Over the coastline to the east of the Imperial Dynasty, a sword boat slowly stopped in the clouds.
The day was coming to an end, and half of the huge round sun had sunk beneath the distant sea level. The faint sound of waves echoed between the sky and the earth. Mu Qing, standing on the sword boat, saw such a sea for the first time. The scenery is vast.
In the silence, I didn't even feel that it was the ups and downs of the waves that tore apart the afterglow of the setting sun, but that the afterglow itself wanted to jump into the air and dye the world into one color.
"gorgeous!"
Mu Qing came back to his senses and admired the scenery from the bottom of his heart. He turned to look at the woman standing side by side. When he saw the golden afterglow shining on her fair and jade-like face, he couldn't help but add: "The scenery is beautiful. People are more beautiful! I finally know why you are so beautiful, Yun'er."
Ye Yun squinted her eyes slightly. She was still looking for the direction of the three islands. When she heard this, she rolled her eyes at him and said, "If you look at it every day, you will get tired of it."
Mu Qing thought Ye Yun was talking about her face, so he quickly said seriously: "No way, this kind of thing will never happen to me."
At the back of the sword boat, Wang Yeqing, who had been silently controlling the sword boat, rolled his eyes silently. Seeing that the two of them seemed to be getting bored soon, he quickly said: "Business matters, Xiaoyun, can you recognize the direction back to the island?"
Ye Yun frowned, hesitating and regretting: "I have been away from Yingzhou Island for a long time. If I still go back according to the route in my memory, I will probably get lost in the deep sea."
Mu Qing was a little curious: "Is it true that as the folk tale tells, the three islands will change their positions in the sea at any time?"
Ye Yun nodded slowly: "Although most of the folk stories are conjecture, this statement is not wrong. Almost every ten years, the location of the three islands will move. Although it has not been ten years since I left Yingzhou Island, it still counts. Time has already changed its position once."
Mu Qing asked: "How did Mishima move?"
Ye Yun's voice was soft, and she slowly talked about these secrets: "It is an formation built with three islands as the pillars. It is called the Three Lives Xuanxiang Formation. In fact, it changes its location once every ten years. It is also because of this formation. The array will automatically repair itself every so long."
"The power of the Heaven and Earth Formation is really amazing..." Mu Qing couldn't help but say.
Mu Qing's words made Wang Yeqing, who had been silent and listening, look at him strangely, because the Kowloon Chaoyuan Formation should not be much different from the level of the Three Lives Xuanxiang Formation.
Ye Yun continued: "Because the three islands are all covered, even if the positions of the three islands on the sea keep changing, their relative positions to each other have not changed. You can even use the formation to go directly to other islands. .”
This was the first time Mu Qing had heard of such detailed information. He glanced at Ye Yun and said with a smile, "No wonder you were able to run out at that time."
Speaking of the past, Ye Yun's mentality has changed a lot. She looked at the direction in her memory and said with a smile: "My dad always thought that Uncle Feiyu helped me. In fact, the person who really helped me was Aunt Hua. She was running in a hurry at the time. I haven’t even thanked her.”
Mu Qing could hear Ye Yun's words about her affection for Aunt Hua, and even a hint of nostalgia for her. She was full of expectations for the next journey, and said, "Don't worry, we will see her on the island soon." of."
Ye Yun turned to look at him, showing a bright smile: "Yes."
Mu Qing held her hand and said to Wang Yeqing: "Mrs. Wang, let's go find the boat gang as planned."
"Yes." Wang Yeqing put away the sword boat, and the three of them quietly entered the city under the clouds.
In an inn where the sound of the waves could be heard, Wang Yeqing slowly spread out a newly bought map on the table, "Wenxian City where we are now is not the capital of Linghai Prefecture, but because of its location near the sea, it has always been the most popular place. The liveliest and most free city."
Mu Qing looked at the location of Wenxian City marked on the map, but his eyes were attracted by the three names surrounding it, because in the entire Linhai Prefecture, only the protruding Wenxian City had a coastline, and the rest were occupied by three small countries, namely : Yu Country, Ye Country, Fang Country.
