Chapter 79: Lu Xiaofeng Returns
She looked up at the Kunyu Xuanjing and smiled.
"Yes, I'm back."
"I also brought you a gift."
He handed the Zhaodan Sword, which Xue Yiren had dropped earlier, to Kunyu Xuanjing: "Take a look, do you like this sword?"
Kunyu Xuanjing certainly liked it.
Surprised and delighted, Kunyu Xuanjing looked at Xiu Chuqi with gentle eyes as he accepted the sword: "Didn't you just bring me the Heaven-Slaying Sword? Why did you bring me another Sword of Unyielding Spirit?"
"Isn't it said that swordsmen like to collect precious swords?"
Showing off his extraordinary adventure, he boasted: "Later I'll put a few more shelves in my homestead, and once I've collected different swords, I'll put them all on them. Then you can use whichever one you want, making you the swordsman with the most swords in the world."
Having bid farewell to the incredibly moving Kunyu Xuanjing, we embark on a new adventure and enter a new level.
This time, the landing point was a vast ocean.
Show off your amazing encounter: "..."
Looking around at the empty sea, with nothing in sight, I opened the system map to show off my adventure, only to be surprised to find that this time the system wouldn't even let me open the map.
The entire map interface was completely black, with only a small area where I was located lit up.
"So this time they've created a map that players have to discover themselves?"
Showing off his extraordinary encounter, he pondered for a moment and said, "That's interesting."
"Hahaha, my sentimentality can finally come in handy."
The "Nianqing" is a unique mount rewarded after completing the "Adventure of the Hero" event. It looks like a bamboo pole with small flowers tied to both ends and can be ridden by two people in water.
After equipping the special mount "Nianqing," the game character immediately leaps from the water and stands in the middle of the bamboo pole.
"Just pick any direction to open the map."
Showing off her extraordinary adventure, she controlled Nianqing to paddle forward. After paddling for an unknown amount of time, she finally saw something different on the surface of the sea.
I wonder who was so ingenious as to use a coffin as a boat and float in the wind.
Showing off his extraordinary encounter immediately piqued his interest, and he manipulated Nianqing to swipe in that direction.
"Chu Liuxiang?"
"Why don't you choose a boat when you go out to sea? Why do you have to sit in a coffin?"
Chu Liuxiang weakly opened his eyes.
Good heavens, he finally saw a figure.
Looking at the energetic and extraordinary encounter before him, Chu Liuxiang almost couldn't help but cry.
What kind of good person would sit in a coffin and drift on the sea? He had no choice, okay?
Is there any water?
Chu Liuxiang spoke in a hoarse voice.
Showing off his unexpected encounter, he then realized that something was wrong with his condition.
They helped Chu Liuxiang up from the coffin, fed him water, and then began to check his character status.
Dehydration: Severely dehydrated, health points are slowly decreasing.
Internal injury: Reduces the rate at which health points regenerate.
Eardrum injury: Hearing loss is in progress.
Seeing the series of negative status effects on Chu Liuxiang, Xiuchu asked in surprise, "What happened to you? How come your eardrums are even injured?"
As he spoke, he took out the all-purpose Dissolving Powder and stuffed it into Chu Liuxiang's mouth.
As the energy dissipated into his abdomen, Chu Liuxiang felt refreshed and his ears, which had been aching slightly, returned to normal.
Watching the extraordinary encounter of the divine soldiers descending from the sky, Chu Liuxiang gave a wry smile: "You have no idea how outrageous the things I've encountered are."
In Chu Liuxiang's narration, it was only through his extraordinary encounter that he learned that after the leader of the assassin organization was killed, Chu Liuxiang had inadvertently learned about Bat Island.
As someone who is always restless and full of curiosity, he decided to investigate the situation on Bat Island.
Therefore, he specifically sought out his friend Zhang San from Kuaiwang and asked him to accompany him on his sea voyage.
However, some unexpected events occurred along the way. He discovered clues about Bat Island on the ship, only to find that the clues were false, merely bait to lure him in. The thief then blew up the ship, intending to kill everyone.
Showing off his amazing encounter, he gaped in astonishment.
"Then where did you get this coffin?"
Chu Liuxiang sighed: "This was originally placed on the ship by the people of Bat Island to provoke me, but who knew it would become my only chance of survival in the end."
"In the critical moment, I and several other friends each chose a coffin and hid inside, which is how we were saved from being blown up by the gunpowder."
