The speed of the Ocean Beast was unbelievably fast. Within only one day and one night, it had already left River City and appeared over ten thousand miles away. This kind of speed was almost twice as fast as that of the half-spirit horse, the ghost-eyed jade lion, as fast as a bolt of lightning.
Only a large river like the Wild Goose Falling River could allow the Ocean Beast to move so fast. If it were a small river, the Ocean Beast would have been destroyed long ago.
Perhaps, the Ocean Beast was afraid that the strong wind might blow the passengers away if the Ocean Beast moved too fast. Therefore, the Ocean Beast was in the shape of a shuttle. Two arc-shaped planks extended from the front of the ship, covering a small half of the ship's head. The strong wind that came from the front of the ship was pushed away along the planks, and couldn't reach the deck.
Creak!
Pushing the cabin door open, Ye Chen saw the sharp bow of the ship cut a tornado in half, then swiftly swooshed through it. Ye Chen was secretly shocked by the power of the tornado.
"The Ocean Beast is indeed an invention of the Puppet School, such a small ship has so many incredible things." Beside Ye Chen, the middle-aged man with a curly beard leaned against the cabin wall and praised.
"Is this ship also an invention of the Puppet School?" asked Ye Chen confusedly. Speaking of which, he had seen many inventions of the Puppet School, such as wooden puppets and crow puppets. Even he, who was a soul traveler, couldn't help but sigh with admiration.
"The royal family of the Black Dragon Empire once discovered the remains of a branch of the Puppet School, and mastered many inventions. The Ocean Beast is one of them. It's said that the South Chamber of Commerce bought five Ocean Beasts from the royal family of the Black Dragon Empire, each of which is worth over five-hundred million gold. Apart from that, the South Chamber of Commerce has to pay a huge amount of spirit stones to the royal family of the Black Dragon Empire every year, which is equivalent to renting the ships." The middle-aged man with a curly beard looked ordinary, and was wearing a gray robe. He was about forty or fifty years old.
Ye Chen was shocked. "They paid five-hundred million gold, and they still have to pay spirit stones every year? That's too harsh!"
The bearded middle-aged man grinned and said, "After ten years, we won't need to pay spirit stones anymore. Besides, just think about it, every time this Ocean Beast carries a batch of customers, it can earn millions of gold. Ten batches of customers a year means tens of millions of gold, and this is only a small number. Not to mention, this Ocean Beast is not only used to carry people, but also to help the Chamber of Commerce transport goods. Otherwise, which ship can make a round trip of hundreds of thousands of miles?"
Ye Chen thought for a while and agreed with Ye Chen. The South Chamber of Commerce was a large chamber of commerce, and the most important thing for the South Chamber of Commerce was to do business. Now that they had Ocean Beasts, it would be much more convenient for them to transport goods, which would save them a lot of time and manpower.
The two of them had only met for a day, and after chatting for a while, they fell silent.
Standing next to the railing on the edge of the deck, Ye Chen could see that there was a thin layer of air three feet away from him. That was because the ship was traveling at such a high speed that the wind was compressed into a solid airflow. If a Mortal Realm warrior took a step forward, he or she would definitely be blown away by the thin layer of air. Even a Condensing Reality Realm warrior would have to use all of his or her power to resist this airflow.
Through the thin layer of air, Ye Chen could see the boundless river water.
As one of the three largest rivers in the South Zhuo Region, the Wild Goose Falling River was six hundred and fifty thousand miles long. Its main river ran through the Windy Nation, the Thousand Thread Nation, the Grey Mystery Nation and the other eight nations, and its tributaries were tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of tributaries.
The Wild Goose Falling River was huge, but it was still the smallest of the three largest rivers in the South Zhuo Region. The largest river was the Vermilion Bird River. The Vermilion Bird River not only ran through a big half of the South Zhuo Region, but also extended to other regions, such as the Wavy Cloud Region and the Misty Snow Region. Even the Wild Goose Falling River could be counted as a tributary of the Vermilion Bird River. Therefore, it was not hard to imagine how vast the Vermilion Bird River was; it was countless times larger than the ocean in the world where Ye Chen came from.
