Daoist Liyue, I live in the Hall of Rebirth!

But now, on this ship, a scholar is standing on the deck looking at the large fleet ahead.

"Xingqiu, why don't we apply to join the Southern Cross Fleet?" Chong Yun walked over with his big sword on his back.

"Are you going?" Xing Qiu's eyes drifted over, "I want to go to you, anyway, I won't go."

"Why?" Chongyun wondered, "You are the second son of the Feiyun Chamber of Commerce. Before we set off, Lord Ningguang issued an order that most of Liyue's chambers of commerce should cooperate with this operation. We should be able to board that ship too. of."

"Oh, it's not a matter of the Chamber of Commerce or not." Xing Qiu lay on the railing, stretched his neck and looked at the fleet ahead, as if he could see the Death Omen.

"It's Beidou, it's Big Sister Beidou."

"Are you afraid of her?" Chong Yun.

"I, I respect her very much." Xing Qiu snapped open the folding fan, fanning non-stop, "So, that's fine, that's fine."

"Hmm... I heard that Sister Beidou seems to like to touch the heads of people younger than her." Chongyun muttered.

"What did you say? Is there such a thing?" Xingqiu's eyes drifted over again.

Chongyun shrank his neck, "I didn't say anything."

Xingqiu is worthy of being the second son of the Feiyun Chamber of Commerce. This merchant ship is really luxurious. In order to take an adventure to Guyun Pavilion, he deliberately towed a tourist boat from his own Chamber of Commerce and hired professional sailors.

It's very gorgeous, but it's a pity that the cook is not as strong as Xiangling, and the taste of the dishes is much inferior to that of Manmintang.

That's why Xingqiu stood on the deck at this time, looking enviously at the big fish dragged in the middle of the big fleet.

"That fish must taste good."

"But we don't have a chef who can control that big fish." Chongyun reminded in a low voice

"So, we are one step too late." Xing Qiu said bitterly, "It would be great if you went to Wanmintang and invited Xiangling over."

"Hey, at that time, Xiangling had already prepared Dengbeidou's boat." Chongyun complained, "Or are you going to move Master Mao to the boat?"

"Forget this, cough cough." Xing Qiu snapped back the folding fan, raised his legs and prepared to return to the room.

"Follow up the big fleet ahead, don't stay too far away." He said to the sailors around.

"Yes, Second Young Master." The sailors shouted in unison.

......

Sailing at sea is boring, but once you get busy, it passes quickly. Since the big fish was caught, the crew of the entire fleet have tried to move this thing to the ship.

However, it was too big. As a last resort, the crew had to dismember it and store it in fragments. At this time, it was Xiangling who started to get busy.

She entered into a familiar rhythm, turning pots and spoons, chopping vegetables and cooking meat with ease, sweating profusely, for a moment she thought she was back at the Manmin Hall at noon.

But the bumbling crew around her dissuaded her.

"Shen Ming, Xin Yan! Come and help me!"

As frequent visitors of Wanmintang, Shen Ming and Xin Yan have a very good relationship with Xiangling, and their cooking skills can be learned by one or two steps.

Since he learned from Xiangling, he cooperated much better than the crew members, so he was recruited by the busy Xiangling to be a strong man.

"slice."

"Okay." Shen Ming.

"Xin Yan, you can take the blame over there." Xiang Ling shouted.

"Oh!" Xin Yan said.

In this way, the busy afternoon passed quickly, and at night, all the lights of the fleet were turned on.

"Oh!!"

"The banquet begins!"

Fine wine and delicacies were brought out one after another, and as the most important chef, Xiangling stood not far away and watched the crew members who were eating hazelnuts, feeling a sense of accomplishment in their hearts.

Every time she goes to sea with Sister Beidou, she finds this the most interesting thing. She keeps making new dishes with ingredients that she has never seen before.

The crew members are very courageous. Unlike in Liyue Port, it is very difficult to find someone who is willing to try it. Here, as long as what you cook can be eaten, there will always be interested people who will try it. .

"Hmm—delicious!" Xin Yan took a piece of fish with chopsticks and put it in his mouth. It was sweet and tender, and his taste buds exploded.

"Oh? Xin Yan, did you see Shen Ming?" Xiang Ling looked left and right, but she didn't see Shen Ming.

"Shen Ming? He seems to have gone to the deck?" Xin Yan said while swallowing.

Shen Ming was indeed on the deck, he was observing the layout of the Death Omen.

