Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law.

Chapter 542 Fairy Island?

When the fleet docked, it was not greeted with cheers from the people, but silence.

Because they carried off a lot of swollen corpses from the ship, and judging from the condition of the bodies, they had died in a shipwreck.

"Don't look at it, don't look at it, what are you looking at?"

"Everyone give in."

The guards of the Nangong family began to drive away the people who were watching the excitement around the port.

Nangong Jin's face darkened, because there were at least several hundred bodies that had been carried down.

At this moment, Nangong Jin saw Zhang Feng getting off the boat and hurried forward to ask, "What happened? Why did so many people die?"

You know, as the Nangong family integrated the pirates overseas in Sichuan, over the past few decades, they visited more than a dozen countries and regions overseas, opened up more than 20 main shipping routes, and had long passed the "pioneering" period.

Although there were casualties every time they went out to sea, they were never more than fifty. The pirates on the route were so scared when they saw this huge fleet that they dared not get close.

What worries Nangong Jin is that some overseas country will take advantage of the fleet's docking for trade and launch an attack.

"Brother-in-law, this is a long story. Let's talk about it when we get back." Zhang Feng glanced at the people around who were watching the fun and said in a low voice.

Nangong Jin nodded.

The mansion has already prepared a welcoming banquet.

Nangong Jin's wife, Zhang, was already sitting in the living room waiting.

At this time, the maid ran in happily and said, "Madam, the master and the second master are back."

Ever since Zhang Feng's navy was detained by Chen Mo in Qingzhou and returned to Chuanhai, he has used Chen Mo's banner to recruit a huge navy of nearly 20,000 people in Chuanhai.

Because he had to take care of the imperial court in the past, Nangong Jin had to hide and cover up when recruiting people, and make arrangements from top to bottom, but this time, he didn't have to worry about anything at all.

After the navy was formed, Zhang Feng was responsible for the Nangong family's overseas trade.

He was known as the second master in the Nangong family.

"Come on, follow me out to welcome them." Zhang was delighted when she heard that, and walked outside surrounded by a group of maids.

As soon as I arrived outside the mansion, I met Nangong Jin and Zhang Feng who got off the carriage. Zhang Feng was holding a wooden box.

"Master, Brother Feng." The smile on Zhang's face disappeared instantly, and she said in a deep voice: "What happened to you? Weren't you fine when you just left?"

"Sister, something happened." Zhang Feng said with a wry smile.

Zhang's face darkened.

“Let’s talk after we get into the mansion.” Nangong Jin walked into the mansion with his hands behind his back.

living room.

Nangong Jin dismissed all the servants, leaving only him, Zhang Shi and Zhang Feng.

After sitting down, Nangong Jin couldn't wait to ask: "Tell me, what happened?"

"Everything happened because of this thing." Zhang Feng placed the wooden box on the table and slowly opened it.

Suddenly, a stream of hot air was released from the box.

Inside the box, there lay a fruit the size of an adult's fist. The fruit was bright red in color, with a very strange and irregular shape, and leaf-shaped filaments.

“What is this?” Nangong Jin was stunned.

"Immortal fruit, that's what the people from the Guluo Kingdom told me." Zhang Feng said, "Brother-in-law, look, this fruit has been out of the soil for a long time, but it has not shown any signs of rotting. Instead, it is still plump and emitting heat. It's hard to say whether it is an immortal fruit, but it is definitely an innate spiritual object." Hearing this, Nangong Jin immediately touched it with his hand carefully. Although the fruit was emitting heat, it was not hot at all. He poked it gently and found that the surface of the fruit was soft.

"How do you eat this fruit?" Based on Nangong Jin's current knowledge, this fruit should be peeled.

"I do not know either."

"???"

"Brother-in-law, I really don't know." Zhang Feng smiled bitterly.

"What is the relationship between those corpses and this fruit?" asked Nangong Jin.

Zhang Feng spoke slowly.

It turned out that when the fleet docked at Guluo Kingdom, a man from Guluo Kingdom sold the fruit to Zhang Feng.

Although Zhang Feng didn't know what this fruit was, he knew it was not an ordinary fruit, so he curiously asked where this fruit came from.

The people of Gu Luo said that the fruit came from the fairy island.

Zhang Feng asked the man to explain in detail.

The man from Gu Luo said that when he went out to sea to fish a few days ago, it was afternoon and the sun was shining brightly, but there was a thick fog on the sea.

He was trapped in a thick fog and suddenly lost his way.

When the fog dissipated, a small island appeared in front of him.

After he landed on the island, he felt that everything on the island was not like the mortal world, but was as beautiful as a fairyland.

And this fruit was picked by him from the island.

Because he had to get back before dark, he did not stay on the island for long and left.

But he couldn't find the way back. At this time, it suddenly rained heavily on the sea, and there was a strong wind and big waves, which overturned his boat.

Just when he thought he was going to die in the shipwreck, a fairy appeared.

The fairy could fly and rescued him and his boat.

Just at this time, the storm stopped and the fairy showed him the way back.

"A flying fairy?" Nangong Jin raised his eyebrows. He was not particularly surprised by this. A first-grade warrior could mobilize his innate spiritual energy to fly for a period of time. He immediately said, "So you believed him and went to find the fairy island he mentioned?"

Zhang Feng nodded and said, "It's strange. It was sunny and the sea was calm, but when our fleet arrived at the area he mentioned, it suddenly rained heavily and a hurricane blew. The ships ahead were blown into the hurricane and disappeared without a trace.

I was so scared that I quickly ordered everyone to leave that area, but there were still ships that were affected, and people were killed and destroyed."

Zhang found something wrong in what Zhang Feng said and said, "The people of Gu Luo said that there was a thick fog before entering the fairy island, and after coming out, there was a violent storm. But you haven't even entered the fairy island, how come there is a violent storm right away?

Also, since he landed on the fairy island and picked the fairy fruit, it is impossible that he only picked one. Didn’t he eat it and sell it to you? When he sold it to you, didn’t he teach you how to eat it? "

"Sister, I asked him, and he said he only picked one. He also said he knew it was precious, and that it would be a waste of his own life to eat it, so it would be better to exchange it for money. We happened to go ashore at that time, so he sold it to us." Zhang Feng said.

The Nangong family's fleet had been to Gu Luo more than once. Every time they came, they would go ashore to trade, and they were very generous. The people of Gu Luo were willing to do business with the fleet.

Nangong Jin frowned and asked, "How many casualties were there in total?"

"Including the missing, the total number is 2,128."

(End of this chapter)