He sighed as he spoke: "The impact of the explosives was just too great. Even though we tied the coffins together with ropes beforehand, they were still blown apart in the end."
"This is the fifth day I've been drifting on the sea. If I hadn't met you, I probably would have died in my coffin in a few days."
"No, even if you hadn't touched me, you wouldn't have died." Showing off the protagonist's extraordinary encounter, she was very confident in his vitality.
"Maybe you'll drift away and end up on Bat Island?"
"How is that possible?" Chu Liuxiang chuckled at the idea of showing off a miraculous encounter: "What are the chances of such a coincidence?"
"That's hard to say."
Showing off his extraordinary encounter, he pulled Chu Liuxiang onto Nianqing's body, then turned to look at the coffin Chu Liuxiang was riding in.
Raising the Coffin and Distributing Materials: A special water mount.
"Oh ho."
"I knew the protagonist's opportunities were different."
Showing off her extraordinary encounter, she looked at Chu Liuxiang with sparkling eyes: "Do you still want this coffin? Can you give it to me?"
Chu Liuxiang was taken aback: "Of course, but what do you need a coffin for?"
He smiled mysteriously, revealing his extraordinary encounter: "It's a secret."
He then clicked to pick up the coffin and its contents into his backpack.
"!!!"
Even though he had seen people perform extraordinary encounters and produce things out of thin air many times, the disappearance of such a large coffin still shocked Chu Liuxiang greatly.
However, considering that he was a fairy who had revealed her extraordinary adventures, he could understand it.
Standing on the bamboo pole, Chu Liuxiang curiously stomped his foot. He discovered that this seemingly slender bamboo pole was surprisingly sturdy. Even more astonishingly, he could stand steadily on the bamboo pole without using any balancing skills.
Even when the waves crashed in, there was not a ripple at all.
Chu Liuxiang touched his nose: "Perhaps this is also a magical artifact used exclusively by fairies."
Which way should we go?
A crisp sound interrupted Chu Liuxiang's thoughts.
Chu Liuxiang looked at Xiu Chuqi standing in front of him and said, "I don't know the way in this vast ocean. Why don't we just choose a direction randomly?"
Showing off his extraordinary encounter, he nodded: "You choose."
Chu Liuxiang was both amused and exasperated. He casually pointed in a direction and began chatting with Xiu about their extraordinary encounter.
How did you end up here?
When Chu Liuxiang asked him this question, Xiu Chu realized that he had forgotten to check the main quest.
I quickly opened the taskbar to see what the main quest was this time.
System: "Completely destroy Bat Island."
"I also came for Bat Island; I'm going to destroy it."
Chu Liuxiang nodded.
From the moment he first encountered Xiu Chuqi in the desert, he and Hu Tiehua suspected that Xiu Chuqi was a demon cultivating merit. Although Bat Island advertised itself as a business, it secretly engaged in many shady dealings.
Presumably, this time, the act of showing off one's extraordinary encounter is also for the purpose of accumulating good deeds.
Thinking of his time in the desert, Chu Liuxiang's eyes lit up.
"I beg you to help me find Hu Tiehua and Zhang San. If you succeed, I will reward you with ten thousand taels of gold."
"Chu Liuxiang, what are you doing..."
Before she could finish speaking, Xiuchu was surprised to find a yellow exclamation mark above Chu Liuxiang's head.
"!!!"
He swiftly accepted the task of finding Hu Tiehua and Zhang San, then looked at Chu Liuxiang with shining eyes, showing off his extraordinary encounter.
"Chu Liuxiang, you are truly a genius!"
Sensing something amiss from the expression on Xiu's face after her unexpected encounter, Chu Liuxiang asked nervously, "How did it go? Did any wish quests generate?"
"Can we find any trace of them?"
Clicking on the auto-pathfinding in front of the taskbar, Showing Off the Adventure nodded: "Of course it can, it's absolutely amazing!"
With the system's automatic pathfinding function, the adventurer easily found Zhang San and Hu Tiehua, who were fast asleep in a coffin.
However, their situation was even worse than Chu Liuxiang's.
For some unknown reason, their coffins all fell apart, making it impossible for them to lie in them like Chu Liuxiang. They could only tear off their clothes and tie themselves tightly to a piece of coffin fragment to prevent themselves from drowning in the sea while they were unconscious.
As usual, the all-powerful Huagong San was arranged to appear, and the two opened their eyes.
