The wind and rain outside the ship were gentle, not restless, and soft and greasy. The whole black ship seemed to be stuck by the drizzle.
Xu Dao's heart moved. He immediately gathered his thoughts and ended his practice. His body flashed and he jumped to the bow of the ship with his sword energy.
As soon as he came out, other people's footsteps could be heard behind him: "It's the Taoist Priest!", "See the Taoist Priest"
Wu Biqi, Liang Xia, and all the boatmen ran to the deck and poked their heads outside the black ship. Among them, Wu and Liang bowed to Xu Dao in the distance, then walked quickly in small steps and ran to Xu Dao's
Standing respectfully beside him.
During these days, although Xu Dao was concentrating on resting, he occasionally paid attention to the affairs on the ship. He turned his back to the other two and said calmly: "The arrangements on the ship have been good these days, thank you for your hard work."
When Wu Biqi and Liang Xia heard this, their faces showed joy. One of them smiled gracefully, and the other said calmly: "I will serve the Taoist priest without any hesitation!"
The two of them bowed their heads and held their hands, their faces even more respectful.
Xu Dao's consciousness fell on the two of them, and he chuckled: "Okay, no need to be so respectful, someone will come over soon. You two will come forward for me first, so as to avoid misunderstandings that will be difficult to reverse."
He looked up at the misty front, and in his perception, there was an island hidden in the mist. This mist was not only caused by the unique geography of the Merman Island, but also was arranged according to the situation.
By mastering the formation, it can turn everything upside down and confuse the Taoist's perception.
Even if he spread his spiritual consciousness at the level of Xu Daozhu Ningsha, he could not find a direct way to the island. Perhaps if he thought more, he might be able to forcibly open a way.
But this will inevitably alarm the forces on the Merman Island, and provoke an ambush from the other side.
Xu Dao thought to himself: "The range of such a formation is much larger than that of the White Bone Temple, but I don't know how powerful it is."
In addition to being able to confuse incoming people, the Shuiwu Formation can also vaguely detect the surroundings and identify the size of the incoming person.
After a while, there was a rustling sound coming from the mist, and the sound got closer and closer, as if someone was shouting loudly.
After Xu Dao heard it, his consciousness immediately went out in the direction of the sound, and found a group of living creatures approaching the black ship. They were divided into two rows, with a total of seven animals.
Before the other party saw them, they shouted loudly: "Who are you? What are you doing here? Please register and report quickly!"
Xu Dao did not hide his cultivation. His consciousness moved and fell directly on the seven living creatures, releasing pressure, but he did not humiliate them. He immediately withdrew as if he had glanced at them.
Click! The noise of that group of loud creatures suddenly stopped, but it made the ears of many Dao people quiet.
Immediately, the voice of the visitor changed and became cautious and respectful: "Which Taoist priest is passing by? Come and lead the way for the Taoist priest!"
Wow! There was a sound of splashing water, and in Xu Dao's perception, the seven living creatures stepped on the water, sped up, and rushed towards the black ship.
Xu Dao closed his eyes slightly at this time, and he sat up in the cross-legged position. Without meeting the other party, he said to the two people beside him: "Excuse me, you two."
His spiritual consciousness was released at the same time, and he told Wu and Liang some things in their ears.
After hearing what Wu Bixi and Liang Xia said, they immediately knew something related to the Shark Island. Their faces showed surprise and nervousness, and they quickly handed over their hands: "Yes!"
After saying that, the two people hurriedly jumped off the black ship, used their spells, and stepped on the sea.
The sound of rushing water was even louder. Before the seven living creatures who shouted could emerge from the mist, a wave of evil aura came over, causing Wu and Liang's expressions to change slightly. "Not human?"
But when they thought that Xu Dao was behind them, they felt quite confident and did not show any timidity.
"Taoist, Taoist! The boys are here!" A vulgar voice sounded, and an ugly fish head suddenly emerged from the mist, peering at the black ship, and then followed six other fish heads behind him.
came out.
This group of seven living creatures are all half-human and half-fish. The upper half is a fish, shaped like a shark's head, and the lower half is more like a human, with four limbs. Although their hands have webbed claws, it does not prevent them from grasping weapons.
The concentration of demonic energy on each body is at the Qi refining level.
Seeing the two Wu Liang people standing in front of the boat, the seven-headed fishmen couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. The leader among them muttered in a low voice: "Fortunately, the Taoist priest has a servant, and we don't have to deal with the Taoist priest directly.
