Chapter 986 The arrow in the dark(1/2)
Just as our boat was driving forward for a distance, suddenly, I heard a noise coming from the flying clouds on the sea ferrying behind me.
The ship was too big and too high, as if a mountain was standing in front of us, so the noise from above was already very faint to our ears, but we could clearly see the messy lights and shadows above. The sky was getting dark, and the sailors had already lit many torches. When they walked around with the torches in hand, the lights and shadows became chaotic.
What happened on the boat?
Could it be that I escaped and they have discovered it?
Thinking of this, I was a little anxious and hurriedly said to Xiao Wuyin: "Let's go quickly!"
However, unexpectedly, not only did he say nothing, but even the small boat that was originally moving forward slowly stopped and swayed on the sea.
I was puzzled and looked at him and said, "What's wrong?"
“…”
He still didn't say anything, but stood quietly at the stern of the boat. The light was too dark, and I could not see clearly what he was doing. I just intuitively felt that he seemed to be looking at Feiyun on the crossing the sea.
Did he discover something?
The noise on the boat was getting louder and louder, but time passed by little by little. Just as I was anxious and was about to urge him to leave quickly, suddenly, I also saw a black shadow appearing on the sea surface under the shadow cast by the huge flying clouds in the sea, swaying towards us.
That's-
I frowned and was about to look carefully, but the thing seemed to feel something. It swayed more violently and approached us faster. Then, I heard a very weak voice sounding from afar-
"Wait for me!"
This voice is - Xue Muhua?!
I was shocked and looked closely. It was her, standing on a small boat, holding the oar in her hand, and slowly paddling towards us.
Fortunately, the distance was not too far. After a while, she had already shaken to our side. I hurriedly got up and helped her onto our boat. Both of them stood unsteadily and fell down in a mess.
Xiao Wusheng was already standing quietly at the stern of the boat, without saying a word.
I looked at her and asked, "Why are you here?"
She rowed the boat for a while and was exhausted. She gasped for a few times before saying, "I overheard you talking to your elder brother and knew what he was going to do. I wanted to go with you to save Yuanfeng, but you were looked like by their people, so I ran to Liu Qinghan's room. I originally wanted to talk to you from the window and discuss it, and the result was-"
Before she finished speaking, she subconsciously looked at Xiao Wusheng.
I immediately understood.
She thought of going to the window to contact me, but she happened to meet me and summoned Xiao Wusheng. She didn't know whether it was a blessing or a disaster, so she didn't startle.
but--
I also looked at Xiao Wuyin. With the martial arts skills of a person like him, it was impossible for him to notice that someone in the room next to him was eavesdropping on our contacts, but he kept letting it go. Perhaps he already knew Xue Muhua's identity, so just as Xue Muhua's ship appeared, he stopped and waited for her immediately.
I asked, "Then, how did you come out?"
"They sent someone to watch you, but no one came to take care of me." Xue Muhua finally took a breath and said, "And when I secretly put down their boat, I seemed to hear the noise above them. I don't know what happened."
"oh?"
"They all gathered on the other side of the deck, and no one noticed me, so I got out smoothly."
“…”
I frowned and looked up at Feiyun Crossing the sea.
The sky became darker and darker. The tall flying clouds across the sea were like a huge mountain standing in front of us. At this moment, we had completely integrated into the dark sky. We looked up and could only see the messy light and shadows on it. It seemed that many people were running back and forth, and they were talking loudly, but they couldn't hear a word clearly.
It seemed as if something had happened as she said.
What the hell is going on?
However, now is no longer the time to worry about them. After all, a huge ship like Feiyun in the sea is already very powerful on the sea. What we need to do now is to hurry to Tianquan Island and notify Liu Qinghan and the others!
Thinking of this, I turned around and said to Xiao Wusheng: "Let's go."
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I am not as Liu Qinghan said, and I can see the sky eyes of the world. But this long journey is only the sound of waves in my ears and the heavy breathing of Xue Muhua, which is continuous. I seem to be able to feel that on this endless ocean, our small boat is like a piece of rootless floating duckweed, moving forward lonely and weakly with strength.
But it never stopped.
As night falls, Tianquan Island has completely integrated into the deep sea of night, and the flying clouds crossing the sea behind it have long disappeared. In such a situation where there is no support, it is most likely to make people feel helpless.
Xue Muhua's hand holding my arm was shaking unconsciously.
Actually, I was trembling too, but maybe because of her inner fear, I couldn't feel it at all. I just stretched out my cold hands and patted the back of her hand gently.
Our boat was not slow, and I even felt that it appeared much faster than the Xiao Yusheng imperial ship I saw in Qianqiu Lake before.
This person’s cultivation is definitely not inferior to his brothers!
I don’t know why, but he has such a good cultivation level, but he has to embark on this path.
