Chapter 054 The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng

After busying around on the deck for quite some time, all the wet cargo was finally moved into the cargo hold. The steward who had been standing on the deck made some marks on the notebook and nodded with satisfaction.

It was already afternoon, the sun was at its brightest, and the sailors were only wearing a single layer of clothing. Although it was still a bit cold in this season, it was no problem for these people who had been splashing in the water since they could remember.

Inside the cabin, several maids who were there to serve the City Lord were busy. City Lord Baiyun's meals when he was away were very simple, so they could just cook them.

The leading maid's name is Ruiyue, which is taken from the phrase "rui ai fei yan, xiaochun liang yue". Her parents are both elders in the city lord's mansion and know her well. In addition, she has outstanding abilities, so she became the city lord's close maid, in charge of a group of people.

No matter who sends the items, as long as they are finally presented to the city lord, Ruiyue will check them one by one before releasing them.

This was her second time to follow the city lord to the Central Plains. She was already familiar with these things. She was still meticulous and checked very carefully.

When the maid handed over the incense to be changed for the day, Ruiyue raised her hand and fanned it lightly, using the wind to absorb the fragrance.

After just one sniff, she frowned slightly and said, "Why does this fragrance have a fishy smell?"

The maid holding the incense was startled and also went closer to smell it, but she could not smell the fishy smell that Ruiyue mentioned: "Sister Yue, this incense was carefully placed in an airtight sandalwood box when I came here, and it was only taken out today. I didn't meet anyone else along the way, so how could there be any fishy smell?"

Ruiyue sniffed it again and still frowned: "Yes, but it's very faint. You can't smell it."

Her sense of smell is more acute than that of ordinary people, which is her extraordinary feature.

When the city lord is away from home, one has to be extra careful at every turn. Ruiyue is sure that there is a hint of fishy smell in the incense, so it cannot be used by the city lord under any circumstances.

She thought for a while, then said to the maid holding the incense, "Go and get all the incense here, quickly."

The incense-bearing maid bowed and walked away quickly with the tray.

The people who serve in the City Lord's Mansion, especially the maids who can get close to the City Lord, most of them have some martial arts skills. The City Lord is a sword fairy who is feared by the world, and these people cannot embarrass him.

After a while, the incense maid came back with a tray full of incense.

Ruiyue sniffed them all. She had the worst guess in her mind: all the fragrances were tainted with an unknown fishy smell.

The incense maid bit her lower lip and was about to cry. All these spices were under her care, and now there was a problem with each one. Wasn't this a clear attempt to harm her?

Rui Yue said: "I'm not here to harm you. I'm most likely here for the city lord."

Although Baiyun City is far away from the Central Plains, the court and the martial arts world, those who are constantly arguing in their hearts will always try their best to drag others into the water. There have been many conspiracies and plots against Ye Gucheng in recent years, but they were all resolved one by one by understating them. Those who dared to dance in front of him all ended up badly, which can be regarded as killing the chicken to scare the monkey.

But Ruiyue couldn't understand how and when these incense sticks, which they kept under their care all the time, were tampered with?

When she heard that the person who did this was coming for the city lord, the grievance and panic on the face of the incense-bearing maid suddenly disappeared, and was replaced by a hatred that made her want to cut the person into eight pieces.

These people are so shameless!

Knowing that he cannot defeat the city lord with one sword, he resorts to these insidious means!

Bah! Villain!

Ruiyue ordered: "Put these incense back first, don't let the news leak out, I will report to the city lord."

Since that person was able to do it quietly, he must be waiting to see what happens next. They may be able to catch him.

After whispering a few instructions to the maids, Ruiyue straightened her clothes and went to the city lord's cabin.

As for how she reported to Ye Gucheng and how she set up the trap later, no one else knew about it.

The only person who could hear everyone on the ship was sighing for the fact that she was reluctant to come up with the clues by herself, and for not listening to her partner and using someone else's account, which resulted in her being targeted as soon as she came online, and her gaming experience was extremely bad.

If Rui Yue could pay more attention, she would find that the fishy smell was not only on the incense on the ship, but also on other objects as well, but the amount was much less than that on the incense.

All things added together, this ship has become a huge decoy.

Hundreds of miles away, a huge shadow was sweeping towards this side with the undercurrent. Wherever it passed, all the fish, corals and seaweed turned into ashes and were buried in the rolling tide.

…

Time seems to pass very quickly at sea. There are no reference points around, only the bright sun in the sky, indicating the passage of time.

