The tungsten wooden boat was drifting rapidly along the turbulent sea water, and Li Kun also came out quickly, standing shoulder to shoulder with Teng Qing Shan, looking at the long coastline in the far north.

  "The eighth time!" Teng Qing Shan still remembered the situation of the fast and slow alternating currents.

  "Teng big brother, you said there's a very large island ahead?" Li Kun asked in surprise, carefully looking towards the north, but... all she could see was a vast expanse of darkness, with only the sea wind howling.

  "Hmm!" Teng Qing Shan nodded, "You'll see later."

  Li Junke didn't seem to have the strength of the dark night within him.

  A long time ——

  "The Ninth!"

  Teng Qing Shan found that the speed of the ship had slowed down again, and even what was called 'slow' was faster than usual when sailing on the sea. And at this moment, what was called 'fast' was incredibly swift.

  "Boom!" A sudden loud crash.

  The whole tung tree boat suddenly capsized.

  "Huh?" Teng Qing's eyebrows furrowed, "Not good, there are hidden reefs below!"

  "Hidden reef?" Li Kun's face also changed slightly.

  If it's a reef that protrudes above the water surface, you can see it early and completely avoid it. However, some reefs are below the water surface. And the draft of the wooden boat is just enough to hit these reefs. This makes it unavoidable for people to rely on luck!

  "Boom!" Another impact.

  The tungsten wood boat shook again, and Li Kun grabbed the bow of the boat, fearing that it would shake off into the sea.

  "It's okay," Qing Shan comforted, "This tung wood ship is made of tung wood itself, which is even harder than steel and has better toughness. Moreover, the bottom is thickened, so it can withstand impact! We've also encountered many hidden reefs along the way, but nothing happened. Once we get through this area of hidden reefs, we'll be fine."

  Pom! Pom! Pom!

  Time and time again, the tung wood boat was hit repeatedly, shaking violently each time.

  At this speed, such an impact is so fierce.

  It's really iron-cast big ships that will crash out of the hole, fortunately it's tung wood, and the surname Wan is good at withstanding impact.

  A moment——

  "Teng big brother, I saw it, I saw it. Have we arrived at the Beihai continent?" Li Kun finally managed to see the long coastline with the help of the dim moonlight, and especially when he looked closer, he couldn't even see the end of it.

  "We are now only a few miles away from the island." Teng Qing Shan looked at the turbulent sea surface, and the tung wood boat shook violently again, hitting the reef once more.

  Teng Qing Shan was thinking to himself, "Alternating between fast and slow, each time a distance of dozens of miles. This is the ninth time... which means there are nine interconnected areas in total... Nine Interconnected Rings!" Teng Qing Shan's eyes carefully looked towards the land several miles ahead, where the vegetation by the beach was lush and dense.

  "Hiss——" The tung wood boat stopped at the seaside, and Teng Qing Shan dropped anchor after stabilizing.

  "Xiao Juan, let's go down and take a look." Teng Qing Shan said.

  "Hmm." Li Kun also got off the boat with Tan Qing Shan as usual.

  "Whoa~~" The gusty eagle also took flight, swooping down from the ship.

  Nine consecutive ring-shaped waters, hundreds of miles of sea journey drifting, until Tan Qing Shan and his party arrived at this seaside, at this moment, the sky was already hazy bright.

  On the beach.

  Teng Qing Shan and Li Kun walked shoulder to shoulder on the beach, when Teng Qing Shan's expression suddenly changed. He turned his head towards the lush vegetation ahead and shouted: "Come out!"

  "Whoosh!"

  On the other side, where the plants were lush, a sudden noise was heard. Teng Qing Shan's body moved and he swiftly rushed into the dense foliage like a strong gust of wind. In the blink of an eye, he had already charged into the thicket. Li Kun, on the other hand, waited at the original spot, for she trusted Teng Qing Shan very much.

  Very soon——

  "Teng big brother." Li Kun laughed and shouted, at this moment Teng Qing Shan was dragging a middle-aged man back.

