Liyangzhou is located at the southernmost point of Bactria and the southernmost point from Yangzhou is the endless South China Sea. Therefore, the shipping from Yangzhou is extremely prosperous. The ships that departed the port each day were bound for other Linhai prefectures in Bactria or to other dynasties far overseas.

Above the vast expanse of the sea are many islands of various sizes, such as the bright stars that dot the night sky. On the island, there are either the locations of some immortal sects, or the caves of some martial arts powers that practice in seclusion. There are also some inaccessible places, which may contain the ruins of some sects of the past or the burial caves of ancestors. This kind of place where great opportunities and deadly dangers coexist is the place where countless martial artists, especially the mountain and wild cultivators, are eager to seek opportunities, and of course, it is the burial place for most of the adventure martial cultivators.

In Liyang Prefecture, especially in the coastal counties, whether it is a martial artist or an ordinary civilian, there are some special occupations and trades that rely on the sea to eat.

The most common is shipping. Among them are ferries mainly for freight and passenger transport, and thirds of these ferries are in the hands of the local government. Most ships travel to and from the territory of Bactria and its surroundings, except for Nanliang, there are maritime ports near the vassals. Most of the government-run docks were mainly used to transport the materials of the imperial court. The remaining seventy percent of the ferries are in the hands of local sects or family forces. Among them, there are mainly first-class forces with Shangwu Realm in charge. These ferries will also become the main trade between the major families and sect forces, especially the cultivation resources needed by cultivating martial artists. Of course, passenger transportation is also one of the important sources of revenue that cannot be ignored.

Because the territory of Great Xia is too wide, sometimes the land route between the two places, especially the cross-state journey, takes several months or even longer, and not all martial artists have the cultivation to resist the wind. Even if there is, it is a lot of money to consume and replenish the vitality on the way. What's more, the martial artist who has reached the realm of flying against the wind is not a major figure in the sect family, and how can he be in a hurry with his transcendent status. In case a careless person flies over the power of those sects that have a certain hot temper or more arrogant Shangwu Realm, and the immortal sect pays the most attention to face and reputation, you pass by other people's territory and do not go to visit the mountain gate, and it is okay to compliment and say some beautiful scenes, and you have to step on the top of people's heads to pass by, you may be mistaken for despising the majesty of their sect. Or the other party put too much salt in the meal last night, deliberately provoking trouble, it is inevitable that one or even several people from the martial realm asked. Whatever the reason, crossing the sea by boat or turning into rivers and lakes is the first choice for many warriors.

And in order to obtain as much revenue as possible, the major sect forces will transform their ships into ferries for both passengers and goods. Above the cargo hold is the cabin, and some cabins are even equipped with isolation and cultivation formations. Not only is the environment as comfortable as a residence in the sect, and it is not disturbed by the outside world, but it can also provide a place for martial artists to concentrate on cultivation during the journey. It's just that the price of this type of cabin is also very few people can afford. But there are few and no, there are always those martial artists or sects who are not bad for money, and they order such cabins to show their identity and heritage.

No matter how big or small the ferry is, it is all the magic weapon of the immortal family that has been transformed by the refiner, but the grade is different. And on the ferry, there will also be escort warriors according to the power of the sect family that runs it. Although not all sects and families can afford to hire a martial artist from the Imperial Soul Realm to escort the ferry. But the forces that can operate the ferry, even if there is only one, if it is not for one or two monks from the Burning Kiln Realm, they will not be able to get a piece of the pie.

The danger of shipping does not only come from unpredictable natural disasters, but more terrible than natural disasters are often predictable and unpreventable, and man-made disasters that can be prevented may not be prevented. No matter how strong the wind and waves on the sea are, they are no bigger than the ripples of evil thoughts and greed in people's hearts. The sea beasts and dark tides in the deep sea are not as dangerous as the human heart's calculations. And in man-made disasters, it is the bandits who terrify the ordinary forces and give the big forces a headache.

There are two types of bandits, one is a force composed of multiple bandits, but the scale is different. Some forces are extremely loose internally, gathering when they are advantageous, and scattering when they are not. There are even frequent cases of internecine killing, murder and treasure snatching among internal members because of the uneven distribution of spoils. Others are large in scale and highly hierarchical, and the scale and power of this kind of bandit force with one or several middle martial realm warriors are no less than ordinary second-rate sects.

Although most of the pirates are outlaws who pin their heads to the waistband of their pants to beg for a living, they do not spare their lives. Most forces wouldn't be foolish enough to touch the heads of ships that were escorted by the Upper Martial Realm. Let's not talk about whether it is possible to escape from under the noses of the monks of the Upper Martial Realm, even if he really uses the means of gecko tail cutting, he abandons a few lucky companions of the Upper Martial Realm and escapes temporarily. But these sects, who value the face and majesty of their own sect more than a dozen ferries and their property combined, will not allow others to slap themselves in the face in front of so many monks and forces in the rivers and lakes. For the higher the realm of the martial artist, the higher the status of the family or sect power, the more comparable to the hatred of taking a wife, the hatred of destroying the clan, or even exceeding. Therefore, the pursuit in the future will be a non-stop hunt for years or even decades. Even if these bandit forces had to be disbanded, their members would be chased and killed by digging into the ground when they flew separately in the face of great disaster.