The sun sets in the west, leaving only a ray of light on the horizon. The moon, which is about to become fully round, hangs high in the sky where the sun was during the day. Stars that were apparently dimming jump out from behind the clouds one by one, twinkling to the naked eye, as if they are whispering something that only the stars can understand.

The sound of waves coming from all directions is very calm. Tonight will not be as bad as last night.

During this time, Tarona left for a while.

She continued to scan the surrounding sea, and as she looked, her attention was attracted by the fish and shrimp swimming happily on the seabed.

The shrimps are strong, the fish are plump, and the sea urchins are huge.

Well, thanks to nature for its gift!

A touch of gold silently dived into the seabed, and when you reached out, you found a basket of seafood.

If we were to say what Tarona was satisfied with in this world without any trace of technology, it would have to be the various delicacies from land and sea here, all of which were pure natural and pollution-free and tasted amazing.

Isn't this better than those seafoods that cost hundreds of dollars in restaurants? Although it is not raised by spiritual energy from childhood and cannot provide any nourishment to the eater, it is free and there is no limit on the quantity.

The Big Witch herself is a good child who is not picky about food.

Show off, you can show off everything!

The people on the boat were repeating yesterday's lives. The angel sitting on the mast was eating seafood dipped in mustard and soy sauce. Everyone had a bright future.

After night fell, Tarona threw away the last empty sea urchin shell and just as he breathed a sigh of satisfaction, a familiar scent wafted through the wind.

Actually, we are not familiar with each other. We have only met once.

It was the giant beast, but it was a little different. Its breath was mixed with a throat-stirring smell of corrosion, reminding anyone who noticed that the newcomer was not friendly.

This is consistent with the characteristics of a companion organism.

Tarona stood up slowly, and the ribbons hanging behind her lit up with golden light. She cast another layer of ignoring magic on her body, and now no one could see her.

The abilities of companion creatures are different. Even for the same Anomaly, there will not be two companion creatures with duplicate abilities.

Duplication means that one of them has lost its function. A useful tool does not need two identical ones.

Is it corrosive?

Tarona glanced at the large ship below. The corrosiveness of the by-products was much stronger than those synthetic substances in the periodic table. Not to mention pure wood, even alloys could not withstand it.

She raised her hand, the air on her left side rippled, and a golden spear stretched out from the air.

The Great Witch weighed the [Holy Lance] and thought it was okay, then she pulled out a golden chain from the air, the end of which was tied somewhere, and wrapped it around the end of the gun twice. With a touch of magic power in her palm, the chain and the [Holy Lance] were perfectly fused together.

She extinguished the divine fire contained in the Holy Lance, preparing to capture him alive later.

The connection between companions and anomalies is one-way. Normally, companions that do not receive commands cannot sense the location of anomalies, but once they receive commands, they will ignore all obstacles and rush towards the anomalies in a clear direction.

Moreover, companion creatures without self-awareness will not ask for help from abnormalities, which is an excellent indicator.

Of course, the premise is that the companion creature that is about to arrive has no self-awareness.

If there was, she could only remove part of the material and burn the accompanying items into ashes.

The people on the boat were completely unaware of the impending crisis and were still busy with their own things. Ruiyue, who had noticed some clues, was still waiting for someone to take the bait.

Xiang'er sat down in the corner with two candied fruits in his mouth. People passing by thought he was tired, but failed to notice that his lowered face was distorted, his eyes were wide open with pupils in a straight line, and a transparent sticky substance flowed out of his eye sockets, seeping into the wooden boards through the shadows, making the strange fishy fragrance permeate the ship more deeply.

The shadow moved faster, and in the blink of an eye, it was already dozens of miles away.

The angel, with golden light all over his body, turned around and looked in the direction of the shadow. The disguised ink color was dissolved by the golden dots, and the outline of the wings gradually appeared in the ribbons flying in the wind.

They are all waiting.

…

When the last ray of light on the horizon was completely swallowed up by the night, the corrosive fishy smell had already merged into the wind. The sailor standing on the bow looking in the direction was caught off guard and inhaled a breath. He was choked and started coughing. The coughing became more and more severe, and finally he covered his mouth and nose and fainted.

Just as he was about to fall off the bow, a hand grabbed his collar from behind and dragged him back to the deck.

A cough was heard, followed by a series of coughs.

