Zi Chen glanced at the jade box but did not reach out to take it.
Not long after boarding the ship, the other party returned several times the travel expenses and brought back a small gift.
Su Mengyao had informed yesterday that the treasure ship was in trouble and was lost. At the same time, she also guessed that the people on the treasure ship might not be able to handle it.
Sure enough, the other party came over early in the morning.
As for Zilan, she admires Sister Mengyao's ability even more.
"Tell me about the situation."
Zi Chen motioned for the chief to come in.
Looking at the unsent jade box in his hand, Liu Tai felt a little uneasy.
Entering the room, Zi Chen poured Liu Tai a cup of tea and motioned for him to talk about the situation.
Liu Tai did not dare to drink tea. It was related to the safety of the treasure ship and his family, so he immediately told the whole story.
On this desert, there lives a monster named 'Phantom'. No one knows how strong it is because it rarely confronts people head-on.
Its greatest ability is illusion, the most famous of which is 'mirage'. Anyone who strays into it will be completely lost. If they are in the real world, they will not know that they are trapped in an illusion until they die.
"In the past few years, our treasure ships have passed by here without incident. We have reached an agreement with the other party. Every twenty years, we will take out a sum of spiritual crystals as travel expenses. It has been nearly a thousand years and has not been disclosed."
Liu Tai sighed, "Occasionally the other party will show a little temper. We on the treasure ship can solve the problem as long as we worship and take out some items containing spiritual power. But this time, for some reason, the other party doesn't buy it at all.
, even the priest who went to negotiate was seriously injured and returned."
"According to what the envoy said, he went to an execution ground, fought hard for ten years, and defeated all his opponents before he got out of trouble."
Zi Chen frowned and said: "Since you know that the other party is difficult to deal with, why don't you just go all out and take down that monster?"
Liu Tai smiled bitterly.
Zi Chen understood.
The opponent's hiding methods are very clever, and they must not be able to capture them. Otherwise, why would they use this method?
It is also true that a strong dragon cannot overwhelm a local snake.
Once you fail to win over the other party in one go, it will be very troublesome in the future, so it is better to reach an agreement.
"What do you want me to do? Kill it?" Zi Chen asked.
Liu Tai shook his head, "I hope you can help the treasure ship leave smoothly. I will inform the family and let the family members handle the matter."
"let me try."
Zi Chen agreed.
"Thank you, sir. This is a small gift. I will give you a big thank you when everything is done!"
Liu Tai was very excited. When he put down the jade box, he took out two tokens, one big and one small. The big one was the contract signed with the big monster in the desert, and the small one was the way to return to the treasure ship.
Zilan and Su Mengyao walked in, and Zilan said, "Master, we will go with you."
The two of them had already heard the previous conversation. If it really was something like a mirage, then Zilan's ability would be put to good use.
"No, I'll take a look myself first. If I lose, I will take the initiative to retreat." Zi Chen rejected the proposal.
Zi Lan still wanted to persist, but Su Mengyao said: "If you don't come back in three hours, the two of us will go in."
"That's fine."
Zi Chen took the token and fell from the treasure ship.
The travelers on the treasure ship already knew that they were lost in the sky over this desert, and they were inevitably a little panicked.
Liu Tai immediately ordered people to send some snacks to appease everyone's emotions.
Zi Chen fell from the sky and landed on the desert.
Above the head, the treasure ship has disappeared.
Liu Tai left a token before, which allows him to sense the location of the treasure ship.
There was no abnormality around, it was dead silent, and there was not even some life in the sand. This was the biggest abnormality.
He randomly found a direction and walked forward.
At the same time, in the space where the Spring of Heaven is located, the spirit of Heaven is helping to calculate time.
Zi Chen walked forward for a quarter of an hour and saw nothing.
Half an hour passed in the blink of an eye, and still nothing was discovered.
Just when Zi Chen wondered if the big demon was hiding intentionally, flying sand suddenly rose in front of him, covering the sky and the sun.
Zi Chen's mental power spread out in an instant, and he was alert to possible crises around him.
The dust disappears.
A market town appeared ahead, with people coming and going in the market town.
"Mirage?" Zi Chen frowned and looked ahead.
After hesitating for a moment, he walked in anyway.
As soon as I entered, I heard the sounds of hawking and bargaining coming from the town.
A caravan of camels passed by Zi Chen, with the camels carrying loads of goods on their backs.
The leader of the camel team was wearing a leather robe and a bulging water bag tied around his waist, but it was all filled with wine.
The women passing by were somewhat revealing in their clothing, with jewelry on their wrists and ankles. They made a jingling sound as they walked, and occasionally gave passers-by a seductive look.
Be bold and open.
Everywhere here is full of exotic customs.
Zi Chen seemed a bit out of place as he walked here, and many people along the way gave him strange looks.
There were shouts from the front, and someone was competing in the arena. It was not a matter of life and death, but a wrestling sport. Both sides were tall and thick.
As Zi Chen moved forward, his mental power spread out in all directions, not letting go of any detail.
A woman took a child with her to bargain with a street vendor.
On the opposite side, a man with a knife was striding towards him. He looked fierce and everyone gave way to him wherever he passed.
