Chapter 28: A Storm
"Boss, this is not good." Sun Zhang felt a little distressed. "We bought that yard with a lot of money and prepared to bribe the manager. How can we let this guy take it so easily?"
"If we really want to give it to him, we have to wait until he helps us capture the fleet."
The woman in yellow rolled her eyes at Sun Zhang and said, "Just go if I tell you to. If you really wait until that time comes, I'm afraid it won't be something that can be dealt with in a small courtyard."
Sun Zhang grumbled a few words in private, but in the end he did not dare to disobey his boss's order and obediently handed the deed to Li Fan.
Li Fan did not refuse, and there was nothing to pack, so he moved to the small courtyard on East Street that day.
Compared to the slums outside the city, the environment around this yard is much better.
At the entrance of the alley, there were people from Liuli Mansion on duty, responsible for security and protection; the courtyard was also much more spacious than the previous house, with three main rooms and two wing rooms on the left and right. Although it was not very big, it was enough for Li Fan to live alone.
After declining several maids sent by Tianbao Tower, Li Fan lived there from then on, quietly waiting for the fleet to go out to sea next time.
Li Fan originally thought that it wouldn't take long, but an unexpected incident made the day of going to sea seem far away.
The storm is coming!
Li Fan had heard about wind disasters many times in conversations among people on Liuli Island before, but he didn't take them seriously.
I thought it would be just like the typhoons and hurricanes I had seen before traveling through time, only a bigger storm.
But when the storm really came, Li Fan realized that he was wrong!
On this day, Li Fan was practicing the "Xuanhuang Qingxin Mantra" at home as usual, but suddenly he heard bursts of hurried noises coming from outside the house.
The strange and sharp sound continued to linger above the island and soon spread throughout the entire Liuli Island.
"Go home quickly! A storm is coming!"
"Master, may the Immortal bless you! Master, may the Immortal bless you!"
"Mom, where are you! Come home!"
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The island suddenly became chaotic, with panicked and fearful shouts everywhere. Li Fan was a little confused for a moment.
Suddenly, he saw a blue light curtain appear in the sky above Liuli Island.
The light curtain was like an inverted giant bowl, spanning the entire island and covering everything on the island.
"The island protection formation has been activated, there is no need to panic! Stay at home and don't go out!" A crisp female voice and a light curtain appeared together, spreading across the island in an instant.
"Master, be merciful!"
Listening to the shouts coming from all around him, Li Fan raised his head and carefully observed the island protection formation.
The blue light flows, isolating the inside and outside of the island.
From time to time, characters that Li Fan did not recognize appeared faintly on the light screen, which looked extremely mysterious.
A whistling sound like a ghost gradually emerged, and the wind came!
Ripples appeared on the light curtain, blocking all the strong winds.
There was not a trace of wind inside the light curtain, it was very peaceful.
Heavy rain began to fall from the sky.
The dense raindrops almost formed a line, bombarding the light curtain.
Circles of ripples echoed on the light curtain, blocking out the heavy rain.
There was a violent storm outside, but it was calm inside the light curtain.
"Is this the method used by the immortals?"
Li Fan secretly praised in his heart.
Although he had witnessed Kou Hongdaoxuanzi's means of destroying a city at will, seeing this island protection formation still made Li Fan itchy and yearning for it.
The strong wind and heavy rain lasted for more than half an hour.
The rain gradually stopped and the wind died down.
Just when Li Fan thought the storm was about to pass, he suddenly discovered something was wrong.
Not only did the sky not clear up, it became even darker.
Countless dark clouds appeared from nowhere, layer after layer, pressing down as if there would be no end.
In a flash, the sky and the earth became pitch black.
The thick dark clouds seemed to be within reach.
The dark clouds seemed to be brewing something, and Liuli Island fell into a brief silence.
The silence was soon broken.
"boom!"
A loud bang like thunder exploded in Li Fan's ears.
Boom boom boom!
Huge thunder-like noises rang out simultaneously from all directions, continuously.
It's like a symphony with no end, constantly echoing between heaven and earth.
Amidst the loud noise, Li Fan felt dizzy and dizzy, and it was as if a huge stone slab was pressing down on his chest, making it difficult to breathe. When he touched his nose, blood kept flowing out.
Li Fan was a little shocked and was about to escape back into the house to hide, but suddenly he felt the ground beneath his feet shaking violently.
As the world spun around, Li Fan quickly lost his balance and fell to the ground.
The ground was shaking continuously as if it was being hit by something.
Li Fan raised his head and looked upwards, and saw a scene that almost made his breathing stop.
A wall of water of unknown height occupied the entire field of vision. Sweeped by the strong wind, it came over towards Liuli Island with a devastating force!
The huge waves were about to fall in the blink of an eye, burying all life below.
Li Fan couldn't help but raise his hand to cover it subconsciously.
"boom!"
Huge waves hit the blue light curtain.
The light curtain twisted and seemed to be shattered.
But after a burst of blue light, the light curtain returned to normal.
Like a rock on the seashore, it stands firm amidst the mighty waves.
The sea seemed to be enraged as it failed to engulf Liuli Island.
Huge waves came one after another.
Liuli Island is just like a sapling swaying in the wind and rain, and it seems that it will be torn to pieces at any time.
There were many moments when Liuli Island was even completely submerged by sea water.
Li Fan almost felt that his life was about to end.
Fortunately, this island protection formation is more reliable than expected, and it has held up without breaking.
The huge waves hit us without stopping.
This doomsday-like scene almost made Li Fan lose his mind.
I don’t know how long I was in this state of confusion before the waves gradually calmed down.
But it was only moderate.
The storm comes quickly and goes away slowly.
In the wind and rain, it is difficult to distinguish between day and night.
Li Fan felt that it took two or three days before the storm finally subsided.
"Thank you, Immortal Master!"
The surviving islanders knelt on the ground and cried bitterly.
Amid the islanders' chatter, Li Fan received even more shocking news.
The wind disaster that Liuli Island experienced this time was of a relatively small scale.
The storm fifteen years ago was several times more powerful than this one.
At that time, the island protection formation could hardly be maintained and was forced to reduce the scope of protection.
Therefore, after the storm, all the places that were not protected by the formation were destroyed by the storm.
The area of Liuli Island has become only one third of its original size.
More than ten years after the storm, Liuli Island gathered disaster victims from all over and slowly recovered.
"Wind disaster, so this is a wind disaster..."
Li Fan was deeply shocked.
The power of heaven and earth is so terrifying!
(End of this chapter)
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