The lighthouse on the coast stands tall, overlooking the brightly lit city below.
Even in the middle of the night, there were sporadic merchant ships coming and going on the Canglan River. Du Kang stood on the bow of the ship with an ordinary face that had transformed into a fetus, and his face was flickering in the light of the lighthouse.
The traces of the battle that took place nearby half a month ago have completely disappeared. The docks on the east bank have been demolished and the sunken ships in the river have been salvaged. It seems as if nothing happened. There is only a prosperous scene composed of the bright moon, the river, merchant ships, and lights.
Picture scroll.
A tall figure walked out of the cabin. He searched around and finally saw Du Kang on the bow of the ship, walking quickly towards this side. When he reached the light, the man's face could be seen clearly. It turned out to be Du Kang.
Yang Liu's appearance became a little younger, and his muscles all over his body were exaggeratedly bulging.
Before he could reach the front, Yang Liu was stopped by two snakes. He could only stand where he was and show his loyalty to Du Kang.
"Thanks to your lord, I have mastered this spell, and I came here to report it to you."
"I also think you should be able to do it. The practice of the Thousand Eyes Technique is related to the physical way and the Shinto way. I have worked hard in my life and have nourished my body with the Guidance Technique. Master Yang will definitely be able to master this technique."
Du Kang also recently read some of the classics left by Lang Rusong and found out that in addition to material limitations, the practice of magic also has some unique requirements. If these requirements can be met, the success rate of magic practice will be greatly improved.
These requirements are called the compatibility between people and magic. Some compatibility is a rigid condition that must be met for magic practice. If it is not met, it cannot be practiced. For example, the snake mother method requires women to practice it.
Some affinities are not necessary conditions, but having the corresponding affinities can greatly increase the success rate of practicing spells. For example, the Yin Shen method is best practiced by people with stronger innate souls, so that they are more likely to wake up in the illusion of taking Netherworld Powder.
Come here, but it is not impossible for those with weak innate souls to succeed.
There are also some special spells that require monks to be innately compatible with a certain aura or concept, which is also a kind of affinity.
Leaving aside those special spells for the moment, even the so-called mandatory requirements are not absolute.
After Du Kang had the power to transform into a woman, he once considered changing into a woman and trying to practice the Snake Mother Method. However, he gave up the idea because he was worried about the impact of long-term changes to the opposite sex on his mind. What if he didn't like women and started to like men in the future?
Suffered.
Although the plan was not implemented, Du Kang believed that the idea was feasible.
The so-called phase is just a summary of experience that can improve the success rate of ordinary monks practicing spells. The magic of spells is to make the impossible possible. This time, Du Kang's greatly modified Thousand Eyes Technique was directly thrown to Yang Liu's practice to verify this.
idea.
Yang Liu is over sixty years old. He was originally so weak that his hands shook even when picking up vegetables. After adjusting his physical condition through Du Kang's guidance, his energy and spirit became full again and his appearance became middle-aged. If he could succeed in this cultivation
The Thousand Eyes Technique, which has certain requirements for both physical and divine ways, proves that Du Kang's idea is correct.
Du Kang turned around, walked up to Yang Liu in a few steps, patted his muscular shoulders and encouraged him a few words, while distractedly checking the effects of his adapted spell practice.
【Name】: Yang Liu
[Thousand Eyes Technique]: Level: Grade A
Skill: Nether Eye (First Level)
Half-demon power: cow power (first level), cowhide (first level)
Advanced conditions: Implant the blue-eyed black cat demon eyes into the temples on both sides of the head to gain the illusion-breaking eyes and the swift power of the cat demon.
The original Thousand Eyes Technique pursued the goal of implanting as many monster eyes into the body as possible to obtain the special power of the monster eye technique, but it neglected to strengthen the carrier of the human body.
As a result, the monk will eventually turn into a big eyeball that floats and moves in the air, with small eyes all over his body. The substantial alienation of the body means that few people can practice this spell to the end, and most of them will degenerate into beholders midway.
After being modified by Du Kang, he deleted some evil monster eyes from the spell materials of the Thousand Eyes Technique. Each level only incorporated one kind of monster eye, reducing the blind pursuit of the Eye Technique and obtaining some physical enhancements from monsters.
This will greatly reduce the risk of becoming possessed and allow you to go longer on the path of spiritual practice.
