Several old servants from the Primordial Divine Mountains unrolled ancient scrolls and spread them across the beach to study them, seeking to pinpoint their destination at sea.
Shi Zhao went over for a look as well, committing it to memory.
The waters surrounding the Kunpeng Nest held mysterious dangers. If they opened a teleportation passage directly there, it would very likely shatter in the void. They could only cross the sea.
Naturally, the sea would hardly be peaceful either. Powerful creatures had inhabited it since ancient times, and with parties from every direction arriving recently, it had become more chaotic than ever.
A youth brought out a little boat carved from a fruit pit. Sparkling and translucent, it swelled in the wind, instantly becoming a magnificent, gilded ship that settled onto the water.
Everyone leaped aboard the great ship, which cleaved through wind and waves toward the depths of the sea.
"Traveling on the surface saves effort, but it also makes us easier targets. Let's stay together and not get separated," Shi Zhao told Shi Hao and Shi Liu, her eyes flickering.
The two naturally trusted her without reservation. Though little of her cultivation remained, her knowledge was still intact, and she had prepared all sorts of countermeasures.
Sure enough, events unfolded just as she had expected.
They had sailed only a thousand li when a huge beast in the sea ambushed them. Silver lightning blasted the great ship to pieces, killing or injuring over half of its several hundred passengers on the spot.
"What sort of creature are you? Why are you attacking us?" A Divine Servant struggled desperately against a strange silver fish.
"I hate you land creatures! A few days ago, every one of my children was killed by scum like you!" the huge silver fish roared.