"Stone Guanyin!"
Hu Tiehua suddenly jumped up, but accidentally fell back into the water.
Upon hearing this, Zhang San tensed up, his expression becoming tense.
"Butterfly, wake up! This isn't Stone Guanyin!"
Chu Liuxiang pulled Hu Tiehua out of the water in time.
"She is clearly Shi Guanyin, you old stinker, what's wrong with you? Have you been bewitched by her?"
Showing off her extraordinary encounter rolled her eyes: "I am showing off my extraordinary encounter, but I changed my face. Don't you recognize me?"
Hearing that familiar voice, Hu Tiehua looked at Xiu Chuqi with suspicion: "Are you really not Shi Guanyin in disguise?"
Showing off her amazing encounter left me speechless. Kunyu Xuanjing is still the best; no matter how she changes her face, she can recognize me immediately.
Hu Tiehua was utterly incompetent!
However, his reminder did remind him of some useful information about his adventure.
Summon the ghost ship that the Stone Guanyin dropped.
Ghost ship, ghost ship. Since it's a ship, it must be able to travel on water, right?
The Nianqing is too cramped, only allowing two people to ride at a time. The Ghost Ship is much better, as it's spacious and has more seating.
The group stared in shock at the enormous creature that had suddenly appeared on the water's surface. Hu Tiehua finally believed that Xiu had revealed his extraordinary encounter.
Who else but the Green Reed Fairy could possess such astonishing abilities?
After climbing onto the ghost ship, the group dispersed into the cabins, dried themselves off, and then regrouped.
Hu Tiehua kept staring at Xiu Chuqi, asking, "How did you get such a different face?"
"Of course it's because she's pretty!"
He boasted about his extraordinary adventures and spoke with self-righteousness.
"Sigh, I thought you had no aesthetic sense." Hu Tiehua recalled the ugly person in the desert inn who pinched his face because it hurt.
"Actually, you are cutest when you are still the little gourd. Shi Guanyin's face is beautiful, but it makes people feel uneasy. I always feel uneasy in my heart."
Showing off her amazing encounter, she rolled her eyes.
"Who cares about you? I'm going to be beautiful to the end."
"well."
Seeing that Xiu had a miraculous encounter and wouldn't listen to her advice, Hu Tiehua had no choice but to go and harass Chu Liuxiang.
"You old bastard! You didn't even tell me beforehand that the little gourd spirit had changed her face. Do you know how scared I was when I woke up and found Shi Guanyin standing in front of me?!"
"I almost fell into the water and drowned!"
Chu Liuxiang recalled his reaction when he first saw this face in Songjiang Prefecture, and nodded in agreement in his heart, but retorted defiantly.
"That's because you're a coward."
"Some people boast every day that they are upright men, but who knew that just a beautiful face could scare someone so much that they wet themselves."
"Don't brag about yourself in front of Xiao Ji anymore."
"Who said that? I've always been a strong and upright man. I was just half asleep when I accidentally fell into the sea."
"This has absolutely nothing to do with being timid."
The two argued for a long time without convincing each other, and in the end, they childishly asked Xiu to be the referee for his extraordinary encounter.
Show off your amazing encounter: "..."
Unwilling to pay attention to these two boring men, he showed off his extraordinary adventure to change the subject.
"Since we can't find any trace of Bat Island for the time being, why don't you try making a wish?"
"Make a wish?" Zhang San, who had never experienced a journey through the desert, was puzzled.
But Chu Liuxiang and Hu Tiehua understood immediately, their eyes lit up, and they spoke in unison.
"I beg you, help me find traces of Bat Island."
"?"
Zhang San looked at Chu Liuxiang and his group with the eyes of someone looking at a madman.
Chu Liuxiang and Hu Tiehua had no time to consider Zhang San's thoughts, but instead looked at Xiu Chu's extraordinary encounter with great anticipation.
"How is it? Do you need it again?"
Show off your amazing encounter! Stare at the top of their heads for a long time, but you still don't see any exclamation marks.
He shook his head in disappointment: "Your hearts aren't sincere!"
Chu Liuxiang chuckled: "It's not that we're not sincere, it's just that our great immortal's magic power is not high enough!"
"nonsense!"
He showed off his unexpected encounter, slapped Chu Liuxiang, and laughed uncontrollably.
"It seems there's no shortcut. We'll have to honestly search for clues about Bat Island ourselves."
