Volume 12 is missing Chapter 51: Whale, You Are So Beautiful
An old-looking trawler set out from the dock, sailed along the wide and straight waterway, and moved forward with difficulty on the sea.
A large group of hungry skuas followed the fishing boat very cleverly and flew in the sky.
The skuas living in this sea area have rich experience.
They know that once the fishing boats draw up their nets, some fish, shrimps and crabs that are too small will be unwanted by the fishermen and will be thrown back into the sea.
That's when it's time for their delicious buffet.
They are not picky, and they don't mind the small size of fish and shrimp. In their eyes, they are all top-notch delicacies, so delicious that they make them want to fly over them.
And occasionally, when the fishermen are in a good mood, they will take the initiative to throw the fish into the air, watching the skuas catch the small fish and shrimp in their mouths like puppies, and laughing.
"Come and collect the nets. If you don't, even the seabirds will get anxious." The captain stared at the sea water, as if he could see through it, and then gave the orders in a loud voice.
The net has been let down for a long time, and it is indeed time to close it.
As soon as he spoke, the fishermen immediately got busy.
They worked hard to turn the capstan at the stern.
The captain finally shifted his gaze away from the sea and looked up at the skuas that had been hovering in the sky for a long time.
They began to chirp happily, obviously understanding their actions of pulling in the nets to catch fish.
Influenced by the skuas, the captain was in a good mood as well.
"Hmm?" He glanced through the gaps left by the skuas and suddenly saw a brilliant light passing across the sky.
meteor?
How is this possible? Where did a meteor come from in broad daylight?
The captain subconsciously focused his attention on the light and saw it fall into the place where they came from - Jiaolong Island.
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After arranging everything, Lu Qingshan left Tianhe City and set out on the journey back to Cangqiongtian.
But he was not going back to Yumen Pass, but heading straight to the South China Sea.
The South China Sea is full of ups and downs.
One wave rolled up thousands of snowdrifts, and the sound of the waves was like thunder.
The sea and the sky meet, making people feel relieved.
A ray of sword light came with the wind. Although it looked very small in the vast South China Sea, it had a completely different sense of fit.
When the familiar outline of Jiaolong Island came into view and the humid air with a salty smell rushed towards him, Lu Qingshan looked around and felt a lot of emotion in his heart.
The last time he went to Jiaolong Island, due to his cultivation level, he could only travel with the help of secular ships.
But when he set foot on this sea area again, it was completely different from the past. The distance that was out of reach in the past was now within his reach by riding the sword and wind for a moment.
Lu Qingshan had anticipated the arrival of this moment, but he did not expect that it would only take twenty years.
The eventful twenty years enabled him to rise from a junior swordsman who did not even have his own natal sword to the leader of the most powerful swordsmanship sect in this area.
Even in the most imaginative biographical novels in the world, there would not be such an outrageous plot, but it happened in reality.
All I can say is that reality is often more fantastic than fiction.
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The sword light faded, and Lu Qingshan stepped onto Jiaolong Island.
After twenty years of absence, the island has become extremely unfamiliar.
Even Jiaolong Island is no longer called Jiaolong Island and has a new name.
Now it is called Dragon Slaying Island.
Ever since the Sea God Sect and the Jiaolong, the two major evils on Jiaolong Island, were eradicated, and the Dragon Slaying Sword changed the name of Jiaolong City to Tulong City, the people on the island tacitly changed the name of Jiaolong Island to Tulong Island the following year.
Although it is a bit of an exaggeration, the word "Jiaolong" still has the word "dragon" in it, so it is not something that is made up out of nothing.
Twenty years is an extremely long time in the secular world.
After Slaying Dragon Sword took over Jiaolong Island, although there was no guarantee whether it would become the next Sea God Sect in the later period, at least in the early period it did not forget its original intention and did many good things.
The most noteworthy thing is the cancellation of tariffs at Jiaolong Port.
This move made the Dragon Slaying Island rapidly prosperous, and many shops sprang up like mushrooms after rain in Dragon Slaying City.
The most famous of them is a weapons shop called Sanchifeng.
It is said that this weapons shop was originally just an unknown wood carving shop, and the owner was a decadent and lazy middle-aged man named Xue.
Then, one day, a new proprietress appeared in the store, and then the wood carving shop changed its business and became a weapons shop.
Logically speaking, such a drastic career change would inevitably end in failure.
But who would have thought that the quality of the weapons produced by the weapons shop was unexpectedly excellent. Many people even came from thousands of miles away just to buy one of the "Three-foot Blade" weapons.
The most popular place in the entire Dragon Slaying City is this weapon shop. Although it is not as lively as a restaurant or a hotel, there are customers visiting it all year round.
