The divine bird Qing Luan and the mad wind eagle also stood at the bow of the ship, gazing out at the dark and chaotic sea ahead.

  The blue bird turned its head towards Li Kun and chirped a few times.

  "Teng big brother, Xiao Qing said that this chaotic sea area is two or three thousand miles wide, and it's impossible to cross by boat." Li Kun looked at Teng Qing Shan, who gazed out at the chaotic sea area with a carefree smile: "It's only two or three thousand miles, this chaotic sea area. Compared to Mingyue Island's Nine-Bend Ghost Channel, it's not much stronger!"

  "You rest, by tomorrow morning, the tung wood boat will have crossed this sea area." Teng Qing Shan said, and then directly turned his head to walk towards the mast, lowering both sails.

  Li Kun widened his eyes and said: "Teng big brother, are you going to dive into the sea again?"

  "Xiao Jin, enter the cabin." Teng Qing Shan didn't say much either, took off his shoes and threw them into the cabin.

  He then strode towards the bow of the boat, grabbed the iron chain and slung it over his shoulder. Turning around to face Li Kun, he grinned: "Get a good sleep. When the wooden ship stops swaying, come out again."

  "Be careful." Li Kun said again.

  As soon as the voice sounded, Teng Qing Shan leapt up and plunged into the chaotic dark waters like a sharp arrow.

  " Splash!" Water splashed everywhere.

  The iron chain continued to sink into the sea water, and soon, with a clang, the iron chain was stretched straight.

  "Wow~~"

  A mighty and unmatched power was transmitted through the iron chains to the entire tung wood ship. The originally slow-moving tung wood ship suddenly accelerated -

  Boom!

  Cutting through waves all the way!

  The tungsten wood boat is like a swordfish, rushing swiftly through the chaotic sea area.

  The sudden surge in speed caused Li Kun to involuntarily take two steps back. "Whoa~~~" The Wind Eagle and the Azure Swallow, upon seeing the tungsten wood ship's speed soar, also excitedly let out a series of cries.

  The cries echoed over the sea!

  This tung wood boat was advancing at a surprising speed in the 'Devil's Sea Area' of the North Sea Continent, where people spoke with trepidation.

  ……

  Night fell, and the tung wood boat continued to advance swiftly.

  Dawn came, and the speed of the wooden boat did not decrease.

  The sun rose from the sea level, gradually rising higher and higher until it hung high in the western sky, and the wooden boat finally left that chaotic sea area.

  ******

  On the second day after leaving the chaotic sea area, the ocean looked very calm in the afternoon, and the tung wood boat also moved slowly northward.

  Tungsten wooden boat deck.

  "Hush!" The fierce eagle grasped an iron lotus seed in its beak and carefully placed it beside the green phoenix.

  Qing Luan took a glance and then closed her eyes again to rest, not eating at all.

  The fierce eagle blinked its eyes repeatedly, but could only sigh in frustration.

  "Teng big brother, look at Xiao Hui and Xiao Qing." Li Juan's eyes were narrowed to small crescent moons as she smiled. Just then, "Xiao Juan, quick, look!" Teng Qing Shan's voice rang out. Li Juan turned her head in surprise, only to see Teng Qing Shan pointing towards the northwest direction.

  In the northwest direction, there is an island in the sea.

  "Teng big brother, we also saw an island before, it was just a deserted island." Li Juan looked carefully at the distant island, "Is there someone on this island!"

  "There's smoke!"

  Teng Qing Shan's eyes lit up as he gazed at the sea island. With his vision, he could indeed see several thick smoke rising from the distant sea island.

  "Where there's smoke, there should be fire." Teng Qing Shan quickly lowered the sail and then directly shook the two long oars with both hands. The powerful force also made the oars move extremely fast and fiercely.

  "Whoosh~~"

  The tungsten wooden boat sped up immediately and rushed towards the direction of the sea island.

  A moment——

  "It really is thick smoke." Li Kun exclaimed in surprise.

  Hong Qing Shan smiled, but his heart was filled with emotions. He had been rushing on the road for more than half a year, to be exact, adding up the nearly four months he spent on Ming Yue Island. It had already been almost a year since he set sail.

  "Finally saw people on the North Sea continent." Teng Qing Shan's gaze suddenly swept over a distant sea area.

  "Hmm?" Teng Qing furrowed his brow.

  In the distance, a giant ship was leaving from the other side of the island in front. Because it was too far away, even though it was a giant ship, at the location where Teng Qing was standing, the ship looked like the size of a finger tip.

  "Is this island connected with the outside world by a fleet of ships?" Teng Qing Shan secretly thought.

  Before he knew it, the wooden boat had already docked.

  "Heng big brother, there must be people on this island. And a lot of them!" Li Kun said confidently.

  "Oh?" Teng Qing Shan smiled and looked at Li Kun.

  "Look at the footprints on the beach." Li Kun pointed out and said.

  Hong Qingshan smiled and dropped the iron anchor, stabilizing the tung wood boat.

  "Go, get off the boat." Teng Qing Shan picked up the Wheel of Reincarnation Gun and jumped off the tung wood boat with Li Kun.

  "Whoa~~" Qing Luan immediately flew over, and at the same time, she turned her head and called out to Feng Ying twice. Feng Ying immediately let out a loud cry, and very obediently circled above the Wumu ship twice before landing back on its deck.

  Li Kun covered her mouth and laughed: "Teng big brother, Xiao Qing asked Xiao Hui to stay and watch the boat."

  "There's no way, it's just not willing. Qing Luan's strength also makes it have to listen." Teng Qing Shan also burst out laughing. The relationship between Kuang Feng Ying and Qing Luan was also a topic that Teng Qing Shan and Li Kun often talked about at sea.

  "Let's go and take a look inside the island."

