After carefully examining the strange ship, Li Mu nodded and said, "Hmm, it is indeed a ghost ship. Who wants to come with me to investigate?"
Upon hearing this, Hailan'er turned to look at Zhao Sheng.
Zhao Sheng knew why she was looking over, so he said, "I don't sense any danger."
As soon as he finished speaking, Gui Xinshu eagerly said, "Brother Mu, I'll go with you."
"Count me in." Others, not wanting to miss the opportunity, also signed up.
After making their statements, the six of them simply boarded the ship together.
The details of the search after boarding the ship are unnecessary to elaborate on.
An hour later, everyone left the ghost ship and returned to the Dafu, where they shared their spoils.
Gui Xin wanted to show off to everyone that he had just found a superior magic artifact and two storage bags.
Zhao Sheng was completely unconcerned about Gui Xinshu's boastful behavior.
He was only concerned with two things in Li Mu's hands: the navigation gold tablet and a palm-sized white jade slip.
The nautical charts are engraved on the gold nautical plaques, and their importance is self-evident. It could be said that in the Shattered Star Sea, the nautical charts are the most precious treasures on a ship.
Zhao Sheng was very patient, waiting for Li Mu to finish reading the golden plate and for him to remove the jade slip from between his eyebrows before taking the opportunity to ask, "Uncle Mu, did you find anything?"
Li Mu glanced at Zhao Sheng, then handed him the jade slip, saying, "Take a look for yourself!"
Zhao Sheng took the jade slip, pressed it against his brow, and probed into it with his mind.
"...Misty Sea, Death Flames, Soul-Absorbing True Water, Thunder Cloud Storm"
Zhao Sheng was in great pain as he looked at it, because too much time had passed, and most of the divine consciousness imprint within the jade slip had dissipated, leaving the internal information incomplete.
After going through it all with great difficulty, I only got some fragmented information.
"show me!"
Just as Zhao Sheng took down the jade slip, a fair and delicate hand was stretched out in front of him.
After handing the jade slip to Hailan'er, Zhao Sheng fell into deep thought.
Based on his own experience and the information on the jade slip, Zhao Sheng determined that they were in the Misty Sea.
The Misty Sea is a mysterious sea area in the outer ocean of the Shattered Stars. It is shrouded in fog all year round, and ships that accidentally enter it rarely come out alive.
The sea he was in was different from the ordinary Misty Sea. It looked normal during the day, but only returned to its Misty Sea appearance at night.
This is one of the reasons why they had previously speculated but dared not confirm whether they had really fallen into the Sea of Mist.
Zhao Sheng didn't dwell on why this place was different from the Misty Sea in other regions; he only considered how to escape from here.
Escaping from the Misty Sea is difficult, but the jade slip proposed a plan: during a stormy day with thunderclouds, take advantage of the brief dissipation of the mist and embark on a risky voyage until you break free of the Misty Sea.
Sailing is extremely dangerous under thunderstorms.
Unless there's absolutely no other way, it's best not to try it, since it's just a hypothetical scenario.
In fact, Zhao Sheng had also thought of an escape plan, but the current circumstances did not allow it, so he could only keep it in mind for the time being.
While Zhao Sheng was deep in thought, the jade slip had already been passed through by others.
When Li Mu asked for everyone's opinions,
Gui Xinshu, with his strong gambling instincts, immediately declared that he would give it a try no matter what.
Yan Kai and Zou Li subtly indicated that they should be cautious.
Hailan'er had no opinion; she only considered Li Mu's suggestion.
Zhao Sheng concluded, "What's on the jade slip is just a concept. Besides, we don't have enough manpower right now!"
His words immediately jolted everyone awake.
They only have six people now, which is far from enough to unleash the full power of the Great Fortune.
To unleash the full potential of the Great Fortune Ship, at least twenty cultivators are needed.
Li Mu frowned after hearing this.
Gui Xinshu was extremely disappointed and complained, "Damn it, I don't want to die on this ship. I haven't even gotten married and had kids yet!"
Zhao Sheng said, "We can only wait now, waiting for other treasure ships to also get stuck here."
Upon hearing this, everyone's spirits immediately lifted.
yes!
If other ships come in, we can easily gather enough manpower.
Seeing the crowd's high spirits, Li Mu's brows relaxed slightly, but his face still showed a preoccupied expression.
Zhao Sheng observed this and, after a moment's thought, roughly guessed what the other person was thinking.
Time is running out for Li Mu!
After the ghost ship incident, morale soared, and Yunzhou immediately increased the number of times he went out to investigate the surrounding area from once a day to three times a day.
In the first month, morale was high, and they worked three times a day.
In the third month, morale dropped slightly, so the frequency was changed to twice a day.
In the sixth month, morale plummeted, and the frequency returned to once a day.
...
Three years later, the spirit stone reserves were depleted, and everyone was in low spirits. The exploration missions became a perfunctory task, with people working on them only sporadically.
Under these circumstances, Zhao Sheng secretly raised his cultivation to the seventh level of Qi Refining, at the cost of eating spirit whale meat until he vomited.
Over the years, Zhao Sheng often used the excuse of improving his meals to go to sea to catch shrimp, fish, marine animals and other kinds of seafood.
Having witnessed his extraordinary swimming skills, everyone was no longer surprised by it.
As Zhao Sheng dived more and more, he gradually gained a deeper understanding and made more discoveries about this sea area.
He discovered that as long as he didn't touch the death flames on the seabed or get too close to the coral reef, there wasn't much danger here.
Zhao Sheng also discovered that the spiritual aperture of the pure Yin spiritual vein was located beneath the coral reef, and the ocean graveyard was centered around the coral reef, covering an area of approximately three hundred miles.
Over the past three years, Zhao Sheng has clearly noticed that Li Mu pays special attention to that pure Yin spiritual vein.
Because Li Mu made no attempt to conceal his intentions, he had repeatedly asked Zhao Sheng to take him to the coral reef to investigate the situation.
But it was just a probe; Li Mu did not cross the line.
Zhao Sheng knew he was waiting for the right opportunity.
As for the timing...
Three months later, a thunderstorm had just passed.
Hailan stood on the deck, looking longingly at the sunrise on the horizon.
It's often said that girls change a lot as they grow up, but the same is true for men.
At twenty years old, Zhao Sheng had grown into a handsome and dashing young man with a tall and slender figure and a mature and steady demeanor.
Therefore, there are some things that Zhao Sheng cannot escape simply by trying to avoid them.
For example, Hailan'er's infatuation with him was obvious even to a fool.
Unfortunately, this person was oblivious and always dealt with things passively, which made Guixinshu so angry that she wished she could take his place.
As the morning glow faded and the sun leaped out of the sea, a black dot suddenly appeared on the horizon where the sun met the sea.
Hailan'er's gaze sharpened. She rubbed her eyes, and after confirming that she wasn't seeing things, she shouted with wild joy, "A ship! A ship is coming!"
"What? Where did this ship come from?"
Upon hearing that there was a boat, Gui Xinshu hurriedly ran out of the wheelhouse, jumping up and down as he looked into the distance.
Upon seeing the black dot, he was overjoyed: "It really is a ship!"
At this moment, Li Mu, Zhao Sheng and others also rushed to the deck. Looking at the ship gradually appearing on the distant sea, they all showed joy.
Year after year, they finally got what they'd been waiting for!