Chapter 1571: Panluo

“Ah? Did the returning sea caravan get robbed again?!” Ruan Yanluo received the news and immediately jumped up from her rocking chair.

First, she thanked Mr. Jiang for rescuing the caravan and then learned the specifics. She took out the trading company’s sea chart, looking at the usually safest trade route, her brows furrowing deeply.

Even such a remote route hasn’t been peaceful, what should be done?

Ever since that mysterious undersea world fully unfolded, the sea demons expelled by the Sea God seized the chance to cause trouble.

At first, it was just lone demon cultivators near the seabed being ambushed and looted; then it extended to targeting caravans; and now they are causing more chaos, openly robbing caravans that don’t even approach the undersea world.

Moon Snail Mountain’s countless trading companies, nearly half have been robbed.

I thought my trading company would have little risk on this remote sea route, but it didn’t escape!

In the misfortune of being attacked, the caravan happened to encounter Mr. Jiang at sea, and some survivors were rescued; he even personally led a team to search for the scattered main force.

“The Wilderness is unsafe, Hou Ze has also mentioned migration several times; it seems we must seriously consider focusing on the Otherworld.” Ruan Yanluo sighed lightly, gathered manpower, and immediately teleported to rendezvous with the caravan members according to their location.

After meeting and exchanging brief pleasantries, she impatiently asked, “What exactly happened? The caravan was sailing to collect goods on various islands, traveling only on the water’s surface; logically, we shouldn’t have encountered the sea demons robbing in the water.”

“It’s embarrassing to say, the attack was too sudden, I’m still dazed,” the oldest caravan member sighed. “We collected dry goods from the last stop, Dongli Island, everything was peaceful and smooth, ahead of schedule by two days, we embarked on the return journey.

Danger came from underwater, the Water-Stepping Beast was completely unaware and didn’t give any warning, a powerful force directly swept our entire group into the sea! In the chaos, I vaguely saw there were about thirty or forty of them; everyone tried to teleport away but was trapped.

The captain led the main force and the Water-Stepping Beast, forming a formation to fight back; our group was scattered, chased down by four or five powerful sea demons. It all happened so quickly, in such a short time, unable to fight or teleport, we had no choice but to flee to save our lives.

After that, we encountered Wu Meng, who originally intended to visit the more remote part of the undersea world to find some possibilities for profit. ℴ

They too were suddenly surrounded by sea demons, mingled with other caravan members scattered; we stumbled upon each other. But the sea demons chasing them seemed to know the ones chasing us! After meeting, they briefly communicated; some went back underwater, while remaining seven or eight continued chasing us.

Luckily we crashed into the Barrier of Mr. Jiang’s cave, he came out to check and helped rescue us.”

After recounting his experience briefly, he let out a long sigh.

In such a short time, attacked, chased, severely injured, and then healed by Mr. Jiang, it feels like a trip around the edge of death.

“Sounds like we’ve been targeted.” Ruan Yanluo, skilled at divining with sand, belonging to a kind of divination.

She casually picked up an hourglass, quietly murmured incantations, and watched the golden sand trickling down.

A floating scroll slowly unfolded amid the swirling sand.

“Southeast direction, about six hundred miles deep sea region, around one hundred sea demons attacking!” Ruan Yanluo calculated the location, formed a Water Shield with her hands, urgency evident, “Most people are injured, relying on the Water-Stepping Beast won’t last; they are in a peculiar sea region, unable to locate for teleportation, probably enhanced by some magical treasure, everyone follow closely, don’t fall behind.”

Jiang Yuan’s eyes lit up immediately—big blood bag + strong workforce, and there are over one hundred of them! Can save lives while accumulating merit, and provide a shipment to the eerie army, how excellent!

He doesn’t quite understand the situation underwater, why the sea region is undetectable for teleportation, can’t they teleport closer instead? Only swim there, wouldn’t that be too slow?

Ruan Yanluo took out a small bubble and gently blew on it.

The bubble instantly burst, and an orange small fish leaped out, diving into the water. A second later, it resurfaced, already a huge fish mount.

“Time is of the essence, follow me!” She first leaped onto the fish, Jiang Yuan and others followed swiftly.

Earlier, the sea demons faced during the battle weren’t many; since Miss Ruan calculated over a hundred sea demons are involved, it indicates that side holds the main fighting power, not just two caravans being surrounded!

The ironclad rule of sea travel: if you have the means, you must strive to rescue any life in danger.

The orange giant fish carried the group, rapidly swimming towards deeper southeastern waters under Ruan Yanluo’s direction.

Meanwhile, on a lonely sea mountain in the deep-sea region, hundreds of demon cultivators gathered.

Some are loose cultivators, residing in the deep sea of this region; some merely passing by; many are caravans targeted, not killed immediately, scattered, eventually gathering here due to fate.

The caravan’s Water-Stepping Beast stood at the outermost foot of the mountain, together with other domesticated sea demon beasts and demon cultivators still having strength, they held up a fragile barrier, desperately resisting the sea demons’ attack.

“The Teleportation Talisman still can’t be used, what should we do now?”

“The Water-Stepping Beast is strong, but it can only dive into the deep sea for a short time; once they fail to sustain, we’re doomed!”

“That darn it, where did these robbers come from? I was cultivating peacefully in my cave when everything was taken away. If I hadn’t run into you all quickly, I’d have been killed by them long ago; what did I do to deserve this!”