Taking advantage of the break while climbing the ship's ladder, Zhao Sheng quickly figured out the origins of this body.
Zhao Dingtian, 15 years old, is a resident of Qionggui Island. He is an orphan who was discovered four years ago to possess the three spiritual roots of water, metal, and fire. He cultivates the technique "Treading Waves Technique"...
As he perused his memories, Zhao Sheng thought to himself, "Interesting!"
From his memories, he discovered that Zhao Dingtian had been discriminated against since childhood because of his unusual physical characteristics.
It wasn't until he was eleven years old that his spiritual root characteristics were revealed, and it was discovered that he had three spiritual roots. He was then taken into the Zhao clan and given the name Zhao Dingtian, which greatly elevated his status.
However, because of the saying "those who are not of our kind will surely have different hearts," Zhao Dingtian, despite being a cultivator with three spiritual roots, was still not well-liked.
This can be proven in many ways. For example, although he has three spiritual roots, his status in the clan is not even as high as that of someone with four spiritual roots.
For example, in the vast outer sea with countless islands, no cultivation sect was willing to take him in.
The most obvious example is that Zhao Dingtian, at only fifteen years old, had to join the treasure ship as a sailor.
This is outrageous!
Just as he was thinking this, the gangway reached its end, and Zhao Sheng flipped onto the deck, where a bright and clear view suddenly appeared before him.
This treasure ship was enormous, with a bronze-yellow body and two decks. The lower deck was very spacious, nearly forty feet long and eight or nine feet wide. The upper deck, which was only one-tenth the size of the lower deck, contained vital areas such as the spirit weapon compartment, the captain's cabin, and the helm compartment.
In the center of the treasure ship stood three masts, one main and two auxiliary, with three huge sails fluttering in the wind, taut and billowing, their surfaces radiating layers of light, within which emerged the phantom image of a giant white whale.
Before Zhao Sheng could finish reading, he was suddenly shoved from behind.
He staggered a step, stopped, and turned around to look.
A burly man, eight feet tall and as strong as a brown bear, emerged from the cabin, cursing and swearing.
"Damn it! I finally fell asleep, and you woke me up again."
Seeing Zhao Sheng looking over, the burly man glared and roared, "What are you looking at! You little four-eyed idiot, watch out or I'll beat you to death!"
Zhao Sheng gave the other person a deep look, and suddenly a few eerie lights flowed from the blue halo around the edge of his pupils.
Just then, an angry shout came from the upper deck: "What are you all standing there for? Get back to your positions!"
Zhao Sheng turned around and, following his memory, quickly walked to the northwest corner of the deck, to the "Gengzi" position.
Once the other thirty-two sailors of the "Dongqiong" treasure ship were in their positions.
Buzz!
With a hum, the deck seemed to be electrified, and the ground instantly lit up with a layer of blue light. Then, a very complex white light net containing Bagua and Five Elements symbols suddenly rose from the deck.
A white halo rose beneath Zhao Sheng's feet, with a "water" symbol forming at its center and connecting to the light network. The others followed similar patterns.
At this moment, Captain Dongyang of the Dongqiong strode to the deck and shouted to the sailors below, "Wait a moment, everyone listen to my command. After I count to three, everyone should channel their spiritual energy together. Do you understand?"
"Understood!" everyone shouted in unison.
Zhao Sheng leaned against the side of the boat and looked out.
The sun is high in the sky, the sun is shining brightly, and a sea breeze is blowing.
On the boundless, azure sea, twenty miles away from the Dongqiong, a large, dark ship slowly emerged from the water, seawater rushing down from both sides of the hull, splashing up large amounts of white foam.
A black flag with a bloody severed hand painted on it flew high on the mainmast of the black ship.
Seeing this, Zhao Sheng immediately understood that they had encountered pirates.
Moreover, it is the infamous Blood Pirate Alliance of the Outer Sea. The Blood Pirate Alliance is characterized by its use of blood and human parts, such as the Bloodhand Pirates in this case.
"Lower the sails!"
At the captain's command, the three sails of the Dongqiong were quickly lowered, and the ship's speed suddenly decreased significantly.
