Chapter 193, Thief
The sea area on the eastern edge of Tianlong Continent has a radius of 10,000,000 miles. There are countless large and small islands scattered throughout. It is impossible to count the exact number, but the most conservative estimate is no less than 100,000.
Among them, there are no less than 20 large islands with an area of 500,000 to 2 million square miles. More than 500 million people living in this sea area have formed seven large sea countries based on these large islands.
There are dozens of independent tribes scattered on various islands. There are constant battles between various countries and tribes all year round, and pirates often swarm in the sea. Therefore, this vast sea area is called the Seven Evil Sea.
Cape Sigh is a reef at the easternmost point of Zhuolang Island, the mirage country in the easternmost part of the Qisha Sea. The entire reef mountain is a hundred feet high, dark, wet and barren of grass. Huge waves rolled up by strong winds would often come overwhelmingly and engulf the entire reef mountain.
From here to the east, there is an endless ocean. No one knows how big this ocean is. They only know that there is no spiritual energy in the sky above this ocean that can support the navigation of the spacecraft. There are always strong winds and huge waves on the sea, and it is impossible to sail at all.
Huge and ferocious sea beasts lurk in the sea, ready to deal a fatal blow to humans who dare to advance. Therefore, the sea people of all ethnic groups in the Qisha Sea dare not move east of Zhuolang Island. And for thousands of years, none of the warriors who dared to explore the unknown waters of the East came back alive.
It was a rare day of sunshine and calm.
At noon, a young man followed the ridge to the top of the Cape of Sighs Reef Mountain. He took out a metal cylinder about one foot long and three inches in diameter, held it in front of his eyes, squinted one eye and opened the other as he approached the cylinder. Looking at the narrower end, this is obviously a telescope.
He looked at the distant sea for a long time, and finally put down the lens and sighed. This is not surprising, because looking at the ocean and sighing is the origin of the name of Sighing Point.
This young man is naturally Qingshi, and only he can invent a spiritual weapon like the 'telescope'. Qingshi used the telescope he had just made to look for traces of islands in the distance, but was obviously disappointed.
From Shuangmei Island in the west of Qisha Sea to Zhuolang Island in the east, it is only 13,000 miles by sea, but Qingshi, Chen Tianye, Duan Wutian and the others actually walked for a whole year.
Qingshi originally flew on the battleship Xuanwei. He had a lot of spiritual stones, so he wasn't afraid of spending too much money.
However, after setting off from Shuangmei Island, the spiritual energy became thinner as it went east. After flying less than five hundred miles eastward, the Xuanwei could not support its landing on the water. In desperation, they had no choice but to take the light airship commonly used by the natives of the Qisha Sea. This airship flew at a low altitude and slow speed, and its ability to withstand strong winds was extremely poor.
Therefore, there are less than three out of ten days when there is no strong wind and suitable for airship flying. In the past two or three days, due to various reasons such as wind direction, rain and fog, as well as the uneven spiritual energy between the islands, we often could not advance more than a few dozen miles in a day, which was not much different from the efficiency of sailing on the water on the Xuanwei.
Whether by airship or sea ship, sailing in this sea area can only be done by jumping from island to island, because once you are far away from the island, the air lacks aura, and in the open sea far away from the island, there are often vicious sea beasts.
Qingshi and the others often had to wait for good weather on small islands, but often when they waited for good weather, they encountered airships and warships sent by tribes from various countries who could only patrol in good weather. Inspections, tax collection, and no passage are naturally the norm.
Qingshi and the other three people often swallowed their anger and paid spirit stones to buy the way. More often, they couldn't bear it anymore and had no choice but to fight to get the way. It was really not easy to stop and go and fight and kill along the way.
While encountering these officers and soldiers was a good thing, encountering pirates who killed and robbed indiscriminately many times was even more dangerous. They were forced to either go on a killing spree or flee.
Therefore, crossing the entire Seven Killings Sea in one year can be regarded as quite efficient with no near misses. However, after arriving at Zhuolang Island, I was really helpless and helpless.
