When the group of people approached the ship where the Dragon King was located, they were stopped by the guards coming off the ship.

"Stop, who are you?" The guard was a burly man, wearing a strange-looking armor, blocking the road with an evil look on his face.

While Zhong Lingqi stepped forward to negotiate, Yu Shiqi looked up at the Dragon King's giant whale-shaped ship from nearby, and was deeply shocked by its grandeur and grandeur. He noticed the blatant cannons on the ship, and finally realized

It was originally a warship here.

I don’t know what Zhong Lingqi said to the guard, but the man actually let the three of them go.

Yu Shiqi and Dong'er looked at each other and found a look of surprise in her eyes. They knew that although this girl had been to Jiang City before, she had never boarded the Dragon King's ship.

"This ship is clearly a naval warship. How did the Dragon King get it?" Yu Shiqi couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, this is a warship, but it does not belong to the Chenlin Navy. The original name of this warship is 'Red Jiao'. It was a warship of the Lengquan expeditionary force during the Linquan War. After Lengquan's defeat, the ship ran aground.

On Xizhou Island, the Dragon King paid someone to drag it back to the dock for repairs, and it turned into what it is now." Zhong Lingqi seemed to know a lot about this, and talked about it: "The cannons on these ships have only retained their shapes.

In fact, it has been out of use for a long time, so the Wuyue government turned a blind eye."

Just as Yu Shiqi was about to nod, he suddenly heard someone laughing loudly, and then a sentence came from the wind: "Do you really know whether these artillery can still be used?"

"Who?" Yu Shiqi became nervous instantly. He was a little frightened by Lezheng Longhua's previous attack.

"Don't be nervous." Zhong Lingqi comforted him and bowed towards the entrance of the cabin calmly: "It doesn't matter whether I know it or not. I guess you don't care either."

A figure appeared under the steps at the entrance of the cabin. The figure was not tall. He was wearing a wide black and green robe, which made him look even shorter. Yu Shiqi looked at the figure standing between two young and beautiful people in red clothes.

With the help of the woman, he walked up the steps, and his face was revealed to the three of them.

There were large patches of dry gray hair, eyebrows and beards, dull and dull eyes, and a rough face full of age spots and wrinkles. Yu Shiqi was completely unable to connect what he saw with the hearty laughter from before.

He was clearly an old man who was dying and half dead, but his voice sounded extremely energetic just now.

"Dragon King." Zhong Lingqi smiled and nodded to the old man.

Although Yu Shiqi had already guessed the identity of this old man, he did not dare to confirm it before Zhong Lingqi spoke, because it was really hard to imagine that the Dragon King who controlled this Jiang City like an underground king was a man whose life seemed to be shattered by the wind.

The old man whose candle will go out at any time.

"Mr. Zhong, are those over there your children?" The Dragon King spoke again, his voice still as loud as a bell.

Zhong Lingqi neither confirmed nor denied it, which was regarded as acquiescence to this fact.

"Young man, I can't see your face clearly. You might as well come closer." The Dragon King's dry lips were slightly raised and he waved to Yu Shiqi.

Yu Shiqi glanced at Zhong Lingqi and found that he had no intention of stopping him, so he cautiously and slowly took a few steps forward.

"A little closer, a little closer, and my eyes will be useless."

Yu Shiqi had no choice but to walk in front of him, and they could almost touch each other by raising their hands.

The Dragon King opened his cloudy eyes wide and looked at Yu Shiqi's face carefully. After a moment, he said "tsk tsk" twice and said to Zhong Lingqi: "Mr. Zhong, you are so lucky."

"What do you mean by this?" Yu Shiqi didn't understand what he said.

"I'm not wrong. You...are an unparalleled martial arts prodigy. Your father is a martial arts prodigy himself, but you are more talented than him." The Dragon King said to Yu Shiqi solemnly.

"Is this like like father, like son?" Zhong Lingqi smiled.

"That's not what you said." The Dragon King shook his head and turned around, "Throughout the ages, there have been many outstanding warriors in the Jianghu of Central Continent, but few of them can pass on the glory as a family. The secrets of martial arts can be passed on to future generations, but later generations

A person's talent depends on God's will. This is the first time I have seen such inheritances as you and this child."

Zhong Lingqi walked up to Yu Shiqi and patted him on the shoulder: "Did you hear that? You are a good young man who is more suitable for learning martial arts than me."

"So what?" Yu Shiqi didn't show much excitement. First of all, he was dubious about the Dragon King's words. Secondly, even if he was really a martial arts prodigy, he had no intention of inheriting Zhong Lingqi's current martial arts skills and status.

Zhong Lingqi probably knew what he was thinking, and he didn't intend to force it. He said jokingly: "So what? That means you have to thank me and Yi Ning."

"Bah, how shameless." Dong'er made a face and stuck out his tongue at Zhong Lingqi from behind.

Zhong Lingqi smiled helplessly. It is said that girls cannot stay in college. This girl was only fifteen years old and had only known Yu Shiqi for a long time. She was more interested in her brother than her father. He shook his head, thinking that he should first

Get down to business.

"Dragon King, I'm here to see an old friend. I think he should be on your boat."

The old man walked back slowly with the help of the maid, turned his back to Zhong Lingqi and said, "Yes, Mr. Zhong, your old friend is on the ship, but I have no obligation to take you to find him."

"Dragon King..."

"Mr. Zhong, this is your own fate and the result of your own karma." The Dragon King said these words and disappeared under the stairs leading to the cabin.

Karma? What does it mean? Yu Shiqi remembers that this is a Zen term, talking about karma and retribution.

Everyone who lives in this world cannot avoid making karma, good and bad karma, and there will be retribution. But which kind of words are the Dragon King talking about? Yu Shiqi subconsciously turned his head to look at Zhonglingqi, and found that his expression was also somewhat

Confused and solemn.

Suddenly, a loud "bang" sound came from above. Yu Shiqi was startled. A "dong" sound came from his ears. From the corner of his eye, he saw Zhong Lingqi kneeling on the ground.

He was covering his chest with his hands, and red blood was flowing from between his fingers.

"Dad!" Dong'er cried and rushed forward.

"Get out of the way!" Zhong Lingqi growled and pushed his daughter away with a palm, and at the same time, a second loud noise came from the air.

This time Yu Shiqi could see clearly. There was a flash of fire on the observation deck in the distance. The fine and small iron bullets hit the deck in front of Zhong Lingqi, leaving a black hole with smoke.

.

It's a matchlock gun... The name of that dangerous and magical weapon flashed through Yu Shiqi's mind.

After two shots, the matchlock gun fell into silence. A slender figure jumped down from the observation deck vigorously, rolled on the ground and skillfully released the momentum, stood up and walked quickly towards Zhonglingqi.

"Ferry Master, you're fine."
Chapter completed!