Chapter 525 Setting Sail

Summer, year 2626 of the Douluo calendar.

The sky is blue, the sun is shining, and the breeze is blowing, bringing a strong ocean atmosphere.

'Nanhu City', the southernmost tip of the [Xingluo Empire], is also the southernmost tip of the Douluo Continent.

Like the 'Hanhai City' in the western part of the [Tiandou Empire], standing on the wall of 'Nanhu City', looking at the vast blue waves in the clear sky, people's minds will be infinitely open, as if there are no more worries in this world.

"When I saw the sea for the first time, I was just like you, with a great passion in my heart."

Zi Yaoshi said lightly, reflecting the distant place where the water and the sky meet in his eyes.

Mo Yuxiong withdrew his gaze from the sea, looked at Zi Yaoshi beside him, raised his eyebrows, and asked: "What about now?"

"Now?" Zi Yaoshi narrowed his eyes slightly, looked back at Mo Yuxiong, and then looked at the endless sea, and said in a complicated tone: "If I have a choice, I still like to stay on land."

Hearing this, Mo Yuxiong became interested: "Oh? Tell me?"

"Master Ling said something that I think is particularly suitable to put in the sea." Zi Yaoshi looked at the sea and said faintly: "Human power is sometimes limited. In front of the vast world, human beings are as small as dust."

"Bi Bo Sailing thousands of miles, it looks very beautiful, but there are unexpected events, not to mention losing the way, just the storms, tsunamis, undercurrents on the sea... each one is enough to swallow a large ship over 100 meters long. "

"In addition to these great powers of heaven and earth, there are also sea soul beasts lurking in the deep sea. The offshore area is okay, but once you enter the deep sea area, sea soul beasts with ten thousand years of cultivation are common. Even a Titled Douluo may get lost there..."

Listening to Ziyaoshi's words, Mo Yuxiong was about to say something, but suddenly saw a group of people from the corner of his eyes. He was immediately refreshed and quickly turned his sight.

"It's the city lord! The city lord and his men are here--!"

Ziyaoshi looked over along Mo Yuxiong's line of sight and saw Ling Yi riding a dark-skinned divine horse with four white hooves, galloping towards "Nanhu City" in the first place.

Behind Ling Yi, more than ten riders followed closely, some of them were in high spirits, some were extraordinary, and it was impressive.

...

About half an hour later, in the City Lord's Mansion of Nanhu City.

City Lord Yun Buyu personally led a group of people to a wide and bright hall, and said to Ling Yi, the leader, with a respectful face: "Master Ling, what do you think of this place?"

"It's very good here~" Ling Yi had a friendly smile on his face, nodded to Yun Buyu, and said: "Thank you for your trouble, City Lord Yun."

"No, no~" Yun Buyu waved his hand quickly, then pointed to the table and chairs in front, and said politely again: "Well, Master Ling, His Majesty Chen Xin, and all the seniors and friends, let's sit down first, sit down and talk..."

Yun Buyu said with a smile on his face. He invited Ling Yi and others to take their seats, and shouted to the servants waiting outside the hall: "Hey, go prepare refreshments!"

After a while, everyone sat down. At Yun Buyu's strong request, Ling Yi sat in the main seat. 'Sword Douluo' Chen Xin sat in the first seat below Ling Yi's right hand, followed by Dugu Bo, Gu Rong, Mo Yuxiong, Gu Ying, Mo Yuan, Yun Lan, and Yun Buyu, the lord of 'Nanhu City', sat on Ling Yi's left hand, opposite Chen Xin's seat. There was only one person behind him, Zi Yao Shi.

Ling Yi first looked around, sweeping his eyes over everyone present, and finally paused on Gu Rong's face that looked like a skeleton. He noticed that the other party was unconsciously pursing his lips. Knowing Gu Rong's anxiety at the moment, he did not delay and asked Zi Yaoshi: "Captain Zi, I'm sorry to bother you during this period. Can you tell me how the progress is now?"

"Master Ling is too polite~" Zi Yaoshi stood up and said respectfully to Ling Yi: "It is my honor to work for Master Ling and [Lingyun City]!"

After a pause, Zi Yaoshi organized his words in his mind and continued: "Master Ling, everyone, after a year of hard work by the masters of the 'Tiangong Group', the "Lingyun" was completed last month. After launching, I led the brothers of the 'Viper Group' to test sail in the offshore area around 'Nanhu City'. After reporting some minor problems found during the voyage to Master Zhang Youyou, all have been debugged and solved. Now it can set sail at any time! "

"In addition, I have already figured out the route to the 'Star Moon Islands' this year. It is not a deep sea area. Apart from seven thousand-year-old sea soul beast gathering areas along the way, there is basically no danger. I can guarantee the safety of the round trip!"

