Chapter 1105: Landing on the Island

"Unlikely, Your Excellency might have remembered wrong." Fang Canran remained calm, smiling in response. He Lingchuan's heart stirred. That's right, Fu Shanyue had interacted with Fang Canran in Lingxu City. At that time, Fang Canran was the Grand Steward of the Golden Horn family and had visited Pianxiang Villa specifically several times; it would be strange if Fu Shanyue had no impression.

Fang Canran fled Lingxu City after finishing a world-shaking event, changing his appearance and voice from then on.

But Fu Shanyue did not rely entirely on faces to recognize people; his sense of smell was truly too sensitive!

If he remembered which "old friend" this was based on the scent, it would not be very wonderful.

He Lingchuan introduced the two sides; Fang Canran and Fu Shanyue were both lukewarm to each other.

These two, one was a representative sent by Lingshan, the other was an envoy stationed by Beijia on the Yangshan Archipelago; in terms of stance, they should be considered enemies.

He Lingchuan hurriedly said to Fang Canran: "Brother Songyuan has come from afar, rest for half a day first. I'll take this fellow out for a walk."

Fang Canran had his usual good demeanor: "You go ahead, don't worry about me."

Thus, He Lingchuan took Fu Shanyue and little Taozi to the pier of Suoding Island.

This jetty was specifically for small boats; He Lingchuan asked Fu Shanyue: "Can you row a boat?"

"Small matter, I am omnipotent." Fu Shanyue looked around: "I used to often drift alone on the rivers and lakes."

"Good." He Lingchuan then called two boatmen, each rowing a small boat to Longji Island.

Out at sea, Fu Shanyue stretched in the wind: "The island scenery you have here is truly something one never tires of seeing."

Little Taozi also lay on the side of the boat, admiring the purely transparent glazed sea under the boat.

Today the wind was calm and the waves were still; the small boat floated on the quiet sea, as if suspended in the sky, with nothing above or below.

At the bottom of the water one zhang deep, one could see clearly even crabs and small shrimp fighting in the sand nests.

Little Taozi was mesmerized, seeing the crab chase away the small shrimp and then raise its front claws to show off, she couldn't help but reach out and gently brush the water surface.

He Lingchuan was chatting idly with Fu Shanyue, and out of the corner of his eye, he seemed to see something flash at the bottom of the boat.

Turning his head, he saw Taozi had an extra crab in her hand.

The crab was also stunned, not having recovered for a long time. Only after being teased by Taozi a few times did it remember to raise its claws to block.

"How did you manage that?"

Taozi gave him a sweet smile and raised her right hand.

He Lingchuan saw she was wearing a ruby ring on her middle finger, the color deep red like blood, which even sunlight could not penetrate.

Afterwards, Taozi reached into the water.

This time He Lingchuan finally saw clearly; the "gem" on her ring turned into an extremely thin red light, rolled up the crab, and stuffed it back to the bottom of the water.

That speed was extremely fast, for ordinary people it would be just the blink of an eye. He Lingchuan had excellent dynamic vision, so he could see it clearly.

When Taozi retracted her hand and sat upright, the ruby returned to the ring setting, as if nothing had happened.

He Lingchuan patted her head: "Taozi is amazing, so young and already know how to use magic tools?"

"That is her life-bound magic tool, refined with a drop of heart blood, called 'Blood Pill', which can be as hard as a gem, as soft as silk, and can fly out a short distance to hurt people." Fu Shanyue said lazily, "She is not good at martial fighting, but she has quite a talent in this aspect."

"Blood Pill?" He Lingchuan found it very interesting, "Isn't this just like the sword pills of the ancient immortals?"

"A bit like that, it just needs continued refining, and the power still needs to be improved."

Not long after, the boat traveled to the outskirts of Longji Island, and Taozi gave a 'wow': "Truly spectacular!"

This was the largest island in the Yangshan Archipelago; viewed from afar, it was no different from the mainland, with mountains, rivers, valleys, plains, and lakes, with diverse landforms.

He Lingchuan ordered the small boat to sail near the southwest sea area of Longji Island, stop, and then pointed to the small island directly in front: "In front is Gongsheng Island; you and Taozi can absorb the evil aura there to cultivate."

This island area was about half a qing, with cliff caves and green trees; the rarest thing was that it had fresh water. Taozi saw a cluster of blooming roses, the huge flowers almost drooping to the water surface.

Fu Shanyue shielded his eyes and looked at the island: "Is this the source of the evil aura?"

"No."

"Eh?" Fu Shanyue looked at him sideways, "Why don't you take me there?"

"It has an owner there; they don't really like foreign guests."

"Is it the Yin Hui?" Fu Shanyue had also done his homework before coming.

He Lingchuan gave an 'en': "This Gongsheng Island was originally allocated to them as their territory, but I have already greeted the Yin Hui, and they can temporarily lend it to you two for cultivation."

Fu Shanyue pressed: "Where is the source of the evil aura?"

"Longji Island, which is the largest island of the Yangshan Archipelago." He Lingchuan warned repeatedly, "Don't go over there; the Yin Hui have a violent temper."

"Got it." Fu Shanyue waved his hand, showing impatience.

He rowed a small boat alone, carrying Taozi and followed.

Taozi waved to He Lingchuan very politely. Before this big and small pair went out to sea, they had already brought seven or eight days of dry rations.

Fu Shanyue wanted to experience the feeling of cultivating in the evil aura.

He Lingchuan then ordered the boatman to return.

"Hey." The Soul-Gathering Mirror asked him, "Will Fu Shanyue really not cause trouble?"

That was a troublemaker, on par with He Lingchuan!

"How could that be?" He Lingchuan rubbed his temples, "Words are useless, unless he hits the south wall himself."

Returning to Suoding Island, He Lingchuan first went to see Fang Canran. The latter was somewhat surprised by Fu Shanyue's arrival:

"Why did he come?"

"Sent by State Preceptor Shuangye." He Lingchuan sighed, "On one hand, to cultivate in the Land of Yin Sha, on the other hand, as a special envoy stationed by Beijia in Yangshan, and also... State Preceptor Shuangye also wants to probe my movements."

Fang Canran also became nervous:

"State Preceptor Shuangye is watching you again?"

"I shielded the spider sisters and beat Yu Zecheng back covering his face; it would be strange if State Preceptor Shuangye didn't watch me." He Lingchuan gave a wry smile, "This is the karma I have to bear."

He suddenly remembered one thing: "By the way, will Fu Shanyue recognize you?"

Fu Shanyue's nose was more sensitive than a dog's; this was not a joke, but a fact.

If he identified Fang Canran's true identity through the scent, then this game would not be fun.

"Mostly not." Fang Canran shook his head, "When I changed my appearance, Lingshan also considered this point and implanted a gland in my body that can change my body odor. Even with a sense of smell as sensitive as Fu Shanyue's, he will only feel it is somewhat familiar."

There was more than one monster in the world with a sensitive sense of smell, not just the Ba. Fang Canran wanted to hide in the city; just changing his appearance was not enough.

"Fine, you are as meticulous as ever." He Lingchuan patted his shoulder and placed another sound-insulation barrier, "By the way, where were we talking about before?"

At that time, Fang Canran was about to say something, but was interrupted by the intruding Fu Shanyue.

"A message from State Preceptor Wang."

It turned out that the Mou Emperor had already heard about the Yangshan Archipelago assisting the Bailie people and Bailong tribe to evacuate Storm Bay and defeating the Ya Nation general Wulu, and the Dragon Face was very pleased.

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