Cursed Mountains and Seas

Chapter 186 Shocking Change! Enemy from the Sea, Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden
Everyone nodded in agreement.

"rational."

"The Five Tiger Gate Shipyard is the second largest shipyard in the Great Zhao Dynasty. I have complete respect for the young master's abilities."

Those who were arrested all had some connection with the shipbuilding industry and had all heard of the name of the master craftsman Zheng. Even those who were more senior could not outshine Zheng Jin.

Some people have also raised new questions:
"We've been allocated complete design blueprints for twelve Heavenly Craftsmanship Ships. Which one should we tackle first?"

Wang Cheng was just waiting for this straight man to interject, and secretly gave him a thumbs up, pointing with his finger:
"How about we choose this [Mirage Cloud Dragon Ship]?"
Previous accounts describe this ship as something like a dream, capable of changing size, hiding itself, and moving freely between reality and illusion.

When not in use, it can be placed in the ear; when needed, it can be taken out and blown on to transform into a treasure ship. Among all the ingenious treasure ships, it is known as the number one in transformation!

The ship could not be built because the shipbuilding materials were too difficult to find.

The world in this book happens to be a mixture of reality and fantasy. If a technological breakthrough can be achieved, it can be applied immediately, and using it to break through plot loops shouldn't be too difficult.

Unlike Wang Cheng, who could easily reach the passing grade and meet the shipbuilding requirements with a little effort, the rest of the group didn't care which ship they deciphered first.

They immediately divided into several task forces based on their areas of expertise and modules such as Thunderfire Cardinal, Luban Pillar, Five Thunder God Cannon, and refining techniques, and began to decipher them.

Wang Cheng also rolled up his sleeves and took the lead, specifically tackling the key and difficult points, which drew praise for "Young Master Zheng's noble character".

Little did they know what Wang Cheng was thinking:
"You won't lose out by helping me today."

If I hadn't come, you would have all been worn down to death sooner or later. Now, if you can hold out for two more days, my reinforcements will be able to rescue most of you.

"Working two days of hard labor to save my life is totally worth it."

However, once these people leave, Zheng Jin will probably never be able to shake off the label of "Ximen Qing is alive."

If nothing unexpected happens, I'm afraid I'll have to bear the blame for Wang Cheng's "official star and peach blossom" configuration until the day I die.

A day and a half passed in the blink of an eye.

Wang Cheng was still thinking about good things.

While using his living body to decipher the secret text, he also used his evil spirit body to find all the manuscripts left by the fifth-generation ancestor Wang Bangyan in the palace's treasure vault, especially the original manuscript of "The Guide to Sending You with the Wind".

They even temporarily recalled the bookworm spirit, trying every possible means to find out if the ancestor had left behind any secret texts he possessed.

As it turns out, Wang Cheng was simply overthinking things.

The ancestor who is most likely still alive today did not leave any clues for his descendants; they can only rely on his own efforts.

In fact, his ability to summon wind and rain, and control lightning and thunder, with just the Golden Toad Treasure Talisman, was enough to amaze everyone else.

As Fengzhou Shanren said, the more literary talent one possesses, the more favored one is by the water officials, and the faster one can decipher the text.

After Wang Cheng wrote "On Sea Power," although he was hated by the "Six Heavens Old Qi" and various henchmen outside the wall, he also gained the favor of his own Heavenly One Water Golden Toad Qi.

Especially during the period when he returned to Minzhou, the first batch of editions for Dazhao was printed and was about to be released through cooperating booksellers.

From then on, it gradually influenced people's hearts and minds, and its influence on him was extraordinary.

"The only thing to be thankful for is that I have transformed the bookworm spirit into a guardian spirit and shared our unique skills with it."

If we could feed the bookworm all thirty-six design drawings, it would be able to thoroughly digest all the information.

"Commanding it to generate a new blueprint for one of my other national treasures in a minute doesn't seem like something I can't hope for."

At this moment, Wang Cheng suddenly raised his hand and blocked the whip that the shipwright Ye Chun was about to swing at a certain female [Six Ren Taoist].

