Chapter 175

"Boom!" "Careful, there's a big fish!"

"Quick! Crossbowmen, here, there's a big fish here, shoot it to death for me!"

On the large ship, a Military Officer, ignoring the ship's hull being tossed about, roared madly as he looked at the big fish surfacing on the sea.

*Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! *

On both sides of the ship, a group of soldiers holding crossbows, while holding onto the ship's railings, pulled the triggers. Suddenly, arrows rained down into the sea.

Before long, the surface of the sea was stained blood-red.

"Oh no! Military Officer, look over there?"

Suddenly, someone screamed in terror, and then everyone on the ship saw a scene that shocked them.

"What is that?"

"Oh no, that's a Kun! Turn the ship around quickly!"

Someone seemed to recognize the behemoth on the sea surface that looked like an island.

Immediately after, this behemoth stirred up a giant wave, submerging the entire ship.

"Run!"

Another ship further away, seeing this, had its crew terrifiedly directed to start the ship and head toward the shore.

"Young Master, the ships that went out have met with an accident."

"Hmm! What happened?"

In the camp, Su Fan was startled upon hearing this.

"Those who returned said they encountered a Kun fish, and one of the ships was swallowed."

Gao Hu said.

"A Kun fish?"

Su Fan immediately understood; they had encountered a whale. Its body was large, and in ancient times on Earth, people believed whales were Kun.

In this extraordinary era, the size of whales was even more massive.

Many wild beasts on land had their sizes increase by double, and some even more; some wild wolves were even larger than adult oxen.

Tigers and other fierce beasts had grown several times larger, which was quite exaggerated.

Once they rushed out of the mountains and forests, it was truly terrifying.

"In the Northern Darkness there is a fish, and its name is Kun. The Kun is so huge, I do not know how many thousands of miles it spans."

In this world, it wasn't as if there were no legendary mythical creatures; he wasn't sure about True Dragons, but Flood Dragons definitely existed.

Many wild beasts, long exposed to the essence of heaven and earth, underwent transformations, and those that became demon beasts were not few.

It is said that the Taizu of the Divine Han obtained the Chixiao Divine Sword, slew a Flood Dragon, secured the Central Plains, and founded the Divine Han Dynasty.

Since then, the Divine Han Dynasty launched a bloody suppression of the demon beasts within the dynasty. From then on, even the Great Demons fled into the deep mountains and old forests of remote and treacherous lands.

On land, the Divine Han Dynasty could suppress them, but the Four Seas were beyond their reach; after all, no matter how strong you are, you are helpless against the boundless ocean.

Therefore, very few people in the Divine Han Dynasty went out to sea.

Su Fan came to Donghai Commandery; salt production was one aspect, but he knew that the wealth of the ocean was even richer than that of the land.

Especially the food in the sea, which was even more abundant.

Therefore, half a year ago, he had people build large ships to go out to sea to fish. Over the past six months, the ships had caught a full ten thousand tons of fish meat.

For fifty thousand people, that was an average of over twenty catties of fish meat per person.

And this was only near the coast; if they ventured deep into the ocean, the amount of fish meat obtained would likely be even greater.

However, now that the ships had met with an accident, Su Fan understood that while the ocean was rich in resources, it was also more dangerous. Especially those large fish that had undergone the baptism of heaven and earth's essence—without the threat of the human race, some evolved demon beasts had strength comparable to the peak of Gang Refining, or even stronger.

"Let's go, come with me to take a look."

Su Fan needed to understand the detailed situation.

So he took Gao Hu and a team of men to a water fortress on the coast. At this time, there were still several shipyards being continuously built there.

Su Fan would not stop the building of ships. Although the ocean was dangerous, as long as they didn't go to the deep sea, the danger was relatively small.

In the future, when there were more Mohist craftsmen, they could build Rune warships to traverse the ocean.

This world was extraordinary, so materials for ships were easy to find; those towering trees could be seen everywhere.

Perhaps in the future, it wouldn't be impossible for Su Fan to build giant steel warships. In a super-martial world, technology might not be as high as on Earth, but if he developed alternative spiritual energy technology and Rune technology, he might be able to carve out a special technological path.

The end of science is theology, and within theology, there is no lack of science.

It's just that in their daily lives, those cultivators never bother to discover it.

Riding a White Dragon Horse, the distance of over ten miles took less than two sticks of incense to reach.

Upon learning of the arrival of Su Fan, the Qu Shuai, the person in charge of the ships hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

"Enough with the pleasantries, tell me, what exactly was the situation at the time?"

"Yes, Qu Shuai."

The Military Officer hurriedly said: "Qu Shuai, yesterday, according to the original plan, we went to the sea fifty miles away to fish. As a result, at noon, we encountered a Kun fish. Li Hou and the others' ship was smashed and sunk by a giant wave. We saw from afar a black shadow several hundred zhang in size..."

Following the Military Officer's narration, Su Fan gained some understanding.

"Alright, I understand. For those who were killed or injured, send people to their homes and arrange for compensation."

Su Fan said with a solemn expression: "For those who met with an accident, if they have descendants who are eight or nine years old, let them go to the Ge Wu Hall or the Wudao Tang."

"Thank you, Qu Shuai."

Upon hearing this, Military Officer Jin's face lit up with joy. They all knew that the Qu Shuai's camp had opened schools specifically to teach people knowledge, martial arts, and so on.

Military Officer Jin was considered a low-level officer in the army and knew very well what the Ge Wu Hall and Wudao Tang meant.

Even the poorest civilians knew that knowledge could change one's destiny. Even if you only knew a little arithmetic, you could get a decent job in the Qu Shuai's camp—let alone supporting yourself, supporting a whole family was no problem.

Now, within a radius of several hundred miles around the Qu Shuai's camp, the hundred or so villages were where the Taiping Dao believers lived. These people were all under the Qu Shuai's rule, and their lives before had been precarious.

Now, at least they could survive.

Who wouldn't want to live better? Under the Qu Shuai's command, the capable rose and the mediocre fell; as long as you had even a tiny bit of ability, you could live comfortably.

Even a farmer who had been farming for decades would be given important responsibilities.

However, everyone knew that if you could learn knowledge or martial arts, you could be promoted under the Qu Shuai and become a manager.

The Wudao Tang and Ge Wu Hall were places that could change one's background.

Military Officer Jin couldn't help but feel a bit of envy for those who had died.

Human life was truly worthless. In their eyes, if their own sacrifice could allow their descendants to stand out, many would certainly be willing to do it.

Su Fan naturally didn't know what this person was thinking.

He hadn't fully opened up the Ge Wu Hall and Wudao Tang in the army.

This world was different from others; his strength was insufficient, and he didn't want to challenge the bottom line of the powerful clans for the time being.

He could only try his best to select people to cultivate.

Of course, teaching simple pillar techniques in the army was another matter.