Chapter Twenty-Three: Under the Blue Waves
The Bijiang River originates in the East China Sea, passes through the southern part of the continent from east to west, flows to the west and extends northward, dividing the entire continent into two regions. The Jiangbei area is larger, and the Prancing Horse Plain used to be the Tianxing Academy, and to the north was the Imperial City.
To the south of the Bijiang River is the city of Youzhou. Passing through the dark forest, there is a bleak sandbar and the infamous Soul Eater City.
Ruan Ruan looked at the map and sighed with emotion. From the southwest corner of the continent to the central part of the continent, it took a few months, and it was only a quarter of the territory. In the past few months, I have changed a lot, not only the change in appearance, but also the growth of my heart is the most rare. From a young and ignorant teenager, gradually growing up, although the road ahead is long, but why hesitate.
In autumn, the Bijiang River is still turbulent. The three teenagers in the cabin did not feel the turbulence at all. Ruan Ruan felt the route of the true qi in his body, and the beauty of Qingming Xiaoling was reflected in the automatic rotation in the sea of qi, constantly condensing and liquefiing the true qi. Over time, it has now coalesced into a small pool. It's time to find some advanced spells to deal with the gradually increasing reserves of True Qi. It's like a person who has a lot of money but doesn't know how to spend it.
Feel the vigorous true qi, flowing in the meridians, running the Qingming Xiaoling, and visualizing the form of the rushing river. The true qi in the body gradually underwent some kind of change, not pushing forward with a wave of qi, but wave after wave, rotating and washing through the body.
"Boom Boom" The fluctuations of the true qi in the meridians were wave after wave, rushing into the sea of qi, the clouds became more viscous, and large drops of water fell between the rotations. The small pool formed by the liquid true qi began to expand, and its color gradually changed from transparent to yellow.
The distance between the clouds and the pool in the sea of qi is getting closer and closer, and the speed of transformation is getting faster and faster. Eventually, the air mass rushed directly into the pool, and the liquid true qi in the pool also became extremely viscous. The liquid True Qi also began to rotate, constantly crushing and condensing, and the extruded True Qi began to intertwine with the newly formed clouds, wrapping them in a ball.
Gradually, the pool is compressed, and the core condenses into a solid ball, and the high concentration appears to be golden. The sphere rotated rapidly, constantly enveloping and compressing the viscous true qi, repeating the cycle. It slowly changed from the size of a grain of rice to the size of a peanut, then to the size of a grape, and finally to the size of an egg. There were only golden spheres left in the sea of qi, and the surrounding true qi was smashed into mist-like particles by the golden pill that rotated at high speed, which was constantly absorbed and evaporated.
Jin Dan in the body, Ruan Soft secretly happy. I thought that this process would be very long, but I didn't expect that the river would have broken through when I was on the boat. Thinking of the feeling of being practicing swords at night in Youzhou City, I was glad to have that epiphany. This kind of opportunity is rare, and it is not something that can be entered by deliberately experiencing it.
The big ship shook suddenly, and the helmsman on the deck began to turn the rudder desperately.
"What's going on?" the ship's commander shouted.
"Ran into a reef. The helmsman's voice trembled.
The Commander began to arrange for the crew to inspect the bottom warehouse, and the news of the arrival made his brow furrow.
"There was a big hole in the bottom of the boat hanging from the reef, and the bottom compartment was flooding. "The crew came running in a drenched body to report.
"How long are we left to go ashore?" said the Commander, squeezing through his teeth.
"There should still be an hour of waterway. The crew replied cautiously.
According to the current situation of the big ship, I am afraid that it will completely sink in less than a stick of incense.
The commander's face was gloomy, and he waved his hand, "Go and inform the people in the cabin that the big ship is leaking and is ready to change to a small boat." ”
The people in the cabin knew about the situation, and the cabin suddenly panicked.
Qiu Meili looked disgusted, "Why does Brother Zhu have a situation every time he takes a boat with you? Are you the reincarnation of a broom star?"
Zhu Zixin rolled his eyes, and before he could speak, the big boat shook violently, and a river rushed in, and the people in the cabin staggered and fell into a ball, and screams and cries filled the entire cabin.
