Chapter 525 Sail to the Sea
Douluo calendar year 2626, summer.
The sky is blue, the sun is bright, and the breeze is gentle, bringing a strong ocean atmosphere.
"Nanhu City" is the southernmost point of [Xingluo Empire] and the southernmost point of Douluo Continent.
Similar to the "Hanhai City" in the western border of [Tian Dou Empire], standing on the city wall of "Nan Hu City", looking at the vast blue waves in the clear sky, one's mind will be infinitely broadened, as if this There are no more worries in the world.
"When I saw the sea for the first time, I, like you, had great pride in my heart."
Ziyao Shi said lightly as his eyes reflected the distance between water and sky.
Mo Yuxiong withdrew his gaze from the sea, looked at Zi Yao Shi beside him, raised his eyebrows, and asked, "What about now?"
"Now?" Zi Yao Shi narrowed his eyes slightly, glanced back at Mo Yuxiong, then looked at the endless sea, and said in a complicated tone: "If I have a choice, I still prefer to stay on land."
Hearing this, Mo Yuxiong became interested: "Oh? Tell me?"
"Master Ling said something that I think is particularly suitable to be placed in the sea." Zi Yaoshi looked at the sea and said quietly: "Manpower is sometimes poor. In front of the vast world, human beings are as small as dust."
“It looks beautiful to be sailing on the blue waves, but there are unexpected events in the sky. Not to mention losing the course, only the storms, tsunamis, and undercurrents on the sea...each of them is enough to swallow more than 100 meters. "
"In addition to these powerful forces of heaven and earth, there are also sea soul beasts lurking in the deep sea. The offshore area is not bad. Once you enter the deep sea area, sea soul beasts with ten thousand years of cultivation are not uncommon. If Douluo is gone, he may be trapped there..."
Listening to Zi Yaoshi's words, Mo Yuxiong was about to say something when he suddenly saw a group of people in the corner of his eye, and he immediately became energetic. , quickly turned his gaze away.
“It’s the City Lord! The City Lord and the others are here——!”
Zi Yaoshi followed Mo Yuxiong's gaze and saw Ling Yi riding a dark horse with white hooves, galloping towards "Nanhu City" at the lead.
Behind Ling Yi, more than ten riders followed closely, either in high spirits or with extraordinary demeanor, which was impressive.
......
About half an hour later, the palace of the city lord of "Nanhu City".
City Lord Yun Buyu personally led the crowd to a spacious and bright hall, and said to Ling Yi with a respectful look on his face: "Master Ling, what do you think of this place?"
"It's very good here~" Ling Yi had a friendly smile on his face, nodded to Yun Buyu, and said: "Please, Lord Yun, please bother me."
"Where~" Yun Buyu He waved his hands quickly, then pointed to the tables and chairs in front of him, and said politely again: "Master Ling, Chen Xinmian, and all of you seniors and friends, let's sit down first and say..."
< br>I saw Yun Buyu greeting Ling Yi and others to sit down respectively, and loudly ordering to the attendants waiting outside the hall: "Who, why don't you go and prepare tea——!"
After a while, , everyone sat down separately. Under Yun Buyu's strong request, Ling Yi took the main seat. 'Sword Douluo' Chen Xin sat in the first place on Ling Yi's right hand side, followed by Dugu Bo and Gu Rong. . Zi Yao Shi.
Ling Yi first looked around, scanning everyone present. Finally, his eyes paused on Gu Rong’s withered, skeleton-like face. He noticed the other person’s unconsciously pursed lips, knowing that Gu Rong Rong was so anxious at the moment that he didn't waste any time and asked Zi Yaoshi: "Captain Zi, I'm sorry to trouble you during this time. Can you tell me how the progress is now?"
"Master Ling is so polite~" Zi Yao Shi stood up and said respectfully to Ling Yi: "It is my Zi Yao Shi's honor to be able to work for Master Ling and [Ling Yun City]!"
Paused. , Zi Yaoshi organized some words in his heart, and then said: "Master Ling, everyone, after a year of hard work by the masters of the 'Tiangong Group', the "Ling Yun" was completed last month. After it was launched, it will be launched next month. The brothers who led the "Viper Group" conducted a trial sailing in the offshore area around "Nanhucheng". After reporting some minor problems discovered during the sailing to Master Zhang Youyou, all have been debugged and resolved. Now you can set sail at any time! "
"In addition, the route to the "Star-Moon Islands" has been explored clearly in the next year. It is not a deep sea area. Except for the seven thousand-year-old sea soul beast gathering areas along the way, there are basically no What's the danger? I can ensure the safety of navigation during the round trip! "
"Okay! "Ling Yi smiled while stroking his hands, looking at Zi Yaoshi with admiration in his eyes, and asked: "Then, according to Captain Yi Zi, when should we set off? ”
“Any time! ”
Hearing Ling Yi's inquiry, Zi Yaoshi replied without thinking: "According to the records of previous years and the observations this year, if nothing unexpected happens, there will be no extreme events in the sea here in the next month. Weather conditions are relatively safe."