"One day, when I am able to travel through thousands of mountains and rivers and climb to the top of the martial artists, I wonder what it would be like." Facing the vast Wild Goose Falling River, Ye Chen's heart was filled with ambition. He clenched his fists tightly.
"Everyone, it's time for dinner, come on in!"
The cabin door was opened, and a member of the South Chamber of Commerce informed everyone on the deck.
"Alright, I'm almost hungry."
"The food on the Ocean Beast is quite good, I wonder what's going to be this time."
Hearing everyone's words, Ye Chen grinned and followed them into the cabin.
After dinner, the sky gradually darkened.
Ye Chen went back to his own room.
The Ocean Beast had four floors. The bottom floor was for storing goods, the second floor was for the members of the South Chamber of Commerce, and the third and fourth floors were for powerful martial artists and passengers of the South Chamber of Commerce. Ye Chen's room was the fifth one on the fourth floor, which was quite spacious, about twenty to thirty square meters.
Sitting on his bed with his legs crossed, Ye Chen began his daily cultivation.
…
Soon, ten days had passed.
The Ocean Beast had crossed a few countries, and finally arrived in the territory of the Zhaoyang Country.
"From here on, all kinds of powerful martial artists will show up frequently. You'd better be careful, don't provoke them." The captain of the Ocean Beast, who was a peak-level Late Clasping Yuan Realm martial artist, walked onto the deck and reminded everyone.
A noble young man, who was protected by four Clasping Yuan Realm martial artists, grinned and said, "Captain Xu, you're a peak-level Late Clasping Yuan Realm martial artist, and one of the powerful martial artists of the South Chamber of Commerce. You must be very knowledgeable. Can you tell us about the abilities of powerful martial artists? We have nothing to do anyway."
The middle-aged man glanced at the young man. This young man was the third prince of the Thousand Thread Country, named Zhao Kang. He liked to make friends with powerful martial artists from all over the world, and had many powerful martial artists on his side. But of course, in the eyes of the South Chamber of Commerce, those powerful martial artists were nothing special, and were only slightly famous in the Thousand Thread Country.
"Since Prince Zhao is in such a good mood, I'd like to introduce myself." He often visited the Thousand Thread Country, and it wouldn't be a bad idea to build a good relationship with Zhao Kang. After all, some things couldn't be easily solved by powerful forces. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many complicated forces in the world.
Hearing Zhao Kang, the others moved a bit closer to him, their faces filled with interest.
"There is nothing much to say about Clasping Yuan Realm martial artists. They can't be counted as powerful martial artists. Only those above the Clasping Yuan Realm can be considered as powerful. As we all know, when a Clasping Yuan Realm martial artist's zhen Qi has been refined into zhen yuan, he or she would be considered to have just stepped into the Astral Reaching Realm, and would have the power to fly into the sky. But, very few people know about the other abilities of Astral Reaching Realm martial artists. Now, I will tell you about them."
Clearing his throat, the middle-aged man continued, "The first ability of Astral Reaching Realm warriors is the Zhen yuan transformation ability. Different from zhen qi transformation, zhen yuan transformation is more powerful and sturdier. For example, if an Astral Reaching Realm warrior who uses a sword loses his sword, he can create a zhen yuan sword, which is only weaker than a low-rank great weapon, but way more powerful than normal weapons. Of course, it can also transform into other things, such as blades, spears, sticks, or anything else that can be imitated. I will not waste time on this. The second ability of an Astral Reaching Realm warrior is to create a zhen yuan fire by rubbing their zhen yuan together. With the zhen yuan fire, they can easily melt some hard metals and make them into weapons. Don't underestimate this ability. Although not many people know how to make great weapons, but after some rare metals are made into weapons, their hardness will be quite impressive, and they will be extremely hard to destroy. If you don't use it yourself, you can give it to your family, friends, or juniors. Besides this, the most important use of the zhen yuan fire is to burn zhen yuan and explode with the most powerful attack. However, the side effects are also quite severe. If it is light, your body will be wounded, and it will take a long time to recover. If it is too intense, you might burn yourself into ashes."