"Okay!" Ling Yi smiled and looked at Zi Yaoshi with appreciation, and asked: "Then, according to Captain Zi, when should we set off?"

"Anytime!"

Hearing Ling Yi's question, Zi Yaoshi answered without thinking: "According to the records of previous years and the observations of this year, if nothing unexpected happens, there will be no extreme weather phenomena in the sea area here in the next month, which is relatively safe. "

"Then two days later," Ling Yi nodded and said, "Take a short break today, and prepare the corresponding supplies. Captain Zi is more experienced in this regard, so you will have to take care of it next."

"Yes!" Zi Yaoshi subconsciously stood up and answered loudly.

...

Two days later, the sun rose.

Accompanied by Yun Buyu, the lord of Nanhu City, Ling Yi and his group from Lingyun City left the city from the south gate and arrived at the Nanhu City wharf along the specially built reef stone road outside the city.

Compared with Hanhai City of Tiandou Empire, the original wharf of Nanhu City was much smaller, but in recent years, with the funding of Qingmu Chamber of Commerce, it has expanded from seven wharves to eighteen, and is still building new wharves.

As the southernmost port city of Douluo Continent, "Nanhu City" has now become a maritime trade stop second only to "Hanhai City", and the financial benefits are enough to make the royal family of [Xingluo Empire] jealous.

Unlike the sea area of ​​"Hanhai City" that has been developed for hundreds and thousands of years, the sea area of ​​"Nanhu City" is like an undeveloped virgin land. Not only are the marine resources more abundant, but there are also many South China Sea specialties that are different from those on the west coast.

The group came to Pier No. 8 and boarded a brand new ship under the guidance of Ziyaoshi. The hull is nearly 200 meters long from head to tail, and the hull is painted iron-colored, which looks extremely solid. According to Ziyaoshi's introduction, the hull painted iron-colored can avoid attacks by sea soul beasts as much as possible.

"Master Ling," Zi Yaoshi led the way and introduced to Ling Yi and others: "The outer layer of the "Lingyun" hull is covered with a new alloy. It is not only as strong as an ironclad ship, but also very light. The basic speed is far higher than that of a large sailing ship of the same specification. In addition to the various soul guide arrays engraved, I dare say that even if we face a ten-thousand-year-old sea soul beast, we can retreat unscathed..."

On the wide deck of the "Lingyun", more than a hundred strong sailors wearing fish skin water jackets and short collars were lined up waiting for inspection.

A small half of these people came from the [Viper Pirates] on the "Hanhai City", that is, Zi Yaoshi's former subordinates, all of whom were relatively clean. The rest of the people, some were recruited in the "Hanhai City", and some were locals from the "Nanhu City". Together, they formed the maritime escort team affiliated with the [Aoki Chamber of Commerce] - the 'Viper Group'.

After a brief acquaintance with the first mate, the second mate, the boatswain and many crew members, everyone returned to their posts and performed their duties.

"Draw anchor, set sail!"

With the command of Ziyaoshi, the huge ship docked at the dock began to slowly start and headed towards the sea.

At the bow, Ling Yi stood facing the wind, and behind him, Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and Dugu Bo looked at the endless sea in front of them.

The destination of this voyage is the "Xingyue Islands", and the target is the 80,000-year-old sea soul beast "Dunkong Whale" that will soon appear there.

"Old Bone, this time for you, the whole [Lingyun City] has gone through a lot of trouble," Chen Xin's black hair fluttered at the temple, and he looked at Gu Rong beside him, raised his eyebrows and asked: "How is it? Are you moved?"

Gu Rong, Wuhun Bone Dragon, level 90 eight-ring soul douluo!

"What? Are you envious?" Although Gu Rong was excited, he didn't indulge Chen Xin. He tilted his head and squinted at him: "I heard that when Uncle Jun was hunting for you the ninth soul ring, you not only held him back, but also suffered a lot?"

"Tsk!" Chen Xin was awakened to the unpleasant memories of the Lost Grand Canyon. He curled his lips and said nothing.

Dugu Bo watched Chen Xin and Gu Rong confronting each other from the side, with a look of fun, but the two of them stopped after two words, which made him feel quite bored.

