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A hundred years ago, the prosperous Tang Dynasty was not so prosperous, with the rise and fall of the seas, but the princes were divided and wars continued. The Minyue land was the largest vassal state at that time. The Minyue land was far away from the Central Plains, located on the coast, with a scorching climate, with poor mountains and rivers, and poisonous insects and miasma. Therefore, the people were strong and had strong combat power, and once occupied half of the country. This shows that. Later, Emperor Gaozu worked hard to govern, vigorously and control the country, whipped the world, promoted the world, annexed the various princes, and fought with the Minyue Kingdom. Emperor Gaozu was still in cultivation, but the two sides were constantly fighting. After making full preparations, Emperor Gaozu devoted all his troops to fight against it. After five years, he finally defeated Minyue, unified the country, established the prosperous Tang Dynasty, abolished the Minyue Kingdom, and reduced the king's title, and changed it to Minyue County.

The people lived in turmoil for years and the people were displaced, so the land was vast and sparsely populated. Therefore, Emperor Gaozu moved his residents from the mainland to the Minyue land, combined with the locals, and brought advanced farming technology to continuously transform this fertile land. More than a hundred years have passed, and the people of Minyue lived a life of rice farming and fishing, and retained many of the previous customs and habits, religious beliefs, imitated the Central Plains in economy, culture, art, etc., formed their own unique local culture, and were unique in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

The prosperous Tang Dynasty faced the sea, east to Canghai and south to Penghai. Minyue was just sandwiched between the two seas. There is a town called Longxiang on the coast of Minyue. Going further east, it is a village called Yuzhou. Although Yuzhou Village is a village, it occupies a huge area. The houses are built in a higher terrain and are distributed in a strip along the coastline. Yuzhou Village has a large population and villagers are engaged in fishing. The water quality of men, women, young and old in the village is very good. Each of them is an expert in fishing in the sea.

Fisheries rely on the weather for food, and they are divided into off-season peak seasons. When the harvest is good, they will be supported for a year. When the harvest is bad, life will be hard. However, if the fish you catch are surviving by the sea, they will often become dried fish and can be stored for a long time. They will not be hungry because of the poor harvest. However, recently, somehow, the harvest in the near-shore is extremely poor. Often, they cannot catch a fish in three to five days. As a last resort, the fishing boats in the village have to go to the far sea.

It was midsummer in a blink of an eye, and the climate in Minyue was hot, and it was even more intense. As night fell, a family in Yuzhou Village reached supper time. The family's surname was Hai, and the head of the family, Haisheng, was an orphan. When they were infancy, they were washed ashore by the sea. They were rescued by the villagers. Because they didn't know their name, they gave this name, which means the offspring of Hai. Haisheng went into the sea with the old fisherman in the village since he was a child, and now he has grown into a famous fishing expert, because the harvest has been poor recently.

Ke Zheng fished on the far sea with the villagers. Haisheng has already started a family. His wife Zhang is a virtuous woman with a beautiful and wise housework. The two have three children, two boys and one girl, the eldest son Haiwa, ten years old, the second son Haifugui, seven years old, the youngest daughter Haihuizi, five years old, three children are lively and cute, healthy and healthy. Although the family is not rich, the husband is hard-working, the wife is virtuous, and the few children are obedient and sensible, but life is happy.

Zhang was taking a steamed sea fish out of the pot, sprinkled some chopped green onion, shredded ginger, and soy sauce. A simple steamed sea fish was made, which was the favorite dish for the three children. Several children had already sat around the dining table, perhaps because they were too tired to go out and were hungry today, so they were a little impatient now, holding chopsticks and knocking on the bowl, as if complaining that their mother served too late. Zhang brought the plate out and glared at the three children.

"I have told you so many times, don't knock on the table! Why don't you listen!" Zhang criticized.

Several children hurriedly put away, Huizi accidentally dropped the chopsticks on the ground. The eldest brother Haiwa hurriedly squatted down to help her pick them up, wiped them on the clothes, and handed them back to Huizi's hand, "Say 'happy'!"

