Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 2414 Bring a Message 77.0
"Seventh Brother means that the strange celestial phenomenon you encountered is actually related to the earthquake."

Xia Chen snapped his fingers and gave Shen Cha a thumbs up.

"Xiaocha is still quick to react, that's what I mean." He nodded, picked up the teacup, blew on it, took two sips, and continued, "Let me tell you from the beginning how we met each other, and you will roughly understand what happened."

"Okay!" Jin Miaomiao thought for a moment and raised her hand, "I have a question."

"What?" Xia Chen tilted his head and looked at Jin Miaomiao, "What do you want to ask?"

"Do you know who they are and what island this is?"

"We know, but don't rush to ask. Let me tell you slowly." Xia Chen put down the teacup in his hand and said, "The main ship I was on and another cargo ship were accidentally swept into this strange and unknown group of islands. I saw another ship, which was about this long away from us." He pointed at himself and then pointed to the door. "With such a long distance, their ship was obviously not as good as ours. It was tattered, but it still managed to cope with the storm this time."

"You can't judge a ship by its appearance." Xue Ruitian thought for a moment and looked at Old Madam Ning. "Is the Wang family..."

"We did sell a few ships through the Ning family, but they were unwilling to pay too much money, so naturally they didn't get any good ships. Moreover, they only bought from us once or twice over the years, so there were probably three or five ships. The ships used for transporting goods were all rented from us, and the rent was paid annually."

"Master Falian is so rich, but he is still so stingy?" Jin Jing and Xue Ruitian looked at each other. They couldn't believe what they heard. "Isn't this a bit too much?"

"There's nothing we can do. Master Falian has always been like this. When the Qinglian Sect was at its peak, it was also like this." Madam Ning looked at Xia Chen, picked up the pen on the table next to her, and wrote the Chinese character "王" in seal script on the paper. After she finished writing, she showed it to Xia Chen, "Sir, have you ever seen this character on the other side's ship?"

"This." Xia Chen looked carefully at the seal-scripted character "王" and nodded to Madam Ning. "I've seen it before. The ship that confronted us and the ship that sent us out later both had this character on them. So, it was the Wang family's ship?"

"It's possible. Maybe it was sold by the Wang family, or maybe it was a used boat. It's hard to be sure now."

"What they mean by old boats" Jin Jing scratched her ears, "they are reluctant to buy new boats because they think new boats are expensive, so they buy boats that have already been launched or used for a long time from others?"

"Yes!" Madam Ning nodded. "I have heard such rumors, but I am not sure." She looked at Xia Chen. "What color are the hulls of the two ships you saw?"

"Color." Xia Chen thought for a moment, "One boat is pure wood color, and the other one looks a bit reddish brown."

"That's it. It must have been bought from someone else, so it looks tattered. But a boat sold by our Wang family won't be easily overturned, even if it's a very ordinary one."

"They said that these two ships were used for patrolling between DYD and have been used for many years, so they look shabby." Xia Chen thought for a moment, "In fact, it's no wonder they are stingy. The Wang family's ships are indeed very good, very sturdy and difficult to use, but they are really expensive. I don't know how much silver my entire fleet of fifteen ships cost, but I know that the monthly salary of the sailors and helmsmen sent by the Wang family is ten to thirty taels. I'm afraid all this money should be used to buy the ships, right?" Old Lady Ning smiled at Xia Chen, "Young Master is right, it is indeed like that. I don't know how much silver your fleet cost, I only heard that your main ship is about one box."

"A box? Silver?"

"What silver?" Xue Ruitian snorted, "The cannons on your ship alone are enough to buy a box of silver." He waved his hand at Xia Chen, "Don't ask me. You won't be able to sleep if you know. It's better not to know."

"Yes!" Madam Ning looked at Shen Cha, smiled, and said, "Speaking of which, we are really lucky. Through this understanding just now, we can basically confirm it."

"The island group that Brother Qi accidentally entered is the headquarters of the Qinglian Sect, where Master Falian usually lives. However..."

"Under normal circumstances, it's not easy to break in."

"That's right, but if we wait for the vision, it may not be that easy." Shen Cha sighed softly and looked at Xia Chen, "Now that we have discussed the issue of the ship, what about the people? Can you introduce who they are?"

"That's true. They said they were the survivors of the previous dynasty. They had to go out to sea to avoid the war at the end of the previous dynasty and hide on these uninhabited islands. In this way, they saved their lives." Xia Chen raised his eyebrows slightly. "There's no big problem with them saying that, right?"

"The Qinglian Sect itself was founded by the remnants of the previous dynasty, so there is naturally no problem. This is also a legitimate identity that they can use to deal with many situations." Shen Cha sighed and continued to ask, "After you met, you exchanged your origins, and then you started talking about how you accidentally broke in from outside?"

"Yes, I told the young man who led them that we got in by mistake because of the sudden storm on the sea, which also caused a huge whirlpool. We couldn't see the route at all and had no idea what was going on, so we were swept into it. The young man who led them was quite vigilant at first, but after listening to our description of the strange phenomenon that had happened on the sea, he was no longer on guard against us. Not only that, he was also very happy for us and thought we were very lucky."

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"Lucky?"

"Because they said that this strange phenomenon was completely caused by a sudden earthquake. They felt the shaking when they were on the island just now, and then they wanted to see if everyone on the island was well hidden and safe, so they sailed out to inspect. As a result, less than a cup of tea after they set out, they felt another strong shaking."

"Is it another earthquake?"

"Yes!" Xia Chen nodded. "The young man told me that this earthquake is more violent than the last one. The entire sea surface was stirred up by waves over nine feet high. The scene was simply too scary. He said that our original location was not in the center of the earthquake, but was affected. Therefore, the strong winds and waves over there are not as strong as here, but they were also swept over because of the direction of the sea water flow."

"It's possible." Madam Ning nodded. "Although we haven't encountered it, we have heard from the old sailor that such a situation would indeed occur. Moreover, if such a situation occurs, the artificially set psychedelic array will become ineffective."