"Shen Ming, what are you doing? Don't you want to eat some? Sister Beidou has already immersed herself in it." Xiang Ling leaned against the door and looked at Shen Ming with her arms around her chest.

Hearing this, Shen Ming walked over and glanced inside through the crack of the door.

Sure enough, Beidou was eating and drinking with her crew members, without any airs, laughing heartily.

"I'm observing the layout of the Death Star."

"Why are you observing this?" Xiangling asked strangely.

"This time I will encounter a sea monster when I go to Guyun Pavilion. My rock-attribute god's eye on the sea doesn't have much room to play, so I have to prepare in advance."

"Does it need to be prepared so early?" Xiangling was even more surprised, "Obviously there is still at least half a month to arrive at Guyun Pavilion, and we just went to sea for the first day."

"Oh, I see, it must be your first time to go to sea." Xiangling seemed to understand something, and said with a smile, "Although the fleet is moving very fast, the sea may be slower than you imagined. Much wider."

"For those who go out to sea for the first time, facing the wind and waves, and the rickety deck, it is very uncomfortable, and it is difficult for people who stay in Liyue Port for a long time to get used to the slow-paced life at sea."

"Relax, before we actually arrive at Guyun Pavilion, our task is to recharge our batteries and eat and drink."

Shen Ming roughly glanced at the layout of the Death Omen, and then at Xiangling.

Xiang Ling didn't speak, just tilted her head, and gestured for Shen Ming to enter the room.

"OK then."

"Come on! I feel like my inspiration has come! I'll perform an explosive song for everyone!" Xin Yan was obviously drunk, and with a blushing face, she picked up her guitar and began to beat the beat.

"Come on, come on."

"Not pirates, not pirates, we have high ambitions!"

"Even if there is a huge wave ahead, we will work together to break through."

"Don't look at me arguing, don't watch me arguing, it will make your heart tickle."

"I really waited until I went to the battlefield, I..."

Chapter 43 Arriving at Guyun Pavilion

Half a month's time is not too much, and it is not much less.

On the sea, half a month is enough time for Beidou's Southern Cross Fleet to complete a not-too-distance voyage.

For Southern Cross, the distance from Liyue Port to Guyun Pavilion is obviously much shorter than the distance from Liyue Port to Daozuma City. It doesn't seem so boring when everyone has gradually gotten used to it.

In terms of food, thanks to Xiangling, the crew did not have to eat the dry food stored in Liyue Port for half a month.

In other words, Xiangling can make flowers even if these are just dry food to keep you full. After all, what she is best at is to use some strange ingredients to make a bunch of them. good food.

Things like slime that look like snot can be used for cooking, not to mention just ordinary ingredients. For a person like Xiangling who is full of brains from the neck up in cooking, it is really easy. But that's all.

Perhaps this is also an important reason why Beidou always takes Xiangling with him every time he goes to sea. An ocean voyage does not move for half a year or several months. If there is an ultimate chef who can make delicious food no matter what kind of food is in the Southern Cross Fleet, The happiness of the crew will undoubtedly increase a lot.

Beidou once asked Xiangling if he wanted to be a full-time chef on the ship, but unfortunately he was rejected.

And this time the Southern Cross Fleet sailed thanks to Xiangling, because since they caught a big fish on the first day of going to sea, the crew hadn't eaten seafood from the sea for a long time.

It is also Xiangling's talent to make delicious dishes no matter how ordinary or strange ingredients are, that makes the crew members still full of energy until now, instead of being like Xingqiu and others who follow behind, they eat every day. I feel like throwing up when I see food.

"Guyun Pavilion is ahead, everyone get ready." Beidou said standing on the deck.

Hearing this, Shen Ming glanced in the direction of Guyun Pavilion.

It should be said that it is indeed a world where gods exist. The weather and sea conditions are so unscientific, but they still exist.

Standing on the deck, you can already see the peak of Guyun Pavilion, but the sea surrounding Guyun Pavilion doesn't look so beautiful, let alone the dark clouds visible to the naked eye.

After observing for a while, Shen Ming looked at the Death Star again.

Half a month was enough for Shen Ming to understand most of the layout of the Death Omen Star, and then put out what he wanted.

Not only that, because this time, after all, he was going to the Guyun Pavilion to perform a mission, out of the necessary vigilance against the Guyun Pavilion, Shen Ming still communicated with Beidou.

After three days of communication and negotiation with Beidou, Shen Ming finally persuaded Beidou to change the fleet.