Among them, Yu State and Ye State are above Wenxian City, and Fang State is below. The areas of these three countries look like
Together they are not as good as Linghai Prefecture, but they all have longer coastlines than Linghai Prefecture.
No wonder it's "Linghai" instead of "Linhai". Mu Qing couldn't help but curse and looked at Ye Yun, "Yun'er, are these three small countries closely related to the three islands?"
Ye Yun frowned slightly and said in a hesitant voice: "I had some speculations when I first came to the dynasty, but when I was on the island... I rarely heard news from these countries, which is actually a bit strange."
Ye Yun was tired of staying on the island and yearned for the world outside the island, so she often inquired about things outside the island. However, there was very little news about these three small countries. In Ye Yun's view, many people on the island People may not even know the existence of these three small countries.
Mu Qing took a few more glances at the place where "Ye Country" was written on the map, then withdrew his gaze and said to Wang Yeqing: "I just asked the waiter at the shop. There are more than a dozen boat gangs, large and small, in the city, and the largest boat gang among them is The city has the same name as the Wenxian Gang, and it even united all the bed gangs in the city to establish an alliance."
Mu Qing said, taking out a black jade token and placing it on the table, "I think the head of the Tantai family was referring to this boat gang."
The black jade token on the table was left behind when Tantai Feiyu brought Tantai Jing home and invited them to visit the island. It is called Penglai Ling.
Those who have Penglai Ling are distinguished guests of the Tantai family.
Wang Yeqing looked at the Penglai Ling on the table and joked: "Why didn't you take out the Feiyu Ling?"
Mu Qing smiled helplessly. Although the Feiyu Order was given to him by Tantai Feiyu, it was in his capacity as the leader of the Three Islands Alliance.
He had not forgotten that when he was in Beihuang, Ying Que had been warning Ye Yun not to go back. He held Ye Yun's hand and said, "Although you will eventually be discovered when you return to Yingzhou Island, if you can hide it longer, my My father-in-law can get angry later, right?"
Ye Yun rolled her eyes at him and said nothing, obviously agreeing with Mu Qing's plan.
Wang Yeqing raised his eyebrows, as if he was looking forward to Mu Qing's future performance, and picked up the token, "In that case, Xiaoyun should also pretend to be a little bit. Since the Xunxian Gang has the ability to go to Penglai Island, maybe they can join forces with Ying The relationship between Zhoudao is not bad either.”
"It's natural."
The three of them disguised themselves and left the inn.
Because they had collected some information in advance, they quickly arrived at their destination.
At the end of the brightly lit long street, a tall archway was erected at the end of the long street. A plaque in the middle read "Black Sea Boat Club" in four large gilt characters.
Wang Yeqing led the two young men behind him towards the end of the long street and said: "This Wenxian Gang is actually quite smart. Although it has not annexed other boat gangs, the boat club it controls has the latest and most detailed information. Navigation routes, if those small boat gangs want to go out to sea to make a living, they can’t do it without relying on it.”
Mu Qing nodded slowly: "The Wenxian Gang may be the strongest cultivation force in the entire dynasty. I don't know how strong the gang leader named Minglou is."
The three of them walked under the street lights, and when they were about to approach the archway, a group of people suddenly surrounded them from the darkness. Upon seeing this, Mu Qing smiled slightly and stopped on his own initiative.
The leader of this group was a middle-aged man in extremely luxurious clothes. He stood half a foot away and stopped. His eyes swept over Mu Qing coldly, waiting for the men behind him to clear Mu Qing and the others' retreat. After being surrounded, he opened his mouth and said to Wang Yeqing: "Your Excellency and his entourage just checked into the inn in the evening. After resting for only half an hour, they came here. It seems that they are here for my Wenxian Gang. This may make the subordinates too nervous. , please show your true face."
Among the three Mu Qing, except him, Wang Yeqing and Ye Yun all wore veils when they came out.
