This merchant ship, named "Shunping", is about 12 meters long, about 6 meters wide, with six large sails, and has three layers under deck, one for cargo and two for people.

There were about 20 shipwrights and sailors, and after Wang Xinyu and others got on the ship, it seemed very crowded.

Wang Xinyu stood on the bow of the deck, looking at the night in the distance, "The brothers have all arranged it, right?"

Zhang Zhihe replied: "It has been arranged." ”

"What about Liu Wenqing of Shuijingtang, why didn't he come to see me?"

Zhang Zhihe said with a strange expression: "Boss, that Liu Wenqing is the deputy hall master of the Water Mirror Hall, although he is in charge of business-related affairs, his status is comparable to that of the hall master, and the gang leader values him very much." ”

Wang Xinyu turned around and reprimanded in a low voice: "Why didn't you say it earlier? Take me to meet Deputy Hall Master Liu!"

Zhang Zhihe tugged at the corners of his mouth, and immediately stepped forward to lead Wang Xinyu.

went down to the cabin on the first floor, and after being reported, Wang Xinyu entered Liu Wenqing's room.

"Changqing Hall disciple Tugou Fat Sheep has seen Hall Master Liu!" Wang Xinyu bowed and saluted.

Liu Wenqing got down from the couch and helped Wang Xinyu up, and said with a smile: "Everyone is brothers, and the local brothers are too polite." Come, sit down and say something. Also, call me Shopkeeper Liu, don't call me wrong in the future. ”

Wang Xinyu nodded hurriedly, he saw that Liu Wenqing was not as arrogant as he imagined, but very enthusiastic, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

The last thing he wants is that the other party has a higher status than him, puts up a fight with him, and indiscriminately instructs him. Now that he saw that the other party was very talkative, he felt that the task of this trip was a little easier.

After chatting for a while, Wang Xinyu asked casually, "I don't know what kind of goods Boss Shi is transporting this time?"

Hearing this, Liu Wenqing's pupils shrank, and then he smiled: "Boss Shi is a big business, this time I bought a batch of coal from Futai County and brought it back to Jiamucheng for resale, you know, the government has always strictly prohibited mining and reselling illegal coal, so this trip needs to be more secretive." ”

Wang Xinyu showed a look of sudden realization, "I see, shopkeeper Liu, how much do you know about the situation of the water bandits?"

Hearing this, Liu Wenqing smiled bitterly: "I don't know much about this matter, and I have to find Boss Shi to understand the situation." ”

Saying goodbye from Liu Wenqing, Wang Xinyu frowned, this Liu Wenqing seems to be kind, but he didn't tell the truth, if it was only trafficking in illicit coal, he wouldn't need him on the boat at all.

Then, he found Shi Chong to explain his intentions, and the two walked to the deck and stood on the side of the ship.

Shi Chong sighed and said: "Last year, our Dayue suffered a flood that was rare in a century, and many people's crops were flooded, resulting in no harvest. ”

"Some of them became homeless, and a small number of them became kings of the mountains and started to buy and sell without capital. ”

He looked at Wang Xinyu and said, "And the water bandits on the Hongmo River are these people." ”

"Oh, so these people are all pathetic?"

"yes, it's some homeless people. At that time, I also donated 1,000 stone of grain, but the court did not do anything, which was a drop in the bucket for the victims. ”

"I didn't expect Boss Shi to be a righteous businessman, and the fat sheep admires it!" Wang Xinyu hugged his fists.

"Hey, we're much richer than the victims, so we should take some of it. It's a pity that the gang of water bandits in Hongmohe is becoming more and more rampant. Before, he just asked for some money, and when he succeeded, he let the merchant leave. Now they have not only robbed all their goods, but also killed people if they were not satisfied. ”

Speaking of this, Boss Shi was also furious, and his attitude towards those bandits changed from his previous pity to hatred.

"How many of these bandits are there, and how are they skilled, but do they have martial arts?"

Shi Chong pondered for a while, and said, "There are quite a few of them, there are about a hundred of them, there are about twenty strong men among them, and the others are all relatively thin people. ”

"I don't know if there is martial arts or not, I brought fewer guards before, so I didn't dare to fight them at all. However, I heard that they are all very vicious, and some of the twelve or thirteen-year-old children in them can kill people without blinking. ”

Hearing this, Wang Xinyu couldn't help but say, at the age of twelve or thirteen, he killed people without blinking? In fact, he was almost like this.

He can do all these things, let alone those who suffer from hunger every day, and what about killing people in order to survive.

After asking some basic information, Wang Xinyu had a bottom in his heart. Except for being careful that the other party has martial arts masters, the rest are just a rabble, and there is nothing to be afraid of at all.

You must know that Changqingtang is an elite selected from the Changhe Gang, not to mention that each of them can fight one against ten, but there is no problem in dealing with four or five homeless people.

After finding some food to fill his stomach on the ship, he returned to his private room in the cabin.

Sitting quietly on the bed, the picture of Zhong Ze's "one knife separated from the world" kept coming to mind, making him unable to meditate and cultivate his internal strength.

He silently recited the first secret of the next world, and in his sea of Huang Tingqi, an immortal, sharp and thick true seed of the other world was constantly swallowing the sword qi.

These generated worldly sword qi went towards the Eight Pulses of the Strange Meridian in a special way.

It hurts.

Because of the explanation in the secret of the next life, Wang Xinyu was not surprised, endured the pain, and continued to exercise according to the formula.

"Poof..."

A mouthful of blood was spurted out by it, Wang Xinyu shrugged his head, his face pale, "My martial arts are still too low, and the meridians have not been specially refined, and it is still too reluctant to run the secret of the next world." ”

He forcibly closed the "one knife from the world" from his mind, and transported the twelve Lu family scattered hands of the internal strength method, so that the majestic qi and blood in his body could nourish the damaged meridians. Although it is not as effective as true qi, it is better than nothing.

It would be nice if I could absorb the sword qi and sword intent, so that I could fight the enemy faster with the sword qi of the next world. But where is it possible to find a divine weapon with sword qi for yourself to absorb?

Suddenly, Wang Xinyu thought, I wonder if the evil qi on the ordinary knife can be absorbed? Most of the disciples of the Changhe Gang use knives, and almost all of them have seen blood kill people, and there are some evil qi attached to it, if these evil qi can be used by me, then this first world separation technique may be able to speed up the cultivation.

So, he immediately took his steel knife, held it, and started the method.

Sure enough, a faint trace of evil qi invisible to the naked eye was absorbed into the sea of Huang Tingqi. Then, after some devouring of the true seed in the next world, it was tempered into the sword qi of the next world.

After practicing internal strength for an hour as usual, Wang Xinyu sank his mind into the sea of knowledge and visualized the five thunder slashing ghost seals, after all, this was faster than cultivating internal strength to recover from injuries.

Early the next morning, Wang Xinyu gathered all the disciples on the deck.

Wang Xinyu said to them, "Pull out your knives." ”

Although the disciples did not know why, they obediently pulled their swords out of their scabbards at the command of the helmsman.

Wang Xinyu didn't explain, he picked up the method of absorbing sword qi in the secret of the next world, and touched it one by one. Immediately, a trace of evil qi was absorbed by him into the sea of Huang Tingqi.