Longevity starts with inheriting a friend's legacy

Chapter 142 Going out to sea, terrifying sea beasts!

Ever since the Ascension Society accepted the mission, Fang Xu knew that this journey would not be peaceful.

The major families and forces must be trying every means to eliminate me as soon as possible before I grow up; the people of Yanshen Sect have not given up the opportunity to seize me.

He had made some plans for this trip.

The Cloud-Stepping Horse given by Huang Qingzhou can be said to have reduced his many plans by nearly 90%.

Because from the moment he left the Ascension Society, he had been riding the Stepping Cloud Horse at full speed. It took the Stepping Cloud Horse only three days to cover the distance of tens of thousands of miles.

During these three days, before the major families could react, Fang Xu had already arrived in Canghai City.

He left the Stepping Cloud Horses at the Shengxian Society base in Canghai City. He bought these old horses for forty taels of silver.

After entering Canghai City, Fang Xu did not go straight to the East Gate, but came to a restaurant in the city to find out some news.

"Sir, please come inside."

When we entered the restaurant, the children inside greeted us warmly.

Fang Xu looked around and saw that there were not many guests in the restaurant, only a few tables with people sparsely spaced.

Fang Xu found a seat next to several warriors and sat down. He ordered some food and drinks and listened quietly to their conversation.

"Damn it, I don't know what's going on, but Asami has been making a lot of noise lately!"

"That's right. Some time ago, I heard that a few unlucky guys from the Liang Cao Gang had their boat flipped over by a fourth-level blood-winged tiger shark before they even got out of the shallow sea. The goods and people on board were buried in the sea."

"Bloodfin Tiger Shark? Isn't this creature only active in the deep sea? Why is it in the shallow sea?"

"Who knows..."

"I heard that this matter is related to the Fushan Kingdom."

The few of them were silent for a while, and a warrior with a turban on his head whispered, "I heard that those guys from Fushan Country have been capturing a large number of sea beasts recently, and have also thrown a lot of strange poisons into the sea. Their crazy actions must have angered the sea beasts in the deep sea!"

"Fushan Country?" Another dark-skinned, skinny warrior frowned and said, "These sons of bitches are really good at making trouble."

"Tell me, why doesn't His Majesty send people to destroy that tiny country?"

"Tsk, why kill him? It's a thankless task."

"That's right. These few broken islands might be submerged by the sea one day like Yushan Country. It's useless to attack them."

……

"Sir, here are the food and drinks you ordered." The waiter brought the food and drinks that Fang Xu ordered.

Fang Xu drank his wine quietly and began to think about what the warriors had just said.

The sea beasts in the sea seem to be behaving abnormally. Some sea beasts that originally lived in the deep sea have begun to appear in the shallow sea.

The Fushan Kingdom seems to have poisoned the sea water and hunted sea beasts on a large scale...

These things were probably done by the followers of Yanshen Sect. After all, Fushan Kingdom is an island country in the sea, and it should be very clear about the consequences of poisoning the sea.

From this, we can also infer that if we want to go out to sea to Fushan Kingdom, we may not be able to find a suitable ship recently.

But I can't afford to delay at the moment. Forty contribution points a day, one day of delay is a day of loss.

Another point is that he did not encounter any ambush or obstruction along the way. That was because the major families had not yet reacted. Once he stayed in Canghai City for too long, and people from all the major families and forces came to Donghai City together, it would be inconvenient for him to leave at that time.

After some thought, he began to plan how to go out to sea.

"Brothers, I just overheard you say that the sea beasts in the sea are making a lot of trouble."

"So there are no ships going out to sea now?"

Fang Xu asked.

Several warriors looked at him and replied, "Of course there are still ships that go out to sea."

"It's just that ordinary boats probably don't dare to go far from the coast now. Boy, if you are willing to spend a lot of money and take the treasure ship of the three major canal gangs, you can still be safe."

Treasure ship?

Fang Xu secretly kept this in mind, and then he said respectfully: "My brothers, you have great magical powers. Do you know if there are any treasure ships going out to sea recently?"

After hearing his words, several people looked at each other and said nothing.

The dark-skinned warrior among them even picked up the wine jug in front of him, shook it and sighed, "Ah, there's not much wine left."

Seeing this, Fang Xu smiled slightly.