Although this person's tone was a bit arrogant, he did not act too foolish and impulsive after being provoked by Mu Qing's deliberate words. Wang Yeqing pondered for a moment, took off his veil, moved his sleeves slightly, and shot something towards the middle-aged man. man.
The man suddenly saw Wang Yeqing making a move and was shocked. He had already guessed that Wang Yeqing and the other three were not ordinary people. Seeing the momentum of Wang Yeqing's attack, he became even more sure. He was about to retreat to escape the blow, but the "hidden weapon" was there. He stopped less than a foot in front of his face.
straight
At this time, the man took a step back and stepped on the ground, making a crisp "snap" sound.
When Mu Qing stood behind Wang Yeqing and saw this scene, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes and he remained silent.
The panic on the middle-aged man's face was still there, but he could already clearly see the "hidden weapon" in front of him. He said "Huh" in surprise and glanced at Wang Yeqing. Seeing that Wang Yeqing didn't move, he reached out to take the token and looked at it carefully.
…
After a tense silence, the man suddenly strode towards Wang Yeqing, and stopped just a few steps away. He leaned his upper body slightly, and his voice could not contain his warmth: "It turns out that I am a distinguished guest, please come with me. "
The man was able to recognize Penglai Ling, which made Wang Yeqing say a lot of polite words, nodded slightly, and said to Mu Qing and Mu Qing behind him: "You also follow me as my master."
"Yes." Mu Qing and Ye Yun responded in unison.
The two of them originally regarded Wang Yeqing as their elder, but now he had an extra layer of disguise, turning into a disciple who traveled far with his master. He was just a little more respectful and looked very natural.
The middle-aged man smiled flatteringly at the two of them. Although his eyes stayed on Ye Yun's face for a moment longer, because the veil on Ye Yun's face had not been taken off, it was reasonable to be a little curious.
As the middle-aged man said hello, the men who had surrounded Mu Qing and the others disappeared into the darkness again. When the man led the three people under the archway, he enthusiastically explained to Wang Yeqing: "The archway is a clear boundary. The elder brought people to this street just now, but we noticed him from the beginning, so please don’t be surprised."
Wang Yeqing glanced sideways at the man, hummed, and said, "I'm not an ignorant person. Please take us to see your Ming Dragon King, Ming Gang Leader."
The man's upper body leaned lower and his pace quickened: "That's natural, but the gang leader has rested now. I'll take a few of them to the reception hall first, and then inform him. What do you think?"
"So much work."
"You're welcome, Immortal."
In this way, the conversation between Wang Yeqing and the man ended, until they were taken to a brightly lit and gorgeous hall and the man turned around and left.
Mu Qing waited for the man's breath to fade away, and then began to look at the furnishings in the hall. After waiting for a moment, he saw that there were still only the three of them here, and there was not even a person around to serve him. He couldn't help but feel helpless and looked at the two people beside him. The woman smiled and said, "What do you think they will do later?"
"Then it depends on whether they regard us as enemies."
Wang Yeqing seemed calmer about this. He held the sword boat in his hand and said to the two young people who came over: "We should have attracted their attention when we were inquiring about the news at the inn."
Mu Qing nodded lightly: "The person's performance just now was a bit deliberate. This arrangement... I felt a hint of the breath of the formation. Shall we leave now?"
…
Elsewhere, the middle-aged man who left the main hall was agile and light. He quickly passed through numerous hidden sentries and entered an inconspicuous courtyard.
In this elegant and exquisite room in the courtyard, an old man in simple clothes was sitting on a chair. When he saw him coming in, he asked in a calm voice: "Master Minglou, you came here so late, you found what I wanted. people?"
The leader of the Wenxian Gang, Ming Lou, was a little excited when he heard this. After turning around and closing the door, he quickly came to the old man and said with great respect: "Elder Ye, I have introduced the eldest lady into the hall."
"Oh?" Elder Ye was a little surprised. He stood up and walked out of the house. "You did a good job. You can inform your subordinates to activate the formation."
Minglou immediately bowed his head and responded: "Please don't worry, Elder Ye!"
