"Dead? How is that possible? It was fine just now. It must be playing dead! "
The middle-aged man did not seem to believe this conclusion. He pushed Shi Dongliang away and stepped forward. He fiddled with the cub's head and patted it back and forth a few times, but the little thing did not have any reaction.
Shi Dongliang also went forward to check for a while and said in a low voice, "It's not playing dead."
This was undoubtedly the worst news. Everyone's hope that had just risen was shot down again.
One of the ladies fainted on the spot, causing a burst of panic. However, no one cared about them at this time.
Zhang Yu walked in front of the crew member and reached out to take the cub in his arms. He held it by its tail and checked it. There was no injury on the little thing's body and he could not see the specific cause of death.
"You must have a way, don't you?"
The middle-aged man's hair was messy and his eyes were red as he rushed to Zhang Yu's side. "If you have a way, tell me quickly. What do you want? As long as I can give you something, I can give it to you! I'll give it all to you! I can't die. I don't want to die! "
Zhang Yu thought for a moment and raised his head to meet everyone's expectant and fearful eyes. He said, "I'll try my best."
He carried the cub to the railing and faced the direction of the huge monster. He let out a distant and high-pitched voice with a hint of joy and naughtiness.
Not long after, a voice came from the sea. Compared to his voice, it was heavy and dull, as if it came from the depths of the sea.
Everyone's eyes widened. It looked like he was talking to the monster.
Just after he let out that voice, the huge figure that was swimming around the ship suddenly sank. When it reappeared, it had swum to a place far away and was loitering there.
Shi Dongliang was surprised and happy. "Zhang Shaolang, you can communicate with this monster?"
Zhang Yu shook his head and said, "I just imitated the sound of the cub to make the mother salamander think that the cub is still safely on the ship. This way, it will not attack the Dafu for the time being."
He looked at Shi Dongliang and said, "Shi Dongliang, we should not be far from the capital. I will try my best to calm this monster. If we can delay it until the Dafu enters Dan Port, we will be safe."
Shi Dongliang lowered his head and thought for a moment before asking, "Zhang Shaolang, are you 100% confident?"
Zhang Yu: "I can only do my best."
Shi Dongliang fell silent. After a while, he looked up at Zhang Yu and said in a deep voice, "Zhang Shaolang, if you have the ability to attract this Giant Heavenly Salamander, perhaps we can use another method …"
He looked apologetic. "I can give you a ship or settle you on a nearby island. This way, the Dafu can safely reach the capital. When we get there, we will try to find someone to rescue you."
The middle-aged man's eyes lit up, and he said, "Good, good. That's a good idea. How about … that's it?"
The captain of the guards opened his mouth and looked at Zhang Yu, then at Shi Dongliang, but he could not say anything.
Solemnly, Shi Dongliang bowed to Zhang Yu and said, "I'm sorry. I know it's unreasonable to do this, but as the captain of the Dafu, I have to be responsible for all the passengers on the ship. If I can do it myself, I will not hesitate to stand up, but now, I can only rely on you. I can only rely on you, Zhang Shaolang. Don't worry, when we reach the capital, I will definitely not abandon you. "
He pointed to the captain of the guards and said, "I will let my son stay with you."
Zhang Yu could see that Shi Dongliang made such a choice to prevent him from failing or not being able to hold on until the ship entered the port.
As the captain, there was no problem with this consideration, but in this way, the crisis would be transferred to him alone.
Of course, by letting his son follow him, Shi Dongliang meant that he was willing to bear the crisis with him, even if it was the worst outcome.
In this short period of time, he considered a lot.
When he glanced at the salamander again, he made a bold decision in his heart.
He said, "There's no need for that. If I'm alone, the salamander will think that I'm a prey or a toy captured by the cub. If there's another person, it's beyond the cub's ability to hunt. That will increase the risk of exposure. But the stone bow, I hope you can return my things to me." He paused. "Including that 'forbidden item'."
"No problem."
Shi Dongliang agreed without hesitation. He gave an order, and a crew member immediately went to retrieve the items.
Solemnly, perhaps to make up for the guilt in his heart, he promised, "Zhang Shaolang, I promise you that your transaction of the forbidden item will not be recorded on your road ticket."
Zhang Yu looked at him and said, "Thank you very much."
Not long after, the crew brought back the luggage and items that Zhang Yu had brought on board the ship.
Zhang Yu checked to make sure that everything was intact. He first took out a sheathed Xia sword from his bag, unsheathed it and looked at it, then sheathed it and held it in his hand.
Then, he looked at a palm-sized wooden statue of a god.
