Chapter 90 Phoenix, don't jump into the sea just because you think you can't bear it anymore
"Chen Jichuan, 24 years old, is a naval captain! Fenghuang, the descendant of Feng Bo and Yu Shi, looks really good!"
Shang Youqing's main point was, "Since he had already inherited Feng Bo Yu Shi's spiritual weapon, why hadn't he completed his cultivation yet?"
"...Phoenix, I have another question. Do you think it's really appropriate for us to speculate about someone from the bottom of a warship they're in charge of?"
Before Shang Youqing could reply, there was a dull thud and the cover of the bottom cabin was opened from above.
The two men squatting in the bottom cabin looked at the patrolman above their heads for a few seconds, and when the guns were pointed at them, they raised their hands.
Half an hour later.
Command cabin.
"Colonel, these are the two men who insist on knowing you."
Sitting in the main seat of the command room, Shen Jichuan, dressed in a dark blue neat military uniform, raised his eyes from the main console upon hearing the words. He originally wanted to personally interrogate the two suspects who had used unknown means to avoid detection and enter the bottom hold of the warship. As a result, when he looked up, he was silent for a moment at the two people with divine auras. Instead, he asked the two subordinates with tense expressions to let the people go and let the subordinates go out first.
Only after the door of the command room was closed did Shen Jichuan stand up.
Cheng Huang volunteered to help introduce himself, "I'm Cheng Huang, the divine beast beside Father Shang Que, and this is the Phoenix."
Shang Youqing nodded and added, "Shang Youqing."
Chen Jichuan's gaze lingered on Shang Youqing's cold, porcelain-white face for a moment. Knowing that she had probably long forgotten her childhood self, he didn't take the initiative to mention that distant childhood memory. He simply lowered his eyes and asked, "Why did you come here to see me?"
Shang Youqing didn't beat around the bush and told him directly that she came to borrow the spiritual weapon.
After listening to this, Shen Jichuan pondered for a moment and said.
"It's not that I don't want to lend you the spiritual weapon, but I haven't completed my cultivation and can't activate the spiritual weapon yet."
Shang Youqing glanced out the porthole and said, "I see that the area we're cruising in is not within the navy's regular reconnaissance range. Is there something wrong?"
Shen Jichuan stared at her for a moment, the corners of his lips suddenly raised slightly, and he waved at her, "Come here."
Shang Youqing paused and walked over.
Shen Jichuan showed her some of the latest weather satellite cloud maps on the console, "Did you see anything strange?"
Shang Youqing leaned forward with his hands on the side of the table, leaning slightly closer to stare at the screen and carefully inspecting it. "The cloud distribution and sea surface temperature in this area are all quite normal."
"Yes, everything is normal. But despite such normal weather data, there were consecutive cargo shipwrecks at sea. Although the crew members were rescued in time by escape pods, the capsized cargo ships all sank into the sea and disappeared."
Shen Jichuan showed her a few more pictures he had taken while diving. "I suspect it was a sea dragon that was causing trouble, stirring up trouble on the shipping routes in this area and hijacking the cargo ship."
Shang Youqing zoomed in on the image and took a closer look. "The storm forming at the crash site is indeed very unusual. It's as if the normal wind direction has been deliberately disrupted."
Chen Jichuan responded, "Yes, in the past, sea dragons only appeared during extreme thunderstorms. As you know, when the weather at sea is bad, freighters will not sail past. But these few times, the freighters happened to have accidents during normal sailing, so I came here to inspect it myself."
"Are the coordinates of the crash far from here?"
As soon as Chen Jichuan turned his head, he saw Shang Youqing's face close at hand. Her facial features were beautiful, her eyes were slightly drooping, and she was looking at the main control screen very intently. Her cold pupils reflected a little shadow, and her lips were slightly opened and closed because of speaking, forming a clear and beautiful arc.
Shang Youqing waited for a while but received no answer. Just as he raised his eyes, Shen Jichuan happened to look away and said, "Not too far."
Shang Youqing also stood up straight. "Would you mind taking me over there to take a look? Maybe we can find something."
"sure."
Chen Jichuan immediately ordered the dispatch of a light small boat to take Shang Youqing and Cheng Huang over. When Chen Jichuan lowered his eyes, he saw Shang Youqing gently pull his sleeves under his fingertips, as if he was cold. He turned back to find someone to get a new coat and handed it to Shang Youqing.
Shang Youqing was slightly stunned. Just as she was about to say something, Chen Jichuan's subordinates came over to discuss something with him. Chen Jichuan asked her to wait for a moment, then took the documents from his subordinates and went into the cabin.
Shang Youqing and Cheng Huang boarded the ship first. While waiting on the deck, Cheng Huang couldn't help but come over and said mysteriously, "Phoenix, do you feel that there's something wrong with the way Colonel Shen looks at you? Did you know each other before?"
Shang Youqing said, "I don't know him," then looked down at the coat in his hand and handed it to Cheng Huang, "Put it on."
"ah?"
Cheng Huang put on his coat in a daze and saw Shang Youqing leaning against the deck railing, looking down at the deep blue sea under the ship, wondering what he was thinking.
Cheng Huang couldn't bear to watch this anymore and anxiously poked her with his elbow, "Phoenix, don't jump into the sea just because you think you can't swim. I'm not a good swimmer, and you're afraid of the cold. If I really jump in, how am I going to explain it to the priest when I get back..."
Shang Youqing: "...Thank you, I'm not going to jump into the sea."
"You looked so uneasy just now..." Cheng Huang was still observing her expression anxiously. "The priest told me to keep an eye on you and not to think about irrelevant people anymore! That guy, he's caused you so much trouble, you're not allowed to think about him anymore!"
Shang Youqing had a blank expression on his face: "Is it possible that I'm just thinking about the sea dragon's mischief?"
"...Oh, really?" Cheng Huang breathed a sigh of relief and patted his chest. "You scared me. I thought you..."
Before Cheng Huang finished speaking, he suddenly caught a glimpse of Shen Jichuan standing not far away on the deck behind him. He didn't know how long he had been standing there. Cheng Huang quickly waved at him, "Colonel Shen!"
Shen Jichuan stepped forward with his eyes lowered, and took a look at the coat that Cheng Huang was wearing. Cheng Huang scratched his head and explained, "Colonel Shen, Fenghuang asked me to put it on."
Chen Jichuan didn't say anything, but just stood slightly to the right side of the sea breeze, standing next to Shang Youqing, slightly blocking the wind direction.
Not long after the ship set off, Shen Jichuan suddenly asked a question.
"Shang Youqing, are you helping me just to borrow the spiritual weapon?"
Shang Youqing nodded and admitted honestly, "Yes, I am anxious to borrow Colonel Shen's spiritual weapon."
Chen Jichuan lowered his eyes and looked at her, his aura was overwhelming and his eyes were very straightforward, and suddenly he smiled.
"If that's the case, wouldn't it be better if you weren't so distant towards me?"
Cheng Huang's eyes moved back and forth between the two of them, and suddenly pulled Chen Jichuan to the other side in front of Shang Youqing, and reminded him solemnly:
“Colonel Shen, our Phoenix has just been injured, you need to change your strategy a little.”
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