The situation at hand.
It was obvious that this painting calamity was aimed at Demon Port, and the ancient ruins might have been the fuse. So naturally, the first suspect had to be the Return Journey Research Institute.
But Yang Ling clearly had no intention of getting involved.
Demon Port had four Top Factions behind it, and Medicine King City was even suspected of having ties to the Green Lotus Sect.
He was an outsider who was merely using Demon Port to head out to sea.
There was no need for him to invite trouble.
But that was precisely the problem. He did not want to get mixed up in this mess, yet the fleet was still drifting overseas and could not reach the port within three days.
"There are only two ways now."
"First."
"I'll have the fleet remain at sea for a while and come over after the painting calamity ends. But if we do that, we'll have to delay for some time. Conservatively, it'll take a month before it ends completely."
"Even if it ends."
"Demon Port will probably be vastly changed."
"Whether we'll still be able to go out to sea will also be unknown."
When the painting calamity ended.
This area would become a deep pit.
Seawater would pour in.
It was difficult to predict what kind of changes that would bring.
Moreover.
The four major forces would probably intervene very soon. Not to mention confronting the painting calamity, even after it ended, they might temporarily blockade Demon Port and forbid anyone from using it.
These were all very common measures.
No matter how much face Tianyu Ancient Village had, after suffering such a disaster, they would probably politely refuse any request to go out to sea.
"In that case."
"We can only risk boarding