Shaking his head, Dugu Bo seemed to remember something and asked Ling Yi: "Ayi, this time the target has spatial attributes, and the cultivation is so high, what is the chance of success?"

Ling Yi turned his head and looked at Dugu Bo, and at the same time glanced at Gu Rong and Chen Xin who were staring at him. After thinking for a while, he said: "Fifty percent~"

"Fifty percent?!" Dugu Bo was surprised. He really didn't expect this success rate.

Chen Xin, who was standing next to him, was also surprised. He spoke before Gu Rong and asked, "No, Ayi, isn't this 50% a little low?"

Although he usually quarreled with Gu Rong, he didn't want to return empty-handed at this moment.

Gu Rong, as the person involved, was quite calm at this moment, quietly waiting for Ling Yi's next words.

Ling Yi spread his hands to Chen Xin and said with a smile, "No way, no one can say for sure whether the "Escape Whale" will appear on time in the "Star Moon Islands". "

"After all, it didn't appear every time in previous years."

"If it doesn't show up this time, no matter how well we prepare, we will have no place to use it~"

"What if it shows up?" Gu Rong asked subconsciously.

In response, Ling Yi shrugged and replied, "If it shows up, the probability of successfully taking it down is about 98%"

"Hi! So it's only 50%——" Chen Xin heard this and shook his head indifferently.

Behind, the observation tower.

Ziyaoshi glanced at the four big men standing at the bow, turned to Mo Yuxiong beside him and whispered: "Old Mo, didn't Master Ling invite His Majesty the Seven Kills to come along this time?"

Mo Yuxiong looked at Ziyaoshi when he heard the voice, and just thought about it, he understood the hidden meaning of the other party's words, thought for a while, and said: "Don't worry, since the city lord has arranged it this way, there must be a reason for it."

"Okay~"

At this point, what else can Ziyaoshi say except believe it.

On the first day of the sea voyage, the sun rose and set, without any waves.

On the third day of the sea voyage, passing through the first thousand-year-level sea soul beast gathering area, Ziyaoshi led the "Viper Group" to repel the sea soul beasts that came to harass.

On the fifth day of the sea voyage, passing through the second thousand-year-level sea soul beast gathering area... the seventh day... the ninth day...

When the time came to the twelfth day, on the observation deck of the "Lingyun", a discontinuous coastline appeared in the sight of the lookout Mimei.

"Xingyue Islands", we have arrived.

In the captain's room, Ling Yi and others who had received the news gathered.

"Ayi, what should we do next?" Chen Xin looked at Gu Rong beside him and asked Ling Yi.

"Don't worry~" Ling Yi gave Chen Xin a calming look, looked at Zi Yaoshi beside him, and asked: "Captain Zi, when you came here to explore before, did you pay attention to the distribution of islands here?"

"According to your estimation, in which direction is the "Escape Whale" more likely to appear?"

Faced with Ling Yi's inquiry, Zi Yaoshi took out a hand-drawn sea map from his storage soul guide, spread it out and gestured to Ling Yi and others: "Master Ling, this is the distribution of islands in the "Star Moon Islands". Please see, we are now in this position..."

"If the records handed down from "Nanhu City" are correct, the "Escape Whale" should come from the southeast, just opposite to our current northwest corner, and the "Starlight Clam" group that attracts the "Escape Whale" in the "Star Moon Islands" has the largest gathering location next to the Star Moon Lake Island in the middle. "

"I suggest that we dock the "Lingyun" on the small island near the northwest corner, and then row a boat to Xingyue Lake Island, and wait for the arrival of the "Escape Whale" on the island."

"In ten days, it will be the annual full moon tide day. This year is also the "Starlight Light" outbreak period that occurs once every thirty years. At that time, all the "Starlight Clams" here in the "Xingyue Islands" will attract the light of the stars and moon. According to past practice, the "Escape Whale" will stay here for at least two or three days, and if it is more, it may be ten days or eight days..."

"Ten days left~" Ling Yi noticed this time, and a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.

After a little thought, Ling Yi raised his head, looked around at the people waiting for him to make a decision, and said: "Then follow the advice of Captain Zi, let's row a boat to Xingyue Lake Island, and then carefully survey the surrounding environment, and then make detailed arrangements. "

"Mo Yuan, the mission of investigation is left to you and Yun Lan. Dive into the sea and check the distribution of those "Starlight Clams". Captain Zi, please select some sailors who are good at swimming to assist you..."