Chapter 579: Awakening: Golden Pearl Island

I don't know how much time passed.

When Lin Zhangqing recovered a faint consciousness and could barely open his eyes, he saw an arched boat cover about five feet away from him.

Plus, he also heard the sound of waves and oars rowing, so he judged that he was on a small boat.

However, he was too exhausted, and now his body was aching everywhere, as if he had been trampled by dozens of demon oxen! So, after a brief moment of clarity, knowing he was temporarily out of danger, he couldn't hold on and fainted again!

I don't know how much time passed again; it was only after smelling a scent of Chinese medicine that he regained consciousness!

Barely opening his eyes, he saw a beautiful little girl of sixteen or seventeen, with slightly wheat-colored skin, who had brought a bowl of medicine to his side.

And at this moment, the little girl saw that the person she had rescued from the sea had finally woken up, and she happily chattered a bunch of things to Lin Zhangqing!

However, Lin Zhangqing couldn't understand a word; this seemed to be a very remote local dialect, and the pronunciation was too strange, leaving him completely confused! But these weren't the most important things; the most important thing was that Lin Zhangqing discovered that now, as long as he moved his body, his whole body would ache unbearably! This gave him a bad feeling, so he hurriedly concentrated his spirit and began to check internally. Only after looking did he know that there was no magical power left in his Dantian, and this wasn't the most important thing. The important thing was that more than a dozen meridians throughout his body had suffered great damage due to overload and the spatial rift. Although perhaps because he was a body refiner, they hadn't all snapped, they were still severely damaged! They needed magical power to nourish or spirit medicine to treat; in short, he wasn't allowed to mobilize a large amount of magical power in the short term! That they hadn't completely snapped or withered was already the sliver of fortune in the midst of misfortune! Also, the ninety-eight thunder apertures that had already been opened in his body were undamaged, but there was no thunder magical power left in them either! The two types of magical power in his body had all been injected into the Great Void Teleportation Token to maintain that transparent light shield, which had bought him a sliver of survival! After having a rough understanding of his body, he hurriedly tried to communicate with Lin Changliu through the Life-and-Death Bond, but no matter how he tried, there was no reaction at all!

Upon checking, he realized there was not a single shred of mana left in his dantian, and that was not even the most important thing.

What mattered was that over a dozen of his meridians had suffered significant damage due to overloading and the effects of the spatial rift.

Although they had not completely ruptured, likely because he was a body refiner, they were still severely damaged!

They would need to be nourished with mana or treated with spirit medicine; in short, he was not allowed to mobilize large amounts of mana for a short time! That his meridians had not completely ruptured or withered—the worst-case scenario—was already a stroke of luck amidst misfortune! Furthermore, the ninety-eight thunder apertures he had already opened within his body remained undamaged, though they, too, were completely devoid of thunder mana! He had poured both types of mana within his body into the Great Void Teleportation Token to maintain that transparent light shield, which was the only reason he had managed to secure a glimmer of survival! After gaining a rough understanding of his body's condition.

The light spot in his sea of consciousness was also dim to the extreme, as if it were about to extinguish.

After trying many times, Lin Zhangqing knew that he and Lin Changliu had been separated!

The only good news was that neither of them had fallen, and he believed that one day, Lin Changliu would return to his side again! Now the most important thing was to let himself recover quickly, at least to be able to stand up, instead of lying on the bed like now! At this time, the beautiful little girl brought a middle-aged man with dark skin over, and the middle-aged man also chattered a bunch of words to Lin Zhangqing.

But helplessly, Lin Zhangqing really couldn't understand.

Lin Zhangqing could only open his mouth to thank them for saving him and ask where this was, but the little girl and the middle-aged man also couldn't understand what he was saying! With the language barrier, they couldn't communicate at all; in the end, the middle-aged man helped Lin Zhangqing up, and then the little girl fed him the medicine!

Lin Zhangqing knew that he had already drunk this medicine many times and there had never been any problems, so he drank it with peace of mind. After he finished the medicine, they left; the little girl seemed a bit reluctant, but she was still pulled away by the middle-aged man! Lin Zhangqing then had time to examine his environment and found that he was in a mud-brick house.

The roof had simple crossbeams, and covering the crossbeams was something similar to thatch!

The entire room wasn't too big, and besides the kang he was lying on, there wasn't any decent furniture around!

Coupled with the thin spiritual energy around, he had a rough guess about his environment! He should be stranded in the mortal world now.

That was fine too; the danger would be lower, otherwise, with his current appearance, even the most ordinary cultivator could take his life! He looked at himself again, wearing ordinary coarse hemp clothes, and they weren't even a good fit; the robes he originally wore were gone! This made him very uneasy, because now that he had lost contact with Lin Changliu, the inner space couldn't be used!

If the storage bags, spirit beast bags, and spirit beast bracelets on his body were also gone, then he would really be in trouble! It could be said that he would truly be left with nothing, back to square one! However, he ached all over when he moved, and there was a language barrier.

So he had no way to ask the father and daughter if they had seen anything else on him when they saved him! Now he couldn't do anything, his meridians were damaged, and it wasn't the time for cultivation, so he could only stare at the ceiling for a long while!

At this time, the father and daughter brought in a middle-aged man wearing a long gown with a gentle face.

And after the middle-aged man sized Lin Zhangqing up, he said: "I am the village teacher, Fang Yiming.

I don't know how to address this little brother? Which island are you from? Can you understand what I'm saying?"

Lin Zhangqing was overjoyed upon hearing this; finally, someone he could communicate with had arrived, so he hurriedly replied: "Greetings, Teacher Fang; I can understand everything you say. My name is Zhang Dejun, and I come from Xuan Yan Island. I must have been saved by them, right? Also, may I ask where this is? Why couldn't I understand what they were saying?"

The middle-aged man asked with some confusion: "Where is Xuan Yan Island? I've never heard of it. That's right, you were saved by Fang Laotou's family; they saved you from the sea!

This is Fang Laotou, and his daughter, Fang Xiaoli. The place we are currently in is Golden Pearl Island at the southernmost tip of the Thousand Island Region; it is famous for producing golden pearls! That's why it's called Golden Pearl Island. The language they speak is a local dialect, used only on a hundred or so islands nearby.

Therefore, it's very normal that you couldn't understand it.

People here rarely leave this area in their whole lives, so very few of them learn the official language we use now!"

Hearing the middle-aged man's explanation, Lin Zhangqing nodded repeatedly; Xuan Yan Island was something he had made up randomly—he had to say a place, right? Then he asked Fang Yiming to help convey his gratitude to the Fang family father and daughter!

Fang Laotou didn't have much to say; after hearing it, he just smiled honestly and nodded at Lin Zhangqing.

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 580 =====

Hearing the middle-aged man's explanation, Lin Zhangqing nodded repeatedly; Xuanyan Island was just a random place he had made up, as he had to name somewhere! He then asked Fang Yiwu to help convey his gratitude to the father and daughter of the Fang family.

Fang Laotou did not think much of it; after hearing this, he simply gave an honest smile and nodded at Lin Zhangqing.

(End of this chapter)