It is really not an easy task to accurately find the location of Xiake Island in the vast South China Sea.
Su Cheng was very lucky at this time and was accompanied by Xiao Zhao, but it was still uncertain whether he could find Xiake Island in the end.
On the endless waves of the sea, Su Cheng and Xiao Zhao drove a boat and drifted on the sea for a whole day.
At this time, Xiao Zhao held a copy of the nautical chart in his hand, pointed to a place on it, and said:
"Sir, Hainan Island should be right ahead. Why don't we go to the island first to have a look, replenish some supplies, and also get some news."
Su Cheng nodded, there was no other way.
Hainan Island was also ruled by Yuanting at this time, and there were a lot of people on it. They relied on mountains and rivers to eat. The people living on Hainan Island must know some situations in the South China Sea better than others.
In addition, Yuanting's Qiongzhou Road Appeasement Department here must have recorded some situations in the South China Sea.
After arriving on the island, Su Cheng found that the difference between this place and the Central Plains was quite big. The Central Plains was full of wars and uprisings occurred everywhere, but on Hainan Island, there was rare peace, and there were not even many Yuan soldiers.
After thinking about it, it is actually not difficult to understand that Hainan Island has not been valued by the Central Plains since ancient times. From the early Tang Dynasty to the present, the only role of Hainan Island may be to exile and distribute some sinners. In this era, this may be
A punishment more severe than the death penalty.
Now that the Central Plains is in constant war, Yuan Ting must have recalled his soldiers and horses long ago, leaving only some standing officials.
Su Cheng and the two went to the local people to inquire about the situation of Xiake Island. They asked many people, but found that most of these people had only been to the sea area within a ten-mile radius, and had no idea about places further away.
As a last resort, Su Cheng and the two came to the Qiongzhou Road Appeasement Department. With the level of the soldiers here, they naturally could not stop them and broke into the warehouse where local chronicles were recorded.
Looking at the books in the room, including some bamboo slips, Su Cheng felt a headache and said to Xiao Zhao beside him:
"Xiao Zhao, it seems we need to waste some time here, so let's go on one side."
At this moment, Su Cheng could only use this stupid method.
From the Zhou Dynasty or even earlier, local governments would compile local chronicles to record some situations in various places. No matter which dynasty, they would do this kind of thing.
Su Cheng casually opened the ancient book. It looked like he was really reading ten lines at a time, searching for the information he needed. With his reading speed, after one stick of incense, he had already flipped through dozens of books. Xiao Zhao on the other side was faster than him.
Not much different, I read a lot of books in a short while.
"In the third year BC, there were fires from the sky, tsunamis and earthquakes, countless casualties, and hundreds of small islands suddenly appeared hundreds of miles to the southwest..."
Seeing the content in the ancient book, Su Cheng was shocked. In the third year of the Yuan Dynasty, it should be the time of the Han Dynasty. Some strange phenomena appeared here, and then all the small islands on the seabed should have been shaken out.
The Taixuan Jing, a martial art, was engraved on an island in the form of tadpole inscriptions. It is related to the rumored Guangchengzi, but it cannot be explained by ordinary methods.
Later, Xiao Zhao also found a record. It turned out that someone from Yuanting had sent people to check the island before. However, except for the loss of soldiers and generals, there seemed to be no gains. After all, the navigation technology at this time was far from the best.
It's far from reaching the standard.
After getting the exact clues, Su Cheng and Xiao Zhao continued to search, and finally found a scrawled maritime navigation map.
"Nine times out of ten, this is it, Xiao Zhao, let's go."
Su Cheng was already a little impatient. If the Taixuan Sutra was not truly magical, he would never have wasted so much time searching for a secret book whose whereabouts were unknown.
Before leaving Hainan Island, Su Cheng looked back again. When he saw the calm and peaceful people, his heart suddenly moved. He planned to send some Huashan disciples to run the Hainan Island, so that he would be prepared.
Withdrawing their thoughts, Su Cheng and Xiao Zhao returned to the ship again, following the guidance of the chart and moving forward in the vast sea.
"Hope everything goes well."
Su Cheng looked at the boundless sea. In the distance, the sky and the sea were connected together, and there was no end in sight. In such an environment, even he felt a little bit insignificant. Once there were huge waves, it was really possible for the ship to be destroyed and people to be killed.
No matter how powerful a person's martial arts is, how can it be compared with the power of heaven and earth? For a moment, Su Cheng's heart calmed down a lot, and the aura on his body became more peaceful, and he merged with the aura between heaven and earth in a trance.
"When you see the blue sky and the sea, you feel enlightened and your state of mind is 5."
Su Cheng looked at the prompts in front of him and remembered the understanding he had used to improve his understanding with destiny. He really didn't expect that he would gain some insights just by casually looking at the blue sky and the sea.
Strictly speaking, understanding is really a good thing. It determines the upper limit of what your martial arts can achieve. To a certain extent, it is more important than the secrets of magical skills or the fundamental character of your mind.
People with extraordinary talents, like Zhang Wuji, can indeed become top masters, but they will never become a peerless master like Zhang Sanfeng.
The root of it lies, perhaps, in Zhang Sanfeng's incredible understanding.
Zhang Sanfeng looked at the two mountains of turtles and snakes and created the Zhenwu Seven Section Formation. Later, he also created Tai Chi, Tai Chi Sword, Mian Zhang, Ti Yunzong, etc. It can be said that he single-handedly brought Wudang to the same level as Shaolin.
To this extent, this is definitely not something that a strong martial artist can achieve.
Wow!
The waves were flying, and seeing that the sky was getting dark, and a breeze was blowing everywhere, Su Cheng recovered his thoughts, and the Nine Yang Qi was instantly poured into Xiao Zhao's body. Then he saw that the speed of the boat increased several times, and under Xiao Zhao's control,
Sail forward with wind and battery.
"Sir, that's great. At this speed, we can reach the place in half an hour at most."
Xiao Zhao's face lit up. The sea was no different than the land. He could reach the location earlier, so there would be less danger.
Su Cheng is the only one who can use his internal energy so squanderingly. An ordinary first-rate master can persist for half an hour, but after that he will definitely be exhausted physically and mentally, and his strength will be reduced a lot.
Half an hour passed in an instant, and a group of hazy islands appeared in front of them. They didn't seem to occupy a large area, but there were actually quite a few, with a few having more than a dozen islands.
"We're here, sir, look ahead."
Xiao Zhao hurriedly docked the boat next to an island, and then got off the boat with Su Cheng and arrived at the largest island.
The forest on the mountain was deep and dense. Su Cheng carried Xiao Zhao and walked through the deep forest for several times before arriving at the top of the mountain. Looking at a deep cave in front of him, he had an intuition in his heart that the Taixuan Sutra was
inside.
"Let's go, Xiao Zhao, I hope you can understand something..."
Without any hesitation, Su Cheng took Xiao Zhao and walked in. His eyes suddenly went dark, and then there was light again. Only then did Su Cheng realize that there were many luminous pearls on the stone walls on both sides of the cave, so the light inside the cave was as bright as day.