Chapter 436 Mirage

Li Qi looked at the old man, whose cultivation was at the eighth level, and the big fish under his feet was a ninth-level spiritual beast.

The old man stepped on the fish all the way to several miles away from Li Qi.

This distance was considered "close" for both parties, and they could come to each other at any time, but they were not completely unable to react.

"Old man, I'm here to ask for directions. How can I get to Dongyu here?" Li Qi asked.

"Ah, passerby, you came to the East China Sea, but you asked for Dongyu. Didn't you make any preparations?" The old man looked at Li Qi with a puzzled face, but he didn't relax the harpoon in his hand.

"I made preparations and called a familiar boat, but the boat broke down on the way, so I had to go on the road in person. I thought I could see where Dongyu was with my eyesight, but I couldn't find it after searching for a long time. I also encountered a sea loach on the way, so I thought about it and decided to find a local to ask!" Li Qi shouted here.

"So that's how it is. Passerby, please wait here for a while. I'll go home and measure it for you. Dongyu will move. You must measure it all the time to find the location." The old man said.

"Then I'll wait here. Please help me, old man. By the way, please accept this as a thank you gift." Li Qi said, and took out a fat pig and a magical herb from the mustard bag.

It was just taken out of the mustard bag, and there were still ice chips.

This is the leftovers from Paibomen. There are many fish in the sea, but no fat. This kind of pork should be more pleasing.

As for the magical herbs on land, there are even fewer in the sea.

The old man saw this and his attitude changed.

"Since you have taken the gift, it's not appropriate to let the guests stand. How about the guests come on board with me? It just so happens that we are going to Dongyu this time. Why don't you go with us?" The old man said.

"Very good, very good, then I'm bothering you." Li Qi couldn't ask for it, and nodded decisively.

It would be great if someone could lead the way. Although he could definitely find it by himself, why bother?

So, he carried the gift and went on board with the old man.

When he got on the boat, Li Qi saw that the people here were all six or seven feet tall, with red hair and black faces, which was obviously different from the human race on land.

Their hands and feet were longer, their skin was shiny, and Li Qi even saw that they had cheeks.

They were called human race, but they really didn't look like it.

But it was also normal. Human race refers to all humanoid creatures. You know, the Holy Flame Clan is considered human race.

The old man got on the boat and introduced Li Qi to the nervous men around him.

Li Qi also handed over the gift immediately. With the fat pig and spiritual herbs, everyone's attitude improved a lot, and they welcomed Li Qi on board. Li Qi then began to continue to look at the boat.

This is a sea fortress with hundreds of ships connected together. It is several miles long and wide. Walking on it is no different from walking on land, and obvious traces of magic can be seen on it.

This is a magic ship. It looks simple, but it has great power. It should be their treasure and the foundation of their survival.

Li Qi was walking on the boat. From time to time, sea water splashed up, but everyone seemed to be accustomed to it. They had no resistance to being soaked. The ground was hot, which saved half of the quilted clothes. They went barefoot in the waves without socks. Both men and women did not mind being seen. Some even did not wear those simple clothes at all, so that they could go into the water at any time.

You can also see many children, both boys and girls, who are handy, preparing poles, harpoons and other things, looking for turtles, crabs, clams and other things in the water, competing to swim, swimming faster than fish, and better than the people of Pai Bo Gang. Ordinary fish and shrimps can hardly escape their hands, and they don’t need to feed their parents.

I also saw a pair of adult men and women. The woman held the rudder with one hand and cooked fish with the other hand. The children were on her back in the bag. The man pulled the net and rowed the oars, and used ropes to repair the boat.

Going further, we saw another workshop, which seemed to be a weaving workshop. There was a pile of algae like hair algae and kelp next to them, and they spread these things on the roof to dry.

Some of the dried ones were smashed by men with big bone sticks, smashed into strands of fibers, and the skillful women unraveled these fibers, soaked them in some kind of potion, and then wove them into cloth, which was the most common green cloth worn here.

Going further, we can see a blacksmith shop, pounding some magic weapons.

