At that time, the north wind was strong, and while everyone was talking, the raft had already traveled more than ten miles in the ice sea, and Sanshan Island had long been hidden behind it. Xu Lai did not join their conversation with Xiangma, but focused on adjusting the position of the sail. Under his control, the raft quickly pushed away the ice floe and sailed south.
At first, there was still a bit of land vaguely visible in the distance to the west. After walking for another half a day, we couldn't even see the coast. Looking around, we saw a vast sea of ice, filled with ice floes. Dugu Xiang couldn't help but feel worried and asked Xu Lai: "Brother Xu, aren't you walking along the island water? Why is it that not only the coast is missing, but the island is also missing?"
Xu Lai said: "The strait from Liaodong to Dengzhou is three hundred miles wide, but the island distribution is sparse in the north and dense in the south. The first island after leaving Qingnipu, Wuhu Island, is two hundred miles away. As long as Wuhu Island can be found accurately, The islands in the lake are no more than twenty miles apart from each other, and they can be seen from a distance on a clear day."
Dugu Xiang said: "Ah... the sea is vast, and it's not night at this moment. Without starlight, it's impossible to observe and locate stars. Brother Xu, how did you know that the current route is aimed at Wuhu Island, a hundred miles away?"
Xu Lai said: "If it is in other seasons, you can tell by looking at the color of the sea water that this navigation waterway is the dividing line between Bohai and Wuhuhai. It is limited by the Liaodong headland, with Bohai in the west and Wuhuhai in the east. Bohai is surrounded by three sides. The land of Qi and Yan is surrounded by many large rivers, so the water is shallow and turbid; the Wuhu Sea is an open sea with deep and clear water. The waters of the two seas are incompatible with each other, one is deep and one is shallow, one is turbid and the other is clear. If you sail along this dividing line, you will naturally find Wuhu Island."
Dugu Xiang looked at the sea full of ice floes and said, "There are ice floes everywhere now, but I can't see the color of the water clearly."
Xu Lai said: "Don't worry, Xiang'er. What I said is that in other seasons, you can determine the course by looking at the color of the water. In winter, you can look at the ice."
Duguxiang said: "The sea is vast and there is ice everywhere, but what difference can you see?"
Xu Lai said: "Bohai has many rivers flowing into it, and its brine is not as salty as that of Wuhu Sea. Moreover, the flow of Bohai Sea is slow and the flow of Wuhu Sea is fast. The saltier the sea water, the faster the current, and the slower it freezes. Therefore, Bohai freezes faster than Wuhu Sea. "
Dugu Xiang said: "Even if it was different at first, but now it has formed into sea ice, you can't tell who was faster and who was slower when it solidified."
Xu Lai said with a smile: "When the Bohai water froze first, the Wuhu Sea was not yet frozen. When the Wuhu Sea froze, it collided with the condensed Bohai sea ice, forming circles of circular bulges. It looks like lotus leaves. Just follow the round lotus leaf ice and you can find the waterway."
Duguxiang looked carefully and found that the right side of the raft was full of large flat sea ice, and the left side was a round ice floe with a lower center and a higher perimeter, shaped like a lotus leaf. He said, "It's really like this. If it weren't for Brother Xu, You tell me, I won’t notice any difference between this ice and ice.”
Jing Zhencheng also praised: "It turns out there is such a secret. The sea ice between the two seas collides with each other and is difficult to freeze into one large piece. Therefore, it is also the weakest link in the ice sea. Navigating along this waterway is the fastest. Xu Langcao I really admire the craftsmanship of the boat."
Xu Lai had never had a good impression of Japanese people. He snorted but did not respond to him.
We walked like this until evening. It was a rare good weather day in winter in the north. The stars in the sky were exceptionally bright. Xu Lai raised his head to gaze at the stars and said, "We are very close to Wuhu Island. We can dock at Wuhu Island tonight and tomorrow If we continue sailing, it will be much easier to follow the island."
Jiang Shuo suddenly pointed to the sea and said, "What is that?"
