A few days later, in the early morning, off the eastern coast of Cangyun Continent, in the sea between a certain archipelago.
A storm that had lasted all night had just passed, and the waves on the sea surface under the morning light were still several feet high, but compared to the apocalyptic scene before, it was already considered calm.
At this time, a medium-sized wooden boat broke through the waves and slowly came from a distance. The material of this wooden boat was quite ordinary, and there was not even a single rune carving on the surface. It was obviously an ordinary wooden boat, not one from the world of cultivating immortals.
Common flying boats.
"General, there's a situation ahead!"
At the bow of the ship, a soldier on lookout reported loudly to the rear.
Hearing this, four people walked out of the captain's cabin.
"Idiot, we are on the ship now, you should call me first mate! If you call me wrong again, I will let you taste the taste of a whip soaked in sea water."
The young general who came out could barely be considered a hero, but he seemed to be a little unadapted to the rocking life at sea. Now his cheeks are sunken and his face is dull.
When the young general calls himself first mate, it is obvious that he is not the owner of the ship in name only.
Behind him, a fat old man who was missing a left leg and used a wooden stick as a replacement took out a telescopic lens tube with a crystal inlaid at each end and looked forward.
On the sea surface ahead, there are floating wooden debris of various sizes, gathering and dispersing under the beating of the waves.
There are also a lot of sealed and packaged goods mixed in. I don’t know what’s inside.
"It seems that another group of unlucky people died in the Dragon King's sneeze."
"Princess, there is still a lot of cargo in the sea that has not sunk. Maybe you can find some valuable things."
"Excuse me, General Yu, please tell your subordinates to move the ship over."
After the old man finished speaking, he handed the lens tube to a woman beside him.
This woman is called a princess, and she seems to be the most distinguished person on the ship, that is, the captain of the ship.
She was a young woman with fair skin and smooth hair. Her clothes were not of the highest quality that ordinary civilians could have access to. However, she had few accessories and only had a ring on her finger.
There was a maid beside him to serve him. Her clean appearance was in sharp contrast to the soldiers and crew members on the ship.
"Mr. Jiao, let the people below pay attention. The bodies of the sunken ship may attract sea monsters."
The young captain took the dirty lens tube and did not forget to explain it, which showed that it was not just a vase.
Below, the sailors used long oars to slide the ship. Their movements were neat and well-trained. They also wore uniform armor and standard weapons.
This is no serious sailor. He is clearly the princess of a country, leading a group of soldiers out to sea for unknown reasons.
After approaching the wreckage, they cast their fishing nets and used their flying claws to grab the wooden boxes and barrels floating on the sea.
One flag was salvaged first.
"This seems to be a ship from the Tundra Islands. They can actually sail such a long distance. There should be some powerful guys escorting them."
"It's a pity that manpower cannot defeat natural disasters. Not everyone can face the storm at sea."
The experienced one-legged old man quickly recognized the origin of the flag.
The natural disasters in this world are far from comparable to those in previous lives.
The storm is enough to make most airships and monks unable to take off, and the huge waves can break the solid spirit wood hull and drag everything into the deep sea.
Ordinary monks really have no way to resist this kind of power.
At this time, the soldiers and crew below shouted again.
"First mate, there is a man here, and he was bitten by a jellyfish."
"Drag him up!"
"Be careful, that's a box jellyfish. If you get pricked by its tentacles, you'll die!"
While the crew was busy, a box jellyfish with a diameter of four to five meters was soon fished out of the water.
Through the translucent body of the jellyfish, you can actually see a man lying inside.
A long knife cut open the jellyfish's body, and the man flowed out together with a pool of seawater.
"General Yu, see if he is still alive?"
"If he's still alive, let him do some chores on the ship."
The movement here attracted the princess's attention.
After hearing the order, the young general stepped forward and felt the heartbeat of the man on the deck.
The strong heartbeat made his palms numb.
"He is still alive...but this man's physical strength is amazing. He should be a monk."
"Princess, do you want to throw him back into the sea?"
The young general obviously didn't want to get into trouble.
But the princess was full of energy.
"Mr. Jiao, can you tell that he is a demon cultivator?"
The one-legged old man turned out to be a "great monk" who had reached the level of foundation building. Under the respectful eyes of everyone, he walked up to the man.