Yes, magic weapons. There seems to be very few ores on the sea, so Li Qi just called it the blacksmith shop. The most common raw materials in this shop are bones of various fish, or special materials like pearls, with only a few metals.

But even with these things, it seems that very good magic weapons have been made, including harpoons and many parts of this giant floating island.

Going a little further, we can see a huge fish, about ten meters long, which has been hunted and hung on the boat. Someone is responsible for dismantling it.

The dismantler was holding a thumb-sized knife, carefully cutting the whole big fish. This was the only metal tool Li Qi saw after landing.

However, Li Qi didn't think that the knife was used because he couldn't afford metal, because he knew a truth: the bigger the prey, the smaller the knife.

The more Li Qi watched, the more interesting it became.

Is this the life of ordinary people in the East China Sea? This is on the water, right? What about other races?

Unlike the Human Dao and the Witch Dao, which are mainly human races, there are only a handful of human races in the East China Sea, and judging from their appearance, the demonization is also very serious. It is estimated that they have a lot of demon blood, and even Li Qi can see many pure monsters. There are friendly people living on this ship, including the fish demon that the old man stepped on before.

This floating island has formed a unique ecological system. Thousands of people live on it. They do not feel cramped. Instead, they are floating on the sea and living the life they are accustomed to.

Li Qi's eyes were opened.

This is why he wants to walk around. How many scenery should there be in the heavens and the world? How many ecologies and paths are there?

really interesting.

Li Qi followed the old man forward with great interest. Naturally, there were countless glances along the way, but because of the old man's presence, they were all just curious and not hostile.

However, it is Lao Ma who attracts more attention.

They seemed to have never seen such a thing as an old horse. From time to time, someone would ask what an old horse was. When Li Qi said it was a 'horse', they were all confused.

However, after a while, Li Qi followed the old man into a houseboat.

"Guest, please come in. The compass is inside. Through this, you can calculate the direction of Dongyu." The old man said to Li Qi.

Li Qi immediately raised his head and looked at the compass.

The compass is placed on the niche, with fine sand spread underneath and placed on top.

But I saw the old man stepped forward, took it flat, put a lamp around it, closed the window and looked at it, and compared it with the carvings to determine the direction.

Li Qi watched his actions carefully, but found that he couldn't understand them.

What is marked on this compass is not the common southeast, northwest, or the heavenly stems and earthly branches that Li Qi is familiar with, but another kind of marking symbol.

This seems to be a method of calculating the route by using the time of day as a record, one's own position as the origin, and using scales.

Li Qi quickly summed up the method through observation.

This method is not difficult and is very simple and easy to understand, but the effect is surprisingly good on the flat ocean.

Although the ocean is in a three-dimensional space, the movement can basically be said to be two-dimensional. There are no terrain differences such as hills or valleys. The horizontal plane makes the entire ocean on the same plane, so it is convenient to calculate coordinates. There are many. This calculation method is very simple and easy to learn, but extremely accurate...

It came from everyone's hands. Who can develop it to benefit the world?

However, precisely because it is simple and easy to learn, Li Qi just read it once and he already learned the method.

There is no way, I really know that Yun's ability to directly read information is too strong, coupled with his information flow vision, this exquisite but not very complicated structure is something that he can learn at a glance.

He couldn't even refuse to study, because Li Qi couldn't turn off Zhen Zhi Zhi Yun at all, so he could only subconsciously ignore some messy information.

Moreover, this is ignoring, not shielding. He has just learned to shut down his brain and let it ignore the useless information that Zhenzhi Yun is constantly sending.

"Ah, the result is out. From here, walk towards the southeast corner sixteen minutes four hundred and four cents, maintaining a narrow angle of ninety-two minutes in the middle. It will take four days to reach it. Our guests will be with us. Come over?" the old man invited Li Qi.

"Thanks for the advice, but I can just go there by myself. Now that I know the direction, it will be much faster." Li Qi smiled and declined the other party's attempt to stay.

There was no need to stay. He was moving much faster. This journey would take four days. Li Qi estimated that one day would be enough for him, and most of the day would be spent looking for the way.

