Chapter 656 Boarding the Ship
In the early morning of this day, four rays of light came from the sky on the other side of the Linghe River and landed on the ground, revealing their figures. It was Liang Yan, Zhuang Zhengqi and others.
On the way here, Zhuang Zhengqi had already told Liang Yan the secret of the Linghe River. When they got here, they did not dare to continue flying in the air. They directly pressed down the escape light and walked towards the river ahead.
I saw two ships parked on the shore, one of which had a red roof, gold-lined windows, carved beams and painted phoenixes on the ship's pillars, and the ship's bow was full of light and exquisite.
The other one seemed a bit monotonous, just a simple wooden boat with a black roof. It looked ordinary and was not decorated with any special materials.
There are already more than a dozen monks sitting or standing on both ships. These monks are in groups of twos and threes. They are obviously from different forces, and their conversations with each other are limited to their respective forces.
Liang Yan couldn't help but feel curious when he saw the appearance of these two ships. Then there was an old man with a hunchback standing on the shore. He wore half a mask on his face, and the exposed half of his face was covered with wrinkles, making him look extremely old.
"This is the ugly slave of Huangshi Mountain. It is said that they are all descendants of sinners."
"Queen of sinners?" Liang Yan asked with some confusion.
Zhuang Zhengqi nodded and said: "Huangshi Mountain is the sphere of influence of the Zuoqiu family, but for thousands of years, there are some blind monks who want to sneak into Huangshi Mountain to view the Yellowstone Heavenly Book. These people were caught by the Zuoqiu family. After that, he was refined into an 'ugly slave' using a special secret method, and he has been loyal to the Zuoqiu family ever since, and even his own descendants will be slaves for generations."
Liang Yan's eyelids twitched slightly when he heard this, and he said coldly: "No matter how big the trouble is, you have already paid it back in this life, and you still want to enslave other people's descendants?"
Zhuang Zhengqi heard that his tone was wrong, and quickly made a silence gesture, and whispered: "There are some things that we cannot comment on. I know that you are a fledgling and full-blooded, but you are at the foot of other people's mountains. With me, Don’t let yourself get burned if you wait for your strength!”
Liang Yan curled his lips and nodded noncommittally, but didn't say anything more.
Several people had already reached the shore. The ugly slave just glanced at everyone, stretched out his hand, and said lightly: "Everyone, please show me your invitation."
After hearing this, the four people took out their invitations. After checking the invitations from Zhuang Zhengqi, Sheng Chi and Jia Ruoyan one by one, Chou Nu just nodded slightly, but after seeing Liang Yan's white invitation, the look of indifference on his face faded a bit.
"You three, all go to the wooden boat on the right." Chou Nu pointed at Zhuang Zhengqi and the others and said expressionlessly.
"As for your Excellency, please board the ship on the left." Facing Liang Yan, Chou Nu looked respectful.
In fact, everyone had already speculated about the splitting of ships. Now that it was said directly from Chou Nu's mouth, everyone secretly said: "Sure enough!"
Zhuang Zhengqi didn't feel there was any imbalance. After all, as the leader of a small sect, he was able to participate in this Huangshi event because of the geographical advantages of Xu State and the people of Liang Yan. How could he dare to have any other extravagant hopes.
On the other hand, Jia Ruoyan was a little angry, but she didn't dare to get angry next to Liang Yan, so she could only follow Zhuang Zhengqi obediently onto the ebony wooden boat.
When Liang Yan saw that the three of them had already boarded the boat, he did not stay here. With just a tap of his toes, he jumped onto the exquisite wooden boat with carved beams and painted beams, golden pillars and red cover.
This ship was more than twice as big as Zhuang Zhengqi's ship, but there were very few people on board. Liang Yan walked into the cabin and saw that there were only seven people in this huge space.
Three of them were wearing golden robes, and the aura of Gengjin on their bodies was very strong. The leader of them had blond hair and a long beard, his eyes were as sharp as knives, and his cultivation level had reached the late stage of the Juyuan Realm.
The two young disciples following him were in the late stages of foundation building. Although they still had some Gengjin Qi that they could not send and receive freely, they were definitely genius disciples of this medium-sized sect.
These three people always had cold expressions on their faces, as if they were keeping away from strangers. Liang Yan was not a good dancer, so he would not take the initiative to chat with them.
On the contrary, the three people sitting opposite saw Liang Yan coming in and smiled kindly at him as a greeting.
These three people were dressed in Taoist robes, and their auras were calm and gentle. They should be monks who had successfully practiced the art of spiritual nourishment in the Taoist sect. Liang Yan naturally smiled back when he saw this, hugged a few people and sat down in a corner of the cabin.
As for the seven people in this cabin, apart from the golden-robed monks and the group wearing Taoist robes, there was also a lone person.
This man was wearing a blue gown. Although he was dressed elegantly, his rogue eyes were always looking around, just like a little thief in the market, which was really unflattering.
He had been observing Liang Yan secretly since he entered. Seeing that he was alone like himself, he took the initiative to come over.
"I am Ouyang Ping, a casual cultivator from Tianzhu Mansion. May I ask you the name of my fellow Taoist?"
Liang Yan had heard of Tianzhu Mansion. It was said to be a small country among the Thirty-Seven Kingdoms of Nanchui. The place was very remote and had very few spiritual veins. It was said that even the strongest sect in the territory had no monks at the Golden Core stage.
"It turns out that this is fellow Taoist Ouyang, and I am Zhang Daniu, from Xu Guohu Xin Sect." Liang Yan said with a slight smile.
"Oh! Fellow Daoist Zhang! Nice to meet you!"
Ouyang Ping put on a posture of long admiration, nodded at Liang Yan and said: "I have heard about the name of the Huxin Sect for a long time, but now I see the demeanor of fellow Taoist Zhang, and I know that what he said is true!"
Liang Yan was amused in his heart when he heard this. The Huxin Sect was obviously just a small sect with no big name. I'm afraid this person had never heard of the Huxin Sect and was just touting it randomly.
He had been wandering around for many years, and he could tell at a glance that Ouyang Ping probably wanted to make friends with him. After all, there was only one of them on the ship, and they were like casual cultivators here, so it was easy to chat with them.
Liang Yan would naturally not refuse this kind of thing. After all, he knew nothing about the "Hundred Fruit Banquet". It would be beneficial and harmless to him to have someone who could exchange information.
"Fellow Taoist Ouyang is ridiculous. I am not good at studying and rarely go out to practice, so I don't know the major cultivation forces. I wonder where the other Taoist friends in this boat come from?" Liang Yan told Ouyang Ping. Yin said.
In fact, he didn't have much hope at first. Ouyang Ping came from a small and remote country. Although he had been practicing Taoism for a long time, he might not necessarily recognize these sect forces.
But who would have thought that Ouyang Ping put on an expression that said, "You asked the right person!" and said secretly: "The golden-robed monk on the right side is the representative of Tiangang Pavilion. As for the Taoist priests on your left, , then he is a person of ‘the Way of Nothingness’.”
Thanks to AllegrettoJ for the tip