"I don't have the aura of a demon cultivator on my body."
"The injury is not serious. He was probably just paralyzed by the poison of the jellyfish. He will be fine after lying down for a few days."
The old man quickly came to a conclusion.
"That's good. Make a room for him. No one is allowed to touch the goods that were fished out. When this gentleman wakes up, all of them must be returned to him."
The princess who just showed mercy by letting the survivors work as odd jobs on the ship immediately changed her attitude after learning about his identity as a monk.
Buckets of sea fish wine were pulled onto the ship. These disgusting drinks that Jiang Li despised were actually a kind of spiritual wine, the kind that would not be exchanged for a lot of money in the mortal world.
After all, it is something that belongs to the cultivator of the Spiritual Transformation. No matter how bad it is, how bad can it be.
This man was also moved into one of the few clean rooms on the ship by two soldiers.
“What a fun group of people.”
When he was alone, the man immediately opened his eyes and spat out a mouthful of seawater.
Isn't this person the leader of the Jianglijiang Alliance who came from afar?
A few days ago, after he subdued Captain Shashawei of Hualong Island, the two discussed many things.
At first, he originally wanted to join Shashawi's fleet as a crew member or mate, and then move to Dragon Island to find another opportunity.
But after thinking about it carefully, I found that this approach is not very desirable.
Although this sect on Hualong Island is from the Pirate Alliance, it retains many of the atmosphere and habits of the past.
But the mate of the third fleet can be regarded as a middle-level and high-level person in the sect, and a rash replacement will definitely attract the attention of Hualong Island.
His identity cannot withstand investigation.
If he were to be an ordinary crew member, he would basically be able to move around on the ship and in the port, and would not be able to move around at all.
In addition, he possesses dragon blood. Once he is discovered by the secret technique of Hualong Island, he may have to face the pursuit of a middle-level priest.
Fortunately, Shashawi, a female pirate, has many concubines and is well-informed.
After she served Jiang Li wholeheartedly, she thought of a way to enter the secret place openly.
That is the girl captain on this ship, a princess from a small coastal country named Jian Mo.
But at the same time, she also has another identity, that is, the illegitimate daughter of the contemporary dragon leader of Hualong Island, "Gu Hei Tian Chou".
The leader of Hualong Island seems to have inherited the tradition of pirates, and his private life is extremely chaotic.
He has no beautiful wives or concubines in his family, and he doesn't like the tenderness of young girls, so he likes to secretly kidnap other people's wives.
Pirates are people who naturally do all kinds of bad things. It is common for them to kidnap women from good families and so on.
But this Guheitianchou is much worse.
Every time he kidnapped a woman and made her pregnant, he would never treat her as his wife, but would send the pregnant woman back to her place of origin.
It also forced the original owner not to divorce his wife, let alone abort the fetus in the belly, allowing the original owner and his wife to give birth to and raise the enemy's child in humiliation.
His vicious heart and vicious methods are truly detestable.
If the original owner got angry and killed his pregnant wife or aborted the child, the monks from Hualong Island would come to the house and massacre the entire house, leaving no family or friends behind.
Therefore, many people, forced by the oppressive power of Hualong Island, could only grit their teeth and accept the loss of being dumb.
Raise the enemy's children to adulthood, and provide them with a sea ship to help them go to sea to recognize their ancestors when they reach adulthood.
But how can one forget the hatred of seizing his wife? How can one treat the enemy's children as one's own?
Most of the women who were taken into captivity would end the rest of their lives in desperation.
Most children will eventually be forced to go to sea due to cold looks and hostility.
If these children can return to Hualong Island with their own strength and pass a trial, they will be recognized and become the young masters of Hualong Island. From then on, they will enjoy all the glory and wealth.
And if they die at sea, it means that these children are not worthy of being his Guheitianchou children, and he still has many options.
The content of the trial is said to be entering the Dragon Tomb and awakening the bloodline there.
The key is that when entering the dragon tomb trial, you can bring a helper.
Jiang Li was aiming for this opportunity.
According to the information known to Sashawi, there are currently more than 300 illegitimate children known to be living in exile in Guheitian Chou.
This is what she knows. There are probably many illegitimate children scattered in other places.
