The Eastern Continent Swordsman

CH. 23 – Ancient Wall

When viewed from above the clouds, Dengguang will look like a point in the middle of several islands. Due to its strategic location, Dengguang was managed by a wealthy merchant to serve as a temporary stopover for emergency ships. Not only useful when there are ships that experience an emergency, Dengguang is also commonly used as a temporary resting place for ships that travel long distances.

In Dengguang, a passenger can get off a ship and change board another ship if there is someone who wants to change the direction of travel. Everyone is free to sail anywhere they have enough money to pay for the travel expenses.

“Young master, we are almost to Dengguang,” one of the ship's officers woke Zhou Fu up very politely. If Zhou Fu had not been sleeping on alert, he would not have woken up with such a slow call.

Zhou Fu opened his eyes slowly, seeing that it was already dawn. The sun and moon appear to be in the same sky, one is preparing to sink while the other is preparing to rise.

“Huaaah Zhou Fu sat down and stretched out his two hands, his head twisting to the right and to the left to relax his muscles that were still a little tense. Zhou Fu saw the situation, it turned out that the other three uncles had woken up earlier while Shen Shen was still curled up calmly.

“Uncle, if we tell people that our ship is in a storm, do they believe?” Zhou Fu asked the ship attendant who woke him up. It will certainly attract the attention of many people if the five of them pull over to the island using broken shipwrecks. As much as possible, Zhou Fu did not want his arrival to look flashy.

“The sea is being very calm these few days, it seems like the reason will make someone suspicious, Young Master. I'd better tell you the truth if our ship is attacked by pirates. Let's just say that last night was a pirate attack,” proposed the ship's officer.

“Hem... It makes sense as well.. Alright, after arriving at the port of Dengguang, I will find another ship and sail with my friend. We parted at the port, thank you in advance.”.

“Ehm... Young Master... Dengguang has a large enough port, ships passing by all the time, but...” the ship's officer stopped his speech, he seemed to be thinking of something difficult to say. After a while of gathering intent, the officer continued his truncated sentence.

“But.. Seeing the battle that occurred last night, I think the Master and Miss will endanger many people if they board a ship containing passengers, forgive my sassiness, Sir…” said the ship's officer greeted with a slow nod and timid by his two colleagues. After witnessing the incident the night before, the three ship's officers believe that the two young people who were with him could indeed potentially trigger danger everywhere.

Zhou Fu understood the concerns of the three uncles. Bringing Shen Shen on an ordinary ship was as meaningful as involving many people in circumstances that could have been dangerous.

“Then??? What can we do?”

The three ship's officers looked at each other, they actually had a solution but weren't quite sure if Zhou Fu could do it.

“Begini, Tuan Muda.. In Dengguang, there is one place that sells small vessels. Ships that can be used to sail on the high seas even though the size is not so large. Only, of course we do not have enough money to buy it. Please forgive us.”.

“How much the ship is worth,” Zhou Fu turned to his right and left waist for forgetting to put the gold coins he got from the match with Wang Ling.

“As I recall, Mr... Otherwise one of the smallest ships is rewarded with six gold coins, a price that is quite expensive of course. Not many people have that much gold. Moreover, looking for money is not as easy as spending it,” one of the ship's officers seemed to feel guilty for not being able to help anything.

“Is this enough?” Zhou Fu took out all the rest of his possessions and made the three ship attendants fall into shock because he did not expect that young teenager Zhou Fu could have that much money.

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Zhou Fu decided not to set foot in Dengguang, he chose to stay afloat in the sea with Shen Shen. Meanwhile, the three shipmen had already swam to the shore and were on duty to buy one boat for Zhou Fu. The three of them were willing to help Zhou Fu because of two things, the first was out of fear for Zhou Fu and the second was out of pity for the beautiful miss Shen Shen.

“You don't understand about the shortness level yet, huh?” Shen Shen, who was awake, began to invite Zhou Fu to talk as he occasionally washed his face which was heavy with thick makeup.

“Short degree? Ehm... It seems like grandfather has told it, but I have not fully understood, why?” Zhou Fu replied, he was sitting cross-legged and doing breathing exercises to relax his body.

“All warriors have their own level of strength. Unfortunately, only people who are at a certain level can see and guess the strength of the enemy. When one could figure out the strength of the enemy, they could at least decide when it was time to attack or choose to dodge,” Shen Shen explained at length because he was worried that in the middle of the journey they would be confronted by a formidable enemy.

“If that's the case, I can too,” Zhou Fu replied to Shen Shen's explanation with a little laziness, he could indeed sense and guess the strength of the enemy. It's just that no technique can be used to measure the ability of an heirloom, and that's what happened the night before. Where, Zhou Fu was sure superior to Rao Guohoa but he could not measure the strength of the female swordsman if coupled with his heirloom.

“I'm not sure you can do it, as I recall only warriors at a certain level can do it,” Shen Shen said in disbelief, because in reality there are indeed only a few people who can measure the ability of their opponent.

“Of course you don't believe, because you don't understand anything!” Zhou Fu countered Shen Shen's doubts about his abilities.

“Alright, we prove it when we arrive at Caihong. If we get to Caihong later, I'll take you to the short test there. That way, your strength will be measured using a special method. Experts can also give you suggestions related to any style that suits your talents!”

“Indeed, what is the test like?” Zhou Fu asked curiously.

“You will be faced with an ancient wall. Ancient history says that the wall was built as a fortress from the descendants of earth demons. The wall cannot be cracked by anyone!” Shen Shen told him excitedly while Zhou Fu grew impatient to arrive at Caihong.

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