Chapter 373: This Man is a True Immortal!

They succeeded! "Awesome!"

"He really is an immortal! If it weren't for Temple Master Ning, the consequences of this fishing trip would have been unimaginable!"

"The immortal protects us!"

"Thank goodness we invited Temple Master Ning out to sea with us, or Captain Liu's boat would have been doomed."

The other fishing boats erupted in cheers when they saw Liu Ming's boat emerge.

"Old Liu, are you alright?"

"Old Liu, how are you holding up?"

The fishermen asked over the radio, their voices thick with concern.

Everyone waited in silence for Liu Ming's reply.

A burst of harsh static crackled, followed closely by his voice.

"I'm fine."

"Temple Master Ning saved me."

"Keep moving forward, everyone. The rain is getting heavier. Let's get out of here first!"

Liu Ming's voice served as a much-needed reassurance for the fleet.

The boats continued driving toward the edge of the storm.

It was a magnificent sight to behold.

The rest of the journey passed without any real danger.

Even though the waves swelled higher and higher, constantly tossing the vessels up and down across the surface, they still managed to navigate the stormy seas with relative stability.

The further they pushed, the lighter the rain became, and the skies gradually brightened.

The fleet pressed on.

They maintained their pace for another half hour before finally slowing down.

Everyone glanced back. In the distance, the tempest remained pitch-black, like a sea of lightning straight out of a fantasy tale, daring anyone to approach.

Once the fleet slowed its pace, Liu Ming finally stepped out of his cabin.

He untied the steel cable connecting them to the Qingfeng and gazed at the Qingfeng Cruise Ship.

Ning Fei had also been worried about their safety and happened to step out to the stern to check on them.

Standing on the fishing boat, roughly two meters below Ning Fei's position, Liu Ming saw him appear. Right then and there, in front of the millions of viewers in the live-stream, he slowly dropped to his knees.

The sudden gesture left Ning Fei at a loss for words.

"Temple Master Ning, on behalf of everyone on this boat, thank you for saving our lives."

Liu Ming spoke with absolute sincerity.

His voice was filled with gratitude.

Without experiencing it firsthand, it was hard to imagine just how desperate he had been in that moment.

And right in the depths of that despair, Ning Fei had suddenly appeared and saved everyone aboard.

"Captain Liu, please don't do this. I'm a member of this fleet too, and the Qingfeng has more than enough power. I only did what any crewmate would—we look out for each other,"

Ning Fei hurriedly said.

But Liu Ming remained immensely grateful.

Ning Fei was right, but in a situation like that, how many people would actually risk being swallowed by a whirlpool just to save someone else?

Courage, decisiveness, and calm—he couldn't have pulled it off without all three.

Ning Fei noticed the men on the other boats looking at him with equal appreciation.

He shook his head and relented.

"Captain Liu, thank you for letting me join you on this trip to the open sea."

"Now that we're back in domestic waters, I'll be heading off on my own."

"Please let the marine management folks know when you see them."

Hearing this, Liu Ming hurriedly replied, "Temple Master Ning, you saved my life. I haven't even properly hosted you yet."

"Could you come back to Houhai Village? I'll throw an eighty-table banquet in your honor."

Even though Liu Ming had lost his entire catch on this trip, coming out of it alive was more satisfying than anything else.

That was human nature—surviving a crisis changed a person's perspective.

It was like an old debt that went unpaid for years; the day the person finally paid it back, it felt like finding free money.

Hearing Liu Ming's offer only made Ning Fei want to flee even faster.

An eighty-table banquet.

Good heavens. That kind of spectacle was exactly what he hated most.

Liu Ming would undoubtedly ask his 'savior' to say a few words, which would only make things more awkward.

"Captain Liu, we can skip the banquet. We'll meet again if fate allows!"

Ning Fei reeled in the steel cable and immediately ordered Bai to turn the boat around. The yacht broke away from the fleet and sped off in another direction.

Seeing this, Liu Ming wanted to ask him to stay, but the Qingfeng was too fast. In the blink of an eye, it had shrunk to a tiny black dot in the distance.

"We truly were blessed by an immortal this time."

"It's a shame we couldn't invite him back."

Liu Ming gazed at the retreating silhouette of the Qingfeng, clicking his tongue in praise.

The netizens had witnessed everything.

After saving someone's life, Ning Fei casually departed as if he had only done some trivial thing.

A Daoist wandered the world. Saving a person was a rescue, and saving an animal was a rescue too. Doing good deeds whenever possible was fine, as long as it aligned with his true heart.

It was just like the line from "Ode to Gallantry":

"When the deed is done, he brushes off his clothes and leaves, hiding his merit and name."

Ning Fei didn't care about Liu Ming's gratitude.

Of course, the incident quickly climbed the trending search rankings.

The sheer scale of the spectacle was too massive to ignore.

A stormy sea, a terrifying ocean whirlpool, a stranded fishing boat, and a life-saving Daoist—all these elements intertwined, instantly igniting the internet's enthusiasm.

They watched the footage of the Qingfeng Cruise Ship pushing against the raging waves, heading straight for Liu Ming's boat.

Then they saw Ning Fei grab the steel cable and leap from the stern in the middle of the storm.

And finally, they saw him secure the cable and drift gracefully back onto his own deck.

How could anyone not be shocked?

This man was a true immortal!

Temple Master Ning was definitely a living immortal in Huaxia!

"So incredible! I can't believe our country has someone this amazing!"

"I was there! Watching Temple Master Ning save them gave me a cold sweat. It was way too intense!"

"Same here. My heart almost stopped when I saw that!"

"What a shame, I missed the live-stream."

"I'll have to tune into Temple Master Ning's live-stream more often!"

The netizens' discussions were incredibly heated.

On Douyin, several short videos and news clips of Ning Fei's rescue racked up a massive amount of likes. The coolest shot of him leaping from the boat had already surpassed 13 million likes, and the number was still climbing.

On Weibo, the comment count quickly broke past a million, while shares and likes grew at an insane rate.

Ning Fei had become a household name; he was completely viral across Huaxia!

Countless people flooded into Ning Fei's Live-stream Room.

Across major live-streaming platforms, short-video platforms, Tieba, Weibo, and Bilibili, the popularity of his channel was absolutely terrifying.

Everyone flocked to his live-stream to join the fun.

Jingdu University Dormitory 302 pays its respects to Immortal Ning!

Yangtze River Tobacco and Liquor Group Company pays its respects to Immortal Ning!

The entire class of Chang'an Second Science and Technology Primary School pays its respects to Immortal Ning!

It was unclear who started it, but the densely packed bullet comments were entirely filled with people paying their respects to Immortal Ning.

Ning Fei knew his chat had already exploded.

He simply decided not to look at it.

At that moment, he was sailing across the open sea. Not far away, the storm was raging at its absolute peak.

Watching the massive ocean waves continually surge from the direction of the tempest, Ning Fei seemed to think of something and laughed.

He returned to his cabin and checked the items available through the Silver Lottery, searching for a surfboard.

He could use ten times the Popularity Points to redeem the props drawn from the Silver Lottery.

The System offered all kinds of surfboards, but Ning Fei's eyes were immediately drawn to one shaped like a treasure sword.

"This surfboard has a nice design."

"With the waves so high outside, it's the perfect time to go relax a bit."

Then, clutching the sword-shaped surfboard, Ning Fei left the captain's quarters.