The Glory After Rebirth [重生之尊荣]

Chapter 550- 551

Chapter 550: Spin-Off – A Journey to the South Ocean (8)

"It's right up ahead," said the pirate, pointing in the direction of a fog bank they were heading for. Having been trapped on this vessel for days, he had come to realize that he stood no chance of fleeing it and learned to be cooperative. He hoped these people of the Great Wen would spare his life. He didn't want to die.

As he had pointed them in the right direction helping them get to the destination so soon, Yuwen Tong granted his request, allowing him to stay on the vessel with a couple of men who would be guarding and protecting him.

"This is weird. Why are we not seeing the Fangcun flotilla? Have they by any chance entered that area already?" said Ling Zhang.

The visibility in the area ahead was too poor for them to tell the direction. They could see from a long way off that those waters were shrouded in thick mist, but there was no other flotilla staying in the vicinity.

"Probably. Given how anxious the king of that statelet was, I don't see why they would linger outside after having come this far," said Yuwen Tong.

"They've got a lot of balls, I'll give them that. Do you think we should go in there immediately as well?" asked Ling Zhang.

He looked at the dense fog. His grandfather and Ji Yanlai both believed that the cause of the fog was a large-scale concealment Formation deployed around the island, but what with its magnitude and the sea, he was unable to tell how it worked by merely looking at it from the outside. However ...

He perceived instinctively that there was danger in the mist, that the only way ...

"That's our way in, if we're going to get in there," he said, raising his hand and pointing south-east.

Yuwen Tong looked at him. "You sensed something?"

Ling Zhang inclined his head. "I can feel it's quiet there, and all the other areas strike me as dangerous."

With that, he shifted his gaze to Ji Yanlai, who agreed with him. "Your hunch is right."

"I wonder what kind of secrets there are on this island. Someone actually went to such lengths as to deploy a concealment Formation of this scale around it," said Ji Yin, looking in the direction of the dense fog in the distance.

"No matter what, we'll find out after we get in there," observed Ling Zhaowu.

Yuwen Tong turned on his heel and called the officers over. "It's getting late, so we're not going to the island today. Send word that we're spending the night here. Tomorrow, after daybreak, half of our men are to go with me into the fog, and the other half are to stay here waiting for further instructions."

"Yes, Sire."

...

The fleet formed up, staying outside the fog bank, sailors and marines bustling around on the vessels. It was not easy to keep ships from drifting off course in these waters. Fortunately there was no strong wind or wave, and the situation was in hand.

The next morning, warm sun poured onto the surface of the sea and before long it was fully light.

The fleet resumed progressing towards the fog bank.

Ling Zhang, Yuwen Tong and some others were standing on the deck, watching the fog gaining on them.

Everybody was on the alert after the vessels sailed into the fog. Ling Zhang cleared his mind and let go of all emotion, sensing the subtle guidance which felt as though it were from a superior plain of existence, trying to navigate the fleet through the thick mist.