A guard from behind Grand Commandant Gao accidentally bumped into Ye Chun, causing the whip to immediately deflect and miss.

"you again!"

Ye Chun was a harsh and cruel man. In the book, he set a deadline for various places to hand over shipbuilding materials. Those who violated the deadline were punished with beatings or executions, which caused resentment among the people.

He treated his shipwrights the same way, frequently whipping and killing them.

Wang Cheng possesses the protagonist's aura of Ximen Qing, repeatedly saving the lives of these common officials around him by shielding them from swords and spears.

Even though Ye Chun was furious, there was nothing he could do about Wang Cheng. He snorted coldly and turned to leave.

Although these officials were not killed, with Master Luo and the Guishan Academy constantly urging them to make progress, everyone looked somewhat dejected.

In particular, the third senior brother, Zheng Qian, has an unruly personality. When he used the "Six Lines Coin Divination" method, he accidentally violated a taboo and is now suffering from a splitting headache, lying on the ground groaning.

Wang Cheng was also getting impatient, constantly trying to pinpoint the location of reinforcements, and two blisters had formed on his lips.

The Taoist priestess next to him, whom he had saved once again, slowly raised her hand and handed him half a bowl of turtle jelly.

"Young Master Zheng, would you like something to cool down?"

Guilinggao (turtle jelly) has the effects of nourishing yin and moisturizing dryness, reducing internal heat and relieving irritability, clearing damp heat, cooling blood and detoxifying, which is just right for the symptoms.

"Thank you, Goddess Guiling."

Wang Cheng took the turtle jelly, picked up a spoon, took a bite, and immediately felt the dryness in his body disappear rapidly.

Amazed by the miraculous effect, she suddenly realized something was wrong, her body stiffened for a moment, and she casually asked [Turtle Spirit Goddess]:
"Fellow Daoist, is this bowl of turtle jelly made from a medium-grade level three demon turtle that has become a spirit?"

The Turtle Spirit Goddess, who was usually rather slow in speech and action, brightened up upon hearing this, and slowly gave him a thumbs-up, praising him:

"You know your stuff, Young Master Zheng, you have a really good eye!"
This is made by myself, so eat with confidence. I definitely didn't add any random seasonings.

"Back then, I fought with that Ao King in Poyang Lake who possessed the blood of Baxia for territory. He killed my demonic body, so it would be a waste to let this flesh rot away unused, wouldn't it?"

Wang Cheng forced a smile:
"Right. I do have some knowledge about food."

The Santiago, which Mao Haifeng had previously captured, fell into his hands. The "Kidney Flower" in the Five Temples Divine Treasure Flower has the same usage as the "Liver Flower" he obtained earlier; it can be used to refine and open the Kidney Temple in six days.

Unfortunately, the first thing he opened was the kidney temple.

So the last kidney flower that was picked ended up benefiting the bald monk. He was allowed to inhale three breaths of qi before it was handed over to Luo Wenlong to give to Emperor Shaozhi.

The bald monk reciprocated by giving Wang Cheng a full two ounces of donkey-hide gelatin, telling him to find an opportunity to give it to the girl he liked.

I patted my chest and guaranteed that the donkey-hide gelatin my brother made would definitely have an immediate effect and help him achieve his goal.

"Youth has no price, and brothers melt in your mouth, right?"

This turtle spirit who boiled himself into turtle jelly is a perfect match for the bald monk who boiled himself into donkey-hide gelatin cake.

He is a model of talent in Shinto.

One is warming, the other is cooling; I wonder what the effect will be if these two highly tonifying herbs are taken together.

Thinking this, I took another bite, and the blisters on my lips immediately improved a lot.

He had already learned from Sister Axiao that this Turtle Spirit Goddess was her friend and had come to the city to save her, and couldn't help but sigh, "Indeed, it's always safest to eat with our own people."

After eating, I felt energized and continued working.

