Amid the clanging of hammers.
The captain stood on the deck at the bow, constantly supervising the others as they patched and repaired the ship.
"Damn it, send two men over here! Bring the dragon horn and patch this spot up!"
With his hands clasped behind his back, he patrolled about, shouting from time to time.
The stowaways from the other ships stood silently by the rails, gazing into the distance.
These stowaways had managed to cross vast stretches of wilderness alone. Even those without much fighting ability had hidden cards and methods of their own.
Thus, no matter how greedy the captain was, he did not dare casually stir up conflict with them.
After all, there were plenty of desperadoes and wanted criminals among the stowaways.
Wei He sat cross-legged on the deck at the bow, quietly watching the seemingly unchanging sea ahead.
He had not returned to Far Xi for several years. He wondered how the sect was doing now.
But it did not matter.
So long as Eldest Senior Sister Yuan Du Zi was there, the Xuanmiao Sect would have nothing to fear.
He was still quite confident of that.
This time, his true purpose in leaving Great Yue had not been to return to Xuanmiao, but to find a suitable True Beast—the Cloudy Beast—for the final heart of the Three Hearts Art.
According to the records in the Great Yue bestiary.
Adult Cloudy Beasts generally possessed strength around the Golden Body realm, though weakened Divine Strength realm specimens occasionally appeared.
This True Beast was incredibly swift. When it moved, it naturally trailed faint white clouds and mist behind it.
Thus, true to its name, it was called the Cloudy Beast.
And the latest sightings of Cloudy Beasts had been around the Sea Domain.
That was one