Chapter 1: Adrift (of Volume 5: Crimson Blood Cave Mansion)
Qin Yu and Xiao Hei flew south at high speed, one man and one eagle, with cities, mountains, grasslands, and lakes being left behind one by one. Suddenly, a huge forest appeared before their eyes.
"Xiao Hei, come down with me." Qin Yu suddenly transmitted a message.
Xiao Hei immediately stopped flying and asked in confusion: "Big brother, shouldn't we be close to the southern sea of the Dragon Hidden Continent by now? Why aren't you continuing to fly, but instead entering this forest?"
"Haha, you don't know that, do you?" Qin Yu's face was full of smiles as he explained, "How far is the Overseas Immortal Island from the Profound Dragon Continent, do you know?"
"I don't know, but it should be very far." Xiao Hei looked at Qin Yu with a puzzled expression, not knowing how far the Overseas Immortal Island was from the Submerged Dragon Continent, and what relationship Qin Yu had with entering the forest.
Qin Yu smiled and said, "Let me tell you, the recent overseas immortal islands are tens of millions of miles away, and the Penglai Immortal Domain is even more billions of miles away. The vastness of this sea area is simply beyond your imagination. It's so far away that if we were to fly over the ocean all the time, it would be too boring."
"Big brother, what do you mean?" Xiao Hei suddenly understood a bit.
"Get a large spaceship ring, when we're drifting in the vast ocean of space and feeling bored, we'll take out the large ship. We can go fishing on the ship or sunbathe and feel the sea breeze. Isn't flying always tiring?" Qin Yu had made preparations for long-term drifting.
Cultivating the truth, years are almost infinite, and time is no longer a concern. Drifting through adventures in the vast ocean is also a kind of cultivation.
Xiao Hei suddenly became excited: "Great, this forest is so big, there must be very large trees. Let's go find them quickly." After finishing speaking, Xiao Hei didn't wait for Qin Yu at all and dove down into the boundless forest by himself.
Qin Yu smiled and dove down.
As they entered the vast forest, Qin Yu and Xiao Hei found that there were no signs of human presence within this vast forest. The dense undergrowth and vines indicated that this was a very primitive forest.
Xiao Hei and Qin Yu sped through the forest, neither of them paying attention to those so-called ferocious beasts. As long as they slightly dispersed their aura, none of those ferocious beasts dared to approach them.
"Ah, there is a very thick Metasequoia tree over there." Suddenly, Xiao Hei transmitted his voice spiritually.
Qin Yu suddenly discovered that water fir tree, the diameter of this water fir tree is almost tens of meters, in this primitive forest is indeed a relatively large tree. Qin Yu sighed: "What a pity, when we were in Honghuang, there were so many giant trees, and we didn't think of cutting one to build a boat."
In the vast wilderness, no human footprints were seen for millions of years. Those ancient trees had a diameter of 70 to 80 meters, and some even reached 100 meters. However, those 100-meter-diameter ancient trees could not be seen.
"Big brother, this forest is within the territory of the three major dynasties. Although it's said that humans rarely set foot here, some innate masters can still survive and move about undetected. Those extremely large trees are simply treasures, they've long been cut down." Little Hei said helplessly.
Qin Yu was not satisfied in his heart. Although it was already quite large with a diameter of over ten meters, it was still smaller than what Qin Yu had envisioned for the new Central Region.
"This forest is quite large, let's continue to fly around and see if there are any thicker trees." Qin Yu made a decision. Xiao Hei didn't object and continued to fly at high speed with Qin Yu, the two of them flying back and forth, unfolding their spiritual awareness to carefully search for any thicker trees.
There are only a handful of cultivators on the entire Dragon Continent, and it's extremely rare for them to use their spiritual sense to find this tree.
Qin Yu and Xiao Hei had been fleeing for over a hundred miles, during which Qin Yu discovered that the thickest tree trunk was only about 20 meters in diameter. Despite this, they continued their search.
Crossing this forest has a distance of seven or eight hundred miles. For Qin Yu and Xiao Hei, the distance is not considered far.
"Ah, Xiao Hei, there is a very large tree 6,000 meters ahead." Qin Yu became excited.
"Extremely thick? How thick is it?" Xiao Hei was also shocked, just how thick could a tree be to make Qin Yu excited and surprised. This forest wasn't some mountain forest in the wilderness, just how thick could trees get?
In just a moment, Qin Yu and Xiao Hei approached the big tree.
"Wow, what a huge wall!" Xiao Hei exclaimed in surprise through mental transmission. Qin Yu was also excited, this ancient dark red tree had twisted branches that seemed to be carved out of rock, and its exterior appeared very hard.