In history, this kind of thing that led to the collapse of the entire force because of a moment of greed all shook the entire Liyang Prefecture and even the rivers and lakes of Great Xia. Whether it was spontaneously organized by the major forces or led by the Great Xia court, there were also many actions by Jianghu monks or warriors with the government as the background to exterminate bandits. Although the demon is one foot high and the road is one foot high, nine out of ten of the bandit forces are like boiling soup and blood in the monk's purge, and they will collapse when they touch it. However, the truth that when the water is clear, there are no fish is extremely applicable, so due to various factors, there are often some lucky escapes and forbearance for many years. In the face of the resurgence of these bandits, these sect forces, which are accustomed to sweeping the snow in front of each other, are again hanging high as long as their ferry is not attacked. They are more willing to see those sects that have disputes with them on weekdays, or forces that have divided their own interests on a certain route, and these pirates consume each other, even if they can't reap the profits, they feel that they have gained a great advantage.

In addition, there are also some lone wild cultivators, either because they are hiding from the enemy, or because they have offended certain sect forces, and some are simply traitors and abandoned sons of certain sects, and they also make a living by hijacking ships at sea. It's just that these lone sharks drifting on the vast sea are not like those fish that are too large to be crowded, so they can only choose some ferries that are not strong. Or simply be the vulture that picks carrion, just follow the bandit forces far behind, and wait until the two sides fight or the pirates return from plundering, and take advantage of the fire to rob some leftovers. Although there is still a great risk, and the cultivation conditions are not as good as those of the mountains and fields on the road, and they cannot be compared with the favorable conditions of the former sect forces. It's just the same as the Killing Immortal Gorge at the junction of Xia Liang, above the vast sea, it is a place outside the law that is the place where they survive in danger, and if it is a coincidence, it may also become a paradise.

In addition to the pirates, there are also some particularly unique warriors at sea. The pearl diver is one of them.

The pearl diver got its name from the fish girl who raised river mussels in the water-perched place to sell pearls. There is a young girl wearing a colorful skirt and holding a wooden barrel, barefoot on the shallow waterside ripples, slender waist like a willow branch caressing the wind, picking up the river mussels in the water and taking out a pearl as delicate and white as the girl's skin. After half a day, the sweat on the girl's forehead was as clear as the pearl in her hand.

In the ignorance of many Shaowu years, in the poetry of many poets, in the ink and silk brocade of many Danqing holy hands, and in the memories of many cranes and frost sideburns, pearl diving girls and girls pearl diving are far more moving than priceless pearls.

The pearl divers on the sea are no longer the pearls in the mussels, but the islands or deep-sea shipwrecks, as well as the cave tombs or treasures left in the underwater ruins. And the person who dives the pearl is not a beautiful little girl in colorful clothes, but a martial artist who is proficient in the art of qi observation or the art of water.

They may belong to some forces in the sea, if they find the immortal relics in the cave, and their own sect cannot explore independently, they will publish the location of the tomb in the rivers and lakes. The major forces on the sea and some family sects in the coastal waters will send people in the forces, either for the purpose of junior training, or really hoping to seek a breakthrough for some of the ancestors who have reached the bottleneck, and they will hand over some Shangyuan money to enter the tomb ruins for exploration. And among them, the dangerous opportunities, life and death, blessings and misfortunes, each have their own destiny, each according to their ability.

And some lone rangers, after discovering the secret realm or cave, will also sell their intelligence information to some sects, or simply gamble all their belongings and lives to risk themselves. Of course, if the latter is the case, it is mostly nine deaths. If you find a chance treasure in the ruins, it is like taking pearls from river mussels, so the name of pearl diver has been used to this day.

Legend has it that in ancient times, there was a dragon that inhabited the sea and did things to spread rain. And Jiaolong is extremely beneficial to the avenue of some qi refiners, and it is even more precious to refiners. Hence the ancient profession of Jiao trappers. It's not so much a profession as an ancient heritage.

It is rumored that the Jiao Catcher itself is a natural Dao Suppression Saint for Jiaolong and even the genus of the true dragon. From an early age, you must practice secret exercises, and at the same time, you must also master the use of all kinds of secret Jiao trapping techniques and magic weapons. Jiao trappers have been an extremely mysterious group since ancient times, and there are few records of them in historical materials and folk history.

I don't know if after the war between heaven and man, the operation of the heavenly way is different from that of ancient times, or the dragons in the world have long been captured, or the land and the sea are not closely related. However, there is an account of going overseas to Penglai to seek immortals or crossing the sea to return from the Western Buddhist country, but I have seen a person wearing a bamboo hat on his head, wearing a dark green leather robe, and holding a harpoon on his back and a rattan rope on his back. Behind him, a dragon's groan suddenly came out of the fish basket, and its voice was angry and sad, and it was breathtaking. It's just that these strangely dressed people disappear in a flash on the surface of the sea.