"In two days," Ling Yi nodded and said, "Take a short rest today, and then prepare the corresponding supplies. Captain Zi, you are more experienced, so you have to worry more."
"Yes!" Zi Yaoshi subconsciously stood up and responded loudly.
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Two days later, the sun rose.
Accompanied personally by Yun Buyu, the city lord of "Nanhu City", a group of people from "Lingyun City" headed by Ling Yi left the city from the south gate and followed the specially built reef road outside the city to arrive at the dock of "Nanhu City".
Compared with the "Hanhai City" of the "Tian Dou Empire", the dock of "Nan Hu City" was originally much smaller. However, in recent years, with the funding of the "Aoki Chamber of Commerce", the former seven The number of piers has been expanded to 18 today, and new piers are still being built.
As the southernmost seaport city in the Douluo Continent, "Nanhu City" has now become a maritime trade anchorage second only to "Hanhai City", and its financial profits are enough to make even the royal family of the "Star Luo Empire" jealous. Drooling.
Different from the sea area of "Hanhai City" that has been developed for hundreds of thousands of years, the sea area of "Nanhu City" is like an undeveloped virgin land, not only with richer marine resources, but also There are many South China Sea specialties that are different from those on the west coast.
The group arrived at Pier 8 and boarded a brand new ship under the guidance of Zi Yao Shi. The hull is nearly two hundred meters long from front to back. The entire hull is painted iron-colored and looks extremely strong. According to Zi Yao Shi's introduction, painting the hull in iron color can prevent sea soul beasts from attacking as much as possible.
"Master Ling," Zi Yaoshi introduced to Ling Yi and others while leading the way: "The outer layer of the "Ling Yun" hull is covered with a new type of alloy. It is not only as strong as an armored ship, it is also very light, and its basic speed is far faster than that of an armored ship. With a large sailing ship of the same specifications, plus the various soul guide arrays depicted, I dare say that even if we are faced with a ten thousand year sea soul beast, we can escape unscathed..."
Board the "Lingyun" "On the wide deck, more than a hundred strong sailors wearing fish skin suits and short lapels were lined up waiting for review.
A small half of these people come from the [Viper Pirates Group] in [Hanhai City], that is, the former subordinates of Zi Yao Shi. They all have relatively clean hands. The remaining people are from [ "Hanhai City" recruited locals from "Nanhu City", and jointly formed the "Viper Group", a maritime escort team affiliated with the "Aoki Chamber of Commerce".
After briefly getting to know the first mate, second mate, bosun and many crew members, everyone returned to their posts and performed their duties.
"Pull out the anchor and set sail——!" Following Zi Yaoshi's order, the giant ship docked at the dock began to slowly start and head towards the sea.
On the bow of the boat, Ling Yi stood facing the wind. Behind him, Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and Dugu Bo stared at the endless sea ahead.
The destination of this trip to the sea is the "Star-Moon Islands", and the target is the 80,000-year-old sea soul beast, the "Escape Whale", which is about to appear there.
"Old Bones, this time for you, the whole [Lingyun City] has gone through a lot of effort," Chen Xin said, a strand of black hair fluttering on his temples, he looked sideways at Gu Rong beside him and raised his eyebrows. Said: "How is it? Have you been moved?"
Gu Rong, Wuhun Bone Dragon, ninety-level eight-ring soul Douluo!
"What? Are you envious?" Although Gu Rong was excited, she was not used to Chen Xin. She tilted her head and glanced at him: "I heard that when Uncle Jun hunted for the ninth soul ring for you, you old boy held back. , and suffered a lot?”
“Tsk!” Chen Xin was awakened by the unpleasant memory of the time in the Wandering Grand Canyon, curled his lips, and said nothing.
Dugu Bo looked at Chen Xin and Gu Rong, who were facing each other tit for tat, with expressions on their faces as if they were just enjoying the excitement. However, the two men calmed down after a few words, which made him feel quite sad. Boring.
Shaking his head, Dugu Bo seemed to remember something and asked Ling Yi: "A Yi, this time the target has spatial attributes, and the cultivation level is still so high, how sure are you of success?"
