Just as the boat Zuo Feng and others were sailing forward, Zuo Feng suddenly saw lights dimly lit in the upper reaches of the river. His heart moved, and he immediately turned back and said loudly to Amber.
Although Amber didn't know what Zuo Feng meant, everything that happened tonight was a bit strange. There were some things that Amber still hadn't figured out yet. However, he immediately followed Zuo Feng's instructions and turned the ship around.
One of the wind lanterns went out.
Both large and small boats need lights to illuminate them at night. Although the Ye Xuanjiang River is extremely wide, sometimes it is inevitable to encounter rapids and dangerous places. If you cannot clearly grasp the situation in the water, the boat will capsize and people will die.
Things happen from time to time.
Although some people have cultivation, there are also some warriors who do not understand the nature of water. After falling into the water, they have no cultivation but cannot save themselves. In addition, the ships traveling back and forth on the Ye Xuan River are all transporting valuable cargo, so
Boaters will be particularly careful, especially at night, and will use wind lanterns to illuminate their surroundings.
Large ships sometimes need several or even dozens of wind lanterns for lighting, but the small boat Zuo Feng was riding in had only one wind lantern, which could barely illuminate an area of three to four feet around the small boat.
Soon after the lights of the boat were extinguished, everyone's eyes gradually adapted to the surrounding darkness. At the same time, they also saw flickering lights on the river in the distance. The boat could appear at this moment, and it seemed that it was still there.
As they keep approaching the dock, it goes without saying that they must be here to participate in the battle.
The three people except Zuo Feng all subconsciously turned their attention to Zuo Feng, because looking at Zuo Feng's appearance, they should have noticed it already. Zuo Feng shook his head and said helplessly: "I can't see what's going on with this ship either."
As for its origin, we can only judge from the number of wind lanterns that it should be a three-masted ship, and there should be four of them."
Several people immediately cast their gaze into the dark river again. Within the scope of their eyesight, they could only vaguely make out three or four lights, and other situations mentioned by Zuo Feng were not clear at all.
Seeing that several people were still looking at him with questioning eyes, Zuo Feng spoke again and said: "No matter which side these ships belong to, it will make the situation in the new county city even more chaotic, so we must leave at full speed now.
And since we can’t sail in the center of the river, Amber, I’ll give you a hard time and we’ll try to sail as close to the north bank as possible for the rest of the journey ahead.”
After listening to what Zuo Feng said, several people nodded subconsciously. They didn't want to be discovered now, so they could only extinguish the lights. The best option would be to stick to the north bank without lighting. But they don't know yet.
There are no enemies coming this way, so everyone can only try to stay on the south bank and hope to stay away from trouble.
Amber nodded heavily. If everyone wanted to leave the confines of the new county town, there was still a long stretch of waterway to walk. During this period, anything could happen. It would allow everyone to travel at night and recharge their batteries at the same time.
Rui's best way to face any changes is to take a boat and move on.
Without light, he could only rely on his eyes to observe the surroundings as much as possible in the dark night. Amber naturally understood the weight of the burden on his shoulders. Amber slightly adjusted the rudder, and the boat slightly moved closer to the south bank again.
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During this process, Amber kept listening. Although Zuo Feng was very confident in his eyesight, he knew nothing about boating. However, he was very curious and was paying close attention to Amber's every move.
I saw Amber leaning the boat towards the north shore. The only change in the sound during this process was that the sound of the boat breaking the water gradually changed from deep to soft. Zuo Feng thought about it for a while and understood that Amber should be able to
The distance between the bottom of the boat and the bottom of the river can be judged by the sound of the water. Of course, the shallower the water, the easier it is to hit the bottom.
At a certain moment, the rudder in Amber's hand was suddenly adjusted back, and then the ship slowly changed direction and became sailing horizontally along the shore. Zuo Feng couldn't help but nodded secretly, Amber was steering
The boat does have good strength in this regard. At this time, their boat is less than two feet away from the south bank.
Zuofeng and their boats were not moving too fast, and the lights behind them were getting brighter and brighter. Even the outlines of the first and second boats could be seen clearly. However, there were no iconic flags on the boats, so the other party belonged to
It is not yet known what kind of force it is.
At this moment, Zuo Feng suddenly looked forward with a frown, and then whispered: "Everyone, please be silent and lower the sail slowly. It seems that our luck is really bad."
Not long after Zuo Feng finished speaking, a few lights appeared in the darkness ahead. Needless to say, there was a ship approaching. At this time, there was no need for Zuo Feng to say anything more. Amber and Amber were already there.
The eight-legged man lowered the sail, and everyone lowered their bodies subconsciously, nervously looking at the approaching lights ahead.
When they were very far away, they felt that the ship coming from the opposite side must be very big. When they saw it clearly, they found that it was a three-masted ship just as Zuo Feng said, and there were actually five ships. The ship had a very deep draft, and it could be judged that it was a big ship.
