Poor Taoist Qiu Chuji

Chapter 214 Maelstrom

The merchant ship sailed away from Peach Blossom Island. The people who had been on land for a long time had long lost the excitement they had when they first boarded the ship. Dugu Qiubai still hung Guo Jing on the bow and let him swing his sword against the waves. Zhou Botong also found a rope to hang himself, following suit.

After taking a few glances, Wanyan Kang felt that this was not his style, so he jumped onto the mast and looked into the distance. He saw seagulls flying, waves reaching the sky, and the three sails on the ship, taking advantage of the wind, heading straight north.

The remaining depression in his chest seemed to be relieved in this vast sea and sky environment, so he drew the sword from his waist, stood on the mast and danced with the sword in the wind, as if he was facing off against Guo Jing on the bow.

Although they were both practicing sword skills, their purposes were different.

Dugu Qiubai was not only tempering Guo Jing's courage, but also constantly imparting to him some ideas he had figured out in the past few days regarding the "sword intent", hoping that Guo Jing could gain some insights and master the sword intent as soon as possible, and no longer be restrained when fighting with Wanyan Kang.

Qiu Chuji taught Wanyan Kang the sword skills, which was equivalent to starting a martial arts version of the "arms race". Originally, everyone was competing in moves and internal strength, but once the sword skills came out, it had an effect similar to a dimensionality reduction attack.

It would be fine if he was just a gangster, but those who have already stood at the top, after knowing the existence of sword intent, will definitely start to work hard in this area.

Dugu Qiubai’s teaching of Guo Jing is just an example. Huang Yaoshi and Ouyang Feng must be pondering and gritting their teeth now, and then sighing that there is a new chapter in martial arts and the road ahead is far from over.

Compared to Guo Jing's "chasing high", Wanyan Kang was simply honing his sword skills to make up for his shortcomings that had long been revealed.

The two of them seemed to be a reference to each other, working towards each other's strengths and making up for their own weaknesses.

After the boat had been sailing on the sea for most of the day, Wanyan Kang suddenly looked into the distance in a daze, and then jumped off the mast.

"Everyone, look and see if that is the boat Ouyang Feng was on?" Wanyan Kang shouted.

Although he used a question mark, he was actually quite affirmative.

After all, he came here together with Ouyang Feng and others from Baituo Mountain.

I am already very familiar with their ships.

"They left more than half a month ago, why are they still drifting on the sea? And so close to us?" Mu Nianci asked worriedly.

"What else could it be? Just someone with bad intentions!" Dugu Qiubai sneered and did not take Ouyang Feng seriously.

Even though this is the ocean, if something unexpected happens, no matter how strong the martial arts is, it should be no match for the power of heaven and earth. However, Dugu Qiubai's confidence and self-confidence have never been just from his martial arts, but from the life experience he has accumulated over the past few decades. Moreover, if a person has no desire for fame and fortune, and is indifferent to life and death, then even if he is weak and has no money, he can still be confident and proud.

In the final analysis, self-confidence and confidence are actually a kind of inner self-cognition. The reason why they are tied to external things is that they are kidnapped by society, not because they really need anything to support and prove them.

Wanyan Kang called the boatman and ordered him to steer the boat to the northwest. After a while, looking to the stern, he saw that Ouyang Feng's boat had also changed direction, and it seemed to be closer to their boat.

A strange flute sound was heard, and there seemed to be something hovering and surging under the sea.

Zhou Botong leaned over to take a closer look, then let out a scream and crawled into the cabin.

The rest of the people also looked down and saw a large number of sea snakes rushing towards the bottom of their ship. Some of them tried to swim up the hull and jump onto the deck.

Dugu Qiubai snorted coldly, then jumped onto the mast first and shook the long rope that was still tied around Guo Jing's waist: "Jing'er! I leave it to you!"

Having said that, without waiting for Guo Jing to react, he threw Guo Jing out.

After Guo Jing was thrown out, he swung the long sword in his hand, sending out streaks of silver light, and quickly stabbed to death those sea snakes that had raised their heads out of the sea one by one.

Fortunately, Guo Jing is no longer the same person he used to be, otherwise he would have been bitten several times.

"Jing'er! Pierce them at the vital point." Dugu Qiubai made a more stringent request.

Guo Jing did as he was told without any complaints.

Wanyan Kang turned his head and looked at Qiu Chuji, as if to say "look at him".

Qiu Chuji, who had been lying on a chair and eating fruit without moving, sighed, stretched, walked to the bow of the boat, and drew his sword from his waist.

"The Great Zhoutian Sword Technique, that... flying dragon with sword, just wait and see!" After saying that, the long sword flew out of his hand, and accompanied by the command of the true Qi in his palm, the long sword circled the hull, flying quickly along the sea surface. Sea snakes were killed one after another wherever it passed. It looked much more advanced than Guo Jing's flying a kite.

"Oh! This is amazing! This is amazing! My good nephew, please teach me!" Zhou Botong had been peeping out from the cabin. When he saw Qiu Chuji displaying such great power, he 'came back to life' and begged Qiu Chuji to teach him this trick.