These guys really think they are too old to drink my wine?
Shaking his head secretly, he immediately shouted, "Waiter, bring me a pot of good wine!"

"okay!"

The waiter responded and quickly brought a pot of good wine to Fang Xu.

Fang Xu came to the table of several warriors with a wine jug in his hand: "Brothers, drink."

Seeing Fang Xu being so understanding, several people immediately smiled with satisfaction and said, "Boy, if you want to go out to sea, you can do so tomorrow morning."

"A few days ago, the Liang Clan's Ship Gang had a batch of goods to be shipped to Fushan State by sea. As a result, the ordinary ship that was used for transportation was overturned by a sea beast. Fushan State is waiting anxiously. The Liang Clan's Ship Gang has decided to send a treasure ship to deliver this batch of goods tomorrow."

"It would be a bit of a waste to use the treasure ship to deliver goods. We will definitely take some people who want to go to Fushan Kingdom with us."

Hearing this, Fang Xu nodded slightly, then cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for telling me, I'll go check it out right away."

After saying that, he took out a few taels of silver, threw them on the table and left the restaurant.

Not long after he walked out of the restaurant, five names slowly emerged from the friend list deep in his sea of ​​consciousness.

After taking a quick look at the health values ​​behind the six people's names, Fang Xu saw that they were all around 70%. He estimated that they would not die in the next few days, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

At the east gate of Canghai City, Fang Xu came out of the city gate and headed straight for the seaside pier. Here, he indeed saw a notice.

[The Liang Clan's Cao Gang will have a treasure ship sailing to Fushan Kingdom tomorrow. Anyone interested in going to Fushan Kingdom should sign up as soon as possible, as the space is limited.]

After seeing the notice, Fang Xu slowly walked to the wooden house behind the notice.

"Want to go to sea?"

Inside the wooden house, a middle-aged man with a face as red as cow dung and a mole on the corner of his mouth glanced at Fang Xu and said lazily.

"Yes, going out to sea." Fang Xu responded and asked, "I'm alone, how much is it?"

The middle-aged man slowly extended a finger.

Seeing that Fang Xu didn't seem to understand, he said reluctantly: "A big goldfish."

Big goldfish?
Fang Xu was confused again.

"Boy, you are not from Canghai City, right?"

"One big goldfish, one hundred ounces of gold!"

The middle-aged man said impatiently.

Fang Xu was also amused. One hundred taels of gold is one hundred taels of gold, and a big goldfish!

But he was too lazy to follow the guy and go out to sea.

He immediately took out one hundred taels of gold and handed it to the middle-aged man.

"Here, this is your certificate for boarding the ship."

After receiving the gold, the man threw over a black iron plate with the word "Liang" engraved on it.

"Remember, after you get on board, you must abide by the rules on the ship and not cause trouble, otherwise you will be thrown into the sea on the way. Don't blame me for not reminding you."

Fang Xu was about to turn around and leave when the middle-aged man reminded him.

Fang Xu nodded slightly and found an inn on the pier that didn't look like an inn and stayed there.

At night, a light sea breeze blew, mixed with an unpleasant fishy smell.

Fang Xu was sitting cross-legged on the bed practicing when he suddenly heard a noise coming from the inn.

He immediately got up from the bed, walked to the door, quietly opened a crack and looked out.

Inside the inn, a group of warriors armed with swords, spears, and halberds were violently kicking open the doors of the rooms, holding portraits, looking for something.

Through his conscious perception, Fang Xu discovered that the cultivation base of these people was around the fifth level of martial artist.

Are you here to find yourself?

After closing the door, Fang Xu glanced at the bronze mirror on the desk beside him. Seeing that there was no flaw in his disguise, he opened the door and shouted, "It's the middle of the night, are you going to let me sleep?"

His shout stunned the warriors who were roughly searching the rooms on both sides.

moment--

"Boy, you want to die while doing business with the Tuoba family!?"

Fang Xu was slightly stunned, then a trace of fear appeared on his face, and he quickly bowed and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't recognize you!"

Having said that, he prepared to go back to the house and close the door.

"Wait!"

A burly warrior holding a mace roughly pushed open his door, looked around the room, and then compared the portrait in his hand with Fang Xu for a while before asking suspiciously, "Where are you from? What are you going to do?"

Fang Xu hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "People from Liangzhou are going to Fushan Country to purchase some purple blood coral."

