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Time flies by.
Before you know it, everything is ready.
Above the magnificent East China Sea.
A large merchant ship with huge sails sailed away from the famous Donghaiwei port and sailed to the depths of the sea.
This merchant ship is a new type of ocean-going merchant ship newly built by the Chen family and the alliance of in-laws. It has a very solid structure. Many key keels, planks and masts are made of millennium oak.
Because of this, its overall cost has exceeded 100,000 dry gold.
The effect is also obvious, it is like a strong sea fortress, which can drive away fifth-order fierce beasts, and can also withstand medium-sized storms.
This ship is a luxury merchant ship requested by Wang Shouzhe. It usually participates in the operation of the caravan, but when important members of the family need it, they can be dispatched as long as they notify in advance.
In addition, Wang Shouzhe also brought Yuanshui Spirit Turtle with him. In case of unfavorable circumstances, you can ride the Yuanshui Spirit Turtle to escape, or dive into the water to escape the irresistible storm.
As for the salinity in the seawater, it is not a particularly big problem for a third-order spirit beast like the Yuanshui Spirit Turtle. With a little adaptation, the cell osmotic pressure difference between salty and fresh water can be balanced. Although, the water spirit turtle has always shown a distaste for sea water, and obviously doesn't like it.
also.
At Wang Shouzhe's request, Fang You'an also borrowed a fourth-order vermilion-crowned crane flying chariot from the academy. It is usually served on board with delicious food and drink, and it might come in handy at a critical moment.
However, it is not a good idea to fly around in a similar spirit bird chariot on the vast sea. One is that there are many hurricanes on the sea. Come on, if you accidentally attract some kind of fifth-order flying fierce bird, it will be troublesome.
The more unfamiliar the route, the more cautious you must be.
On the wide bow deck of the big ship.
Wang Shouzhe and others gathered here, enjoying the sea breeze, watching the magnificent sea together.
"Husband, this is the first time I have seen the real sea." Liu Ruolan gazed into the distance, the boundless sea made her feel ups and downs, and she couldn't help but sigh, "It's just like the one described in the book—the sea Ah, you are so big, you are all water."
As a spirit body of primordial water, the vitality of water has a strong affinity for her, and she will become more and more close to water. In her eyes, water seems to have life.
Uh... Wang Shouzhe was a little worried about her taste in adjectives, but his expression showed admiration and admiration: "The lady's description tells an ancient truth in a simple and straightforward sentence pattern. It also highlights the beauty of the sea. The most important two words, 'big', and a lot of 'water', really exquisite!"
"My husband still understands me."
"Where is it, the lady is too good."
The mouth corners of Longyan Patriarch beside him twitched, he couldn't listen any longer, and habitually moved his profound energy to seal his ears.
These two, no matter when they will sprinkle some dog food. The baby is already in her teens, so why not change her routine? Isn't this bullying her ancestor who has never been in love
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Patriarch Beichen, Fang Youan, and Miss Luwei Elementary School are different.
They all stared wide-eyed, feeling goosebumps all over the floor. Do you want to act like no one else? Can you be more considerate of the feelings of others
"Senior Brother You'an." Lu Wei shivered, "Is this the state of human beings after marriage? It's too scary. Originally, I wanted to experiment with marriage..."
Fang Youan staggered so much, he thought to himself, Junior Sister Luwei, you are not too scary, can you experiment even when you are married
He immediately instilled a correct outlook on life in Luwei, saying: "Not every couple is like this... er...'love'. However, as a direct disciple of our school, we should take the safety of the world as our own responsibility, and we can avoid getting married. Married life is too boring."
Wang Shouzhe glanced at him.
Brother Youan, you are obviously a single dog mentality, you can't eat grapes and say grapes are sour.
After Wang Shouzhe and Liu Ruolan got bored for a while, they didn't allow her to blow the sea breeze, and let her go back to the room to rest.
Afterwards, he took out a jug of spiritual wine, asked someone to bring a table, and invited Patriarch Beichen, Fang Youan, Luwei, and Patriarch Longyan to sit down and drink together.
Fang You'an took a sip of the spiritual wine, but looked at Wang Shouzhe with a gloomy look, as if there was some kind of resentment.