There are also people from the sect who have lived on the islands of the sea for a long time revealed that there are indeed some hidden families living on some inaccessible islands, and many of them are the descendants of the former Jiao hunters. They either still inherit their ancestral business and make a living by catching Jiao, or they are secretive about what their ancestors did.

Of course, there are also Taoist monks who calculate the way of heaven, Buddhist disciples who are familiar with cause and effect, or Yin and Yang monks who are good at the principle of luck, once said, because the hunting and killing of Jiaolong in the era of Jiaoren violates the way of heaven, confuses cause and effect, and damages yin morality, so the descendants of Jiaoren are either cursed by Jiaolong, or punished by heaven, or karma, in short, all kinds of reasons can only be escaped.

All kinds of truth and falsehood, fiction and reality are impossible to verify. However, the various immortal magic weapons that remain in the world and are refined by the genus of Jiaolong, or the utensils that can be used as the refining of Qiankun matter, have increased over the years. However, only people at the top of the Martial Dao Mountain or top-level sect forces can touch it. But because of the inheritance of these artifacts, it seems that it can be confirmed that the Jiao Catcher seems to be true.

Unlike the confusing rumors of the Jiao Hunters, there are many records in history about monks other than the human race. And to this day, there are still mountain spirits, ghosts and ghosts. It's just that in the eyes of the Terran martial cultivators, it is not my race, or it is used by me, or it is controlled by me, or it is punished by me.

Although it is true that there are spirits, ghosts, or birds, beasts, plants and trees that cultivate and transform into shapes, they will supplement their cultivation by sucking people's flesh and soul, causing ordinary people to be slaughtered. or intentionally or unintentionally intrude into the world of ordinary people, disturbing the order of the world and causing panic. However, most of the non-Terran monks mostly hide in the deep mountains and forests or in the deserted islands of the deep sea. But if they encounter a Terran warrior, they will do their best to get rid of these aliens and evils in their eyes.

And killing demons, spirits, ghosts, and evil spirits has also become the norm for many sects. Even those Terran warriors who cultivated some side paths, even if they would not harm others, became the outliers who must be killed in the eyes of these martial artists.

In the final analysis, what these martial artists are most worried about is nothing more than these alien races in their eyes, using the side door and left path in their eyes, after cultivation, they can be more successful than those who have been inherited for thousands of years compared to them, combined with the experience and understanding of countless sect predecessors, and their attainments in martial arts are higher. In their hearts, as long as it is outside their own sect, or even outside of themselves, even if they are from the same sect, whether you are a human or a beast, a demon or a ghost, they are all aliens. As long as it is in the way of ascending to the top of one's martial arts, and those who are involved in one's own avenue, they are all enemies. It's just that for human warriors, if they are unknown, they can't kill them at will, after all, there are still rules to talk about in this world. And it seems that there is no need for a reason to kill those who are not human, because the rules of the world never seem to protect them. The human heart and human nature are like this, and the so-called alienation originates from the human heart and is destroyed by human nature.

It seems that only Buddhist monks in the world are the most tolerant of cultivators outside the human race, and the so-called equality of all living beings and the fact that all living beings can be transformed is such a reason. It is said that in the Western Buddha Country, in the Elysian World or the Glass World outside the world of Buddhahood, there are Buddhas and Bodhisattvas who have already attained enlightenment, and there are cultivators who have practiced for more than 10,000 years and then become righteous people. There are also bodhisattvas and Buddhas who have been reincarnated as beasts in the mountains, birds in the forests, and even mosquitoes and flies in order to reincarnate sentient beings. Whether they have become bodhisattvas, or whether bodhisattvas have transformed them is the subtle Buddha's teachings.

The Taoists and Confucian monks are between the Buddhists and the other hundred schools. As far as Taoist monks are concerned, as long as they do not harm the poor, do not disturb the order of the world, do not interfere with them, whether you have a dispute with a martial artist, or if you are cultivating and ascending, and go with me to the knees of the Taoist ancestors to listen to the Dharma and realize the Tao. Most of the Confucian monks also treated them with a respectful and distant attitude, aiming to educate the world. But if they also want to join the disciples, they also uphold the principle of teaching without class, and teach their own knowledge, and there is no hiding from them.

In the South China Sea, there are also many foreign monks who are far away from the human world, and live a life with the human race that the well water does not interfere with the river water. However, there are also those who have formed the Tao and will serve as worshippers in some maritime sects, and they can even be recorded in the genealogy of the Patriarch's Hall. Perhaps the warriors of the sea are more broad-minded than those of the people on land.

The rivers and lakes of the land and sea seem to be not very involved, but the dark tide under the sea can only be detected by those who are trapped in it. And the waves of the rivers and lakes, like the wind and waves on the sea, will never really subside.