After leaving Penglai Island, the "Ping An Fugui" gradually sailed into deeper waters.
This area has always been rarely visited, full of dangers and opportunities.
There are small islands where precious medicinal materials grow, there are the Jiaoren tribe whose tears turn into pearls according to legend, there are treasures left by ancient practitioners, there are also terrifying huge waves, strange undercurrents and ferocious sea monsters.
The captain of the "Peaceful Fortune" is named Lu Yongsi, a fourth-level monk. He was short and fat, with long hair hanging around his shoulders, matted and tangled, and greasy, as if he hadn't washed it for many years.
From the discussions among the crew, Gu Xu learned that the captain was a well-known adventurer in the North. When he was young, he encountered a storm during a voyage and was stranded on an uninhabited desert island. However, as a blessing in disguise, he found a mysterious ruins on the island and received the inheritance of a mysterious strongman thousands of years ago. .
After that, Lu Yongsi became obsessed with adventure and the feeling of finding wealth in danger.
He recruited a group of people, bought a ship, and used formations to modify the ship, giving it a certain degree of defensive capabilities and able to withstand attacks from wind, waves, and monsters.
Most of the time, the "Peaceful Fortune" follows the map's guidance and goes to "Yingzhou", "Fangzhang", "Daiyu", "Fanghu" and other "fairy islands in the sea" to find rare medicinal materials, and then Take them back to land and sell them at a high price.
"Sir, I heard that the destination of your trip is the end of the East China Sea?"
One day at lunch, the captain Lu Yongsi asked Gu Xu curiously.
Because Gu Xu was personally introduced to the ship by the Lord of Dayan, everyone on the ship was respectful and polite when talking to him, and did not dare to show any slights.
"That's right." Gu Xu nodded.
Lu Yongsi immediately opened her eyes wide and marveled again and again.
He said that he couldn't believe that there were people in this world who were more courageous than him. Although he called himself an adventurer, he had never dared to enter the strange and dense fog in the Far East Sea where he couldn't even see his fingers.
"I have heard from legends and stories that behind the mist, there is a majestic waterfall," Lu Yongsi said. "The sea water gathers there and falls from the cliff into the abyss.
"It is said that if you jump from the waterfall, you have the opportunity to travel through time and space, go back to the past, or go to the future..."
"That's where I'm going." Gu Xu said calmly.
Lu Yongsi stopped talking and gave him a gesture commonly used by sailors, which probably meant "awesome".
At this moment, the merchant ship shook violently without warning.
The tableware on the table fell to the floor with a clatter.
Everyone in the room had to hold on to the wall to barely stabilize their bodies.
"The storm is coming," someone exclaimed.
Since the ship had been equipped with formations to reduce the shaking, the storm outside was stronger than they perceived.
Gu Xu took out a "Wind Talisman", stuck it on his body, and then walked steadily to the deck of the merchant ship.
He remembered that a few minutes ago, the sea was still clear and the sky was clear.
But at this moment, the field of vision was dark, and it was difficult to tell where was the sky and where was the sea.
Huge waves surged in like hills, roaring like the sky was shattering and the earth was shattering.
The ship on the wave crest seemed to have become a toy of Poseidon, being thrown up high and falling heavily again.
"It's a hook snake."
Gu Xu stared at the dark sea and narrowed his eyes slightly.
"It's actually a hook snake!"
Not far away, the boat owner Lu Yongsi was holding on to the railing tightly, with a solemn look on his face.
He had heard from the crew's chats that the "Hook Snake" was a monster that looked like a snake and was dozens of feet long. It was ferocious, aggressive, and highly venomous.
Its tail is bifurcated and has a hook, which can drag passing ships and organisms on the shore into the sea to hunt for food.
People who often sail on the sea will go to the temple before each departure to pray to the gods for protection and not to encounter this terrible monster.
Lu Yongsi had good luck in the past, but she had never been
Encountered a very powerful monster at sea.
Friends often call him "the man of great fortune."
Unexpectedly, this time, he would encounter a "Hooked Snake" whose strength was close to the "Fierce God" level.
"Could it be that all my good luck has been exhausted?" he thought anxiously.
"boom!"
There was another deafening bang.
The hull of the ship seemed to be suddenly hit by a heavy object, and it shook violently a few times. Then there was a strong pulling force from the bottom of the ship, which seemed to drag it into the deep sea.
"Quick! Form a formation quickly!"
Lu Yongsi finally came to his senses, used his skills to jump to the mast, and commanded the panicked crew.
After a moment, a golden mask of light appeared around the "Peaceful Fortune".
Outside the mask, the waves are turbulent; within the mask, the waves are calm.
But the mask only existed for less than five seconds.
Then it flashed a few times and disappeared.
"That damn beast actually broke through the defensive formation so quickly!" Lu Yongsi cursed in her mind.
Seeing that the ship was about to sink into the sea, he waved his hand and summoned his natal sword, preparing to use all his strength and all his trump cards to fight the hook snake to the death.
However, in an instant, a painful howl came from underwater.
The pulling force on the merchant ship suddenly disappeared.
A huge sea monster poked its head out of the water.
Its size is simply too huge. No one can see it in its entirety. From a distance, its body exposed from the sea looks like islands.
As long as it opens its mouth, the whole boat will be swallowed by it along with the current.
But the strange thing is that the way it looks at the ship actually reveals strong fear.
Only then did Lu Yongsi notice that the mysterious guest wearing a black mask had quietly floated into the air, holding a strange semicircular metal object in his hand, looking at the "Hooked Snake" from afar.
I saw him gently raising his right hand.
Countless gray-black, spiderweb-like thin lines suddenly appeared in the sky.
These thin lines seem to be sharper than a sword that cuts through iron like clay.
The moment it touched the "Hooked Snake", the seemingly indestructible scales on the "Hooked Snake" were instantly cut open, and blood spurted out, dyeing the entire sea red.
"It's actually a space crack!" Lu Yongsi was stunned and murmured in her heart, "Who is he?"
In his perception, this mysterious guest was just a fourth-level monk like him.
Cutting space is usually a skill only possessed by seventh-level monks.
Is this person hiding his strength?
Or does he possess some unimaginable means?
"No wonder the king thinks so highly of him," he thought, "This person is either an anonymous saint or a monster that has not been seen in thousands of years."
A few seconds later, "Hooked Snake" had been cut into countless pieces by Gu Xu using spatial cracks.
The sea then returned to calm.
Gu Xu landed steadily on the deck and smiled at Lu Yongsi: "The obstacles have been removed, let's move on!"
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