Vol 3 Chapter 16: On board

For lazy sleep
As for Shi Xuan, why didn't he fly his sword light to Penglai Island? In addition to the Vientiane Shadowless Sword, it has only 17 levels of prohibition. It is slow to use as a flying artifact. Just the cultivation base of Shixuan's Aperture Period can only control the artifact to fly for tens of miles, and Penglai Island is far from Mingyue Island. There are hundreds of miles by sea, and there are few islands where you can stop and rest. Those islands are occupied by families established by the inner disciples of the Penglai School, and generally outsiders cannot go to the islands.
Therefore, Shi Xuan set up a room on a large sea boat bound for Penglai Island, and planned to set off ten days in advance to Penglai Island. Of course, this ship does not go directly to Penglai Island, but can only go to Yingke Island outside Penglai Island. At that time, Penglai will send disciples to pick you up on the island.
Coming to the port, because the day of Penglai Island's recruitment ceremony is approaching, the port is now full of monks, waiting for the time to board the ship.
The Yingzhou faction and the Penglai faction had the same enrollment date for disciples, and it would not allow people to have the opportunity to join this one, but to join the next one. The kind of monks who can't make even the most basic choices, it's better not to practice the Tao.
From Mingyue Island to Penglai Island, if nothing happened all the way, it would take about two days to arrive. The sea ships with fixed wind formations were roughly the same speed as those fast ships Shi Xuan had seen in his previous life.
It's just that Shi Xuan set out ten days ahead of schedule for the sake of safety, so as not to encounter violent storms on the sea road, which would delay the opportunity. As for those monks who went to the Yingzhou faction, a few took the teleportation array to teleport to the surrounding islands of the Yingzhou faction, and most of them set off more than a month ago. It would take more than a month from Mingyue Island to Yingzhou Island!
There are seven or eight conspicuous sea-going ships parked in the port. They are tall and big giant sea-going ships with a captain of nearly one hundred feet in length. Their sails are fixed with wind formations, and the ships have good defensive formations. , Ordinary big winds and waves, to them, really poses no threat.
It was Shi Xuan's fancy to this point, so he booked a room on one of the ships, and used up three low-grade spirit stones. You know, this is only a two-day voyage.
When the hour came, Shi Xuan followed the monks in front of him and walked slowly towards the ship he had ordered. After a while, he boarded the ship and reached the deck.
Shi Xuan’s room is on the second floor of the ship building. It is a kind of good or bad. Although there are nearly a hundred spirit stones on his body, he can spend a lot of money to live in those rooms with more than ten lower-grade spirit stones. People are paying attention, but if you go to the room under the deck, not only the environment is poor, but the safety is also not guaranteed. After all, it is a room for several people.
Therefore, Shi Xuan finally decided on a medium, not bad room.
Entering the room, it is a bit smaller than the cave where Shi Xuan lived before. One bed, one table, and a few stools occupy the entire space. The only advantage is that there are windows. Push it open, and you will smell slightly salty. Fishy but extremely refreshing sea breeze.
After finishing the noon class, Shi Xuan heard the sound of someone knocking on the door, and then heard someone shouting: "Is anyone in the room?" It was a strange voice.
Although the guards on the ship were tightly guarded, Shi Xuan did not dare to be careless. He secretly prepared the Golden Dragon Armor Curse, and after hiding the Vientiane Shadowless Sword in his sleeve, he walked over and opened the door.
Outside the door was a handsome young man with a friendly smile and a sunny sign. He saw Shi Xuan open the door and bowed his hands in salute: "Next, Zhang Haiping, from Hailong Island, this time is going to Penglai Island. Participating in the Fa conference for recruiting disciples, I lived next door, thinking that my fellow Daoist might be a brother in the future, so I took the liberty to come and say hello. Daoist is going to Penglai Island, right?"
Shi Xuan also smiled and replied, "At Shixuan, Daoist Zhang has been very present. It is precisely to go to Penglai Island. If he can become a senior brother in the future, I will ask Brother Zhang to take care of him." Of course, Shi Xuan's heart is not on guard. relaxed.
The two stood at the door and chatted. To tell the truth, apart from strangers who need to be on guard, Zhang Haiping, who speaks and does things like a spring breeze, can be seen as a person with a wide range of contacts.
After chatting for a while, Zhang Haiping suddenly suggested: "Brother Shixian, why don't we know the daoists in the nearby rooms one by one. After all, there are three gangs of heroes and we have no relatives on Penglai Island. Why should we fight with those family children? Even if you are lucky enough to join the Penglai faction, you will only be bullied in the faction. Now you know a few more Daoists, and you can help you when you have difficulties, right?"
Shi Xuan understood what Zhang Haiping meant. To put it bluntly, it was just a small group. Especially when you first arrive in a strange place and have no relatives and no reason, the nature of human beings is to keep a group to survive. At this time, extending the hand of friendship is the best way to exchange the goodwill of others.
For a small group, Shi Xuan has nothing to do. It is good to know a few friends. He is not the kind of lonely and talkative, but according to Zhang Haiping’s mind, I am afraid it is the person who wants to be the leader of the small group. .