It took a year to reach Zhuolang Island, and now it has been two years since they arrived at Zhuolang Island, and they still have not been able to take a step further east.
However, two years of waiting did not make Qingshi give up his determination to go east. He has been making preparations to continue moving forward. He has prepared several magic weapons for the voyage. As for the most important magic weapon, we haven't collected enough materials to build it.
Qingshi stood on the top of the Sighing Point cliff and was sighing to himself. Suddenly he noticed that a sensing talisman on his body was broken. Qingshi was startled and quickly turned around and activated Xuanyuan Armor and flew rapidly towards Pinglang City, which was sixty miles away.
Zhuolang Island is a big island, and the spiritual energy on the island can also support the operation of small airships and flying armors. The other induction talisman was left for Chen Tianye in Pinglang City. It was broken at this time, indicating that he was in trouble.
Sixty miles away, Qingshi arrived in less than a stick of incense and arrived at the large house he rented in the east of the city. From a distance, Qingshi saw a large group of people wearing black leather armor surrounding the yard. It seemed that They were actually officers and soldiers.
A dozen of the officers and soldiers carried a battering ram made of huge wood and slammed into the courtyard gate. Chen Tianye had obviously activated the courtyard's protective array. Every time the sledge hammer hit, it caused a tremor and cracks in the defensive barrier. deepen. It looks like it will collapse after a few more strokes.
This array was arranged by Chen Tianye for practice. It is a three-level defensive array, but it is not intended to defend against foreign enemies. Qingshi doesn't think it's necessary to set up a high-level magic circle here, otherwise, if he were to set up a defensive formation, it wouldn't have such an effect.
Chen Tianye was busy reinforcing the magic circle when he suddenly noticed that the power of the magic circle suddenly increased. He immediately understood that Qingshi was back and immediately stood up and regained his composure.
He touched his beautiful mustache and said with a smile: "Listen up, you guys. I'm going to say it again, I don't know this thief. You'd better go away and look for him elsewhere. Breaking into people's houses in such a lawless and lawless way is not contempt for the king's law." ....."
The large number of officers and soldiers attacking outside the gate were obviously not ordinary soldiers. The leading general standing on the roof of the residential house opposite, judging from his aura, was at least at the Golden Core level or above.
Hearing Chen Tianye's words, the general ignored them at first, but when he found that the next attack of the siege ram suddenly became much weaker, knowing that the opponent's formation was reinforced, he couldn't help but frowned and said: "Don't make excuses, this bald man is attacking every day." If you go in and out here, everyone on this street will know you. How can this be false? If you know what you are looking for, open the door and let the person know, otherwise the crime will be increased!"
Qingshi activated the invisibility function of Xuanyuan Armor and quietly strengthened the magic circle for Chen Tianye. After finishing it, he looked up and found that a person behind the leading general was holding a portrait of a wanted criminal. He looked closely and saw that it was a bald man in black robe. Duan Wutian.
Qingshi couldn't help but secretly cursed: "This guy doesn't do his job well, but he doesn't know what trouble he got into?"
It turned out that half a month ago, Qingshi found that Miyun silk, the material for making the voyage magic weapon, was not enough, so he asked Xiang An to go to Dasi Island six hundred miles away to find ways to purchase it in the capital of the Mirage Kingdom. During this period, Wu Tian insisted on going to the capital to play, so the two of them went there together, but they didn't know what trouble he got into there.
As the saying goes, 'A monk who can run away can't run away from the temple. These officers and soldiers couldn't hold Duan Wutian, but they found his residence on Zhuolang Island, so they knocked on the door.
Chen Tianye and the leading general were messing around and refusing to admit their mistakes. Qingshi frowned and thought about how to deal with the aftermath. Suddenly, he heard a loud shout: "You island barbarians actually came to our door. It's really unreasonable for me to fight..."