"Everybody come to deck and get ready to get on the boat, and the big ship is going to sink. "There was a crew member shouting loudly.
The people in the cabin rushed to the deck frantically, the big ship kept swaying, the river in the cabin kept pouring in, and some people in the crowd kept falling and being trampled by the people behind.
The commander looked at the roaring river and knew that it was more than good luck to board the boat. But in the current situation, there is no choice but to yell and command the crew to arrange for passengers to board the boat.
The chaos of the crowd was beyond his control, and the able-bodied men preemptively boarded the first boats, nothing in their eyes more important than their own lives. Leaving the big ship is their only thought at the moment. The woman and the child could not even walk in front of them, and they were scattered by the crowd, crying helplessly.
Half of the hull of the big ship had sunk into the water, the cabin was already soaked in the river, and some people who had not yet rushed to the deck were struggling and shouting in the water.
The crew urgently put down the boats, but they were far from being able to catch up with the sinking speed of the big ships, and only a few people got on the boats and floated on the river.
Ruan Ruan looked at the crowd coldly, "Brother Qiu, Brother Zixin, you go and help, first get the old and weak women and children from the cabin to the deck." I'll go into the water and take a look. ”
Qiu Mei left Zhu Zixin and the others knowing that he had his own measure, and immediately went to the cabin to save people.
Ruan Ruan found a thick cable on the deck and tied one end around his waist. Running the True Qi, the Jin Dan runs at high speed in the body, and the pure mist True Qi scattered around the Jin Dan is withdrawn and released out of the body through the pores, forming a translucent cover.
After entering the innate state, you can control your breathing, and you can hold on for a long time in the hood formed by the release of true qi. Diving into the water, the torrent of the river can't exert too much resistance on him. The perception was far beyond what it used to be, giving him a feeling that everything in heaven and earth was under control. But at present, it is too late to experience, so I can only swim to the bottom of the boat first.
The bottom of the ship was broken, and a hole the size of a table kept pouring river water into the cabin. Ruan Ruan looked around, and there was a black reef scattered suddenly under the water, and it was here that the big ship was injured.
The frost sword came out of its sheath and slashed across the reef like slicing tofu. After forming the golden pill, his skill increased greatly, and Ruan Ruan was overjoyed, and used his long sword to cut out a stone chip similar to the size of the hole.
Running Jindan, both hands put the stone chips on the broken part of the bottom of the boat to block the river. The whole person exerts force, the stone chips are embedded in the bottom of the ship, and the repair position is fixed with the cable brought, and the rest is to move the big ship to normal waters.
The crew on deck kept lowering the boat, trying to rescue as many people as possible before the ship sank.
Qiu Meili and Zhu Zixin picked up the people in the cabin to the deck one by one, and at this time, a crew member suddenly asked, "The big ship doesn't seem to continue sinking, and the water in the cabin is no longer rising." ”
The two of them understood that Ruan Ruan must have thought of a way, and shouted at the commander who was still roaring, "Quickly arrange for someone to drain the water from the cabin, so you don't have to get on the boat." ”
The Commander immediately ordered the crew to begin draining the stagnant water from the ship's hold. The people on deck sprang into action, and in a short time the cabin was cleared. At this time, the big ship slowly surfaced and returned to its normal course.
While everyone was wondering, a figure flew out of the river and landed on the deck, it was Ruan Ruan.
Zhu Zixin laughed and patted Ruan Ruan's shoulder, "You kid really has a hand." ”
Only then did everyone on the boat understand that it was the young man in front of him who saved the fate of the sinking of the big ship. In particular, the old and weak women and children who were rescued from the cabin stepped forward to thank them.
The first group of people who rushed to the boat also returned to the deck, feeling the danger in the river, and some of them were pale-faced, and had not yet recovered from their fear.
Ruan Ruan looked at these people and didn't say a word.
The commander stepped forward and saluted, "Thank you Shaoxia for your help in solving the disaster of the shipwreck." ”
"It's not a matter of being polite, it's all about everyone working together. If you don't have the courage to face it, the gods can't save it. Ruan Ruan's eyes were like torches, looking at the first people who rushed to board the boat.