Du Kang grabbed Yang Liu's hand and observed it carefully. The huge bull's eyes were spinning, which made the hands look quite strange. However, this was a manifestation of the perfect integration of bull's eyes and flesh and blood. He immediately spoke to him.
"Your Bull Demon Eyes have been integrated very well. The power of cow power and cowhide has been completely integrated into your body. As long as you are careful not to hurt these eyes, the power of the eyes will not leave you. Also, if
You saw incomprehensible strange sights in the eyes of these cows. Remember not to dwell on them, just forget about them. Your Yin Shen cultivation is not enough, and you will easily go crazy if you force yourself to memorize these things."
In this world, people get the spirit of all things, and demons get the essence of all things.
There is a slight possibility that the monster's eyes can see the essence of the world at a certain moment. For monks with low cultivation, their shallow brains and fragile spirits may fall into madness because they cannot understand the scene they see.
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This is also one of the reasons why monks who practice Thousand Eyes can easily become possessed by demons. Unlike the Yin Shen Dharma Spiritual Eyes, which can observe the world in a safer manner as the spells are advanced level by level, these demonic eyes that are directly implanted are extremely crude in observing the world.
"Thank you, sir. Now that the ship has been built and is about to sail on a long voyage, there is one extremely important matter on board that needs your decision."
Although Yang Liu didn't understand why Du Kang gave such an order, he still remembered his words in his heart and began to talk about his other purpose of visiting Du Kang.
"What's going on? Is there anything else wrong with the ship?"
"With the cooperation of your lord and your demon boy, the ship will naturally be built very well. But the ship is about to go to sea, and it still lacks a name. Please give me a name for this three-masted sailboat."
This is a problem. There has always been a tradition of naming large ships, not only for the convenience of differentiation, but also to give the crew who have a boring life at sea a sense of belonging.
Just when Du Kang was searching for a good name, two small boats on the Canglan River approached with the banner of the Sheng Family's Ten Thousand Demon Bells, and they shouted to stop the boats.
"Sir, they are from Shengjia Shuiguan. Do you want to hit them directly? They are all small boats. We can knock them over."
A snake came closer, and the sound of talking about painting came from his mouth.
What happened in the workshop?
This was the first thought that came to Du Kang's mind. Immediately his spiritual eyes opened, he saw no masters on the two ships, and it didn't look like there was an ambush in the sparse waterways around the ships.
Du Kang was deeply impressed by the last battle between the Bai family and the siege of Heimu Island. The white-bone demon god who could not be seen by the spiritual eye, and the numerous white-bone demon soldiers, as the strength of the Sheng family was not inferior to that of the Bai family, what methods would they have?
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Du Kang has been paying attention to the activities of the Sheng family in recent times. They did not make a big splash to arrest those who stole the magic weapon. Instead, they killed several pirates who attacked their merchant ships at sea, which made people confused about the Sheng family's thoughts.
But if you forcefully cross the border, you are inviting yourself into trouble. Du Kang is not willing to put himself in danger of being chased due to poor decision-making at the last step of leaving this place of right and wrong unless it is absolutely necessary.
Maybe it's really just a routine inspection. Now, we can only block it with troops, and the water will cover us up.
"The Sheng family and the Bai family have the right to collect taxes at the mouth of the Canglan River, and naturally they also have the right to inspect. Naturally, they have to abide by their rules when living on their territory. Stop and let them search."
Zi Snake, who was holding the sail, immediately lowered the sail under Tan Hua's command, dropped the anchor, and stopped in the middle of the river, only one step away from the sea.
Du Kang gave Yang sixty taels of gold and ordered.
"The people here are all small people from the Sheng family. From now on, you will be the boss of the ship. You will deal with them according to the original plan."
After saying this, Du Kang disappeared into the ship plank at his feet in a flash of blue light. He wanted to stay with the Zhendi Ding.
If it is a routine inspection, Yang Liu can handle it. If the Sheng family wants to attack him, he can run away as soon as possible by the Zhendiding. The green-faced boy can monitor everything on the ship, and the scenes that happen on the deck are all
It is clearly transmitted through the wooden board.
After Du Kang left, Yang Liu immediately acted like a master and began to instruct the snakes to lower the ladder on the ship to welcome the Sheng family's inspection.
The ladder shook violently, and the soldiers, who were obviously monks, scrambled up the ladder a few times before climbing up.
Wearing a blue and black body-hugging bodysuit, bright silver chain breastplate, bare feet, and a big word "Cha" written on the chest. Under the firelight on the deck, Yang Liu could see clearly that this was a man wearing Shengjia's private sailor uniform.
