Chapter 271 If the main door won’t open, let’s pry open the window
"Your Highness," the captain's voice trembled, "our ship is being pushed outward by a powerful force."
Upon hearing this, everyone realized in shock that the Breaking Wave had turned around at some point and was slowly retreating, and its speed was getting faster and faster.
"Hold the rudder steady." Chu Xuanyi came to his senses and shouted at the panicked helmsmen, "Use all your strength! We can't let it push us out."
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More than a dozen strong helmsmen gritted their teeth, poured all their strength into their arms, veins bulging, and worked together to turn the huge rudder.
The huge ship trembled violently in place, sometimes retreating, sometimes being forcibly pulled back.
Chu Xuanyi walked quickly to Xiao Yu's side, his expression more solemn than ever before.
"Your Majesty, you won't be able to hold on for long."
"The power of this water barrier comes from the entire East China Sea. Our limited manpower is no different from a mantis trying to stop a chariot in front of it."
"In at most an incense stick's time, we will be completely ejected, and the repulsive force will become stronger and stronger. By then, it will be even more difficult for us to get closer."
There was a deep sense of powerlessness in his tone.
After all the planning and hardships, I finally found my destination, but was blocked outside by an invisible and intangible door, and I couldn't even reach the door handle.
"Any formation has a way out."
Xiao Yu's eyes swept across the transparent water curtain sharply.
"That's a conventional formation," Chu Xuanyi smiled wryly and shook his head, "but this one in front of me is anything but conventional. It's a protective barrier set up by an ancient mighty being, drawing upon the might of heaven and earth. It operates according to the laws of heaven and earth, repeating itself endlessly. It's a perfect whole in itself, with no so-called gate or center of the formation at all."
"Excuse me, Your Highness." Chu Xuanyi took a deep breath and said with difficulty, "Unless we possess the power to move mountains and fill the sea, we will not be able to break this barrier."
"So, we came here for nothing?"
A Dragon Shadow Guard couldn't help but speak, his voice full of resentment.
Chu Xuanyi was silent.
Although he didn't want to admit it, it seemed to be the case.
The atmosphere on the deck fell to freezing point again.
Even the Imperial Master has personally admitted that there is no solution, so their action this time is likely to end in failure.
"I don't believe it."
Xiao Yu turned around and looked at Chu Xuanyi who had a dejected look on his face.
"Since it's here, there must be a way to get in."
"We can even break out of a place like the Shenji Pavilion."
"This island can definitely do it too."
"But Shenji Pavilion..." Chu Xuanyi subconsciously wanted to refute, there was no comparison between Shenji Pavilion and this place.
But the three words "Shenji Pavilion" flashed through his mind like a flash of lightning.
He was completely stunned, his eyes widened and his breathing became rapid.
"Shenji Pavilion...Shenji Pavilion..."
He seemed to be possessed by a demon, repeating these three words over and over again, then suddenly slapped his thigh.
"How could I have forgotten that?"
He rushed to his luggage piled in the corner and poured out everything inside.
Maps, compasses, talismans, pills... were scattered all over the ground.
"Master Chu, what are you looking for?"
The Dragon Shadow Guard next to him was completely confused.
"Looking for a treasure," Chu Xuanyi said, rummaging through the pile of junk without even looking up. "A treasure I stole from the Shenji Pavilion."
Everyone was confused by his words.
Things taken out from the Shenji Pavilion?
Apart from the Heart of Mount Buzhou, is there anything else that can be brought out of that place?
Xiao Yu also walked over and frowned slightly as he looked at Chu Xuanyi who was squatting on the ground in a panic.
"What did you take?"
"Found it."
Chu Xuanyi had no time to answer him. He excitedly took out an inconspicuous object from under a pile of bottles and jars.
It was a shell about the size of a palm.
The whole body is a simple grayish-white color, and the surface is covered with strange spiral patterns. It looks like an ordinary shell that can be picked up at the beach, with nothing surprising about it.
"Lord Chu, the treasure you are talking about... is this it?" A Dragon Shadow Guard asked cautiously, fearing that he would be hurt.
"Don't underestimate it," Chu Xuanyi held the shell in front of Xiao Yu like a treasure, "I dug this thing out from under Master Ji's chessboard."
"When the chessboard dissipated, this thing fell out of the secret compartment in the base. I saw its unique shape and just put it in my pocket. I never had time to study it."
"What's the use of this thing?"
"I didn't know at first," Chu Xuanyi said quickly, "but I just suddenly remembered that the Shenji Pavilion and Penglai Island are both considered to be relics left by the same group of ancient powerful beings from the same period in many ancient books."
"Although one is in the northwest desert and the other is on the shores of the East China Sea, the source of their power is likely the same."
"As for this 'Tracing Shell' in my hand, according to some scattered records in a rare miscellaneous journal I saw in Tsutenkaku, its greatest function is to sense the power of the same origin."
He had just finished speaking.
The ordinary gray-white shell that he had been holding in his palm suddenly emitted a faint white light.
"It's lit."
The nearest Dragon Shadow Guard exclaimed.
“It’s really bright.”
Everyone's attention was instantly drawn to the glowing shell.
Chu Xuanyi was so excited that he was shaking all over. He held the tracking shell carefully and said, "It's reacting, Your Highness. It really is reacting."
He looked at Xiao Yu excitedly, and his voice became a little out of tune.
"This proves that my guess is correct. There really is an ancient power on Penglai Island that originates from the same source as the Shenji Pavilion."
"Although this water barrier can block all external forces, it definitely cannot block the induction of forces from the same source."
"As long as we follow its guidance, we might... maybe we can find a weak point in the barrier, or even some kind of special 'keyhole'."
"We'll have a way to get in."
Xiao Yu looked at the glowing shell, then looked at the direction it pointed, and turned to look at the captain.
"Turn the boat around."
"Follow that light."
The Wavebreaker slowly turned its hull and sailed carefully along the edge of the water barrier.
The light on the shell flickered.
Fine beads of sweat oozed out of Chu Xuanyi's forehead. He stared intently at Xunzongbei's reaction and kept giving instructions to the captain to adjust the direction.
"Hold hard to port, and another half a fathom."
"No, step back three feet and hold steady."
"It's right here."
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