South Sea,
Along a certain shipping route.
A massive cargo ship cleaved through the sea waves, carefully bypassing several important supply points. It was preparing to pass through places that had always been rarely traveled, skirt around the blockade, and head to the Moon Liên Islands.
"Fortunately, it seemed no one had discovered us."
Above the ship, a square-faced middle-aged cultivator made a circuit. His spiritual sense spread outward as he scanned the surroundings. After finding nothing unusual, he finally descended into the ship's hold.
At this moment,
Inside the hold, a somewhat plump brocade-clad man paced back and forth through the cramped space, his expression uneasy.
When he saw the square-faced middle-aged cultivator come down, he hurriedly went up to meet him and ask about the situation.
"Boss, we're about six hundred li from our destination. This is within the patrol zone guarded by the Moon Liên Islands. There shouldn't be any major problems from here on."
The square-faced middle-aged man's words clearly made the plump brocade-clad man breathe a sigh of relief.
But the middle-aged square-faced cultivator's next sentence made his expression change at once.
"However, Boss, after finishing this trading run, if you plan to make this trip again in the future, I don't intend to come along."
"What is it? Have you run into some difficult matter?"
The plump man grew anxious and hurriedly asked.
As a merchant, especially one who had risen unexpectedly, he did not have much foundation, nor had he made enough friends.
The square-faced middle-aged cultivator before him, known as the great bell, was a True Essence First Layer cultivator and the partner he had always hired to escort his shipping fleets.
If the other party left, it would be difficult for him to find someone else he knew so well and