Chapter 191: Sailing Out, Liren Island of Fangzhang Continent!
Chapter 191: Sailing Out, Liren Island of Fangzhang Continent!
Ji Wuhuang tossed his hand, and a spot of green light rapidly expanded, turning into a sampan-like boat, except it had an additional canopy on top. It lay quietly by the coastal shore.
A small sail stood at the bow, puffing up fully as the sea breeze blew against it, giving a feeling that it was ready to dash out at any moment.
“This… this boat is a bit too small.”
Ye Rong was startled. Were they really planning to use this small boat to venture overseas and search for that immortal island in the East Sea?
Third Tier Boat, Black Awning Boat, speed 550-660, maximum capacity eight people.
It had no attack Dao Spells or ship-mounted weapons, only one defense Dao Spell called Unvanishing Clear Light, which added a layer of clear light to the Black Awning Boat, with a Defense Value of 5000. Additionally, the large sail at the bow could increase speed by fifteen percent.
“A boat like this would probably capsize at the slightest storm, and we’re going to Fangzhang Continent?”
He now clearly knew the destination of Taotaole’s quest: it was the famous Fangzhang Continent, one of the Ten Overseas Continents.
According to the “Records of the Ten Continents,” Fangzhang Continent was located in the center of the East Sea, with equal distances from the southwest, northeast, and other shores, each side measuring five thousand li.
However, the actual Fangzhang Continent was hundreds of thousands of li away from the shore, and their specific destination was Liren Island, which belonged to Fangzhang Continent, about over ten thousand li from the shore.
“Liren Island isn’t too deep into the East Sea. As long as we’re lucky enough, this Black Awning Boat should be enough for us to find the immortal island. If we really encounter ancient sea monsters or tsunami waves, even a Fifth Tier boat would be useless—it makes no difference.”
Perhaps noticing Ye Rong’s inner worries, the Long-Legged Lady walked over and spoke to him softly.
“Besides, we have a sea chart to Liren Island. As long as our luck is decent, it’s not impossible to arrive smoothly.”
“Let’s hope so. Dream Butterfly, do you have a Water-repelling Pearl? If we fall into the water without it, it would be terrible.”
“What pessimistic talk! If the boat really capsizes, having a Water-repelling Pearl would be useless. If a few sea monsters showed up, they could easily bite you to death.”
Using Sword Flight to travel over the sea wasn’t just because True Qi consumption was too heavy to sustain such a long distance; another important reason was that it was impossible to determine direction in the air, rendering the sea chart useless.
Only when traveling on the sea surface could they follow the chart and make it useful.
“Set off, destination Liren Island!”
After everyone boarded the Black Awning Boat, Ji Wuhuang shouted, really acting as if he were the captain, controlling a high-tier boat that could carry thousands of people.
However, even a low-tier boat like the Third Tier one would cost two to three hundred taels of gold on the market, something ordinary Players really couldn’t afford.
Especially that large sail—it was an extra ship accessory. Ordinary boats sold by Quanzhou Shipyard usually came bare, without any components. Just that large sail alone would cost at least several hundred taels of gold.
Other parts in various positions, if they had outstanding attributes, could be several times more expensive than some low-tier boats.
The bow turned, the sail billowed, and the Black Awning Boat moved with a thumping sound, shooting forward like a swordfish.
In just a short while, it left the coast far behind and rushed into the sea.
The boat’s operation relied on a core energy source that allowed it to move; alternatively, Players could control it by injecting True Qi into the core energy source to make the boat travel.
They established a rule: each person would control the Black Awning Boat for half an hour, taking turns.
First, Ji Wuhuang took on this laborious task. After half an hour, it would be someone else’s turn—
Among the five people on the boat, besides him, Ye Rong was the only male Player, so naturally, the next laborer would be him.
The Long-Legged Lady took out the sea chart to Liren Island. It was a tattered piece of parchment, missing a large corner, so the remaining part was definitely incomplete. This was also why there was only a certain chance of reaching Liren Island, not a one hundred percent certainty, even without dangers like tsunamis or fierce beasts.
“What can you even see on this sea chart? It looks like a child’s scribble.”
Ye Rong leaned over to take a look. The sea chart was a messy black smear, and the route paths were unclear.
Relying on such a tattered sea chart to find Liren Island—he felt it would be more reliable to let him toss a copper coin and guess the direction.
Speaking of tossing copper coins, Ye Rong remembered fortune-telling and divination Dao Spells like Coin Divination and the Great Deduction Divine Art. Besides calculating people’s fates, they could also deduce the general direction of a treasure’s location. Using them to deduce Liren Island’s position should be no problem.
Unfortunately, the Seven Avian Divine Art he possessed could only calculate people’s locations, not fixed places.