Seeing that Shi Xuan did not object to him, Zhang Haiping was very happy. He enthusiastically took Shi Xuan to the opposite room and knocked on the door three times. A young man's voice soon came from the door: "Who?"
Zhang Haiping briefly talked about his intentions, and the young man in the room happily opened the door. He was in his twenties, with good features and lively eyebrows. He greeted Shi Xuan and Zhang Haiping without restraint. : "My name is Xie Gang, and I'm the person near this Chaoxifang. I don't know what the two big brothers are called?"
Shi Xuan and Zhang Haiping hurriedly told him their names. After hearing this, Xie Gang said with a smile on his face: "Big Brother Zhang and Brother Shi, I think both of them are in the out-of-aperture period. I would like to ask you to take care of me as a young monk in the Qi-raising period."
When Zhang Haiping saw this kid like Xie Gang, he nodded with a big smile: "That's natural. Zhang has a lot of experience in breaking through the period of nourishing qi to the period of out-of-aperture, and I will share it with Brother Xie later."
Seeing such a good thing, Xie Gang took a step forward more enthusiastically: "I think Big Brother Zhang, you are not very young. I don't know what age you made the breakthrough?"
These words seemed to scratch Zhang Haiping's itches. He said proudly: "Zhang was already twenty-five years old when he broke through three years ago. It is no better than those of the family." The words were very humble, but he was full of faces. Hong Guang has betrayed him.
Xie Gang was just flattering and flattering, but he didn't expect this Haiping to be so young that he broke through. Now his face is genuinely respectful: "If Big Brother Zhang had family training, he might have broken through at around 20. ."
After finishing speaking, he bowed deeply: "The younger brother is already 22 years old, and he is still a little far away from the out-of-aperture period. Please give more guidance to Brother Zhang in the future."
The two people talked happily like mountains and rivers and friends meeting each other. Shi Xuan always listened more to a monk who was still a stranger, so naturally he just stood by the side and occasionally agreed.
However, Zhang Haiping didn't forget his purpose, and soon encouraged Xie Gang, and the three of them walked to the other side of Shi Xuan's room and knocked on the door lightly.
A female voice came from inside the door: "Who? What's the matter?"
Zhang Haiping also stated his intentions again, and the woman in the room was silent for a long time before squeaking the door open. This woman may not be twenty years old, she has beautiful eyes, and is very youthful. At this time, her head is buried very low, and she seems to be counting the shoes with a few flowers on her feet.
In the realm of comprehension, you can slightly adjust your appearance from the qi-nourishing period. In the out-of-aperture period, the soul change can bring about physical changes. The monster beast can transform some parts of its body into a human body at this stage. In the Qi-entraining period, attracting heaven and earth auras and tempering the physical body can also improve its appearance. The monster beast can basically transform into a human form, but the traces of the beast can be seen in some parts. But if the monster beast completely changed into a human form, it could only reach the golden core stage.
Therefore, in the cultivation world, the appearance of monks is generally not bad, and women are especially obvious. Of course, there are many monks with poor appearance or weird appearance due to special techniques and psychological reasons.
Seeing that the female monk was silent, Shi Xuan and others introduced themselves one by one. When they had finished speaking, the female monk flushed and bowed his hands: "A few, a few, a few, friends, okay. I, My name is Zhou Dielan." I was stuttering, could it be a stuttering?
However, Shi Xuan quickly overturned this conclusion. As several people became familiar with each other, this Zhou Dielan spoke a lot more fluently. It seemed that it was just too shy.
According to her own words, she is from Yaoguang Island, eighteen years old, and a period of nourishment. Came with a close sister. She lives on the third floor with some relatives in her family.
"Everyone might as well go for a meal together on the first floor of the ship." Zhang Haiping saw that the hour was just right, and immediately enthusiastically invited several people to go with him.
"Little brother has this intention." Xie Gang immediately agreed.
Shi Xuan was also going to have a meal, but when Zhang Haiping invited him, he agreed.
Zhou Dielan seemed to want to refuse, but she couldn't say anything to refuse, her face flushed, and finally she nodded and agreed.
The door was closed and the four of them went downstairs while chatting. Xie Gang was a very lively person. He was the one who talked the most along the way. Zhou Dielan was really shy, just listening silently beside him, sometimes using mosquitoes. His voice replied. Zhang Haiping is a person who is accustomed to giving orders, and in a short time let the other two listen to him.
The four of them found a relatively quiet location, ordered good dishes, and talked about the recruitment of the Fa conference.
"Big Brother Zhang, Brother Shi, I heard that this time the cold-faced Lei Jun is hosting the Fa conference, hehe, now we have a chance." Xie Gang didn't know at all that he was two years older than Shi Xuan.
Shi Xuan had received this news from Ming Qingyue half a year ago. At this time, he didn't show off, and said lightly: "Shi also knows about this."
Xie Gang continued to happily talk about the news he had received: "I heard that the cold-faced Lei Jun and the big families in the Penglai pie are very at odds. They are afraid that they will be crippled this time."