Towards Eternity
Ch 537's. Steam Boats and Arrivals

"Crossing the Dead Sea?! Uhuk!! Uhuuk!!!" Choi's father immediately coughed in blood listening to Weng Lou's words.

Where did Weng Lou come from who had more madness than this child?! Even Choi's father felt his life almost cross the bridge of death as soon as he listened to his words!

"You..uhuk! You're kidding, aren't you, son?!" Although he had heard the words of Weng Lou, but he felt that he was the wrong one to hear, because after all Weng Lou was just a child who was not yet 17 years old.

Weng Lou shook his head before speaking lightly, "I'm not kidding. The only reason I'm here is to have you build me a ship that meets the standards for passing through the Dead Sea. Of course, this steam engine will be added to the ship so that it becomes the first steamer in the world!"

Instead of improving, Choi's father's condition was even worse. His breathing felt tight and he looked at Choi who was beside him. Choi's face looked worried, but on the other hand both of his eyes showed that he already knew about Weng Lou's wishes.

"I have a blueprint of the ship fit for it. We can change it a little bit to adjust to this steam engine" Choi said, wiping the blood in her father's mouth and looking at Weng Lou seriously.

A small smile appeared on the corner of Weng Lou's lips. He took out a sky-blue gem from under his shirt and threw it at Choi. In a panic Choi caught him. The jewel almost fell to the sidelines of the floor and ended up in the deep sea. It's a good thing Choi has pretty good reflexes.

The gleam of the jewel in his hand reflected into his eyes and made the jewel seem extremely precious. Choi could only gulp when imagining how much this gem would cost if it were sold in gold coins.

"Wear it to buy the materials you need, and if you don't talk to me. I'll give you something else" said Weng Lou, turning around and waving his hand.

"Eh?! You wanna go? But what if I take this precious gem away from you instead? Aren't you scared?!"

If it should be Weng Lou who is afraid if the jewel is stolen, but at this time Choi is the one who is afraid. He did not know the limit of his thoughts that might make him do evil with this jewel in his hand.

Weng Lou turned his head and laughed softly hearing that, "Fear? I'm not afraid one bit. Anyway, I can find you wherever you run."

Weng Lou's right hand gripped the hammer, which was made entirely of metal, and formed it into a whole metal ball that was then rolled on the floor on Choi.

Chou's mouth was wide open looking at that, he just realized that this teenager in front of him was actually a Martial Practitioner! On the other hand, Choi's father who already knew that Weng Lou was a Martial Practitioner was shocked by something else.

'He crushed! The hammer from the extremely strong and heat-resistant Black Steel was made into an ordinary metal ball with just his hands!' Choi's father couldn't say anything.

He was also a Martial Practitioner for having been a Woodworker for a very long time. You could say his knowledge of the martial world was quite extensive, and he knew how terrifying the power that Weng Lou showed.

Although he had been a Woodworker for many years, but he had only managed to become a Tier 3 Foundation Martial Practitioner. He couldn't rise any further because he didn't understand how to absorb the energy in nature and turn it into the power in his possession. But his physical strength can be said to have far surpassed the Basic Martial Practitioner Foundation level 3 in general as well as Weng Lou.

'At least the strength he displayed was at the Foundation Level 6 or above. A youngster with such great strength, he must be a genius from such a large organization that often sounded like it, ' he thought calmly.

He had forgotten his relapsing illness and immediately got up on his feet and quickly picked up the jewel in Chou's hands without any warning.

"Dad?!" Choi is obviously surprised by this and he intends to take the jewel back but soon receives a hard prick in his head.

"I'm going to buy all the shipbuilding materials, entrusting something of this value to you is a big risk that I don't want to take," he said that immediately left Choi who was still stroking his head that hurt.

"It's not that I'm going to take the jewel away." his voice was irritated but could be heard by Choi's father's ears.

"I'd believe you could write down all the ingredients and tools needed to make your ship!" his father looked at him without looking at him.

Choi was about to run away by then, thinking her father would scold her again. But hearing his father's words made him feel a little happy. He hurriedly ran towards the warehouse of the workshop that became his workplace while taking out the blueprint that had the design drawings of the ship that he had said before.

***

The next day, Weng Lou came back and was immediately greeted by quite an amazing sight.

All the materials and tools to make the ship have been collected by Choi's father and just wait for Weng Lou to start making his ship. Weng Lou must admit, his assessment of Choi's father may have been wrong before.

'No wonder he even became the leader of all the Carpenters in this city. He was already very skilled in this kind of work and had a much more foresighted manner than most other Woodworkers.' Weng Lou praised Choi's father's work in his heart. Although he was no longer young, nothing could compare to him.

"Ah, you're already here. My son and I are modifying the design of the ship to fit your steam engine." Choi's father came out of the equipment warehouse when he saw the arrival of Weng Lou. He slightly bowed respectfully to Weng Lou as he gave her a greeting.

His attitude slightly changed after seeing the strength of Weng Lou yesterday. It was common knowledge that only the strong would be respected in this world. And Weng Lou had already proven that he was indeed worthy of receiving respect from her, hence it was only natural that he behaved like that.

"Ah, you! Comehere! Give your comments on the design of this ship!"

Before long, Choi also came out of the warehouse while carrying a blueprint containing the design of the ship that he had modified. Weng Lou immediately walked up to him and saw him.

In silence, he simulated the making of the ship. His head nodded as the skeleton of the ship of complete metal was finished inside his head. But then, his forehead frowned the moment when the ship's hull started to be made, a huge mistake happened when he simulated the making and made Weng Lou reflect for a while.

Without saying anything, he walked into the warehouse and placed the blueprints on the table, then began to change the structure and components of the ship's body. Choi was quite surprised to witness this, as was his father.