The diameter of this ancient tree is as much as fifty meters, looking like a wall. Although it can't be compared with some ancient books in the Desolate Era, it's also extremely rare outside the Desolate Era.
"Alright, just this one will do. The width is almost sufficient." Qin Yu nodded in satisfaction, and a Flame Sword flew out from his body. On the sword, a faint, silvery starlight blade edge appeared.
The star sword's blade is dozens of meters long. Although the ancient tree is extremely hard, it is still vastly inferior compared to the sword's blade.
Qin Yu smiled and pointed with one hand, the Yan Wei sword sliced through from the base, although it was fifty meters in diameter, under the starlight of the sword, it was completely cut off in an instant, afterwards the giant tree crashed down, knocking over dozens of large trees.
"Hiss!" "Hiss!" "Hiss!"...
The star sword easily cut off the branches, this ancient tree is hundreds of meters high, but for Qin Yu, it's too long and useless. Qin Yu directly took two hundred meters from the thickest part of the main pole, then he started to carefully build a boat.
Shipbuilding is simple.
First, those book covers were completely cut off, and the main rod was made smooth. The ship, Qin Yu had seen it before, split the main rod in two, and immediately chose one side to hollow out a space 30 meters wide and 80 meters long as a place to sleep and rest.
"Haha, go ahead and set up a defensive seal, this ship's defense is even stronger than those big ships." Qin Yu smiled as he set up the defensive seal on the massive wooden ship. He believed that even in a storm, the ship would not fall apart.
Xiao Hei spat out his spiritual instrument, a sharp cone. The cone carved some simple lines on the boat, which served as decorations, and with a few simple strokes, a sailing ship was created.
"Alright, good."
"Not bad at all." Little Hei looked at his own carving with great satisfaction.
Qin Yu grasped the swiftly built ocean-going ship. With a flicker of his mind, he directly stored it in the spatial ring. Such a large ship could only be stored by Qin Yu's extraordinary spatial ring. As for the storage wristband, its space was too small.
"Xiao Hei, let's go."
Qin Yu burst out laughing and directly rushed into the sky, Xiao Hei also followed Qin Yu rushing into the sky. This one man and one eagle personally created a great ship, and in their hearts they were very happy. The things that are personally made step by step and the things that are bought, feel completely different.
At this moment, the speed of the man and the eagle suddenly accelerated. Qin Yu stepped on the Yan Chi sword, and Xiao Hei's speed also increased several times. Although Qin Yu did not exhibit Human Tool Unity, and Xiao Hei did not exhibit Flash Nine Flashes, their speeds were already very fast.
Half a day later, Qin Yu and Xiao Hei finally arrived at the southern sea area of the Qianlong Continent.
Two rays of light fell directly to the seaside, transforming into a man and an eagle. Qin Yu and Xiao Hei gazed out at the endless ocean, their hearts involuntarily filled with a refreshing feeling. The azure sea, under the refraction of the sun's rays, had areas that even displayed multiple colors such as azure and pale purple, truly beautiful.
"Ah, compared to the vastness of this sea, the Dragon Continent is nothing. The gap between them is too great." Qin Yu gazed out at the endless ocean and couldn't help but sigh: "At a glance, the sea seems calm, but who knows how many hidden currents are surging beneath its surface, how many monsters exist, and how many mystical islands lie in the distant seas."
Xiao Hei was also very excited: "Wow, immortal cultivators, demon cultivators, and all kinds of demonic beasts. Who knows what kind of treasures there are? Just thinking about it is exciting! Big brother, don't worry so much, let's go!"
Saying that, Xiao Hei directly spread his wings and flew towards the boundless sea, Qin Yu also smiled, with an uncontrollable sense of grandeur in his heart: "The boundless sea, this is indeed the world of cultivators." Qin Yu's figure flashed like lightning as he charged towards the boundless sea.
On the beach, there was a child playing with shells, staring blankly as one person and one eagle flew towards the boundless sea. In just an instant, this one person and one eagle disappeared on the horizon.
"Huh, did my eyes just play a trick on me? How can people fly, and so fast?" The little kid rubbed his eyes again, then looked around carefully. Everything around him was still quiet, as if the person and eagle had never appeared at all.
"Well, it seems I really got flowers in my eyes." The child smiled and continued playing with those shells.
On this day, the unparalleled genius of the Profound Dragon Continent, a master who had already reached the late stage of the Golden Elixir at just twenty years old, the emperor brother of the newly established Qin Dynasty, His Highness Prince Yu of the Qin Dynasty - Qin Yu left the Profound Dragon Continent just like that.
