In the middle of the sparkling Pacific Ocean, a huge luxury cruise ship is sailing elegantly at cruising speed.

From time to time, two or three dolphins leap out of the water, make a graceful arc in the air, and then return to the sea.

It is a large cruise ship about 200 meters long, with a nine-story building above the deck and a displacement of 120,000 tons.

While other ships have their names spray-painted on their bows, this one has the glittering gold name Aphrodite on both sides of the bow. The name of Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty and desire.

Although its size cannot be compared with those super-large cruise ships with a displacement of 200,000 tons, it is also famous in the cruise industry. Because this is the private cruise ship of the Nicholas family, one of the world's hidden wealthy families, it is famous for its extreme luxury.

Unlike other commercial cruise ships, the Aphrodite does not have any standard rooms, and there are only 280 luxury duplex suites and 10 duke-level suites, as well as two princely ultra-luxury presidential rooms.

There are two swimming pools on board, a standard pool on the first deck and a landscape pool on the eighth floor. Eleven restaurants helmed by renowned chefs from around the world are ready to serve the guests in these 292 suites.

Inside the cruise, there is a bush path with lush vegetation, making it feel like you're in a tropical jungle. If you look closely, you can see tropical chameleon lizards crawling among the branches, and butterflies endemic to the tropics, flashing their colorful wings flying in front of you.

Another area is decorated with European-style alleys, lined with cafés, cigar bars, wine shops and even a small casino.

At the front of the alley is a two-storey entertainment house, exactly modeled after the Moulin Rouge. In the evenings, topless girls from all over the world put on a spectacular show.

As for the Thai-style masaki and Japanese-style hot spring relaxation area, it will make people linger. If you don't go out on deck and look out at the ocean, you'll almost forget you're on a ship.

A silver-gray Airbus-produced civilian light helicopter flew in from afar and soon flew over the cruise ship.

At the helicopter take-off and landing platform, several ground personnel in brightly colored vests were ready to respond. A usher, dressed in a bright yellow vest, stands at the edge of the platform, waving his hands with a red glowing baton, making different movements depending on the altitude at which the helicopter lands.

Under the instructions of the guide, the helicopter landed steadily on the helicopter platform of the cruise ship.

A lean man in a black suit, standing next to the platform, did not wait for the helicopter's propellers to stop, and walked to the helicopter with a slight bend to face the strong wind from the wings. Reach out and pull open the hatch and make a gesture of please.

A slender leg stretched out from the cabin, and the black high heels on his feet were firmly on the steel deck of the platform.

Then, a cold woman with sunglasses on her face and long curly hair walked out of the cabin. Behind her, another man in casual clothes with two suitcases in his hand also stepped off the helicopter.

The man who greeted the plane walked down the helicopter lift platform with the cold woman in his arms, opened the door next to the bridge, and invited the two to enter the cabin of the cruise ship.

Entering the cabin was a wide passage paved with a colorful wool carpet, and several large men stood on either side. They were all dressed in black suits, with short Mohican soldier hairstyles and white intercom cables peeking out behind their ears. The armpits are bulging, and at first glance they look like they are hiding firearms.

A woman in a flamboyant formal dress and an obvious European appearance stood in front of the carpet, bowed slightly to the glamorous woman, and said in English;

"Welcome, esteemed lady of the Moon Shadow. Please call me Serena, here I am your personal butler. ”

Moon Shadow nodded, and also asked in English, "Hello Serena, has my companion arrived?"

Serena replied, "Mr. Qingyuanzi arrived four hours ago and is now resting in his room. He had instructed you to go to his room if you arrived. ”

It turned out that the Dharma name of the Great Elder of the Taiyi Sect was Qingyuanzi.

Moon Shadow snorted, "Serena, then please lead the way." ”

"Do as you are told, please. ”

The man with the box in both hands followed behind Moon Shadow, but was stopped by two bodyguards: "I'm sorry, sir, what you have in your hand needs to be checked." ”

Moon Shadow looked back at the two bodyguards and asked Serena coldly, "What's the matter?"

"No, no, honorable Lady Lunaris, you misunderstood. It's just a matter of agreement between my master and the conference organizer that all the master's hand-held artifacts need to be checked. Weapons that are too powerful should be temporarily banned to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings. ”

"What if I don't want to?" Moon Shadow's retinue carried two boxes, one containing his own clothes and not caring about it, but the other smaller box contained the Honmen's Treasure Shining Spirit Knife. Where can outsiders be banned casually.

"Dear Lady Lunaris, please don't embarrass me. You can rest assured that you can carry ordinary ritual weapons with you. Mainly those magic weapons with too much mana, in order to avoid accidents, they need to be dealt with temporarily. After all, everyone is on the vast sea, and no one wants accidents, right?" Serena said in a very respectful tone, but her attitude was still very persistent.

Just when the two were at a stalemate, the voice of the Great Elder sounded in the passage: "Moon Shadow, follow the customs of the locals, and leave it to them for inspection." ”

"Yes, Archmage. Qingyuanzi spoke, and Moon Shadow motioned for her entourage to hand over the two boxes to the bodyguards on the two ships, and she was also curious about how these people would measure the mana of the Shining Knife.

I saw the bodyguard press on the wall of the walkway, and a platform slipped out of the wall silently. On top of it was an elaborate bracket, but on the shelf was a rough wooden scepter.

At the top of the scepter is carved an angel in distress with a painful expression, and only the face of the angel is carved to life in the entire scepter, and her eyes are inlaid with two crystal clear blue gems. These two gemstones are so pure and transparent that the light from the outside world will streak through the surface of the gemstone from time to time.

Moon Shadow is also from a wealthy family, so she can be regarded as a treasure connoisseur. She could see that the two blue gemstones were rare S-grade natural blue diamonds, and with such a large volume, any of these two blue diamonds would be priceless.