A middle-aged man.
"Is this military master here to randomly inspect merchant ships? My family is a cargo ship owned by Xinglong Company. This is proof that we have paid taxes. Look."
Before the man could speak, Yang Liu handed over all the customs clearance vouchers obtained through the Hidden Dragon Society channels. There was also a gold bar hidden under the thin two-page voucher.
It's not that Yang Liu didn't want to give more, but a small yellow croaker was already the highest bribe this kind of soldier could accept. If he gave more, he would be suspicious.
He had to inspect the cargo ship in the middle of the night. The sailor was obviously not in a good mood, but after receiving the voucher, the unexpected weight made his expression change. When he turned his hand over and saw that it was a small yellow croaker, he was even more excited.
He showed an eager smile.
The sailor glanced under the big ship and saw his colleagues who were still hiding in the small boat drinking and unwilling to come up, and thought to himself that they were lucky.
I thought it was another poor ship that could only collect a few taels of silver for tea, but I didn't expect that it could collect a small yellow croaker. If my colleagues didn't see it, I wouldn't have to share the profit with them.
Seeing that Yang Liu had a pair of eyes on the back of his hands and was obviously a monk, he coughed and said in a kind tone.
"It turns out to be the ship of the Xinglong Company. Why didn't the company's flag hang out? If I had known it was your ship, I wouldn't have boarded it."
"It's because my people are not reliable in their work. They even forgot to hang the flag. Why don't you hang it up for me..." When a red flag like fire was raised in the wind on the boat, the atmosphere between the two became even more harmonious.
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Yang Liu is a mature man and he speaks well.
"It's all a misunderstanding, but then again, if it hadn't been for this misunderstanding, there would have been no chance of making friends with the military master."
"Hahaha, brother, I have made a decision to be my friend. This time there is a strict inspection order on the peak, which has delayed your time. When I go through the water pass in the future, I can directly tell my name Huang Shuangxi, and I will let you go all the way.
Smooth."
Huang Shuangxi put the gold bars into his bathtub and patted the chainmail he was wearing.
"I dare to ask Master Jun, I often travel on this waterway. It is rare for such a strict investigation, but what happened?"
"The notice given to us from above is to strictly inspect every ship leaving the city, focusing on the cargo ships transporting the magic weapons. Based on the experience of previous years, I am afraid that Canglan City will start fighting with someone in the outer sea again. Brother, this trip
When a cargo ship goes to sea, it’s better to go early and come back early.”
Although Canglan City is close to the sea and has constant trade with the entire Bibo Sea, once a war breaks out, some goods will be controlled and strictly prohibited from being sold at sea to prevent the enemy from being harmed.
"Business has become increasingly difficult in the past two years. I plan to take a break after this trip. When I come back this time, I will have some free time. Then I will go and have a drink with the military master."
Money was given and good words were said. Seeing that Yang Liu couldn't find anything out from a soldier, he wanted to see the passengers off the ship and get on their way as soon as possible.
"Hey! Brother, don't leave in a hurry. It's just a matter of routine. Let me go to the cabin and take a look before leaving."
Huang Shuangxi touched the raised gold shape in the water, and with joy in his heart, he passed Yang Liu and walked directly to the cabin.
Yang Liu's face darkened when he saw this, and he quickly looked at Zi She beside him. Seeing him nodding slightly, he put on his enthusiastic face again and caught up with Huang Shuangxi to lead the way.
All the way through the corridor on the first floor, there were empty cabins with open doors on both sides of the corridor. Huang Shuangxi could see clearly at a glance, and he went directly into the lower cabin all the way.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Walking along the lower corridor from beginning to end, you can see that every cabin is filled with sacks. Huang Shuangxi used the short knife he carried
I opened a few bags and found that they contained soybeans, iron ingots, coarse salt... these common goods, I finally felt relieved.
"Brother, the friendship between gentlemen is as light as water. I will do the villain's things first, and then discuss our friendship with you. This is just a formality. I hope you don't take my brother's villainous behavior to heart.
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"Where, where, my people forgot to put up the flag and let the military master make this hard trip. It's all my fault."
After that, the two began to talk happily again, until Huang Shuangxi grabbed the ladder and jumped off the boat, and the warm greetings of brotherhood continued.
After the two small boats below had sailed far away, Yang Liu retracted his head from the side of the boat and hurriedly ran into the cabin. As soon as he entered, he heard a snake reporting behind Du Kang.