Qingshi was shocked. He looked up and saw a big man in black robes with a bald head falling from the sky with his fists in hand. He rushed towards the officers and soldiers, and in the blink of an eye he knocked away two soldiers. But who was Duan Wutian?
Chen Tianye cursed continuously: "Duan Tu, what kind of trouble did you get into? Why did you come back? You even hid when you came back, and you dare to show up, you are so stupid?..."
The leading general did not panic when he saw that Duan Wutian had beaten several of his own men away as soon as he appeared. He gestured and directed a large number of sergeants to surround him, but he smiled and teased Chen Tianye: "Don't you know this thief? "
"You really shouldn't know each other!" Chen Tianye said angrily, "Go and catch him, it's best to kill him!" Although he said this, his eyes were always paying attention to the battle situation on the field. Seeing the officers and soldiers Duan Wutian was heavily Surrounded, he sighed helplessly, drew out his long sword and went out to help with the fists.
"Amano, don't worry!" a voice sounded.
Chen Tianye looked back and saw that Qingshi had already entered the courtyard.
Qingshi only took one look and knew that these people had no way to deal with Duan Wutian for a while. Taking advantage of the officers and soldiers surrounding the courtyard to attack Duan Wutian, he entered the courtyard and prevented Chen Tianye from going out. Then he muttered to himself: "Why didn't Xiang An show up?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard someone say, "Qingshi, Amano, I'm back!"
The two of them turned their heads together and saw Xiang An coming out of the corner of the room. Just now, he and Qingshi were hiding to the east and the other to the west of the small courtyard. They didn't see each other, but at this time they both took the opportunity to sneak in.
Chen Tianye said angrily: "What trouble did you two guys get into? Why are the officers and soldiers coming to the door?"
"What's going on?" Xiang An said angrily, "It's not everyone's business! We robbed the royal family's fabrics, but we didn't expect that one of them, Duan Qi, who was forced by a master, showed his face, so it ended up like this."
"Cloth?" Chen Tianye asked, "What kind of cloth?"
"Miyun Silk!" Xiang An said, "Qingshi said that we must get it no matter what! You can buy one and a half pieces of this thing in other sea countries, but it is a strategic material in this sea mirage country! Let's go up Where can I buy it? I have no choice but to rob it. I said bluestone, what do you want hundreds of horses for? Do you know that this mirage country cannot produce a hundred horses a year? "
"I know now." Qingshi said lightly, "Have you got it?"
"Did it!"
"how many?"
"At least three hundred horses, hehe! It's better to rob the government! The rich and powerful can take care of it all at once."
"Yeah! Good job! Give it to me!"
Xiang An handed Qingshi a storage container. Qingshi took it and took a look at it with his spiritual consciousness. He nodded with satisfaction and smiled.
Chen Tianye said, "This storage bracelet looks familiar to me. It belongs to Duan Bald, right? Why isn't it an official and original storage bracelet? You may have robbed other things?"
"Well..." Xiang An looked a little embarrassed, "There are also some spiritual stone minerals and the like. Anyway, they are just tribulations. They are just plundering. Besides, there are many things packed together. How can I have time to distinguish them one by one? Naturally It’s served in one pot!”
"Did I say you shouldn't handle it all at once?" Chen Tianye glared, "Of course you have to handle it! I mean, why are you still hiding your secrets? Hand over what else you have..."
"The bluestone only wants Miyun silk," Xiang An said angrily, "We tried our best to rob the government treasures, and what's wrong with keeping some for ourselves? I don't even have half a foot of Miyun silk..."
Xiang An and Chen Tianye kept pestering him. Qingshi only looked at the texture and quantity of the Miyun silk. Duan Wutian, who was fighting hard outside, couldn't bear it anymore and shouted: "Xiang An, you bastard, I agreed to divert my attention and let you go in before you go in." Follow me, and you won't care about me once you get in...Slut, are you having sex with this pretty boy? Why don't you come out and help me..."