Most of them did not have any cultivation skills when they went to sea. If they were lucky, their father would be able to prepare a large ship and several crew members for them. If they were unlucky, they might only have a sampan.
And the princess captain on this ship was the one he and Shashawi considered most suitable after careful selection.
Jian Mo is a princess in name, but in fact she has been treated coldly since childhood.
Fortunately, the king was also afraid of making his family's scandal public, and others did not know Jian Mo's true life experience, so he would not be bullied.
There is also General Yu who has been in love with her since he was a child. When he was young, he accidentally saved Mr. Jiao, a foundation-building monk, and gained his allegiance.
Her mother is a little bit sick. She has been living in the cold palace all year round and is suffering from worry. Recently, she is on the verge of death.
Jian Mo was also filial and wanted to save her mother. She heard that a black pearl that could cure all diseases could be found in this sea area.
So she boarded the ship that her father had prepared for her early, and arrived here with her personal maid, the general who admired her, and Empress Jiao who was the trump card.
However, the supplies on the ship and the soldiers on the ship were all personally sponsored by the general.
We sailed cautiously and strictly followed the charts.
Only then did he meet Jiang Li, who had been waiting here for a long time.
"The beautiful down-and-out princess and the brave young general finally got married after going through hardships. It's such a clichéd story."
Jiang Li was lying on the hard wooden board, with an indescribable look in his eyes.
As his realm improved, it had been a long time since he had seen this kind of team composed of low-level monks and mortal warriors.
But in addition to the old man, the general and the maid also seemed to have some obscure spiritual energy fluctuations in their bodies.
Among them are probably monks sent by Gu Hei Tian Chou to protect his bloodline. Sure enough, he should be more cautious in doing things.
Two days later, the ship arrived at the scheduled location. Pearl oysters do not like to live in the deep sea, and the water depth here is still acceptable to mortals.
The ship lowered its anchor. They had lived by the sea since childhood and were all good soldiers in the water. They took off their armor and jumped into the water nimbly.
Jiang Li, who had "awakened", was standing on the deck, watching them working in the water.
"Sir, are you feeling better?"
The young captain Jian Mo walked up to Jiang Li and asked with concern.
She handed a cup of hot tea in her hand, with a few dried fruit slices soaked in the tea.
During a long sea journey, it is naturally impossible to preserve fresh fruits and vegetables.
She was the only one who was entitled to enjoy this cup of food on the ship. Now that she was taking the initiative to bring it to Jiang Li, her intention to please was obvious.
Mr. Jiao, who was in the foundation-building stage, stayed with her to repay the kindness of saving his life. Jian Mo, who had tasted the sweetness, naturally set his sights on Jiang Li.
However, Jiang Li felt that the old man simply lost his ambition to continue to enter the world of immortality and just found a place to live.
"I'm still in some trouble. Thank you for helping me, Miss. These elixirs can make people live longer, so consider them as a thank you gift."
Jiang Li did not take the water glass, but took out a small porcelain bottle.
"No, sir, you're welcome. When making a living at sea, everyone will encounter difficulties sometimes. It is the rule on the ship to give a helping hand. What's more, sir, he has already given away the goods on the ship. How can I accept the elixir from him again?
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"The ship in your hometown has been destroyed. I wonder if you have any plans after you recover from your injuries?"
The girl captain started to make insinuations, obviously wanting Jiang Li to join them.
This is also in line with Jiang Li's demands.
But he was not in a hurry, maintaining his mournful persona for his companions on the ship, and returned to the cabin after declining the invitation.
When the bloodline heirs return to Hualong Island, I believe they will undergo an inspection no matter what. There is a chance that the Nine Nether Wood Spiritual Root Seed will be discovered by them.
So Jiang Li didn't intend to take this risk. If he wanted to gain the trust of a helpless mortal, it wouldn't be too difficult with a little manipulation.
He was waiting for an opportunity to provide help in times of need, and this opportunity was not too far away.
In this dangerous sea, he doesn't even need to take the initiative to create danger.
He had long discovered that there was a group of ghost-faced crabs living not far from this shallow sea.
As long as they smell a little blood, they will flock to them.
And today, he realized that Princess Jian Mo was here.
In the afternoon, the maid Xiaolian cleaned the princess's menstrual belt, wiped the sweat, and dumped a bucket of dirty blood from the side of the boat.