Thinking of this, Xiu Xiu had a sudden inspiration.
"Although I can't find Bat Island right away, I can ask someone skilled at finding clues to come and help."
"Here?" Chu Liuxiang looked at Xiu Chuqiyu in surprise: "This is the sea, you're not looking for a sea monster, are you?"
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Xiu Chuqi glared at Chu Liuxiang, then summoned the chivalrous hero Lu Xiaofeng again.
At this moment, Lu Xiaofeng is drinking tea with Hua Manlou again.
"So boring, so boring. I wish something would happen."
Hua Manlou was greedily gazing at the flowers filling the building. His eyes had recovered long ago, but he still felt he couldn't get enough of these bright colors.
He stole a moment from his busy schedule to look at Lu Xiaofeng.
"You always say that, but when something actually comes up and you need help, you'll find it troublesome."
"That depends on the person. Not everything is troublesome for me."
Lu Xiaofeng recalled his last trip to another world: "The matter of Miss Xiu is not troublesome at all. In fact, it is quite interesting."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a voice from the void recounting a miraculous encounter. Lu Xiaofeng looked up at Hua Manlou in surprise.
"Speak of the devil, and he appears! I'm off now. I'll tell you all about my extraordinary journey when I get back."
Without hesitation, he answered the call to show off his extraordinary adventure and appeared on the ghost ship.
Looking at the dazzlingly beautiful face before him, Lu Xiaofeng was at a loss for words.
She noticed his strange expression after showing off her encounter and couldn't help but roll her eyes: "It's me."
Upon hearing the familiar voice, Lu Xiaofeng's eyes immediately regained their clarity.
He awkwardly stroked his beard, trying to save face: "Hahaha, of course I know it's you, Miss Xiu. How could I not recognize you?"
Showing off his extraordinary encounter, he didn't believe Lu Xiaofeng's nonsense, but there was no need to expose him at this moment. He simply turned to look at Chu Liuxiang and the others who were curiously crowding around.
"Let me introduce you. This is Lu Xiaofeng with four eyebrows. He is best at solving cases and finding clues."
Then he continued to introduce Lu Xiaofeng: "The wild goose and butterfly are the wings, and the fragrance of flowers fills the world. This is the thief Chu Liuxiang, and the slovenly one next to him is the flower butterfly Hu Tiehua. The other one is Zhang San from Kuaiwang, who is best at fishing and grilling fish."
"Chu Liuxiang!"
Lu Xiaofeng jumped up in surprise.
"Are you really Chu Liuxiang, the master thief?"
Chu Liuxiang was surprised that the friends he summoned by showing off his extraordinary encounter had also heard of his name, and he couldn't help but feel a little proud.
He touched his nose and said demurely, "It's me."
Lu Xiaofeng opened his mouth wide and turned around in shock to look at Xiu Chu's extraordinary encounter.
"I thought it was amazing enough that you could travel between different worlds, but I never imagined you could even travel through time?"
"ah?"
Showing off his unexpected encounter left him momentarily stunned.
"What did you say?"
Lu Xiaofeng was so shocked that he didn't even pay attention to what Xiuchu had said, and continued to speak on his own.
"The legendary thief Chu Liuxiang was already a legendary figure a hundred years ago in our area. I never imagined that, thanks to you, I would one day be able to meet this senior in person?"
"When I get back, I'll tell Hua Manlou about this amazing experience. He'll be so envious of me."
Showing off his extraordinary encounter, he finally realized: "You mean, there is also a Chu Liuxiang in your world, or a legend from a hundred years ago?"
Before Lu Xiaofeng could even nod, Xiu's eyes lit up immediately.
He grabbed Lu Xiaofeng and said, "Do you know about Bat Island? Who's behind it? Let's go and kill him."
Lu Xiaofeng was taken aback.
He pulled his hand away apologetically: "Haha, well, this is a legend from a hundred years ago, and very few details have survived."
"All I know is that the legendary thief Chu Liuxiang destroyed Bat Island and rescued the poor people on the island. As for who was the mastermind behind it all, the legends never mention it."
"I see."
Showing off my amazing experience was a bit disappointing. I thought I could just copy the answers, but it turns out I still have to do the homework myself?
Chu Liuxiang, on the other hand, was more open-minded.
"Anyway, at least we got some good news, didn't we?"
Lu Xiaofeng was surprised that they accepted his background from the future so easily, and couldn't help but give Chu Liuxiang an approving look.
