The Fourth Lingshi Financial Crisis

Chapter 174
The Sea Cliff Fleet sailed in the Eastern Ocean for five consecutive days.

Until the morning of the sixth day, the originally clear sky turned into fog for no reason!

The fog was very strange. It was clear that the sun was shining not long ago, but the entire fleet suddenly fell into a thick sea fog with a visibility of less than two kilometers. Even the ships in the distance could not be seen clearly.

Unlike natural fog, which gathers and disperses, this sea fog is actually somewhat similar to smog. The visibility level in all directions is very uniform, and as the fleet continues to advance, the visibility on both sides continues to decrease.

After noticing this change, Han Fulai immediately called out the two cultivators Yang Lu and Lin Dong.

According to Han Fulai, they have already entered the coverage area of ​​the Wanli Yanbo formation, but they are still on the periphery of the formation, and the star formation carried by each ocean-going merchant ship can still work normally.

In order to ensure that merchant ships do not collide with each other, the star arrays carried by each merchant ship emit several golden rays of light, which connect with nearby merchant ships to form a golden light network covering the sea, and advance neatly under the leadership of the flagship. .

During the voyage, Han Fulai was always observing the golden compass on the bow of the flagship.

Complex golden light spots shone on the surface of this golden compass, and there were even auxiliary lines similar to the coordinate axis system. While observing the golden compass, Han Fulai was constantly comparing it with a complicated blueprint in his hand.

Noticing Yang Lu's questioning gaze, Han Fulai immediately explained: "The star formation can reflect the positions of the stars in the sky in real time at the eye of the formation. The navigator only needs to observe the movement of the stars to determine his position in the vast sea. This is the star-linking navigation technique invented more than 20 years ago by Dongfang Jiu, a mathematician of the Wuliangjian Sect and the No.1600 third-generation leader. This technique has greatly promoted the development of overseas trade in Kyushu. All ocean-going fleets must be equipped with practitioners who are responsible for navigation, so as not to lose their way. Before I became the head of the Ocean Trade Department, I worked as a fleet navigator for many years."

After listening to Han Fulai's introduction, Yang Lu couldn't help being a little surprised:

The instrument he played with turned out to be a comprehension version of the planetarium!

This technique of navigating with the help of the starry sky is somewhat similar to the sextant navigation technique of earth navigators.

It's just that the "cultivation navigator" can use the extraordinary power of the fairy array, even if the sea is covered with fog, they can still observe the real-time positions of the stars in the sky, unlike the ancient navigators on the earth, who can't see the starry sky for several days and have to be blinded .

It seems that the Kyushu cultivation world has not completely lacked technological progress over the years.After all, navigation with the help of the starry sky requires a strong foundation in mathematics and physics, and it is also necessary to predict the trajectory of celestial bodies. As long as calculus is not invented, it is impossible to use the starry sky to accurately locate in the depths of the ocean.

This senior Dongfang Jiu of the Infinite Sword Sect should have independently studied the relevant theories of calculus, otherwise it would be impossible to achieve this level of navigation and positioning.

But here comes the problem. In the comprehension society where "everything is inferior, only comprehension is high", studying calculus is undoubtedly the art of slaying dragons. Why did the old head of the Wuliang Sword Sect suddenly study this thing?
Is it purely out of interest?

But Han Fulai didn't seem to know anything more, so Yang Lu didn't continue to ask.

And Lin Dong, a rising star of the Wuliang Sword Sect, who was not good at mathematics and science, didn't understand what the two were talking about at all, and was so bored that he yawned.

In the eyes of the vast majority of cultivators, the way of mathematics and science is out-and-out heresy. After all, this kind of knowledge is a waste of time and cannot directly improve the realm of cultivation.

Don’t you see, Dongfang Jiu, the most powerful mathematician master in Kyushu’s history, failed to break through the fifth level of Yuanying until his lifespan was exhausted. A typical case of a person.