  "Spare your life, great hero! Spare your life!" The middle-aged man kept saying.

  "Great hero?" Li Kun looked at this middle-aged man in surprise.

  It's rare to hear the term 'great hero' on the vast lands of Jiuzhou, and most importantly - although this middle-aged man has a slightly awkward accent, his language is clearly from the lands of Jiuzhou.

  "I'll ask you one question, and you answer one question, confess honestly!" Teng Qing Shan held a sharp sword in his hand, which was the middle-aged man's weapon.

  The middle-aged man said repeatedly: "My name is Shangguan Quan!"

  "Shangguan, it's actually a pretty rare surname." Li Kun muttered aside, and this middle-aged man named Shangguan Quan immediately argued back: "This female knight, you're wrong to say that! Shangguan is actually one of the big surnames in our Beiyantown!"

  "Beiyan Town?" Teng Qing Shan's heart skipped a beat.

  "How many people are in Beiyuan Town?" asked Teng Qing Shan.

  Shangguan Quan was taken aback, seemingly perplexed by Teng Qing Shan's question. Teng Qing Shan's face darkened: "I'm asking you to answer! If you hesitate again——" With a burst of strength, the sharp sword in his hand was crushed into a twisted mass, followed by a crisp sound, and a large amount of iron powder poured out from Teng Qing Shan's palm.

  "An iron powder?" Officer Quan was stunned.

  A sword is grasped into a hemp flower, no problem! Breaking it into several pieces is also not difficult! But to turn the sword into iron powder, this is simply unthinkable.

  Shangguan Quan was swept by the gaze of Teng Qing Shan, and then looked at Tie Fen, his heart chilled, and said: "I estimate that there are also tens of millions of people in Beiyuan Town."

  "How many towns are there on the island?" Teng Qing Shan asked again.

  "Although Shangguan Quan found it strange that the other party would ask such a very ordinary question, he still didn't dare to hesitate: "There are eighteen towns on Mingyue Island.""

  Hong Qing Shan and Li Kun exchanged a glance, both of their eyes filled with shock.

  Even in the coastal areas near Kyushu, a large island with tens of thousands of people is already quite impressive. Those with hundreds of thousands are extremely large islands. Unexpectedly - deep in the North Sea, there was actually a huge island hidden with an estimated population of over 10 million!

  "What brings you here by the sea so early in the morning?" asked Teng Qing Shan.

  "I'm just a fisherman." Officer Quan said, "Come over early in the morning..."

  "Are fishermen still carrying sharp swords? I saw your sword skills were quite good just now!" Teng Qing Shan's face sank, previously when he went to capture the opponent, the opponent's desperate sword strike was indeed very powerful.

  Shangguan Quan looked at Tan Qing Shan in surprise: "Great hero, since we were young, we've been studying swordsmanship in 'Jian Xue', and every small village around us knows sword techniques. Where did you get this idea from?"

  "What's with the sword?" Li Kun was taken aback.

  Hong Qingshan was shocked!

  Jianxue, isn't it a school like the one in the previous life's society? Does everyone have to go learn swordsmanship from a young age? What kind of island is this? Tens of millions of people learning swordsmanship, even if it's the entire Yangzhou, with two or three hundred million people. But truly being able to systematically study internal energy and swordsmanship, I'm afraid there are only tens of millions of people at most.

  Other ordinary civilians have no chance at all and will only be defeated by the landlord's style in two or three moves.

  "Are you all learning sword?" Teng Qing Shan asked, "Have any of you learned other weapons? Axes, knives?"

  "An axe chops down a tree, a knife splits wood." Upper Official Quan continued, "However, the most formidable is of course swordsmanship! The excellent disciples in the Sword Academy all have impressive sword skills."

  "Hmm, do you have any money on you?" Teng Qing Shan suddenly asked.

  "Yes, yes." Then the fisherman took out a beautiful white pearl from his bosom.

