Myriad Paths

Li Qi looked at the old man. He had an eighth-level cultivation level, and the big fish under his feet was a ninth-level spiritual beast.

The old man stepped on the fish all the way to a few miles away from Li Qi.

For both parties, this distance can be regarded as "close to each other". They can be in front of each other anytime and anywhere, but they don't have no reaction time at all.

"Old man, I'm here to ask for directions. How do I get to Dongyu here?" Li Qi asked.

"Ah, passerby, you came to the East China Sea, but you opened your mouth to find Dongyu. Didn't you make any preparation?" The old man looked at Li Qi with confusion on his face, but he did not relax the harpoon in his hand.

"I made preparations and called a boat that was familiar with the route. However, the boat broke down on the way, so I had to go on the journey. I thought I could see where Dongyu was with my eyesight, but I couldn't find it after searching for a long time. I also met a man on the way. It’s just a loach, so after thinking about it, I’m going to ask a local to ask!” Li Qi shouted here.

"So that's it. Passerby, please wait here for a while. I'll go home and measure it for you. Dongyu will move, and you must measure it all the time to find the position." The old man said.

"Then I'll wait here and ask my father-in-law to help me. By the way, please accept this as a thank you gift." Li Qi said, taking out a fat pig from the mustard bag and adding a spiritual grass.

I just took it out of the mustard bag and it's still covered in ice.

This is the leftover food from Paibomen. There are many fish in the sea, but there is no fat. This kind of pork should be more popular.

As for the spiritual herbs on land, there are none in the sea.

Seeing this, the old man's attitude changed.

"Since we have taken the gift, it is not appropriate for the guest to stand. How about the guest get on the boat with me? It just so happens that we are going to Dongyu this time. Why don't you go with us?" the old man said.

"Very good, very good, then I won't bother you." Li Qi didn't get what he asked for and nodded decisively.

It would be great to have someone to lead the way. Although he could definitely find it by himself, why bother with it?

So, he carried the gift and got on the boat with the old man.

Arriving on the boat, Li Qi saw that the people here were all six or seven feet long, with red hair and black faces, which were obviously different from the human race on land.

Their hands and feet were longer, their skin was shiny, and Li Qi even saw that they had gills.

It's said to be a human race, but it really doesn't look like it.

But it's normal. Human race generally refers to all humanoid creatures. You know, the Holy Flame tribe is considered a human race.

The old man got on the boat and introduced Li Qi to the nervous men around him.

Li Qi also wisely handed over the gifts immediately. With the fat pig and spiritual grass, everyone's attitude became much better, and they all welcomed Li Qi on board. Only then did Li Qi continue to look at the boat.

This is a maritime fortress with hundreds of ships connected together. It is several miles long and wide. Walking on it is no different from land, and obvious traces of magic can be seen on it.

This is a magic ship. It looks simple, but its power is hidden inside. It should be their treasure and the basis for their foothold.

Li Qixing was walking on the boat, and sea water splashed up from time to time, but everyone seemed to be used to it, and had no objection at all to getting soaked. The earth was so hot that he only had to wear half of his clothes, and he was barefoot in the waves. Socks, both men and women don't mind being seen, and some even don't wear those simple clothes at all, so that they can get into the water at any time.

You can also see many children, both boys and girls, all of whom are very skilled, holding out poles, harpoons and other objects, looking for turtles, crabs, clams and other objects in the water, competing to swim, swimming faster than the fish, and even faster than the fish. The people of the Paibo Gang are relatively good at water, and ordinary fish and shrimps cannot escape their grasp, and they do not need parents for food and clothing.

Then I saw a pair of adult men and women. The woman was holding the tiller in one hand and cooking fish in the other, with her son and daughter on her back. The man was pulling the fishing rod, swinging the oar, and mending the boat with ropes.

Walking further, I saw another workshop, which looked like a weaving workshop. Next to them were piles of algae such as cabbage and kelp, which were spread out to dry on the roof.

Some that had dried were smashed by men with big bone sticks, smashing them into tiny fibers. Skillful women took apart these fibers, soaked them in some kind of potion, and then woven them into cloth. This is the most common green color worn here. cloth.

Going further, you can see the blacksmith shop again, clanging some magic weapons.

