Chapter 96: Be Conservative when Playing Dungeons
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Time flies by.
Before you know it, everything is ready.
Above the magnificent East China Sea.
A large merchant ship with giant sails left the famous Donghaiwei Port and sailed through the waves towards the depths of the sea.
This merchant ship is a new type of ocean-going merchant ship recently built by Chen and his in-law alliance. It has a very solid structure. Many key keels, ship planks and masts are made of Millennium Oak.
Because of this, its overall cost has exceeded one hundred thousand gold.
The effect is also obvious. It is like a strong sea fortress, which can drive away fifth-level ferocious beasts and withstand medium-sized storms.
This ship is a luxury merchant ship built at Wang Shouzhe's request. It usually participates in the operation of the caravan, but when important members of each family are in need, they can be mobilized as long as they are notified in advance.
In addition, Wang Shouzhe also brought the Yuanshui Spirit Turtle. In the event of an adverse situation, you can ride the Yuanshui Spirit Turtle to escape, or dive into the water to avoid an unstoppable storm.
As for the salinity in seawater, it is not a particularly big problem for third-level spiritual beasts like the Yuanshui Spirit Turtle. With a little adaptation, the difference in cell osmotic pressure between salty and fresh water can be balanced. Although, the Water Elemental Spirit Turtle has always shown aversion to sea water and obviously doesn't like it.
also.
Fang You'an also borrowed a fourth-order red-crested crane chariot from the academy at Wang Shouzhe's request. It was usually served deliciously on the ship, and it might come in handy in a critical moment.
However, it is not a good idea to fly around in a similar spiritual bird chariot on the vast sea. First, there are many hurricanes on the sea. If you accidentally encounter it, even the fourth-order red-crested crane will have a high probability of losing its way. Second, Come on, if you accidentally attract some kind of fifth-level flying ferocious bird, it will be troublesome.
The more unfamiliar the route, the more careful you need to be.
On the broad bow deck of the large ship.
Wang Shouzhe and others gathered here, blowing the sea breeze, and watching the magnificent sea together.
"Husband, this is the first time I have seen the real sea." Liu Ruolan looked into the distance. The boundless sea made her feel ups and downs. She couldn't help but sigh, "It's just like what is described in the book - Ocean, you are so big, you are all water.”
As a water spirit, the water element has a strong affinity for her, and she will become closer to water. The water seemed to be alive in her eyes.
Uh... Wang Shouzhe was a little worried about her taste in adjectives, but his expression showed appreciation and admiration: "My lady's description tells an eternal truth in a simple and straightforward sentence. It also stands out. The two most important words in the sea are 'big' and a lot of 'water', it's really wonderful!"
"My husband still understands me."
"No, no, my wife is too good."
The corners of Longyan Patriarch's mouth twitched at the side, and he could hardly listen anymore, so he habitually used his profound energy to seal his ears.
These two couples will always spread some dog food. The baby is already over ten years old, why don’t you change your routine? Isn't this bullying her, an ancestor who has never been in love?
this……
Ancestor Beichen, Fang Youan, and junior sister Luwei are different.
Their eyes widened and they felt goosebumps falling all over the floor. Do you want to be so indifferent? Could you please be more considerate of the feelings of others?
"Senior Brother You'an." Luwei said with a chill, "Is this the state of human beings after marriage? It's too scary. Originally, I wanted to experiment with marriage..."
Fang Youan staggered and thought to himself, Junior Sister Luwei, you are not much less scary. Can you experiment with marriage?
He immediately instilled a correct outlook on life into Lu Wei: "Not every couple is so... uh... 'loving'. However, the direct disciples of our academy should take the safety of the world as their own responsibility, and there is no need to get married. No, life after marriage is too boring."
Wang Shouzhe glanced at him.
Senior Brother You'an, you are obviously a single person. If you can't eat the grapes, you will say the grapes are sour.
After Wang Shouzhe and Liu Ruolan got tired of it for a while, they didn't allow her to blow the sea breeze anymore and asked her to go back to her room to rest.
Then, he took out a pot of spiritual wine, had someone bring it to the table, and invited Ancestor Beichen, Fang Youan, Lu Wei, and Longyan to sit down and drink together.
Fang Youan took a sip of spirit wine and looked at Wang Shouzhe with a faint look, as if showing some resentment.