The bodyguard picked up a box and approached the scepter, which contained Moon Shadow's clothes, and the scepter naturally did not react.

But when the bodyguard approached the scepter with the Shining Knife, the two gems suddenly glowed blue, making the angel's expression even more painful.

Serena stepped forward and said to Moon Shadow, "Dear Lady Moon Shadow, the magic weapon in your box is truly powerful, and it is truly amazing that it can inspire two Insight Stones at the same time. ”

"So, please allow ... As she spoke, Serena held a chain made of metal in her hand and handed it to Moonshadow.

Moon Shadow nodded helplessly, the people were very obedient and praised the Shining Spirit Knife first, plus the Great Elder had already issued an order, so she naturally didn't want to say anything.

Selina got Moon Shadow's permission, and stepped forward to wrap the chain around the chest a few times, tying the chest containing the Shining Knife on all sides, and finally locking the chain with a small golden lock. The moment the golden lock was locked, Moon Shadow felt a fluctuation of inspiration. These days, because she has been cultivating with the Shining Spirit Knife, the faint sense of mutual feeling she has generated has suddenly disappeared.

I don't know if it's the humble metal chain or the little golden lock that has magical powers that can isolate the induction between her and the Shining Knife.

Fortunately, after the box was banned, the other party did not ask for the Shining Knife to be kept, and still let Moon Shadow's entourage carry it to Moon Shadow's room. Moon Shadow had every time and opportunity to slowly study the mysteries of these two things.

So she followed Serena's guidance and came directly to Qingyuanzi's room.

When I opened the door, I saw Qing Yuanzi, the great elder of the Taiyi Sect, dressed in a Chinese-style robe, sitting leisurely on the sofa in the living room. He looked like he was about forty years old, with a slender figure and a dignified appearance. There were no ornaments on his body except for the Chinese-style robe, and even his wrists were not covered with Buddhist beads that other religious believers often have.

He sat there very casually, and just glanced up at the moon shadow, and the aura of the worldly master came to his face.

As the first person in the Taiyi Sect other than the door owner, he received a higher treatment from the shipowner, and lived in one of the ten duke-level suites. In addition to a separate bedroom and study on the upper floor, there is also a luxurious room and an entourage room on the ground floor.

In the luxurious room lived his eldest disciple Xuchen, who was also one of the top ten protectors of the Taiyi Sect of the Gods, and the master of the Earth Character Altar.

The entourage room is a personal butler prepared by the shipowner for Qingyuanzi, who is on call 24 hours a day.

Qing Yuanzi saw the Moon Shadow coming in, and greeted with a smile: "Moon Shadow Altar Master, you have arrived, have you worked hard all the way?" Come, sit, please sit." ”

Moon Shadow nodded and sat down on the couch beside her, trying to make the expression on her face as natural as possible. Don't look at the scene where Yuanzi's face is full of harmony now, but the scene where he extracted the soul of the bishop of Jinbei District without saying a word, Moon Shadow can remember it clearly.

"I'm sorry Great Elder, the other day the captain said that there was a storm area on the route, so he took a detour and delayed it for a few days. Moon Shadow explained carefully.

"Oh, I know, it's okay. The other spiritual cultivators were not so punctual, and now they have to wait for a few. Qingyuanzi waved his hand generously.

"It's good that the Great Elder's arrangements weren't delayed, otherwise Moon Shadow would be really uneasy in her heart. ”

"Don't talk about that. Qingyuanzi picked up a cup of tea on the coffee table and tasted it; "Come, Moon Shadow, you can also taste this Jin Junmei, which was brought by the old monk Jingxuan of Wuyi Mountain." It is said that it was taken from the only three ancient trees left in Wuyi Mountain, and it tastes really good. ”

Moon Shadow picked up another cup and took a sip, a fresh fragrance that filled her heart and lungs in an instant. The entrance is sweet and long, and it is really the best in the tea.

"It's really good tea," Moon Shadow praised, "Is Master Jingxuan here too?"

"I arrived two days ago, but now I'm gone. This old monk is also a representative of the Spirit King faction, and this cruise ship is to act as a liaison between our two factions. ”

"Great Elder, listen to what you mean, only Master Jingxuan came and left after the people of the Spirit King Sect?"

"Yes, the Spirit King Sect and the Scattered Spirit Hermit have changed the address of the meeting at short notice, and they are going to an island in the Pacific Ocean to hold this summit. ”

"Hey, change the address temporarily, there won't be any ill intent on the two factions, right?" Moon Shadow was not optimistic about this hodgepodge summit, but now she was even more vigilant in her heart.

"Bad faith is not enough. Qingyuanzi shook his head: "It's a message sent by the leader of the Lingwang Sect in South Korea, the Ming Zen Master of Dongming Temple. Explain that he will bring a monster that has been locked down, and ask all the powers from all walks of life to confirm the origin of the monster. Due to the danger and inconvenience of taking it on the cruise ship, the summit location was changed to an island. ”

"What kind of monster is it? Even Master Ming Chan can't confirm it. Moonshadow was curious.

There are many wonders in the world, and in the history of the spiritual cultivation world, there have also been cases where creatures that have been invaded by mutant spirits have transformed into monsters. There are also some cultivators who have gone crazy for some special reason, and have also mutated into other races. The legendary zombies of the East, the vampires and man-wolves of the West all fall into this category.

Master Ming Chan is also a top figure in the spiritual cultivation world, and there are even monsters that he can't distinguish, what could it be?

Qingyuanzi took another sip of tea, looked at Moon Shadow and said, "Master Ming Chan has actually confirmed it, but because of the big trouble, he needs to get more corroboration... He thinks that this time it is likely that the monster from the non-earth is the one who locked it... ”

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