The Return of Chapter

  The village of Luò Rì Shān is located at the westernmost part of the Great Qin Empire, adjacent to that endless great sea.

  Rely on the mountain to eat the mountain, rely on the water to eat the water. This sentence is not wrong at all. Since the village of Lu Ri Shan is adjacent to the endless sea, the villagers there will certainly not waste the endless resources in the sea.

  It is natural that most of the villagers in Sunset Village make a living by fishing, and of course, fishing is not without danger.

  Bad luck, when going out to sea, you may encounter shocking waves and tides, of course, it's more likely that you'll encounter fierce sea monsters. This endless ocean, boundless and vast, such a broad expanse of water, will certainly have some ferocious sea beasts, among which are not lacking those with deep cultivation.

  No matter whether it's a natural disaster or a man-made calamity, these ordinary fishermen are far from being able to withstand them. When they encounter such disasters, the only thing they can do is to resign themselves to fate and hope that their ancestors' accumulated virtues will allow them to narrowly escape.

  Disasters, after a long time, the villagers of Luoshan Village also found some rules among them. Before each departure, the villagers would roughly predict whether these disasters would occur. The only unpredictable thing is the beast disaster. Fortunately, these monsters seem to have their own activity areas. As long as they do not enter their territory, they will generally not provoke their attacks. Their activity areas are mostly in the deep sea, and the shallow sea area around Luoshan Village is rarely visited by these monsters.

  Since they make a living by the sea, it is only natural that the villagers of Sunset Village believe in the Sea God. The largest and most magnificent temple in the village is undoubtedly the Temple of the Sea God. Every time the villagers go out to sea, they will come to the temple to pray, hoping for a bountiful harvest and also hoping to avoid disasters and calamities.

  No matter whether the so-called sea god knows about their prayers or not, and no matter whether their prayers have any effect or not, at least after doing this, they will feel a little more at peace in their hearts.

  Chen Xiaopao is an ordinary villager in Luoshan Village, although he is not very old, but he is the only person in Luoshan Village who has seen the world. He used to be a small merchant, every time the villagers of Luoshan Village returned from their sea trips with their harvests, Chen Xiaopao would buy them and then sell them to the nearest county town - Xiliang County.

  That Xiliang County is at least a few thousand miles away from Luoshi Mountain City, and it takes almost a month to go back and forth. Normally, the seafood caught by the villagers of Luoshi Mountain Village are only sold to a market about 100 miles away, in exchange for some daily necessities, where would they go to Xiliang County?

  Thousands of miles away, in a month's time, Chen Xiao thought it was impossible to sell seafood and the like. So when he first went to Xiliang Prefecture, he brought some villagers' catches that looked useless. Unexpectedly, these colorful but inedible items were extremely popular in Xiliang Prefecture.

  What shocked Chen Xiaopao the most was that the things he brought were surprisingly popular among the officials and nobles within Xi Liang Prefecture. A small coral plant could even be exchanged for a large cart of grain.

  As Chen Xiao ran more times, his field of vision gradually broadened, and even within the Western Cool State, he saw several legendary gods with great supernatural powers.

  Where there is profit, there will be competition. The greater the profit, the fiercer the competition. It's not the fair competition that's scary, but rather those who compete by any means necessary.

  Just as Chen Xiaopao was about to make a big move, disaster struck. A group of vicious thugs found him and forced him to reveal the origin of those goods. Chen Xiaopao refused, but after being beaten and having one leg broken, he could only reluctantly lead them to Lu Ri Shan Village.

  The arrival of this group is undoubtedly a nightmare for the entire Sunset Village. Not only are they forced to sell their precious items at extremely low prices, but even the fresh and delicious seafood they catch must be handed over to them, with more than half going to that group.

  "Ah! Food is running out again! Looks like we have to go out to sea again, those damn bastards!" Chen Xiaopao cursed with a vicious tone while dragging his broken leg.

  His leg was broken, and Chen Xiao's harvest every time he went out to sea was much less than that of ordinary fishermen. Moreover, those people seemed to be looking at him with disapproval, and every time he returned from the sea, the hard-won gains that remained in his hands were only a little bit left.

  Dragging his broken leg, carrying the tattered fishing net on his back, Chen Xiao ran step by step towards the dock in the direction of Luoshan Village.

  "Look, that cripple is going out to sea again!"

  "What's with this cripple, who has lost a leg and yet returns safely every time he goes out to sea!" On the dock, several burly men who looked like thugs were idling about, and when they saw Chen Xiao running along, dragging his broken leg and carrying a torn net on his back, they jeered.

  "When I have the power, I will definitely break your legs too, and both of them!" Chen Xiaopao cursed in his heart. He would never forget these people, because they had robbed him of his goods and broken one of his legs.

  Although he was cursing in his heart, Chen Xiaopao did not dare to show any dissatisfaction, because if those people discovered their own dissatisfaction, they would definitely be beaten.