As the Sea Cliff Fleet cut through the waves and continued to penetrate into the vast formation, the star map displayed by the golden compass and the standard star map in Han Fulai's hand became closer and closer, and soon the two almost completely overlapped, which meant that they were about to reach the predetermined position symbols of.

After discovering this situation, Han Fulai immediately ordered the fleet to stop advancing.As the ocean-going merchant ships lowered their sails and stopped sailing, the sea fog surrounding the fleet suddenly dissipated, revealing a clear sea with a radius of about seven or eight miles, which just wrapped the Sea Cliff Fleet.

And right in front of the fleet, there is a smaller sailboat coming head-on!

"That's Yanbo Island's people to pick us up." Han Fulai pointed to the sailing boat and explained.

In front of the Sea Cliff Fleet, this Yanbo Island sailboat is as petite as a toy. According to Yang Lu, it only has a displacement of more than a hundred tons, and its sailing speed is not very fast. It seems that Yanbo Island's shipbuilding technology is far behind that of Haiya City.

When sailing to about 2000 meters away from the sea cliff fleet, the small sailboat stopped on its own initiative, and then Yang Lu looked at the bow of the Yanbo Island sailboat, and someone raised a token with a flashing blue light.

Following the brilliance of this token, a huge light curtain like a tsunami suddenly rose from under the sea surface, carrying astonishing spiritual energy fluctuations, and swept towards the Haiya Fleet with an overwhelming momentum.

The violent vibration of the aura environment not only startled Yang Lu, but also changed the face of Lin Dong who was still showing disdain just now.

However, Han Fulai showed a familiar expression, and explained to the two with a relaxed expression: "This is the strongest restriction of the Wanli Yanbo Formation. As long as we don't carry items with excessive spiritual energy, we won't be caught by it." hurt."

Just like what Han Fulai said, the blue light curtain formed by the vast array of smoke and waves quickly swept across the leading merchant ships without causing any harm to the ships and crew.

And when the light curtain swept across the bodies of Yang Lu and Lin Dong, it seemed to arouse the aura stored in their bodies, and the golden brilliance unique to the golden wheel of merit emerged from behind them.

It's just that there are two golden wheels behind Lin Dong, but there is only one behind Yang Lu!
When the sea-blue light curtain swept over the bodies of the two like X-rays, the golden wheel of merit behind them became slightly dimmed. Even if Yang Lu didn't check his personal panel, he knew the heavenly merit deducted by this wave of prohibition Certainly a lot!

Compared to Yang Lu's unhappiness, Lin Dong was even more in pain.

Under the influence of the Great Formation of Thousands of Miles of Smoke, the higher the cultivation level, the more merits will be deducted from the cultivator. As a monk at the sixth level of Qi Refining, the merits deducted by Lin Dong are more than ten times that of Yang Lu. His golden wheel of merit even lost a circle.After the effect of the meritorious treasure of the master of cultivation and management, Luoshen, disappeared, he would become an ordinary monk without the golden wheel of merit.

If it was possible, Lin Dong didn't want to come to some outlying islands at all.

But unlike Yang Lu, a monk who started from scratch and worked all by himself, Lin Dong's cultivation resources and the golden wheel of merit were all provided by Lin Jianxing and Wuliangjian Sect, and he had no capital to refuse Lin Jianxing's orders at all.

When the huge light curtain swept across all the merchant ships of the Sea Cliff Fleet, they slowly disappeared, and the Sea Cliff Fleet seemed to have passed some kind of test. The dense sea fog proves that they have arrived at the outlying island area inside the Great Array of Misty Waves.

And just after the sea fog dissipated ahead, a huge island appeared in front of everyone.

Although Yanbo Island is not the largest in the outlying islands, it is difficult to see the end of its coastline from a distance of more than [-] miles. Following Han Fulai's order, the Sea Cliff Fleet headed towards Yanbo Island Port sailed.

(End of this chapter)