"Why does senior brother You'an have such eyes? Senior brother You'an is so handsome, so there must be no younger sisters who will actively pursue him." Wang Shouzhe said seriously, "But so far, senior brother You'an is over one hundred and fifty years old, but he is still single. , there is only one explanation."
"What's the explanation?" Junior Miss Luwei became interested all of a sudden, her eyes glistening with gossip, "Junior Shou Zhe, speak quickly, speak quickly."
This time, not to mention Luwei, even Patriarch Longyan sat upright and turned his ears sideways, as if he was interested.
As for the ancestor Beichen, he was pretending to be drinking, and his ears were pricked up.
"Senior Brother You'an definitely has a woman he likes, and she should be a very good woman." Wang Shouzhe analyzed seriously, "It's even very possible that Senior Brother You'an is so good that Senior Brother You'an can't match her."
"Impossible?" Patriarch Beichen didn't believe it, "I heard that Brother You'an came from a family of the fifth-rank Zifu in Lingbei County, because he has the blood of Xuanbing Tianjiao, and Lingbei County couldn't find a suitable inheritance. He just joined the Zifu Academy in Longzuo County. With such a proud figure, which woman can keep him out of reach?"
It is said that since Patriarch Beichen broke through to the realm of heaven and man in one fell swoop, his temperament seemed to have sublimated a lot. The gray hairs on the sideburns are gone, and the wrinkles on the face are less, and I am more confident and younger.
It's no wonder, if he hadn't been promoted to the Heaven-Human Realm, Shou Yuan wouldn't have had a good life for many years. But now it has become a heaven-human realm in one fell swoop, and the limit lifespan has reached four hundred years old.
Even if it is difficult to live a full life with his physical functions, it is not difficult to live to the age of three hundred and fifty or sixty.
Moreover, with his successful promotion to the realm of heaven and man, the Xu family in Changning also fulfilled the dreams of their ancestors for generations and successfully set foot in a seventh-rank family.
Under such circumstances, how could Patriarch Beichen's state of mind not change
"Junior Brother Shouzhe, Brother Beichen, don't make wild guesses." Fang Youan said with a somewhat embarrassed look, "I just think that falling in love is a waste of training time."
Naturally, no one would believe such a weak explanation.
"Our Zifu Academy, which personal senior sister will make senior brother You'an feel that he can't reach it?" Luwei's heart of gossip was burning, and she began to count with her fingers.
There are not many direct disciples in the academy, and there are only a handful of direct senior sisters from all branches and peaks.
"It's not necessarily senior sister or something." Wang Shouzhe sipped the spirit wine and dialed something casually.
"It's not a senior, could it be a junior sister?" Luwei's primary school sister said with her eyes wide open, "I'm a junior from every branch and peak, and I'm better than Senior Brother You'an. I'm the only one who meets the requirements!"
Wang Shouzhe almost spit out his wine, your sentence is better than Senior Brother You'an, and it's quite easy to say.
"No, no, no, although Senior Brother You'an looks pretty good and his strength is so-so, it's just too boring." Primary school sister Luwei shook her head like a rattle, "I prefer someone like Shou Zhe, if I want to try marriage , Definitely consider Junior Shou Zhe first."
The corner of Wang Shouzhe's mouth twitched, his face turned dark.
Miss Luwei Elementary School, thank you very much for your attention~
Not to mention that he already has a loving and loving wife who "never leaves and never abandons", but if he doesn't, he will never consider Luwei primary school sister if he is a bachelor all his life.
On the contrary, Patriarch Longyan thought of a possibility, and couldn't help exclaiming: "Could it be that Brother You'an likes... is..."
Then, she looked at Fang Youan with complicated eyes.
The old ancestor responded quickly, Wang Shouzhe gave her a thumbs up with a smile.
"Junior Brother Shouzhe, Junior Sister Longyan." Fang Youan's face was pale, and he rarely became angry from embarrassment.
"Master?" Junior Miss Luwei covered her mouth and stared at Fang You'an with big eyes, "It turns out that what you like, Senior Brother You'an... No wonder, you have been staying in..."
"Luwei!" Fang Youan's face turned pale, the corners of his mouth twitched non-stop, "Shut up."
"Senior Brother You'an, it's really nothing." Wang Shouzhe patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's just that you are under a little bit of pressure, you have to hurry up and practice, and strive to reach the Zifu Realm as soon as possible to have a chance."
