"I don't know your name, sir. Although it's just a small effort, it's a great favor to us. Please allow me to express my sincere gratitude to you on behalf of the Hailan Caravan."
After all, he was saved by Ye Li. Bogut didn't dare to say that he didn't need to thank him just because Ye Li said so. Instead, he respectfully asked Ye Li's name.
Ye Li thought about it, looked at the other caravan again, and said, "My name is Ye Li. Where is your caravan's destination?"
After Bogut silently recited Ye Li's name twice, he replied: "Dear Mr. Ye Li, we are going to Starfish City near the southwest sea area. We have a shop there. The goods we purchased this time are to be sent back for sale.
This time I was unfortunately robbed and almost died. Thank you for your rescue."
Hearing that the other party was planning to go to the southwest waters, Ye Li was delighted. After all, he was unfamiliar with the Jinde Empire. If he were to find his way to the southwest waters by himself, he might not be able to find a boat to go out to sea.
If one wants to find out the situation around him, he naturally needs to ask the locals. Now the Sea Blue Caravan in front of him is obviously the "locals", so Ye Li will naturally not miss this opportunity.
"You are also going to the Southwest Sea. What a coincidence! I traveled nearby and heard that people from other continents appeared outside the Southwest Sea. I really want to go and take a look.
But I don’t go out very often, and I don’t know the situation in the southwest sea area. It took me a lot of time just to find the way along the way. Now I meet you, which is a good thing.”
Hearing Ye Li's words, Bogut showed a surprised look on his face and said: "Huh, I didn't expect that you, Lord Ye Li, also heard about this matter. I thought that only people in our southwest sea area knew about this matter, but I didn't expect that someone would secretly spread it to other places.
Previously our people were attacked by people from the legendary Black Eye Continent. His Majesty Leonard strictly forbade the spread of this matter, but I didn't expect that Your Excellency Ye Li would actually hear the rumor.
But this is not surprising. After all, you are also a member of the Black-Eyed Tribe. You must be very interested in your place of origin. It is normal for you to get information in this regard.
You saved our lives, and if you need someone to lead the way to the southwest waters, we would be happy to help.
But if you want to go out to sea, I must inform you in advance that this may be difficult given the current situation.
Because the royal family has blocked the coastline before, prohibiting any person or organization from going out to sea privately. Although I heard that there are still some organizations with strong backing who dare to take the risk of secretly going out to sea, they are still a minority after all, and if you don’t have a way, you can’t find these people at all.”
Hearing Bogut's words, Ye Li was slightly stunned and asked, "The royal family blocked the coastline. Why is that?"
Bogut thought for a moment and said, “According to my estimation, it’s probably because of the war with the people of the Black Eye Continent.
Of course this is just my guess, because I heard recently that the war has stopped, but I don't know why it is still blocked there.
It is said that some chambers of commerce with strong backing dare to secretly send private ships out to sea to trade with caravans from the Black Eye Continent near Haixin Island.
But this is all what I heard, and I don’t know if this is the case or not.
You should be able to see that our Hailan Caravan is just a small chamber of commerce, with no backing and very average strength. We cannot get information from some high-level officials."
Ye Li frowned. He had finally found a way to go to the southwest waters, but now he was told that he might not be able to go out to sea. This situation was inevitably a blow to him.
However, the specific situation is still unclear now, so he will eventually go to the southwest waters to take a look.
"Uncle Bogut, I will go to Starfish City with you. I think we can find out a lot about the Black Eye Continent there.
Hmm, is the name of this Black Eye Continent just chosen?"
Ye Li asked.
Bogut nodded and said, "Sir Ye Li, this name was indeed just chosen, because the people on that continent are said to be from your Black Eyed Clan, so they were given this name."
Ye Li said: "Uncle Bogut, don't call me Sir Ye Li anymore. Just call me Brother Ye. It's too polite and it really doesn't sound right."
After Ye Li finished speaking, he smiled kindly at the other party.
Bogut also saw that Ye Li was not an arrogant person. As businessmen, they naturally knew how to read people's expressions. Ye Li was really not used to this kind of honorific address, so he nodded and said, "Okay, then I will be generous and call you Brother Ye.
Since Brother Ye is willing to travel with us, we would like to extend our welcome to you.
If you don't mind, you can take our carriage, which might be more comfortable."
Ye Li looked at the other party's carriage, which seemed ordinary, so he shook his head and said, "No need, I'll just ride my monster companion, it's also very stable and comfortable to sit on."
Ye Li did not say this nonsense. After all, Xiao Jin's body possessed the power of wind. He could use the power of wind to maintain balance. He did not feel bumpy at all when running and it was indeed very comfortable.
Bogut did not dare to force Ye Li's choice. He nodded and said, "Then please follow our team. It should take nearly five days to get to Starfish City. If Brother Ye needs anything along the way, please speak up. Don't hesitate."
Ye Li responded with a smile, then rode Xiao Jin and followed the caravan.
After the battle just now, many people in the caravan were injured, but most of them had been bandaged. Some of them were too seriously injured to move, so they were carried to the carriage by their companions to rest.
After packing up, the caravan set out again and headed towards Starfish City. With the caravan as their guide, Ye Li was happy to relax and just sit on Xiao Jin's back to practice.
He still had a lot of snowflake stones left on him. He had earned a lot of them from casting tools before. In order to make it easier for himself to absorb them, Ye Li once asked Kai Diwen and the others what the special formation in the training room was.
After understanding the structure of the formation, Ye Li spent some time transforming the divine pattern formation into a rune formation, and then refined it into a rune belt and wore it on his body.
With this belt, Ye Li can use snowflake stone to practice anytime and anywhere.
Now, he let Xiao Jin follow the caravan on his own, while he sat on Xiao Jin's back to absorb the power of the snowflake stone.
Ye Li felt that it would not take long for him to break through to the Virtual God Stage, because the embryo in his Dantian had grown to nearly the size of a human being, and the god nurtured inside must be about to be born.