"Why does Senior Brother You'an have such eyes? Senior Brother You'an is so handsome and handsome, so there must be many junior sisters actively pursuing him." Wang Shouzhe said seriously, "But so far, Senior Brother You'an is more than 150 years old, but he is still single. , there is only one explanation.”
"What's the explanation?" Junior Miss Lu Wei suddenly became interested, her eyes sparkling with gossip, "Junior Brother Shouzhe, please speak quickly, speak quickly."
This time, not to mention Lu Wei, even Patriarch Longyan straightened his posture and tilted his ears, as if he was interested.
Ancestor Beichen, on the other hand, pretended to drink wine and his ears perked up.
"Senior Brother You'an must have a woman he likes, and she should be a very outstanding woman." Wang Shouzhe analyzed seriously, "It is even very possible that she is so good that even Senior Brother Youan is not up to it."
"Isn't it possible?" Patriarch Beichen didn't believe it, "I heard that brother You'an is from a fifth-grade Zifu family in Lingbei County. Because he has the blood of Xuanbing Tianjiao, Lingbei County can't find a suitable inheritance. I just joined the Zifu Academy in Longzuo County. For such a talented person, what woman can't be reached by him?"
It is said that since Patriarch Beichen went into seclusion and broke through to the Heavenly Realm, his whole temperament seemed to have improved a lot. Some of the gray hair on my temples is gone, and there are fewer wrinkles on my face, making me look more confident and younger.
It's no wonder that if he hadn't been promoted to the Heavenly Realm, Shouyuan wouldn't have had many more years to live. But now he has become a heavenly being, and his life span has reached four hundred years.
Even though it would be difficult for him to live to a full life given his physical abilities, it is not difficult to live to be 350 or 60 years old.
Moreover, with his successful promotion to the Heavenly Realm, the Xu family of Changning also fulfilled the family's dream for generations and successfully set foot in a seventh-grade aristocratic family.
Under such circumstances, how could Patriarch Beichen's state of mind not change?
"Junior Brother Shouzhe, Brother Beichen, please don't make any wild guesses." Fang You'an looked a little embarrassed and said, "I just think that falling in love is a waste of training time."
Naturally no one believed such a weak explanation.
"In our Zifu Academy, which senior sister will make even Senior Brother Youan think he is not good enough?" Junior Sister Luwei's heart of gossip burned brightly and she began to count on her fingers.
There are not many direct disciples in the academy, and the total number of direct disciples from all branches and peaks is only a handful.
"It doesn't have to be senior sister or something." Wang Shouzhe casually pointed out while drinking the spirit wine.
"If you're not a senior, could you be a junior sister?" Junior Sister Lu Wei said with wide eyes, "I have different characteristics, I am a junior sister, and I am better than senior brother You'an. I am the only one who meets the requirements!"
Wang Shouzhe almost spit out a mouthful of wine. You are better than Senior Brother Youan, and you said it quite smoothly.
"No, no, although Senior Brother You'an is good-looking and has so-so strength, he is just too boring." Junior Sister Luwei shook her head like a rattle, "I prefer someone like Shouzhe. If I want to experiment with marriage , I will definitely consider Junior Brother Shouzhe first."
Wang Shouzhe's mouth twitched and his face turned dark.
Little Miss Luwei, thank you so much for your favor~
Not to mention that he already has a loving wife who "will never leave him", but even if he doesn't, he will never consider Miss Luwei if he is a bachelor for the rest of his life.
However, Patriarch Longyan thought of a possibility and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Could it be that what Senior Brother Youan likes...is..."
Then, she looked at Fang Youan with complicated eyes.
The ancestor responded quickly. Wang Shouzhe smiled and gave her a thumbs up.
"Junior Brother Shouzhe, Junior Sister Longyan." Fang Youan's face turned pale, and he said with rare irritation, "Don't make wild guesses, I only have respect for Master... uh..."
"Master?" Junior Sister Luwei covered her mouth and looked at Fang Youan with big eyes. "It turns out that Senior Brother Youan, what you like is... No wonder you have stayed here..."
"Lvwei!" Fang Youan's face turned pale, and the corners of his mouth kept twitching, "Shut up."
"Senior Brother You'an, it's actually nothing." Wang Shouzhe patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's just that the pressure on you is a bit too great. You have to practice more quickly and strive to get to the Purple Mansion Realm as soon as possible to have a chance."