There are many things to pay attention to when life at the beach. It is unlucky to fall on the chopsticks. Chopping is homophonic to "happiness". Therefore, if chopsticks accidentally fall on the ground, they will say this, which is used to eliminate bad luck.

"Happy!" Huizi said sweetly.

"Mom, when will Dad be back?" Haiwa picked up a piece of fish and put it into her mouth, took a bite of rice, and ate it with relish.

"Well! Your father and the others have been out of the sea for more than ten days, so it should be soon!" Zhang said, picking up dishes for the smaller Huizi bowl.

"Hey, wealthy, no!" Halfway through eating, Zhang hurriedly stopped wealthy who planned to turn over the fish. Flipping the fish when eating fish is a taboo for people living by the sea. Fish is like a boat, and capsizing the fish means "capsizing the boat", which is unlucky. "Haiwa, help your brother lift the fish a little!"

"Oh!" Haiwa quickly put down the bowl and lifted the fish with chopsticks a little, "By the way, why is it so hot today? The sea breeze feels burning when it blows! At first, there is still some wind, but now it's gone!"

"Yeah! Yes!" Zhang wiped the sweat beads on his forehead, which was also very hot. Then he looked out the window. The moon was rising, illuminating the sea. He unconsciously worried about his husband who was fishing on the sea. "Maybe the typhoon is coming! I don't know where your father and the others are!"

"Well, don't worry, my mother, Dad and the others are fishing on the sea all year round, which is the best way to test the wind, rain and waves. If we are near the sea, they will definitely find it earlier in the distance. It's probably coming soon!" Haiwa seemed to see her mother's concerns and hurriedly comforted her, "When I grow up and have a stronger strength, I can go out to sea with Dad!"

"Ha, then you have to eat more so that you can have strength!" Zhang picked up a few more pieces of meat for each of the three children.

Above the distant sea, several fishing boats are closing their nets.

"Brother Haisheng, how are you doing there? I don't even have a pip shrimp here! It's really strange!" Someone shouted on another boat, looking at the empty fishing net and sighing.

The fishing net on the boat on Haisheng's boat was not completely closed, and the few people were working together to tighten it. They had a lot of energy to pull it up. They started to get heavy and thought that they might have caught a big fish. They were very happy. As soon as the net was pulled on the boat, they couldn't wait to check it. The net was dark. After closer inspection, it turned out that there was a large ball of water plants wrapped around. The few people's hearts skipped a beat, and had an ominous premonition. They pulled the water plants. Sure enough, they sighed and dispersed. Haisheng picked up the deck of the fishing ship, smiled helplessly, and threw it back into the sea.

"I'm Ge, there's nothing here either!" Haisheng shouted to the other side.

Several nearby boats came over, and everyone gathered together to report their own situation and see what they should plan.

"Hey, damn it, this is a bit evil! We have all run so far, why haven't we seen a fish? It shouldn't be!"

"Brother Haisheng, what do you think!" Haisheng, as the most experienced fisherman among these people, speaks very well, and is waiting for him to make a decision now.

"Oh, this is quite strange. Even though I have been with the old fisherman for more than ten years, this is the first time. People who rely on the sea to eat the sea are most concerned about rest and recuperation. They will never go to the sea until the fishing period. It has been like this for more than a hundred years. There will definitely be no fish to catch. I am afraid that something happened in the sea and scared away the fish!" Haisheng analyzed.

"Wow, Brother Haisheng, don't talk nonsense, Mazu will be unhappy!"

Mazu, also known as the Queen of Heaven, is the sea god believed by coastal fishermen, protecting fishermen's safety at sea. The sea is unfathomable and the wind and waves are ruthless. Therefore, fishermen's homes worship Mazu, and they will also burn incense and worship before going to sea to fish, pray for peace, and return with a full load.

