiutong's interest in telling stories.

Yesterday I told the story of the dolphin saving the shipwrecked, and Lu Jiutong is going to tell him the story of the Sea Dragon King today.

Lu Jiutong calibrated the course, and saw that Li Fayuan was already sitting in danger and preparing to record, Lu Jiutong smiled and said: "I have heard the story of the Sea Dragon King since I was a child. ”

"Legend has it that under the rough waves, in the deep water area, the black and black stretched out his hand and could not see the five fingers, and then down ten thousand feet, there is a golden and brilliant dragon palace, in which lives a sea dragon king who spits clouds and mist, the ruler of the sea area, all passing ships, must give him gifts in advance, otherwise they will make waves and make people destroy the ship."

"This should be fake, there are no dragons in this world." Li Fayuan asked.

Lu Jiutong laughed and said: "This is a legend, as for whether it is difficult to determine, but I have really seen a python four or five zhang long, just last time on Luzon Island, I was obedient, my body is like a bucket, when it is quiet, it is like an old tree, it is difficult for people to notice, and when people are close to it, it is suddenly difficult, for this reason we lost four or five good hands last time." ”

"This is on land, and there shouldn't be any in the ocean."

"The ocean is even more terrifying, because the sea is deep and vast, and the monsters inside are large, and they can really stir up wind and waves, and you have seen a lot of whales along the way, you should believe it."

Li Fayuan recalled the magnificent scene of the whale he saw along the way, and nodded involuntarily.

Lu Jiutong saw that he recognized it, and continued: "In fact, there are sea snakes in the sea, which are much longer than those on land, we often go to sea, and we have also seen white unknown monsters tens of meters long in deep water, and they are gone, and no one knows what they are. ”

Lu Jiutong saw that Li Fayuan began to make notes again, and continued: "A few years ago, a fisherman near Zhuangzi went to sea, saying that he had met the Sea Dragon King. ”

"Let's go—" Li Fayuan's pen fell on the table, too surprised.

Lu Jiutong thought that he didn't believe it, and hurriedly said: "This is a real thing, and there are many people who have witnessed it, because there is still a dragon's whisker on his family's fishing boat." ”

The more he talked about this, the more outrageous it became, Li Fayuan changed a piece of paper and asked him to talk about it in detail.

"Five or six years ago, in the summer, a fisherman surnamed Zhang, father and son went to the deep sea to fish, but encountered a hurricane, the sea dragon king appeared by a hurricane, it is said that the head is round like a hill, the eyes are bigger than the lid of the pot, the mouth is full of beards, a beard is more than ten zhang long, according to the half of the beard brought back from the ship, it is inferred that it is at least four or five hundred years old as a tree."

Originally, Li Fayuan didn't believe in ghosts and gods, but seeing that Lu Jiutong said that there was a specific time, a specific place, and a specific person's name, he couldn't help but believe it, after all, he had never seen this kind of monster.

Write a paragraph and let Lu Jiutong continue.

"According to the fisherman surnamed Zhang, their fishing boat was resisting the storm at that time, and was suddenly rolled up by the beard of the Sea Dragon King, and there were more than 20 crew members on board, and more than 10 of them entered the belly of the Sea Dragon King.

"Later, the Sea Dragon King must have been furious when he was injured."

"Who said it wasn't, the injured Sea Dragon King was so fierce that he slammed their fishing boat to the water, if it weren't for the size of their fishing boat, I am afraid that they would be dragged directly into the deep sea. Later, it was unknown what creatures were attacking the Sea Dragon King, so they were spared. ”

One of the two was talking vigorously, and the other was remembering happily, when suddenly a report interrupted the two of them's train of thought.

"Report to your lord, there are pirates!"