Yes, magic weapon. There seems to be very little ore on the sea surface, so the blacksmith shop is just what Li Qi calls it. The most common raw materials in this shop are the bones of various fish, or special materials similar to pearls. There are only a few Metal.

But even if they only used these things, they still seemed to have made very good magic weapons, including harpoons and many parts of the giant ship's floating island.

Walking a little further, you can still see a huge fish, about ten meters long, which has been hunted and hung on the boat, and someone is in charge of dismantling it.

The person who dismantled it held a knife the size of his thumb and carefully scratched the entire big fish. This was the only metal tool Li Qi saw after landing.

However, Li Qi didn't think it was because he couldn't afford metal that he used a knife, because he knew that the bigger the prey, the smaller the knife.

The more Li Qi looked at it, the more interesting it became.

Is this the life of ordinary people in the East China Sea? Is this on the water? What about other races?

Unlike the Human Dao and the Witch Dao, which are mainly human races, there are only a handful of human races in the East China Sea, and judging from their appearance, the demonization is also very serious. It is estimated that they have a lot of demon blood, and even Li Qi can see many pure monsters. There are friendly people living on this ship, including the fish demon that the old man stepped on previously.

This floating island has formed a unique ecological system. Thousands of people live on it. They do not feel cramped. Instead, they are floating on the sea and living the life they are accustomed to.

Li Qi's eyes were opened.

This is why he wants to walk around. How many scenery should there be in the heavens and the world? How many ecologies and paths are there?

really interesting.

Li Qi followed the old man forward with great interest. Naturally, there were countless glances along the way, but because of the old man's presence, they were all just curious and not hostile.

However, it is Lao Ma who attracts more attention.

They seemed to have never seen anything like an old horse. From time to time, someone would ask what an old horse was. When Li Qi said it was a 'horse', they were all confused.

However, after a while, Li Qi followed the old man into a houseboat.

"Guest, please come in. The compass is inside. Through this, you can calculate the direction of Dongyu." The old man said to Li Qi.

Li Qi immediately raised his head and looked at the compass.

The compass is placed on the niche, with fine sand spread underneath and placed on top.

But I saw the old man stepped forward, took it flat, put a lamp around it, closed the window and looked at it, and compared it with the carvings to determine the direction.

Li Qi watched his actions carefully, but found that he couldn't understand them.

What is marked on this compass is not the common southeast, northwest, or the heavenly stems and earthly branches that Li Qi is familiar with, but another kind of marking symbol.

This seems to be a method of calculating the route by using the time of day as a record, one's own position as the origin, and using scales.

Li Qi quickly summed up the method through observation.

This method is not difficult and is very simple and easy to understand, but the effect is surprisingly good on the flat ocean.

Although the ocean is in a three-dimensional space, the movement can basically be said to be two-dimensional. There are no terrain differences such as hills and valleys. The horizontal plane makes the entire ocean in the same plane layer, so it is convenient to calculate coordinates. There are many. This calculation method is very simple and easy to learn, but extremely accurate...

It came from everyone's hands. Who can develop it to benefit the world?

However, precisely because it is simple and easy to learn, Li Qi just read it once and he already learned the method.

There is no way, I really know that Yun's ability to directly read information is too strong, coupled with his information flow vision, this exquisite but not very complicated structure is something that he can learn at a glance.

He couldn't even refuse to study, because Li Qi couldn't turn off Zhen Zhi Zhi Yun at all, so he could only subconsciously ignore some messy information.

Moreover, this is ignoring, not shielding. He has just learned to shut down his brain and let it ignore the useless information that Zhenzhi Yun is constantly sending.

"Ah, the result is out. From here, walk towards the southeast corner sixteen minutes four hundred and forty cents, maintaining a narrow slope of ninety-two minutes in the middle. It will take four days to reach it. Our guests will be with us. Come over?" the old man invited Li Qi.

"Thanks for the advice, but I can just go there by myself. Now that I know the direction, it will be much faster." Li Qi smiled and declined the other party's attempt to stay.

There was no need to stay. He was moving much faster. This journey would take four days. Li Qi estimated that he would only need one day, and most of the day would be spent looking for the way.

