Chapter 122: Lucky Celestial Dragons and Fish-Man Island
"It's okay, we are very familiar with this sea area and know the way without a compass." The "we" here probably refers to Princess Otohime herself and the fish pulling the boat.
For ordinary ships to go to Fishman Island, in addition to relying on compasses, they also need an excellent navigator to always pay attention to the surrounding environment and ocean currents to avoid hitting obstacles, damaging the bubble film, or riding the wrong current.
According to Brooke, once you accidentally enter the deep ocean current, it will take thousands of years to return to the surface.
Therefore, many powerful pirates will choose to tame a sea beast to pull the boat and increase their chances of survival.
"By the way, you said before that you sent a celestial dragon back to Marijoa. How did he end up on Fishman Island?" Zhang Da was also very curious. If he encountered a shipwreck, he wouldn't have sunk 10,000 meters and still be alive on Fishman Island, right?
"I have also asked about the reason for this matter, and it's okay to tell you." Princess Otohime explained the whole story to them.
This incident was caused by Fisher Tiger causing a big disturbance in Marijoa three years ago and freeing a large number of slaves. The slaves in Musgarud's house were also freed, including some fishmen.
For three years, the Celestial Dragons have been ordering the World Government and the Navy to recover their slaves for them, but with little success.
This year, or rather not long ago, Tiger died, Jinbe joined the Seven Warlords of the Sea, and all members of the Sun Pirates were pardoned, including those who had been slaves.
Most of the Celestial Dragons who lost their slaves no longer care much about this matter. As long as the culprit is dead, they can just buy new slaves.
But Musgarud was an exception. He thought that it was his family's property and there was no reason why he couldn't get it back. Since the navy wouldn't help, he would go by himself.
So this stubborn guy took a group of ordinary guards and sailed to Fishman Island to catch the mermen himself.
As a result, when they were about to reach Fishman Island, they were attacked by sea monsters. All the guards on the ship were killed, and only Musgard was lucky enough to survive and drifted to Fishman Island.
It sounds ridiculous, but it makes sense when it comes to the Celestial Dragons. Maybe he thinks that sea beasts and ocean currents should obey him.
"Although his motives were terrible, he has now corrected himself. He has released all the slaves in his home and promised me that he would never buy slaves again." Princess Otohime was very satisfied with the results of her education.
Teaching a Celestial Dragon to be good was simply a miracle in Zhang Da's eyes. He even suspected that Princess Yiji possessed the purifying power of Nangong Wenya.
“Um…should we turn off the lights? It’s very conspicuous now. It feels like those big fish outside will pounce on us at any time.” Rui Mengmeng said fearfully, pointing at a fish big enough to bite off half of the boat in one bite.
"A little light won't hurt. Many of the fish here have degenerated eyes , so they don't rely on vision to catch prey." Princess Otohime said, "And the speed of the eels here is one of the best."
A'an was the name of the fish that carried the boat. As if in response to Princess Otohime's words, A'an carried them quickly through the sea and entered a small cave under the red soil continent.
The hole is only small relative to the red earth continent, but it is quite large for people and ships.
"The trench ahead is ten thousand meters deep, and Fishman Island is right underneath it!" Princess Otohime was very happy. The week-long journey away from Fishman Island alone was already very long for her, and she missed her lovely children very much now.
After entering the trench, the view in front of everyone suddenly became bright. It was clearly the bottom of the sea, but it was filled with sunlight.
The most eye-catching thing is a small island suspended in the sea in front and the huge and dense tree roots next to it.
Princess Otohime introduced: "Those are the roots of the Sun Tree Eve, which can transmit the sunlight to Fishman Island, so Fishman Island has the same day and night as the ground.
At the same time, it can also provide air for Fishman Island. It is because of the Sun Tree Eve that we can feel the sunlight and air at a depth of 10,000 meters under the sea. We call it the grace of the sun. "
Shark Chili tapped his shark head: "This feels totally unscientific."
Rui Mengmeng leaned on the railing and looked out: "But it's really magical, and this place is just like a scene from a fairy tale."
Altria looked around. "It's a dreamlike island just like Shampoodi. No, it's even more magical than Shampoodi."
Yes, there is sunshine all over the seabed, islands enclosed in bubbles, colorful fish, seahorses and other marine life all around, huge tree roots, and seaweed floating gently with the current.
Although it is unscientific, it is really beautiful.
Tom wanted to jump out and swim. It would be a shame not to go out for a swim in such a nice place.
He is the kind of cat who is very active and will go wherever he wants.
Tom jumped out of Princess Otohime's arms like a hungry cat and closed his eyes in mid-air, making a gesture of diving into the water.
Then he swam with his eyes closed, breaststroke, backstroke, butterfly stroke, freestyle, Tom showed off all the swimming styles.
Then he turned around and jumped back contentedly, landed on the deck, jumped up and down, and slapped his ears, trying to get all the water out of them.
When he opened his eyes, everyone on the boat was laughing so hard that they were bent over.
Tom looked outside the screen in confusion and spread his hands, not knowing what was going on.
As soon as Tom jumped out, Zhang Daye caught him. When he was swimming with his eyes closed, Zhang Daye held him with both hands and helped him move in accordance with Tom's swimming style.
So what everyone saw was that Tom jumped onto Zhang Daye's hands, closed his eyes and pretended to swim. After jumping down, he looked very satisfied and didn't even notice that the hair on his body was dry.
Zhang Da also held back his laughter and picked up Tom: "Okay, we're done swimming. Don't mess around when we're guests at their place later."
Tom nodded. He was very polite.
Princess Otohime stopped laughing and said, "This is the back of Fishman Island. We will enter from the front entrance."
The outside of Fishman Island is wrapped with two layers of bubble wrap, and there is an air layer between the two layers of film. If you enter illegally without going through the entrance, you will fall directly in the air layer, and either fall back into the sea, or fall on Fishman Island and die together with your boat.
Falling into the sea is not much better, because after the coated ship touches the bubble film on the outer layer of Fishman Island, the coating on the ship will be stripped away, which means that it will fall into the deep sea without any protection and die from the water pressure.
So Musgard was really lucky. He was able to successfully enter Fishman Island even after encountering a shipwreck here.
As soon as Princess Otohime's ship approached the entrance, the soldiers in charge of immigration inspection immediately became excited:
"It's the princess! The princess is back safely!"
"Great! Open the entrance quickly! Report to Ryugu Castle!"
"Otohime-sama!"
Otohime stood at the bow with a big smile on her face and waved to the soldiers: "Everyone, thank you for your hard work! I'm back, and I brought an important guest with me!"