"Ahem! I said I didn't..." Fang Youan coughed again and again, and hurriedly changed the subject, "By the way, when you were in Donghaiwei, why did you bring us with you when you went to visit the King of the East China Sea from the Tantai family? this is not… "
"Taking advantage, right?" Wang Shouzhe said with a natural look, "Our Wang's in-law alliance originally cooperated with the Wang family of the East China Sea. But after all, they are an old family of heaven and man, and the mentality of the superior cannot be changed for a while. I am For the good of the Donghai Wang family, avoid unnecessary grievances in the future."
"No, it's much better now. The old man, the king of the East China Sea, personally sent us on board, and even his smile became amiable."
"Next, which one are we going to help you to support the scene?" Fang Youan rolled his eyes angrily, using the two of them's personal biography to pretend to be a tiger everywhere, this kid is still thick-skinned and plausible
Earlier, he also visited Patriarch Beichen of the Xu Clan in Changning, and took advantage of their status as direct disciples of the two schools to lure Patriarch Beichen into the team.
No wonder, Shizun and her old man disliked Wang Shouzhe no matter what. If it weren't for the consideration of Junior Sister Longyan's face, she wouldn't bother him.
"Next, we will go to the Baidaowei Zhong Family. I have already sent someone to contact them first." Wang Shouzhe said seriously, drinking the spiritual wine, "As the saying goes, a strong dragon does not suppress a snake, so we still have to use some help when we go out to do errands in the academy." The power of local forces."
As the saying goes, the enemy is lenient, since this dungeon cannot be avoided, in order to ensure safety, Wang Shouzhe will naturally use all the connections he can use.
He had written to Zhou Bo Patriarch before, but it is a pity that the Longzuo Wang Clan has developed rapidly in recent years, and there has been a conflict of interests with a Celestial Family, and there have been several frictions between the two sides in terms of force.
In order to be safe, Zhou Bo Patriarch had to guard the scene in the Longzuo old house for the time being.
Although the king of the East China Sea was polite, he declined on the pretext of having something to do without explaining what the task was.
Sure enough, no matter how good the relationship is with other people's ancestors, they are not as easy to use as their own ancestors. Now that the Ping An Wang Clan is ready for everything, it only owes a heavenly ancestor who truly belongs to him.
The most promising one, of course, is the Patriarch Longyan.
Because of her injuries, her cultivation stagnated for more than fifty years in the middle stage of the Lingtai Realm. Later, after her injuries recovered, she practiced both Xuanbing and Yin Sha, accumulating thickly and thinly, and her cultivation has advanced rapidly over the years.
If one can obtain a suitable Yin Sha technique and practice it together with the Xuanbing Zhenjue, the speed is very likely to be even faster. This is also one of the reasons why Wang Shouzhe is so active in dealing with Yin Shazong's behind-the-scenes instigation.
There is still a certain possibility that the behind-the-scenes messenger possesses Yin Sha attribute skills.
His requirements are not high, as long as he reaches the middle grade.
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Baidaowei.
Geographically speaking, Baidaowei is actually located in the southernmost part of the entire Dagan territory. Further south is the open sea.
The outer sea, like the outer domain, refers to the sea area that has not been developed by humans. The sea is deep, the waves are big, the weather is harsh, there are often hurricanes and tsunamis, and there are powerful marine monsters wandering around. It can be said that it is full of dangers, and it is even worse than the outer domain.
Even if you have made sufficient preparations in advance, exploring the open sea is still very risky. Even if there are monks in the heaven and human realm, you can't say that it is safe.
On the other hand, in the inner sea, because the water is shallow and the waves are small, powerful marine beasts rarely appear, and there are Baidaowei Zhong's and other aristocratic families who sit in the protection, and it is gradually becoming more and more prosperous.
If someone counts the population of Baidaowei, it will be found that the population of Baidaowei has almost doubled compared to 500 years ago, and there are even more fishing boats on the sea.
On the sea, from time to time, there will be huge sea ships full of cargo slowly passing by, stirring up waves on the sea surface, showing the prosperity of Baidaowei's business.
Somewhere near the southwest of Baidaowei, there is a small private island.
