Heaven's Formula

"According to the book, the first dragon with a name reached an agreement with the city-state just to find a safe place to live. As for the succession of responsibilities later, and the prosperity of Penglai Island, it was only for this purpose. Incidental things." Kong Xuanzi paused, and organized his words, "I thought to myself, if Jinxia City can let everyone settle down, can adults let go of those burdens and live here purely for themselves? Although Penglai will be punished Forgotten, but we who respect Lord Chi will not disappear because of this, but just changed to a new residence."

Chapter 352 The Unexpected Crisis

Three miles east of the coastline, Noah's tree boat.

Pang Ting Yongge Shaman is inspecting the territory.

When the high priest is away, he is the acting elder, mainly responsible for supervising the health of the tree boat, and deploying various resources bred by the tree spirit.

After three months of docking and replenishment, the tree boat has returned to its former vitality.After not needing a lot of magic power to drive Noah, the orchard grew plump and juicy fruits again, and the islanders also spared their hands to plant some golden vines or cotton balls to supplement the vacancy of the fabric warehouse.

Of course, most of these things will be treated as commodities and traded to Jinxia City.

In particular, the characteristic fruit "bishui tangerine" cultivated on World Island is deeply loved by mainland businessmen.This thin-skinned fruit can squeeze out the pulp with a light pinch. Its juice is blue-green, and it looks like a clear sea in the sun.But its taste is definitely not the salty fishy taste of sea water, but sweet with a little sourness and a strong floral fragrance. It is a good choice whether it is eaten alone or cooked to remove fishy smell.

Pang Ting also likes to eat this kind of fruit, but for Noah's future, he insisted on reducing the family's supply to [-]% to ensure that more green water oranges can be used for trading.It used to be a fruit that could be enjoyed every day on World Island, but now it is good enough to eat it once a week.

Through these transactions, Noah is continuously purchasing what he needs.

Examples include salt, clothing, iron tools, armor, and air rifles.

Although the dried fish marinated with salt is far from the seafood cooked in hot soup, it is better than filling.

The same is true for linen and leather clothes. They are not exquisite, but they can keep warm and cheap enough.

Not to mention the other types.

They are all things that the tree boat cannot produce by itself.

Among them, Pang Ting admired the air rifle the most.With a killing distance of nearly [-] steps, it can also fire continuously, which is much more powerful than bows and arrows and firearms.He also didn't expect that when the high priest offered to buy this weapon, the other party would agree.It is not insincere to let the elves participate in the production and open it to the tree boat to buy.

Since the elves do not need silver taels, the Bureau of Affairs also thoughtfully made a "barter" manual for them. They can either exchange goods for silver taels first, and then use the money to shop, or they can directly exchange the same amount of goods according to the manual .

But even so, Pang Ting still insists that the repurchased goods should be "able to sail independently".

If the tree boat and the mainland are completely bound together, in case the latter changes his mind one day, it will be too late to leave at that time.

While inspecting a new batch of packaged goods, Pang Ting suddenly heard a commotion behind him.

"Don't run around, this is a warehouse!"

"Is the patriarch of the Shaman family here?"

"Do you have something urgent?"

"Yeah, I came all the way from Changqiao Wharf."

"Let him come over!" Pang Ting put down the golden vine in his hand and shouted towards the door.

After seeing the visitor, he took the initiative to ask, "Are you from the Bolton family, what's the matter?"

"My lord, my name is Diller Bolton, and I'm in charge of managing the thorn algae at the Longbridge Wharf." The other party said while panting, "Today's fishing was going smoothly, but in the middle of harvesting the algae, I suddenly found a big thing entangled in it." On the algae belt, everyone thought it was something like a shark, but when they got closer, they realized that it was actually a green shuttle!"

"Green shuttle?" Pang Ting frowned. "The patrol team didn't report the disappearance. Could it be that someone is using it privately? What about the driver? I should know all the islanders who can control the green shuttle."

"The driver...is dead." Diller shook his head, "And the robe he's wearing doesn't look like the one on Noah."

"Not from Noah?" Pang Ting repeated, and suddenly thought of a possibility, his expression suddenly changed, "Take me to see!"

……

At the edge of the treeboat, the dryad grows long synapses, some extending for miles.

The combination and fixation of the tree boat and the tree boat depend on these synapses being embedded in each other, and the unused synapses can be used as docks or towing fishing grounds.

Long Bridge Wharf is one of them.

When we arrived at the pier, there were already many people around the roadside.

"Rang Rang, Rang Rang! The deputy elder is here!"

Pang Ting squeezed into the crowd, and soon saw the green shuttle entangled in thornweed.Through the skeleton, a pale islander lay motionless on the seat, with blood oozing from his robe.

"Has anyone touched him?" Pang Ting asked loudly.

Everyone shook their heads in unison, "My lord, we just dragged the green shuttle here."

"Very good, guards, seal the scene!" Pang Ting immediately ordered to disperse the onlookers, then walked to the green shuttle, lifted the above wave board, and dragged the deceased out of the cockpit.

The other party was indeed not from Noah's Shuzhou. He confirmed that he had never seen this character in his memory, which meant that the green shuttle came from other Shuzhou.