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It raised its head and looked at the black ship. It couldn't see Xu Dao due to the angle of view, so it just bowed to the black ship in a pretentious manner, and respectfully called out: "The guards of the Merman Island are waiting to welcome the Taoist leader to the island."
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When the fish man bowed, Wu Bixi and Liang Xia were sizing each other up. Seeing the demon man's fierce appearance, their faces became even more startled.
When he was still in the state of Wu, although there were monsters and Taoists with monster characteristics in the state of Wu, the former did not know etiquette and were more like beasts, while the latter were more like humans, at most two points like monsters.
The seven-headed fish-men in front of me are five-fifths fish and five-fifths human. They are very rare in the Wu Kingdom, let alone those who can express themselves and take the initiative to bow and salute.
The seven-headed fishman is ugly. Even if he is aware of Xu Dao's existence and his attitude is very respectful, at a glance, he will still feel vicious.
Wu Biqi looked at the other party, fear suddenly appeared in her eyes, and her fingers trembled a little. Fortunately, there was Liang Xia beside her, and the other party walked out in time, and said without changing her expression: "I have met you fellow Taoists, I am here for the first time.
It's a bit abrupt, so please forgive me fellow Taoists."
Liang Xia came forward and Wu Bixi stood behind him, but at least he didn't show his ugly face.
The two Taoist disciples stood in front of the black ship with the visitor from Merman Island, and they started talking to each other. Although Wu and Liang were ignorant, they had a lot of things that Daofuer said, but they didn't have anything to do with each other.
Too much conflict.
After a conversation, both parties bowed to each other and breathed a sigh of relief.
Among them, Wu and Liang returned to the black ship to report to Xu Dao, while the seven-headed murlocs held weapons and got into the sea water, turning into fish shapes and swimming.
They circled the black ship and shouted from the air: "Fellow Taoists, please follow me. I will take you to the island soon!"
Swish, brush, brush!
Several white lines appeared in front of the black ship, forming arrow-like splashes of water. The black ship almost moved at the sound. The objects under the ship moved away and continued to sail slowly into the thick fog.
Not fast, not slow, after about a hundred breaths, the fog in front of the black ship became even thicker, and then like passing through a gray wall, the thick fog suddenly cut off, and only fine raindrops dripped down, bang bang
Hit the deck of the ship.
A broad island appeared in everyone's eyes. In the rain, it looked like a silent giant lying on the sea.
Xu Dao also opened his eyes at this time, squinting and looking at the entire island. He had entered the formation of the Shark Island, and suddenly found that the atmosphere of this island had surpassed that of the White Bone Temple or She Zhao.
The upper air machine is quite powerful.
But fortunately, the weather of this island is not as good as that of Erhai Dao Palace. What makes Xu Dao breathe a sigh of relief is that the Sharman Island in front of him is quite big, but the entire island is not completely enveloped by a powerful formation. It can even be said that the island is
There is no formation running all the time.
He couldn't help but look back behind him, and found that the dense fog behind him was mostly just a tracer. Now that he had passed through it, it was not difficult to pass through it from the inside.
In this way, even if this shark island is not a good place, Xu Dao is not considered to have thrown himself into a trap, and still has the opportunity to escape directly.
The three people on the black boat looked at the Merman Island. From time to time, other ships sailed in, and a floating Taoist priest jumped out of the mist and rushed directly to the top of the island.
During this period, many eyes fell on the black boat. When they found Xu Dao sitting cross-legged on the boat, they all looked away in time and did not act recklessly.
At this time, a fishman stood in front of the black boat and had already asked his brothers to move the pontoon and placed it next to the boat. It waved and shouted: "Two Taoists, Taoist Master, you can get off the boat. The boat can be placed here."
Yes, you can just pay the fee when you leave."
Shark Island is an island occupied by humanoid monsters, but according to the memory of Taoist disciple Lai, it is not a completely vicious place. Its trade is only a little worse than that of Hantie Island.
There are rules.
Xu Dao looked at the two Wu and Liang people beside him and said: "Pindao wants to enter the island to check the situation, but there are still hundreds of people alive on the ship. In order to avoid accidents, someone needs to be left to guard them. Can you two
Does anyone want to take the initiative to stay?"
Hearing this, Wu Bixi and Liang Xia looked at the Shark Island, one of them shrank and the other moved.
Xu Dao's eyes fell on Wu Bixi and said, "I'll trouble you, fellow Daoist Wu. Although there are rules here, it's not a kind place. Don't leave the ship easily. If something happens, wait until Pindao comes back."
