nucmednet Chapter 1033 At such an age, it's probably not a good idea for him to switch to another sect.
Chapter 1033 At such an age, it's probably not a good idea for him to switch to another sect.
The horse team running alongside the wooden boat noticed that the boat was moving further away, and immediately shouted and began to draw their bows and shoot arrows at the boat.
The river here is forty or fifty feet wide, and the wooden boats travel in the middle of the river, less than thirty feet from the bank.
The pirates had powerful bows, and their arrows could reach the wooden ships.
Several arrows landed on the deck and also on the thatched hut in the cabin.
The arrow's fletching trembled, producing a chilling vibrato.
Ye Haishan waved his hand: "Rong Rong, row the boat over there, put some effort into it, you've just finished eating."
Rong Rong shouted loudly as he vigorously rowed the oar.
"Master, let me go and kill a few of them to scare them away."
"Don't do anything rash. The situation at Fengting is already quite tense. For now, the priority is to stay out of the way and avoid causing any more trouble."
Ye Haishan said helplessly.
Lin Feng didn't care about any of that. He stole the pirate leader's warhorse, which had a bow hanging on it, so its quality was naturally much better than the equipment of the other pirates.
This is where it comes in handy.
The two sides, one on a wooden boat in the river and the other on horseback on the bank, were no more than forty paces apart and began to shoot at each other with bows and arrows.
However, although the pirates had many arrows, they could not harm the three people on the ship. But every arrow Lin Feng shot would inevitably knock a galloping pirate to the ground.
Every time a pirate warhorse tumbled to its side, it elicited gasps of surprise from the knights.
Because the warhorse was suddenly struck by an arrow while running, and then rolled forward in a spectacular manner, with people screaming and horses neighing in agony, accompanied by the sound of a huge body hitting the ground, both the visual impact and the sound effects created a shocking feeling.
Lin Feng had already fired seven or eight arrows, which forced hundreds of pirate cavalry to unconsciously increase the distance between themselves and the wooden ship.
Even Ye Haishan and Rong Rong, who was busy rowing, couldn't help but praise it in unison.
"Hey, great archery."
"As expected of a skilled soldier from the Zhenxi Army."
Rong Rong added.
"I have long heard that the soldiers of the Zhenxi Army are all highly skilled in martial arts, proficient in all eighteen weapons, and especially skilled in horsemanship and archery, which can rival those of the Iron Tartars."
Lin Feng spoke modestly as he drew his bow and shot an arrow.
"Hey, hey, I'm nothing special. In the Zhenxi Army, I'm only considered average."
Rong Rong's eyes widened: "Huh? Your archery skills are only average?"
"Hmm, maybe even below average."
"Alas, no wonder the Zhenxi Army is invincible in the world. Every soldier has such outstanding skills. Which army in the world dares to challenge their might?"
Ye Haishan sighed.
At this moment, Rong Rong had already taken control of the wooden boat and moved along the river to avoid the firing range of the pirate cavalry.
"Master, which way should we go?"
Ye Haishan frowned as he looked at the upstream river, then turned to look at the downstream river, lost in thought for a moment.
"Muchuan, what are your plans?"
Finally, he asked Lin Feng, which made Rong Rong glance at him sideways.
It was rare to see Master behave like this; he usually appeared confident and composed.
Lin Feng raised his finger and pointed to the downstream section of the river.
“If we go down from here, another three or four hundred li will be the mouth of the Yongding River. We can go south along the coastline, and in no more than five hundred li, we will reach the salt fields of the pirates.”
At this point, Lin Feng shut his mouth.
Without needing to say anything more, the two men on the boat understood his meaning.
Rong Rong frowned and asked, "Mu Chuan, how many men are guarding the sea pirates' salt fields?"
"I heard there are more than a thousand people."
"Over a thousand! How do I collect it?"
Lin Feng laughed and said, "With your skills, even if there were more than ten thousand, you wouldn't be able to stop them."
Ye Haishan's eyes widened, and the wrinkles on his face were stretched out considerably.
"Boy, you want this old man to steal salt?"
Rong Rong immediately shouted, "Mu Chuan, don't be rude! Do you know who my master is?"
Lin Feng shook his head: "I don't know, but I only saw that your master was very happy when he ate the fish."
Ye Haishan was taken aback, then nodded.
"That's true."
Lin Feng waved his hand: "Let Master watch the boat, the two of us will go steal salt."
Rong Rong glanced at his master.
Ye Haishan laughed and said, "Good lad, let this old man go crazy with you this time."
"Look how happy our master is."
Lin Feng clapped his hands in praise.
Rong Rong quickly shook his head: "Stop, stop! This is my master. Don't call him master like that. Your ancestors' graves haven't even started to emit any good fortune yet."
Lin Feng shrugged: "I'm just addressing him respectfully because of his age. Even if I were to call him 'Master,' what could he possibly teach me?"
"What?"
Both of them stared at Lin Feng in surprise.
Ye Haishan is eighty-one years old this year, and his disciple Rong Rong is nearly fifty. Kunyu Mountain is a major sect among the hidden sects in the Central Plains. Its cultivation methods are considered to be one of the most authentic secret methods in the cultivation world.
Kunyu Mountain has the strictest requirements for accepting disciples. It not only looks at talent, but also considers personal fortune, birth time, geographical location, and other inhuman requirements.
In short, the way Kunyu Mountain accepts disciples can be described as extremely strict and almost superhuman.
This ignorant young man in front of me dares to say that they are unteachable?
Even if he were Rong Rong's disciple, he certainly wouldn't accept this boy as his apprentice.
Seeing that the two of them looked constipated, Lin Feng turned around and sat down on the deck.
"Don't be so unconvinced. I just want to ask, was the fish I grilled just now delicious?"
The two nodded in agreement, indicating that it was indeed delicious.
"Have you learned how to make refined salt?"
Rong Rong nodded again quickly.
"You saw me shoot an arrow just now, didn't you? How was your archery?"
"Very good."
The two said in unison.
Lin Feng snapped his fingers.
"Yes, perhaps if you follow me, you can learn more and make your life worthwhile."
Rong Rong forgot to row, and Ye Haishan turned his head and stared blankly at the water.
For a moment, apart from the sound of rushing water, there was no other noise.
The pirate cavalry on the riverbank, seeing that they could do nothing to the wooden boat for the time being, had no choice but to retreat temporarily and discuss how to proceed.
The wooden boat drifted downstream on its own, and soon passed Qi County, continuing its journey towards the estuary.
Ye Haichuan is a man who takes things as they come. This time, he comes out of seclusion to summarize his life's cultivation journey and perhaps, in a state of extreme relaxation, he can take another step forward.
Seeing that Elder Wuli Xinmen was anxiously searching for Shufeng Pavilion, he knew that the child was safe.
Soon, Shu Fengting's mother, Shu Qin, will arrive, so there's no need for Ye Haishan to interfere anymore. It's better to let Lin Feng have some fun.
In view of this, the three of them let go and allowed the wooden boat to drift freely, drifting further and further away from their original intention of going down the mountain.
As they approached the estuary, the current became increasingly rapid, and the wooden boat moved much faster as well.
Rong Rong simply took control of the rudder and didn't need to row anymore.
After a long while, Rong Rong finally snapped out of her thoughts.
"Muchuan, what other skills do you have that you can teach me?"
"There is much I can teach you, but you are already someone else's disciple. At your age, it's not appropriate for you to switch to another sect, is it?"