The Eastern Continent Swordsman
CH. 19 – Guests On Boat

“If the ship has already driven about an hour before, how far is the distance between this ship and the ship?” Zhou Fu asked to confirm one thing.

The ship's attendant seemed to have thought a while ago to explain some of the possible distances of the ship Zhou Fu was referring to. He could not give one definite answer because the speed of the ship could be influenced by several things.

“Hem... With such a distance, I thought I could still make use of my strength,” Zhou Fu replied to the ship's attendant's explanation with a slow nod of his head while two arms crossed at the chest. He was calculating what speed he needed to catch up to Shen Shen's ship by running on water.

The ability to run on water is usually only mastered by warriors who are over thirty years old because it is related to one's ability to increase the level of his inner power. Zhou Fu was a lucky teenager because he was met with a reliable teacher who could make him able to run on water when he was ten years old.

“Oh yes, the ship is moving southeast as I recall, actually did Young Master wrongly board the ship and should be on the ship? If that is the case, sorry seems like there is no way to catch the ship,” said the officer with a frown, he felt a little uneasy if his guess was right.

“Yes, I really should be on that ship. By the way thanks for the information, Uncle. I thought I should go after the ship alone. Excuse me.” Zhou Fu retreated then rushed towards the end of the ship to plunge himself over the surging sea water.

“Sinting, is the teenager trying to commit suicide?” the ship's attendant immediately ran over to see Zhou Fu who had knocked himself off the boat. The officer's move was also accompanied by the cries of some passengers who were also shocked to see the recklessness of Zhou Fu.

When Zhou Fu's body managed to float on the water and run like someone running on the ground, then people realized that the teenager who had just been on their ship was not an arbitrary teenager.

“Ck...ck....ck.... Just this time I saw a teenager who could walk on water, was he actually an old swordsman who had drunk the potion of youth?” the ship's attendant was amazed and could not stop shaking his head in astonishment.

Meanwhile, Zhou Fu looked a little grumbling as he had already paid a few silver coins for the boat trip that was supposed to be relaxing. Instead of relaxing, it was like being on the island of Youhi back where he had to sweat to cross the ocean. Plus, the southeast direction turned out to be the direction that was opposite to the wind direction. That meant, Zhou Fu had to expend excess energy to do two things at once, which was to make his body float on the water while fighting the wind that hit his steps.

“If the wind speed continues to increase like this, my power can be thinned before reaching Shen Shen's ship. I have to find the solution!”

***

Inside a large ship with only six passengers on board, there was a woman sleeping in an empty room. Either put to sleep, or indeed fall asleep because of fatigue. Five of the passengers were gathered together for wine in an open space on the front side of the ship. They drink wine for two things at once, the first to warm up and the second to celebrate their success in capturing high-selling women.

“Lucky we immediately change the makeup of Miss Shen Yang, so he will not be recognized by other groups who may be wandering around the island of Jidong, he said,” said one of the people who last put Shen Yang into a brothel.

“Yes, I've heard since Miss Shen Yang's father raised the head price for her daughters, more and more sects and groups are hunting for the whereabouts of Miss Shen Yang and Miss Yang Zi.”

“Chairman, what is the chairman's plan? Handing Miss Shen Yang over to headquarters or taking her directly to Caihong?” the youngest one asked their group leader.

“I'm thinking about that too. If we take Miss Shen Yang to Caihong, we will get a very high wage. But the risk is also very big. We can be killed in the middle of the journey or Miss Shen Yang can be separated from our hands,” the leader stopped talking to gulp the wine in his right hand. After a single deep breath, the leader continued the clutter in his head.

“If we want to be safe, we can hand Miss Shen Yang over to the headquarters. It was a path whose risk value was small but the wage value was also smaller. I myself am actually more interested in bringing Miss Shen Yang to headquarters,”, the leader said.

The members looked at each other to reach a mutual agreement. Before they came to a decision, their huge ship was like it had crashed into something. The ship churned to the point of making the arak-arak on their table rolling down to the floor.

Five warriors on the ship immediately stood up to install a standby body. Not long after the ship had churned, the five swordsmen felt a dense cold aura. It was an air commonly released by learned warriors to inform their arrival.

The sound of hasty footsteps followed the cold that began to fill the entire ship. Five warriors who had just celebrated the feast of joy were suddenly blind. They did not expect to be confronted by the enemy so quickly, more unexpected if it would be met with an enemy who seemed to be far above their knowledge.

“Hhhh...Hhhh...Hhhh.

There was the sound of breathing from the north. Five warriors who were shrinking their guts, now increasingly vibrate because it seems like the high-scientific person is getting closer to them.

“Hhhh…. Hhh... I finally found you!” Zhou Fu shouted while still busy adjusting his breathing which was still wheezing. He did not expect that there would be a wind storm that dispelled his steps on the road. His strength had already been reduced in part due to his battle against nature.

“That teenage boy...” One of the five warriors who captured Shen Shen was stifled in disbelief. He did not expect that Zhou Fu who previously seemed very weak was actually able to catch up with their ship somehow.

“Ket...The chairman..The boy is a teenager who was previously together with Miss Shen Yang,” one of the warriors told their leader.

“Bbbocah... Who are you really?” the leader of the group was also unable to hide the worry in his head.

The coldness that enveloped the ship was getting more concentrated and made everyone tremble in the cold.

Zhou Fu who was able to catch his breath now began to concentrate on facing his enemies.

“Hey, who released this concentrated aura? It doesn't seem like you five!” Zhou Fu only realized that his body was passed by a cold that was clearly not caused by the night wind.

Hearing Zhou Fu's reply, the five kidnapper Shen Shen's five warriors became confused.