"Activate the spirit stone furnace! Ready, one, two, three, start!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Sheng took out a spirit stone and held it in his hand. At the same time, he circulated his dantian vortex, channeling spiritual energy through the Yongquan acupoints on the soles of his feet and into the spiritual energy array on the deck.
In an instant, the light network poles on the deck suddenly grew several times thicker, and streams of red, blue, gold, cyan, and yellow spiritual energy rapidly flowed from various spiritual array nodes to the spirit stone furnace in the cabin below.
boom!
The Dongqiong suddenly shuddered, its stern dipped sharply, and as the sea breeze rushed towards it, the Dongqiong, as if injected with stimulants, sped off into the distance.
Wow!
A large amount of seawater was cleaved open, and the waves were quickly thrown to the back of the ship. Zhao Sheng absorbed the spiritual energy from the spirit stones while continuously channeling his spiritual power into them.
The Shattered Star Sea is vast and boundless, dotted with countless islands. Through the life-and-death struggles of generations of human ancestors, island after island was carved out, and more and more islands became home to humans.
In the vast ocean, the main mode of transportation between islands is naturally by sea.
Over thousands of years, thousands of shipping routes have formed between the islands of the Shattered Star Sea. Some of these routes are known as the Spirit Stone Routes because they are highly profitable.
Where there's profit to be made, pirates naturally flock to the route. This is why piracy was exceptionally rampant on the Ling Shi route.
Just as those who follow the righteous path are protected by cultivators, pirates must also have the shadow of cultivators behind them.
As far as Zhao Sheng knew, most pirate groups had the support of demonic cultivators, so the pirates of Shattered Star Sea were also known as demonic thieves.
As for the mastermind behind the Blood Hand Thieves...
After recalling for a moment, Zhao Sheng chuckled to himself, feeling it was too much of a coincidence.
The mastermind behind the entire Blood Thief Alliance is the once-powerful Guiyuan Sect, now known as the Blood Demon Sect.
Zhao Sheng didn't quite understand how the Guiyuan Sect evolved into the Blood Demon Sect.
Zhao Dingtian seemed to only remember the "Blood God Calamity," which occurred about three hundred years ago when a Blood God Calamity suddenly broke out in the Central Continent, causing a great upheaval at the time.
After the chaos subsided, Guiyuan Sect became a pariah and was driven out of Zhongzhou by a group of people. They eventually ended up in the Shattered Star Sea and even changed their name to Blood Demon Sect.
Although the specifics are unclear, Zhao Sheng, based on his own experience, has roughly guessed why Guiyuan Sect has fallen to its current state.
"Attention! An airship is catching up! If you don't want to become blood slaves, prepare to fight to the death!"
Captain Dongyang Ju's loud shout startled Zhao Sheng from his reverie.
He turned around and his expression changed. At that moment, he saw a crimson flying boat, over three zhang long and with a slender hull, rise from behind and then quickly fly towards him.
The airship was extremely fast and caught up with the Dongqiong in the blink of an eye.
kill!
After a shout of "Kill!", more than twenty men in blood-stained clothes jumped off the flying boat and landed on the deck. They then charged at the crowd with ferocious expressions.
Dongyang Ju, the only Foundation Establishment cultivator on the ship, was about to make a move when he was stopped by an old man in red robes with white hair and a faceless mask.
"Hehe! I'm your opponent."
As he spoke, the masked old man flung out a blood-red flying sword, slashing towards Dongyang Ju.
Seeing this, Dongyang Ju had no choice but to stop and use his magical weapon, the Nine Yang Spear, to block the blood-red flying sword.
The two Foundation Establishment cultivators quickly engaged in a fierce battle.
On the other side, Zhao Sheng also encountered an enemy: a tall, bloodthirsty bandit who was yelling and wielding a sword and shield.
Zhao Sheng charged forward... Yeah, right!
When faced with the enemy, he took off running.
Are you kidding me? He's only at the second level of Qi Refining, and he's facing a Blood Thief who's at least at the fourth level of Qi Refining.
Only a fool wouldn't run!
It's not that he can't be killed, but rather that he doesn't want to reveal his true strength unless absolutely necessary.