Seeing Mo Yue's shy look, Kong Ming laughed and kissed Mo Yue and Tie Suxin gently on their foreheads like a dragonfly. Then he cupped his fists and saluted everyone: "Everyone, just say goodbye. See you later!"
Before he finished speaking, he heard the sound of horse hooves. Kong Ming was riding alone and was very far away...
Although the trial of high-level Yuan generals traveling around the world is a process that almost every cultivator must go through, there is no fixed pattern in the way of trial. How to travel around the world is completely different from person to person. And the so-called travel does not necessarily mean traveling to all nine states in the world. Some people with particularly deep blessings may have an opportunity within the scope of their own state, and thus break through to the realm of commander-in-chief. And some people, even if they really travel all over the world, can never take that crucial step! The fate of this can only be said to be the will of God.
When Kong Ming was preparing to leave, he had already planned in his mind that his first step in testing the world would be to go to Haizhou located in the southeast of Tianyuan Continent!
The reason why Haizhou was chosen was naturally because among the nine states in Tianyuan, Haizhou had the largest border area with the ocean and the largest number of rivers and lakes within the territory. From a topographic point of view, Haizhou is more like a huge peninsula with a coastline of hundreds of thousands of miles. Except for the west side, which is connected to the entire continent, the east, south and north sides all face the sea. Moreover, Haizhou is also the state with the largest sea area. If all sea areas are included, even Yuanzhou, which is known as the largest state in Tianyuan, is smaller than Haizhou in area.
The population of Haizhou is not that large among Tianyuan Jiuzhou, about 20 to 30 billion, half of which live on land, and the other half live on many islands in the sea. If it weren't for the fact that there are too many islands and it is difficult to accurately count the population, Haizhou's population would not be a general figure of 20 to 30 billion.
It can be said that the entire Haizhou, whether it is land or ocean, is related to the word "water". People on land like to call Haizhou the "State of Ten Thousand Lakes", while people on the ocean like to call Haizhou "The State of Ten Thousand Lakes". "The State of Ten Thousand Islands". In short, just from these nicknames, it is enough to explain what kind of place Haizhou is.
Kong Ming chose Haizhou as the first stop for his trial. The reason is very simple. That is, Haizhou is the state with the most complete water system skills and the largest number of people practicing water system energy in the world! And this is also determined by the geographical environment.
Kong Ming has cultivated to the current state and is already a spirit body of the four elements of wood, fire, earth, and gold. Among the five elements of energy, he only lacks the water element. According to Kong Ming's past practice of creating an additional spirit body every time he breaks through a realm, if he wants to break through to the commander-level realm, he must become a water spirit body. Therefore, for the sake of the water spirit body, Haizhou Kongming had to come!
If he really wants to take this most critical step on the path of cultivation, Kong Ming will not only be able to break through to the realm of commander-in-chief, but he may also be able to cultivate the five-system spirit body that he has seen and heard of, and push the power of the "Five Elements Reincarnation Kung Fu" to its peak. To a degree, it exerts a power that ordinary people cannot imagine.
When Kong Ming was fighting with the Yunxia sect's outer sect, with the help of Xiao Bu Dian and Xiao Ao, he gathered the power of the five elements and exerted a terrifying combat power that even the junior marshal Yun Zhonglou could not match. It can be seen that after the five elements gathered together , the power is so amazing.
When Kong Ming defeated Yun Zhonglou, he was only a mid-level Yuan General, and the so-called gathering of the Five Elements required the power of spiritual pets. If Kong Ming was promoted to the commander-level realm, and he had achieved the Five Elements Spirit If you have a strong body, then even if you face an emperor-level powerhouse, you may not be without the power to fight.
It is precisely because of these considerations that Kong Ming placed the first stop of the trial in Haizhou.
Liangzhou is located at the southernmost tip of Tianyuan Continent, but the way to the south to the sea is blocked by wild forests. The only one that really has an outlet to the sea is Qinghai County, which is located in the east of Liangzhou. Qinghai County is also the only one in Liangzhou that has a border with Haizhou. A connected county. Therefore, if you want to go to Haizhou, you must first go to Qinghai County.
After leaving Yunxia City, Kong Ming headed all the way to Yunshan City, the capital of Izumo County, intending to use Yunshan City's teleportation array to teleport directly to Haitian City, the capital of Qinghai County. If you don't use the teleportation array and just travel by horseback, even if you travel non-stop for a year and a half, you still don't know if you can get out of Liangzhou and enter Haizhou. And the so-called trial is naturally impossible to waste time. On the road, when you can use the teleportation array, you will naturally make full use of it.
Along the way, Kong Ming did not encounter any trouble, because he had already forged a brand new identity for himself before leaving Yunxia City. Now he is just an ordinary civilian in Yunxia City. He was frightened by the war and had to leave his hometown and go to Qinghai County to join a distant relative.