Qiu Chuji said: "Uncle Master! You just need to learn the Longmen Qi that I taught you, and I will naturally teach you this."

Hearing this, Zhou Botong's face puffed up.

Not to mention Longmen Qi, he is still stuck on Xinhu Gong and can't master it so quickly.

With Zhou Botong's decades of accumulation, it is not that difficult for him to master these two mental methods, but it is also impossible to achieve immediate results in just one month.

Qiu Chuji turned around and said to Wanyan Kang, "I know that you don't have enough Qi, so this move is very difficult. But you can tie a thin wire around the hilt of the sword first, and use the thin wire instead of Qi to control it remotely."

Although most of the general hanging sword control is lame, except for the wind, the attack power is not strong. However, if it is combined with the true qi of the wedding dress magic and the sharpness of the small and large Zhoutian swordsmanship, it can be quite intimidating.

The most important thing is that it has an additional means of group attack and long-range attack, so you won't be easily controlled by others.

Wanyan Kang nodded and showed his joy.

He is now at odds with Wanyan Honglie, and is worried that the other party will do something shady.

Mastering such a long-range and group attack technique would indeed be of great benefit to him.

Dugu Qiubai also said, "I know there is a kind of ice silkworm. The silk it spits out is more flexible and stronger than steel wire. It should be found in the Tianshan area. Since you want to travel around the world, you can go to the Tianshan area to look for it."

A few people were chatting casually, and no one took the sea snake siege seriously.

The death of a large number of sea snakes not only dyed the sea red, but also attracted groups of sharks. In order to compete for food, these sharks kept biting merchant ships near them. Occasionally, their tails would hit the hull heavily, making a dull sound.

A boatman whispered, "We are just a merchant ship. The bottom of the boat is not covered with iron sheets. If the tung oil underneath is damaged by these sharks, I am afraid that the sea water will corrode the bottom of the boat."

"Then Yang Fan, speed up and get out of here first." Wanyan Kang said.

The sails were raised high, and the boatmen began to row the boat manually. The merchant ship accelerated to full speed, broke free from the encirclement of the sharks, and headed towards the wider sea.

Strangely, Ouyang Feng’s boat did not follow and he did not use any tricks again.

After sailing for about another incense stick of time, a whirlpool suddenly appeared on the originally calm sea surface.

There was not much preparation time for the vortex to appear and expand. By the time everyone noticed it, they had already been pulled into the vortex and were unable to extricate themselves.

The suction of the whirlpool pulled the wooden merchant ship, and in just a short while, the ship suffered some damage. Before long, the ship would be torn apart and disintegrated by the fierce sea.

The boat was moving sideways and was shaking violently. Even though everyone had martial arts skills and could keep themselves steady, the boatmen were ordinary people. It could be said that there were almost none of them who could keep driving in such a situation.

A large amount of seawater poured into the hull, causing the hull, which was originally somewhat light, to begin to rapidly increase its load-bearing capacity.

Even the 10,000-ton steel-structured ships of later generations, sailing on the sea, could not guarantee that they could withstand the unpredictable changes of the sea.

At present, the ability of this small wooden merchant ship to resist risks at sea is indeed very low.

Dugu Qiubai pried open the door of the cabin and threw it towards a place far away that had not yet been affected by the whirlpool. At the same time, he said to Guo Jing, "Jing'er, I will throw you onto the door first. You step on the door and paddle forward quickly. Don't hesitate."

Before he finished his words, a figure rushed out from the deck.

Qiu Chuji fell straight to the center of the whirlpool, his hands clenched empty, and his true energy condensed sea water, transforming into a giant sword in his palm.

Then, the giant sword smashed towards the center of the vortex with a force that could overturn the natural world.

The terrifying force split the whirlpool in half in an instant, and the two currents entangled on the seabed were instantly untangled.

The sea was rocking and the waves were still huge, but the vortex that had been sunken and spinning downward had dissipated.

The merchant ship rose and fell among the waves, and the hull slowly stabilized.

The exploding mist fell on everyone, wetting their clothes, and the cold wind blew...only then did everyone come back to their senses.

The boatmen immediately kowtowed to Qiu Chuji who flew back to the deck, and some even called him "God" or "Dragon King".

These ordinary boatmen did not know martial arts, and when they saw Qiu Chuji's miraculous methods, they just bowed down to him as if he were a god.

On the contrary, it is more difficult for those who understand martial arts and know the wonders of internal power cultivation to accept it.

The gap is too big and too obvious.

The more powerful one is, the more difficult it is to understand how Qiu Chuji managed to make that sword move.

How terrifying is the sword that can fight against nature?
Can the human body really withstand and absorb such a huge amount of true qi?

Dugu Qiubai stared at Qiu Chuji in a daze. His swordsmanship, which had been solid for decades, was in danger of collapsing and breaking at this moment.

He thought he was standing on the top of a mountain, looking down upon all the living beings with pride.

But when he suddenly looked up and parted the clouds, he found that he was still standing at the foot of the mountain. There was another high mountain, towering and majestic, standing thousands of feet high, just like Mount Buzhou.

(End of this chapter)