Although he is famous in Xichuan, which makes people feel scared, Xue Muhua and I are now in this small world, close to each other, but unexpectedly there is no aura of fear for us. He is like a person who does not exist at all, a shadow that no one pays attention to under the light, standing quietly at the tail of the boat.
And I felt that he was looking ahead.
In the darkness, in such an endless ocean, people's sense of direction will be much different. In our sight, Tianquan Island is slowly getting bigger and becoming more and more blurred into the dark night. Although there is no feeling, I vaguely realized that we had gone around the east side of the island.
But at this time, at least three hours have passed.
It should be midnight.
I have speculated before that even if Xiao Yusheng and the others arrived at Tianquan Island in advance, they would not take action immediately. Instead, they would wait for darkness before landing on the island. But now it is now, and if they have to wait for an opportunity to move, it is time to move.
We need to speed up!
We are actually not far from Tianquan Island, but because we face the east side of the island, there are dark cliffs and no lights at all, and we don’t know what the situation is there.
I felt distressed in my heart, and couldn't help but turn back and say to Xiao Wusheng: "Can you be faster?"
He seemed to have glanced at me and said nothing.
But the speed of the ship is still the same as before.
I knew that this man could not force him, so I could only sigh and leaned forward with the side of the boat and looked ahead. But in the black and surging sea, a large area of silver shimmering light flashed, shaking my eyes. When I looked closely, there were a large group of fish swimming quickly under our boat.
The same as I saw it on the Flying Clouds of the Sea before.
Our boat then drove forward, and after about three quarters of an hour, we finally approached Tianquan Island!
And I could see at a glance the boat was erected by Xiao Yusheng in front of me!
Their ships were still a little far from the island, but because the sea near the cliffs were covered with raised reefs everywhere, just like a pack of wolves waiting below, the big ship could not pass by and could only stop a little further away.
I immediately found that there was almost no movement on the boat, and obviously, they had already landed on the island!
Suddenly, my breathing became a little quicker. I stood up and looked at the mountain wall that was almost straight into the sea and the steep and steep cliff above. I couldn't help but feel more nervous: "They have landed on the island!"
Xiao Wusheng didn't say anything, but the boat under his feet seemed to have eyes. He skillfully bypassed the dense reefs in front and slowly drove under the mountain wall.
The surge of high tide came one after another, and our boats were swinging particularly hard.
I said, "How do we get on __"
Before I could finish my words, I felt a hand grabbing the clothes on my back.
Immediately afterwards, a sudden force lifted me up. Before I could react, I had already soared into the air. The small boat that kept shaking with the sea was more than ten feet away!
Xue Muhua was crying in his ears with a low cry of surprise and almost horror.
However, before her cry was stopped, our feet had already stepped onto the hard rock. I happened to step on a raised stone, and staggered for a moment, Xiao Wusheng took his hand back from behind me, grabbed my wrist and grabbed it.
I felt like a piece of ice was touched by my wrist, but as soon as I stood firm, he immediately let go of me.
Standing beside him, Xue Muhua, who was scared to death, was still scared. He looked at me, looked at Xiao Wusheng, looked down at the boat that had turned into the size of a leaf, and then came back to his senses after a while: "I __we ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
“We’re here.”
I had experienced Huang Tianba taking me to Tianzi Peak before, and I had seen some "worlds". Now this is not a "big scene". I took a breath and looked around.
The sky was dark, and I could only barely see that there was a raised cliff, standing on the steep cliff, like a wolf howling in the sky. However, on this cliff, the mountain was not so dangerous and could be climbed.
I concentrated on recalling the fake map that the Iron-Faced King took out before. Judging from some of the marks I saw sporadically, they should be logging from here and then going up the ridge above.
I quickly turned my head and was about to say something to Xiao Wusheng, but when I turned my head, I found that although he was standing there quietly without saying a word, he was slightly panting.
“…”
My words immediately stuck in my throat.
At this time, I came to my senses. He had probably been by my side before on the Flying Clouds in the Sea, but I had never seen it. Obviously, he was not in a comfortable place to rest. After that, the imperial ship sailed here from the far sea area where the Flying Clouds in the Sea, and took me and Xue Muhua on the boat, and then took us onto such a high cliff...
He can't be untired!
No wonder, when I was at sea before, he urged him to get faster, but he did not express any expression or implement it. Now, he thinks that he should be almost at the limit of his physical strength, but in order to arrive at Tianquan Island, he still has to send us to the island, so he did not waste his last physical strength!
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel guilty and sad.
But the black shadow still had no feeling, or even no warmth, standing there quietly, letting the sea breeze blow the wind on his body flying.
Xue Muhua also looked at me: "What are we going to do next?"
"..." I paused for a moment, and then said, "In order not to be discovered by them, we must be careful and go up the mountain first."
"good."
After saying that, she had turned around and walked forward. Xiao Wuyin glanced at me, and said nothing, but just quietly followed our footsteps.
To be continued...