Dongzhou of mountains and sea, on the edge of the South China Sea.
Many fishing villages have appeared along the coastal areas, and these are all villages belonging to Qing State.
There are many fishermen on the beach. You can see women mending fishing nets in front of the thatched houses on the beach, fishing boats returning under the rowing of young men, and children running with fish caught from their father's boat.
The fishermen lived a hard life. Their huts were extremely simple, with mostly just a piece of animal skin for floor covering and some food hanging on the wall, and nothing else. Most of the daily catch had to be exchanged for necessities.
Recently, in the coastal fishing villages of Qing Country, they always see some ships that seem unbelievably large coming from afar, carrying some strange and alien people.
They did not come from other vassal states of Dahuan, nor did they come from the far north or other human or alien territories.
They came from the end of the ocean, another distant continent that they could not imagine. In their eyes, these people came from the ends of the earth.
Every time it appeared, it attracted people from the entire fishing village to come and watch. In their eyes, it was simply a miracle.
However, these people have human form, but strange looks and hair color, and in the eyes of fishermen, they are no different from demons.
However, after several contacts, they found that these people were no different from ordinary people. They would even use gold and silver to buy the shell pearls, special stones and even objects they fished out from the sea.
So every time a ship appeared, people from various fishing villages along the coast would gather here, take out what they thought were treasures, and trade with the people who had arrived.
It is not easy to go on a sea voyage these days. First, there are no ships capable of supporting long-distance voyages. Second, there is the harsh environment at sea and various sea monsters and demons.
Especially on the sea, a fierce war was taking place between the Dragon Palace and the Mermaid Kingdom. In order to avoid the war between these two giants, various sea beasts and sea monsters began to migrate towards the nearshore and deep sea, and the entire sea was in turmoil.
Anyone who can cross the ocean must not be an ordinary person.
These people traveled thousands of miles and overcame numerous dangers just to return to the Youdu Fairy Island and return to the human world before the deadline.
On this day, there were seventeen people standing on the coast, basically divided into teams of three or two, standing on the beach and looking into the distance.
So many people came in, but in the end only this many were left. The rest who did not make it will probably never appear again. They either died in Dongzhou or Nanzhou, died at sea, or were left in the Mountain and Sea Realm, and will not return to the world with us this time.
The sun slowly rose up into the sky, then gradually set.
As time went by, the people waiting at the beach began to become less calm.
There was a faint noisy discussion, but the people standing in the front seemed very calm.
Zhang Heming's linen cloak rustled in the sea breeze. The people following him wore the same cloak as him, embroidered with the logo of the Temple of the Gods. "Fake Qigong Master, is the time agreed in Fengdu today? He has basically never missed a time."
Jia Yi nodded: "It's today! Let's wait a little longer. That guy is punctual, but he always comes out at the last minute. You all know this bad habit."
After that, Zhang Heming, Jia Yi, and Qingyang burst into laughter. Qingyang looked at the people behind him with a strange expression: "What the hell are these people? Their attire and style are so weird."
Qingyang thought for a moment, then said, "The style of painting is really... incompatible with this world!"
I only saw the foreigners behind me who had returned from South Continent. Most of them were dressed in Western style. Some were scary wizards wearing black cloaks and holding bone staffs, some were swordsmen wearing leather armor, and some were warriors carrying giant axes. They looked a bit demonic because of the activation of their blood. At this moment, they were wearing animal skins and looked like orc warriors.
There was a petite woman wrapped in a cloak who looked like an assassin, and a tall and strong man who could transform into a leopard and pretend to be a druid. They had the ability after swallowing the shapeshifting fruit, which was the main ingredient in refining the shapeshifting pill in Nanzhou. However, Jia Yi, Zhang Heming and Qingyang thought it was a waste of resources. If it was handed over to some witches and priests in the Mermaid Kingdom, Xuanyuan Kingdom, or even the Dahuan Dynasty to refine it, at least one furnace of shapeshifting pills could be produced.
There is also a guy with a divine blood totem tattooed on his body, who looks like a shaman. He is the stronger one among these people. He has actually begun to try to integrate the second bloodline and has tried to activate it to enter the second level.
