"Dead? How is that possible? He was fine just now, he must be pretending to be dead!"
The middle-aged man didn't seem to believe this conclusion. He pushed Shi Dongliang away and stepped forward, played with the cub's head, and slapped it back and forth several times, but the little thing didn't react at all.
Shi Dongliang also went up to check for a while, and said solemnly: "I'm not pretending to be dead."
This is undoubtedly the worst news, and everyone's newly raised hopes have been knocked down again.
A lady in the female family members fainted on the spot, which immediately caused a panic and exclamation, but no one could care about them at this time.
Zhang Yu walked up to the crew member and reached out to take the cub from his arms. He checked it by the tail and found that the little thing had no physical injuries and no specific cause of death could be seen.
"You must have something else to do, right?"
The middle-aged man with messy hair and red eyes rushed to Zhang Yu, "If you have any ideas, just tell me. What do you want? As long as I can take it out, I can give it to you! Give it all to you! I can't die,
I don’t want to die!”
Zhang Yu thought for a moment, raised his head to meet everyone's expectant and fearful eyes, and said: "I'll try my best."
He held the cub in his hands and came to the railing. Facing the direction of the huge monster, he made a distant and high-pitched sound from his mouth, but it also contained a hint of joy and mischief.
Not long after, a voice came from the sea. Compared to his voice, it was thicker and duller, as if it was coming from the deep seabed.
Everyone's eyes widened, it looked like he was talking to this monster.
And just after he made that sound, the huge figure swimming around the ship suddenly sank. When it reappeared, it had swam to a farther place, lingering in and out of sight.
Shi Dongliang was surprised and delighted, "Zhang Shaolang, can you communicate with this monster?"
Zhang Yu shook his head and said: "I just imitated the sound of the cub's voice to make the mother think that the cub is still on the boat safely, so that it will not attack the Dafu for the time being."
He looked at Shi Dongliang and said: "Shi Chuan, this should be not far from the capital. I will do my best to appease this monster. If I can delay it until the Dafu enters Danport, it will be safe."
Shi Dongliang lowered his head and thought for a while, then said: "Zhang Shaolang, are you 100% sure?"
Zhang Yudao: "I can only do my best."
Shi Dongliang fell silent. After a moment, he raised his head and looked at Zhang Yu, and said in a deep voice: "Zhang Shaolang, if you have the ability to attract this giant newt, we may be able to use another method..."
He looked apologetic and said, "I can give you a boat or place you on a nearby island so that the Daifuku can go to the capital safely. When we get there, we will try to find someone to come back and rescue you."
The middle-aged man's eyes lit up and he said: "Okay, this is a good idea, why not... just like this?"
The guard captain opened his mouth, looked at Zhang Yu, and then at Shi Dongliang, but couldn't say anything.
Shi Dongliang bowed solemnly to Zhang Yu and said: "I'm sorry, I know it's a little unkind to do this, but as the captain of the Dafu, I must be responsible for all the passengers on the ship. If I can do this myself,
I will definitely stand up without hesitation, but now I can only rely on you, Zhang Shaolang. Don’t worry, I will never abandon you when we get to the capital."
He pointed at the guard captain and said: "I will let my son stay with you."
Zhang Yu could tell that Shi Dongliang made such a choice to prevent something from happening if he missed or did not persist until the ship entered the port.
As a captain, there is no problem with this consideration, but in this case, the crisis is transferred to him personally.
Of course, by letting his son follow him, Shi Dongliang showed that he was willing to bear the crisis with him, even if it was the worst outcome.
In this short moment, he thought a lot.
When his eyes glanced at the salamander again, he made a bold decision in his heart.
He said: "No need, if I am alone, the newt will regard me as a prey or toy captured by the cub. If there is another person, it has exceeded the cub's hunting ability, then increase the number
In order to avoid the risk of exposure, it is just a stone bow. I hope you can return my things to me." He paused, "Including the 'forbidden object'."
"no problem."
Shi Dongliang agreed without hesitation. He gave the order and a crew member immediately went down to pick up the items.
Perhaps to make up for the guilt in his heart, he solemnly promised: "Zhang Shaolang, I promise you that your transaction of prohibited items will not be recorded on your road stickers."
Zhang Yu looked at him and said, "Thank you very much."
It didn't take long for the crew to bring over all the gifts and items that Zhang Yu had brought on board.
Zhang Yu checked and found that everything was there and nothing was missing or damaged. He first took out a sheathed Xia sword from his bag, pulled it out and looked at it, then sheathed it again and held it in his hand.