His eyesight was very good at night, but no one else saw it. Dugu Xiang asked curiously: "Brother Shuo, what did you see?"
Jiang Shuo said: "Brother Xu, turn a little to the left. There seems to be a living thing on the sea ice."
Xu Lai then turned to the side and said in surprise: "It is extremely cold weather for the past nine months. There are no fish or shrimps on the ice sea, let alone birds and animals. How can there be any living things?"
After hearing this, Dugu Xiang felt scared in his heart, and said in a trembling voice: "Brother Shuo, can't he be a ghost?" Although she has extremely high martial arts skills, she is still a minor girl after all, and she is very timid. I don't like reading, and my favorite thing to read is "The Classic of Mountains and Seas". Now when I heard Jiang Shuo say that there are living creatures on the ice sea, and I remembered the sea monsters described in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas", I couldn't help but hide behind Jiang Shuo with some fear.
Jiang Shuo smiled and said: "Xiang'er, where in the world can
Are there so many spirits? I'd say it's like a big fish that jumped out of the ice sea. It fell on the ice floe and couldn't return to the sea. Look at it, it's still twisting. "
Dugu Xiang said: "Brother Shuo, you hear this thing is still barking. All fish are mute. This doesn't look like a big fish."
Jing Zhencheng said: "Wuhuhai is similar to my hometown. There is a kind of fish civet. Its head is round like a cat, but it has a fat and short fish body. There are ring-shaped spots on the fur on its back, but its belly is bluish white. Japan, New Zealand Luo fishermen often catch fish to make clothing to keep out the cold, called "fish clothes", which are both warm and beautiful. "
When Dugu Xiang heard that it was not a monster, but a strange fish he had never seen before, he immediately became interested and said, "Brother Xu, please turn the raft around and take a look!"
Xu Lai rolled his eyes at Jing Zhencheng and blamed him for talking too much. He said that the fur of the fish and civet was warm, and he was afraid that Xiang'er would catch it and skin it to make a coat. However, he knew that Dugu Xiang was close to Jiang Shuo, so it was not easy to impress her. , had no choice but to turn the raft and sail towards the "fish civet".
In fact, it goes without saying that Jiang Shuo's internal strength is very high, and Dugu Xiang's internal strength is not weak either. He doesn't feel cold even in single clothes. Dugu Xiang is naturally not interested in the fur of a civet, but she heard that a civet has a fish body and a cat's head, so she is really curious. Very interesting, I would like to see what this fish civet looks like.
Seeing that the black shadow was approaching, Jing Zhencheng said softly: "Don't say anything, don't scare it away. The fish civet is very fast in the sea, and there is nowhere to catch it if it runs away."
At this time, let alone Dugu Xiang, Jiang Shuo also covered his mouth and nodded excitedly. The fish civet was actually not a rare thing. Xu Lai had seen it before, so he thought there was something strange about it, so he had to go around to see it, but since the young man Lord Jiang Shuo was also very interested, and he couldn't say anything to stop him, but he vaguely heard the cry of the black shadow, and frowned and said: "This doesn't seem to be a fish civet, the cries of the fish civet are "coo" , "Uh-huh" sound, but not so high-pitched. "
At this time, Jing Zhencheng also heard something different and said: "It's different, and it's much bigger." But at this time, the raft was traveling with the wind, and the black shadow was in the downwind. It was difficult to distinguish the black shadow in the howling north wind. What is shouting.
Dugu Xiang originally rushed to the front in order to see the cichlid. Now, hearing the words of the two men, the black shadow did not seem to be the cichlid. He felt bad, fearing that it was still a spirit, so he couldn't help but move closer to Jiang Shuo.
Jiang Shuo's earphones were louder than those of others, and he said, "This seems... seems to be someone's cry for help!"
Xu Lai also heard it and said: "It's a human voice, not asking for help, but a curse."
At this time, the raft was getting closer to the black shadow. Didn't Jiang Shuo realize that the black shadow was a person? Half of the man's body was lying on the ice floe, and the lower half of his body was flopping in the water. However, it seemed that the ice was slippery and it was difficult to exert force. Although the man kept struggling, he could not climb up the ice. He was uttering scoldings from his grandma and grandson. Absolutely.