“Silly, you don’t even know how to use a sea chart!”
The Long-Legged Lady pouted coquettishly, giving him a charming glare. She pointed at the tattered sea chart, and a shimmering blue water light flowed out, gathering above into a true sea chart magnified several times, made entirely of seawater!
The waves rolled and surged, just like a real sea surface, with a small red dot moving extremely slowly in one direction. It took a long time to see even a slight movement on the chart.
In the middle of the sea chart, there was a small black shadow. Though it looked tiny, scaled up, it probably covered an area of a thousand li in radius.
The small red dot represented the Black Awning Boat, and the black shadow naturally was Liren Island.
However, because the sea chart was incomplete, it couldn’t accurately show Liren Island on the chart—it was just a rough, large area.
Whether they could successfully find Liren Island within this shadowy area would depend a bit on luck.
The Long-Legged Lady tapped again, the water light dispersed, and she put away the sea chart.
Taotaole pulled her away, glaring fiercely at Ye Rong, as if she didn’t want to see her getting too close to Ye Rong.
Ye Rong could only force a bitter smile. Turning around, he noticed Little Sister Liu Tiya tightly closing her eyes, her lips continuously moving as if muttering something, her two small hands clenched tightly.
“Hey, Liu Liu, what are you doing?”
“I… I’m seasick…”
Liu Tiya barely opened a slit of her eyes to glance at him before immediately closing them again.
Her pink, rosy cheeks had turned pale, and her whole body was trembling slightly, like a pitiful human-sized doll.
“Darn Kung Fu Panda… how can seasickness happen in this game? Far Shore isn’t that realistic, is it?”
Ye Rong was speechless. If she knew she got seasick, why did she even come? Before boarding, she seemed quite excited and didn’t show any signs of seasickness.
“It’s okay, it’s okay. Let me show you a magic trick.”
He searched through his Universe Pouch and found a colorful egg that had been buried at the bottom for who knows how long—somehow it hadn’t been cleared out. This item was a second-tier Magic Treasure reward he got from a previous quest. Once activated, this egg would spray out various colorful ribbons and streamers, accompanied by different music.
Only Players with too much time on their hands would carry such a colorful egg Magic Treasure. Ye Rong had forgotten about it, which was why it hadn’t been disposed of; otherwise, he wouldn’t keep such a silly Magic Treasure on him.
He squeezed the colorful egg hard. With a “pop,” the egg burst open, and ribbons sprayed out violently, covering Liu Tiya all over.
Each of these ribbons could restore one point of Qi and Blood. Each use could restore dozens of points of Qi and Blood, and there was no usage cooldown, making it a quite practical little gadget among second-tier Magic Treasures.
However, the cringe-worthy music that played every time it was used was enough to make every Player give up on using it.
Just now, when the ribbons sprayed out, a sharp male voice sang, “La la, I am a spinach,” making Ye Rong almost toss the colorful egg away in shock.
“Giggle…”
Liu Tiya opened her eyes and laughed, taking the colorful egg to play with herself.
“Liu Liu, are you still in school?”
“Mm, I’ll be a sophomore next year!”
“Oh my…”
Ye Rong shut his mouth obediently and moved aside. This was just too unbelievable.
Weren’t female college students supposed to be very mature nowadays? How did this one seem no different from a high school student? Even if she were only fourteen or fifteen, people would definitely believe it.
Brr… Liu Tiya played with the colorful egg tirelessly, seemingly having forgotten about her seasickness.
Ye Rong saw that it was still a long time before his turn to control the Black Awning Boat, so he took out a set of Seven Avian Feather Fans, planning to try out the Seven Avian Divine Art.
Thinking about Coin Divination earlier reminded him that he hadn’t really used his Seven Avian Divine Art since obtaining it.
“Who should I calculate… let’s try Pecking Chicken.”
Ye Rong filled in Pecking Chicken’s name on it and activated the Seven Avian Divine Art. Soon, a small, blurry image flashed by; he could tell it was near the Tuojiang River Basin. It also provided a set of coordinate data, though not necessarily accurate, the deviation wouldn’t exceed ten li.
“Very useful! If you were already familiar with the Tuojiang River Basin area, with that blurry image and the coordinates, you could quickly find the person—it’s not as useless as imagined.”
Ye Rong took out another set of Seven Avian Feather Fans. He carried multiple spare sets on him precisely for the additional spell of the Seven Avian Divine Art.
“Let’s try Long Wushuang. Haven’t seen this guy in a long time—wonder what he’s up to!”
The name Long Wushuang appeared in his mind. This guy, who was determined to remove him from the position of Chief of Tianshu Hall, seemed to have quieted down recently. There had been no news about him for a long time.