"So scary!"
Someone sucked in a cold breath.
Ye Chen was a bit far away from the middle-aged man, but he had heard everything clearly. He thought to himself, 'Burning zhen yuan? It seems to be similar to the Burning Fire Sacrifice Spell from the Sky Cloud Martial School. However, the Burning Fire Sacrifice Spell burns internal Qi or zhen Qi, while the zhen yuan fire burns zhen yuan. The difference between the two is too huge, and the power is also incomparable. In this case, the battles between Astral Reaching Realm martial artists should be more unpredictable. The slightly more powerful ones might not be able to win against the slightly weaker ones. Once the opponent decided to risk his life and burn his zhen yuan crazily, the result might be mutual destruction.
"No wonder Astral Reaching Realm martial artists can be called powerful ones. Not only is their power horrifying, but more importantly, they have too many ways to increase their power. Without an overwhelming advantage, they would not easily fight against each other. For example, Thunder Freer was not afraid of the Great Master of the Purple Sun Martial School, who was more powerful than him."
Hearing this, Ye Chen's interest was aroused as well.
The middle-aged man continued, "Depending on the nature of the zhen yuan, the burning of zhen yuan can be different. For example, powerful martial artists who cultivate fire zhen yuan can burn their zhen yuan more easily, while powerful martial artists who cultivate water zhen yuan can burn their zhen yuan more easily. However, the side effect of burning zhen yuan is much smaller, and the recovery speed is also faster. Each has its own advantages, and there is no absolute advantage or disadvantage …"
Eh?
The middle-aged man suddenly stopped talking and looked towards the back of the Ocean Beast.
Seeing the strange look on the middle-aged man's face, the others also looked away.
"It's an Astral Reaching Realm martial artist, he has wings on his back!" Ye Chen was the first one to notice the strange look on the middle-aged man's face.
The Ocean Beast was moving at a high speed, it could move seventy to eighty meters within a blink of an eye. However, ten miles away from the back of the ship, a silhouette was flying over at an even higher speed. Wherever the silhouette reached, tornadoes would be dispelled, and chaotic airflows would be pushed away. Because of the low altitude of the Ocean Beast, the waves on the Wild Goose Falling River were surging violently. A hundreds of meters long gully was created on the river, and the water was pushed to both sides.
However, this wasn't enough to surprise the others. What surprised them was that the silhouette had a huge pair of black wings on his back. The wingspan of the wings was twenty to thirty meters long, and the pair of wings seemed to cover the entire sky.
Swoosh!
When the silhouette was less than a mile away from the Ocean Beast, the pair of black wings flapped and instantly appeared on the prow of the ship. The tremendous wind force generated by the silhouette made the Ocean Beast sway ceaselessly, as if it was going to fall over.
"Senior Crow Man, I am Xu Changjian, one of the deacons of the South Chamber of Commerce." The middle-aged man bowed, cupped his hands and said politely.
When the silhouette landed on the prow of the ship, the others finally saw the silhouette's face clearly. It was a scrawny middle-aged man, wearing a black robe. Behind his back, a pair of seemingly real and fake black wings folded up, then merged with his body. From the outside, not even a trace of the pair of wings could be seen.
The scrawny middle-aged man laughed and said, "I've been flying for hundreds of thousands of miles, I'm a bit tired. Can you take a rest on the Ocean Beast of the South Chamber of Commerce?"
"Senior, you must be joking, it's my honor."
"Haha, that's great."
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