Volume 2 Dragon Bird Chapter 8: Jiaolong Island
After sailing on the sea for more than thirty days, Lu Qingshan left his cabin .
It was a rare opportunity for Lu Qingshan to have some free time, so he thought of the mysterious King of the Rat from the West.
He was not in the room early in the morning. Most likely he went to look for Zang Xiaojian again. He wanted to see what he had been doing recently.
Lu Qingshan stopped a passing crew member and asked, "Is there a girl of fifteen or sixteen on the boat?"
"Are you talking about Miss Zang?" The crewman blurted out without thinking much. It was obvious that Zang Xiaojian had left a deep impression on him.
"Do you know where she came from?"
The crew member shook his head. "I only know that she is like you. She spent a lot of money to take a ship to the Poseidon Islands."
He didn't get anything out of the question, but that was normal. Lu Qingshan then asked where the cabin where Xiaojian was located, thanked him, and went there.
"...Thunder is rumbling, fog is thick. The sun is setting in the sky..." As soon as he walked to the cabin door, Lu Qingshan vaguely heard the Western Rat King muttering in the cabin.
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Lu Qingshan knocked on the door.
"Come in." Zang Xiaojian's very clear voice came.
When Lu Qingshan pushed open the cabin door, he saw an extremely strange scene.
The King of Rat of the West, holding a book bigger than his body in his paws, looked like a dull scholar, shaking his head as he read something.
Lu Qingshan took a glance and saw four big characters "Lisheng Duiyun" written on the cover of the book.
"What are you doing..." Lu Qingshan stroked his forehead, unable to understand the behavior of the King of the Western Rat.
"The King of Western Rat likes to read, but he doesn't know the human language. Since he's so eager to learn, I'll teach him." Zang Xiaojian explained for the King of Western Rat, his spirits high and his tone cheerful, "These books were used by my father to teach me how to read. I brought them out. Don't tell me, he learns very quickly. In just such a short period of time, he has already mastered the rhyme and rhythm."
After receiving the compliment from Zang Xiaojian, the Western Rat King immediately put down the book in his hand, put his hands on his waist and said proudly: "A mere human language is nothing to Lord Rat."
Lu Qingshan vaguely guessed why the King of the Rat West suddenly became interested in learning. He saw through it but did not say it out loud. He said to the King of the Rat West, "Okay, then you continue to learn."
Then he turned around and said to Zang Xiaojian: "That will cause a lot of trouble."
Zang Xiaojian waved his hand towards Lu Qingshan generously, indicating that it was no problem, and turned to look at the Western Rat King who was shaking his head again.
She finds it interesting!
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Three days later, at noon when the sunlight was the hottest, the huge figure of Jiaolong Island stretching across the sea appeared in everyone's sight.
Jiaolong Island is the main island of the Poseidon Islands. Its area is equivalent to that of a medium-sized prefecture in Daxia. Its outline looks like a towering and winding mountain. It is extremely long as a whole. The middle and head of the island are also quite wide. However, as it leaps eastward, it becomes narrower and narrower, especially at the end of the island, which is particularly cramped.
The journey was very peaceful, and we didn't encounter any monsters, pirates, or storms.
But this is normal. After all, the fleet has been sailing on this route for more than ten years and has always been safe and sound. There is no reason for Lu Qingshan to encounter any problems as soon as he gets on board.
If you really want to count, the only thing worth mentioning is that he met a girl named Zang Xiaojian who seemed to have a very extraordinary background. Under her guidance, he successfully refined the water sword armor.
The Jiaolong Island, which seemed so close at hand, took the fleet nearly an hour to reach before it entered the wide and straight waterway of the Jiaolong Island.
After walking for another two or three miles, the one-kilometer-long pier of Jiaolong Island came into view.
After the fleet docked at the pier, three Qi-refining monks wearing green robes with dragon claw marks on them walked over.
The captain of the fleet immediately came forward with a big smile on his face, and talked to the three monks about something. The three monks in green robes kept glancing back and forth over the fleet from time to time.
