Black Pot returned from afar, getting back onto the multi-storied ship. He looked around in confusion, failing to find the traces of Luo Xiyao and the mute, which left him puzzled.
"They have noble and lofty integrity. Because something threatening to us passengers happened on their ship, guilt welled up in their hearts toward us. Thus, they left the ship to us and departed on their own."
Chen Shi explained to Black Pot, spreading out the geographical map to determine the coordinates of where their ship was located.
"Woof?" Black Pot expressed deep skepticism toward this.
That girl Ten Suns was clearly extremely greedy for wealth; how could she feel guilty and gift them the ship while walking on foot?
At this moment, the large fish pulling the ship laughed. "Two fellow Daoists, they were not the ship owners at all—I am the ship owner. This ship is mine. I made an agreement with them: they collected the money, I drove the ship, and afterward, it was three-sevenths, with me taking seven."
Chen Shi was extremely surprised. He came to the bow and said to the large fish in the Xuanhuang Sea, "Daoist brother, you are not a cultivator; what do you want so much money for?"
"Though I am not human, I also cultivate the Dao."
The large fish laughed. "I too possess the heart to seek the Dao, the ambition to attain the Dao, and the vow to succeed in the Dao. Earning some wealth is merely for the sake of better cultivation. I am a living being enlightened in wisdom, so why would cultivation require a human form?"
Chen Shi was greatly moved in admiration. "I have been instructed."
He continued to examine the geographical map.
The Xuanhuang Sea was boundless, and most of the islands were