From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

If the key is not in the correct hole, there will be a gap. Even if someone guesses the Zhen trigram and moves the Luoshu on the disc to the correct position, it still cannot be opened.

Afterwards, Jiang Liu went to the seabed space filled with seawater. He first glanced at the clam ancestor, who was also located in this space, before walking to the River Map Disc and inserting the golden hoop with the white dragon coiled on the pillar into the keyhole.

So far!

The two keys, the Heluo Disc and the Luoshu Disc, have been engraved!

The Primordial Base Vehicle has completely taken control of the situation!

The base vehicle is powered by sunlight. One hour of sunlight is enough for 24 hours of combat. It can also store energy and travel north and south across the ocean with the Qi Bureau, so there is no need to worry about energy shortages. Moreover, the base vehicle itself is a creation of both technology and magic. It is integrated with the Kunpeng Qi Bureau and can be nurtured by the Qi Bureau, which continuously improves its quality, saving Jiang Liu countless nurturing efforts.

Thinking of this, Jiang Liu sensed the sea energy penetrating the Hetu and Luoshu plates, so he had the primordial world open a hole at the top, allowing the Luoshu plate to flip over and connect with it.

Afterwards, Jiang Liu transformed the iron rod into a height of 135 meters, with its two ends inlaid into the Hetu and Luoshu plates respectively.

When Jiang Liu released his grip and gathered his Qi, the iron rod remained at a height of 135 cm and did not shorten.

Nothing more!

The reason is that the flow of Qi in the Luoshu and Hetu plates, which are located in the acquired and innate positions, is just like the circulation of human Qi throughout the body, which nurtures the iron rod.

"Excellent! Excellent!"

Jiang Liu could sense that as the sea air circulated around the iron rod, it would also continuously refine the spirituality composed of the pure yang thoughts originating from the Black Mountain Demon with dragon fire.

This iron rod originally had only one "gold" element. Later, due to the refining of the divine tree's golden branches within the river, it attached itself to the iron rod, giving it the "wood" element. Now, it reaches the Hetu River below and supports the Luoshu River above. Being in the sea and being tempered by dragon fire, it can be said to have achieved the wonder of water and fire working together!

"Let's leave this iron rod here for now. Honghuang, keep an eye on it. As the sea air circulates, this rod will be tempered by seawater and dragon fire. It will actively attract metal elements or other rare elements to drill into it and fuse with it. Its weight and quality will increase, and it may even become thicker. At that time, you can also adjust the keyhole size of the Hetu and Luoshu plates."

Jiang Liu plans to leave the iron rod here, so that it can be refined by the sea air and the elements, thus raising its quality to a higher level.

At that time.

This iron rod truly deserves the title of "Divine Iron for Stabilizing the Sea"!

Furthermore—

By this time, Guixu from the South China Sea had already traveled to the East China Sea. Was this not a matter of fate?

[Please rest assured, Commander, the Hetu and Luoshu plates employ an opening and closing design. If the diameter of the staff increases, the plates will automatically open.]

With the assurance of the Primordial Chaos, Jiang Liu regained his senses and confidently left the Iron Rod here to nurture. He then went to the place where the Jianmu tree had stood, where a lifting platform had now been set up. As the platform rose, he touched the invisible, moon-like halo above.

That's the passage leading out of the Ruins of Return...

# Chapter 505 Crossing the Heavenly "Sea" on a Tortoise

The moment Jiang Liu touched the bright moon, he arrived at the deep sea. Just as he was about to swim to the surface to find Lu Jin and the others, he saw a huge black shadow below.

Take a closer look.

Jiang Liu confirmed the identity of the dark figure, a smile involuntarily spreading across his face, and swam towards it.

What is below?

A giant sea turtle!

It was that very sea turtle that once carried the paper boat that had sustained generations of Gu Qian, Gu Kun, and their ancestors!

When the sea turtle escaped its predicament, it was hungry. After thanking Jiang Liu and bidding farewell to Gu Qian and the others, it immediately dived down, presumably to hunt for food.

Now that it had eaten its fill, it sensed the river's energy and swam over to meet the river, then tossed its head to signal the river to mount its back.

Jiang Liu sat on the turtle shell covered with barnacles, and the sea turtle swam quickly. Moreover, it could smell human scent, so Jiang Liu did not need to rely on the light spot in Lu Jin's ancestral aperture to guide the way, and it found Lu Jin and his group.

Upon seeing the giant sea turtle, Lu Jin exclaimed in surprise, Duanmu Ying shouted, Jonathan grabbed Lu Jin's clothes in fright, and the old captain, the old security captain, and the three or five sailors all shouted and yelled.

But the happiest people were none other than Gu Qian and his group.

After all, they used to travel the world in paper boats thanks to this giant sea turtle!

"Brother Jiang!"

When the giant sea turtle swam up to the group, Lu Jin immediately saw Jiang Liu sitting cross-legged on its back. Overjoyed, he quickly used his magnetic field to fling the old captain and other ordinary people onto the turtle's back.

After Duanmu Ying, Gu Qian and the others climbed onto the turtle's back, Jiang Liu took the Heavenly Golden Rhinoceros Horn handed over by Lu Jin and used his water-splitting ability to repel all the water stains on everyone's bodies, but the salt stains left on their bodies still needed to be rinsed off with clean water.

exactly.

Before setting off, Jiang Liu stored a large amount of food, fresh water, and some essential daily necessities and tools in his storage ring.

So he set up a tent and built a makeshift cleaning room on the turtle's back.

After everyone finished washing up, they all felt refreshed.

"Just you guys? Where are the others?" Jiang Liu asked about the other crew members on the Alexander.

Don't even mention it!