  Teng Qing Shan glanced at Li Juan, "Follow me closely, don't stray away." Li Juan felt Teng Qing Shan's concern and nodded before obediently following beside him. Qing Luan flew above them in the sky.

  The island is not small.

  Teng Qing Shan and Li Kun walked for about half a mile before Teng's expression changed on the desolate mountain path.

  "What's wrong?" Li Kun asked in surprise.

  "Smell of char!" Teng Qing Shan's eyes sharpened, "The smell of a burnt corpse!"

  "Ah." Li Kun sucked in a breath of cold air.

  Teng Qing Shan's six senses were sharp, and although they were still far away, Li Kun couldn't smell anything. But Teng Qing Shan had already caught a whiff of it. "Big Brother Teng, what exactly happened on this island? Is that the stench of corpses? Are you mistaken?" Li Kun didn't dare to believe it.

  "It won't go wrong." Teng Qing Shan furrowed his brow, grasping the Wheel of Reincarnation Gun.

  Walked another four or five miles.

  Teng Qing Shan and Li Kun arrived at a human settlement.

  "This, this is..." Li Kun's face turned somewhat pale.

  Teng Qing Shan narrowed his eyes, and a faint cold light flickered in his pupils. Ahead of him, corpses were scattered all over the ground, some with their heads chopped off, others with large blood holes in their chests, and some broken into pieces scattered everywhere.

  Some of the wooden houses were still burning, crackling and popping from time to time.

  Right before our eyes, at least over a hundred people have died.

  "Massacre?" Teng Qing Shan's mind was filled with doubts. Even in the Nine States Continent, massacres were detested by both humans and gods. Some bandit gangs only occasionally slaughtered a village to intimidate others.

  Massacres were rare in Kyushu.

  "Xiao Juan." Teng Qing Shan found that at this moment, Li Juan's face turned pale and her eyes were also out of focus.

  "Xiao Juan, what's wrong?" Teng Qing Shan walked over and put his hand on Li Juan's shoulder.

  Li Jun suddenly hugged Teng Qing Shan tightly, tears streaming down her face. Teng Qing Shan's thoughts were also quick-witted, and he suddenly thought... that year, Li Jun's family was also slaughtered by some bandits who broke in. The whole family died, leaving only her and her mother escaping. In the end, even her mother was killed.

  Massacre...

  "Alas..." Hong Qing Shan gently patted Li Kun's back.

  After a while, Li Kun's emotions stabilized and she came out of Teng Qing Shan's arms. She said in a low voice: "Teng big brother, I'm sorry, I got your clothes wet."

  "It's okay." Teng Qing Shan comforted, "Xiao Juan, learn to be stronger!"

  "Hmm!" Li Kun raised his head and looked at Teng Qing Shan, nodding in response.

  "Let's go and see if there are any survivors on this island." Teng Qing Shan felt that Li Kun's mood was a bit chaotic at this moment, so he pulled Li Kun's hand and moved forward.

  The two of them moved forward.

  Li Jun looked up at the towering figure of Tun Qing, his firm eyes and large hands that grasped hers, radiating warmth. It was as if her drifting boat had found a harbor, and her heart calmed down.

  A faint smile of shyness appeared on her face, and Li Kun let Tuan Qing Shan pull her along as they moved forward.

  ……

  On the pirate ship, Qingyun Mountain pulled Li Kun's hand and walked for a while. All they saw on the way were corpses, about 700 or 800 people! If you count those that Qingyun Mountain didn't see... it's estimated that more than a thousand people died on the entire island.

  Not a word!

  "This is ruthless!" Teng Qing Shan looked around at the thick smoke and suddenly remembered the large sea ship he had seen before landing, his heart moved, "It's highly likely that so many people on this island have died. It was done by the people on that sea ship!"

  "Brother Teng." Li Kun pointed to a tall mansion not far away, "Look at the ground over there."

  Hong Qingshan's eyes scanned and immediately locked onto a book on the ground, half of which had been burned away.

  "Book?" Teng Qing Shan's heart skipped a beat with excitement.

  "About... Yu Huang, that was several thousand years ago, when he went to the North Sea Continent! The current North Sea Continent has passed for thousands of years. Who knows what it will become?" Teng Qing Shan was very clear about this point.

  According to Yu Huang's words, when Yu Huang was in power, the population of the nine states was only tens of millions.

  It's now ten times as much!

  After several thousand years, what has become of the North Sea continent? No one knows.

  "Book!" Teng Qing Shan immediately ran over and picked up the book. For Teng Qing Shan... now relying on books to increase his understanding of the North Sea Continent was a better approach.

  Teng Qing Shan and Li Kun both stared at this incomplete book, the cover made of yellow parchment, as they flipped it open.

  "Huh?" Teng Qing Shan furrowed his brow.

  Li Jun also blinked her eyes.

  "Brother Teng..." Li Kun looked at Teng Qing Shan, and Teng Qing Shan looked back at Li Kun, both of their expressions as innocent as could be.

  "What I'm most afraid of is this!" Teng Qing Shan couldn't help but bitterly smile.

  Those characters on the book are also square words, but every stroke and every stroke is twisted. Each character looks like a painting.

  "Illiterate!" Li Kun's face was also full of helplessness.

  She was a rich family girl, well-educated from childhood, and proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting. But now... she can't recognize characters and has become illiterate.

  "What I'm most worried about is this! When Yu Huang arrived at the North Sea Continent, the North Sea Continent already had a population of several million. It's estimated that by then, characters had already taken shape! There was a tradition of it, although it changed over several thousand years. But to be identical to the Nine States' script, it's unlikely." Teng Qing shook his head with a helpless smile, "I didn't think I'd become illiterate too. Even if I hold a book, I still can't understand it."

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