The Eastern Continent Swordsman
CH. 39 – Unexpected Events

With the opening of the lion head statue's mouth, Shen Shen shook Zhou Fu's shoulders violently. Zhou Fu, who was excitedly watching the mouth of the lion statue, was forced to turn to Shen Shen for a moment. Zhou Fu's brows furrowed together as he looked at Shen Shen's face which showed an expression of restraining something heavy and restrained.

“Damn, just like that it's not strong!” Zhou Fu grumbled inwardly when he found Shen Shen's face already showing signs of oxygen deprivation.

Shen Shen did not know how Zhou Fu's expression was because his two eyes had been closed very tightly, to strengthen his defense against the pressure of the lungs that needed air intake. His chest was getting heavier because of the forged underwater pressure that began to feel.

In fact, ancient montipora also has the effect of warding off pressure in the chest when in the depths. If Shen Shen had already shown symptoms of running out of air, of course the ancient montipora effect had already disappeared in his body. Zhou Fu also suspected that the effects of ancient montipora might also be adjusted to the physical endurance of each person because he himself still felt ordinary in the water.

“Alright, baiklak! We to the surface immediately!” zhou Fu murmured inwardly as he clasped something inside the open lion's mouth.

It was in the form of a black coffin, with carvings of lions and lotus flowers on each side. Zhou Fu grasped the handle of the black chest with his right hand and grabbed Shen Shen's waist with his left hand. The girl was certainly not able to swim alone so Zhou Fu felt the need to help her.

Long story short, Zhou Fu asked Haku to bring them to the surface that was somehow far away. Sure enough, the journey to the surface was not as temporary as Zhou Fu thought, Shen Shen was even unconscious before they reached the surface. Zhou Fu checked Shen Shen's pulse at regular intervals to determine whether the woman still had life on her body.

“Damn it! I don't even know when I lost my montipora crumb supply!” Zhou Fu grumbled inwardly as he clenched two hands. Feeling a little furious as he lost the crumbs of ancient montipira that he kept in his robe. It seemed as if the supplies had fallen from Zhou Fu's robe just as he and Shen Shen entered the hollow door of air flanked by the three whirlpools.

Minute by minute was moving so slowly for Zhou Fu. He then gestured for Haku to speed up his movements. Haku closed his eyes for a moment as he gestured to his new friend. Moments after Haku hastened his movements, they came to the surface, precisely in the middle of the Luzon sea. Zhou Fu asked Haku to keep his head above the water so that Zhou Fu could do first aid to Shen Shen.

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Shen Shen woke up covered in a warm blanket, next to him was a female servant who was pounding some herbal medicine. It was the maid on Guichuan's ship, Feng Yaoshan's ship that Shen Shen and Zhou Fu boarded.

“B... What happened? Where is Zhou Fu?” Shen Shen spoke softly while frowning his dizzy forehead. His eyes were still twitching and his stomach was nauseous.

The servant waiting for Shen Shen Shen immediately walked up to him who was lying on the bed with his body still weak. The waiter bowed for a while then explained a few things.

“Nona, young master Zhou who drove miss here, rather, you two were ushered in by a giant creature that seemed tame. After confirming the state of the lady's well-being, young master Zhou returned into the sea with the creature. Daaan... And until now has not returned..”.

Shen Shen Shen's eyebrows instantly fused together instantly, his chin immediately looked up and his lips trembled slightly, “until now? What does it mean until now?” Shen Shen swallowed his saliva repeatedly while trying to recall something.

The maid appeared to turn her face to the bottom right, trying her best not to see the face of young lady Shen Yang, as the answer she was about to give would definitely make the girl sad and confused.

“That day??? How long have I been unconscious?” Shen Shen shrugged his shoulders, believing that opening the mouth of the lion statue was only yesterday.

“Nona lay for one week. Not unconsciously, miss wakes up every day, but just to delirium. It is only natural because the fever that the lady experienced was high enough so that the awareness of the lady was disturbed. During this one week, young master Zhou has never returned.”

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Fresh water supplies on Guichuan's ship have been dwindling, the entire crew made huge savings so as not to run out of drinking water sources. All the crew members felt like the son of a duck that lost its mother, they were anchoring on Luzon's waterfront, not knowing what to do.

It was the tenth day of the departure of Zhou Fu who did not return. Shen Shen waited for Zhou Fu's arrival at the head of the ship, every morning, afternoon, evening, and night. The minutes he went through seemed to be dark times that he wanted to end soon.

That night, the night of the tenth day, Shen Shen tried to make a determination. Perhaps his journey with Zhou Fu should indeed end at the Luzon sea. Everyone is free to make plans, but in fact life is not always according to plan.

Shen Shen Shen's face was bent lethargic, he who was waiting for Zhou Fu at the end of the ship's head was about to turn around and was about to go to sleep, before finally a rumbling sound from the southeast disturbed his ears.

Shen Shen gripped the wooden part of the ship. His blood was flowing violently, and his heart cried out the same prayer, may it be him!

“Shen Shen!!! Look what I brought! You will never think of everything!!!”

Shen Shen Shen's tears were pouring out as the sound of shouting perched in his ears. Clearly it was the voice of the infuriating Zhou Fu!

It was a very dark day, Shen Shen could not see clearly what Zhou Fu was carrying. In fact, Shen Shen could not even see where Zhou Fu's body was. Only the dark silhouette of a large creature appeared in his eye sockets.

“Damn it! I shouldn't have to worry too much about him!” Shen Shen cursed inwardly as he bit his own lips. There was an extremely excited, relieved, and annoyed feeling mixed into one in Shen Shen's mind.

“Sial!!! He even looks so happy! It's free that I waited for her with tears!” Shen Shen Shen again cursed inwardly, hoping that his tear marks would quickly disappear. 

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