"Guest, I'm afraid you don't know that the sea is dangerous. If you get lost, it will be difficult to leave later. You can't measure it all the time. You can easily lose your way in the sea just by relying on the directions I mentioned here. Surveying the sea scene, A thousand miles is a difference, and if you don't pay attention, you will be a thousand miles away from your destination."

Sailing on the sea is no better than on land. There is basically no reference at all, and the destination often moves. For example, Dongyu Island will move automatically. The old man is worried that if Li Qi leaves alone, something may happen easily.

Li Qi himself thought this way before, hoping that this floating boat could lead the way, but he just learned the other party's calculation method, so now he can calculate the road by himself, so he doesn't have to worry about anything else.

So Li Qi replied: "Old man, I have learned to know the way, so there is no need to disturb you. After all, I am a stranger. There are women and children on your boat, so I can't wait too long."

"Have you learned to recognize the way?" The old man was stunned.

Li Qi smiled, and the thousands of qi in his hand were intertwined and mixed, simulating the large niche in this room. It was six inches long, half as the base, and half as the axis. Pivot

Then, the model in Li Qi's hand started to run. Referring to the sky, time, and current direction, he looked at the seven constellations in the north on the right, ninety-three degrees and eighty minutes, and the seven constellations in the west on the right, at eighty-three degrees and eighty-five minutes...

The speed of bringing it to Dongyu...

"Well... Dad, you seemed to have miscalculated just now, but the direction is probably correct. According to the direction you said, do you think we will be offset by three hundred miles? However, this distance will be enough when the time comes. If we can catch up, it won't be a problem." Li Qi pointed to his calculation results and said to the old man.

He never thought that he would make a mistake in his calculations. He had already calculated the more complex transformations of the human body and the small world. To him, this kind of calculation was the same as verbal multiplication and voting, and he could get the result completely by instinct.

The old man was stunned. No matter whether Li Qi's calculation was correct or not, this set of procedures had basically been completely replicated, and he couldn't find any mistakes.

But he still didn't believe Li Qi's statement, so he turned around and went to check the calculation.

How can it be considered right if you are meeting someone for the first time? It took him half a year to master this skill.

It took a full two-quarters of an hour to check the calculation. However, after careful calculation this time, the old man was shocked to find that Li Qi's calculation was correct. He had been negligent before and miscalculated by one point, so he was wrong by a full three hundred miles.

"Guest... have you mastered this method before?" The red-haired and black-faced old man raised his head, and his original black face changed color and became a shy red, just like the feeling when he was working at home.

"No, I learned it after my father-in-law demonstrated it to me. It's just my talent. Don't be suspicious, father-in-law. I am indeed from the West. I didn't hide it on purpose. It's just disgusting." Li Qi was worried that he would misunderstand. What, explain quickly.

But the old man took a few deep breaths and said: "I trust the guest. If you really want to get close to me and hide it deliberately, you won't show it to me. It would be easier to just say that you won't. It shows that the guest does." It’s a gift.”

"It's just... I have been studying for half my life, but I was surpassed by the guest at a glance. May I ask... what is the guest's cultivation level?" the old man asked.

Hearing this question, Li Qi said: "Have you ever heard of the nine-grade grading method?"

"That's natural. After all, we have been dealing with Dongyu all year round, so we naturally understand the nine-grade classification method." The old man replied.

"I am now at level seven, barely qualified to travel the world alone. This time I came to the East China Sea to buy ingredients for an old man and to relax myself." Li Qi said with a smile.

"I see, it's not convenient for me to ask you to stay. Guests can go ahead." After hearing this, the old man stopped trying to stay.

Li Qi nodded, called Lao Ma, thanked the other party for his generosity, left some Qi beads as a thank you gift, and left.

I learned how to position myself at sea, which is pretty good.

However, just after Li Qi left——

This floating island composed of boats suddenly became illusory.

Then, the illusory floating island began to waver and turned into wisps of blue smoke. All the vivid life on it, including everyone, couples, parents and children, eventually disappeared in the sunlight.

Instead, there was a huge shell, with its mouth open, floating on the sea.

Li Qi would have recognized it if he were still here.

This is one of the most famous strange beasts in the East China Sea.

Mirage!

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