The statue had a bird's feather crown, thick lips, and a big nose. It occupied half of the whole statue and looked very ugly and strange.
This was the 'forbidden item'.
He had bought it from a passenger after he had boarded the ship.
But he did not expect that this guy was actually a believer of an indigenous god, and the statue was exactly the image of that god. Before he could get his hands on the item, the ship's guards barged in and detained him as well.
At this moment, he stood there and felt a weak heat flow from above.
Perhaps it was because he was not doing breathing exercises now, so the feeling was not as strong as it was in the detention room.
Just as he was checking his belongings, the Dafu, under the helm of Shi Dongliang, sailed towards the south.
In less than half a summer, a group of pitch-black reefs appeared in everyone's vision.
The captain of the guards came over and said, "Zhang Shaolang, there are submerged reefs ahead. The Dafu can't get any closer, you can only disembark here."
Zhang Yu observed the surroundings and said, "Okay." He put on his hat to cover his face and said, "I can hold on until tomorrow morning. This is the most optimistic estimate, I hope you can make it in time. "
Solemnly, the captain of the guards cupped his fist and said, "We will do our best."
He hesitated for a moment and said, "Zhang Shaolang, I know it may be unreasonable to say this, but what if … you have a message for someone?"
Zhang Yu looked at the reefs in the distance and thought for a moment before saying, "I will leave something on this island, I hope it won't be needed."
The captain of the guards said with a serious expression, "I will remember."
Under the arrangement of the Dafu's shipmate, Zhang Yu boarded a sampan that was lowered by the Dafu. He took the young Heavenly Salamander and all his belongings, swung the oars, and approached the group of reefs under everyone's gazes.
This place was not far from the offshore reef, so it did not take long for him to successfully reach the shore.
After standing on a reef, he carried the young Heavenly Salamander toward the sea and made a similar sound from his mouth. The Heavenly Salamander was immediately attracted and began to circle around the island.
When the people on the Dafu saw that the Heavenly Salamander's attention was indeed attracted, they were overjoyed. They did not dare to stay any longer and hurriedly sailed away from this sea area at full speed, continuing to head east.
Zhang Yu watched the Dafu's figure gradually disappear from the sea surface. In fact, he was not worried that there would not be any reinforcements because the trade in the Tenghai Sea area was very important. The Protectorate would not allow such a big threat to exist at sea. After receiving the report, they would definitely come to eliminate this monster.
The only thing he was worried about was that he could only delay until tomorrow morning at most.
It was hard to say how much time would be wasted between the Protectorate receiving the news and sending out reinforcements, so he could not put all his hopes on this.
He stared at the huge back on the sea and grasped the hilt of his sword tightly. "If they can't wait for reinforcements, then I'll use my own method to solve it."
He had seen his teacher kill the Heavenly Salamander with one sword. In the process, he did not use any power that belonged to a cultivator. He only used the power that a person possessed to the extreme.
So he might be able to reproduce this process.
However, his teacher was a cultivator. Even if this method did not succeed, he could use other methods to kill this monster.
But even if he had cultivated for a few years, he was still a mortal in essence. There was no chance for him to fail and start over.
So he still needed the help of one more thing to increase his chances of success.
He called out in his mind. Within three feet of him, a circle of light screen that only he could see appeared. There were several patterns that looked like seals.
These seals were not round and neat. Instead, most of them were strange seals, showing the appearance of carved white characters. There were even some teeth marks at the edges of the strokes.
Every seal here corresponded to the skills and abilities he had grasped in the process of cultivation.
And what carried all of this was called the 'Great Dao Seal'.
The cultivators of the new method, also known as' Xuanxiu ', relied on reading this to cultivate. Thus, they were different from the cultivators of the old era.
At this moment, he felt his mind and found a ball of light in his body.
This was' Divine Essence '. It could be seen as the gathering of a person's essence, energy, and spirit. It was also accumulated through a certain method.
If 'Divine Essence' was a pool of water, then the human body was a large pool.
Right now, he only needed to fill one of the seals with Divine Essence, and then he would be able to increase the corresponding ability and skill.
He first looked at the seal with the words' Sword Control 'written on it.
If he wanted to kill a powerful opponent, martial strength seemed to be the first choice.
But after some consideration, he realized that the new method he had been taught was not complete. Sword skills were something that required both strength and speed, as well as skill and experience. That was an overall improvement in physical quality and spirit.
Even if he poured Divine Essence into it now, it would at most increase his ability to adapt to and use the sword. The overall improvement would be very limited.
In view of the huge gap between him and the Heavenly Salamander, this was almost negligible.
Therefore, his gaze quickly swept past this seal and looked at the other seal.
…
…
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
