ebookland Chapter 76 Mocking Wind
Chapter 76 Mocking Wind
Everyone looked up and saw a beautiful woman in red standing gracefully on the rocks.
The red-clad beauty's eyes flickered as she scanned each and every one of the people below.
Everyone below felt a flutter in their hearts: Wow! The beauty is looking at me!
The beautiful woman then smiled sweetly at everyone, captivating them completely.
Before everyone could recover from their daze, the beauty was already dancing gracefully on the rocks.
Her graceful figure and elegant posture, every gesture and movement, were a visual feast.
Everyone was so captivated by the sight that they forgot to clap their hands.
When the woman finished her dance, without Lin Zhifeng needing to remind her, everyone spontaneously burst into enthusiastic applause.
The beautiful woman was clearly very satisfied with the audience's performance, and smiled as she asked, "Are you the ones who have come to seek the sacred object?"
Everyone froze upon hearing the voice: "How could this beautiful woman be speaking a man's voice?"
Lin Zhifeng was the first to realize that this Chaofeng was probably a cross-dressing master.
He hurriedly called out, "Reporting to senior, it is indeed us."
The beautiful woman smiled and said, "You have good taste and know how to appreciate my dance. That's excellent! In that case, I won't make things difficult for you. Just keep sailing east, and the exit will be at the end."
Everyone was overjoyed upon hearing the beauty's words.
They had initially thought the third level would be the most difficult, after all, Chaofeng was practically the god of calamity. They had already spent so many days searching for a boat and reefs, knowing that finding Chaofeng wouldn't be easy for them. Who would have thought that this giant would perform a breathtaking dance and then easily let them pass?
Everyone bowed and thanked Chaofeng, and then followed Chaofeng's instructions to head east.
After sailing for another day and night, they finally saw the exit far away at the horizon.
Longquan knew that he had passed this test so smoothly thanks to Lin Zhifeng's help. He also had some doubts, so he took the opportunity to express his gratitude and asked Lin Zhifeng his question.
Lin Zhifeng laughed heartily: "To be honest, Brother Long, ever since I took this business deal from you, I've done my homework. I've searched through all the books about dragon stories and legends. I also found the story of Chaofeng in an ancient book."
"Don't be fooled by the fact that Chaofeng is in charge of calamities; it sounds like an ominous dragon. But that's his duty. He's been assigned this job, so what can he do? Besides, all calamities are brought down according to the laws and regulations of the Heavenly Emperor; Chaofeng is merely the implementer. If everyone holds a grudge against him because of this, wouldn't Chaofeng be completely innocent?"
Longquan said, "Brother Lin, that's not what I meant. What I wanted to ask was how you knew he would appear on that reef, and then you could easily pass by clapping and praising him?"
"Oh, this? I read that in a book too. Legend has it that Chaofeng is good at dancing, loves to climb high, and enjoys being praised. In the past, if fishermen went out to sea and happened to encounter a huge rock, as long as they clapped and praised it together, they were guaranteed to return safely and with a full catch. So I followed this idea and asked you to find a huge reef. I hoped that we could have a chance encounter with Chaofeng. Who knew we would be so lucky and actually run into it?"
"If we hadn't praised Chaofeng so much, we wouldn't have passed the test so quickly!" Lin Zhifeng said, looking at Longquan with a smug smile.
Longquan hurriedly thanked Lin Zhifeng: "Thanks to your cleverness and resourcefulness, Brother Lin, otherwise we don't know how long we would have been adrift at sea!"
Lin Zhifeng said smugly, "In my spare time, I read a lot of books!"
Longquan: "..." How come this person gets so arrogant after just a few compliments? They have no sense of humility at all.
As they got closer and closer to the shore, everyone was overjoyed.
At this moment, something unexpected happened.
The sea, which had been calm during their voyage, was suddenly whipped up by giant waves tens of meters high. Their large ship was violently rocked by the towering waves.
Everyone quickly grabbed onto anything sturdy they could hold onto on the boat to avoid being swept away by the giant wave. Before they could even regain their footing, another giant wave crashed in.
