Towards Eternity
Ch 598's. Lahar Lake
The Lin Clan Family Residence was located in the middle of a gigantic, highly active volcanic crater.
When viewed from its appearance, the mountain seemed as if it could erupt at any time, but in fact this residence has been built for hundreds of years and the mountain that is where it stands has never erupted until now. This could happen because the Lin Family had set up a lava flow within the mountain and routinely flowed it through some special routes that directly led out at the foot of the mountain, so you could say the location of the Lin Clan Family Residence was surrounded by a hot lava lake.
There was no land route to reach the residence. The only option was him, passing hot lava or flying over it. Of course for most people, especially those in the realm of Soul Unification would have no trouble at all to pass through it by flying, but what about those with the level of practice below?
Perhaps the choice to use a ferocious beast that could fly as a vehicle was the best choice, but just how many ferocious beasts were able to fly over the sea of hot lava that had such extremely hot temperatures? It is for this reason that man is endowed with reason and intelligence far above all other living beings.
The Lin family that controlled the entire southern region had developed a large ship that could transport quite a number of people, and most importantly, was able to sail over the boiling hot lava. The ship was controlled by dozens of Martial Practitioners in the Soul Cleansing realm who used their Qi to make the ship move, the source said, and form a shield that surrounds the entire ship so that the heat from the outside does not enter and kill the crew.
Because there is only one ship, the cruise is only done about once a week, and tickets to board the ship are also very expensive, it was even enough to spend the entire fortune of a small family glorified on Black Sand Island.
Right now, after a week of sailing aboard the steamer owned by Weng Lou, Lin Bei and the Pursuit Army led by him had reached the end of the main river that became the lahar lake link.
There, many other ships are seen anchored on the river bank. People were walking towards the same place, the Port of Phoenix, which was the site of a large ship that could take people to a volcano in the middle of a lava lake.
"Look who's coming, Captain of the Pursuit Army, Lin Bei! Hahaha..the great genius of the Lin Family, is really unexpected."
At that port, a man wearing red clothes that were the hallmark of the Lin Family members' clothing walked over towards the steamer Weng Lou. On top of the deck, Lin Bei was standing at the side with Lin Gou.
The man's tone sounded mocking as he then jumped up onto the ship and approached towards Lin Bei. The other members of the Pursuit Squad stared unhappily at the man, yet there was nothing they could do. Their captain had told them not to pay too much attention to the words of this man before them long before they reached that place.
"Uncle Fei, it's good to see you still look young even though your age has almost touched the number one hundred" said Lin Bei while saluting him.
This man in front of him was Lin Fei Ming, the person who was assigned to be the leader of the Phoenix Port, and he was Lin Bei's distant uncle from his father. However, his uncle's status was slightly higher compared to his family because he managed to marry the son of the Lin Family Elder.
Perhaps in office, Lin Bei's status was much higher than his uncle's, but his uncle's wife made it meaningless. Moreover, the Phoenix bloodline on his uncle was indeed higher than him as well as his two parents, so he was extremely arrogant towards his family.
"Sadly, brat, even if I were a hundred years old I would look a quarter young because my Phoenix bloodline is stronger than yours and your parents." Lin Fei Ming sneered.
The atmosphere on the ship turned hot, but not because of the temperature of the lava lake near them. Lin Gou who saw the two of them showing each other displeased gazes chose to mediate.
"Master Fei, we want to pass through the lake, is the 'ship' anchored?" asked Lin Gou while pulling his captain back.
Lin Fei Ming snorted then walked to the end of the ship while speaking, "You guys are lucky, yesterday there was one of the nuclear families who was coming out of the residence and chose to use the ship, so 'that ship' used not according to his schedule. Later that afternoon the ship will sail back carrying two hundred passengers."
Hearing Lin Fei Ming's explanation made Lin Gou smile with satisfaction. It was really their lucky day. It was rare for the ship they were talking about to depart not according to his schedule, so the situation as it was now made Lin Gou happy.
"Then, is there still room to enter this ship? We'll pay more quietly." Lin Gou asked again.
Lin Fei Ming's sneaky smile was formed. He turned around and shook his head in response to Lin Gou's question.
"After all, weren't you guys assigned to chase after the traitor who stole our Lin Family's treasure? Why are you guys back? Don't tell me you've lost track of him and want to go to the residence to apologize?"
The questions Lin Fei Ming posed were all on target, but the reason they returned to the residence was not to apologize, but rather to show the Black Ape Fighters they had managed to capture in the port of Tiesha City.
"Master Fei, I'm sure you have no obligation to inquire about the affairs of our troops to return to the residence." Lin Gou spoke while narrowing his eyes.
"Hahaha.see this arrogant boy. Yeah, whatever. What is clear is that the transport ship is full, and you cannot board it. Why don't you just use this ship? It looks like this ship is no ordinary ship, you can use it to pass through the lake. Even if it's only half the journey, before you're all drowned by the beasts that live in the lake, hahahaha....."
Lin Fei Ming laughed mockingly, then jumped down from the ship, leaving behind Lin Bei and his troops who had been holding the maraj since earlier. When Lin Fei Ming had already left, the members of the Pursuit Army started cursing the man.
Lin Gou who previously looked happy because the transport ship was anchored in the Port of Phoenix was also showing his displeased face, while Lin Bei just kept silent and clenched his hands tightly.
"So what are we going to do, Captain? We can't wait another week here." One of Lin Bei's troops walked up to Lin Bei but the captain remained silent, not giving any answer.
Seeing the silent Lin Bei not answering, Lin Gou immediately told the members to go and do his work while he decided to discuss with Lin Bei.
"Captain, are you okay?"
Lin Bei turned to Lin Gou, "Haaah. The old man was really annoying as usual."
"Hahahaha. Most important now, what are we going to do? As your uncle said, we can't use a transport ship to cross the lava lake in front of us."
The only transportation they expected now they could not use, they needed to re-plan.
"How many gold coins have you all brought?" Lin Bei suddenly asked.
Lin Gou's eyebrows shot up, slightly confused by his question. But not long after he understood why his captain was asking how many gold coins they had.
"I only have fifty thousand, that includes all my savings I carry at the moment, but if coupled with those of the other members, it might be a hundred thousand."
"A hundred thousand yah....that amount is more than enough to buy a flying savage beast that has power in the realm of Soul Unification.." said Lin Bei in a soft voice.
Blinked. Lin Gou shook his head. He did not agree if they had to buy a flying savage beast just to pass through the lava lake. Not because of the amount of money they had to spend, but because it was impossible for there to be a flying beast that had a body large enough to transport the steamer Weng Lou.
Not only was the size above average, but the Weng Lou steamship also had an incredible weight, especially since there was a Black Ape Fighter inside. No ferocious beast with strength in the Soul Unification realm would be willing to transport another ferocious beast that possessed the same strength as him.
"Then we have no other choice. Immediately prepare the ship, we will sail past the lava lake with this ship."