The cargo carried on the ship was very heavy, and of course it was more likely that there were many warriors on the ship.
The big ships were running two by two on the river, completely occupying the main channel. Because they were going upstream and the wind was not favorable, the speed was not too fast.
Eight wooden oars more than two feet long stretched out from both sides of the big ship. The wood pulp beat rhythmically against the water, allowing the big ship to go upstream and head straight to the direction of Xinjun Pier.
When Suyan saw the wood pulp next to those big ships, she couldn't help but said to herself: "They are big ships from the empire, how could it be possible?"
When she said this, her body straightened up unconsciously, but a hand gently pressed her shoulder. Su Yan turned her head and glanced in surprise, and saw Zuo Feng looking at her solemnly, slowly.
He shook his head slowly, signaling her not to take any action.
Zuo Feng frowned and glanced at the approaching ship, and suddenly whispered to Amber: "Turn the ship around quickly, point the bow towards their ship, and at the same time lower the anchor to stabilize the ship."
Amber is also an expert in sailing. After hearing Zuo Feng's reminder, he immediately understood. A look of surprise appeared on his face and he hurriedly moved the hull according to Zuo Feng's instructions to turn the rudder.
Amber placed the boat almost horizontally on the river. As soon as he dropped the anchor into the water, the two three-masted boats in the first row slowly came over. Eight huge wooden pulpers fell into the water at the same time, and the big boat went against the current.
The water waves brought up by the boat directly set off water waves nearly one foot high and rushed toward the boat quickly.
Only then did Amber and Suyan understand why Zuofeng asked Amber to do this. The water waves hit the bow of the boat, causing the boat to rush straight to the top of the waves, and a small part of the water was directly thrown into it.
In the cabin. Even so, the three of them followed Zuo Feng's instructions and did not make any sound. Everyone's hands firmly grasped the side of the ship to stabilize their center of gravity.
Soon the two three-masted ships in front of them sailed past, followed closely by the other two. The four people in the ship had to take a bath in the river because of the big waves again.
These three-masted ships were all lit up with wind lanterns, illuminating the surrounding area as brightly as day. Fortunately, the warriors on board all focused their attention on the Xinjun Pier in Jiangbei, and did not pay any attention to the direction of Zuo Feng and the others.
Otherwise, as long as one person lowers his head to look, he can see their small boat.
The last boat was moving very slowly, and when he came over, Zuo Feng instinctively felt an invisible pressure spreading on the boat.
'A strong man in the God Refining Stage.'
Zuo Feng was extremely shocked and thought in his heart. He subconsciously raised his head and looked at the big ship, but except for some people who looked like warriors, he couldn't see anyone who looked like a strong person in the God Refining Stage.
Among the few people on the boat, perhaps only Zuo Feng could feel the presence of the strong people in the God Refining Stage, or it could be said that the mental exploration of the strong people in the God Refining Stage made Zuo Feng naturally feel it. But Zuo Feng did not dare to do anything.
He behaved strangely and pretended to be frightened like everyone else.
Fortunately, except for Amber, the people on the boat have reached the muscle tempering stage, and the remaining three people, including Zuo Feng, are all warriors in the bone refining stage. Such strength is not taken seriously by the people on the boat at all.
The feeling of being spied on disappeared in just an instant, and Zuo Feng secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
If the mental power of the strong man in the God Refining Stage had stayed on the ship for a while longer, he might actually have discovered the faint fluctuations in Zuo Feng's mental power.
After the big ship drove away from them, before the left wind could speak, Amber immediately pulled out the anchor, spread the sail and rushed downstream quickly. The advantage of the small boat lies in its flexibility. At this time, it went smoothly with the wind and the current.
The speed of sailing is not much slower than riding a horse.
Everyone just breathed a sigh of relief until now. When everyone looked back, they found that two of the big ships that had just sailed past were already on the river, completely blocking the dock.
He looked like he was not ready to let any ship leave the sea.
Seeing this, Su Yan couldn't help showing doubts, and turned to look at Zuo Feng. Zuo Feng looked there in silence, and after a while he said: "Your guess may be right, but under the current circumstances, I
You won’t believe anyone. And you can see that the situation over there is much more complicated than you think in Xinjuncheng.”
Suyan pursed her lips tightly and looked in the direction of Xinjun Pier with somewhat complicated eyes. In other words, what he was looking at was the five large ships that finally came over. Zuo Feng could more or less guess what Suyan was thinking, but
But I know that the truth of the matter has not been revealed yet, and I, as an outsider, can't say much.
There were four people in the boat, all soaked to the skin at this time. Fortunately, everyone was pretty good at cultivation. Although the autumn wind at night in the Xuanwu Empire was extremely cold on their wet clothes, everyone felt like escaping.
With the joy of being born, I don’t care too much about this little bit of pain.