"Ahem! I told you I didn't..." Fang You'an coughed repeatedly and hurriedly changed the subject, "By the way, why did you take us with you when you were in Donghaiwei to visit the Donghai King of the Tantai family? You are not..."
"Taking advantage of the situation, right?" Wang Shouzhe said matter-of-factly, "We, the Wang family's in-law alliance, have already cooperated with the Donghai Wang family. However, they are an old Heavenly Family after all, and the mentality of the superiors cannot be changed for a while. I am For the good of the Wang family in Donghai, we can avoid unnecessary bad blood in the future."
"No, it's much better now. The King of East China Sea personally escorted us to the ship, and even his smile became amiable."
"Next, which one should we go to to support the scene for you?" Fang Youan rolled his eyes angrily, using their two academies to teach in person, pretending to be a bully everywhere, and this kid is still very shameless and plausible?
Previously, he also visited Patriarch Beichen of the Xu family in Changning, and used their status as direct disciples of the two academy to trick Patriarch Beichen into the team.
No wonder, Master, she doesn't like Wang Shouzhe no matter how she looks at him. If he didn't care about Junior Sister Longyan's face, he wouldn't pay attention to him.
"Next, go to Baidao Wei Zhong Family. I have sent someone to contact you first." Wang Shouzhe drank the spirit wine and said seriously, "As the saying goes, a strong dragon cannot suppress a local snake. When our academy goes out to do things, we still need some help. The power of local forces.”
As the saying goes, be lenient when you anticipate the enemy. Since this dungeon cannot be avoided, Wang Shouzhe naturally wants to make use of all the connections he can in order to ensure nothing goes wrong.
He had written to Patriarch Zhoubo before, but unfortunately the Wang family in Longzuo had grown rapidly in recent years and had a conflict of interest with a Celestial family, and the two sides had several military conflicts.
In order to ensure nothing goes wrong, Patriarch Zhoubo must guard the scene in Longzuo's old house for the time being.
Although the King of East China Sea was polite, without explaining what the mission was, he declined on the pretext that he had something to do.
Sure enough, no matter how good the relationship is with other people's ancestors, they are not as easy to use as their own ancestors. Now that everything is ready for the Ping An Wang family, all they need is a heavenly ancestor who truly belongs to them.
The most promising one is, of course, Longyan Ancestor.
Due to her injury, her cultivation had stagnated in the middle stage of the Lingtai realm for more than fifty years. Later, after she recovered from the injury, she cultivated both Xuan Bing and Yin Sha, accumulating thick and thin, and her cultivation has advanced rapidly over the years.
If one can obtain the appropriate Yin Sha technique and practice it together with the Xuan Bing Zhen Jue, the speed will most likely be even faster. This is one of the reasons why Wang Shouzhe is so active in dealing with the people behind the Yinsha Sect.
There is still a certain possibility that the person behind the scenes possesses Yin evil attributes.
His requirements are not high, as long as he reaches the middle grade.
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Hundred Island Guard.
Geographically speaking, Baidaowei is actually located in the southernmost part of the entire Daqian territory. Further south is the open sea.
The open sea, like the outer domain, refers to the sea areas that have not been developed by humans. The sea outside is deep, the waves are big, the weather is bad, hurricanes and tsunamis are common, and there are powerful ocean beasts patrolling around. It can be said that it is full of dangers, even worse than in the outside world.
Even if sufficient preparations are made in advance, exploring the outer sea is still very risky. Even if there are monks in the heaven and human realm sitting on the ground, they dare not say that it is foolproof.
On the other hand, in the inland sea, because the water is shallow and the waves are small, powerful ocean beasts rarely appear. In addition, Baidao Wei Zhong and other aristocratic families are here to protect it, and it is gradually becoming more and more prosperous.
If someone counts the population of the Hundred Island Guards, they will find that the population of the Hundred Island Guards has almost tripled compared to five hundred years ago. There are even many more fishing boats on the sea.
On the sea, from time to time, huge ships loaded with cargo will slowly pass by, stirring up flying waves on the sea, indicating the prosperity of Hyakushima Guard's business.
Somewhere to the southwest of Hundred Island Guard, there is a small private island.
