Chapter 281: Graceful Steps upon the Wave, the Lamp Oil Is Completely Dried Up (2/2)
”...” w.a.n.g Lu inwardly sighed, no wonder after you reached Nine Regions, before long you became like a dried lamp, you really f*cking deserved it!
w.a.n.g Lu had nothing to say. While Nie Yang, upon hearing the girl’s words, inwardly thought otherwise, so he tried to persuade them, ”Indeed, a brilliant cultivator could fly over a long time period, but even if we don’t take the maritime direction into consideration, giant creatures that lie dormant in the ocean are no small matters. Legend has it that even a Yuanying Stage cultivator could not resist them. If you meet the sea monsters without taking a fleet, they would certainly put you in so much trouble.”
w.a.n.g Lu was very curious about this, so he asked, ”Aya, have you ever been attacked by sea monsters on your journey here?”
”Of course, and they were all repelled by me. But, they were indeed strong, so sometimes they did give me trouble.”
When Aya crossed the sea, theoretically, she still had the strength near the Unity Stage cultivator, thus, for creatures that could give her trouble, w.a.n.g Lu and his team could not deal with head-on, so...
”Let’s aboard then.” w.a.n.g Lu finally shrugged.
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After paying the first half of the price, w.a.n.g Lu and others boarded the fleet. The head of the fleet, Nie Yang, personally led them into five superior rooms on the pilot s.h.i.+p. The rooms of w.a.n.g Lu and his teammates were especially furnished with luxurious decoration and wide s.p.a.ce. Their rooms nearly occupied almost an entire floor of the huge pilot s.h.i.+p. That floor only has six rooms, of which, five were used by w.a.n.g Lu’s team, leaving only one empty room. In fact, this was also the main reason for a large amount of boarding price, otherwise, how could mere several travelers be charged with several thousand spirit stones?
Soon after the fleet sailed, Nie Yang diligently found w.a.n.g Lu. On one hand, he busily professed his apology, and on the other, introduced a special neighbor to them.
On this floor, besides w.a.n.g Lu and his team, there was only one other pa.s.senger, which was the person behind Nie Yang.
”This is our navigator, Ayun.” Nie Yang said with a warm smile and then pushed the girl he mentioned about forward. ”She is our greatest security measure in sailing to the Western Continent.”
w.a.n.g Lu was a bit surprised to look at the girl named Ayun, who seemed to be around thirteen to fourteen years old and also of mixed race. Her features have both the characteristics of East and West Continent. The girl has as-long-as-cloud hair, and pale and rosy skin, completely unlike the sunburnt characteristics of coastal people. At the same time, the girl’s attire was obviously luxurious—a spotless finest silk that was woven into a short one piece skirt, wrapping her delicately shaped body. Her bare limbs were freely exposed while each of her wrists and ankles wore precious jade bracelets. On her delicate neck were two strings of necklaces. One was a string of neat and clean sh.e.l.ls, and the other was one huge and perfectly round pearl. Within most of these trivial pieces of jewelry contained vague immortal spiritual energy breath, which was absolutely beyond the use of the world of mortals.
w.a.n.g Lu earnestly looked at the young girl. At the same time, the girl also raised her eyes and looked at w.a.n.g Lu; the former nodded slightly to the latter, with calm and natural stance, completely unlike a thirteen or fourteen years old young girl who was ignorant of worldly affairs. During that nod, w.a.n.g Lu caught with his eyes what seemed to be several pieces of scale thing behind the girl’s ears.
Noticing w.a.n.g Lu’s eyes, Nie Yang smiled and explained, ”Ayun is a member of the sea tribe, the most professional navigator on the Endless Sea.”
”Sea tribe?”
”Yes. Legend has it that they were born from the Endless Sea. They have a unique perception and affinity towards the big waves and treacherous ocean. As we all know, the Endless Sea is unpredictable, even the most seasoned sailor can hardly predict what will happen in the next moment. However, the sea-tribe people are acutely aware of the change in the ocean and can make early warning ahead of time. Similarly, the ferocious beasts that live in the sea usually do not attack s.h.i.+ps that have sea-tribe in it. So, as long as the s.h.i.+p has a navigator from the sea-tribe, the risk of sailing through the Endless Sea goes down by ninety percent. Of course, with such a skill, naturally, the price is exceedingly high. Don’t think that she’s defenseless and frail, if you want her to act, without this number, it’s impossible.”
Nie Yang stretched out his palm twice, gesturing the amount of ten thousand spirit stones.
w.a.n.g Lu nodded in acknowledgement. Nie Yang brought Ayun to introduce her to them to explain the reason for the high price.
Generally speaking, in one voyage, it was already a very good result if a s.h.i.+p could have as much as tens of thousands of spirit stones as a profit; this was a risky business after all. While a girl of sea-tribe could have ten thousand spirit stones as payment, knowledge was indeed power.
Nie Yang patted the girl Ayun on the shoulder, and then sighed with emotion. ”In ordinary circ.u.mstances, we will not ask someone from sea-tribe people to be the navigator. But a while ago, during their voyage, the fleet from the Western Mausoleum port encountered a sea beast. That fleet carried a lot of powerful cultivators, and they relied on their strong power to fight against the sea beast, instead of acting according to the custom, which was to give an offering. As a result… alas, they annihilated the sea beast like bandits, but this also caused the wrath of the fierce beasts in the sea. After that fleet pa.s.sed, that whole piece of Endless Sea became restless. Three s.h.i.+ps have been attacked and annihilated by the angry sea beasts. Now, without someone from the sea-tribe as a navigator, no one dares to go to the sea.”
w.a.n.g Lu waved his hand. ”Okay, I get it. We’ve already paid the first half of the deal, are you afraid we’re not going to pay after we arrived at our destination? Rest a.s.sured, we don’t like to renege on our contract, and will not arbitrarily use force majeure to modify the contract.”
Nie Yang naturally was forced to smile again and again before leaving with Ayun a moment later.
Watching the exquisite figure of Ayun who gradually walked away, w.a.n.g Lu inwardly sighed.
The fleet that departed from Western Mausoleum port… who else but the Excavation Management Team? The team that was led by Daoist Master Feng Yin was especially luxurious, nicknamed the Dream Team, but in the end, it was just a wet dream team 1
! At the front, they kept playing cool, but they left behind a mess that implicated many people!
I only hope this additional two thousand spirit stones are worth it.
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