When he came up to Zi Chen, he glared at him fiercely.
Zi Chen looked at the strong man with calm eyes.
The strong man was stunned for a moment, as if he had met someone who was not intimidated by him for the first time, and then walked away.
Someone rode past Zi Chen on horseback.
Most of the people here are ordinary people, and there are occasionally some cultivators, who are also the lowest kind.
Not to mention Chengshan's level, not even Qi Ling has it.
The strong man just now was considered the best among them.
After walking for about an hour, Zi Chen walked through the town and came to the other side.
There was a beggar lying on the roadside, with a broken bowl beside him, saying "good luck" to passers-by.
Zi Chen walked over and knelt down in front of the beggar.
The beggar's eyes lit up and he quickly picked up the bowl and handed it over.
Zi Chen looked at the beggar and said, "Although I don't know what you are up to, such an illusion has no meaning to me."
The beggar looked confused, sat up and looked around.
Are you talking to yourself?
"The leader of the camel team, the child beside the woman, the bold woman on the roadside, the man with the knife, and the young man on the horse."
Zi Chen smiled slightly, "There is another you. You have been observing me, or in other words, you are observing me through those identities."
The beggar thought to himself, could this be a madman?
Although he was not afraid of heaven and earth, he did not want to deal with a madman, so he stood up and took the bowl to leave.
"You want to leave? But, can you leave?"
Zi Chen's expression was slightly cold, and with him as the center, a spiritual storm emerged out of thin air.
This is all from the mantra.
Buzz!
As the storm passed, the town disappeared like a phantom.
In the small town, everyone disappeared in an instant.
Only the beggar in front of him did not disappear immediately, and the confusion in his eyes gradually disappeared.
Instead, there was a touch of shock.
The next moment, the beggar disappeared.
A huge creature appeared in front of Zi Chen's eyes, and it suddenly blew a breath at Zi Chen.
A pungent smell permeated the surroundings.
This is a strange force, and the yellow sand is melting.
Zi Chen stood there, indifferent, letting the strange gas that could melt yellow sand linger around Zi Chen.
Then, Zi Chen's powerful body was also melting.
The huge creature gave a cruel smile.
Zi Chen, whose body had melted away and had no flesh and blood, leaving only a skeleton, stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers.
Snapped!
The behemoth in front of him also dissipated, and Zi Chen was still standing in the yellow sand, his body unscathed.
Zi Chen frowned, and the other party attacked twice in succession. Although he saw through the illusion, he never found any trace of the other party.
Then, the illusion appeared several more times, but Zi Chen debunked them one by one and even found out where the opponent's true identity was.
But every time Zi Chen makes a move, the opponent will disappear out of thin air.
It seems that the so-called true body is also fake.
Until Zi Chen saw a figure appear again.
The man standing on the sea was like a needle that stabilized the sea. In an instant, the rough sea became calm.
The man bowed with his left hand and arrowed with the right hand. As he bent the bow and set the arrow, the spiritual energy of the world was instantly chaotic, and a huge whirlpool appeared in the sea beneath him, like a real dragon dormant in it.
A demonic beast appeared in the distance, with wings, resembling some kind of ancient dragon.
Just one arrow!
The monster was shot down.
However, the arrow did not dissipate. Instead, it drew an arc on the horizon and then turned back.
Zi Chen only felt a stinging pain between his brows.
That feather arrow was actually aimed at him.
His pure mental power was so pure that he was unable to distinguish between reality and illusion at the moment.
So much so that he didn't dare snap his fingers at will.
Fortunately, he is familiar with this trick.
He was also familiar with that figure.
In an instant, a tall figure appeared behind Zi Chen, and then made a bow-bending gesture.
"This is the mythical arrow!"
In the distance, a figure saw the figure behind Zi Chen, and was greatly frightened.
Zi Chen shot out an arrow.
Its figure dissipated instantly.
At the same time, all the visions between heaven and earth also disappeared.
It was still the yellow sand, and Zi Chen seemed to have never moved.
And under the yellow sand, there was a figure hiding. Its heart was beating violently, and it had a palpitating look on its face. "How did you meet him? No wonder I felt uneasy when I saw him before."
It looked up at the sky. In fact, there was only yellow sand. "Is this sky of mine going to be broken by him?"
Suddenly, it had an idea and said, "Yes!"
Yellow sand rolled in front of Zi Chen's eyes, and a person walked from a distance.
He carried a bow on his back and came slowly on the yellow sand.
Zi Chen couldn't see the other party's face clearly, but he felt a huge crisis in his heart.
He knew that the other party was not Dayi.
After some distance, the other party suddenly stopped.
Then, bend the bow and set the arrow.
Zi Chen felt great fear in his heart. Even if he knew it was an illusion, he was unable to break it.
So he could only go all out.
The tall figure behind him made the same move.
Zi Chen also took out the sunset bow, and an arrow appeared as the sunset bow handle was pulled into a full moon.
Arrows, shot out together.
Zi Chen's Great Yi Demon-Destroying Arrow was instantly destroyed by an arrow from the opposite side. At the same time, the speed of the arrow's light did not slow down at all, and it directly penetrated Zi Chen's chest.