"Number Five, what's that place up ahead? Do the two sides in the fight know who they are?" Chu Mo asked with slight curiosity.
"Young master, the place a little over a thousand miles away is called Harbor City, a town under the jurisdiction of Canglan County."
"But the fight you mentioned... no one's fighting?" Girl Number Five looked completely bewildered.
Chu Mo then realized that with the other party's cultivation level, they definitely couldn't see what was happening a thousand miles away, so he explained:
"At the dock ahead, there are two groups of about four or five hundred people fighting."
"One group of people were dressed in blue, while the other group was dressed in black."
Number Five was immediately shocked, and looked at Chu Mo with disbelief in his eyes.
This young master can see scenes a thousand miles away? Does that mean he has at least reached the Nascent Soul stage?
Looking at Chu Mo's young and handsome face, she couldn't help but feel envious and admiring.
There are probably only a handful of Nascent Soul cultivators this young in the entire Eastern Region.
If only I had such cultivation, I could easily earn a lot of spirit stones and prolong my grandmother's life.
However, she quickly came to her senses and hurriedly replied:
"Young master, those should be the Clear Water Gang and the Black Dragon Gang in the city. These two gangs often fight to the death for profit."
"This time, they probably knew our ship was about to dock, and they started fighting over passengers. They do this all the time."
The girl's face was filled with disgust when these two groups were mentioned.
Chu Mo asked curiously, "I see you know a lot about Harbour City. Do you live there?"
"Yes, I grew up in Harbour City and was only selected to work on the ship two years ago."
At this point, the girl's face suddenly turned pale, and deep worry appeared in her eyes.
Chu Mo glanced at her and asked suspiciously, "Could it be that one of your family members is among these two groups?"
"No, I'm just worried that my grandma will come to pick me up and I'll get caught up in their mess."
Despite her inner worries, the girl forced a smile and answered.
She was just a lowly maid, and dared not let her emotions affect the distinguished guest.
If I lose this good job because of this, I'll have no one to blame but myself.
Since he had nothing else to do, Chu Mo casually started chatting with her.
Seeing that the guest was willing to talk about these things, the girl quickly composed herself and explained earnestly:
"My home is near the pier, and every time my grandma counts how long it will be before I return from my sea voyage, she will wait for me at the pier."
"She went back before I arrived. When she saw me, she would buy some of my favorite seafood and cook for me at home."
The girl's eyes brightened, and her mood improved slightly.
"Every time we come back from a sea voyage, the manager will give us two days off so that we can go back and relax with our families."
"After I disembark, I can stay at home for two days."
At this point, the girl's eyes held both anticipation and worry.
Chu Mo couldn't help but complain inwardly, "It takes almost two months to make a round trip, and I only get two days off?"
This incredibly profitable sea passenger transport company is truly ruthless.
The key thing is that the little girl looked so grateful, almost to the point of tears.
That's bizarre.
It turns out that it's not just capitalists on Earth who are ruthless and prone to manipulating people; capitalists in the Kunlun Realm are just as vicious when it comes to exploiting people.
Two days off every two months? Even professional workers on Earth wouldn't be able to handle that.
Perhaps Number Five wanted to distract himself from his nervousness by talking.
Perhaps because it was rare for someone to listen to her, she ended up rambling on and on.
Chu Mo didn't feel impatient at all, treating it as an opportunity to learn about the local customs and culture, and occasionally asking about information about the Eastern Region.
After chatting, I learned that the girl called Number Five was actually named Yang Zijun.
Seventeen years old, an orphan, who has lived with his grandmother since childhood, was recruited to work on the ship two years ago.
The wage for each voyage is 1,500 high-grade spirit stones.
For someone with her Foundation Establishment cultivation level, she's considered to be among the highest earners in the Eastern Region.
However, Chu Mo could also sense that the chaos in the Eastern Region was several times greater than that in the Southern Region.
The boat quickly docked.
The fighting had already stopped, leaving only the group of men in black standing obediently on the dock.
Although they looked fierce and menacing, everyone had a kind smile on their face.
The ground was wet and smelled faintly of blood.
Clearly, the bloodstains left from the previous battle had been washed away.
From these details, Chu Mo once again felt the deterrent power of the Maritime Prohibition Bureau.
The passengers in Class A cabins were the first to disembark.
For more than twenty days, Chu Mo, who had been living a secluded life, finally got to know his neighbors.
Basically, none of them are ordinary people.
They are either young masters or ladies accompanied by protectors, or they possess terrifying cultivation and extraordinary demeanor.
What caught Chu Mo's attention the most were two groups of people.
One is a combination of the old and the young.
The young man was about thirty years old, with a cold and aloof appearance, and had already entered the Nascent Soul stage.
The old man beside him was none other than a cultivator in the Tribulation Transcending stage.
Although his aura was much weaker than that of Zeng Mushen, it was worlds apart from that of a high-grade Mahayana cultivator.
Seeing Chu Mo sizing up the old man, Zeng Mushen smiled and commented:
"The Dao aura and the power of laws on that person's body are very unstable and cannot be contained. It must have damaged his foundation during the tribulation."
"Just a cultivator at the first tribulation stage; that's how a person's life will always be."
Chu Mo nodded seriously.
Although his combat prowess is astonishing, in terms of experience, he is no match for Zeng Mushen.
He then turned to look at another group of people, a group of women, about seven or eight in total.
Apart from the middle-aged beautiful woman leading the group, the rest were all young and beautiful women.
Especially the girl at the very front, who was about twenty years old, was absolutely stunning and had an unparalleled beauty.
She wore a snow-white silver hat similar to that worn by Miao girls, which made her already delicate and beautiful face appear even more fair and rosy.
Her bright almond-shaped eyes held a cold arrogance that kept people at a distance.
Her slender figure beneath the snow-white long dress was stunningly beautiful and perfectly proportioned.
Unfortunately, it was too cold; I felt like a block of ice.
Chu Mo couldn't help but shake his head slightly, and stopped looking at him.
Although the girl is beautiful, he has more than one other woman of the same caliber.
Therefore, I wasn't too surprised.
Unfortunately, his action was witnessed by the cold, beautiful woman.
However, she only slightly furrowed her beautiful willow-leaf eyebrows before turning her head away, ignoring him completely.
Chu Mo didn't pay attention and said seriously to Zeng Mushen:
"Old Master Zeng, why don't we find a place first and inquire about the situation before..."
"Grandma, what's wrong? Don't scare me!"
Just then, a familiar, terrified cry of a girl came from not far away.
Chu Mo couldn't help but frown slightly.
Could it be such a coincidence? Was her grandmother really caught in the crossfire?
Without thinking twice, he walked over.
Those who cultivate the Tao value fate; since we've met, we should lend a helping hand if we can.
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