"Ha, I just want to say it casually. Mazu is magnanimous and will not be as good as a little person as me!" Haisheng shook his head and smiled bitterly. What other reasons can be caused by the problem in the sea?

"Or what if we go further?" someone suggested.

"I think it's better!" Haisheng stood up, stretched out his hand, closed his eyes and felt the sea breeze. "This time, we fishermen don't have to go to sea to get back full of loads. Safety is the most important thing. I see that the typhoon is coming soon. To be safe, we should go back quickly. Don't worry our family. When the typhoon passes, we might bring the fish back too!"

"Haha, this is because the typhoon was blowing a few years ago, and it was scary, but after the typhoon, there were so many fish that I jumped onto the boat myself!"

"Well, okay! Everyone pack up and prepare to go home!" Haisheng shouted to everyone, everyone packed up and turned around and returned.

Suddenly, a column of water dozens of feet thick exploded in front of the boat. The huge waves made the fishing boat sway left and right. Everyone stopped the boat very close, and it would hit each other directly. The power was so great that it directly smashed the fishing boat to pieces. The fishermen fell into the water one after another. Fortunately, the water was excellent and there was no life-threatening danger.

"It's okay!" Haisheng shouted loudly, and the fishermen responded one after another. Except for a few people who were slightly injured, there was nothing serious.

"Crash!" The water column dissipated and turned into a pouring rain.

"My God, there are people in the sky!" someone shouted, everyone looked up and saw a man standing in the air, staring at the sea, as if he was guarding against something.

"Boom!" Another loud bang, another column of water exploded, and the waves raised made the fishermen dizzy. Many people saw the huge waves and hurriedly hid under the sea. As soon as they entered the water, they happened to see a huge figure jumping out of the water.

"Puff!" Haisheng spewed out a mouthful of sea water, jumped out of the water, reached out to wipe the water from his face, and tried to maintain his balance. Even though he had seen strong winds and waves, he was still scared by the scene in front of him.

I saw a fish head, about one meter tall, covered with scales, with fish fins on the back and limbs, with sharp claws, carrying a large black piece of material, standing on the sea surface, looking at the man in the air, guarding against each other. Haisheng thought to himself, this crow's mouth was really guessed, there was indeed a problem in the sea, no matter how you look at such a thing, you are all monsters! No matter how you amaze, after all, after experiencing the wind and waves, you quickly calmed down. This place should not be long. At that moment, I made a ban on the sound of the people around me, made a gesture, and took everyone away from here, swam far away, and the conversation between the man and the monster came from behind. The sound was loud and deafening.

"Don't be too much of a fish demon, I discovered that the black iron first!" The man in the air said angrily. It turned out that the fish demon was carrying the black iron that the two of them mentioned. The black iron was extremely hard and was an excellent weapon refining material in the cultivation world. A small piece was priceless, and the piece carried by the fish demon was about five feet in diameter, which was extremely huge. After careful calculation, it was priceless.

"Haha, you trash, this black iron does not have your name written on it. It depends entirely on your personal ability. If you have the ability, just take it away!" The fish demon was extremely arrogant.

"You!" The man was extremely angry. The fish demon had a high level of cultivation, and the scales covering the whole body were extremely hard. The two of them had just fought. They could not do anything to him with all their strength. They were even beaten out of the water by him and were now seriously injured.

"If you give you a chance, you won't blame others. If you want to blame, you can only blame you for not being good at learning! Humph!" After saying that, the fish demon turned around and was about to leave. Yu Guang caught a glimpse of Haisheng and his group who were swimming in the distance, and suddenly sneered, "Ant!" After saying that, he waved his hand, and the sea water turned into dozens of water arrows and shot towards Haisheng and the others.

"No!" The monk in the air rushed towards everyone, pinched the spirit of the spirit, and a wide and high water wall was erected on the water surface, trying to stop the water arrows. With the blockade of the water wall, the water arrows became slower. With this gap, the monk fell down and protected everyone behind him.