After muttering for a long time, the captain stuffed a small bag of silver on board, and the three green-robed monks finally left.
This is probably the tariff in ancient times.
Lu Qingshan pondered in his mind.
However, Daxia's influence did not extend to the South China Sea islands, and Jiaolong Island was not under Daxia's jurisdiction. So what force was responsible for collecting customs duties?
Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan asked a short and strong crew member with dark skin standing next to him.
"On Jiaolong Island, apart from the Sea God Sect, who else has the strength to occupy the gold mine of Jiaolong Port." The short and strong crew member glanced at the dock and confirmed that the three blue-robed monks had gone far away. Then he spat again and said contemptuously: "This group of beasts who betrayed their compatriots to please the monsters. Among the South China Sea islands, his family collects the most customs taxes. I don't know why the boss is so determined to do business here."
"Betraying compatriots?" Lu Qingshan frowned.
The short and strong crewman quickly gestured to Lu Qingshan to keep quiet, "I dare only say a few words here, sir, remember, you can't say these words carelessly on the island. The Shanghai Divine Sect has total control over Jiaolong Island. If these words are heard by someone with ulterior motives, you will probably lose a layer of skin. If you are unlucky, you may even lose your life!"
Seeing the short and sturdy crewman's cautious attitude, Lu Qingshan was very tactful and did not ask any more questions.
Anyway, as long as he gets to the island, he will know the news sooner or later.
After the captain had settled the relationship, everyone started to go ashore and load and unload cargo.
Lu Qingshan slowly walked away from the merchant ship, while thinking about something in his mind.
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If you want to get the three-foot sword, you must find the head of the Mo family who has hidden his identity.
This is a simple cause and effect relationship.
Lu Qingshan did not lie to the King of the Western Rat. He really did not know where the head of the Mo family was. Even before arriving in Bi Bo City, he did not even know that the name of this heavenly sword was San Chi Feng.
But if you really want to say it's like looking for a needle in a haystack, it's not entirely true.
He did have information related to the head of the Mo family.
It was an interesting record that he had glanced over in the historical plot records when he was checking the version update information after the game's internal testing ended:
In March of the first year of Xianwu , on Jiaolong Island in the South China Sea, the head of the Mo family, who was supposed to have died on Longquan Island twenty years ago, reappeared. He wielded a heavenly sword to defeat the Jiaolong Demon King and died on the island. The heavenly sword disappeared along with the death of the head of the Mo family and was never seen again.
Xianwu became Tianyuan, so Lu Qingshan was unsure whether the head of the Mo family would appear on Jiaolong Island as scheduled in March of the first year of Tianyuan.
But I think there is a high probability that it will happen. Maybe the time will change, a few days earlier or later?
However, his idea was not to wait for the head of the Mo family to show up.
Because when it appears, there will be an earth-shattering battle. In that situation, it is unlikely to get a three-foot blade.
His plan was to find the reclusive head of the Mo family before he fought fiercely against the Dragon Demon King.
Of course, even if the head of the Mo family was found, it would be extremely difficult to obtain the three-foot sword.
But it is definitely more practical than waiting for the head of the Mo family to show up.
Moreover, in Lu Qingshan's opinion, how to obtain the three-foot sword from the head of the Mo family is something that should be considered after finding the head of the Mo family.
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Lu Qingshan checked the sea map and found that the Poseidon Islands were the closest island group to Longquan Island where the Mo family was located.
After the destruction of Longquan Island, the first place of rest for the head of the Mo family who managed to escape must have been the Poseidon Islands.
What's more, everyone has a sentimental attachment to their hometown. For the head of the Mo family, it is a high-probability event to live in seclusion in the Sea God Islands closest to Longquan Island.
Moreover, after three months, the head of the Mo family will appear on Jiaolong Island and fight against the Jiaolong Demon King.
Combining these two points, at this point in time, the possibility that the head of the Mo family is in the Poseidon Islands is not 100%, but at least 70% to 80%.
The next thing to do is to find a way to find the possible traces of the head of the Mo family in the Sea God Islands.