The last one seemed to have failed in the fusion of bloodlines, but he was not dead. He was wrapped in bandages to hide his deformed body. He was hidden in a cloak, like a complete monster.
Zhang Heming glanced at the people behind him: "Haha! If they were wearing Taoist robes or Hanfu, and speaking poor classical Chinese, you would probably feel even more frustrated!"
"These people are planning to establish several Westernized forces in Nanzhou, and even want to build a Western country in their imagination. However, Nanzhou is basically full of monsters, but no people."
"They gathered a lot of demons and even captured some transformed demons from who knows where. They used the cultivation methods they had discovered and plundered, or the bloodline inheritance they had inherited, to build a country of their imagination."
"A country built by demons, incorporating Western style and their own messy system, who knows what they will end up building."
Qingyang opened his mouth wide and looked at Zhang Heming: "This is not some world in the West, nor is it the heaven in their imagination. This is the world of mountains and seas!"
"And the ones who are practicing here are not wizards, warriors, or orcs. Wizards are obviously cultivators! And the orcs, aren't they just the demon bloodlines activated and unable to suppress their demonization? And the warriors, aren't they just the ones who have mastered magical powers?"
Others might not be able to see it, but Qingyang was a veteran cultivator who had entered the mountains and seas three times, traveled all over Nanzhou, Dongzhou, and the ocean, and had seen countless alien races and excavated a large number of relics. He could tell at a glance what heritage these guys had, and could even vaguely see what bloodline they possessed and what problems they had in their cultivation.
"Why pretend to have some Western heritage? Just change the name and use it as your own?"
After Qingyang heard what Zhang Heming said, he looked as if he was very dissatisfied with these guys.
Jia Yi looked back with contempt: "They are neither fish nor fowl, neither high nor low. Just like that, I will spit out a mouthful of Five Elements Mysterious Light and kill them like slaughtering dogs!"
Jia Yi even looked around to see if there were any of the people who were chasing him because of the Donglong Ding last time. Although more than half of those who were chasing him died that time, he himself was fine. If Taoist Qingyun had not arrived at the last moment, he might have really escaped.
But now Taoist Qingyun is dead, and was taken to the underworld by King Huan. The grudge is over. However, Jia Yi searched the entire Xundu for the Donglong Ding but couldn't find it. It was a lifelong regret for him to lose such a treasure.
The few extraordinary leaders in front glanced at them with unfriendly eyes, and the people behind them did not dare to speak. Having stayed in the Mountain and Sea Realm for so long, they naturally knew that in this world, strength speaks, and the strong dominate everything. If you don’t have the strength, you have to pretend to be a grandson, otherwise you will die.
Zhang Heming nodded and looked into the distance: "Dongzhou seems to be much more prosperous than Nanzhou! There are more and more monsters in Nanzhou, and they are getting stronger and stronger, but the overall situation is still the same!"
At this point, Zhang Heming showed a yearning look: "Nanzhou is full of demons and alien races, and most of the cultivation methods are inherited through blood, which is not suitable for me. On the contrary, Dongzhou is the most prosperous place for Qi training. Maybe I should visit Dongzhou next time!"
"I signed the contract and agreement at the beginning. I took them into the mountains and seas twice and brought them out again. I have fulfilled all my obligations! One's own cultivation is the most important." Zhang Heming looked at Qingyang and Jia Yi. The speed of their cultivation progress far exceeded his, while he was standing still. This made him wake up a little.
At this time, along with the sunset, a huge white ship came breaking through the waves at the end of the sky.
Qingyang finally brought up the topic and looked into the distance: "Here it comes!"
Zhang Heming also recognized it: "The Baigu Lingxu ship from Fengdu!"
The big ship was flying across the sea like a sharp arrow, and it turned into a white line stretching across the sea surface, constantly getting bigger in the eyes of everyone, and finally it hit the beach with huge waves and stopped beside the coast.
At this time, a jade slip flew out from the ship, casting a series of illusions. Each illusion was a person's face and name. A strict and serious voice came from the ship.
"I am the ship officer of the Yougong Maritime Customs. Those whose names are registered on the register should board the ship immediately!"