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Unlike the continuous mountains he had seen in his past life, Li Fan found himself on a vast ocean with no end in sight!
Endless, with no horizon.
"What's going on? Why is the place I ended up this time different?" Li Fan was a bit bewildered.
Taking out the map he had drawn from memory, Li Fan tried to find the location of the sea on it.
But no matter how he compared, he found nothing.
"Well, I can only take it one step at a time." Not knowing where the mistake was, Li Fan put away the map and sighed, "Fortunately, I have the Great Derivation Boat to travel in, otherwise I would be trapped here. I just don't know if I can find a place with people before the Spirit Stones in the Great Derivation Boat run out."
Not one to wallow in self-pity, Li Fan quickly took action.
Choosing a direction, he piloted the Great Derivation Boat, flying and searching for any signs of a city.
The ocean was truly vast and boundless. Li Fan flew for seven days and nights without seeing any signs of human habitation.
Fortunately, there was enough food prepared in the Great Derivation Boat, so he didn't have to worry about survival.
After another ten days, the Great Derivation Boat's speed became increasingly slow, clearly running out of power.
Just when things seemed hopeless, Li Fan finally saw a faint shadow of a ship in the distance on the sea.
Li Fan was overjoyed and immediately lowered the height of the Great Derivation Boat, slowly approaching.
As he got closer, he was speechless.
It was indeed a ship, but one that was almost sinking.
It seemed to have been attacked, with a large hole in the hull, two-thirds of which was already submerged.
In the surrounding waters, dozens of people were struggling, clearly all crew members.
Most of these people didn't know how to swim, barely clinging to broken pieces of wood to stay afloat.
Li Fan was hesitating about whether to use the Great Derivation Boat to save these people when he heard one of the survivors, a man, shouting with great effort, "Everyone, don't be afraid! I've already sent a signal to the Immortal Master! He'll be here soon to save us! Just hold on a little longer!"
Li Fan's heart stirred upon hearing this.
Putting away the Great Derivation Boat, Li Fan jumped into the sea and swam quietly toward these people.
Silently mixing into the crowd, Li Fan also pretended to be barely alive, struggling to survive.
After a while, a streak of light flew from the distance and stopped above the crowd.
"Immortal Master, save me!"
"Immortal Master, please save us!"
…
People saw hope and began to call for help.
"Be quiet!"
The voice was male, but his face and clothing were obscured as if behind a veil, making it hard to see clearly.
The man coldly snorted, and Li Fan felt himself unable to speak, as if some spell had been cast.
The crowd immediately fell silent.
The Immortal Master then flew to the side of the sinking ship, lightly lifting it with his hand, and the ship, which was mostly submerged, was pulled up.
Another beam of light was cast, and the large hole in the ship was instantly repaired.
He then looked at the people floating in the sea, snorted coldly, and gently reached out, lifting them.
Li Fan and the others felt as if they were being picked up by an invisible hand and flown toward the repaired ship.
"Thud! Thud! Thud!"
For a moment, the rescued people were thrown onto the ship like dumplings by the Immortal Master.
Unable to speak, the crowd only groaned.
But their faces were filled with awe and joy at being saved, and they dared not complain.
After everyone was rescued, the Immortal Master flew above the crowd and said harshly, "Who sent the signal to me?"
The man who had comforted the crowd earlier quickly knelt down.
The Immortal Master waved his hand, lifting the spell on him.
The man, while kowtowing, said, "This humble person is Su Changyu…"
The Immortal Master interrupted him directly, "Do you understand the rules? Once we arrive, it's no longer my concern. I've never seen you, and I don't know who you are. Do you understand?"
Su Changyu kowtowed again, "This humble person understands. The elders at home have already instructed…"
His voice trailed off.
The Immortal Master nodded in satisfaction and then silenced Su Changyu again.
The Immortal Master ignored these mortals, went to the bow of the ship, and cast some spell, causing the ship to quickly sail in a certain direction.
Seeing this, the mortals were mostly stunned.
Some people, still shaken from the previous disaster, just sat on the deck, trembling and hugging themselves, seemingly crying silently.
The ship fell into an eerie silence.
After half a day, as night fell, they finally saw a faint light in the distance.
It was a rather prosperous-looking island. Even from a distance, they could faintly hear voices.
The island's dock was lined with hundreds of large ships, a spectacular sight.
However, the ship Li Fan was on did not head to the dock but circled the island and came to a sparsely populated area on the backside.
The ship quietly entered a natural cave through a waterway.
After navigating the narrow cave for a while, it finally stopped.
After the ship stabilized, several burly men in black robes came to assist.
The black-robed men, as if not seeing the Immortal Master, simply used weapons to drive the crowd off the ship.
They remained silent throughout.
After leading the crowd to a spacious hall, one of the black-robed men finally spoke.
"You will rest here tonight. There's plenty of food in the hall; you can help yourselves. Tomorrow, someone will take you to get your identities registered. Also, do not make unnecessary noise." He scanned the crowd with a threatening look before turning and leaving.
The hall fell silent for a moment.
After a long time, the Immortal Master's silencing spell wore off. Then, people in the hall began to discuss in small groups.
"This time, we really had bad luck, encountering a Sea Monster attack. We started with nearly a hundred people, but now less than half are left."
"What's the point of seeking the Dao or cultivating immortality? Sigh, I don't know what my father was thinking, sending me to this big world to cultivate. If you ask me, cultivating is no fun compared to listening to music."
"Exactly. In our place, I'm at least the son of the Southern Pacification King, enjoying all the wealth and luxury. What's so good about this place?…" His voice trailed off into a muffled sound as his quick-handed companion covered his mouth.
At this moment, the man named Su Changyu spoke up, "What's the point of saying these things now? Who didn't pay a huge price to send you here? Instead of complaining, you should focus on cultivating. If you can truly become an Immortal Master, not only will you have a chance at immortality, but you might also have the opportunity to return home and bring your family out."
Li Fan, hiding in the shadows, listened to the conversation and gradually understood the identities of these people.
These people, like Li Fan, were likely mortals exiled from the Severed Immortal Land.
However, it seemed that in their Severed Immortal Land, the existence of the cultivation world was not a secret.
And they had developed a mature "smuggling" route?
Li Fan stroked his chin, lost in thought.
(End of Chapter)