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Wu Bixi lowered her head, breathed a sigh of relief, and responded in a low voice: "Yes, Taoist Priest."
Xu Dao turned around and prepared to get off the boat, but Liang Xia did not follow. He gritted his teeth and suddenly said to Xu Dao: "Taoist Master, Wu Mei has not fully recovered from her injuries. There is a mixed bag of fish and dragons here. If something unexpected happens,
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Liang Xia bowed and said, "I wonder if this disciple can stay too."
Xu Dao raised his eyebrows slightly, but he had nothing to do with it, and immediately replied: "Okay."
After saying that, he looked at the other person, shook his head and chuckled, "Pindao just asked if anyone is willing to stay, and he didn't ask for company."
Liang Xia's face showed surprise at first, and then relief. With gratitude in his eyes, he cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Taoist Chang Chengquan."
Xu Dao ignored the other party and walked directly into the air. He just paused in mid-air and briefly explained the fishmen beside the boat, and then flew to the Shark Island alone and elegantly.
The fishmen under the boat saw that Xu Dao ignored them. The leader looked a little embarrassed, but he just muttered and did not dare to say anything. He quickly led his men into the sea and ran back to report that a strange Taoist priest had arrived.
Xu Dao flew towards the Shark Island, and in a few blinks he arrived at a lively place. Many cultivators were coming and going, and it should be a place used for trading on the island.
Most of the Taoists who came and went were in human form, but a small number of them had weird looks and strong demonic aura on their bodies, which were just better than the fish-men just now.
Xu Dao looked carefully and found that the aura of these strange-looking Taoists was not pure demonic aura, but a mixture of human aura and demonic aura. They should be different from fish people, and they must have practiced some kind of magic or bloodline to become like this.
appearance.
This situation is just like Su Jiu and the swordsman Lao Sha under Xu Dao.
His inspection also attracted a few fierce glances, but the other party was only in the realm of refining qi. As soon as he saw Xu Dao walking in the air, he immediately stopped and walked away quickly.
There was another thing that surprised Xu Dao about the square market in front of him. After he walked into it, there were formations on the street, but there was still no trace of spiritual energy in the air. It was no different from the ordinary place. There was no difference at all.
The dignity of being a monastery.
However, the lively market on the island is more down-to-earth than any other market or ghost market that Xu Dao has ever seen. Many Taoists sit cross-legged, displaying a bunch of bloody things, and from time to time they start selling:
"Don't miss it, the freshly peeled three-winged fish is the most delicious!"
Another Taoist placed bottles and cans with a wooden sign in front of him that read: "All kinds of medicinal materials are available for inspection."
There are all kinds of places, mostly stalls, few shops, and not much order. They are no different from ordinary vegetable markets.
Xu Dao looked at it with interest, comparing the things sold in the market with what the Taoist disciple Lai had in mind, so that he could become familiar with the practice environment of Xihai as soon as possible.
After passing by several stone house-style shops, Xu Dao stopped for a moment, frowned slightly, and stared at a fence.
The fence was quite large, covering an area of several acres, and there were fishmen stalking around the fence, like shepherds tending cattle and sheep.
The fence was filled with darkness, with heads swarming around. They were all ordinary people in ragged clothes, sitting on the ground with their knees in their arms.
It is estimated that tens of thousands of people live in this fence alone. There is a wooden sign hanging outside the fence, with four big characters written on it in twisted blood: "Vegetable Market"
Just behind the fence, there were piles of white corpses, and blood flowed down, staining the ground around the fence red and muddy.
Xu Dao lowered his head and looked at his feet, and found that even though he was still a hundred steps away from the bloody water of the corpse mountain, the ground was still dark red, and even the soil below a foot deep was red.
Taoist priests passed by Xu Dao one after another, either walking towards the fence or walking out of the fence, with faces that were familiar to them.
Xu Dao also heard someone talking: "I heard that the shark island is no longer planning to keep vegetables in captivity, but plans to let them go free?"
"Exactly, the sharks on the island are recruiting people everywhere, and the price is good!"
"That's right. It's too troublesome to raise people in captivity. The vegetables they raise are dull and have poor soul quality. It's better to raise them freely. Once the vegetables are self-sufficient and have developed several tribes or cities, they can directly collect the soul tax.
, it’s quite convenient to come.”
Xu Dao listened silently, and the word "soul tax" popped into his mind.