Walking by the Abyss on Thin Ice

Chapter 259 – Maritime Mysteries

The next morning, the ship bound for the other side of the sea set sail.

Su Yun and the scholars of the Tian Dao Academy boarded the ship. They saw that the ship was over thirty zhang long and over ten zhang high. The chains in front of the ship shook, and two huge sea beasts emerged from the water, spewing high water columns and emitting loud cries.

"Du—"

The water columns rose from the sea, creating a mist in the sky. The sunlight shone through, and two rainbows hung on the ship.

The water army spirit masters brought cows, sheep, horses, and sea fish, throwing them into the water to feed the two sea dragons. After the sea dragons were full, they created huge waves and dragged the ship.

There were also two large ships behind, which were merchant ships bound for Da Qin, carrying tea leaves and spices.

The three ships formed a fleet, and the sea dragons let out long cries as they sailed towards the deep sea, facing the sunrise.

In the splashing waves, the sunlight shone on the scales of the sea dragons, reflecting colorful light.

Young sea dragons leaped high from the sea next to the sea dragons, happily jumping around.

On the pier of the sea post, Jing Zhao walked over. This old man was like a man of fire, his whole body was flames, looking at the ship sailing away.

"Burn it, everything should be burned... can't deceive people anymore!" He roared.

After sailing for dozens of miles, Su Yun and the others saw the fleet of Da Qin, with ships over a hundred zhang long, like land in the sea.

"I heard that the envoys of Da Qin are demanding Donghai County from the emperor as Da Qin's overseas territory."

One of the scholars from the Tian Dao Academy said, "If the emperor refuses, I wonder if Da Qin will go to war with Yuan Shuo?"

Ye Luo shook his head, "No, Da Qin and Da Xia are currently fighting fiercely and do not have the spare energy to attack Yuan Shuo for now. Da Xia's strength is not much weaker than Da Qin's. A few days ago, Li Muge and I went to Da Xia's fleet to learn about some of the secrets of the two countries. The west is not peaceful, it is said that they are suffering from the Grey Plague, causing many deaths."

Li Muge said, "Da Qin took advantage of the chaos to plunder from Da Xia, which led to the war."

Wu Tong leaned against the mast of the ship, smiling as he looked towards the west, leisurely saying, "The charm of the West is even deeper than the East, giving birth to great demons. I will definitely achieve success in the West! My friends, you will always be my younger brothers and will never become my senior brothers!"

Ye Luo, Bai Yuelou, and the others sneered, "Wu Tong, we heard that you lost a bet to Senior Brother and now you have to become his junior sister."

"The outcome of my bet with him has not been determined yet. Qiu Shuijing has not completely fallen into the demonic path. His heart is currently in a battle between human and demon, a contest between heaven and man. Therefore, it cannot be considered as my loss, but I haven't won either. However, in terms of strength, I am still your senior sister!"

Wu Tong said this and suddenly felt something in his heart. He turned around and saw a young boy standing several li away on a cargo ship, who was none other than the reincarnation of the Dragon Spirit.

"Dragon, are you also planning to go to the West to absorb the demonic nature?"

Wu Tong withdrew his gaze and thought to himself, "You and I will settle everything in the West, thoroughly settle it!"

The scenery on the sea was magnificent, with giant sea birds flying around the fleet.

Those sea birds had the faces of mountain spirits and colorful faces, making the spirit masters on the sea nervous as they used their spiritual tools to drive away these sea birds.

The sea birds flew away in all directions, often emitting giggles like babies.

"These sea birds are called Xiu Ying. They are monsters that eat humans."

Ying Ying looked around, observing the sea birds flying around their ships, and said, "When their numbers are small, they are not a concern, but when their numbers increase, they become extremely terrifying."

Just as she was speaking, the laughter of the babies in the sky became more and more numerous, and groups of Xiu Ying flew over.

The water spirit masters on the ship became nervous, running around and shouting, "Stay alert and drive away these Xiu Ying!"

Suddenly, groups of Xiu Ying descended from the sky and landed on the mast of the ship, staring at the people on the ship.

Each Xiu Ying weighed at least two to three hundred jin, and with thousands of them landing together, the ship swayed violently and tilted to one side.

The Xiu Ying also tilted their heads and looked at the people on the deck with eerie expressions. As a result, not many of the Xiu Ying were injured.

The ship was also hit, with more than ten places damaged!

Someone shouted, "There are too many Xiu Ying, something is not right!"

Just then, twenty scholars from the Tian Dao Academy took action, each displaying their abilities, transforming into true dragons and flying in the sky, capturing the Xiu Ying.

The topic of this year's Tian Dao Academy examination was the "Sixteen Chapters of True Dragons."

Although these selected scholars had only been enrolled for a short time, each of them possessed the Tian Dao Token, which allowed them to study in the Tian Dao Academy anytime and anywhere.

Therefore, even though they had left the capital and Yuan Shuo, they did not miss a day of study.

They each gained different insights from the "Sixteen Chapters of True Dragons," and each person had a different focus in their development.

Some were strong in physical strength, merging the art of creation with their bodies to transform into true dragons and fight the Xiu Ying. Some used their abilities to transform into true dragons, while others excelled in cultivating their dragon eyes, shooting golden light that could cut through iron like mud. Some had dragon scales growing on their spiritual tools, employing various methods.

