Fire and thunder struck the stern deck of the ship.

Accompanied by the roaring sound of the huge explosion, Lan Qiao was first shaken, and then a hot wave of air hit his face. He seemed to have been pushed hard by an invisible hand in the air, and he could no longer stand.

Keep your body in shape.

"Get down!" He shouted at Chen Yuheng who was standing on the side of the ship. At the same time, he used the push of the air waves to rush to Feng Yeling, hugged her delicate body tightly, and rolled her on the spot.

Next, he poured all his true energy into the cloak that wrapped the two of them, arched his back, and withstood the impact of the explosion.

After the violent shock wave, there were broken pottery shards shot out like random arrows, and black liquid droplets burning with magic fire. Lanqiao's true energy exploded, and the cloak automatically moved without wind, bringing up a strong wind to scatter the liquid fire, but it caused

His unprotected back was hit by four sharp fragments in succession.

When he raised his head again, the entire Golden Dragon was in a sea of ​​flames.

"Are you okay?" He asked Feng Yeling, who was being protected by him, with concern, regardless of the blood flowing from his back.

Feng Yeling's eyes were moist and she shook her head.

Lan Qiao reluctantly climbed up and immediately went to find Chen Yuheng.

There were flames and thick smoke everywhere on the deck. He even shouted several times but did not hear Chen Yuheng's reply.

An ominous premonition arose from the bottom of his heart.

He walked to the place where Chen Yuheng was standing, but still couldn't find anyone. Just when he was about to shout again, he suddenly heard a weak voice calling: "Help...save me..."

But a few steps away from him, Shimazu Takeyoshi was splashed with a few drops of burning "black dragon blood", and his clothes were set on fire. His hands and feet were tied up with cables, and he could not put out the flames on his own. He could only stay on the deck in pain.

Rolling around while screaming for help in a hoarse voice.

Although Lan Qiao knew that he was full of evil, he couldn't bear to see a big living person being burned alive in front of his eyes, so he stepped forward, tore off his burning clothes, and pulled him to jump into the sea.

Shimazu Bukichi first took two gulps of seawater, then found that the cables binding his hands and feet were untied by the blue bridge, and he hurriedly paddled to the surface to breathe fresh air again.

At this time, the Golden Dragon was like a big burning firewood pile, making crackling sounds of wood exploding from time to time. Shimazu Takeyoshi looked at it blankly, and he didn't know whether he was annoyed by Fujiwara Kagehiro's ruthlessness or was moved by Lanqiao.

I couldn't say a word for a long while.

Chen Yuheng's body floated to the sea not far away, and Lan Qiao hurriedly swam over to hug him and drag him up on the small raft. Chen Yuheng's eyes were closed tightly, thinking that he was pushed off the deck by the heat wave shock wave of the explosion, and he was in the air.

He fell into a coma and fell into the sea.

Seeing that the Golden Dragon had begun to list in the fire, Lan Qiao knew that this was not a good place to stay for a long time. He laid Chen Yuheng down on the raft, stretched out his arms to catch Feng Yeling who jumped from the Golden Dragon, and then lifted the stunned Shimazu Takeyoshi

He also pulled up the raft and rowed it back to the shore of Dalu Island.

Feng Yeling was the first to jump onto the small pier on the west side of Dalu Mountain. Lan Qiao carried Chen Yuheng, who was still awake, and went ashore with Shimazu Takeyoshi. As for the other captured Japanese pirates on the Golden Dragon, they were not there.

The captain was so lucky that he could only die in the fire together with the Golden Dragon.

Shimazu Takeyoshi looked at the Golden Dragon capsized and sunk in the flames, and at the billowing smoke that spread across the entire West Bay. He murmured to himself in Japanese, as if he was still afraid of what had just happened until now.

"What are you talking about?" Without Chen Yuheng as his translator, Lan Qiao glared at Shimazu Takeyoshi and said, "Didn't you speak Chinese when you called for help just now?"

"I learned a few words in Chinese when I was doing business with you Han businessmen." Shimazu Takeyoshi said with a bitter smile in Chinese, "I just complained, and Fujiwara Kagehiro did not hesitate to drag himself in in order to prevent the Golden Dragon from falling into your hands.

Buried with people."

Lan Qiao thought that what he called doing business with Han merchants must actually be robbing Han merchant ships. However, at this time, he had no intention of asking about these old things and asked instead: "How much do you know about Fujiwara Keihiro?"

Shimazu Takeyoshi rolled his eyes, and just when he was about to deal with it casually, Feng Yeling kicked him on the waist: "Speak carefully, tell everything you know, or I will throw you back into the sea."

"Female General, have mercy on me!" Shimazu Takeyoshi knelt on the ground, made a begging gesture, and then said angrily: "Fujiwara Kagehiro also doesn't care about my life and my brothers' life. He is unkind to me and unjust. Anyway, he has never treated me.

I really trust this subordinate who followed him halfway, and even during this attack on Dalu Island, Yoshikawa Souichi was sent to monitor me."

"Yoshikawa Souichi?" Lanqiao asked in astonishment, "Isn't he a member of Amano Yoshitaka? Why did he become a subordinate of Fujiwara Kagehiro again?"

Shimazu Takeyoshi didn't answer and asked instead: "I wonder if you have ever heard of the Sword Gate Sect?"