  As for the tyranny of these people, the villagers of Sunset Village had long been numb. Although at first they tried to gather together to resist, but the result was that more than a dozen young and strong men in Sunset Village disappeared, and were put into sacks, tied with big stones and sunk into the sea before their eyes.

  Chen Xiaopao walked silently, taking slow and unsteady steps, onto the dock, climbed aboard his old fishing boat, and headed out to sea.

  …………

  "These days, it's really hard to get by!" Chen Xiaopao muttered softly, having wandered in this shallow sea area for half a day. Chen Xiaopao was still unable to find any signs of fish schools, and although he had randomly cast a few nets, he only managed to catch a few small fish, not even enough to fill the gaps between the stones.

  "This shallow sea area, the villagers in the village come here several times a day, it's getting harder and harder to find fish! If you want to have a big harvest, you can only go to the deep sea, but..." Chen Xiaopao hesitated.

  "If I go out to sea once and don't bring back any gains, those bastards will definitely mock me again. I'm afraid a severe beating is inevitable!" Chen Xiaopao couldn't help but take a cold breath as he recalled the fierce beating he had suffered a few days ago.

  "Just go in a bit deeper, cast the net casually and come back soon, shouldn't be any danger, right! Let's do it!" Chen Xiao gritted his teeth, rowing slowly towards the depths of the sea.

  As soon as he entered the deep sea area, Chen Xiaopao immediately discovered the trail of a school of fish. He couldn't help but feel delighted, gently rocking the broken boat and slowly approaching the school of fish.

  With a net cast down, heavy with catch, Chen Xiao ran to pull the fishing net up with all his might, and couldn't help but feel delighted. Having gone out to sea so many times, he had never had a haul as big as this one in just one cast.

  "This one net is equivalent to my previous day's harvest in the shallow sea! After catching a few more nets, even if I have to hand over half of it to those bastards, I won't need to go out to sea for at least ten days or half a month!" Due to the shock from the previous net, the fish swarm was rapidly moving forward. Chen Xiaopao didn't hesitate and grabbed the oars, chasing after the fish swarm.

  "Roar...... Roar......"

  At this moment, a loud roar suddenly came, and the sea area where the fish were located suddenly presented a whirlpool of several square meters. The strong suction of the whirlpool actually pulled the entire school of fish in, followed by a mouth that was even bigger than Chen Xiaopao's fishing boat.

  The sea water roared, the waves rolled over the sky, and Chen Xiao's fishing boat was thrown straight to the top of the wave.

  "My goodness! Monster!" Chen Xiaopao finally saw clearly the giant beast under that big mouth, because the whole body of the giant beast had already stepped out of the sea surface at this time. The giant beast was over a hundred feet long, its entire body wrapped in scarlet scales, and on its back fin stood a row of sharp thorns emitting cold light, looking so ferocious and terrifying.

  "You tiny human, dare to run into my territory and cause trouble!" The giant beast let out a loud roar, swung its massive body, and pounced towards Chen Xiao with lightning speed.

  "If I had known, I would rather be beaten to death by those people than come here!" Chen Xiaopang let out a mournful cry and closed his eyes in despair. It wasn't that he didn't want to resist, but he simply didn't have the strength to do so.

  "Brother! Where is this place? Can you tell me?" A warm and familiar voice suddenly sounded in Chen Xiaorun's ear.

  "Ah! I'm not dead yet!" Chen Xiaopao was stunned, and his eyes widened with excitement. He saw that on the broken ship he was on, a white-clad young man had appeared out of nowhere, standing tall and proud. At this moment, the young man was smiling at him, and his smile seemed so familiar to Chen Xiaopao.

  Isn't that monster pouncing on me? Where is it now? Chen Xiaoer involuntarily turned around to look in the direction where the monster was pouncing.

  At this moment, the monster is still there. On the surface of the sea where the monster was before, a man in a green shirt stands on the surface of the sea, holding down the head of the giant beast with one hand. Although the giant beast struggles desperately, the man's hand remains as stable as Mount Tai.

  "Master, how should we deal with this little demon?" The man turned around, curled his lips into a faint smile. Although the man's smile didn't look good, even a bit frightening, but in Chen Xiaopao's eyes at that moment, it seemed like the most amiable smile in the world.

  That young man in white clothes smiled lightly, waved his hand and said: "Pan Wu, this small matter still needs to ask me? It's just a little demon at the Dan period, there's nothing useful on its body that can be collected. You think how to deal with it is up to you!"

  With a slight smile, he gently shook his hand, and the giant beast convulsed for a moment before falling completely still, clearly having lost all signs of life.

  "Immortals! They are actually the legendary immortals!" Seeing this scene, Chen Xiaopeng was stunned and stood still on the spot.

  That's all for today, although it's only over 3,000 words, Doujiao has done his best, so please give some votes and collect them to show your support.