  ……

  Teng Qing Shan asked the fisherman 'Shangguan Quan' and finally had a general understanding of Mingyue Island. The currency on Mingyue Island was not gold or silver, but a special bead unique to the island, divided into purple beads, white beads, and gray beads, with the most expensive being the purple beads. One purple bead is equivalent to about one hundred white beads, and one white bead is also equivalent to one hundred gray beads.

  ******

  To prevent the tung wood boat from being stolen by other fishermen, Teng Qing Shan returned to the tung wood boat and slid the long oars, forcing it to move forward again towards the south. However, after a few miles, the sea water was turbulent and rapid, and even though Teng Qing Shan rowed quickly, he could barely counteract the speed of the water flow.

  It can be seen from this that the water flow is so rapid!

  He then dived into the clear water of Qing Mountain, directly pulling on the iron chain, and pulled the tung wood boat forward for about two miles in the water, after which he stuck the tung wood boat's iron anchor into a rocky reef.

  "This water flow is so rapid, even if it's a congenital strongman, swimming in the powerful underwater currents would be very laborious." Teng Qing Shan felt at ease leaving the tung wood boat here, then disassembled the wheel return gun and put it into his package, took out an 'Iron Leaf Fruit' and put it into the package as well, only then did he leave the tung wood boat.

  On the beach.

  "We're off!" Chen Qing, Li Kun, and the kidnapped fisherman 'Shangguan Quan' set off together.

  ……

  On a desolate dirt road, Teng Qing Shan and Li Kun both carried their bundles and set off with Shang Guan Quan. Meanwhile, in the sky above, a fierce eagle was circling and flying about. Shang Guan Quan had no idea what relationship the fierce eagle had with the two people before him.

  "Great hero, you're too powerful! A large ship, and you alone can take it so far?" Shangguan Quan was full of admiration. "That's the legendary 'Nine Turns Ghost Channel'! Even the strong Sword Tower disciples don't dare to enter the Nine Turns Ghost Channel. Many fishermen who sneak in are often drowned."

  Hong Qingshan smiled.

  Jiǔ qū guǐ wèi? -> Nine Bends Yellow Serpent?

  This name is quite good, observing the dark currents surging at the bottom of the water... even if the innate strong ones swim by themselves, it's still okay. If you want to tow a big ship forward, even if it's an innate golden elixir strong one, it’s impossible to hold on for too long after all they don't have as much endurance as Teng Qing Shan

  "Nine Turns? Who gave it that name?" Teng Qing Shan's heart stirred, as it seemed someone on Ming Yue Island knew about the nine accelerations and decelerations.

  "It's been a long time." Shangguan Quan said, "Anyway, it has been passed down from generation to generation. However, no one can get through the nine bends of the ghostly abyss. Great heroes, are you from outside?" This Shangguan Quan also had some realization.

  He Qing Shan smiled slightly and looked at him: "The less you know, the longer you'll live!"

  Shangguan Quan felt a chill in his heart, thinking of Tan Qing's terrifying methods, and nodded.

  "Xiao Juan, let's take a look at Mingyue Island. Later, we'll get some food and supplies on the boat!" Teng Qing Shan said. Li Juan nodded in agreement, as they were also tired of eating roasted fish all the time. Teng Qing Shan and Li Juan didn't avoid talking about Shangguan Quan's presence... A resident of the island, he just strolled around, gathered some goods, and left.

  Who needs to care about others?

  ……

  Before long, Teng Qing Shan and his group walked onto a main road and saw a village in the distance.

  "That's the village I live in." said Shangguan Quan with a smile.

  Hong Qingshan took one glance.

  "Cheers!"

  "Ah!"

  A group of children who looked like they were only five or six years old, were holding branches and practicing a set of sword moves. With Teng Qing Shan's keen eyesight, he could tell: "This sword move is actually a high-level sword move! The ordinary village children are all practicing high-level sword moves?"

  "The young ones are practicing their sword skills, and later they'll be able to enter our Northern Yan Town's Sword Academy!" Shangguan Quan laughed and said, "If you work hard from a young age, you might have a chance to stand out in the 18 Towns' Sword Academies and get into the Sword Tower! Become a powerful Sword Tower disciple!"

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