"Sir, the Sheng family has left, do you want to move those goods back to Taotie Zhanwei?"
"Forget it, just think of it as a last resort. It's something that needs to be taken out after all. It's troublesome to move it back and forth."
Du Kang saw Yang Liu coming and said to him from a distance.
"Just stay in the command room. If something like this happens along the way, it's up to you to deal with it. By the way, I've already thought of the name of the ship you asked about. Let's call it Peach Blossom Spring."
"Yes, my subordinate will go right away."
Peach Blossom Land sets sail again, riding the wind and waves towards the deeper blue sea.
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At this time, it was in the deep sea more than ten miles away from here.
At the drainage outlet of the Shengjia Divine Weapon Workshop, a huge bubble slowly descended to the seabed, raising a cloud of seabed sediment.
Lou Shisan, who had met Du Kang once before, was lying in the bubble looking at the dark and silent seabed and the huge octopus not far away with a curious expression on his face.
A handsome young man next to Lou Shisan said when he saw this.
"If Brother Lou likes this deep-sea glass cover, I will give it to you when you get ashore, so that you can appreciate the scenery of the seabed during the days on the blue sea. But my magic weapon is worth twelve million taels of silver.
If it's stolen, I need Brother Laolou to help me find it."
This young man is Sheng Qinghai, the sixth son of the current head of the Sheng family. During the investigation into the theft of the workshop, his personal gain was also found out, so the head of the family ordered him to be responsible for investigating the theft of the magic weapon.
He first mobilized the monsters in his family who were good at tracking and searched the nearby sea area repeatedly, but found no trace of the thief. He also found monks who were good at divination and calculation, but they could not figure out which force was attacking their family.
Finally, during the search inside the workshop, a missing craftsman was discovered. He hurriedly ran to arrest the craftsman’s family members, but failed. The family of three disappeared silently in Canglan City, their own territory.
After working hard for half a month, the pressure from the clan was increasing, but he could not even confirm the identity of the thief. Finally, he found out that the thirteenth son of the Lou family in Beijing, who was proficient in divination, was traveling in Canglan City.
I knocked on the door and invited someone over.
"It's easy to say, easy to say, I'll let you settle it now, but you Sheng family can't break your promise to help me."
"How can we have the courage to agree to Mr. Lou's request? Don't tell me that you helped me find the thief. Even if we can't find him, we will do it."
Sheng Qinghai treated Lou Shisan with respect, but the words he said were inaudible to ordinary teenagers.
"Young Master Sheng Liu doesn't seem to trust my divination skills, so take a good look at it."
As soon as Lou Shisan flipped his hand, there was a Feng Shui compass in his hand. He held the compass with one hand and moved the circles of characters on it with the other hand. The characters of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches on it began to rotate in a clockwise direction.
As the compass in your hand rotates, a huge illusory compass is also generated on the seabed. The sediment and seawater on the seabed are stirred up, and a vortex with several inner and outer layers rotating in different directions is formed under the disturbance of the compass.
Scenes of light and shadow appeared in the whirlpool and circulated rapidly.
"Chapter 9 of Liujia, the sky is round and the earth is round, the four seasons and the five elements are, the sun and the moon are lights... Those who practice it will be happy, and those who use it will be blessed. The five elements follow me, and everything you wish for will be achieved."
After Lou Shisan finished reciting the mantra, the light and shadow in front of him became stable.
In the light and shadow, a three-masted ship with a length of more than ten feet was seen sailing in the sea. Under the dark night, the strong wind blew the sails inflated. The sharp bow broke through the wind and waves in front of it and sailed towards the distance. The ship stood upright.
The peach blossom flag is fluttering in the wind.
"The person you are looking for is in this ship, but looking at this scene, he has already gone to sea. I'm afraid it will be difficult to catch him."
Lou Shisan spoke briskly and was not worried about the Sheng family at all.
"Can you calculate the position of the ship?"
Sheng Qinghai was overjoyed. After half a month of hard work, he was finally able to give an explanation to his family.
"No, the remaining information here is limited. To be able to see this picture is already a sign of my proficiency in magic."
"The style of the boat is enough. There is no one in Bibohai that my Sheng family cannot find."
Sheng Qinghai took out a pearl and recorded the style of the ship, speaking with confidence.
But he didn't notice that Lou Shisan beside him was smiling, and there was an inexplicable meaning in his smile.