"How long?" Wen Wushang frowned in the secret base of the Daling Mountains.
"There has been no news." Shi Jingtang had a dark look on his face. This was the first time among the eighteen of them that someone had lost contact.
Since Thunder Mountain escaped from the earth, it should have headed towards the far north, but there has been no news of this trip, and the mark of the soul cannot be found anywhere.
"Have you sent someone to look for it?"
"He went, but couldn't find him. At first, I thought he was worried that Sect Master Song would find him by some means, so he couldn't hide. But there is still no news after so long. The Shuxian Sect has married two more wives. , I didn’t see any movement, but I haven’t seen Lei Zhen come out yet, so I was a little surprised. But I sent several waves of people to look for him, but they couldn’t find it, and he didn’t send any information back. "
"Is this Lei Zhen really hiding and waiting for his master's final call?" Wen Wushang is not worried about Lei Zhen's safety in Blue Star. Except for Song Pingcun and the others who dare not move, there is no one else who can threaten them in Blue Star. of. It's just that Lei Zhen is making a fuss. Even if Song Pingcun comes to explore the forbidden area, he has already avoided him. Why is he still hiding?
However, there is nothing that needs to be discussed in daily life, so just hide and hide! It's a pity that he and Shi Jingtang couldn't hide, otherwise he would have escaped too.
This uncle is really untouchable.
Wen Wushang, who returned to the Shennong Sect, used the excuse of seeking peace in troubled times. Except for the normal operation of the medical dojo in front, he no longer received anyone from outside the sect starting from the sect archway. Except for the disciples and elders who were on duty at the medical dojo every day, the sect You are not allowed to go out.
Not to mention, a sign was erected outside the archway to close the door and thank guests. The Kowloon Cynomorium Formation behind the archway is activated around the clock, hiding everything behind the archway.
After Song Pingcun arranged things for Song Pingzi and his two disciples, he came to the Shennong Sect to ask questions. Seeing this scene, he smiled. If I had not destroyed the guest token, I would not have been blocked from the door. Now I can only say to the disciples of the Shennong Sect guarding the door: "Just tell your sect master that I have been here."
The disciples on duty naturally didn't dare not pass the message on, and Wen Wushang didn't understand what Song Pingcun meant after hearing it. "came"? Is it a warning or a reminder?
He understood this within a year.
The big black dog went to Xiuzhentang Academy to tell Song Pingzi, giving him a chance to avoid Wu Youxue. After informing Principal Mingshan, he left quietly. By the time Wu Youxue learned the news, Song Pingzi had already left all night. She didn't even know her destination or direction, and she was nowhere to be found. He was so angry that he went to the clan leader Wu Haifeng to complain, crying till he was in tears.
However, Song Pingzi was already hundreds of miles away. It was not that he wanted to speed up on purpose, but that there was a ship from the Overseas Island Alliance that was about to return from Hot Spring Island that night carrying spiritual weapons and elixirs, so he took this ship. The ship left.
Having no destination and walking at random is one way to walk around this time. In the fantasy world of the abandoned land, he has been a wanderer all his life, looking for secret places everywhere, and those experiences can bring him some experience during his travels.
The direction of the sea-going ship is directly to the east and then to the south. After Song Pingzi got acquainted with the crew, he realized that the island alliance was located in the southeast of the continent. It was possible to sail directly there, but there were not many places for repairs along the way. If there was any temporary situation, it would be troublesome. . The other route is to head southwest first, then turn south and then turn back to the east. However, the route is too far. Their purpose of coming this time has been completed, so they will not go around again. It is estimated that they will arrive in one and a half months.
Of course he would not follow to the island alliance, that was not his main purpose, so he learned that there was an island where seabirds gathered on the way, and it was not far from the eastern mainland coastline.
The island is not large in area, perhaps because it is close to the mainland, and there is no declaration from the sect to take it as its own. The island is full of ordinary people who make a living by fishing. Roughly equivalent to the population of a small village, the so-called seabird gathering also has a large shallow beach on the east side of the island.
The tide of the sea rises and falls, and the shallow beach is alternately submerged and exposed by the sea every day. The tide ebbs at sunrise and rises at sunset. Many shellfish and light rain are carried to the beach by the tide, attracting seabirds to come to feed. .
It would be understandable if there were only occasional abundance of shellfish, but the strange thing is that this beach is like this every day. Therefore, the residents of the island are almost awakened from their dreams by the chirping of seabirds every morning. If it is not a stormy day, the fishermen will get up and prepare to go to sea as soon as the beach becomes busy.
