Ye Fan, Gu Xinyue and Gu Chunbo quickly boarded the deck of the heavily armored ship and met Liao Wenhuo, whose face was full of surprise, her uncle Liao Hai, and fellow countryman Wuhou Jia Xu.
Liao Wenhuo came with a caravan of hundreds of people led by Li Qingyun. This caravan included many acquaintances of Ye Fan, businessman Miao Sheng, and escort kings such as Xiong Zi and Fan Yong.
Originally, Ye Fan, Liao Wenhui and others made an appointment to go to Blackwater Bay to do business with Li Qingyun's caravan.
Miao Sheng even invited Ye Fan to resell the extremely rare Zhulong ore and make a lot of money together.
It's just that Ye Fan didn't return to Imperial Valley City, so he didn't set off from Imperial Valley City with Li's caravan.
Unexpectedly, on the huge ferry at the Blackwater River, the two groups of people met again.
"Sister Wen Hao, why are you here so quickly?"
Gu Xinyue was very surprised.
You must know that she and Ye Fan set off directly from the wilderness, but they were not in a hurry and did not go fast. Unexpectedly, Li's caravan set out from Imperial Valley City and actually caught up with them, and boarded the ship in front of them.
Liao Wenhuo nodded excitedly, "The news that the green spider beast tide in the great wasteland was defeated came back to the city. As soon as our caravan got the news, we immediately organized all the people, took a large amount of goods out of the city, and traveled day and night to come to the Blackwater River. Get on the boat at the ferry and prepare to take the boat to Blackwater Bay. I didn't find you in Imperial Valley City, and I was worried that I wouldn't be able to see you. I didn't expect that I met Brother Ye and Sister Xinyue at this ferry. It was really great. . We won't be bored if we go together on the road!"
The caravan's journey to Blackwater Bay is very long. If it takes the land route, it will easily encounter too many obstacles and various attacks along the way, and the losses will be huge.
If you ride on a heavily armored ship, although the Blackwater River is windy and rough, you will encounter far fewer attacks and you will be much safer.
The defensive power of the heavily armored giant ship is very strong, and a ship can accommodate up to 3,000 Martial Kings and Wu Hous. It is much stronger than a single caravan and is not afraid of attacks by ordinary small groups of beasts.
Liao Wenhuo chatted with Gu Xinyue about the interesting things that happened while doing business in various places during this little half a year.
Ye Fan glanced at the people on the deck of the ship and said hello to Li Qingyun, the leader of the caravan.
"Brother Ye is here too, that's great!"
Li Qingyun seemed a little excited and respectful. He had already seen Ye Fan's abilities. Going with Ye Fan would be of great benefit to the safety of their caravan.
As for Gu Chunbo, who boarded the ship with Ye Fan and Gu Xinyue, he looked like a simple and honest old loyal servant and hardly attracted anyone's attention. Even those in the Li family's caravan ignored him and no one became suspicious.
Not long after, some more caravans hurriedly arrived at the ferry of the Blackwater River, and soon the heavy-armored giant ships were fully loaded.
The giant ship slowly left the ferry and quickly headed for the distant Blackwater Bay along the roaring Blackwater River.
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Late at night, everything is silent.
Only the sound of huge waves roaring one after another came from outside the giant ship.
Most of the martial arts practitioners were resting in the cabin. Occasionally, one or two people came out to take a breath and take a dip in the water. There was almost no one on the deck of the ship.
Suddenly, a white line flashed away.
Wu Hou, who was releasing water on the bow of the boat, was suddenly hit by the white line. With a sudden pull, he fell into the rolling black water with a "pop" and disappeared in an instant.
After half an hour, the big man who lived in the same cabin realized that something was wrong when he saw that he had not come back. He searched everywhere in the ship, but still couldn't find him.
"Where is the person? My accomplice went out to drain the water, but why did he disappear? Was he secretly detained by you and prepared to be sold to the mines as slaves?"
The big man couldn't help shouting loudly and questioning the sailors of the ship, causing the entire martial arts on the huge ship to be alerted by the quarrel.
Ye Fan, Gu Xinyue and others were also confused and a little alert.
All the guests rushed out of the cabins, looking at the sailors on the huge ship with extremely questioning eyes. Many caravans even stood up and asked the sailors to give an explanation.
Because there were some private rumors that some mines in Zhongzhou were in urgent need of miners because the conditions were too difficult. Some sailors secretly did some shady things, charmed the customers, and then sold them to the mines at high prices to work as slaves.
Now that someone suddenly disappeared on the ship, of course they immediately suspected whether there were sailors doing such despicable things.
"It was very windy and rough outside. He ran onto the deck of the ship in the middle of the night and was blown overboard by the wind. Can you blame us? If you think we have hidden him, then search him! You can find the whole ship!"
The sailor immediately retorted hastily, how could he be willing to take such a blame? If this ruins the reputation, no one will dare to ride on their heavily armored ship in the future!
"Search! You must search!"
The big man cursed, summoned a group of members of their caravan, and searched the cabin for people, trying to find them.
Many caravans also stepped forward to help find people.
Unfortunately, I searched all night and couldn't find any trace.
This matter has been fussing for a long time, but there is still no result.
The big man must ask the sailors of the huge ship to hand over the people. But the sailors of the giant ship refused to admit that they were the ones who hid the people.
In the next few days, no one dared to go on the ship's deck alone late at night, and everyone stayed in the cabin to rest.
However, every late night, several martial artists disappeared in the cabin, one of whom was a sailor.
Their cabins are all close to the outside, with small windows connected to the outside world.
The thousands of merchants and bodyguards who filled the ship couldn't help but be angered. They searched everywhere in the ship, including the engine room, the bottom cabin, and even every corner of the corridor and the boxes where the goods were stored. Unfortunately, there was no trace.
The most bizarre time was that several martial arts cultivators were walking in the corridor inside the ship talking and laughing. Suddenly one person at the back screamed in terror. Several martial arts cultivators in the front turned around in a hurry, only to find that the person walking at the end had disappeared out of thin air.
Suddenly, something was wrong in the atmosphere inside the heavily armored ship.
No one knows what is going on. Is someone secretly causing trouble, or is there a water monster attacking the crew? He couldn't even find the enemy's shadow, and he didn't know how to defend himself.
"Damn, someone must be attacking our giant ship!"
"Maybe there is a powerful water monster targeting us!"
"Could it be that a powerful ghost from the ghost clan has boarded our ship?... But the ghost can at most kill people, but it can't make them disappear!"
An atmosphere of terror filled the heavily armored ship.
Even the sailors and crew members started to panic. They traveled to Blackwater Bay all year round. Although they often encountered attacks from water monsters, such a strange thing had never happened before.
Even water monsters usually directly attack the defenses of giant ships. There is no way that the martial cultivators above the Wuhou realm in the ship can be kidnapped so easily from the heavy armored ship without any sound.