This island is called "Zhongshan Island". It is not large in area, but its geographical location is excellent. It is not only easy to defend but difficult to attack, but it is also near an important route. It is currently the most important private island owned by the Zhong family.
This is where the Zhong family's main residence is located, and it is also where the Zhong family's ancestors in the Heavenly and Human Realm practiced.
For this reason, Zhong's patrol boats are escorted and patrolled around Zhongshan Island every day. Therefore, this can be regarded as one of the safest sea areas in the entire Hundred Island Guard. Many fishermen are happy to settle in this nearby sea area. It is much safer to live and go fishing in the sea.
Liu An is one of the fishermen living in this sea area.
On this day, he, his eldest brother, and several other cousins were sailing out to sea to fish in nearby waters, when they saw Zhong's patrol boat abnormally appearing on the sea ahead at nearly noon.
"What's going on?" Liu An's eldest brother was a little uneasy, "Is something wrong?"
As they spoke, the distance between the fishing boat and the patrol boat had reached a relatively close distance.
Seeing a familiar figure standing on the side of the ship, Liu An hurriedly picked up the flag on the bow and waved it vigorously. He put his hands to his mouth and shouted to the patrol ship in the distance: "Cousin Han, what happened at sea?"
The figure opposite was none other than his maternal cousin, Han Ying, one of the generals of the Zhong family, who was usually responsible for working on the patrol boat.
"It's Xiao An." Han Ying also noticed the fishing boat here. Seeing that it was his relative, he smiled at him from a distance and explained, "There is a fourth-order sea beast that has wandered into the nearby waters. We are searching for it on a large scale. . It’s not safe around here now. Stop fishing here and go back quickly~"
Upon hearing this, Liu An's brothers immediately became nervous.
Their fishing boat was bought by several companies together. Although it was relatively strong and could withstand the wind and waves in the offshore, it was not enough to deal with powerful sea beasts.
If you are unlucky enough to encounter a sea monster, or a sea monster happens to hit their net, it will be easy to scrap the fishing net, and even people will get caught in it accidentally.
"Let's go, let's go~ No fishing today. Let's wait until this fourth-level sea beast is caught."
Brother Liu An was always timid, so he immediately thanked Han Ying and prepared to take his brothers back. You can catch fish at any time, no less than a day or two. The safety of the brothers is the most important.
Just as the fishing boat was slowly turning, a large merchant ship with a giant sail suddenly appeared on the distant sea.
The merchant ship was huge, with towering masts and huge white sails blown up by the wind. From a distance, it looked like a huge deep-sea monster.
It just cut through the sea and flew past their fishing boat. Huge water waves surged behind the merchant ship, with white waves splashing.
As the distance got closer, the pressure brought by the huge hull became stronger and stronger. The deck of their fishing boat didn't even reach the waist of the boat. It was made to look like a toy for play, and the contrast was particularly tragic.
Liu An thought to himself that he had seen a lot of merchant ships, but he was still stunned for a moment, feeling shocked: "Whose ship is this? Isn't it too big?"
"Did you see the flag on the bow of the ship?" Liu An's eldest brother knew the goods well. "That is the emblem of the Ping An Wang family. This should be a large merchant ship of the Ping An Wang family. This kind of ship needs to be specially customized, and ordinary families can can not afford."
Hearing what his eldest brother said, Liu An's eyes suddenly lit up: "Is it the Ping'an Wang family? The Ping'an Wang family that almost squeezed out the Huangfu family of Changning Weitianren?"
The Changning Guard and the Hundred Island Guard are not close together, so it is difficult for ordinary trivial matters to be transmitted here. However, the meat price dispute between the Ping An Wang family and the Huangfu family has been going on for three years. Even the meat price of the Hundred Island Guard has been affected by this. It has dropped a lot, and ordinary fishermen like them have heard a lot about it.
Therefore, he reacted immediately.
"Yes, that's the Ping An Wang family."
Brother Liu An nodded, sighing and sighing in his heart.
I heard that every household under the Ping'an Wang family is living a good life, but I don't know if it's true?
It's a pity that his family has been fishing for a living for generations, and he won't know anything without this sea. Otherwise, he really wants to see it with his own eyes.
While they were talking, a giant merchant ship was already speeding past the sea in front of them. Looking at the direction they were heading, it was Zhongshan Island.
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