Chapter 9 I am a fisherman

  Upon hearing the old man's voice, Cold Cloud's first reaction was to quickly return to the water. After all, this old man was obviously the immortal mentioned on the island. However, at this time, a few weak and barely audible coughs came from inside the cabin again. "Senior, can you please come in and see me? I have an urgent matter to entrust to you!"

  "Grandpa, what's wrong?" Apparently, after the old man finished speaking, something unusual happened again. The little girl who had stopped crying suddenly started crying again.

  "Little Hei, can I go in?" Leng Yun's question was thrown at the big black turtle beside him again. The big black turtle tilted its head as if listening carefully to the situation inside the cabin, and then surprisingly carried Leng Yun directly towards the not-so-distant cabin door that was slightly ajar.

  As soon as he entered the cabin, Leng Yun's first sight was an old lantern emitting a faint blue glow. Below it, an old man with white beard sat weakly against the wall of the ship. Next to him, a little girl about eight or nine years old held onto the old man and cried sadly, not even noticing Leng Yun's arrival.

  An old man with white whiskers sat against the cabin wall, his chest covered in bloodstains, and several streaks of blood on his mouth. If Cold Cloud wasn't mistaken, the bloodstain on the old man's chest should be his own vomit. At this moment, he was completely stunned by Cold Cloud's appearance, staring blankly at him.

  After sizing up the interior of the boat, especially the several wooden boxes piled up on one side that took up almost half of the space inside the boat, Leng Yun finally spoke up: "Immortal, you must have misunderstood. I'm not some senior, just a passing fisherman."

  "Fisherman?" The girl seemed to have just discovered that there was an extra person in the cabin, and her originally lowered head immediately lifted up. Afterwards, she also seemed to be startled, but Leng Yun was also startled by the little girl's beauty.

  Leng Yun somewhat shyly revealed a smiling face, "I was brought over by the cry of the little fairy, if Immortal Sir you're not busy, I'll leave now!"

  After finishing, Leng Yun patted the big black turtle that was also looking at the two people in the boat. However, as the big black turtle slowly turned around, the white-bearded old man suddenly said, "Young man, please wait a moment."

  The old man with white beard looked at Leng Yun countless times, as if he had finally accepted the fact that Leng Yun was just an ordinary person.

  Actually, Leng Yun is now just an ordinary person. Over the years, he has only been practicing the Hundred Revolutions and Thousand Tribulations that almost everyone on the island is practicing. As for the two books he obtained from the black-robed bald immortal after his death, although Leng Yun has been practicing diligently these days, unfortunately, the effect is not obvious, and it can even be said to be slow to an astonishing degree. After these days of practice, the energy gained is simply pitifully small, if not for his mother saying that this should be two extremely powerful cultivation methods, Leng Yun would have long since discarded them.

  Of course, according to Leng Yun's mother, the two jade slips should also have some very good cultivation methods. However, this jade slip, called Yu Jian, must be cultivated with spiritual awareness and reach a certain level before one can see the contents inside. Therefore, these two jade slips can only be placed in Leng Yun's Qian Kun bag for now.

  In addition, it is said that Leng Yun cannot use the Qian Kun bag without a divine consciousness. However, it is unknown what Da Bai Gu did, but when Leng Yun returned home, he unexpectedly discovered that he could control the Qian Kun bag, which almost made him ecstatic. And it was because of this discovery that Leng Yun, who should have been sailing on a solo wooden boat, set off directly on the back of the big black turtle under his mother's repeated requests.

  Hearing the cry of the white-bearded old man, Leng Yun stopped and then turned around again with some surprise.

  The cold cloud stopped, the old man with white beard looked at the little girl who was crying beside him again, and then he even raised his right hand to touch the top of the girl's head.

  After a while, the white-bearded old man put his hand down again. "Young man, can you help me send my little granddaughter to Tianyin Temple in Rongzhou? If so, I can give all these things on the boat, including this boat, to you."

  When he said this, the old man with white beard couldn't help but reveal a hint of bitter smile on his face. In fact, he was very clear that even if Cold Cloud didn't respond, in just a few days, the ship and everything on it would still belong to Cold Cloud. After all, given his current situation, it was impossible for him to sail the ship out of this treacherous strait again, and his little granddaughter wouldn't be able to either. So if Cold Cloud didn't agree, he would definitely die, and his little granddaughter would also inevitably meet her demise. At that time, the things on the ship would naturally become ownerless objects, free for this strange child who could come and go as he pleased to take away.

  As soon as he heard the old man's words, Leng Yun hastily shook his head, "Immortal, how can I take your things?"

  Here is the translation:

  Having said that, Leng Yun stopped and a bitter smile appeared on his face. "I'm also going to Rongzhou, but my mother has warned me not to get involved in other people's business along the way, nor am I allowed to go ashore. So, I'm afraid I won't be able to help you, Upper Immortal."

  After listening to Leng Yun's words, the white-bearded old man, who had a heavy expression on his face, surprisingly showed a hint of joy. However, immediately after that, a strange red flush appeared on his face, and then the white-bearded old man suddenly spat out a mouthful of black blood mist.

  After spitting out this mouthful of bloody mist, the old man's expression was much more withered than before, and his face showed a hint of eerie darkness.

  "Hey kid, where are you headed in Rongzhou?"

  Leng Yun thought for a moment, and then replied very succinctly, "Rongzhou Moon Country."

  As soon as the old man with white beard heard Leng Yun's answer, a hint of smile appeared on his face again. "Young fellow, if you are really going to Rongzhou Yueguo and taking the water route all the way, then you will need to pass by Tianyin Pavilion, which just so happens to be located on the riverbank that you must pass through."

  After finishing, the white-bearded old man struggled to pull out a piece of animal skin filled with various lines from his bosom and spread it on the deck in front of him. "The Moon Country you are going to is located here, and the Tianyin Pavilion is right here."

  This animal skin was obviously a map, and it looked like it was many times more detailed than the simple map that Cold Cloud's mother had drawn for him by hand. The entire animal skin was covered in lines of various colors, as well as cities and mountain ranges.

  Ling Yun seemed to be able to see clearly the contents on the animal skin in front of him, and the old man with white beard couldn't help but reveal a hint of surprise on his face. This was the Ghostly Gorge where one could not even see their own fingers when stretching out their hand, and even he could only make out a rough outline by relying on the ancient oil lamp on top of his head.

  Following the old man's finger, Lingyun indeed saw the logo of Yuèguó and Tiān Yīn Guàn, also saw a blue line passing through, marked with the word "Guǐ Chóu Xián" mountain range. If this map is not wrong, then Tiān Yīn Guàn is indeed located on the side of a blue line connecting Guǐ Chóu Xián and Yuèguó, and this blue color should be the water system passing through Guǐ Chóu Xián.

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