In the past three years, several people have made progress in their martial arts cultivation. In terms of Qi cultivation, Qingshi Duan Wutian and Chen Tianye were originally stuck in the Yuan Dan realm. In the past two years, Duan Wutian has used the dragon beads to practice, and the results have been amazing. , a year ago, he broke through and entered the Golden Core Realm.
And once he entered the golden elixir realm, the combat power he unleashed was so strong that even Xiang An, who was at the intermediate level of the golden elixir, was no match for him. Qingshi and the other two knew that he would never be captured by the army, and they were not in a hurry.
Xiang An yelled outside: "Why are you so anxious? Why don't I report to Qingshi? Lao Chen, you don't go to help Duan Qi but you come to pester me. What's the point?"
Chen Tianye shouted: "How can we help with so many bastards outside? You can't beat Duan Tu, don't you know how to run away?"
Duan Wutian shouted angrily: "You two bastards...stinky rocks! You don't care about Brother Seventh either?"
Qingshi was thinking about making a flying spiritual weapon in his mind, when he heard this and shouted: "Brother Qi, what are you arguing about? I won't die if I hold on for a while..." When he looked up, he found that the leader of the Jindan realm master had also joined. After seeing the battle group besieging Duan Wutian, he had no choice but to say, "Lao Xiang, Amano, you go out and help Seventh Brother, and I will help you come in."
Qingshi was naturally the recognized leader, so both Xiang An and Chen Tianye agreed to kill him. Qingshi waved his hand and spread out thirty-six golden array sticks, once again blessing Chen Tianye's array, and then left a virtual gate in the upper left corner of the array where Qi was weak.
After Xiang An and Chen Tianye fought out, they immediately defeated the officers and soldiers who besieged Duan Wutian. Seeing this, the leading general jumped out of the battle group and shouted loudly to give orders to reorganize the encirclement.
Duan Wutian took the opportunity to shoot across, forcing back the two Yuan Dan realm masters on his left. Then with a roar, he shot through a sergeant in front of him, then rushed out and joined Xiang and Chen.
When Qingshi saw it, he shouted loudly: "Sixty-four are ignorant and ninety-three, and eighty-eight are empty and twenty-six."
The officers and soldiers outside the field didn't know what Qingshi was calling, but Xiang An knew in his heart that Qingshi was telling him the direction of the virtual gate to enter the magic circle. So he led Duan and Chen to rush in that direction.
The officers and soldiers reorganized their encirclement formation to trap the three men, but for some reason, the three men suddenly kicked their guns and stirred up dust in the sky. They also released several smoke-generating magic weapons, filling the air with smoke.
The leading general shouted: "Don't panic, don't rush to attack, they are just surrounded."
So the officers and soldiers only organized a shield wall formation on the outside and surrounded the three people. After a while, the smoke and dust dispersed, and the three people in the encirclement were seen missing. The officers and soldiers were confused and shouted, saying that they had seen a ghost.
The leading general did not panic, and shouted loudly: "Why panic? Spread out the formation and surround the courtyard again. They just ran into the courtyard! Hum, even if they can enter the courtyard, they are still surrounded by me. I will I don’t believe you can escape.”
This man's judgment was accurate, but he didn't know how the three people escaped into the magic circle in the courtyard. These island monks, in terms of Qi cultivation, are on the whole no less than mainland monks, and in terms of combat prowess, they are all tough and desperate, even better by two points.
However, in terms of magic, they were not even a little bit worse than the mainland. Therefore, how could he see through the joint spellcasting of Qingshi and Xiang An, two great formation wizards? But he didn't panic, and thought to himself: You are still trapped in the courtyard by me after all. When I come to help, why worry about not being able to break the formation and get someone.
What he didn't know was that Qingshi had no intention of running away now, otherwise how could he be trapped by him.
When the leading general saw that Duan Wutian and the other three had indeed entered the courtyard, he immediately ordered a strong attack again. Unexpectedly, the enemy's formation became even stronger. In desperation, he had no choice but to continue the siege and send reinforcements.