Despite the extreme pressure, the decoding progress is not slow. If given more than two months, they could probably decode most of it.

This is a good start, and even without the help of these people, the difficulty of deciphering independently has been greatly reduced.

Their progress was going smoothly, but trouble struck on Liangshan Mountain across the way.

"Can't find it?"

"How could you search for two whole days and not find a single outsider?"

Fengzhou Shanren looked at his two disciples and the highly regarded Gao Ren with some dissatisfaction.

They were each tasked with leading a group of Yellow Turban warriors to capture the white-clad woman who might be there to rescue the Turtle Spirit Goddess, but they never even caught a glimpse of her.

He tried to calculate it himself, but he still couldn't figure out where the other person was.

This proves that the other party did not fall into the trap of "Jin Ping Mei" like Wang Cheng, but rather into "Water Margin".

In "Jin Ping Mei," Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng, as the author, could naturally wield immense power, but in the world of "Water Margin," Luo Zhenren could not possibly control everything.

Tao Yin and others were also somewhat at a loss.

As novelists, they couldn't find the characters in their books, so they bought a five-step snake to make snake soup. When they woke up, they found that the bag containing the snake was empty.

Anyone who stomps on that foot will go numb!
A bad feeling rose in the hearts of the master and his disciples, who felt that things might change. They urged the progress repeatedly, which led to the deaths of several lower-ranking officials.

In any case, in the eyes of the upright gentry represented by the Guishan Academy, the Water Collectors were essentially still resource-consuming people, engaged in deep-sea pearl mining, resisting evil spirits, cultivating the sea and fishing, generating income through maritime trade, and deciphering treasure maps.

They can repeatedly squeeze blood, flesh, bone marrow, and marrow to satisfy their bottomless appetite.

These water spirit officials are just more valuable consumables than ordinary Tanka people, not worth being stingy with at all; once they're all dead, we can just catch them again.

Another two hours passed.

Not only were the people of Fengzhou Mountain feeling anxious, but the officials with divination abilities also suddenly had a bad feeling.

"what happened?"

clang!clang!clang!
Outside the world of the book, a series of piercing alarm bells suddenly rang out from the beacon tower on the seashore, which had been imbued with supernatural powers.

Someone shouted urgently:

"Pirates have invaded!"

However, Huanyou Town, a coastal town to which Qingque Temple belongs, was attacked by a large pirate fleet.

"Quickly go to the garrison and invite Commander-in-Chief Yu, the commander-in-chief in charge of defending against the Japanese pirates!"

However, everyone knows that the Twenty-Four Guards are currently short of soldiers and generals, and since the recruitment system has only been in place for a short time, it will not be easy to replenish their ranks quickly.

Furthermore, both Yu Long and Qi Hu were recommended by Governor Hu Ruzhen, a key member of the Yan faction, and the Qingliu faction naturally distrusted these officials and generals.

boom! boom! boom! boom! boom!
Soon, the roar of artillery fire was right next to them.

Fengzhou Shanren suddenly stood up and gave the order:
"We're moving immediately!"

The coastal areas have always been unsafe due to the threat of Japanese pirates.

The reason for setting up the stronghold at Qingque Temple was simply to gather the largest number of naval officers along the coast. Now that the manpower is complete, it is better to temporarily move to a secluded mountain retreat where the pirates cannot reach.

However, Fengzhou Shanren's plans were disrupted, and so were Wang Cheng's.
"Our main force hasn't arrived yet, so why is the attack happening ahead of schedule?"

Who exactly fired the cannon?

But at this point he was powerless to stop the people of Fengzhou Mountain from moving away.

Regardless of who made the move, if they were truly frightened away to the mountainous inland region of Minzhou, it would be difficult to defeat them using sheer numbers.

In a moment of anxiety.

Suddenly, auspicious light descended from the sky, and white clouds gathered to form a cloud bed. A white-clad girl with heterochromatic eyes, possessing a cool, noble, and dignified temperament, quietly stood in front of Master Luo.

"This road doesn't work!"

(End of this chapter)