A soft light shone on the gray-purple sea, illuminating the front brightly. Everyone's hearts were in their throats, fearing that the strange broken ship would suddenly speed up and rush towards them.
The group of people worked hard and accelerated forward as hard as they could. It was not until Chen Mo's figure and the ship disappeared on the sea, and the waves slapped the side of the ship one after another, that they let out a long sigh of relief.
It didn't take long for someone to realize from their panic. It was the beautiful woman in the palace dress. Her expression suddenly changed and she said suspiciously:
"No...no! If that fellow Taoist is on the opposite boat, wouldn't it be better to keep silent and cooperate with the other group inside and outside? Why do you need to jump off the boat and be exposed?"
"Sister, this is wrong!" The female companion next to her laughed when she heard this. Another female nun also persuaded the beautiful woman: "In short, as long as we can avoid disputes, it is a good thing. Aren't we safe now?"
"I don't have so many thoughts at the critical moment. Now that I think about it, I wish I could ask fellow Daoist Chen why he jumped ship. It's a pity..."
Li Fan adjusted the rudder and walked over. Following the words of the beautiful woman in palace attire, he seemed to regret his hurried behavior just now.
"Hey! This is not Brother Li's responsibility!"
Li Gang finally answered, and he asked tentatively: "Without one person, can we still get to the island safely?"
"Not sure, at least Fellow Daoist Chen can't."
Li Fan said in a calm tone, and after talking with everyone, he seemed to have sentenced Chen Mo to a fate of being buried in the belly of a fish.
And from another implicit level, he seemed to be hinting, intentionally or unintentionally, about what would happen if he left the ship.
...
Talking about Chen Mo, when he jumped out, his actions were almost consistent with Li Fan's action of turning the ship's bow. In just a moment, Chen Mo suddenly woke up in his heart, and the thought of returning became more and more intense in his mind.
The so-called authorities are obsessed with it, but bystanders are clear. When thinking from his perspective, the only possibility is that Li Fan has long recognized the cultivators on the broken ship. He is afraid that the true situation in the sea ahead will rise if these people know about it in the future. The emotion of escaping, so simply not giving the two parties a chance to meet.
When Chen Mo jumped ship, he naturally recognized the cultivators on the ship and came to ask for information. However, he did not expect that his place of stay would be taken away.
If he chases after him now, not only will he not be accepted, but he will easily be attacked by a group of people. Furthermore, during the time he wasted, if the ship in front of him also leaves, Chen Mo will still have to rely on the thousand-year spiritual liquid. Yu Jian, forcefully fly back to the land from the sea?
From the moment of enlightenment, returning home became Chen Mo's only way out.
However, even if he thought so, the owner of the ship didn't seem to want to give Chen Mo such an opportunity.
In less than a few blinks, Chen Mo, who was floating in the air, saw the stone giant more than three feet tall on the deck suddenly stand up.
Its shoulders made a loud "click" sound at the same time, and two arms made of gravel stubble stretched out seven or eight feet in an instant, like two extremely tough whips, tightly entangled towards Chen Mo!
Chen Mo's eyes narrowed, and he saw that he was not in a hurry, and suddenly thirty-six neat flying swords appeared in front of him, as if he was commanding the move. The moment the figure disappeared, he reappeared in front, but in the distance. One step closer to the ship!
"It's actually you?!"
Seeing Chen Mo use his sword escape technique, an angry female voice suddenly came from the cabin: "Come back!! Don't be reckless!"
Before the shouting stopped, the next moment, the space in front of Chen Mo became crazily distorted. Five claw marks containing black energy seemed to break through everything and claw directly at Chen Mo's chest.
Chen Mo did not retreat but moved forward. The flame palm he learned from Wang Yan was superimposed in two layers in an instant. Infinite flames were imprinted on the claw marks and he punched the black shadow in front of him.
"Bang!!"
The black figure wrapped in the cloak retreated continuously, and Chen Mo was also slightly injured by the explosion of claw marks.
But like the sneak attack just now, it is difficult for this woman to do it again.
"Monk from the Beast Control Sect...Zhen Na!"
Chen Mo's eyes focused on the female cultivator with a ponytail on the deck, and her identity had already been revealed in his heart!
It was this woman who chased Chen Mo with her companions in the Forgotten Land, causing him to run away like crazy, and was almost taken advantage of by other monks.
Then at the Remnant Bridge, they used the teleportation talisman to deliberately frame him. Fortunately, Chen Mo was superior and the two sides stopped at the Extreme Flame Area and did not meet again until this moment.
Zhen Na stopped taking action after the first blow missed. Chen Mo guessed that it might be to test her own cultivation. If she didn't feel that she could kill him in a short time, she stopped thinking about making a quick decision.
"She is very smart. She knows that I still have the treasure that increases my spiritual consciousness. She doesn't dare to tell him because she is afraid of getting a piece of the pie..."
Chen Mo figured out what the enemy was thinking, and then he sent a message from a distance into the cabin: "Brother Lu! Can you please meet me?"
"......you know me?"
Lu Xiaoyun had been waiting for a long time. Seeing Chen Mo speak his name outspokenly, out of curiosity, he also walked out of the cabin.
"Brother Lu, I have seen you outside the soul-increasing pool, and I have also seen the power of the puppet beside you. You and Fellow Taoist Yanzun were both very eye-catching existences during the Qi Refining Period."
"Senior brother! This man's name is Chen Mo. He is very thoughtful and I have suffered a big loss at his hands!" Zhen Na was afraid that Lu Xiaoyun would be flattered by Chen Mo, so she hurriedly whispered in his ear.
Lu Xiaoyun nodded secretly: "No wonder you are so excited." "I'm so sorry, brother. I wonder what the purpose of your jumping ship to visit us is?"
"I'm ashamed to say it. I saw that a master like Brother Lu was defeated in the front. How could I dare to step forward and risk my life? I'll just use your ship to return home!"
Chen Mo cupped his hands in the air: "Brother Lu, please do it a favor and let me take your boat back. I can also have someone to take care of me along the way, right?"
"Brother Chen, come down and talk."
Lu Xiaoyun made a gesture of invitation in the direction of Chen Mo, indicating that he would talk in person. Chen Mo did not respond, but glanced at his side. When he saw Lu Xiaoyun's nod again, Chen Mo landed safely on the deck.
"There is another fellow Taoist. Brother Lu, why don't you introduce him to me?"
Chen Mo got straight to the point and said to Lu Xiaoyun with a smile: "Where is it? Aren't there only three people on this boat?"
Lu Xiaoyun pointed at Zhen Na, Chen Mo, and himself, then laughed loudly and said, "Does Brother Chen think that the stone puppet is also a human being?"
"Hahaha, Brother Lu is funny!"
He then waved to the northwest corner of the ship. When the latter's laughter stopped suddenly, Chen Mo said again: "I want to ask Brother Lu about something."
"Please." Lu Xiaoyun rolled up the cabin curtain and invited Chen Mo to take a seat. At the same time, he moved Zhen Na away and let her control the rudder to avoid another conflict with Chen Mo.