Purple blood coral is an auxiliary medicine for refining Qi and blood pills. It can replace the flesh and blood of some high-level ferocious beasts and has better medicinal effects.

Many alchemists like to use purple blood coral when refining qi and blood pills. Only when there is no purple blood coral, they will choose to use the flesh and blood of ferocious beasts to refine the pills.

After hearing his words, the burly warrior looked at him doubtfully, and finally left the room.

After making a fuss, these warriors did not find the person they were looking for, so they all left the inn and headed for the next one.

Fang Xu closed the door, but his hand reached for the spear leaning against the wall.

In order to completely conceal his identity, he even changed his weapons.

The reason why he was so nervous at this moment was that when these warriors were searching, he accidentally caught a glimpse of the strange masks hung on the wall of several warriors in the room diagonally opposite.

That is the mask that only followers of the Yanshen religion would wear!

These followers of Yanshen Sect were staying in the same inn as him this time. He didn't know if it was a coincidence or they came just for him.

Slowly picking up the spear, Fang Xu gently pushed the window open a crack, took a look at the room where several Yanshen sect followers lived, and saw that there was no movement.

He returned to the bed, placed the spear beside him, and slowly closed his eyes.

It was almost midnight and Fang Xu was practicing when there was a slight knock on the door.

"Who?"

Fang Xu frowned and asked.

"Sir, do you need any service?"

Fang Xu: “…”

"Sir, it's very cheap, just two taels of silver will do."

Seeing that Fang Xu didn't say anything, the person outside the door pushed it open and walked in.

She was a woman, wearing extremely revealing clothes, with an average figure, and the cheap rouge and powder on her face could not hide the traces of time.

"Sir, for two taels of silver, I will be yours tonight."

After the woman came in, she smiled charmingly, twisted her waist, and moved closer to Fang Xu.

Swish!
The tip of the spear suddenly reached in front of the woman, and Fang Xu said coldly: "No need, get out!"

The woman was frightened and turned pale. She took a cautious step back, then hurriedly ran out of the room and went to another room.

Fang Xu shook his head, stood up and walked to the door and was about to close it, but he saw that the woman had already pushed open the doors of several Yanshen sect members.

"Big……"

"puff!"

The sound of a sharp blade cutting through flesh was heard, and the next moment, the woman's body was dragged in. At the same time, a Yanshen sect believer in the room slowly stuck his head out, looked around, and then immediately closed the door.

Smelling a faint smell of blood, Fang Xu knew that the woman must have been killed.

However, he was not going to intervene in this matter. Time soon came to the beginning of the hour of Xu.

Fang Xu had just got off the bed and was about to pack up and leave when the inn waiter's exclamation came from outside the door!
"Killed!"

"Killed!"

When Fang Xu opened the door, he saw the residents of the surrounding rooms standing at the door of the rooms where the Yanshen sect members had lived and pointing and talking.

Walking slowly over, through the crowd, Fang Xu saw the woman from last night.

At this time, she was naked, her head was missing, and her headless body was thrown casually on the bed.

These cruel dogs!

Seeing this scene, Fang Xu felt a little angry.

These people from Yanshen Sect are crazy!
Suppressing the anger in his heart, he slowly left the inn and walked towards the pier.

The sun was rising, and it was still a little chilly on this February morning.

At the dock, countless common people have begun to prepare fishing nets for going out to sea and transporting goods, and they are busy as hell.

Next to many large and small ships, a majestic treasure ship about a hundred feet long was anchored at the edge of the dock. On the tall mast of the treasure ship was a flag embroidered with the word "Liang".

Fang Xu walked over slowly.

At this time, many common people were working hard to move goods onto the treasure ship.

On the other side, some people were queuing and walking slowly towards the treasure ship.

In the long line, Fang Xu saw those people from Yanshen Sect again.

"certificate!"

Following the team to the entrance of the treasure ship, a martial artist at the third level of martial arts stopped him and spoke coldly.

Fang Xu hurriedly handed the iron plate to the warrior.

"Room C-13."

"After boarding the ship, do not walk around the ship for no reason, and do not argue with other passengers on the ship. Otherwise, no matter who is right or wrong, both parties will be thrown into the sea to feed the fish!"

Taking the wooden sign from the warrior, Fang Xu nodded.

After entering the cabin and finding his room, Fang Xu pushed the door and walked in.

