Riding on Xiao Jin, Ye Li came all the way to the coast of the East China Sea. He still remembered how to get to the Miracle Continent by sea, so he set up a nautical chart for the ship in advance.
After Xiao Jin and Ye Li got on the boat, they left the port as fast as they could and headed towards the deep sea.
Ye Li did not return to the Five Saints Alliance. After all, there was not much point for him to go there now. The development of the Five Saints Alliance was still in progress. The most important thing Ye Li had to do now was to find Dongfang Caiyi.
Following the guidance of the nautical chart, Ye Li's boat was sailing quickly on the sea. There were many islands in the inland sea area, so Ye Li had to change direction at any time and circle among the islands.
Xiao Jin was lying in the cockpit watching Ye Li's movements with great interest. The sight of Ye Li constantly turning the rudder made Xiao Jin a little excited.
"Ye Li, is it difficult to sail a boat?"
Xiao Jin asked while lying beside Ye Li.
Ye Li glanced at Xiao Jin. This guy used to lie outside the cabin and would only come into the cabin when it rained heavily. It had never guarded the cockpit like it did today.
"This boat is specially made, so it's not difficult to drive. However, it's very difficult to drive a normal boat. Even I may not be able to drive it. Some large boats require the cooperation of multiple people to drive."
Hearing Ye Li's words, Xiao Jin nodded and watched Ye Li constantly turning the rudder and moving a long stick to control the speed.
"Ye Li, can I drive the boat?"
Xiao Jin suddenly said something that surprised Ye Li greatly.
"Ah... you... you want to sail?"
Ye Li looked at Xiao Jin and hesitated for a moment. After all, Xiao Jin was still a monster after all. It would be too strange to let it drive a boat.
Xiao Jin has the personality of a naughty boy. After hearing what Ye Li said, he nodded vigorously and said, "Hey, I want to give it a try. It seems to be quite interesting."
Ye Li touched his forehead and said, "Xiao Jin, you have been on this boat many times before, why do you want to drive it now?"
Xiao Jin said: “When I was sitting before, I was thinking about the problems of cultivation, so I didn’t pay attention to driving the boat.
I have reached a bottleneck in my cultivation recently, and I suddenly find it very interesting to see you sailing."
Ye Li turned the rudder and avoided a reef area, then thought for a moment and said, "Are you sure you can control this rudder and this wooden pole well?"
Operating this small boat is indeed very simple, and for this reason, Ye Li did not object to Xiao Jin's proposal.
If Xiao Jin could really control the sailing of the boat, it would save him a lot of time.
Xiao Jin nodded and said, "Ye Li, I'm not stupid. It's not difficult to control these two little gadgets. There will definitely be no problem."
Hearing Xiao Jin's answer, Ye Li nodded. He felt that although Xiao Jin had the body of an animal, his intelligence was no different from that of ordinary people. Even if Xiao Jin's intelligence was slightly inferior to that of ordinary people, it basically did not have much impact.
Driving their small boat is just a series of simple actions. Xiao Jin only needs to understand how to control it and be able to judge for himself which method to use when encountering a situation.
Ye Li thought about it, then looked at the sea area ahead. They had already gotten out of the previous complex offshore area and arrived at a relatively spacious place.
"Xiao Jin, come here!"
Ye Li nodded to Xiao Jin and motioned Xiao Jin to come to the front of the rudder.
When Xiao Jin heard Ye Li's call, a hint of excitement appeared in his eyes, and he happily came to the front of the rudder.
Ye Li pointed at the rudder and said, "This is the rudder for controlling the direction. You only need to turn it left or right to control the boat to move left or right.
By the way, you know left and right, right? "
Hearing Ye Li's question, Xiao Jin showed a very human disdainful expression, stretched out his left front paw and said: "This is the left..."
Then he put down his left front paw, stretched out his right front paw, and said, "This is the right!"
Seeing Xiao Jin's performance, Ye Li nodded and said, "It's easy if you can tell these apart. Just look..."
As Ye Li spoke, he turned the rudder to the left. The boat immediately drew a crescent-shaped arc on the sea and made a semicircle to the left.
Immediately afterwards, Ye Li turned the rudder to the left again, then pulled the wooden pole on the right backwards to slow down the speed of the boat.
The boat slowed down and, under Ye Li's control, turned into a small semicircle.
“When the speed is slow, the boat is easier to control and can turn in this small arc.
Once the speed is too fast, it is easy to capsize if you turn too sharply, so you can only turn in a relatively large arc. This is something you must pay attention to.
In addition, as you have just seen, this wooden pole is used to control the speed. If you want to speed up, push it forward. If you want to slow down, pull it back.
Of course, under normal circumstances, do not push forward beyond this line, otherwise it will reach the maximum speed and our spirit stones will be consumed very quickly.
Only when you encounter danger and want to escape can you increase the ship's speed to the limit. Under normal circumstances, you just need to maintain the current speed.
Oh, you see there is a rune mark here, once it lights up, you have to throw the spirit stone into the small opening over there."
As Ye Li spoke, he pointed to a small hole on the hull not far away and said to Xiao Jin.
Xiao Jin was stunned for a moment and asked, "Ye Li, where is the spirit stone?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Li reached into his bracelet and took out a large number of top-grade spirit stones and placed them in front of Xiao Jin.
“These spirit stones should be enough for us to sail from here to the Miracle Continent.
You just need to pay attention to the glow of this marking rune, then slow down the speed, and then add spirit stones to that side.
By the way, I will also teach you how to read nautical charts. This is actually very simple and you should be able to learn it."
As Ye Li spoke, he pointed to the nautical chart table in front of the rudder and said to Xiao Jin.
Xiao Jin looked at the various lines on the nautical chart, thought for a moment, and said, "I should be able to understand a little bit. Is that point the destination we are going to?"
Xiao Jin pointed to the origin of the Miracle Continent and said to Ye Li.
Ye Li nodded upon hearing this and said, “That point is where we are going. The location of the Miracle Continent is at that point.
Then this point is the area where we are sitting now, and there is also a line here, representing the path we have walked before.
You see…”
After Ye Li told Xiao Jin how to read the nautical chart, he asked Xiao Jin to repeat what he had just said.
Xiao Jin's intelligence was indeed high enough. He was able to repeat what Ye Li said after only hearing it once. His memory was amazing.
"I didn't expect you to be so smart, Xiao Jin. You're already better than many humans. They may not be able to remember all the situations after just listening once."
Ye Li said to Xiao Jin with some emotion.