Chapter 539: Departure

Half a month passed in a flash, and soon it was the day when the ferry departed.

Han Li left Yanmiao Garden early in the morning, and made Jintong turn into a golden ring. After putting it on his finger, he went straight to the west gate.

In Yuanhuang City, the twice-yearly sailing ceremony of the ferry boat is quite an event that attracts attention, so besides the boarding monks, many people gathered at the gate of the city to watch the excitement.

When Han Li arrived, he found that at the entrance of the black hall on the inner side of the city wall, hundreds of monks in different costumes and shapes had gathered in a long line, holding black talismans as tickets, waiting Verification.

After Han Li entered the queue, he took a quick look at the people around him, and found that only a few of them were true immortals, and almost the vast majority were Mahayana monks.

He is not surprised by this. After all, past history has already proved that the survival rate of monks below the Mahayana period entering the wilderness is too low, even in those areas that have been proven, but even if the monks of the Mahayana period are active in these areas, they will die. The probability is also not small.

But even so, the reason why they are willing to take risks is naturally to find an opportunity to survive the catastrophe of ascension that lies on their way of cultivating immortality.

Although the queue was long, there were few voices among the crowd. Even some monks who came together deliberately lowered their voices, or simply communicated with each other through sound transmission, so the atmosphere in front of the hall was rather solemn. .

About half an hour later, the morning sun, which had just risen in the morning, finally passed over the top of the city, shining the first ray of sunlight on the base of the city wall, and a heavy bell chiming was also transmitted from the city wall.

"Boom..."

With the ringing of the bell, an old man in black robe came out from the entrance of the black hall, and after sipping "Enter the hall and board the ship" in a low voice, he began to check and verify the tickets of these people and let them enter the hall.

The monks in front filed in one by one, and soon arrived at Han Li.

After handing over the black talisman, the old man in black turned over his palm, took out a white jade tablet, and stuck it on.

I saw a black light enveloped the white jade tablet, and the black talisman seemed to be burning, turning into a black smoke and seeping into the white jade tablet.

Immediately afterwards, words such as "First Class Cabin No. 13" appeared on the jade plaque.

After Han Li took the token, he touched it with his palm, only to find that there were many rice grain-sized handwriting on the back of the jade token.

As he walked towards the hall, he turned over the token and checked it.

I saw the word "Prohibited Items" engraved on the top of the back of the token, which was recorded under it, all of which were prohibited from boarding monks.

The first of which is "On the ferry, no matter what the reason, fighting is prohibited, and those who violate it will die."

Immediately following, the second article is "on board the ferry, no matter what the reason, you are not allowed to leave the hull, and those who violate it will die."

There are a total of 17 prohibited actions, and they are generally prohibited from leaving the ferry boat without permission and not allowed to damage the hull of the ferry. Most of the consequences for violators are one word, "death".

After entering the main hall, Han Li saw that the back of the hall was close to the city wall. There was a stone ladder slanting upwards, leading to the top of the city wall. There were many people walking up the stone ladder.

He also followed the crowd all the way up to the towering and majestic city wall.

The entire city wall is wider and thicker than it looks below the city, and the horse path is enough for a hundred people to walk side by side.

All the huge black stone strips used to build the walls are covered with mottled marks of time.

Han Li looked over at a glance, and saw dozens of huge yellow buildings over a hundred feet high, bulging in the middle and shrinking at both ends, on the crenels of the city wall facing the wilderness.

There are not many carvings on its body surface, it is only wrapped with a metal of a special material, engraved with densely packed strange runes, which looks a bit rustic and rough.

Among these ferries, almost all the body surfaces are covered with various scars, some are relatively light, just some large scratches, and some are very serious. Torn, even the exposed keel has a very conspicuous crack.

And on and around the hulls of these ships, there are black-clothed monks holding circular arrays one by one, urging special spells and repairing the ferry.

Han Li looked all the way over, and saw that the narrow and long tear wounds and huge cone-shaped holes on the bodies of these ferries seemed to be the hands of one or two wild beasts.

While he was thinking about it, a purple figure chased up beside him, walking side by side with him.

"These wounds are the masterpieces of seabuckthorn snakes and human-faced scorpions. One tail is as sharp as a knife, and the other has double pincers like cones. They are the two most common monsters in the sand sea. Their attack power is average, but they are numerous and easy to touch." The visitor took the initiative to speak.

"Fellow Daoist Shi, you're here too." Han Li frowned inadvertently and said.

The person who came was none other than that monster man whom he had seen in the arena, Shi Chuankong.

"Isn't it? For this ferry, I've been waiting in Yuanhuang City for more than three months, and I'm almost out of time." Shi Chuankong said carelessly, without any distinction.