This island is called "Zhongshan Island". It is small in size but has an excellent geographical location. Not only is it easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it is also near important shipping routes. It is currently the most important of the private islands owned by the Zhong family.
Here is where Zhong's main residence is located, and it is also the place where Zhong's ancestors in the Heavenly Human Realm practiced.
It is also for this reason that Zhongshan Island is patrolled by Zhong's patrol boats every day. Because of this, it can be regarded as one of the safest sea areas in the entire Baidaowei. Many fishermen are happy to settle, live, and go fishing in the nearby sea area, which is much safer.
Liu An is one of the fishermen living in this sea area.
On this day, he was sailing out to sea with his eldest brother and several other cousins, pulling nets for fishing in the nearby waters, when he saw Zhong's patrol boat abnormally appearing on the sea ahead at around noon.
"What's the situation?" Liu An's eldest brother was a little uneasy, "Don't tell me something happened?"
While speaking, the distance between the fishing boat and the patrol boat had already reached a relatively short distance.
Seeing a familiar figure standing on the ship's side, Liu An hurriedly picked up the flag on the bow and shook it vigorously, put his hands around his mouth and shouted to the patrol boat in the distance: "Cousin Han, what happened at sea?"
The figure on the opposite side was his natal cousin, Han Ying, one of Zhong's generals, who was usually in charge of working on the patrol boat.
"It's Xiao'an." Han Ying also noticed the fishing boat here. Seeing that it was her relative, she smiled at him from a distance and explained, "A fourth-order sea beast has flown into the nearby waters, and we are searching for it on a large scale. It's not safe around here now, stop fishing here, go back quickly~"
Upon hearing this, Liu An's brothers immediately became nervous.
Their fishing boat was jointly bought by several companies. Although it is still strong and can withstand the wind and waves near the sea, it is not enough to toss when encountering powerful sea beasts.
In case of unlucky encounters with sea beasts, or sea beasts just hit their nets, the fishing nets will be scrapped lightly, and even people will have to get in if they are not careful.
"Let's go, let's go~ We won't be fishing today. Let's wait until this fourth-order sea beast is caught."
Brother Liu An was always timid, so he immediately thanked Han Ying and prepared to take his brothers back. Fishing can be done at any time, not less than a day or two, the safety of the brothers is the most important thing.
Just as the fishing boat was slowly turning a corner, suddenly, a large merchant ship with huge sails suddenly appeared on the distant sea.
The merchant ship was huge, with a towering mast, and the huge white sails were blown up by the wind. From a distance, it looked like a huge deep-sea monster.
It just cut through the sea and flew past their fishing boat. Huge water waves surged behind the merchant ship, with white waves splashing.
As the distance approached, the sense of oppression brought by the huge hull became stronger and stronger. The deck of their fishing boat didn't even reach the waist of the boat, and it was lined up like a play house toy, the contrast was particularly tragic.
Liu An thought to himself that he had seen many merchant ships, but he was still stunned for a while, feeling shocked: "Whose ship is this? Isn't it too big?"
"Have you seen the flag on the bow?" Liu An's eldest brother knows the goods, "That's the emblem of the Ping'an Wang family. This should be a large merchant ship of the Ping'an Wang family. This kind of ship needs to be specially customized, and ordinary families can buy it. can not afford."
Hearing what the elder brother said, Liu An's eyes lit up immediately: "Is that the Ping'an Wang family? The Ping'an Wang family who almost squeezed out the Changning Wei Tianren Huangfu family?"
The distance between Changning Guard and Baidao Guard is not close, so it is difficult to spread the news here. However, the meat price dispute between Pingan Wang and Huangfu has been going on for three years, and even the meat price of Baidao Guard has been affected by it. It has dropped a lot, and ordinary fishermen like them have heard a lot of it under their influence.
Therefore, he reacted immediately.
"Yes, that is the Ping An Wang family."
Big brother Liu An nodded, sighing with emotion in his heart.
I heard that every household under the Ping'an Wang family has lived a good life, I don't know if it is true
It's a pity that their family has been fishing for generations. Without this sea, he can't do anything. Otherwise, he really wants to see it with his own eyes.
While talking, the giant merchant ship had already passed the sea in front of them, and looking at the direction they were heading, it was Zhongshan Island.
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