The room was very small, barely enough for one person to lie down, but he didn't mind.

After all, Fushan State is not far from Yu State, and it is estimated that it will take only seven or eight days to reach there by sea.

Sitting cross-legged in the cabin, Fang Xu took out the scroll for this mission and the book that Chu Mu gave him.

The purpose of this trip to Fushan Kingdom was, firstly, to complete his promotion task, and secondly, to collect purple blood coral.

The mission scroll clearly states that if one can find out the specific situation and personnel strength of the Yanshen Sect on Qianshan Island during this investigation, one will receive 8,000 contribution points.

If you can destroy the Yanshen Sect's stronghold, the sect will give extra rewards depending on the level of the Shengxian Society's stronghold.

The disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall of the Shengxian Association are probably waiting for him on Qianshan Island now.

During this trip, the disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall will not interfere at all. His main task is to monitor Fang Xu and make sure he cannot rely on any forces other than his own during the mission.

Therefore, even if Fang Xu failed in this mission and died at the hands of Yanshen Sect, he would not help him.

Putting the task scroll aside, Fang Xu picked up the book that Chu Mu stuffed into his hand, opened it and took a look.

Records about purple blood coral were found from it.

According to the records in this book, purple blood coral is a magical herb that grows in the sea. A ten-year-old purple blood coral is only three inches long, and every inch it grows after that represents an increase of ten years in its age.

After a hundred years, the purple blood coral will start to branch out.

A century-old purple blood coral is extremely valuable but rarely found.

Fang Xu flipped through the book for a while and felt a little bored, so he stuffed the book into his Qiankun bag and began to practice with his eyes closed.

"Raise the sails and set sail!"

Accompanied by the loud trumpet calls from the sailors on the deck above, the ship shook slightly a few times and began to sail towards the depths of the sea.

Three days of boring sea voyage passed, the sea was calm, and the treasure ship was moving forward steadily.

Except for occasionally going outside to stretch his muscles, Fang Xu spent the rest of his time practicing inside the house.

The speed of the treasure ship was faster than he expected. By this calculation, it would take only about six days to reach Fushan Kingdom.

Returning to the room again, Fang Xu swallowed a Qi and Blood Pill, preparing to take advantage of this time to thoroughly cultivate his skills to the peak of the first level of martial artist.

Late at night, Fang Xu, who was practicing with his eyes closed, suddenly felt the hull of the ship shake slightly.

At first, he thought it was just a storm and didn't take it seriously.

But then, the shaking of the ship became more and more obvious, and it seemed that something was constantly hitting the treasure ship below.

Fang Xu opened his eyes, opened the door and walked out.

Inside the cabin, many other passengers also came out of their rooms at this time and stood in the cabin, talking among themselves.

"Did they encounter a sea beast?"

"I heard that the Liang family had a huge cargo ship second only to the treasure ship. It was attacked by a sea beast in the shallow sea, and all the people on the ship were buried in the sea."

"Don't scare me! This is a treasure ship. It's escorted by a martial arts master. There shouldn't be any problems, right?"

"Martial Honored One is indeed strong, but this is the sea. The sea beasts in the sea are far more terrifying than those on land, and there are more of them!"

"Let's take a look first. Maybe they are just some blind sea beasts."

As everyone was discussing this, they were waiting for the Liang family warriors who were in charge of guarding the treasure ship to make their move.

The ship's shaking became more and more intense.

Fang Xu had a vague feeling of uneasiness in his heart.

Although he had never been to the deep sea in his previous life, he knew that a large ship like this had a very deep draft.

The sea beast outside must be very powerful to be able to make the treasure ship shake to this extent. I wonder if the Liang family's martial arts master who is responsible for guarding the treasure ship can deal with it.

In a battle at sea, even a powerful martial arts master cannot exert much power.

On the deck of the treasure ship.

An old man with a square face, white hair, and wearing a deep blue brocade robe stood at the side of the ship with his hands behind his back, looking at the dark sea with a serious expression.

"Sir, do you want to send frogmen and water ghosts down to take a look?"

A martial artist at the side spoke up.

The old man shook his head slightly: "The water ghosts on the treasure ship are too weak. Going down is just suicide."

"Pass the order down, have all the sailors start rowing, speed up, and get rid of these guys."

The martial artist nodded and hurried downstairs to pass on the message.

