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After discovering something they had not noticed before, Captain Klaw understood Gu Xi's intentions.
So their ship merely stopped at the dock ahead, cleared away the abnormalities aboard, replenished its various supplies, and set sail again.
This time, the ship only made a circle on the sea before plunging straight into the river mouth.
The people at the dock did not even spare Gu Xi's group a glance.
In their eyes, tending to their own affairs was all that mattered.
Other ships had nothing to do with them.
They did not care whether ships departing from here went north or south. As for sailing upstream into the river, that was the business of those aboard and had nothing to do with them.
It was precisely for this reason that they could live here peacefully instead of accidentally becoming part of an Abomination one night.
As the ship entered the river channel, Gu Xi could clearly feel its speed slowing.
"Is the ship becoming harder to sail?"
With points of reference now available, Gu Xi could naturally sense the ship's speed more clearly.
So he asked directly.
"It is not exactly hard to sail. At most, we are heading against the wind and current, but we have other methods.
"The most important thing is that once we entered the river channel, the traces of Abominations noticeably decreased. That is very unusual."
Upon hearing Gu Xi's question, Captain Klaw immediately explained.
"Oh? What does that mean?"
"My lord, you may not know this, but normally, not every river channel can be entered safely like this.
"Only the Nile River near the Nether Sea and the White Bone River estuary beneath the Undead Islands allow ships to enter freely.
"Once seagoing vessels enter any