The Xiu Ying were frightened and flew away from the mast. Some couldn't avoid the attacks and were torn apart by the true dragon abilities, and in the blink of an eye, thousands of Xiu Ying had disappeared!

"The spiritual masters of this generation in the Tian Dao Academy are much stronger than the previous generation!" one of the accompanying scholars from the Tian Dao Academy said, feeling relieved.

"There is something wrong!"

The water balance officer in charge of this ship hurriedly found Su Yun and said, "Young Historian, there are too many Xiu Ying. These creatures eat corpses and only eat living people after drowning them. It is rare for them to eat live people. The fact that so many Xiu Ying are gathered together can only mean that there is a sea disaster!"

Just as he finished speaking, someone in front shouted, "There are many ships in trouble ahead!"

Everyone rushed to the bow of the ship and looked ahead, only to see the sea surface floating with damaged and broken ships, with masts, decks, and barrels everywhere!

There were also intact ships, numbering in the hundreds, floating silently there, without any signs of life on them, creating an eerie scene.

These ships, along with the debris from other ships, formed a landmass on the sea.

The water balance officer's face changed drastically, and he shouted, "Full right rudder! Full right rudder—"

The ship tilted to the left, and the mast almost skimmed the surface of the sea as it sped forward!

On the bow of the ship, Su Yun and the others used their abilities to prevent themselves from being thrown off.

Their ship almost collided with this landmass of wreckage, and finally, at the last moment, it veered to the left. The speed of the ship slowed down, and the water spirit masters climbed onto the mast, activating their abilities, which turned into flags flying in the air, conveying information to the cargo ships behind.

The two cargo ships immediately turned and slowed down.

On the ship, Su Yun looked at the wreckage on the right side, his heart filled with shock. These large ships were much larger than Yuan Shuo's ships, and from the perspective of refining techniques, they were also much more advanced than Yuan Shuo's.

However, the extent of damage to these ships was also astonishing, with some ships torn in half by brute force!

Even the Four Mythical Figures of Yuan Shuo might not have the strength to directly break a hundred zhang ship in half from the middle!

"What caused this sea disaster?"

A spirit master jumped onto the landmass of wreckage to inspect it and shouted, "It's the fleet of the Red-Haired People!"

Su Yun was puzzled, "Red-Haired People?"

"The Red-Haired People are a race that lives on the sea."

Ying Ying stood on Su Yun's shoulder and said, "This race is said to live on ships their whole lives, and some have never set foot on land. They are a pirate race and also skilled in maritime trade, sometimes engaging in robbery. They are called the Red-Haired People because they have red hair and their skin is also red. That's why they are called the Red-Haired People."

Ying Ying looked at the broken ships and murmured, "This is probably a large tribe of the Red-Haired People. They disappeared just like this. What exactly destroyed them? And where are their bodies?"

She shivered and whispered, "Several thousand Xiu Ying can't eat up tens of thousands of Red-Haired People..."

"Tens of thousands of Red-Haired People?"

Su Yun couldn't help but shudder, looking at the landmass of wreckage, a tribe of tens of thousands of people silently disappearing on the sea.

"Young Historian Su, this should be the Demon God Sea. It is said that an ancient demon god is sealed under the sea."

The water balance officer approached and reported, "It is rumored that this Demon God Sea is active, it is an active underwater volcano, and the volcano locks a demon god. The volcano moves under the sea, and the demon god appears and disappears. Wherever the demon god passes, it is called the Demon God Sea. The Red-Haired People should have encountered the Demon God Sea. There was news about a month ago that a demon god was appearing on the sea, so it is estimated to be the Demon God Sea."

Su Yun frowned and asked, "Is it safe to continue forward?"

The water balance officer said, "Tens of thousands of Red-Haired People have become sacrifices for the demon god. After the demon god is full, we should be safe. There have been many ships going out to sea recently, and there haven't been any reports of sea disasters."

At this moment, Su Yun heard the voice of Ying Long in his mind, calmly saying, "I sense the presence of an old friend."

"Ying Long, you're awake?"

Su Yun's heart trembled, "Old friend? Brother Ying Long, who are you referring to as the old friend?"

"Of course, it's the old friend that I and the Holy Emperor suppressed together."

Ying Long said, "I originally thought that after suppressing him for five thousand years, he should have been refined into ashes. I didn't expect that you all have developed so fast over the years, building so many ships and even having maritime races. It's just a matter of one or two hundred years before I can refine him to death. Now that he has eaten so many of you, he is probably about to recover."

Su Yun's heart skipped a beat.

"What worries me even more is that besides this old friend under the sea, we have also suppressed many other old friends in other places."

Ying Long said in a deep voice, "This old friend is called Jiuying! It seems that I can no longer sleep, otherwise these old friends will escape..."

Su Yun suddenly heard cracking sounds coming from his spiritual realm.

Suddenly, a childhood memory surged into his mind, accompanied by the memory, a giant golden-winged dragon hundreds of zhang long also surged forward!

Ying Long broke free from the seal of Qu Bo and the others. At the moment the seal was broken, Su Yun also recovered his childhood memories.

- To be continued in the evening, but it should be after nine o'clock.