Ling Yi turned around when he heard the sound and looked at Dugu Bo. At the same time, he glanced at Gu Rong and Chen Xin, who were both looking at him. After thinking for a while, he said: "Fifty percent~"
"Fifty percent?!" Dugu Bo looked surprised. He really didn't expect this success rate.
What I also didn’t expect was Chen Xin next to me. Xian Gu Rong took one step and asked, “No, A Yi, is the 50% a little low?”
Don’t look at it. He usually quarreled with Gu Rong, but now he didn't want to return without success.
On the other hand, Gu Rong, who was involved in the incident, was acting quite calmly at the moment, quietly waiting for Ling Yi's next words.
Ling Yi spread his hands towards Chen Xin and said with a smile: "No way, no one can say for sure whether the "Escape Whale" will appear in the "Star Moon Islands" on time. . ”
"After all, it didn't appear every time in previous years."
"If it doesn't appear this time, no matter how carefully we prepare, it will be useless~"
"Then What if it shows up?" Gu Rong asked subconsciously.
In response, Ling Yi shrugged and replied: "If you show up, the probability of successfully winning is almost 98%."
"Hey! So it's like 50% Ah——" Chen Xin shook his head carelessly after hearing this.
Behind, lookout.
Ziyao Shi glanced at the four big guys standing at the bow of the ship, turned to Mo Yuxiong beside him and asked in a low voice: "Old Mo, Master Ling did not invite Qi Sha Mian this time. Come together?"
Mo Yuxiong looked at Zi Yaoshi after hearing the sound. After a second thought, he understood the underlying meaning of the other party's words. After thinking for a while, he said: "Don't worry, since the Lord of the City There is a reason for such an arrangement. "
"Okay~"
At this point, what else can Ziyao Shi say besides believing it.
On the first day of sailing at sea, the sun rose and set without any disturbance.
On the third day of the sea voyage, passing through the first gathering area of thousand-year-old sea soul beasts, Zi Yaoshi led the 'Viper Group' to repel the group of sea soul beasts that came to harass.
On the fifth day of the sea voyage, we passed the second thousand-year sea soul beast gathering area...the seventh day...the ninth day...
When the time came to the twelfth day, On the observation deck of the "Ling Yun", an intermittent coastline appeared in the sight of the observer.
"Star and Moon Islands" have arrived.
In the captain's room, Ling Yi and others gathered after receiving the news.
"Ayi, what should we do next?" Chen Xin glanced at Gu Rong beside him and asked Ling Yi.
“Don’t worry~” Ling Yi gave Chen Xin a calm look, looked at Zi Yao Shi on the side, and asked: “Captain Zi, when you came here to investigate before, Have you ever paid attention to the distribution of islands here? "
"According to your estimation, in which direction is the "Escape Whale" more likely to appear? "
Faced with Ling Yi's inquiry, Zi Yaoshi took out a hand-drawn sea chart from his storage soul guide, spread it out and gestured to Ling Yi and others: "Master Ling, This is the island distribution of the "Xingyue Islands". Please see, we are at this location now..."
"If there are no discrepancies in the records handed down from 'Nanhu City', the 'Escape Whale' should have come from the southeast, just opposite our current northwest corner, and the 'Xingyue Islands' attracts 'Escape Whales' The largest gathering place of the "Starlight Clam" group of whales is next to the Xingyue Lake Island in the middle. "
"I suggest that we dock the "Ling Yun" on the small island near the northwest corner, then row a small boat to Xingyue Lake Island, and wait for the arrival of the "Escape Whale" on the island. "
"There are still about ten days left, which is the day of the annual full moon tide. This year is also the outbreak period of the 'Light of Stars and Moons' that occurs once every thirty years. By then, all the people in the "Star and Moon Islands" will The "Starlight Clam" attracts the light of the stars and the moon all over the sky. According to past practice, the "Escape Whale" will stay here for at least two or three days, or more, ten or eight days..."
"There are still ten days~" Ling Yi noticed this time, with a thoughtful expression on his face
After thinking for a moment, Ling Yi raised his head and looked around at the people waiting for him to make a decision. , said: "Then according to Captain Zi's suggestion, let's row a boat to the island of Xingyue Lake, and then conduct a detailed survey of the surrounding environment, and then make detailed arrangements. ”
"Mo Yuan, leave the survey task to you and Yunlan. Sneak into the sea and check the distribution of those "Starlight Clams". Captain Zi, please select some sailors with good water skills to assist..."
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