The underwater rapids swept Ying Feng and a group of Yakshas away, and the palace in the back half of the water palace was even shaking.
Fortunately, the old dragon was able to control himself this time and did not collapse the palace, but the aquatic creatures in the water palace were still scared to death. Especially the real dragon's aura made countless aquatic creatures in the river tremble.
Ying Feng was swept out of the water palace by the rapids, and there were some Yakshas and other water creatures nearby who were also knocked unconscious.
Longzi shook his head and looked at the direction of the Dragon Pond behind the Water Palace with some fear. He didn't know what had gone wrong with him that he dared to use such a provocative method on his father.
The underwater rapids soon subsided, and the Yakshas on the side carefully responded to Fengdao.
"Your Highness, Lord Long..."
"Just pretend you didn't hear anything, and don't tell anyone else about it, or else my dad will eat you!"
Ying Feng calmed himself down and answered.
"Yes, yes, yes!" "I didn't hear anything!"
After calming down in the water flow, Ying Feng swam back to the Water Palace again. Before he reached the Dragon Pond, he saw his father walking out from it with the anger on his face still there.
Ying Feng hurriedly stepped closer and saluted, his manner very respectful, as if he had not remembered what he had just said.
"father!"
Lao Long glanced at him with narrowed eyes, uttered "hmm" in a nasal tone, and then walked towards the main hall in front. Ying Feng naturally hurriedly followed behind him.
When we arrived at the main hall, the fish lady in the water was hurriedly picking up things that had fallen to the ground and picking up some fallen chairs and tables.
The old dragon didn't care and sat down on his precious couch.
"What did you just say? I was sleepy and didn't hear it clearly. Can you say it again so that I can hear it?"
Ying Feng's heart was beating fast. He was just excited for a moment, so how could he dare not do that now
"I just want to know where Ruoli and Uncle Ji went. I want to ask Dad if he can tell me where they are. Since it's not convenient for you to go, I can follow them and take a look."
As he spoke, Ying Feng took a cup and a teapot from Yu Niang's tray and poured a cup of hot tea for his father.
Lao Long snorted coldly and took the teacup. He looked at the bubble on the cup that blocked the water flow. He neither drank the tea nor spoke, but pondered for a long time.
"Your sister is more advanced than you, and Ji Yuan is accompanying her, so there shouldn't be any problem. Even if we chase them now, we may not be able to find where they are."
"But, this..."
Ying Feng took a few steps left and right.
"Dad, aren't you anxious at all? I don't believe you don't have any backup plan. If you know the location or something, it would be nice to point me in the direction!"
Lao Long raised the teacup and took a sip.
"Really? Just wait for the news. If one Ji Yuan is not enough, what use will it be even if a hundred or ten more are added?"
The old dragon said this, but the mirage was following the giant whale like a shadow far behind it. When the weather was clear, it would disappear into the water, and when the wind and clouds were rolling, it would turn into mist.
Of course, since Lao Long was wary of Ji Yuan's keen perception, the distance between them was definitely not short, and he could only barely avoid losing him.
. . .
Although the Sinan compass and other items had existed for a long time, there were not many ships going out to sea. Except for the flying boat in the Jiufeng Mountain realm that they saw a few days ago, Ji Yuan and the Dragon Girl had not encountered any "man-made traces" for almost a month.
General Giant Whale's speed is very fast. Although he has a huge body, he has unique ways of escaping in water. He can smoothly pass through strange rapids in some waters, and the confusing fog in some places does not affect General Giant Whale's sense of direction at all.
In the vast ocean, there are naturally aquatic monsters. Of course, because the ocean is so vast, no matter how many monsters there are, they appear extremely sparse even if they are scattered in the sea.
However, the direction that General Giant Whale was carrying Ji Yuan and Ying Ruoli seemed to occasionally pass by the territories of some water monsters. Some monsters would come out to take a look, while others would ignore them, but there was basically no conflict, not even any verbal exchange.
In Ji Yuan's opinion, many monsters in the sea seem to be more Buddhist than those on land, or maybe they have too few opportunities to come into contact with humans.
It was early morning that day and there was a heavy fog on the sea. This was naturally no problem for General Giant Whale, as he remained steadfast in his direction.
The Dragon Girl sat cross-legged on the cushion on the whale's back with her eyes closed, meditating. Ji Yuan held a book in one hand and a pen in the other, and he no longer wrote on the desk. Instead, he sat cross-legged with his knees resting on the book, deducing some of his own wonderful methods.
The effect of this thick fog on Ji Yuan was also minimal. Normally he couldn't see clearly anyway, but in this fog his vision might be much better than that of ordinary people.
The sound of waves filled the air all around, and Ji Yuan was immersed in the deduction of the way of change. It was at this moment.
