Chapter 23: Yang Yun's Miscalculation

  "The Dragon King is absorbing water——"

  At this shout, the deck came alive and all the sailors rushed out of their cabins.

  Yang Yue rushed over and shouted: "Third brother, it's too dangerous on the deck, hurry back to the cabin!"

  Yang Yun nodded and turned around to walk towards the cabin. At the door of the cabin, he met Meng Chao who was rushing out, also shocked by the scene on the sea surface.

  "It's just a sea dragon, nothing will happen," said Yang Yun, and then turned his head to shout at the red-clothed girl: "Come over quickly, you're courting death!"

  The girl in red walked over reluctantly.

  "The wind will be very strong later, it's better to stay in the cabin, be careful not to be washed overboard by the waves." Yang Yun said.

  Hearing Yang Yun say this, the red-clothed girl took two steps towards the cabin and then stopped. "Why haven't you gone in yet?"

  "I'll take another look, maybe we'll need to seal the cabin door with a wooden board later."

  "Ah!?" The red-clothed girl suddenly jumped out of the cabin, "I don't want to stay in this coffin-like place!"

  "Whatever." Yang Yun shrugged, he wasn't worried at all. The Changfu had encountered wind, but the ship hadn't sunk and no one had died. They had even unexpectedly gained a treasure, something he had been looking forward to for some time.

  "The dragon boat is turning around!"

  A heart-wrenching cry echoed up from the deck.

  "Don't panic! Hold steady!" The shout of the old sailor at the helm was swallowed up by the sudden strong wind.

  A huge wave surged forward, and the ship seemed to be lifted by a giant hand, flying over the sea for a distance before suddenly stopping.

  "Hold on!" Yang Yun only had time to shout, and then felt his legs lightly floating without strength, the boat began to rapidly sink, crashing down to the bottom of the waves with a loud bang, splashing up a huge wave.

  A huge wave crashed over, although the cabin was separated, more than half of his body was soaked. Meng Chao and the red-clothed girl retreated into the cabin in time, sticking their heads out to look at Yang Yun's disheveled appearance.

  Yang Yun shook his head and smiled bitterly, just wanting to mock himself, but was suddenly filled with a mouthful of wailing wind sounds.

  At this time, dark clouds were flowing like ten thousand horses in the sky above the sea, and the sea surface suddenly fell into darkness.

  A strong gust of wind came over, and the three sails were almost rounded into a spherical shape, carrying the Longfeng number deeply inclined to one side.

  "Drop anchor! Drop anchor!" The old captain bellowed.

  The sailors were in a flurry, trying to untie the ropes, which were soaked with seawater and slippery. The huge force from the wind-filled sails made the ropes taut and straight, making it impossible to untie them quickly.

  The sailors drew out their cutlasses and hacked at the ropes.

  The cable snapped, and the two sails were blown away like paper scraps by the strong wind to who-knows-where.

  When they cut to the last sail, a huge wave suddenly came, and the ship's body was violently shaking. The sailor who was cutting the rope slipped under his feet and cut onto the horizontal beam tied with ropes.

  The wooden beam was cut once and could no longer withstand the huge force transmitted by the rope, cracking and breaking with a loud "ka cha" sound.

  The rope suddenly became like a living snake, pulling the wooden beam into mid-air.

  The ship began to right itself, and everyone's heart let out a sigh of relief.

  The rope that flew up hit a mast next to it, and under the drive of the wooden top, it wrapped around several circles and was tightly wrapped on it!

  "Not good!"

  Between the two masts was what looked like a horizontal sail, and the Longfeng number tilted down towards the sea surface again, with everyone's heart sinking along with it.

  A flash of lightning illuminated the sky, revealing a nimble figure. He held a steel knife in his mouth and used both hands and feet to steadily climb up along the inclined mast.

  "Second Brother!" Yang Yun exclaimed in surprise.

  "Come to help you!" A shout, another sailor also climbed up the mast, Yang Yun recognized that it was one of the sailors who came with Yang Yue, whose name seemed to be Chen Hu.

  A strong sense of unease floated up in Yang Yun's mind, he felt as if he had overlooked something important.

  "Ah! Second Brother only boarded the Chang Fu because of me. Although nothing unexpected happened on the Chang Fu in the previous life's events, and no one met with disaster, this doesn't mean that Second Brother wasn't in any danger!" In a flash of insight, Yang Yun realized his own oversight.

  "Is he your second brother?" asked the red-clothed girl.

  Yang Yun had no time to respond, he took a step back and picked up a bundle of ropes on the deck, his eyes fixed tightly on the direction of the mast, the energy stored in his body also stirred, accumulating momentum for release.

  The moon's true energy rapidly flowed into his eyes, and Yang Yun began to use the Moonlight Divine Eye. Although the moonlight was blocked by dark clouds, the moon's energy could still penetrate through, allowing him to see much clearer with the Moonlight Divine Eye than with his naked eye.

  The red-clothed girl saw a flash of silver light in Yang Yun's eyes, and her heart skipped a beat. In that instant, the feeling Yang Yun gave her was like the gleam of a treasure sword being drawn from its scabbard in a dark room, completely overturning his previously somewhat lazy image.

  On the other side, Yang Yue stabilized his body, his whole body was like a tightly strung bow, and he crawled to the place where the rope was tied in two or three strokes. He lowered his head and shouted loudly: "Hold me tight!"

  Xia Tianhu held Yang Yue's legs, along with the mast, tightly together. Yang Yue freed his hands and grasped a knife in both hands, fiercely chopping at the ropes.

  The knife fell and the rope broke, the last sail flew up into the sky, and the hull of the Changfeng number corrected itself once more.

  "Good job!" "Well done!"