Such a thing is naturally a spectacle, and Song Pingzi is also curious. Since nature has given such good conditions, why do fishermen not just pick up shellfish and small fish on the beach, but also go out to sea in boats.
Not sure whether it was because he spent a long time in the Flying Beast Farm at Xiuzhentang Academy, or because this strange way of survival attracted him, Song Pingzi decided to choose an island to disembark, visit the island first, and then go to the eastern mainland.
Twenty days later, the ship arrived at the island where seabirds gathered. While the ship was being repaired, Song Pingzi left and went to the island called Wanniao Island.
After arriving on the island, I first found a family to live in. The island residents are used to ships coming for repairs and occasionally coming to the island to stay overnight. Although they are not that enthusiastic, they do not refuse, but they do not stay for free. There is a fee. The landlord is an old man named Zhang, who comes from a family of three generations. His grandson is still young, only a few years old. He especially likes the big black dog when he sees it. There has never been a habit of raising dogs on the island. A small village that is not wealthy and relies entirely on fishing for a living has no interest in pirates, so there is no need to be wary of outsiders.
Seeing Song Pingzi take out the gold and spirit stone, Uncle Zhang decisively chose the spirit stone, but he didn't know that what Song Pingzi took out was the best spirit stone.
Song Pingzi was very surprised by this. After careful inquiry, I found out that sometimes they would pay for daily necessities and food on passing ships, or they would buy from these ships, so the fees charged were also traded with these ships, and spiritual stones were also the currency they traded with, but A few yuan is the greatest wealth of their fishing village.
Uncle Zhang's wife has passed away, and he is getting older. He doesn't usually go to sea. At home, Uncle Zhang, his daughter-in-law and a grandson mend fishing nets and so on. The family depends on the son's harvest from going to sea for survival. Just enough to maintain food and clothing. Accompanied by the sea breeze all year round, the skin of both young and old on Wanniao Island is somewhat dark and their skin ages quickly. Uncle Zhang’s daughter-in-law is only 30 years old and looks like an ordinary person in their forties on land. Although she is old, her physique is strong and strong, and she can easily lift heavy fishing nets in her hands.
Song Pingzi walked around the entire island in just one day, which was no different from what the sailors said. The beach in the east that occupies almost half of the entire island is indeed magical.
Back at Uncle Zhang's house, Song Pingzi asked his question. From his observation, the shellfish and small fish on that beach were enough to feed the people of this small fishing village, so why did they go to sea to fish?
Uncle Zhang did not raise his head to look at him, but said: "If you could survive by stretching out your hands, our small fishing village on Wanniao Island would no longer exist."
Song Pingzi asked: "Why? I heard from sailors that it is like this every day on the island. The sea water brings shellfish and small fish to the beach. There is really no need to take risks at sea!"
"We rob seabirds of their food, and seabirds will never come again. They won't build nests in rock crevices. If they don't have enough to eat, there will be no seabird eggs. We can't grow vegetables on this deserted island. We just rely on If you eat fish, people will die earlier." After Uncle Zhang finished speaking, he pointed to the sky and said: "God is fair. Seabirds replenish our bodies. If we rob their food, we will be punished. This Where in the world can there be a life of getting something for nothing!”
Although Uncle Zhang's words are very simple, the meaning behind them is very clear. This small fishing village and seabirds are actually interdependent species. When the villagers in the fishing village pick up seabird eggs, they will keep half of them instead of taking away as many as they see.
Only in this way can the balance of this Thousand Bird Island be maintained. Those small fish, shrimps and shellfish are food for seabirds, and the eggs of seabirds supplement the physical needs of the villagers. If you don’t think about the wider scope, this is actually a very big problem. Symbiotic sharing of harmonious existence.
No wonder these seabirds didn't avoid him when he was wandering around on the beach. It turned out that he thought it was because he had stayed in the flying beast farm for a long time, and his body was contaminated with some elements of the flying beasts, making them think they were the same kind. It turns out that these seabirds know that people on this island will not harm them.
The ships that passed by were basically from the cultivation world, and it was unlikely that ordinary mortals would have large ships to go to sea.
As for how this beach was formed, Uncle Zhang didn't know. Anyway, his ancestors had lived on Wanniao Island for generations, and rarely left the island except for going to sea. Occasionally, passing ships did not do anything excessive to them. Naturally, they were even less likely to do anything to them. What are the needs of these seagoing ships?
