The Shipyards Make Things Difficult

Bai Kejin didn't linger outside for long before returning. He knew that someone had been secretly following and spying on him the whole way out.

Therefore, Bai Kejin carefully wandered around several boat shops, obtained some information, and quickly returned to the Listening Tide Sect, worried that staying outside for too long would attract unnecessary attention.

Upon returning to the guest quarters, Bai Kejin immediately sought out Sang Ying to report on his experiences of the day:

"What A Shui said was right after all; the people here are incredibly xenophobic. Perhaps because I looked too unfamiliar, the managers of those large boat shops casually asked me a few questions in the local dialect, and when I couldn't answer, their attitude immediately turned much colder."

"Then I asked about the rental price of large ships at the shipyard, and they actually wanted to charge me one hundred Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone!" As he said this, Bai Kejin took a big gulp of spirit tea, clearly still angry.

After finishing his tea, Bai Kejin continued, "I initially thought it was just one family that was so hostile towards us, so I asked a few more. But it seemed like they had planned it all; they didn't even need to test me before they knew I was an outsider. They said they could rent a boat, but the price they demanded for Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone was never low. The highest price was even two hundred Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone, and that didn't even include the boatman's fee. If you include the boatman's fee, it would probably be even higher."

The others frowned upon hearing such an outrageous offer.

Having cultivated for so many years and being disciples of a major sect, they could afford a couple hundred Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone, even though they were precious. But charging such a high price for renting a boat for just a few months was simply excessive.

"Ha, a hundred or two Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones would be enough for us to ask a master craftsman in another small world to forge a large ship for us! We only intended to use it for a few months, so we didn't do that, but they went and made outrageous demands!" Dong Fuzhu was also quite angry.

Although Duan Hanyi had heard of the xenophobia in the Cloud Mulberry Realm before, the Teleportation Array between several small worlds had been destroyed at that time, and travel was only possible by inter-realm flying boats. Therefore, he did not know much about the Cloud Mulberry Realm, nor did he realize that the xenophobia here had become so severe.

Duan Hanyi immediately tensed up, knowing that Sang Ying had come here specifically to sail. "So what do we do now? Is there any other way? Or should we ask the Listening Tide Sect to help us find a suitable ship?"

Sang Ying refused. "The Listening Tide Sect might help us with other things, but I'm afraid they won't help us with this. Besides, even if they find a suitable ship, there's no guarantee they won't tamper with it when they discover we're outsiders. Think about it, what if they take us out to sea, and then halfway there they trick us into demanding Spirit Stone, or force us to go back into the sea?"

After imagining it for a moment, everyone felt terrified.

If they were really driven into the sea, there would be so many Demon Beast inside; even if they attacked one by one, it would exhaust them to death.

"So, we're not going to go to sea?" Dong Fuzhu scratched her head.

While the Endless Sea is rich in resources, it also comes with enormous risks. If there really aren't any ships available to rent to them, then perhaps it's best not to take the risk.

Sang Ying was aware of their concerns, but she had a reason that compelled her to go to sea.

The High Antiquity Teleportation Array is located in the center of the Endless Sea. She needs to determine the location of the Teleportation Array before she can make other arrangements.

Sang Ying quickly said, "I'll figure out a way to handle this. Since these boatyards are unreliable, don't waste your time on this. The situation at the Listening Tide Sect is unclear right now, so everyone should be careful and avoid being alone."

Perhaps Sang Ying was worrying unnecessarily, but she always felt that since the Listening Tide Sect had gone to such lengths to lure them here, they wouldn't let them leave so easily.

Fortunately, Dong Fuzhu and the others listened to advice and seriously agreed to Sang Ying's reminder: "Then the three of us will act together from now on."

Sang Ying nodded at them. As for Duan Hanyi and Jiang Zhuoxue, they would definitely stay with her.

After discussing these matters, Sang Ying noticed that it was getting late and told everyone to go and rest.

Alone in her room, she carefully took the golden scales out of her Storage Bag. With the Listening Tide Sect still watching them, Sang Ying didn't know when would be a good time to go to the beach and blow the conch shell.

She held the slightly glowing scales and examined them for a while. Suddenly, the scales began to heat up in waves, and the light on them started to flicker.

Sang Ying knew that the scales must have some special sensitivity.

Looking at the pitch-black sky outside and feeling the increasingly hot scales in her hand, she decided to take a gamble after much deliberation.

Sang Ying changed into a black robe and carefully climbed over the wall of the guest courtyard. She knew that a tail had been following her ever since she left the guest courtyard, but she couldn't care less about that now. She could only speed up and try to shake off the person behind her.

Fortunately, her tail was still far inferior to her cultivation level, and Sang Ying only took a few detours before she completely left the person behind.

The Endless Sea was so vast that Sang Ying barely needed to search before she spotted a hidden coastline.

This place is secluded and hidden by dense bushes, so no one will notice anything unusual about it.

After making sure that no one was around and that she had shaken off the tail, Sang Ying carefully walked to the shore and took the conch shell out of her Storage Bag.

The conch was quite large; Sang Ying needed both hands to lift it up.

She blew hard into the conch shell, and an invisible sound emanated from it. Sang Ying couldn't hear the sound, but she knew that the person Jin Le'er wanted to see would definitely hear it.

The other party had probably been waiting for news from Jin Le'er. Sang Ying originally thought that after blowing the conch shell, she would have to wait quite a while before seeing the person. But to her surprise, not long after, a dazzling golden light slowly emerged from the black waves.

When Sang Ying saw that golden figure, her heart skipped a beat. She couldn't help but take two steps forward, wanting to see what it looked like. But the other person didn't trust humans to that extent, and only communicated with Sang Ying telepathically across a small patch of sea:

"Are you the human she found?"

As Sang Ying expected, it was an extremely pleasant female voice, so beautiful that Sang Ying was almost intoxicated by it.

"I was entrusted by Senior Jin Le'er to come here to deliver something to the person who heard the conch shell's sound. Are you, Senior?" Sang Ying clenched the scales, her whole body unusually tense.

To her surprise, the other person didn't answer her question at all, but instead asked, "You saw her? Where is she? I can smell her on you."

Sang Ying quickly replied, "Senior Jin Le'er isn't here; she only asked me to bring her scales."

As Sang Ying spoke, she placed the scales into the seawater in front of her.

The golden scales had just fallen into the sea when they were swept away by a sudden surge of waves.

She saw it clearly; the scale quickly reached the golden figure in the sea.

It seems that the person Jin Le'er wants to see is also a golden-tailed Jiaoren.