To be honest, the three days of persuading Beidou to change the formation were the hardest time for Shen Ming. He never expected that there would be such a big difference between himself and Beidou in terms of formation.

But it was also obvious that Shen Ming himself had expected such a situation, because what he wanted to lay down was the Jiugong Bagua formation, not the battle formation at sea.

At this time, it was time for Shen Ming to use his tongue. He did not insist on his theory, but chose to seek common ground while reserving differences, and actively negotiated and communicated with Beidou.

Finally, after several quarrels and compromises, the two finally reached an agreement on the array issue. Beidou agreed with Shen Ming to change the array into Jiugong Bagua array, but as a compromise, Beidou had to choose the type of ship himself, and the sea The dominance must be Beidou itself.

To be honest, Shen Ming didn't expect Beidou's reaction to be so big. His actions out of insurance and to ensure the safety of the fleet were misunderstood by Beidou as interference in the fleet command.

But fortunately, although he and Beidou have their own self-confidence, they are not self-willed people. With both sides retaining the bottom line, the misunderstanding is finally resolved.

"Shen Ming, is your so-called Jiugong Bagua formation really useful?" Beidou still didn't fully believe in Shen Ming's formation until this time.

"It's easy to use, it's really easy to use." Shen Ming said helplessly, "Have we finished negotiating here? I didn't ask for the nine palaces, as long as there are one boat in each of the eight directions."

"I still don't believe it. When the three of you fought with me, I did feel a strange aura, but if you say that you can wrap the entire fleet in by yourself, then you are joking." Beidou looked To the distant horizon.

"Don't believe it? Then just watch it." Shen Ming was quite calm.

After the eight ships were selected by Beidou, Shen Ming ran over to remodel the eight ships one by one.

It doesn't mean drastic changes, but a simple spell-casting platform is arranged in a specific cabin, and specially illuminated talismans are placed.

Every talisman occupies the eight palaces and eight trigrams except the middle palace, and together with the death sign, the boats are faintly connected by the formation.

The talisman used by Shen Ming this time is not a one-off, but more like a magic weapon, as long as it is taken out, it will have an effect, almost semi-permanent.

How long this semi-permanent deposit lasts depends on the skill of the producer and the strength of the consecration.

Shen Ming's eight talismans are enough to last a month, more than enough to complete this mission.

But there is also a burden, because this time Shen Ming did not ask God, so if the formation is activated, it can only be maintained by Shen Ming himself, this is a challenge for Shen Ming.

"Anyway, you chose these eight ships. You said it yourself. Even if my formation fails, your fleet will not lose much combat power." Shen Ming.

"That's what you said, but when you were negotiating with me, you boasted that there is no sea monster that can block the formation without the demon god, why? Withering at this time?" Beidou looked at Shen Ming sideways.

"You won't believe it." Shen Ming folded his arms around his chest, "Anyway, as we agreed, you will deal with the sea monsters outside the fleet, and hand over the sea monsters that fall into the formation to me."

Beidou glanced at Shen Ming, his eyes were full of warnings, "The ugly words are up front, the command is not in your hands, and if the eight ships want to move or fire, I have to come."

Shen Ming didn't want to complain anymore, and made an ok gesture with one hand.

"I don't know much about naval warfare, and I don't know how to pretend to be a wolf with a big tail. You can command at ease, and I will do my job honestly."

"Oh, don't say that, I just settled the account beforehand." Looking at the speechless Shen Ming, Beidou felt embarrassed when Shen Ming said this.

"I still trust you very much, I hope your formation can bring me surprises."

Chapter 44 First Battle

The fleet gradually entered the sea area of ​​Guyun Pavilion.

Not long after entering, the sky became gloomy visible to the naked eye, the whole sky was gray, and it started to rain after a while.

boom!

Light rain turned to heavy rain within minutes, thundershowers and then storms.

"Everyone be careful!" Beidou stood in his position and kept dispatching the fleet.

And Shen Ming stood not far behind Beidou, which was transformed into a table for Shen Ming's convenience.

Although it is a wooden table, it is very strong.

Adhering to the principle of openness and transparency, Shen Ming deliberately chose a place not far from Beidou to cast the spell, so that she could see the whole process.

Of course, whether people see it or not is their business.

On the table, there is an abbreviated version of the Nine Palaces Eight Diagrams Formation, which is in the shape of a regular octagon, with a Tai Chi diagram in the center, and eight sides extending into Eight Diagrams, each side representing a direction.

And on this table, there are a total of eight talismans hanging in the air on the table, emitting a faint golden light.