"As expected of the legendary master thief."
After recovering from the shock of suddenly meeting the legendary figure, Lu Xiaofeng's superior manners made him realize the purpose of showing off his extraordinary encounter to get him here.
"Are you investigating clues about Bat Island this time?"
Showing off his extraordinary encounter, he nodded, then shook his head: "Yes and no."
"Whether there are clues or not is not important, and I don't care about the villain's psychological process anyway. The ultimate goal is to destroy Bat Island, and nothing else matters."
Lu Xiaofeng nodded.
Turning around and looking around, they found themselves on a vast ocean.
"Legend has it that Bat Island is indeed hidden on a desolate island in the sea, so Miss Xiu, did you specifically gather everyone to go to Bat Island together?"
“No,” Xiu Chuqi pointed to Chu Liuxiang and the others, “these guys were tricked by the people from Bat Island and were adrift at sea with nowhere to go. I was the one who rescued them.”
Chu Liuxiang awkwardly touched his nose: "Don't expose me so bluntly in front of the younger generation! I also want to save face."
"Hahaha, you old scoundrel, you've finally met your match!" Hu Tiehua loudly mocked Chu Liuxiang.
Chu Liuxiang gave him a malicious look: "No matter what, you're still better than someone like you who doesn't like to bathe or change clothes."
Seeing the two undermining each other, Lu Xiaofeng couldn't help but smile knowingly.
"What a beautiful friendship!"
He had a feeling that this senior was nothing like the legend, and that they could become good friends.
For the next few days, the group drifted on the sea. Lu Xiaofeng had already become close friends with Chu Liuxiang and the others.
One day, out of boredom, a few people caught some fish and gathered around to watch Zhang San grill them.
Lu Xiaofeng suddenly spoke up: "How far are we from Bat Island? I'm getting really tired of eating fish for several days in a row."
"I don't know," Chu Liuxiang said, feeling alright. He quite liked eating fish. "We don't even know the location of Bat Island yet, that's why we're looking for it."
"?"
Lu Xiaofeng suddenly turned his head to look at Chu Liuxiang.
"Are you saying that you don't even know where Bat Island is and are just searching aimlessly?"
Chu Liuxiang suddenly realized what was happening.
"Wow!"
The two exchanged a glance and simultaneously realized the seriousness of the situation.
According to Lu Xiaofeng, Bat Island was destroyed by Chu Liuxiang, which means he must have found Bat Island.
But in reality, he was tricked by the people of Bat Island and drifted helplessly on the sea.
There is only one possibility: something must have happened before he drowned at sea, which would have allowed him to find the trail of Bat Island.
The most likely explanation is that he simply drifted to Bat Island.
But,
Chu Liuxiang and Lu Xiaofeng both turned around at the same time to look at Xiu Chuqi, who was fishing at the stern of the boat.
Showing off a miraculous encounter saved him and even conjured a ship out of thin air, will they still be able to drift with the ocean currents to Bat Island?
The two men withdrew their gaze and looked solemnly at the boats traveling against the current.
It seems like it's not going to work.
"..."
The two looked at each other in disbelief, never expecting their plan to destroy Bat Island would fail at this point.
What should we do next?
Lu Xiaofeng pondered for a moment: "Since Bat Island is built on a deserted island, it must require a lot of manpower."
"How about we start with the craftsmen and investigate those who went on large-scale expeditions?"
Chu Liuxiang's eyes lit up: "That's indeed a good idea."
The two exchanged a glance and went together to find Xiu Chu's extraordinary encounter and discuss their plan to reach the shore.
I've been AFK fishing for two hours now, but I still haven't found Bat Island.
"That's not right. According to the protagonist's law, since Chu Liuxiang's destination is Bat Island, how come he hasn't encountered it yet after so long?"
"Judging by the time it takes to complete a game level, it's been several days already. If he hadn't met me, given Chu Liuxiang's condition at the time, he would have been adrift at sea for another two or three days and would have been dead long ago!"
"etc……"
Showing off his extraordinary encounter, he suddenly remembered Qiao Feng and others whose fates he had overturned.
"Could it be that he missed Bat Island because he ran into me?"
He recalled how he had randomly chosen a direction to sail because Chu Liuxiang refused to choose a direction.
Showing off his extraordinary encounter, a bead of cold sweat trickled down his forehead.
"Don't be ridiculous, it can't really be like that, right?"
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