Then, he looked at a palm-sized wooden statue of a god.
The statue has a bird feather crown on its head, thick lips and a big nose, occupying one-half of the entire statue, and looks very ugly and weird.
This is the "forbidden item".
He bought this thing from a passenger after boarding the ship.
Unexpectedly, this guy was actually a believer in an indigenous god, and the statue was exactly the image of that god. Before he could get the thing, the escort on the ship broke in, and he was also taken into custody.
As he stood here, he felt a faint heat coming from above.
Maybe it's because he's not breathing now, so the feeling is not as strong as it was in the detention room.
Just as he was checking his belongings, the Dafu, with Shi Dongliang personally at the helm, sailed in a slightly southerly direction.
In less than half summer, a group of pitch-black rocks appeared in everyone's sight.
The guard captain came over and said: "Zhang Shaolang, there are reefs in front of us, and the Dafu can't get any closer. You can only disembark here."
Zhang Yu observed the surrounding environment and said: "Okay." He put on his hat, covered 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.
Arrive."
The guard captain clasped his fists and said solemnly: "We will do our best."
He hesitated slightly and said: "Zhang Shaolang, I know it may be a little unkind to say this, but if...you have something to say, do you want me to bring it to someone?"
Zhang Yu glanced at the rocks in the distance, thought for a moment, and then said: "I will leave some things on this island and reef, hoping that I won't need them by then."
The guard captain said seriously: "I've written it down."
Under the arrangement of the Dafu's mate, Zhang Yu boarded a sampan set down by the Dafu. He took the newt cub and all his belongings with him, shook the oar, and headed to the reefs in front of everyone.
Lean over.
It was not far from the fringing reef, and it didn't take long for him to successfully land.
After standing on a rock, he held the baby of the newt in his arms and headed towards the sea. He made another sound similar to the one before. The newt was immediately attracted and began to circle around the island.
Everyone on the Dafu was overjoyed when they saw that the newt's attention had indeed been attracted. They did not dare to stay longer and hurriedly sailed away from the sea area with full sail and continued eastward.
Zhang Yu watched the figure of the Dafu gradually disappear on the sea level. He was not actually worried about the lack of help, because the trade in the Tenghai area was very important, and the Protectorate would not allow such a big threat to exist at sea.
After reporting it, we will definitely come to destroy this monster.
The only thing he could worry about was that the most he could do was postpone it until tomorrow morning.
It's hard to say how much time it will take for the Protectorate to delay from hearing the news to sending out manpower, so he can't put all his hopes here.
He stared at the huge back on the sea and held the hilt of his sword tightly, "If I can't wait for rescue, then I will solve it in my own way."
He once witnessed his teacher stabbing Yao Xi to death with one sword. In the process, he did not use any power belonging to the cultivator, but only used the human's own abilities to the extreme.
So he may not be able to reproduce the process.
It's just that his teacher is a cultivator. Even if this approach fails, he can still kill the monster using other methods.
But even if he practices for several years, he is still essentially a mortal and has no chance of trying again after failure.
Therefore, he still needs the help of one thing to increase his chances of winning.
He called out in his heart, and within three feet of him, a circle of light that only he could see emerged, with several figures in the shape of seals inside.
These seals are not square and neat, but mostly have irregular shapes, showing the appearance of inscribed white text, with some incomplete tooth marks on the edges of the strokes.
Each seal here corresponds to the skills he has mastered during his cultivation.
And what carries all this is called the "Chapter of the Great Dao".
Practitioners of the new method, also known as "Xuanxiu", rely on reading this article to practice, which is different from the practitioners of the old times.
At this moment, he felt inwardly and found a ball of light in his body.
This is "Shen Yuan", which can be regarded as the aggregation of a person's energy and spirit, and is also accumulated through a certain method.
If "Shen Yuan" is a pool of water, then the human body is a big pool.
Now he only needs to fill the divine energy into one of the seals, and then he can improve the corresponding energy skill.
He first looked at the seal with the words "Sword Control" written on it.
If you want to kill a powerful opponent, force seems to be the first choice.
But he thought about it and realized that the new method he had been taught was incomplete, and swordsmanship was something that relied on both strength and speed, as well as skill and experience. It was an overall improvement in physical fitness and spirit.
Even if you enter Shen Yuan now, the most you can do is increase your ability to adapt and use the sword, and the overall improvement is very limited.
In view of the huge gap between him and Yaoxi, this is almost negligible.
So his eyes quickly passed over it and looked at the other seal.