“Boom… Boom… Boom… Boom…”
There were bursts of drum sounds coming from afar.
Ji Yuan had been somewhat sensitive to the sound of drums recently, and when he heard the sound, he stood up almost immediately.
"Uncle Ji, what's wrong?"
Ying Ruoli also opened her eyes, stood up and asked Ji Yuan.
“There’s a drumbeat!”
"Drum sound? Is it the same as last time?"
Ji Yuan frowned and listened carefully for a while, then said uncertainly.
"There's more than one drumbeat... General Giant Whale, head in this direction."
As he spoke, Ji Yuan pointed to the direction where the sound was heard. The giant whale under his feet responded and changed direction to swim towards that direction.
Not long after, the sound of the drums became clearer, and even Ying Ruoli could hear it.
“There are indeed drums!”
Ying Ruoli's affirmation made Ji Yuan confirm that the drum sound was not the same as the one he heard on the first day of the first lunar month. It seemed that he was too suspicious.
About a few miles away from Ji Yuan and others, there was a huge fleet sailing.
Some of the large ships were almost forty or fifty feet long, and there were no less than a hundred large and small ships around them. The drum sounds came from these ships.
On the large ship in the center, people were waving drumsticks and beating the two big drums vigorously.
“Boom… Boom… Boom… Boom…”
"The drumbeats must not stop! The drumbeats must not stop! The fleet in the fog uses the drumbeats to find the ship formation! The drummers take a break every 500 beats! The drumbeats must not stop!"
A man in a cloak shouted orders from high up at the stern.
It seemed that there were drummers beating drums on all the surrounding ships to guide the entire fleet and prevent any ship from getting lost. The strength of the drum beats was also used to control a subtle sense of distance to prevent collisions.
At General Giant Whale's current position, the drum sound was already very loud for the three of them. Although blocked by the heavy fog, it did not have much impact on Ji Yuan and the others.
"What a huge fleet!"
Ying Ruoli couldn't help but say this. It was the first time she saw so many ships sailing together since she went to sea.
"Yes, this is a huge fleet of mortals that has sailed to the depths of the East China Sea. Where are they going?"
"Mr. Ji, let me take a closer look!"
Seeing that both Dragon Girl and Ji Yuan were interested, and he himself was a little curious, General Giant Whale mentioned this, and when he saw that no one objected, he swam quickly towards the fleet.
The huge fleet was obviously moving at a slower speed at the moment, and the sails of most of the ships were retracted.
For these ordinary people, the fog still has a great impact. Even though there are many masters with good martial arts skills, their vision is still extremely limited. The giant whale has already reached the edge of the fleet near several medium-sized ships, but no one has noticed it.
On the nearest boat, in addition to the continuous beating of drums, someone was also loudly reminding the crew on the boat.
"The chief warden said that the weirder the weather, the more we need to be careful to prevent monsters from appearing in the sea. Last month, three ships were deceived and led away by monsters. In the end, the ships were destroyed and people died. Everyone, please be careful!"
The roar on the boat naturally reached the ears of Ji Yuan and others.
Judging from the current situation, if it wasn't for a powerful monster, it would never provoke such a large fleet. If what the people on the ship shouted was true, then they must have encountered a monster with some magical powers.
General Giant Whale did not just stay at the periphery, but carried Ji Yuan and Ying Ruoli and swam around the entire fleet, stopping at some of the small and medium-sized ships on the periphery and some large ships, allowing Ji Yuan to hear the conversations of many people on these ships.
Among them are those who miss home, are confused about the future, and are irritable, but there are almost no ones who have firm beliefs.
This is an ocean-going fleet from a dynasty called the Daxiu Dynasty. It is not known whether it is the dynasty of Yunzhou in the East, but Ji Yuan feels that it is most likely from another continent.
This fleet passed through some countries and visited many island countries on the way. It has been drifting at sea for eight years, sailing through many dangerous waters and encountering countless situations. The size of the fleet has also dropped from more than 200 ships to less than 100 ships today.
Such a voyage can be said to be full of hardships and dangers, but the fleet's mission was still not accomplished.
At this moment, the fleet commander-in-chief stood at the bow of the central treasure ship, looking forward with his hands behind his back, his eyes full of confusion, and muttering.
"Where is the Xianxia Island mentioned by the Imperial Master? Is there really an elixir of immortality? It has been eight years. Even if we find it, how long will it take to get back? Is His Majesty still alive? Can we go back..."
What the Chief Consul did not know was that at this moment, beneath the bow of his treasure ship, there was a giant whale almost half the size of the ship, carrying the two men along.
Ji Yuan sighed and shook his head.
"It's this again."