Seeing that the man could no longer hold on, the raft was still more than ten feet away from the man. Jiang Shuo was afraid that he would not be able to save the man, so he said to Xu Lai and Dugu Xiang: "I'll save the man, Brother Xu, Xiang'er, you guys." Answer me."
Xu Lai was shocked when he heard this and hurriedly shouted: "Young Master, you can't..." Before he could say the words "put yourself in danger", Jiang Shuo jumped out of the raft and landed on the lotus leaf ice about ten feet away. , the lotus leaf ice is much thinner than ordinary sea ice, and it will overturn immediately when he steps on it. However, Jiang Shuo just touches his toes lightly, and before the floating ice sinks, he jumps onto the lotus leaf ice in front of him like flying.
He just stepped on the ice floe and rushed all the way to the man who fell into the water. He leaned over and reached out to grab the man's right hand that was scratching. Unexpectedly, the man was extremely heavy. Jiang Shuo slipped and was almost pulled into the water by him. Busily moving his feet, a hot inner breath came out from the soles of his feet, and a burst of white mist suddenly appeared on the ice, melting two inches of footprints on the ice. Jiang Shuo borrowed the help of This firmly embedded his feet into the ice and stabilized his body.
Jiang Shuo yelled with his arms, lifted up, and lifted the man out of the water. He turned around and ran towards the raft. The man fell behind him, feeling much heavier than an ordinary person. When he looked back, he saw that there was only one person and there was nothing else behind him. .
As soon as Jiang Shuo landed on the ice floe, it immediately collapsed. He was shocked and didn't even bother to look back. He gathered his strength and rushed forward. The ice floe kept collapsing behind him, and his feet were already broken several times. He stepped into the sea water. If he hadn't been so good at lightness kung fu, he would have been dragged by the man and sunk to the bottom of the sea.
Dugu Xiang and Xu Lai screamed together on the raft. Dugu Xiang shouted: "Brother Shuo, hurry up!"
run! Xu Lai shouted: "Let go! Let go quickly!"
Jiang Shuo refused to let go. He gritted his teeth and firmly grasped the man's wrist. He raised his breath and moved quickly. When he was still a few feet away from the raft, he saw that there were no lotus leaves in front of him, only a dark patch of ice. Jiang Shuo's scalp tightened as the ice sea reached him. The distance of ten feet was nothing to him, but at this moment, the person in his hand was pulling him straight down, making it difficult for him to leap over this distance. However, at this moment, the ice surface under his feet was already under his feet. It collapsed, and Jiang Shuo could only bite the bullet and move forward.
As expected, Jiang Shuo fell down very fast while flying in the air. The person he was pulling was already immersed in the sea water. The resistance of the sea water made Jiang Shuo's body feel even heavier. At this critical moment, his waist suddenly tightened, but it was Dugu Xiang threw a long rope around his waist.
The flying claw at one end of Dugu Xiang's long rope was interrupted by Silla's "Greater Master" Jin Wanzong. The flying claw was extremely exquisitely made and could not be repaired in the North. Dugu Wen installed a golden ring on her as a replacement. At this moment, the long rope flew Lai circled around Jiang Shuo's waist. Jiang Shuo was quick and quick and grabbed the golden ring. Xu Lai and Dugu Xiang on the raft immediately pulled hard together. Jiang Shuo used the pulling force from his waist to lift it again. With one breath, he suddenly flew up several feet in the air. At the same time, he raised his hand and threw the man in the water, holding it above his head, and they all fell back to the corner of the raft.
As soon as his feet touched the raft, the corner of the raft sank downwards into the water. Xu Lai and Dugu Xiang hurriedly pulled the long rope and retreated backwards to stabilize the balance of the raft.
Before Jiang Shuo could take a deep breath, he suddenly heard Dugu Xiang's scream. He looked up and saw that Jing Zhencheng had pulled out the Phoenix-headed Thousand Ox Sword from his waist and was slashing towards him!