"Of course I have." Feng Yeling said with a cold face, "I heard that the two black-armored warriors in Amano Yoshitaka's fleet, Yoshikawa Soichi and Okazaki Zaemon, are from the Kenmen Sect."

Shimazu Takeyoshi nodded and sighed again: "The Sword Gate Sect was originally a very prestigious swordsmanship sect in our country. It has produced several generations of swordsmanship masters, but it was surpassed by another sect that rose rapidly ten years ago, the Xuanzang Sect.

The momentum is declining.”

Lan Qiao and Feng Yeling heard the name Xuanzang Sect for the first time. They looked at each other and signaled Shimazu Takeyoshi to continue.

"The leader of the Genzo sect, Yuji Kato, is very ambitious. In just a few years, he has recruited more than a thousand disciples, and his branches are spread all over the country." Shimazu Takeyoshi further explained, "I heard that his ultimate ideal is not only to unify the kendo of our country.

, and I want to challenge the most famous swordsman master among you Han people."

"Does he know who is our most famous swordsmanship master?" Lan Qiao laughed and said, "I don't know anyway."

He meant it as a joke, but Shimazu Takeyoshi said seriously: "He regarded your swordsman master Shen Xinliu decades ago as his target. However, Shen Xinliu disappeared many years ago. It seems that he has passed away. His eldest disciple Lan

Ruohai has also been defeated, and the only remaining target is his second disciple, Ye Wen, the leader of the Tianlian Sect."

"He wants to challenge Ye Wen?" Lan Qiao said in surprise.

"It's not a challenge." Shimazu Takeyoshi corrected seriously, "It's a sword debate."

"That's the meaning."

"Don't worry about this for now." Feng Yeling interrupted him, "Let's talk about Jianmen Sect. Facing the rapidly rising Xuanzang Sect, what happened to Jianmen Sect?"

Shimazu Takeyoshi said: "The two sects fought for disciples and fought several times. Due to their numerical disadvantage, the Sword Gate Sect was defeated one after another. Finally, it was uprooted by the Xuanzo Sect, and few of its masters survived."

"So Yoshikawa Soichi and Okazaki Zaemon escaped at that time. Because they had nowhere to go, they had to follow Amano Yoshitaka and become Japanese pirates." Aiqiao said suddenly, "But this has nothing to do with Fujiwara Kagehiro.

relation?"

"Fujiwara Keihiro is the young master of the Kenmen Sect. At that time, everyone thought he was killed by Kato Yuji in the duel, but unexpectedly he was only seriously injured and was saved by his uncle Matsuoka Morimasa." Shimazu Takeyoshi said.

, "Although Yoshikawa and Okazaki heard about him later, they did not leave Amano because they had joined Amano and out of loyalty to Amano."

"So this time Amano Yoshitaka took refuge with Fujiwara Kagehiro, which actually contributed to their desire to return to the young master's sect." Lan Qiao finally understood the cause and effect of the matter. He remembered the Lord Shenlong that the hungry kid said and asked again: "What Fujiwara Kagehiro claims to be

It’s Master Shenlong, what’s going on?”

Shimazu Takeyoshi said calmly: "When Fujiwara and Matsuoka first went to sea, there were only two uncles and nephews. After several years, they only had a small boat and a dozen sailors following them. What really made them prosperous was on Evil Dragon Island.

The blood of the black dragon."

Lan Qiao and Feng Yeling were moved at the same time, and asked almost in unison: "Is Evil Dragon Island the back of the legendary dragon?" After the two asked, they looked at each other and smiled, and Feng Yeling said: "His lair is here.

On Evil Dragon Island, right? As for the dragon’s back, it’s just a slogan to incite the Japanese pirates to unite.”

"I really can't hide anything from you." Shimazu Takeyoshi said helplessly, "Erlong Island is a mysterious island about a day and night's sea journey away from here. Sometimes it is shrouded in heavy fog, and you can only barely see the shadows of the rocks on the island, shaped like

On the back of the giant dragon, there are sometimes strange scenes of the sea city. From a distance, it looks like an empty and calm sea. Fujiwara and the others are very good at using people's hearts. They use this to call themselves the incarnation of the dragon. With the powerful black dragon blood, they can easily

Soon he will begin to dominate the sea."

Lan Qiao couldn't help but asked: "What exactly is black dragon blood?"

"It is a thick and black mucus flowing out from the cracks in the rocks on Wulong Island, exuding a pungent stench. If the entire Wulong Island is the back of the giant dragon, this mucus is not the back of the giant dragon.

Is there dragon blood flowing out of it?" Shimazu Takeyoshi said, "They thought they were unlucky at first. How could they find such an island with such a harsh environment to settle down? It wasn't until they discovered that black dragon blood is extremely flammable and indestructible with water that they realized their

Good times are coming. They used the clay on the island to bake clay pots, filled them with black dragon blood, and then made the first trebuchet to launch the astonishingly powerful dragon blood fire thunder, and since then they have become mythical overlords of the sea."

Feng Yeling said unconvinced: "Give me the sea map near Evil Dragon Island and the topography of the island. I would like to meet him for a while to see what else is left after the myth of Lord Shenlong is shattered.
Chapter completed!