Chapter 517: Holy Wing Islands

After leaving the port, the Baisha went straight north, followed the continental shelf to the edge of the Northland, then turned west and headed all the way to the "Endless Sea" mentioned by Olina.

On the way, Xia Fan also saw the scenery of the north of Qi State - behind the mountains were patches of uncultivated dense forests and mountains, covering an area of ​​about half the size of Qi State. Among them, not far from Lingzhou, there is a clearly raised peak. Not only is it not covered by trees, but its appearance is black and brown, which means that it is not an ordinary mountain, but an active volcano.

However, looking from the sea, Xia Fan always felt that its outline was a bit strange.

From the middle of the mountain to the top of the mountain, there are some strange protrusions on the stone wall of this mountain, some of which extend upwards, while some are straight. At first glance, they look like thorns randomly stuck in the mountain. But considering the distance between the two sides, the size of this thorn is probably quite amazing.

Xia Fan also asked Qianyan.

The latter's answer was quite casual, "You are talking about this, it is not an unknown mountain. Yongchao once drew a map and called it Tianzhu - because it is located in the north-west direction, and it is exactly the Qian position in the eight-element map. But later, for some reason, its name was crossed out."

Xia Fan was quite concerned about the name Tianzhu. If he remembered correctly, Kunlun Mountain had an alias called this. Of course, even Penglai Island has appeared, and it seems reasonable to have Kunlun Mountain, but what he didn't understand was why Yongchao crossed out this name again, so that there was no sign of this mountain in the later maps.

"Has anyone from the Fang family been to this mountain?"

"That's thousands of miles away, and it's in the dense forest. How could the Fang family do it alone?" Qianyan curled his lips and said, "I heard that the third generation of Yongwang wanted to organize a team to explore the border for a while, including those uninhabited areas that no one had ever reached, but in the end it was nothing."

Xia Fan could only accept this answer with regret.

After all, Jinxia is obviously unable to go to the northern end of the continent to find out at this stage.

It would be nice if the magnification of the telescope could be increased a little bit, he thought.

In addition to enjoying the scenery along the way, Xia Fan spent the rest of his time learning the Xiji language, and so did Li. The dragon girl couldn't always follow them, and sometimes it was very inconvenient to bring an extra translator, so learning a foreign language became a necessity.

"Endless Sea, Norata; Morning and Dusk Sea, Alesta; Tranquil Sea... Tranquil Sea..."

"Iota." Li reminded.

"Okay, I remember it." Xia Fan sighed-he seemed to have returned to the life-threatening stage in high school, and had to memorize a large number of words every day to cope with the fateful battle that determined the future. Fortunately, after sensing the air, his memory has also improved a lot, and his brain is clearer than before. Otherwise, facing this Xiji language that is not available in textbooks, phonetic symbols, and shorthand manuals, he really doesn't know how to learn it.

The gap in talent is highlighted again.

While he was still trying to increase his vocabulary, Li had already started trying to use Xiji language to talk to the elves on the ship.

At this time, Qianyan would always laugh at him.

Xia Fan couldn't say anything back.

Because the man in front of him was too old, he had learned everything he could, including the Xiji language.

Such days lasted for nearly a month.

Equipped with a celestial telescope, the Baisha was much faster than similar ships. The moment time entered June, a gray land appeared at the end of the field of vision.

"Sir, that is the Holy Wing Islands." The tone of the acting captain was full of excitement. Although the Holy Wing Islands were still a long way from Natating, the navigation here was developed, and there were ships traveling between the two places everywhere. He only needed to pay some tolls to return home by himself. "According to the scheduled route, we will enter the country at Azure Castle and go directly to the royal capital, Xila, along the inland river."

Xia Fan also learned a lot about the situation of the Holy Wing Islands during this period.

First of all, the Salerni College and the Cathedral of the Hera Church that Olina was going to were both in the royal capital. Although the latter was not by the sea, there was a big river connected to the Endless Sea. If it could pass the customs inspection, it could directly enter the royal capital.

As for the attitude of the elves, the attitude of the Holy Wing Islands is much more relaxed than that of Natarting. There are indeed a group of dragon descendants who joined the fleet to conquer the World Island in order to earn the Empire's commission. However, the islands themselves are far away from the World Island and there are not many substantive disputes. The elves are at most second-class residents in the Holy Wing. As long as they keep their heads down and live carefully, they will not get into trouble.

However, the situation of "beast monsters" like Li is much worse.

Many kingdoms in the Western Extremes have great discrimination against half-beasts, believing that this kind of monster is a symbol of stupidity and ugliness, and is basically at the bottom of the "ecological chain". Because of this, the half-beasts in the Holy Wing Islands are either coolies or criminals. Some nobles will raise beautiful elves, but few people will keep beast monsters as pets.

In addition, he also learned from the acting captain and Olina that the half-beasts in the Western Extremes are actually very different from the monsters on the mainland. Half-beasts cannot transform, and their ability to sense air is also quite low. They are simply incomparable to monsters like Li who not only have natural magic, but can also learn other magic.

This may explain why dragon monsters have become the actual rulers while other monsters are still unable to make a breakthrough - compared to humans who can occasionally give birth to an air senser and then go to the Mage Tower for further study, half-beasts don't even have a channel for advancement, and their strength determines their own status.

Filin Carter repeatedly reminded that it was fine for Li to follow Xia Fan, but if she wanted to go out alone, it was best to cover up her animal ears and other features to avoid being questioned or arrested by patrolmen.

The closer they got to the archipelago, the more ships there were around.

The white sails formed a silver-white "blanket" near the sea and sky, and seagulls flew between the sides of the ships, looking lively. According to Olina, Azure Castle is only the third largest port in the archipelago. Above it are Dragon's Breath Castle and Sun City in the west. However, as the third port alone, the number of ships coming and going has exceeded the total number of ships in the six countries.

This is a kingdom that relies on sailing for a living.

Of course, a first-class warship like the White Sand still stands out among the cargo ships. The ships in front gave way one after another, fearing that they would be hit and sunk by this behemoth. The sailors on the ships lay on the side of the ship, pointing at the White Sand in surprise and talking about it - the speed and flexibility shown by the latter have already attracted the attention of many people.

At this moment, the figure of a dragon appeared in the sky.

In the direction of the harbor, a fleet of clippers also rushed towards the White Sand. Xia Fan found that the route of this fleet seemed to be to pass by the bow of his ship, and the enemy's gun ports were all open.

"Oh no!" Feilin suddenly exclaimed, "I forgot that this ship is Natatin's warship. If you don't inform the other party of the itinerary in advance, the Saint Wing Islands may think that you are here to plunder the port!"

"Just relying on this one ship?" Xia Fan raised his eyebrows slightly, "Is the relationship between Natatin and the Saint Wing Islands so bad?

"This is a capital ship. Usually, where it is, there are often a large number of warships behind it! Although Natatin and the Saint Wing Islands have never fought directly, there are not a few conflicts due to maritime trade..."

"Don't panic, I will go and explain." Olina said, jumping down from the top of the stern, transformed into a giant dragon, and flew towards the approaching.