But there is an iron rule here: no matter what your identity is, you can only purchase one weapon.
Of course, such arrogant rules must have attracted a lot of sneers and disdain in the beginning.
But when a burly man who was looking for trouble was shooed out by the skinny-looking shopkeeper, everyone realized that "arrogance" naturally has its basis.
From then on, no one dared to disrespect the rules here.
There are many shelves in the weapon shop, with various weapons hanging on the shelves, among which swords are the most numerous.
Whether in the world of cultivation or in the secular world, swords have always been the most popular weapons.
Customers in twos and threes were looking for weapons they liked in the shop, while the shopkeeper was lying on a chair beside him with his eyes narrowed.
A figure suddenly walked in from the door.
The shopkeeper surnamed Xue heard the footsteps and said without opening his eyes, " Look for yourself, but no matter how many weapons you like, you can only take one at most."
"Since we are so familiar with each other, can you only take one away?" the man laughed.
The customers in the store all looked sideways when they heard the words, and looked at the figure thinking that he was definitely in trouble.
Cultivate connections?
Everyone knows that Shopkeeper Xue is stubborn and will not respond to any advice or threats.
However, just as they were about to see that man humiliated, the usually calm and composed Shopkeeper Xue suddenly opened his eyes, looked at the figure, and immediately stood up.
"Why... are you here?" Xue Zhuyong hesitated as he looked at the familiar handsome face.
"I have to come back for something, so I stopped by to take a look." Lu Qingshan said.
Given his friendship with Mo Yan, now that he was back, there was no reason for him not to come and see Xue Zhuyong and Mo Zhizhi.
Perhaps it was the casualness of a sword cultivator, or perhaps it was because he had only been practicing for a short time, but in any case, Lu Qingshan was not like most high-level cultivators who became indifferent to everything except practice. His emotions were still very warm and rich.
"Our store is closed today. Please come back tomorrow." Xue Zhuyong nodded slightly to Lu Qingshan, then turned to the customers in the store and said.
Damn, he really is someone with connections... The guests hesitated in their hearts, but their actions were very quick and polite as they left the weapon list.
"Zhizi, look who's here..." After closing the door of the weapon shop, Xue Zhuyong led Lu Qingshan to the backyard.
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Above Lingyuan.
Lu Qingshan looked down at the bottomless and dark "crater" and walked forward with even less fear than last time.
After a dizzying feeling of weightlessness, his eyes suddenly lit up and the scenery around him changed drastically.
The darkness was replaced by a bright world, an ancient world full of vitality, like a paradise on earth, so vast that its boundaries could not be seen at a glance, and its area was many times larger than Jiaolong Island.
This is the little world within.
After talking with the Whale God Zhuo, Lu Qingshan understood that as long as in this small world, the Immortal Whale is everywhere.
So he didn't do anything, just waited quietly.
A gust of wind blew by.
The lush forest created a huge green wave, like a sea of forest, which was beautiful beyond words.
Lu Qingshan seemed to notice something and his eyes fell on the sea of forests.
Ripples spread out across the sea of forest.
After a moment, a vivid pattern appeared on the sea of forests.
Whale pattern made of leaves.
"You've become stronger. That's amazing. Only such a short time has passed." A slightly childish voice sounded in Lu Qingshan's ears.
"Your gift back then was of great help to me." Lu Qingshan said after a moment of hesitation.
Although he knew that in terms of age, the long-lived whale in front of him was not an exaggeration to say the word "you", but the childish voice still made him unable to say it.
"It's not a gift, it's a drum of thanks." Changsheng Whale explained seriously.
"Not much difference," Lu Qingshan spread his hands, and recalled the Whale God Zhuo's habit of speaking. He hesitated for a moment and couldn't help asking, "Is your name Gu?"
"How did you know about Gu?" Gu asked in surprise.
“…” Lu Qingshan was speechless—they were indeed the same species.
But Gu immediately reacted and remembered the reason why he spoke, "You have a very strange aura, it's the same aura as Gu."
"And it's much, much more powerful than a drum."
"Can you tell me where this came from?" Gu asked sincerely like a curious baby.
"This is exactly why I came to see you." Lu Qingshan said with a smile.
The forest sea was rippled at just the right moment, and a large question mark made up of leaves appeared on the upper right side of the green whale's head.
"In Tianhe Sea, I met a member of your tribe. His name is Zhuo. Zhuo is much older than you..." Lu Qingshan said gently and unhurriedly, explaining Zhuo's predicament one by one.