After being repeatedly battered by such massive waves dozens of times, the ship finally succumbed to the pressure. With a deafening roar, the hull cracked open.
Ding Mo shouted, "Everyone, abandon ship and fly with me on your swords!"
After saying that, he first channeled his spiritual energy, jumped onto the Dragon Roar Sword, and waited in the air.
The others hurriedly and awkwardly jumped onto their weapons as well.
Even though a giant ship had previously helped to block most of the waves, they still found it very difficult.
Now facing the waves head-on, everyone was filled with apprehension. Could they successfully fly to the exit? How could they ensure they wouldn't be knocked unconscious or killed by the waves halfway there?
After Ding Mo and the others had assembled, he expanded his protective spiritual energy to cover the entire group, said, "Follow me!" and flew towards the exit against the wind and waves.
The others dared not slack off and followed closely behind, flying at full speed.
With Ding Mo holding the line, the impact of the storms on them was greatly reduced.
The group flew at high speed for more than half an hour, finally reaching the shore before their energy was completely exhausted.
"We're saved!" everyone cheered.
"Thank you very much, Brother Ding!"
"Thank you, uncle!"
Those who had escaped unscathed hurriedly expressed their gratitude to Ding Mo.
Lin Zhifeng and Long Quan exchanged a glance, and Lin Zhifeng said, "Brother Long, we were indeed too happy too soon!"
Before Longquan could reply, a voice suddenly appeared in the sky: "You brat, you actually tried to take advantage of me and make a fool of me. I should have let you taste the power of the earthquake and the Heavenly Flame again, but since you finally know what's good for you, I'll punish you a little and let it go. Remember, don't do it again!"
Lin Zhifeng understood everything after hearing this. He had gotten carried away and revealed his scheme against Chaofeng. The entire third level of the pagoda was Chaofeng's territory; how could those words escape Chaofeng's ears?
If it weren't for his previous defense of Chaofeng, they would have suffered even more.
Lin Zhifeng quickly tidied his disheveled appearance, bowed respectfully three times towards the sky, and sincerely apologized: "It was my arrogance that offended you, senior! Thank you for your kindness and for not holding it against us. I have learned my lesson from this incident and once again beg for your forgiveness!"
Chaofeng said, "Go then!"
Lin Zhifeng thought to himself: Done! Hehe...
Seeing that Chaofeng had no further instructions, Longquan quickly urged everyone to run towards the exit.
This old man is not someone to mess with; we need to get to the fourth floor quickly.
Chaofeng didn't make things difficult for them anymore, and the group was able to successfully reach the fourth floor of the pagoda via the exit stairs.
The dragon has nine sons, the fourth of whom is named Pulao, born of a divine dragon and a toad.
Legend has it that Pulao is timid and afraid of whales, a weakness that Lin Zhifeng is actually quite hesitant to test. Once angered, whales are, after all, mythical beasts, and killing them humans would be effortless for them.
Especially after learning a significant lesson on the third floor, Lin Zhifeng has become much more obedient.
Lin Zhifeng had absolutely no idea how to get past the Pulau hurdle.
He searched his memory for anything else about Purao, only remembering that it was good at singing and had a high-pitched voice.
But knowing this characteristic of Pura doesn't seem to be of much use! You can't exactly compete with him to see who has the loudest voice, can you?
Lin Zhifeng had put a lot of effort into this "journey to the sacred objects." If it weren't for the many treasures he had collected along the way, he would have cried out again: "This money is hard to earn!"
Never mind, let's go in first and talk about it later!
The group pushed open the door leading to the fourth-floor pagoda and filed in.
The fourth floor is not large, about the size of a normal single floor of a pagoda.
The entire floor was quite spacious, with neither fancy decorations nor any furniture.
A large bronze bell sits in the open space in the center of the pagoda.
The bell has a very simple and ancient design, with only a dragon head and tail, and a prayu with wings, cast on the top.
Curious, the crowd gathered around to look, and upon closer inspection, they discovered that the bell's face was engraved with scriptures. However, none of them recognized the inscriptions.