The water wall can block the water arrow for a moment. In the blink of an eye, the water arrow has already penetrated the water wall, but its speed is not as fast as before. It was easily resolved by the monk. The monk withdraws his spell and the water wall disappears.

"You actually plan to harm the creatures in the world. Are you afraid of being surrounded and suppressed by the cultivation world and the demon world!" said the monk angrily.

"Ha! Our fish human race is the main war faction faction. We have been hunting down everywhere in the demon world and the cultivation world for so many years. I am living well now. Do you think I am afraid or not? Just a few ants will die if they die!" The fish demon was extremely disdainful.

"Be careful!" But it was Haisheng who shouted.

The monk instinctively felt dangerous and planned to dodge. As soon as his body moved, his shoulders suddenly hurt and he was pierced by a water arrow. The monk was sweating in cold sweat. If it weren't for the reminder just now, he would have been killed by the water arrow. The monk was in pain, covering his shoulders and trembling all over.

"Tsk! Just an ants dare to ruin my good deeds!" The fish demon was furious and raised his hand to make a move, but suddenly stopped, squinted his eyes, as if he was thinking about something, "Let you guys first!"

However, the fish demon did not leave directly. Instead, he knelt on the sea surface on one knee, stretched his palms under the water surface, and recited words that people couldn't understand, probably their own fish words. A red light lit up in his palm, which made the sea water look bloody. Then, quietly, the red light suddenly shot towards the bottom of the sea, the red light dissipated, and everything returned to peace.

"What did you do?" asked the monk.

"Ha, of course, I'm erasing my own traces! I'm not stupid enough to let you survey the scene, find my breath, and follow me accordingly! Humph! Good luck today!" After that, the fish demon jumped up and turned into a stream of light and disappeared.

"Damn it!" The monk fell to his knees dejectedly, obviously very injured.

"Super Immortal, are you okay?" Haisheng and his men swam slowly over. Just now, this man protected them, and they looked like humans. They thought he was not a bad person.

"It's okay, I was injured by the fish demon because I was not strong enough!" The monk had no choice but to glance at the broken ships on the sea, feeling guilty, "I'm sorry for hurting you by accident and destroying your fishing boats, but don't worry, I will find a way to send you back safely."

"That's great!" The fishermen applauded, otherwise how could they go back to this vast ocean?

Suddenly, the sea water rolled, as if it was boiling, and even in the water, you could feel the earth trembling.

"It's a pity! The black iron was stuck in the cracks in the ground. After it was taken out, the strata was unstable. The demon used magic to destroy the strata, which was probably caused by an earthquake under the sea!" The monk suddenly understood.

"Supreme immortal, what should I do? Is there a way to stop it?" Haisheng asked hurriedly.

"If there are other high-level monks present, there may be a way. I am not strong enough and I am injured, so I can't stop it!" The monk shook his head, "The most urgent task now is to go back quickly and evacuate the coastal residents. The earthquake under the sea is fierce, and it's afraid it will cause a tsunami. It's night again, and the people are sleeping. If... the consequences are unimaginable!"

"Ah!? My wife and children!" The fishermen were frightened.

"Time is tight, I'll send you here. You bring the fishing nets together. I'll take you back with you with the fishing nets!" said the monk.

Haisheng and others did not hesitate and hurriedly took action. They found the fishing nets from the wreckage, connected the fishing nets together, and then climbed into the fishing nets. The monk recited the magic tricks, and the fishing nets floated in the air, lifted everyone up, and flew to the shore with the monks.

The fishermen such as Haisheng were eager to return home, and the monks were also anxious, fearing that civilians would suffer unrestrained disasters. Although the culprit was the fish demon, he was involved and could not escape. At first, everyone was extremely fast, but gradually the speed slowed down. The fishermen, including the monks themselves, thought it was because of the injury and could not use all their strength, but they did not find that the wound pierced by the water arrows was not the red blood, but the dark green, which seemed particularly strange under the moonlight.

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!