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Chapter 169: Destiny

"What are we going to do? How did they even figure it out?! They noticed us and then vanished without a trace!"

“It’s alright. Everyone knows that Chenxiang and his godfather are going to Quanzhou Port to go to sea. We can just wait for them at the port,” said Mr. Chang Hao in white.

"It's all Zhu Zizhen's fault for being so talkative. Why did he have to ask about that straw hat?" Wu Long, the dark-faced man, said with dissatisfaction.

"What? You can blame me for this?!"

“Anyway, it’s not my fault,” said the minotaur Jin Dasheng.

"Brothers, stop arguing. Who has the mind to argue at a time like this? Finding the agarwood is the most important thing," Chang Hao said.

"What if his godfather runs away with him in Quanzhou Port?" Jin Dasheng asked.

"Where are Chenxiang and his adoptive father going at sea? Are they going to Xiniu Hezhou or Dongsheng Shenzhou?" Jin Dasheng, the bull-headed one, glanced at his sworn brothers.

“His godfather is no ordinary man. He taught Chenxiang all his martial arts skills and has the intention of cultivating Taoism through martial arts. He will probably go to Dongsheng Shenzhou,” Chang Hao said.

"Why is it going east, and not west?" Zhu Zizhen asked.

“Because Brother Sun’s hometown is in Dongsheng Shenzhou,” Chang Hao replied.

"Sigh..." Wu Long just sighed. In situations where he needed to use his brain, his words usually only made the other brothers laugh.

“Back then, Brother Sun Er became sworn brothers with us and Brother Da, but now that this has happened, he doesn’t take sides or express his opinion,” Zhu Zizhen said.

"Becoming a Buddha makes all the difference; Brother Sun might be able to see further."

“Chenxiang is a man of destiny, destiny is on his shoulders, alas…” Jin Dasheng sighed as he finished speaking.

“Who hasn’t been chosen by fate? My eldest brother was, and so was my second brother…” Wu Long said.

"Watch your words." Chang Hao tapped the arm of Wu Long, the dark-faced man, with the butt of his long cigarette.

"understood."

The four chatted for a while longer before the minotaur Jin Dasheng transformed back into a horse and continued walking towards Quanzhou City.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the road, the roadside and the agarwood had already reached Quanzhou city.

Chang Hao in white, Wu Long with a dark face, and Zhu Zizhen in yellow robes, who had been observing him from the roadside, seemed to be surrounding him. Sensing something was wrong, he noticed a pig smell while talking to Zhu Zizhen. This alerted him, and after giving Chen Xiang the secret signal, he immediately slipped away.

"Donkey, I feel sorry for you..." The roadside still had deep feelings for the stubborn donkey that had accompanied him all the way from Gao Laozhuang, but if he took care of the donkey back then, he would not be able to leave, so he had to abandon the donkey.

Reluctantly abandoning the donkey, Lu Bian and Chen Xiang quickly flew to Quanzhou City and began inquiring at the port about whether there were any merchant ships or cargo ships going out to sea.

Quanzhou Port has connections with over a hundred countries and has convenient overseas transportation links to both the East and West Oceans. Every year, it imports countless spices and medicines and exports countless porcelains and silks overseas.

In different seasons, ships head to different continents, depending on the direction of the sea wind; there are no ships that sail against the wind.

"You've come at a bad time," someone asked the merchant by the roadside.

"The northeast wind blows in winter and the southwest wind blows in summer. Do you know how the wind blows?" The person on the roadside nodded.

"A northeast wind is a wind that blows from the northeast, and a southwest wind is a wind that blows from the southwest," the merchant explained to the roadside.

"It will be several more months before the southwest wind blows, allowing us to cross the ocean to reach the Eastern Continent."

"Why are there always ships coming in and out of the port?" someone asked by the roadside.

“Look at the size of those ships, they’re not designed for crossing the ocean,” the merchant said.

"Isn't this ship big enough?" someone asked by the roadside. "No, no, it has to be at least a hundred feet long."

"A hundred feet..."

Silently, he converted the units in his mind: a boat over 100 zhang in length is a boat that is more than 300 meters long.

The ships he sees at the port are probably only a hundred meters in length.

I was once again slightly shocked by the technology of this era. I never expected that the Song Dynasty had such strength to be able to build large ships of more than 300 meters in length on a large scale.

"Wind...wind is not a problem."

Looking at Chenxiang from the roadside, Chenxiang suddenly remembered that he had a white jade bottle on him, which contained six divine winds. He could control these six divine winds to send them across the ocean.

"Do you usually have a nautical chart when you go out to sea?" someone asked by the roadside.

“Oh, you want nautical charts…that’s not easy to do,” the merchant said.

"This is our livelihood; who would sell it to you so easily?"

Each time a ship sets sail, several cartographers draw up nautical charts based on various natural data such as celestial phenomena and wind patterns. All the charts are tightly controlled, and no one wants to create any competitors in overseas trade.

"Do you know who has experience going to sea these days?" he asked from the roadside, slipping a few small yellow croakers into the hand of the merchant he had stopped to ask questions.

“No problem…” The other party listed all the people who traveled back and forth between Dongsheng Shenzhou and overseas for trade.

"Thank you." Lu Bian took the small gold croaker back from the other person's hand. After exchanging a glance, Lu Bian used his magnetic field power to modify the other person's memory of their conversation before turning and leaving.

He took agarwood with him to make preparations for the voyage. Using the same routine, he used magnetic field mind reading to read the memories of these people going to sea into his own mind, and also copied the sea charts and navigation knowledge of the cross-sea merchants into his mind.

After a busy afternoon, having gained enough knowledge about sailing, I bought a boat from a roadside vendor using small yellow croakers.

Lu Bian is a man of principle; he would never use magnetic force to brainwash or control people in a legitimate trading situation.

The boat, which was over thirty meters long, could be controlled by him and Chenxiang alone.

Under normal circumstances, this ship can operate in coastal waters, but by the roadside, he can use magnetic field power to strengthen the hull, making it easy to sail out to sea. He and Chenxiang also don't need to eat or drink, making it much more convenient for them to go to sea than ordinary people.

Back then, Sun Wukong dared to sail out to sea on a raft. After wandering for more than ten years, he arrived in Xiniu Hezhou to learn from a master. Lu Bian and Chen Xiang were both unsure of what to do. They went to Dongsheng Shenzhou, and they didn't know how much time it would take to find Huaguo Mountain.

In the memories of many transoceanic merchants, it usually took more than a year of sailing to reach the other continent.

Lu Bian estimated in his mind that it wouldn't take Chen Xiang a year to control the divine wind at sea.

The roadside man spent all the money he had saved over the years, bought enough materials and supplies, and set sail at night on the land breeze.

……

The next day, the Meishan brothers entered Quanzhou City. After some investigation, they discovered that Lu Bian and Chen Xiang had arrived before them and had already set sail.

"It's over!"

“This is it…” Jin Dasheng, who had turned into a horse, said.

"Chenxiang is going to be killed by his adoptive father! He dares to go out to sea with such a small boat! His boat won't be able to withstand a storm."

"Don't say discouraging things. Chenxiang has a destiny, and my eldest and second brothers were also blessed by God back then. Their luck was enhanced before they became apprentices and mastered their skills," Chang Hao said calmly.

(End of this chapter)