"Guest, I'm afraid you don't know that the sea is dangerous. If you get lost, it will be difficult to leave later. You can't measure it all the time. You can easily lose your way in the sea just by relying on the directions I mentioned here. Surveying the sea scene, A thousand miles is a difference, and if you don't pay attention, you will be a thousand miles away from your destination."

Sailing on the sea is no better than on land. There is basically no reference at all, and the destination often moves. For example, Dongyu Island will move automatically. The old man is worried that if Li Qi leaves alone, something may happen easily.

Li Qi himself thought this way before, hoping that this floating boat could lead the way, but he just learned the other party's calculation method, so now he can calculate the road by himself, so he doesn't have to worry about anything else.

So Li Qi replied: "Old man, I have learned to know the way, so there is no need to disturb you. After all, I am a stranger. There are women and children on your boat, so I can't wait too long."

"Have you learned to recognize the way?" The old man was stunned.

Li Qi smiled, and the thousands of qi in his hand were intertwined and mixed, simulating the large niche in this room. It was six inches long, half as the base, and half as the axis. Pivot

Then, the model in Li Qi's hand started to run. Referring to the sky, time, and current direction, he looked at the seven constellations in the north on the right, ninety-three degrees and eighty minutes, and the seven constellations in the west on the right, at eighty-three degrees and eighty-five minutes...

The speed of bringing it to Dongyu...

"Well... Dad, you seemed to have miscalculated just now, but the direction is probably correct. According to the direction you said, do you think we will be offset by three hundred miles? However, this distance will be enough when the time comes. If you can catch up, it won't be a problem," Li Qi pointed at his calculation results and said to the old man.

He never thought that he would make a mistake in his calculations. He had already calculated the more complex transformations of the human body and the small world. To him, this kind of calculation was the same as verbal multiplication and voting, and he could get the result completely by instinct.

The old man was stunned. No matter whether Li Qi's calculation was correct or not, this set of procedures had basically been completely replicated, and he couldn't find any mistakes.

But he still didn't believe Li Qi's statement, so he turned around and went to check the calculation.

How can it be considered right if you are meeting someone for the first time? It took him half a year to master this skill.

It took a full two-quarters of an hour to check the calculation. However, after careful calculation this time, the old man was shocked to find that Li Qi's calculation was correct. He had been negligent before and miscalculated by one point, so he was wrong by a full three hundred miles.

"Guest... have you mastered this method before?" The red-haired and black-faced old man raised his head, and his original black face changed color and became a shy red, just like the feeling when he was working at home.

"No, I learned it after my father-in-law demonstrated it to me. It's just my talent. Don't be suspicious, father-in-law. I am indeed from the West. I didn't hide it on purpose. It's just disgusting." Li Qi was worried that he would misunderstand. What, explain quickly.

But the old man took a few deep breaths and said: "I trust the guest. If you really want to get close to me and hide it deliberately, you won't show it to me. It would be easier to just say that you won't. It shows that the guest does." It’s a gift.”

"It's just... I have been studying for half my life, but I was surpassed by the guest at a glance. May I ask... what is the guest's cultivation level?" the old man asked.

Hearing this question, Li Qi said: "Have you ever heard of the nine-grade grading method?"

"That's natural. After all, we have been dealing with Dongyu all year round, so we naturally understand the nine-grade classification method." The old man replied.

"I am now at level seven, and I am barely qualified to travel the world alone. This time I came to the East China Sea to buy ingredients for an old man and to relax myself." Li Qi said with a smile.

"I see, it's not convenient for me to ask you to stay. Guests can go ahead." After hearing this, the old man stopped trying to stay.

Li Qi nodded, called Lao Ma, thanked the other party for his generosity, left some Qi beads as a thank you gift, and left.

I learned how to position myself at sea, which is pretty good.

However, just after Li Qi left——

This floating island composed of boats suddenly became illusory.

Then, the illusory floating island began to waver and turned into wisps of blue smoke. All the vivid life on it, including everyone, couples, parents and children, eventually disappeared in the sunlight.

Instead, there was a huge shell, with its mouth open, floating on the sea.

Li Qi would have recognized it if he were still here.

This is one of the most famous strange beasts in the East China Sea.

Mirage!

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