stonecrandall Chapter 266 Sailing
Chapter 266 Sailing
Chapter 266 Sailing
Upon entering the Vast Ocean City, the Shrek group naturally decided to take a stroll around first.
People usually go shopping in pairs, but Li Luochen was shopping with three beauties.
Hanhai City Auction House
Li Luochen planned to come to the auction house here to see if there were any good items worth looking for, but Li Luochen was quite unlucky this time. There was nothing at the auction house, so he decided to go back to the hotel to rest.
Li Luochen ordered a large ship, which would set sail in seven days. To avoid unnecessary trouble, Li Luochen directly sent Ma Hongjun and Oscar to make the purchase and released their spirit rings to prevent the crew from having any improper thoughts.
In the world of Soul Masters, strength reigns supreme. Pretending to be weak while actually being strong? That's a thing of the past. Only overwhelming power can keep any demons and monsters from getting close!
Seven days later, the Shrek group had traversed almost the entire city, exiting through the west gate of Hanhai City and descending the wide road specially carved out of the reefs outside the city. They headed straight for the dock.
To get to the sea from Hanhai City Wharf, you have to take this road. So, although it is difficult to build a road on the reef, the Hanhai City authorities have spared no effort to keep the road in good condition.
The docks here are enormous, with at least twenty piers, each hundreds of meters long, extending into the sea and housing hundreds of ships. This place can be considered both the starting and ending point of maritime trade, and a huge source of revenue for the entire Hanhai City.
Although the sea is teeming with powerful spirit beasts, it also holds boundless wealth. Living off the sea has long been an unchanging truth in Hanhai City. Even though people perish at the hands of sea spirit beasts every year, this situation remains unchanged.
Located near the sea, the land is mostly saline-alkali soil, completely unsuitable for growing crops. Only the various marine creatures can bring benefits to Hanhai City. It is precisely because of the sea that the people here can exchange for various resources.
Soon, Li Luochen found the ship that Ma Hongjun and Oscar had rented that day. It was a brand new ship, and it looked quite impressive. The entire hull was painted iron-colored. Only the deck was decorated with red, blue, and white paint. It was said that painting the hull iron-colored could minimize the chances of attacks from soul beasts.
The ship is seventy meters long and over thirty meters wide, which is considered medium-sized for a seagoing vessel, but still quite large. Upon closer inspection, one can see that beneath the iron-gray paint on the hull is a thick layer of iron armor protecting the ship.
Ma Hongjun and Oscar chose this ship because of its excellent defensive capabilities. Although chartering it cost a considerable amount of money, it was worth it if they could reach Poseidon Island safely. As for the return journey, that would depend on their own abilities.
"Welcome to the Conch." As the group boarded the ship from the deck, a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties came up and made a welcoming gesture while laughing heartily.
Ma Hongjun introduced the ship to everyone: "This is Captain Halden of the Conch."
Halden laughed heartily, "Welcome, beautiful ladies and handsome gentlemen. It's a pleasure to have you grace my Conch Ship with your presence. I am delighted to serve you."
Please come with me, let me introduce you to my conch shell!
As he spoke, his gaze swept over the crowd, his eyes filled with apprehension and fear.
Two young men came a few days ago, and they turned out to be Soul Saint level experts. Their Soul Ring configuration almost scared the crap out of him.
People like them, who live on the sea, are more or less pirates, in addition to being proper captains.
He, Halden, was also a pirate, one of the captains of the Purple Pearl Pirate Crew, known as Halden the Lion King of the Sea.
His strength is quite impressive, possessing level 55 soul power and the best soul ring configuration: the Sea Lion Martial Soul!
However, fighting a Soul Saint was completely impossible, and that day one of the men mentioned that his mission included a Title Douluo, and it would be his honor to serve such a titled Douluo. What was a Title Douluo? Halden naturally knew; after all, he was a Soul King with some experience, and this time he was actually going to serve a Title Douluo!
Would he dare to do anything malicious? For this reason, he even left his family in Hanhai City. He was quite wealthy and owned a house in Hanhai City.
His money is all kept with his wife, so that if anything happens to him, his family will be able to live comfortably.
Back to reality, through Halden's introduction, everyone learned that the Conch had a total of eight crew members: in addition to himself as captain, there was a first mate and six crew members.
The Conch Shell has three decks: two on the upper deck and one below. As the ones paying for the accommodations, the Shrek crew naturally lived on the upper two decks. The crew lived below.
The top deck offers a unique and panoramic view. There are ten rooms on the deck, more than enough for all of Shrek's crew.
The rich scent of the sea assaulted their senses from the moment they boarded the ship. The sea breeze howled, bringing a chill to the late autumn air. Fortunately, none of them were ordinary people; their bodies were highly resilient, so the cold wind was nothing to them.
"Raise anchor, set sail!" With everyone present, Captain Halden gave the order, and the Conch Shell officially departed. Their destination was Poseidon Island, and as one of the sea's inhabitants, Halden naturally knew how to get there.
The weather was fine today, the sea was calm, and the Conch was quite large. After weighing anchor, the sailors easily sailed away from the port and into the open sea.
Once the Conch had completely sailed out to sea and left the harbor area, Captain Halden gave the order to hoist the mainsail, adjust the course, and accelerate toward their destination.
The scenery of the sea is irreplaceable by any other sight; without ever having been to the sea, one can never truly experience its grandeur and magnificence.
The sea stretched as far as the eye could see, where the water met the sky in the distance. At this moment, the sun had already risen slowly from the east, illuminating the shimmering surface of the sea.
Li Luochen suddenly stood on the bow of the ship, feeling the sea breeze. Although he had been to the sea many times, this was his first time sitting on a ship. He wanted to shout, "I'm going to be the Pirate King!"
However, to be precise, as Li Luochen's strength increases, he needs to maintain his dignity, so he can't shout nonsense. He won't do anything that would damage his dignity.
The sea breeze, though a bit chilly, seemed to open everyone's hearts, bringing an indescribable sense of exhilaration and excitement.
The excitement lasted until noon. Lunch naturally consisted mainly of seafood: a few simple fish boiled in water and served with some vegetables purchased from Hanhai City. Although there was nothing special about it, everyone ate with great relish.
In particular, Captain Halden specially added several enormous crabs for them. This kind of delicious food, which is rarely available inland, made the Shrek crew exclaim with delight.
However, by lunchtime, only Dugu Yan, Yang Wu, Niu Dun, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Bai Chenxiang, and Jiang Zhu could maintain this mindset.
In the afternoon, the wind and waves gradually picked up, and the Conch began to sway with the waves. At first, there was nothing wrong, but as time went on, Li Luochen, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Ye Lingling, Oscar, Yu Tianxin, Huang Yuan, Jing Ling and others all experienced seasickness.
Li Luochen vomited a lot because he had eaten a lot in the first place.
"I'm a Title Douluo, why am I seasick? Ugh—, not at all, ugh—, so ignorant, ugh—"
(End of this chapter)