Weng Lou nimbly crossed out the faults in the ship's design, and described much better improvements. In just five minutes, Weng Lou had finished changing some of the ship's design while Choi was busy paying attention to the ship's design that had been improved by Weng Lou.

"Eh! It's perfect!" Weng Lou allows Choi and her father to take a closer look, while going out and checking out the steam engine they created yesterday.

He crouched down and saw something resembling a chain in the connected two wheels on, "It seems they quickly understood his working system. The making of this chain is quite good, although the size of this steam engine is actually enough to drive a large ship."

*Sraa.....*

Weng Lou opened the lid on the top of the machine and then put in a considerable amount of water. He then connected a small furnace that had been lit and soon the machine began to work.

"There's no problem at all" he said. He moved the furnace back away from the engine, and it started to stop slowly.

"We've seen it, it's absolutely perfect! Resistance to high water pressure on the body and bottom of the vessel is excellent, but does not change its mass. And also the driving system which is the propeller, if driven in water a medium-sized ship can go from Gui Island to Fanrong Island in 3 days," said Choi's father with admiration in his eyes.

"It's good that if you guys understand, can we start making them now?" ask Weng Lou who is straight to the point.

"of course! We can start now!"

***

Eight days later, on a secluded beach unspoiled by humans.

*Shuurr......*

The waves on the beach rolled up and looked like a wooden board the size of an adult's body was carried away by the waves.

On the board, a woman lay unconscious. A seagull landed beside his head and pecked right at his forehead.

*No!*

"Whoaayo!!!" The woman awakens and finds herself on a beach that is unfamiliar to her. The look on his face was confused, he looked around and found no one there.

As he was thinking, the sudden memory of the incident that made him end up like the current was rushing through his head and making him feel a headache, "Agh!"

This did not last long, slowly his breathing seemed relieved and he again lay down on the wooden board where he was. His eyes glared at the extremely bright blue sky. There is no better view than this, he thought.

"Everyone died.even the warship could not withstand the rampage of the five king-level sea beasts though. I must be grateful that I can still survive" said the woman, recalling the terrible events that have happened to her.

He was the business of the Emperor who had a mission to investigate about Weng Lou who was tracked by the Emperor himself. Borrowing a warship from Governor Ho, he sailed the seas to the Huwa Islands.

At first, their journey seemed easy enough, but once they entered the waters of the Dead Sea everything changed. At first, some of the sea beasts with strength in the Soul Cleansing realm began to disturb them, and over time began to attack blatantly. With the existence of that woman on board, all of these sea beasts were no big deal, the main problem was when their ship entered the interior of the Dead Sea.

Due to his action of killing some sea savage beasts with strength in the Soul Cleansing realm, the sea savage beasts with greater strength were aware of their arrival. First, a giant crab with strength in the early stage 1 Soul Unification realm attacked them abruptly and nearly capsized the ship he was riding on. And then a gigantic eel that had strength in the peak stage 1 Soul Unification realm appeared, then along with the giant crab, the two fought against the woman.

With his strength residing in the realm of Soul Unification stage 2, he was able to keep up with the giant crab and eel. But it did not last long, as suddenly 3 sea beasts with powers in the 2nd stage Soul Unification realm appeared simultaneously and immediately turned things around.

With the attack of these five sea beasts, the ship he was riding on was smashed to pieces, and killed all the crew members who were coming with him. Before he had completely lost, the woman suppressed her Qi and aura of strength to a minimum then she lost her consciousness.

Fortunately he managed to survive and was miraculously carried away to land like this.

"Thank God, you're still giving me a chance to live." he said, staring up at the sky.

He closed his eyes and allowed his body to recuperate for a moment. The sound of the waves could be heard clearly, the cooling breeze made him feel at ease.

That calmness made him feel better, but it didn't last long.

*Shashh....* Both of his ears caught a voice that was not far from him, and he immediately got up and stood towards the origin of the voice that the two had heard before.

The bushes about fifteen meters away from her were visible signs of agitation and made the woman even more alert. He did not know where he was at the moment, so he could not let his guard down or he would die without his knowledge.

*skress....* The bushes were making a louder sound and soon a young man who looked to be in his twenties walked out of it. The young man seemed oblivious to the woman's whereabouts and was busy walking into the beach and fetching a little water to wash the fish carried using something of a tampi in his hand.

As the young man was busy washing the fish, slowly the woman walked over to him and quickly arrived behind him without making the slightest sound.

*tap....* His hand immediately touched the young man's shoulder which made him feel surprised instead of playing. But he did not have time to react when a great force came upon him and made him unable to move in the slightest.

"Shut up, or I'll kill you" said the woman coldly in the young man's ear.

The young man was silent and dropped the fish-filled winnow in his hand as he spoke nervously, "To-Please don't kill me. I have a very small little sister, he wouldn't be able to survive without me."

The young man's words were filled with fear and misgivings. No one knows what will happen after this. Whether she will die, or stay alive, this woman will decide. This lady who was the Emperor's envoy noticed the clothes belonging to this young man, and discovered that her clothes were different from those worn by the people in the Ryuan Empire.

"Tell me, where is this now?" asked the woman without lowering the slightest bit of pressure she put out.

The young man was a little confused by his question, but quickly replied, "I-It's on the east coast of Fanrong Island. Please forgive me, I'll give you whatever I have. Please don't kill me...."

"Fanrong Island?!" The woman was surprised to hear that. He had miraculously survived the rampage of the five sea beasts and had even reached Fanrong Island which was part of the Huwa Islands!

"God is really very good to me." he muttered without being heard by the young man.

*slap!* The young man suddenly fell unconscious as soon as he received one light blow on the back of his head. The woman immediately took him to the edge, and left him alone.

Now that he had arrived at Fanrong Island, he could not delay the mission given by his Master for a second.