The Dragon Boat charged straight toward the gap between the seventh and eighth typhoons, like a dragon swimming through the water, unstoppable.
Tian Songshi nodded and said, "The weakest boats should follow Void Sage Fang closely. I'll stay in the middle and suppress the wind and waves again when they begin to strengthen. The better boats will bring up the rear. Otherwise, it'll be hard to get through the whirlpool in the gap."
"Go!"
More than thirty boats followed Fang Yun.
"Once we break through the Typhoon Wall, we'll reach the far end of the Inner Sea. Between there and the Sea Heart lies the Wave Mountain Range. Only by breaking through that range can we enter the Sea Heart! If our fourth poems are good enough, we'll all have a chance to enter the Wave Mountain Range. Even if we can't reach the Sea Heart, we may still get into the River in the Sea and catch at least one middle-grade Literary Heart Fish!" Yan Yukong said with a smile.
"The River in the Sea could be considered a reward for getting through the Typhoon Wall and the Wave Mountain Range. In the annual Crossing the Sea of Learning, at most two or three people used to reach the River in the Sea. Often, decades would pass before anyone entered the Sea Heart."
"We have Fang Yun to thank this time. Otherwise, I'd have to finish my fourth poem before I could get through the Typhoon Wall," Hua Yuqing said.
"Master Pine and Stone, you're aiming for the Sea Heart, aren't you?" Li Fanming asked with a smile. Both men were from the Qi Kingdom, and Li Fanming had even attended the Dumb Great Scholar's lectures.
Tian Songshi nodded and said, "I'd dearly like to see the scenery of