As for the injuries of the deceased... Pang Ting tore off the part of his robe that was dyed red, and two black and red holes appeared in front of him.There is no doubt that the man had been shot with a musket in his lifetime.

Pang Ting felt his heart sink.

The answer is self-evident for enemies who can pose a threat to tree boats on the sea and are equipped with such weapons.

He expected that the other party would enter the Western Sea sooner or later, but he didn't expect that they would pursue so urgently.

"Come on, let Master Senia know," the patriarch stood up, "The tree boat may have to set sail."

……

On the tree platform, the faint fireflies dragged the figures of the two people to a long distance.

"What did you say?" Senia's voice made the fire light tremble slightly, "Let Noah Shuzhou leave Jinxia temporarily?"

"This is the safest way." Pang Ting did not retreat at all. "The fact that the green shuttle came to this place means that other tree boats have also fled to the western sea area, and they will not be too far from the mainland. At the same time, they are still following The imperial pursuit is an extremely dangerous signal. We can head south against the ocean current, find a way to bypass this continent, and then go to the morning and evening sea that has never been explored on the map to find a new foothold."

"Do you know what this means? Not only do we have to turn a blind eye to another tree boat that might exist, but we also have to give up everything we got in Jinxia."

"It's not about giving up. We can come back after avoiding the limelight."

"Why? We have a covenant with Her Royal Highness, and they should help us defend against foreign enemies at this time." The high priest frowned.

"Jinxia City is indeed a good place. Noah Shuzhou gets better every day here, and everyone can see it." Pang Ting sighed, "Because of this, I don't want to gamble on this possibility."

Seeing him like this, Senia also calmed down, "Are you worried that they will break the covenant?"

"The covenant can't let them do what they can't achieve. As you can see, there are almost no warships in Jinxia City, and it is unlikely to send out an attack on the imperial army. This means that the enemy will have the initiative. As long as the coastal bombardment, not only Noah will protect If we don’t come down, the loss of Jinxia City will be immeasurable. At that time, we will have no tree boats, and we will not be able to provide tree spirit seeds, will Princess Qiguo and Executive Officer Xia Fan stick to their previous views?”

Pang Ting paused for a moment and continued, "A qualified person in power should put aside feelings and only use interests to measure the relationship between the two parties. They are like this, and so are we. If you leave this place temporarily, the empire will not focus on Jinxia City. Our clansmen who stay in the city can continue to live unaffected. Similarly, the two parties do not need to use this matter to test the covenant relationship, so as not to leave knots in their hearts. I believe that in a few years, the kingdom of this continent Maybe we'll go out to sea, we'll just have to bear it until then."

Chapter 353 The Meaning of the Covenant

Senia looked at Pang Ting in surprise. At the very beginning, the patriarch was quite pessimistic about whether Jinxia could accept the Shijidao people, but now he thinks about the problem on the premise of continuing the relationship between the two parties.

"Do you think I can't feel the changes in the tree boat?" Pang Ting smiled bitterly, "If there is a place to settle down, no one wants to choose a life of wandering. Those children in my family, those who stayed on land It’s almost time to go home.”

"What do other families think?"

"I haven't asked them for their opinions, but as long as you nod, they should all follow your ideas. After all, this matter will not damage their real interests-the children can be sent to Jinxia, ​​but the adults will suffer at most."

"What about Noah's condition?" Senia pondered.

"There are reserves of all kinds of materials, which can support a long-distance voyage for about half a year. The three-month rest is for the tree boat to set off at any time." Pang Ting replied, "The only problem is the morning and evening sea. There has never been anyone I have been to the waters there, and what will happen there is still a blank in the plan. But the good news is that the ships of the empire will not follow them."

"...I understand." The high priest was silent for a while, "I have to talk to the director of Jinxia City about this, and it can be regarded as reminding them that the threat of the empire is close at hand."

"Of course, but if possible, don't spread the news."

"I know." Senia showed a sad look. Perhaps some escaped tree boats had fallen into the hands of the enemy, but they couldn't do anything.

She looked up at the night sky—not a single gleam of star could be seen in the chaotic twilight.

After escaping World Island, she should have gotten used to wandering.

But for some reason, Senia felt a bit of reluctance at this time.

……

Xia Fan did not expect that the High Priest of the Elf would visit him in the middle of the night.

When he heard the guard's announcement, he was stunned for a while, but the scrutiny of the fox behind him quickly made him react, "Ahem, please go to the living room, I will change my clothes and go."

Li threw his coat to him, "It seems that she must have something very urgent."

"I think so."

"Don't worry, I won't eavesdrop."

Xia Fan rolled his eyes silently, he seemed to have heard such words before - it is impossible to eavesdrop on purpose, but there is nothing to do if you happen to hear it.

Who made the fox demon have a keen sense of hearing?

"You might as well go with me, it's quite cold on the roof in winter."

"Who said I could squat on the roof!" Li's tail stood up.

"All right, all right, I was wrong, do you want to come?"

"...It's okay to go and see you."

Xia Fan couldn't help chuckling, "Then let's go."

