Chapter 698 - We Share Nothing In Common (2/2)

A Longboat tribesmen who was standing not far away from them turned around and looked at Duo Kang and Guang Yi. They were still calm and unmoved. He asked them curiously, “Don’t you guys feel a strong excitement in your hearts?”

Duo Kang shook his head, “….not really.”

That person choked and asked again, unsatisfied with the previous answer, “You don’t feel excited at all? Doesn’t this feeling make you want to cry out loud?!”

Duo Kang looked at him with the same stern expression, “No, I don’t feel it.”

That person looked at Duo Kang as if he were mad. His expression said, ‘I don’t think we share anything in common with you simple folk!’

Duo Kang slightly pursed his lips. What’s so exciting about crossing the sea on ships? We literally walked across from the other continent back then when the Grand Elder split the sea into two! I didn’t say it because I don’t want you to be shocked!

The two of them glared at each other.

After they sailed on the sea for a while, the Longboat tribesmen gradually calmed down, but once in a while they would go crazy again.

Compared to the rivers, there were too many unpredictable factors at sea. When the waves were calm, the sea would be still and peaceful. The Flaming Horns and Longboat tribesmen could even go out to fish and watch the sunset while they chatted. However, whenever there was a change in weather, there was no shore for them to stop by and no shelter for them to hide. They could only stand strong and resist the forces of nature. The ships looked miserably small compared to the vast sea. Their fleet was lonely and helpless. Their ships swayed against the forces of the winds and waves.

Under the pressure from the weather and strong waves, the Longboat tribesmen were still enthusiastic and kept control of their ships. They didn’t let the waves turn and sink their ships. As they fought against the pressure, they still roared loudly, “Advance! Attack!”

Shao Xuan suddenly felt that the Longboat tribesmen were no longer the same calm people from before. Rather, he suspected that they were a little like… bandits?

Storm or calm, the fleet continued to advance to their destination.

As they travelled at sea, they often sensed giant sea beasts swimming beneath their ships. Once, a fish that was as long as five small ships emerged from the surface of the water. In the next moment, a giant mouth with sharp fangs opened and snapped shut on that fish, leaving only a tail dangling behind. The giant beast submerged back into the deep sea after it ate its prey.

When the giant beast came up to feed, the waves from its movement almost flipped their ships, and this didn’t happen just once. Occasionally, something would attack their ships and the tribesment had to retaliate and kill the beast.

The weather was getting cooler and snow had begun to fall, but it wasn’t too heavy yet.

Shao Xuan picked up his binoculars and looked through them, “I see land!”

When Mu Fa heard this, he snatched the binoculars from Shao Xuan’s hands and took a closer look. He smiled happily and said, “We’re here! We’re here! Finally!”

There was indeed land in front of them, and from the looks of it, it was probably a forested area.

They relied on the Universal Eyes for direction, so they could only roughly guess where they were. What they needed to do now was follow the land and find a giant river that flowed into the sea. They had promised to meet with the Taihe tribe there, at the estuary. However, the problem they faced was they weren’t sure where they were exactly and which direction they should go. After all, no one knew where that river was, and if they picked the wrong route it would only waste more time.

“What should we do?” Mu Fa looked at Shao Xuan.

“Wait,” Shao Xuan left for a quiet spot and used his rope to perform a knot divination reading. This might help them determine the direction.

The divination was successful, so after Shao Xuan studied the knots, he pointed in a direction and told Mu Fa to turn the fleet to that direction.

Mu Fa eyed Shao Xuan up and down and then looked at the other Flaming Horns. Seeing how they had no objections, he ordered the fleet to head in that direction. After all, they had arrived at their destination. They had already fulfilled their ancestors’ wishes by crossing the sea to this continent. As for the people they were supposed to meet? Well that’s the Flaming Horns’ problem, not theirs.

However, before they set off, they had to stop by the shore to replenish their stock of fresh food and water. It would be best if they could find some juicy fruits.

Although the types of plants in this forest were a little different compared to the other continent, there were still some plants that they were familiar with. Duo Kang and Guang Yi could recognize them. They did not see any of these plants on the other side, but as they saw all of these fruits that were local to the area, Duo Kang felt a little emotional.

“I never thought I would be back so soon!”

Mu Fa didn’t even wait for the ship to stop moving and was the first one to hop onto the shore. He wanted to be the first Longboat tribesman to step on this continent!

Shao Xuan ignored all the Longboat tribesmen who were laughing like crazy and ordered people to hurry and look for food and water first. This was just a short stop. They still had to depart.

After they rested by the shore for a night, the fleet departed once again, toward the direction Shao Xuan pointed them to. They stayed close to the shore and continued to search for that meeting place.

Two days later, they finally saw the wide estuary.