Qin Yu spent twenty years, finally destroying the Xiang family clan and unifying the Chu royal court, establishing the Qin royal court.
The years of a cultivator are endless, twenty is just the blink of an eye, what will happen in the next decades, centuries, millennia...?
The Dark Night Mercenary Corps
Endless vast ocean.
"Haha, refreshing." Qin Yu strode through the waves, his hands waving as the waves churned and foamed. At this moment, he was wearing the clothes that Lei Wei had made for him back then - long pants on the lower half of his body, and a sleeveless black tank top on the upper half, revealing his muscular physique in its entirety.
At this moment, Qin Yu was full of energy, striding through the sea as if he were a sea god stirring up the winds and waves.
"Hah!" Qin Yu suddenly waved his hand, and a massive water flow actually started rotating around Qin Yu's body, just like the air column when Qin Yu practiced "Tongtian San Tu" back then. However, this water column was ten times thicker than the original air column, and its surrounding range was also ten times larger.
Water column wrapped around his body, Qin Yu unscrupulously vented out.
Suddenly, Qin Yu stretched out his hand and a big fish of over ten kilograms floated in the air, suspended by an invisible force. With just one hand, Qin Yu had caught the big fish.
"Xiao Hei, get ready for roasted fish."
Qin Yu smiled at the little black dot in the sky, and then with a wave of his hand, a huge object suddenly appeared on the surface of the sea. It was a massive wooden ship, 200 meters long and 50 meters wide, equipped with defensive mechanisms that made it almost invulnerable to attack, even among the three great dynasties.
"Roasted fish, wow, it's great!" Xiao Hei dived down and landed directly on the deck.
The Dark Night Mercenary Corps
Qin Yu also leaped into the air, directly running from the surface of the sea to the deck. Then he walked straight into the central cabin, which was thirty meters wide and eighty meters long. The depth was also ten meters, and there were many things in this cabin, such as a water bed, a barbecue rack, a fishing rod, etc., all of which were taken out from the Lei Mountain residence.
At that time, Lei Wei was also drifting in space and knew how to enjoy himself. Of course, these things were available, and Qin Yu put them into the cabin.
"The master's original setting of this roasting frame is really...” Qin Yu couldn't help but praise, this roasting frame, to be precise, should be a kind of eight trigrams furnace for refining spiritual instruments, and it's even more complicated than the eight trigrams furnace.
Because the general food is roasted with star fire, it will definitely be burned to ashes. So there is this special grill, through various restrictions in the grill, can adjust the temperature of the star fire, so that the fire is just right.
"Big brother, to be honest, the land of the Hidden Dragon Continent is much different from the many lands left by your master." Little Hei stared at the fish being roasted on the grill, his eyes shining brightly as he spoke to Qin Yu.
Qin Yu had to admit that Lei Wei indeed had many seasonings, and even made his own seasoning blends. Many foods tasted much better with those seasonings added.
"Heh heh..."
The roasted fish was oozing with oil and his saliva was almost dripping down, yet he had to wait, had to wait until it was done just right.
"Alright." Qin Yu directly cut the fish into two halves, and he and Xiao Hei each took one half. Then they started eating with great relish. Despite being so full from eating such a large fish, their stomachs didn't change in the slightest.
Suddenly... The Dark Night Mercenary Corps
Pong!
The boat shook violently.
"What's going on?" Qin Yu immediately scanned his surroundings with a keen sense of awareness, and then burst out laughing, "This group..."
"Sharks, they actually broke through my boat. What a pity, my boat was already very broken." The defensive mechanism is set up, but it's not something these sharks can break through.
Qin Yu suddenly smiled: "However, I bumped into my ship, and with a single step on the deck, I fell directly into the sea. There were dozens of sharks outside the ship. Qin Yu immediately chose one of the leading sharks, jumped onto its back, and grabbed its fin. The shark felt that there was a person on its body and suddenly went crazy, rushing forward, sometimes diving into the sea, sometimes jumping out of the waves.
"Be honest!" Qin Yu's legs exerted force, and the shark let out a mournful cry. At the same time, Qin Yu's Stellar Power also surged into the shark's body, rolling it over, and the shark felt Qin Yu's ferocity, so it didn't dare to make trouble anymore.
"That's right, let me go ahead."
Qin Yu sat on the lead shark, with a group of sharks following behind him and Xiao Hei controlling the boat alongside. Under Qin Yu's control, the sharks continued to head south, while Xiao Hei started fishing. After all, roasted fish was delicious.
