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Chapter 9 Crossing the Sea by Boat

Shen Yuanjing was walking alone in this huge manor. It was night, the sky was clear and the stars were dotted. He couldn't help but take out the iron flute and play a song.

The bamboo shadows in the courtyard are faint, the flowers are fragrant, the osmanthus flows on the pavilion, and the stream flows underneath, which is a unique elegance. Looking from the top of the mountain, the sea is sparkling, thousands of silver snakes dancing, and the sky is vast.

He once read a map collected by the Wang family. On the opposite side of the sea is the Haishan County where the Black Emperor is located. The bay is narrow and long, with the widest estuary of only five or six hundred miles. This manor is in the middle section, and it is only about two hundred miles to the other side, which is only twice as much as the Peach Blossom Island in the Legend of the Condor Heroes.

Thinking of this, he felt a little moved and said to himself: "Why don't I cross the sea by myself at such a distance? I passed by the shore, and my whereabouts were too obvious, so I couldn't say that the Black Emperor would hide like Yu Xin and Fatty Lei. After passing through the sea, this person would never have thought of it." He then planned it carefully.

When sailing on the sea, he was afraid of wind and waves. But this bay was long and narrow, not as wide as the sea on Peach Blossom Island, and the wind and waves inside were definitely not much larger. He was afraid of no direction. He was proficient in the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams, geographical stars, and stood on the wood during the day to see the slanting sun shadows. At night, he used this starry sky as a guide. He would not be lost in just one or two days of voyage.

People in this world feel that it is difficult and most of them have no experience in voyage. The world of Baiyu is vast and sparsely populated, and cannot even plant the land. Who is willing to take huge risks and make a living in the sea? It is already far away when going out to the sea. No one has the ability to move forward, but Shen Yuanjing has sailed a small boat to Peach Blossom Island many times, and is quite skillful.

With the right time, place and people, he did not hesitate at the moment. Seeing that the old servants were sleeping, he left the manor to find the ferry. However, between the two states of Yunyue, there were blood feuds for generations, and they almost never interacted with each other. How could they communicate at the sea?

After walking up for thirty or fifty miles, I saw nothing, and then turned around along the coast and searched down. Soon I returned to the manor location, and was about to bypass the cliff and walk down.

Seeing that there were many stone walls protruding on the cliff, he changed his mind, jumped forward, and walked forward on the stone. Halfway through, a cave suddenly appeared. He hurriedly stopped, reached out and stabbed into the stone wall, and then looked into the cave.

The hole was arched, and the opening went down to the bottom of the sea, which was only two meters wide. He lit the fire stick and shook it into the hole. He saw a small boat more than ten meters deep. He was stunned for a moment, then looked up and could vaguely see a high platform.

He swung his hand hard and rushed to the opposite side. When he reached the edge of the cave wall, he slapped his palm and shot inside. His feet were a little on the boat, and he bounced up quickly and landed on the platform.

Light up the oil lamp hanging on the wall, look carefully, and there are many steps down the platform, leading to the seabed. A boat less than 1 meter wide is parked at the bottom, and a long boat rope is hanging on an iron rod on the platform, obviously specially prepared to prevent the tide from rising and falling.

There is a stone cave behind the platform, which leads to the top. There are several torches on the platform next to it. Seeing that it was useless for a while, he picked up one and lit it, and looked inside.

Judging from the traces of the stone cave, it has been at least ten years. After walking for a while, I entered a stone chamber. The stone chamber is not big or small, square, and has nothing to be placed, and there is not even a door.

Shen Yuanjing ran over. The stone house was built very roughly. There were no other furnishings except stone benches and tables. It was enough to shelter from the wind and rain, and it could not be lived in for a long time.
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