On both sides of the treasure ship, countless huge oars stretched out and began to slide rapidly, increasing the speed of the treasure ship again.

The speed of the ship's shaking also gradually decreased.

Inside the cabin, Fang Xu felt all this and felt slightly relieved.

Here they are in the vast ocean, and if something happens to the treasure ship, he will also have a headache.

After all, no matter how strong he is, facing the endless ocean and countless sea beasts, he has no way to guarantee his survival.

"OK OK!"

"Just say that the Lord Wu Zun above can solve this matter!"

“This money is worth it!”

Seeing the ship gradually stabilize and move forward quickly, everyone in the cabin breathed a sigh of relief and returned to their rooms with a smile.

However, before they closed the door, a loud noise was suddenly heard!
boom!
After the loud noise, the entire treasure ship suddenly tilted violently. The sudden change caused many passengers to lose their balance and fall into the cabin!
Not only that, a passenger had just stood firmly when he suddenly found that there was a crack in the cabin under his feet, and seawater was constantly seeping in through the crack!
"Ship! Ship..."

"What happened to the boat!?"

"The ship is broken! The treasure ship is broken!"

"It's really cracked! Sea water!"

Seawater seeped into the cabin, instantly frightening everyone in the cabin!

Staring at the sea water that had already covered the cabin, Fang Xu frowned, and immediately dodged and ran towards the deck.

"Boy, don't run around!"

On the stairs leading to the deck, two Liang family warriors were ready to stop him.

But the two were roughly pushed away by Fang Xu!

Seeing this, the warriors among the other passengers in the cabin also forced their way forward.

A large number of warriors poured out from the cabin. On the deck, the warriors of the Liang family instantly drew out their weapons and prepared for battle.

"Senior, only if we work together now can we have a chance to save the treasure ship and the lives of everyone on board!"

Someone shouted.

At the side of the ship, the martial master of the Liang family glanced at everyone, waved his hand at the Liang family warriors who were facing a formidable enemy, and said, "Let them come over."

Fang Xu followed a group of warriors to the side of the ship, looking at the splashes of water that occasionally appeared in the deep sea in front of them, all with solemn expressions.

"Senior, what kind of sea beast did we encounter?" a warrior asked.

"A school of blood-finned tiger sharks."

"The leader should be a peak level 6 blood-winged tiger shark."

Peak of level six! ?
Hearing this, everyone was stunned!
"Isn't the peak of the sixth level equivalent to a human martial master?"

"Senior, what should we do now?"

"There are already cracks in the treasure ship's cabin. If this beast comes again..."

The man didn't dare say that the ship would be destroyed and people would die, but everyone knew what he meant.

“If I encounter a peak level 6 beast on land, I can still kill it with all my strength.”

“But this is on the sea, I…” Liang Jia Wu Zun’s face was solemn.

Level six sea beasts usually live in the deep sea and rarely appear here.

I don't know why I'm so unlucky today and this happened to me.

The destruction of the treasure ship was a small matter. At most, some money and goods would be lost. However, once he and the Liang family warriors fell into the sea, they would probably be torn to pieces by the blood-winged tiger sharks below.

"Senior, we have to do something, right?" A warrior was anxious and spoke hurriedly.

The Liang family's martial master frowned, but he didn't argue with him. He waved his hand and said, "Bring out all the giant water crossbows!"

Behind him, a group of Liang family warriors heard the words and ran to the second floor of the cabin, carrying out crossbows one after another.

Each of these giant crossbow arrows was as thick as a baby's arm, and Fang Xu could clearly feel that among these crossbow arrows, the black ones were actually first-grade treasures!
No wonder the Liang family’s martial arts master had not chosen to take action before.

A first-grade treasure-level crossbow arrow is worth the money for a person's boat ticket.

There are too many blood-wing tiger sharks in front of them, and there is no way to retrieve them after shooting them. One hundred gold coins for each one is very painful for the Liang family.

"Load!"

The Liang family martial master waved his hand with a solemn expression.

At the moment, there is no way to escape, as this group of blood-wing tiger sharks have already set their sights on the treasure ship.

No matter how fast the treasure ship is, it can't be faster than these beasts. The only thing to do now is to kill them. Try to kill as many blood-wing tiger sharks as possible. This may scare the sixth-level peak tiger shark and make them retreat.

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