Entering the living room, he found that apart from Kaisenia, there was also Pang Ting, the patriarch of the Shaman family, among the visitors.

And the looks of the two made him realize that the visit might not bring good news.

"Good evening, I hope I didn't disturb your rest." Senia nodded in greeting.

Xia Fan cupped his hands in return, "It's okay, you two must have something important to tell. Did something happen on the tree boat?"

This is also what he has been worried about. After all, not all elves are as cheerful and outgoing as Airi, and there will inevitably be disputes and frictions during the fusion period.

"Not really, but the problem is far more troublesome than this." Senia recounted the discovery of the dock area and her own deduction in detail, "If Noah can go south temporarily, those chasing soldiers should not approach Jinxia's coastline. Of course, the risk of Noah being discovered is not high, after all, he is sailing against the ocean current, and the enemy will not do such a thankless search without a definite target."

Xia Fan's attention was completely attracted by another matter.

"Do you think there may be another escaped tree boat in this area of ​​the East China Sea? Is there a way to confirm or contact them?"

Senia was stunned, "My lord, if it really exists, it is very likely that it has fallen into the enemy's hands. Otherwise, the people above would not have taken the green shuttle to escape."

"But you also said that those people who plundered the World Island wanted the seeds of the tree spirit and the elves who could manipulate the seeds, right? This means that they will not kill all the people on the tree boat."

The high priest covered his mouth, "Do you mean—"

"Of course we tried to save them." Xia Fan said righteously, "Didn't we sign a covenant to deal with the threat of the empire together?"

Another tree boat means another batch of new elves!

As we all know, the sea area to the east of Jinxia is naturally owned by Jinxia. As for whether it is 120 nautical miles or [-] nautical miles, there is no law of the sea convention anyway, and it is obviously up to Jinxia to decide.

How can there be such a cheap thing to rob one's own population in one's own territory?

"But with all due respect—" Pang Ting interjected, "The opponent has a sea-going ship, and you don't have the ability to take the initiative."

"But you have." Xia Fan's thoughts turned sharply, "Noah's tree boat must be moved, but not to the south, but to cooperate with Jinxia. As for the specific plan, it depends on the specific information. So the question is Going back to the original point, first of all we have to grasp the situation as much as possible, including how many enemies there are and where they are.”

He paused, "If the opponent is the main fleet coming out in full force, it is indeed a bit difficult to deal with. It is wise to avoid the sharp edge. But it is only a pursuit force, and it should not be helpless. Use the tree spirit to face the artillery enemy For Noah, there must be a certain risk, but you two don’t want to just give up those captured companions? As long as we cooperate with each other and fight side by side, there may be a chance for this matter.”

Senia bit her lip, the "we" made her unable to say a word for a while.

Originally, she just wanted to keep some elves in Jinxia City and use the covenant to allow Xia Fan to keep these young people, but she didn't expect that he would directly treat those refugees who fell into the hands of the empire as the objects of the contract.

It is true that the covenant was indeed signed in this way, but as the ruler, she certainly knows that the power to interpret the clauses often lies with the high-ranking person, not to mention that Xia Fan's idea is not only to resist and protect, but also to take the initiative to fight .

Senia and Pang Ting glanced at each other, and the latter leaned over slightly and stopped talking.

This is an expression left to her decision.

The high priest stood up, bowed his chest to Xia Fan, and then solemnly said, "I thank you on behalf of the residents of World Island. No matter what the result is, Noah Shuzhou will remember this kindness. What we need to do next, Please do so."

Xia Fan didn't shirk, "Is there a way to communicate between the tree boats?"

"The tree spirits are independent individuals and have nothing to do with each other. However, the seeds born by the tree spirits can resonate with themselves." Senia replied, "Airi was able to find Noah in the sea precisely because of her. The manipulative green shuttle comes from the fruit of Noah."

Xia Fan immediately understood the meaning of the other party's words, "So using the green shuttle that was caught, we also have a chance to find the source of its birth."

"Exactly." The high priest nodded.

Chapter 354 Intruder

……

The next day, Noah boarded the boat.

One hundred of the most elite fighters were summoned in front of Senia.They are all well-known strong men in various families. When Noah was separated from World Island, they were the ones who blocked the imperial people from the tree boat.

Senia put on a white priestly robe and slowly climbed onto the tree platform.

"I believe you should have heard about what happened yesterday. The facts are as you have guessed. The enemy came smelling of blood. The blood came from the islanders who have the same blood as us."

"Ashamed to say, my first thought was to avoid the edge and come back after the crisis has passed—or we have been doing this for more than ten years, retreating from the ocean to the world island, and then retreating from the world island to the world island." In the distant ocean, escape has gradually become a matter of course."

"But this time, Jinxia City is standing behind us. This is an unsinkable continent. Even if the tree boat is burned in the flames of war, we will not be homeless, so I don't want to take everyone to continue to escape. More than that, I also want to pull those clansmen who have fallen into the hands of the empire, and bring them out of the abyss before they become slaves!"

"For this, I need the help of all warriors. Use this green shuttle to find the tree boat and the traces of the enemy."