Those who were hit were all sailors without martial arts skills. The accompanying guards had covered their mouths and noses as soon as they smelled something strange. They were experienced. In the past, pirates would sprinkle drugs on the ship before attacking. Even though pirates dare not come now, these guards always have a handkerchief soaked in drugs on them, and they can just cover their mouths and noses with it when needed.

"Cover your mouth and nose! Back off! Back off!"

The guards who dragged the crew back to the deck raised their arms and shouted loudly, and those who were still able to move covered their mouths and noses with their sleeves, coughing as they retreated into the cabin.

The guards' first suspicion was of course that there was a pirate attack, but the surroundings were very empty. Apart from their ship, there was no moving object in sight, and there were no small boats around the ship that could be used for hiding.

So where do these extremely pungent smells come from?

Before they could come up with a second guess, the big ship under their feet suddenly shook!

Something is hitting their boat!

The guard who was climbing on the mast to look around lost his balance and was thrown out by the violent shaking. Not long after he flew far, he was grabbed by the belt and pulled down.

After he stood up, he saw the guards hurriedly saluted: "City Lord!"

It turned out that Ye Gucheng saved him.

He came out when the coughing sounded continuously. When he reached the deck, he almost lost his balance due to the violent shaking.

Something was indeed hitting their boat, and it was extremely large, otherwise it would not have caused such violent shaking.

——Sea monster.

This was the first word that came to Ye Gucheng's mind.

This is what was written on those two letters.

The ocean is vast and deep. Even the old fishermen who have made a living in the sea for generations cannot tell what is in it. The sea monster is a terrifying existence passed down from generation to generation among them.

Sea monsters are huge and ferocious. Once they appear, the ships they attack are almost dead, and very few people can survive.

Because very few people have encountered sea monsters, few people are brave enough to go to unfamiliar waters. Over time, sea monsters have become a kind of strange story, and people living in coastal areas use them to educate their young children so that children who do not yet have the ability to save themselves can consciously stay away from the seashore.

He never expected that he would encounter a living sea monster during his trip to the sea.

However, now was not the time to lament over these things. After only ten breaths of rest, the second violent shaking came again. Even if the people on the boat acted decisively and crawled on the ground or grabbed something to stabilize their bodies, they were still thrown out.

Fortunately, the ship was high, and the people who were thrown out just hit the railing hard and were not thrown directly into the sea.

As soon as the shaking stopped, a sword pierced through the deck. Ye Gucheng, who used it to stabilize his body, shouted and ordered everyone to leave the deck immediately.

As it shook just now, he saw a huge shadow flash by in the night.

The shadow leaped up from the sea silently, almost blending into the night, and not even the sound of water could be heard when it leaped down.

Even though he covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief soaked in medicine, Ye Gucheng still smelled the suddenly stronger pungent odor. Every time he breathed, he felt as if his lungs were burning.

He was like this, and the people who were still on the deck and had no time to retreat to the cabin felt even more uncomfortable.

The city lord gave the order, and those who were badly hit still climbed up with gritted teeth, coughing as if they were about to vomit, supporting each other, and stumbling back into the cabin.

The guards, who were only slightly affected, came to the city lord one after another, drew their swords and prepared to fight the enemy, even though they didn't know what the enemy was.

They soon found out—

"hold head high!"

With a strange and deafening roar, a huge octopus-shaped tentacle suddenly slapped towards the bow of the ship.

Ye Gucheng is under the tentacles.

In a flash, he swung his sword.

Like thunder and the sound of a bow string starting, like the sudden appearance of a rainbow, there was a sound of tearing cloth, and the tentacles that were heading straight towards them were cut off by the sword.

The physical strength of companion creatures varies, and this one is clearly the latter.

But its strength lies not in its diamond-hard flesh, but in the black liquid gushing out from its broken parts.

This is its blood, and also its most corrosive weapon.

The tentacle had just been cut off, and before the guards on both sides could cheer for the city lord's dazzling sword, the smell of corrosion that spread rapidly like a plague polluted the only remaining clean air around.

The first to bear the brunt was Ye Gucheng who cut off the tentacles.

His exposed eyes immediately turned red from the corrosive breath. His lungs, which had just felt a slight burning sensation, suddenly felt like they were thrown into fire. The pain more intense than broken bones and flesh swept through all his senses without warning.

He barely managed to keep his sword in his hand.

At this moment, a brilliant golden light suddenly descended from above his head, and a hand grabbed his waist, taking him away from the area where the black blood was pouring out. The screams around him stopped abruptly.

It was as if the dawn had arrived.