  A cheer erupted on the deck, and Yang Yun also let out a sigh of relief as he saw Yang Yue and Chen Hu begin to carefully make their way down.

  "Be careful!"

  A strong gust of wind blew a large number of wooden chips and ship boards towards the Changfeng.

  This was some ill-fated ship that unfortunately found itself at the center of the storm, and was smashed to pieces, becoming a harbinger of death.

  "Ahh!" A miserable cry, a figure fell from the mast and was blown away by the strong wind into the sea. Another person stretched out to grab him but couldn't reach.

  Yang Yun saw with his Moon Flower Spirit Eye that the person flying out was Chen Hu, whose shoulder had been struck by a shipboard as large as a door panel.

  Without hesitation, Yang Yun flung off his long gown and kicked away his two shoes, revealing a swimsuit underneath.

  Meng Chao and the red-clothed girl were stunned, they didn't know that Yang Yun had known about the storm earlier, although Yang Yun judged that there would be no danger, he still made preparations.

  Yang Yun wrapped the rope around his waist, tied a sailor's knot with his hands, and handed the other end of the rope to Meng Chao, then took a leap into the sea.

  "Yang Yun!" Meng Chao shouted loudly, and saw a flash of waves. Yang Yun seemed to be a big fish, and in the blink of an eye, he disappeared into the dark sea water.

  Seeing Yang Yun's skillful and precise movements, Meng Chao slightly relaxed his mind. As he saw the rope slipping away under his feet, he quickly turned his body to let the rope wrap around him several times. Taking a deep breath, he stabilized his stance, grasped the rope tightly with his left hand, formed a tiger claw shape with his right hand, and then suddenly plunged into the wooden wall of the cabin.

  Next, they could only anxiously wait, Meng Chao and the red-clothed girl stared at each other with wide eyes, then looked together at the rope coiled on the deck, the rope was still lengthening with a brushing sound, just as the two were worried that the rope's length would not be enough, it finally stopped.

  The red-clothed girl hesitated to go and pick up the rope, but it suddenly flew up with a swoosh, its length exhausted, stretched straight like a spear!

  Meng Chaoli shouted loudly, tightly grasping the rope, his body not moving at all, only the wooden board held in his right hand creaking with a "creaking" sound.

  Yang Yun was using Moonlight Spirit Eye, others couldn't see it, but he could see Chen Hu's position.

  With his excellent swimming skills, he approached Chen Hu like a fish, swiftly and quickly.

  The essence gathered at the wrists and soles, like quicklime encountering water, dissolved and surged into Yang Yun's meridians. Unable to help it, Yang Yun's physical strength was insufficient, and the Moon Flower True Qi couldn't be used, so he could only consume these old reserves.

  Just as she was about to swim up to Chen Hu's side, just a little further and she would be able to reach his wildly waving hands, Yang Yun felt heartbroken and wanted to cry.

  Is it easy for oneself? These tens of meters have already consumed a third of one's savings, which is the family property accumulated from four or five hundred big buns and some good wine and dishes.

  Chen Hu also saw Yang Yun, and he shouted with joy. He was also an old sailor, knowing that at this time, he must not be flustered, and waited calmly for Yang Yun to come and rescue him.

  Suddenly, Chen Hu felt a sharp pain in his calf, and a great force pulled him away like flying, the pain almost made him faint.

  "Damn it! Shark wave!" Yang Yun cursed.

  The waver shark is a sea beast that often appears in the waves, swallowing those who are unlucky enough to fall into the water. It's one of Yang Yun's most hated sea beasts.

  At this moment, if there was even a slight hesitation, Chen Hu would not be saved. The essence stored in Yang Yun's soles suddenly burst open and transformed into a thick true energy.

  With a sudden stomp of her feet, Yang Yun's body leaped out of the water, drawing an arc in mid-air as she chased after the shark.

  The shark felt threatened, dropped Chen Hu and floated half of its body out of the water, a pair of gloomy eyes staring at Yang Yun, waiting for him to fall into the water in an instant before launching a fatal attack.

  Yang Yun's body leaped to the top and then began to fall down. The shark opened its bloody big mouth, slapped its tail fin with force, and shot towards Yang Yun's landing point like an arrow.

  Yang Yun's body was in mid-air, the momentum of his dive was about to exhaust itself, and there was no place for him to borrow strength from. However, Lang Xian had been accumulating power for a long time, and this strike was bound to succeed.

  A thin line of green light shot out from Yang Yun's right hand, and he fired a copper coin that had been pressed in his palm, hitting the shark's eye with divine accuracy!

  The shark was in pain, one eye was hit blind, and suddenly couldn't see Yang Yun's figure, could only rely on impression, turned around and bit towards the empty space.

  Yang Yun's body suddenly stopped in mid-air - the length of the rope had run out and was holding him back.

  The shark bit empty air, and Yang Yun took advantage of the momentum to make a swift slash with his dagger held in his left hand, instantly separating the shark's dorsal fin from its body.

  The tiger shark that lost its dorsal fin instantly lost its balance and rolled frantically in the water, never to be able to show off again.

  Yang Yun reached out and grabbed the dorsal fin of the shark, cut off the rope at his waist with a dagger, and swam towards Chen Hu with all his might.

  After rescuing Chen Hu, who had lost consciousness, when he swam back to the rope, he saw several sharks appearing around him out of the corner of his eye. Fortunately, they were temporarily attracted by the smell of blood and were tearing at the injured shark.

  Yang Yun hastily pulled on the rope, waiting for Meng Chao to pull himself back.

  After checking Chen Hu, he was only bitten on his calf and fainted due to excessive blood loss. His life should be saved.

  "It's good that we managed to save him, Chen Hu is Second Brother's good friend. If he were to die here because of me, I'm afraid it would affect my future cultivation." Yang Yun thought with a lingering fear.