With such a hidden identity, and the fact that the breath-condensing jade pendant hides Kong Ming's true cultivation, it is natural that no one can see through Kong Ming's identity. Besides, Izumo County has just ended a war with the Sand Bandits. There are so many people who have left their hometowns because of the war. Kong Ming is hiding among the crowd, not conspicuous at all.
On this day, Kong Ming arrived at Yunshan City smoothly, and then, as an ordinary traveler, purchased a place to be teleported to Haitian City in Qinghai County, and successfully left Izumo County and entered Qinghai County.
Although Haitian City is the county capital of Qinghai County, unlike other group capitals, it is not located in the center of the county, but is located on the eastern coast of Qinghai County. As soon as you leave Haitian City, you will see the boundless East China Sea, but as long as you take a sea boat to cross an inner bay, you can go directly to Haizhou. Compared with taking a detour to Haizhou by land, it will save at least more than ten days.
Kong Ming’s choice was, of course, to go to sea by boat. Therefore, even if he came to Haitian City, he would not be able to take a closer look at the different scenery of this coastal city and the inland city. Instead, he would go directly to the harbor to find a boat to go to sea.
Haitian City has the largest seaport in Liangzhou, and this seaport is also the only sea exit in Liangzhou. It has extremely close business relationships with several states connected by sea routes, such as Haizhou, Qingzhou, and Yunzhou. Shipping goods by sea is naturally much slower than using teleportation arrays, but the cost of shipping is low and the volume of cargo is large. Often, if the transfer of bulk materials is not particularly time-sensitive, it will be transported by sea. . Therefore, no matter which state it is, as long as it is a city with a seaport, it is more prosperous.
Haitian City is the only seaport in Liangzhou, and the construction of it did not rely on the efforts of Qinghai County. The entire Cangnan Empire also invested a lot of manpower and material resources for this purpose. Therefore, the scale of Haitian City's seaport is even smaller than that of Haizhou. Compared with this famous seaport, it is not inferior at all.
Kong Ming is not a person who has never seen the world, but when he first arrived at the harbor of Haitian City, he was shocked by the huge scale of the harbor. Because no one would have imagined that the coastline, which is nearly a hundred miles long, has all been built into docks, and the several super large docks in the middle are enough to dock super ships with a hull length of nearly a kilometer. Even if Kong Ming is away from These large terminals are still relatively far away, but when you see several super ships docked, you still feel like you are being pressed down by mountains!
What is the difference between a huge wheel of this size and a mountain lying sideways? It is really beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
Kong Ming also experienced the Battle of Chibi during the Three Kingdoms era, but the largest three-story ship on the Yangtze River was not even a small sampan in front of such a giant ship. This really opened Kong Ming's eyes.
In such a huge seaport, there are at least a million people living around it every day. Whether transporting goods or people, there are thousands of large and small shipping companies. After the initial shock, Kong Ming entered the harbor and prepared to find a boat that could cross the sea to Haizhou.
Generally speaking, large shipping companies mainly operate freight, and only small shipping companies are involved in passenger transportation. Moreover, specialized passenger transport often loses money. They are usually small and medium-sized cargo ships that transport people while transporting goods. It is conceivable that if you really have to take the sea route, the journey must be very difficult. But for Kong Ming, what does hard work mean? The important thing is to save time.
After wandering around the harbor for almost an hour, Kong Ming finally found a small boat company that was willing to take people to Haizhou. The price was not expensive, only ten silver coins, but the so-called transportation was just a small cargo ship passing by.
It is said to be a small cargo ship, but in fact the length is more than thirty meters, which is definitely not small, but it is not in such a huge harbor. Such a cargo ship can be described as small. There were more than ten people riding on this small cargo ship at the same time as Kong Ming, all of whom were ordinary people. They were either visiting relatives and friends in Haizhou, or they were running orders to do some small business. Kong Ming rarely has the opportunity to interact with these ordinary people. Being squeezed into a small cabin with them without distinction is an extremely special experience and can be regarded as part of the trial.
After the boatman finished loading the cargo, he was about to pull up the anchor and set sail. Suddenly, another guest came from the shipyard, saying that he had an urgent matter and needed to go to Haizhou, so he hurriedly boarded the ship.
This newly boarded guest is an old man with white hair and white beard. He must be quite old, but he has a pretty good body and looks very energetic. If he was an ordinary old man, how could he go to Haizhou alone
According to the old man's statement, he had to rush to Haizhou because his son who was doing business in Haizhou got seriously ill, but Kong Ming knew that the old man was lying. Because although this old man seems to be just an ordinary person, he is actually a practitioner with a high level of cultivation. It is initially estimated that he has at least the level of a mid-level Yuan Jiang or above!
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