"As I said, Zhuo wants to leave Tianhe Sea now, but he can't bear to ignore the lives of the creatures on Qingcang Island... He needs your help, and Zhuo also hopes to see you." Lu Qingshan said seriously.
"How can Gu help Zhuo?" Gu didn't figure it out.
"As long as the creatures on Qingcang Island leave Qingcang Island, Zhuo can break free from the constraints of Qingcang Island and leave Tianhe Sea." Lu Qingshan said concisely.
"Gu can help Zhuo take away the Qingcang Island Creature Drum!" Gu's voice was very excited, and he spoke before Lu Qingshan.
"Are you willing to help?" Lu Qingshan didn't expect things to go so smoothly.
"Of course I'm willing. Zhuo is Gu's fellow tribesman. How could Gu not be willing to help?" Gu asked curiously, not understanding why Lu Qingshan would ask such a question.
Lu Qingshan was silent.
In Gu's eyes, being of the same tribe was enough reason to help.
Little do people know that it is not uncommon for brothers and sisters to kill each other and for husbands and wives to turn against each other in this world, not to mention the same clan.
Perhaps only the isolated and gentle whales can have such a pure heart?
"Qingcang Island is much larger than the island on your back, and there are also many more living creatures on it. Can you handle it?" Lu Qingshan confirmed.
"Of course you can. Don't underestimate Gu," Gu said seriously, "Gu's world is very big. It can accommodate many people. Gu's strength is also very great."
Lu Qingshan's eyes flashed slightly, and his tense heart finally settled down.
"However," Gu spoke again at this time, which made Lu Qingshan's heart rise, "Where is the Tianhehai you are talking about, Gu?"
"..." Lu Qingshan smiled and said, "I'll take you there."
"Then we can set off now!" Gu said anxiously.
Its mental age is still that of a teenager, and it cannot hide anything at all, so it even appears to be more anxious than Lu Qingshan.
Before he could open his mouth to persuade, Lu Qingshan, whose lines were all taken away by the drum, could only nod silently.
…
The moon is bright in the sky.
Most of the creatures on the island fell into a deep sleep.
The ground suddenly shook slightly.
The vibration was so slight that not many people noticed it, let alone woke them up from their sleep.
Among the three-foot-tough weapon shops in Tulong City, Xue Zhuyong was one of the few exceptions.
He and his wife stood side by side in the yard, looking up at the full moon in the sky.
In their eyes, the bright moon grew slightly bigger at an inaudible amplitude, like a vibration.
"It's begun," he whispered.
"If he hadn't told us, I would never have imagined that we had lived on the back of a whale for so many years." Mo Zhizhi sighed, holding Xue Zhuyong's hand.
"There are too many things in this world that we cannot imagine." Xue Zhuyong agreed.
For example, he could never have imagined that after twenty years of separation, Lu Qingshan would become the leader of Dao Sect. He could never have imagined that his son was now fighting against the demons in Zhongling and was one of the leading cultivators in Zhongling. In the future, he would most likely become the cultivator who governs Zhongling Domain.
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Lu Qingshan was suspended in the air.
In front of him, the huge Dragon Slaying Island was rising slowly at a steady speed.
As the Dragon Slaying Island rose, the lower part that was submerged in the sea water appeared in front of Lu Qingshan.
This was the first time Lu Qingshan saw the true appearance of the Immortal Whale.
It is extremely huge, which is the most obvious feature of the long-lived whale.
It is so huge, so big that it is shocking.
The Immortal Whale is the only creature in the world whose size alone can shock anyone.
Even with the eyesight of a cultivator hovering at a high point, he could not see from the head of the Immortal Whale to its tail, it was so vast and endless.
Besides, it looks good.
The entire body of the Longevity Whale is golden with black patterns, shaped like a roc, crossing the starry sky and the moonlight, huge and boundless, with a layer of gentle glow lingering all over its body.
Its golden eyes are as bright as two suns.
As the altitude increases, even if the Longevity Whale does nothing, it looks like a god looking down on the world, which is breathtaking.
As Lu Qingshan was watching, with a buzzing sound, a green mist rushed out from the Lingyuan, transforming into one ray of light after another, like divine chains, and then enveloped the Dragon Slaying Island on its back.
Of course, to the creatures on the island, this scene was just like the aurora interweaving in the sky.
"It's time to go, drums!"
Seeing that Lu Qingshan seemed to be distracted and motionless, Gu hurriedly urged him.
Lu Qingshan came back to his senses from the shock and couldn't help but want to praise the Longevity Whale as the most beautiful spiritual beast he had ever seen, but then he remembered that whales were not fish in the strict sense.
So he sighed to the drum:
"Whale, you are so beautiful."