"There are so many arenas for gambling in the city, Fellow Daoist Shi doesn't seem to be bored." Han Li said with a smile.

"Hey, little gambling, just little gambling... Huh? Why don't you see that little girl in red?" Shi Chuankong showed a hint of embarrassment, and deliberately changed the topic.

Before Han Li could answer, a black whirlwind whizzed over from a beacon tower on the north side of the city wall, and a middle-aged man wearing a black robe with gold patterns and a short black beard grew out of it.

There was a gold token hanging from his waist, with the words "Yuanhuang City" written on it, which showed his identity, and he came from that city lord's mansion.

"This is the ship escort sent by the City Lord's Mansion, responsible for the order on the ship and responding to emergencies. In the past, it was occasionally held by a few late true immortal monks. Since the accident eight years ago, all Jinxian monks have been in charge. " Shi Chuankong looked at the man on the beacon tower and said.

Han Li knew that the accident he was talking about was probably the fatal accident that the nun in palace costumes mentioned.

"Let's go, we're going to board the ship..."

Shi Chuankong turned around, glanced intentionally or unintentionally at the golden ring on Han Li's hand, and said with a smile.

As soon as he finished his words, the escort of the Golden Immortal at the early stage of cultivation was already in shape, and flew towards a ferry not far in front of him, and a monk who appeared to be in charge appeared later. At the bow, greet everyone to board the ship quickly.

Under the urging of his voice, all the monks on the boat boarded the ferry.

After everyone boarded the boat, the steward reiterated the rules on the ferry, which were nothing more than those recorded on the white jade plaque, nothing new.

After the steward finished speaking, he announced "Start the ship", and most of the monks who boarded the ship dispersed and returned to their own cabins.

"Every time it's these old-fashioned words, it doesn't make much sense, and the ears of people who listen to it are callused. Brother Li, it must be the first time to board a ship, right? The scenery of the sand sea is good, and you can enjoy it for a while. I saw it too much. I've done it many times, I'm too tired, so I won't accompany you anymore." Shi Chuankong cupped his hands at Han Li and said.

"Fellow Daoist, please go ahead." Han Li said with a slight salute.

Shi Chuankong was taken aback when he heard the words, then he smiled and said: "Hey, why are you so different after getting to know each other once? How about calling Brother Shi?"

Han Li just smiled and said nothing.

Shi Chuankong showed an indifferent expression, shook his hands, and walked back to the cabin swaggeringly.

Han Li didn't look at his back too much, and turned to other places, but he was thinking about this guy who seemed to be trying to get close to him.

After all, the acquaintance is too short, so he can't see anything unusual for the time being, but he still feels that it is better to stay away from this person.

As he was thinking about it, Han Li suddenly felt his feet tremble, but it was the ferry boat that was slowly rising into the air, leaving the crenel on the city wall.

After flying out of the range of the city wall, the ship did not continue to hang in the air, but landed slowly, flying out of the range of the cliff, and fell towards the thousands of miles of sand below.

When the hull was about to land on the long yellow sand, the runes engraved on the sides of the hull all lit up.

Immediately afterwards, a light yellow halo suddenly enlarged from a certain position in the middle of the cabin, turning into a huge yellow light curtain, covering the entire ferry.

At the same time, a strange wild atmosphere emanated from the hull.

"No wonder I was able to avoid most wild beasts. It turned out that I used the beast core of some kind of wild and powerful beast as the center of the protection circle, and disguised myself as a creature from the wild realm..." Han Li felt that After taking a breath, he suddenly said to himself.

At this moment, the bottom of the ferry seemed to have finally touched the bottom of the sand sea. After a slight ups and downs for a while, it floated steadily above the sand sea.

Han Li came to the side of the ferry and looked down. He saw that the metal wrapped around the hull seemed to have some kind of special magnetism, which could repel each other with the sand sea, making the ferry hang on it without falling over. .

Before he could finish being surprised, the light on the hull of the ferry shone brightly, galloping across the sandy sea like a ship riding the wind and waves.

Han Li slowly withdrew his gaze and looked out of the boat. He could only see the silence above the thousands of miles of yellow sand. He couldn't see any movement or hear any abnormal noises, and he seemed lifeless.

On the jade plate, it is expressly prohibited that monks are not allowed to release their spiritual consciousness to explore the sand sea without authorization, so as not to disturb some wild beasts with extremely sensitive perception.

Han Li didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble, so naturally he didn't do so.

It would take at least half a year to go to the middle of the wild continent. After watching the desert and sea of ​​sand for about an hour, the monotonous and silent scene made people feel a little boring, so he also turned back to the cabin and went to his own cabin.