Jonathan complained, "They're a bunch of ungrateful bastards. When they saw the seawater churning and forming whirlpools again, they just abandoned us and left on a cruise ship that happened to be passing by in the East China Sea!"

"is it?"

Jiang Liu, however, did not take it seriously. He glanced at the ordinary people present and found that, apart from one of the sailors who seemed to have been affected by the Guixu Qi and lost his "past", everyone else, whether it was Jonathan, the old captain, or the old security captain, was fine.

However, without the conditions of the Ghost Realm, Jiang Liu could not give this water spirit a "past," so he could only advise him to pay attention to the inconspicuous objects around him in his future life.

The loss of the "past" sounds like a very sophisticated concept, involving information fluctuations at the levels of spacetime, dimensions, and particles. But on the surface, it means that people will encounter all sorts of accidents and die, such as getting a fishbone stuck in their throat while eating fish, or accidentally tripping and bumping into a sharp object. It's very down-to-earth.

Afterwards, Jiang Liu asked Gu Qian and the others, "Do you have somewhere to go?"

"No."

Gu Qian and the others were trapped on the paper boat, and then encountered a whole host of other things, none of which were part of their plan.

Although they had decided to leave the sea, they were unsure of where to go next.

"If that's the case, why don't you come with us to Egypt first?"

Jiang Liu said, "Returning to China on such a large sea turtle would probably cause quite a stir. It would be better to shift the attention overseas and just land in a less crowded place."

At this point, Jiang Liu asked Jonathan in English, "We've been through so much together, we're practically friends now. Tell me honestly, if we rode a giant sea turtle to the Red Sea, would we become legends?"

"Definitely!"

Without hesitation, Jonathan pondered whether he could use this to become famous, then pursue an acting career and become a household name.

Compared to tomb raiding... oops, I mean compared to archaeology and adventure, becoming a movie star seems to be a much better value.

Not only is it safe, but it also brings fame and fortune, and many socialites and wealthy women even dream of climbing into the bed of big stars.

Seeing Jonathan lost in his daydreams, Jiang Liu chuckled and said to the old captain, "Captain, would you be interested in being the captain of this giant sea turtle that's over forty meters long?"

"My pleasure!"

Although the giant sea turtle would only listen to the river current, and his title of captain was merely an "honorary title" with his main responsibility of identifying and guiding the direction, this experience far exceeded his expectations. If he could safely reach Egypt, it would be the most bizarre experience of his life.

Immediately, Jiang Liu took out the tent for setting up camp from his storage ring and tied the rope to the barnacles on the tortoise shell to secure it.

"You didn't bring your whole family with you on this trip abroad, did you?"

Looking at the rows of tents that had been pitched, Duanmu Ying complained, "It's so good to know how to craft artifacts! Now I wish I could craft a magical artifact that can be used for storage... Now look what's happened, because of my trip to Guixu, all my luggage is gone."

"With everything prepared, there's never a problem."

After Jiang Liu finished speaking, he asked the old captain, "By the way, Captain, what's your name?"

"Patch! You can just call me Captain Patty!"

The old captain uttered his name, laughed heartily, then his expression turned serious, and in a high-pitched voice, as if speaking or singing, he exclaimed, "Are you ready, children!"

"Yes, Captain!"

The three sailors immediately responded loudly.

"Are you ready, children?" Captain Patch asked again.

"Yes, Captain!"

This time, Jiang Liu, Lu Jin, Duanmu Ying, and others also chimed in.

Then, Captain Packer let out a long "Oh!" and sang a rather cheerful sea song in a hoarse but rather bold tone.

Everyone unconsciously shook their heads along with them, but for Jiang Liu, although the lyrics were different, hearing that familiar tune always brought to mind the line "Who lives in the giant pineapple in the deep sea?"

Could it be!

The theme song for SpongeBob SquarePants was originally from Captain Patch.

anyway.

The journey was anything but boring.

And so, with Captain Patch, who was good at singing and dancing, and the Dragon Otter people who also had their own unique homestay dance, plus Jiang Liu's storage ring, which was like a treasure bag containing food, water, and even some recreational items such as chess, Go, cards, and mahjong, the group rode on a giant sea turtle, swam across the East China Sea, forded the South China Sea, passed through the Strait of Malacca, crossed the Indian Ocean, passed through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, and entered the Red Sea.

The journey also encountered a storm, but Jiang Liu, holding the Heavenly Golden Rhinoceros Horn, made the sea turtle dive into the seabed, forming a bubble on its shell.

In this way, on sunny days, the sea turtle becomes a ship at sea; on stormy, rainy days, it becomes a unique submarine, protecting the river's inhabitants from the ravages of wind and rain, and allowing them to enjoy the wonders of the underwater world—

The waves stretch for thousands of miles, and the seascape is endless.

My body flows with the ocean and rivers, my heart reflects the blue sky and the bright moon.

We have safely traversed the four seas and two gorges, letting the waves and clouds roll and unfold as they please.

With sincere hearts, we ride the tortoise across the sea; on the shores of the boundless ocean, we find joy.

# Chapter 506 A Scale of Gold

This "journey" across the sea on a tortoise has finally come to an end after crossing the Red Sea and entering the Suez Canal.

The Suez Canal is located in northeastern Egypt, running through the Isthmus of Suez, connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, and linking the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean.

Construction of the Suez Canal began in Port Said in April 1859 and was completed in August 1869 after more than ten years.

It is said that 75 million cubic meters of earth and stone were excavated, costing 16 million pounds and resulting in the deaths of 120,000 laborers.

This can be seen.

Whether in the East or the West, the so-called meritorious deeds that last for generations always come at the cost of sacrificing the interests of the present generation.