Chapter 6 The Disturbance in the Southern Wilderness
Ding Hao’s Buddhist nature was very profound, and his Buddhist fate was also very high. The Great Tao he talked about was mixed with Buddhist doctrine. It was useful for both cultivators and martial artists. As for how much they understood, it depended on their own comprehension ability.
In the Great Palace, Ding Hao sat cross-legged in the void, with his hands naturally placed on his knees. He looked very natural. Without the support of the golden light, he did not look like a supreme master at all, just like a wise man sharing his own experience.
Golden Cicada was sitting next to Ding Hao, quietly listening to the supreme master’s voice.
Ding Hao’s voice was not very loud, but it was very clear, as if he were right in front of the people, talking to them cordially. This voice could be clearly heard within a radius of a million miles in the Western Desert, centered on the Great Leiyin Monastery.
Many martial artists and Buddhist disciples of the Human Clan and the Demon Clan greatly improved their cultivation after listening to Ding Hao’s preaching.
The Western Desert named this day the Supreme Master’s Preaching Day as a memorial to Ding Hao’s coming here to give a lecture. What he said on this day was also recorded completely as a supreme classic of the Western Desert, which was left for future generations to practice and experience.
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Ding Hao had already left the Western Desert and appeared in the Southern Wilderness.
The matter of the black lotus gave Ding Hao some inspiration, and he decided to go and visit the Sea God Palace in the Seven Seas.
Back then, Ding Hao had wanted to go to the Southern Wilderness to look for his sister. When he first started planning his trip to the Southern Wilderness, he asked Golden Cicada about the distance between the Western Desert and Snow Province. When Ding Hao heard Golden Cicada’s description, he found it hard to believe.
“From the east of the Western Desert, you’ll pass through 81 super-long-distance teleport tactical deployments, the Divine Central Continent, and some regions of the Southern Wilderness. If you don’t stop halfway, it will take you half a year to reach the Snow Province.”
This was only the distance between the Western Desert and Snow Province, and the Southern Wilderness was a more unreachable place.
Now, more than two hundred years had passed, and there was nothing on the whole continent that was distant to Ding Hao.
With just a turn of belief and a blink of an eye, Ding Hao came from the Western Desert to the Southern Wilderness.
This was a level of strength that transcended eternity, a level that no one could hope to match.
Coming to the Southern Wilderness, Ding Hao was not in a hurry to find Adorable in the Seven Seas. Just like in the Western Desert, he wanted to learn more about the Southern Wilderness first and see if there were any changes there.
Under the blue sky, there was a deep blue sea view. Two huge blue curtains were spread out side by side. They cooperated with each other from a distance, and they also met in the distant sky. The white seabirds shuttled freely between the two huge curtains.
The sea was as calm as the blue sky.
It was hard to imagine that tens of thousands of years ago, until more than a hundred years ago, this sea region was a domain full of blood and killing, and the sea surface fluctuated violently all the time.
Because this place was one of the transportation hubs of the Southern Wilderness, it had become a must-have place for the clansmen of the Sea Clan. And because of this, no force had become the real dominator here, so the various demons stationed in this sea area all year round had fewer conflicts, and small conflicts were always happening here.
All kinds of sea demons were fighting here, causing huge waves that were hundreds of meters high to rise from time to time. Even the adjacent seas were affected.
For tens of thousands of years, this sea had never been so calm. Such a situation naturally was due to the No-war Alliance Treaty made by Ding Hao a hundred years ago.
On the calm sea, several huge ships slowly appeared on the horizontal line.
These were the passenger ships and merchant ships passing by. At this time, the Southern Wilderness was no longer a barbaric place ruled by a large number of Demon Clan members. This sea area had now become a traffic hub and trade center.
The ships from all over the world were either providing supplies for the ships, gathering here, or conducting all kinds of transactions.
Trade was not only the mainstream of the various races in the Southern Wilderness but also the awareness of sharing resources had long permeated the entire continent. Everyone clearly realized that only by sharing resources could they achieve a comprehensive win-win situation.
The caravans and the merchant ships had set sail together in order to better deal with unexpected situations on the sea.
Ding Hao was on one of the passenger ships at this moment.
He completely concealed his Qi and looked like an ordinary person who knew nothing about martial arts. His clothes were no different from those of ordinary people, and he was still wearing a cyan shirt.
To Ding Hao’s surprise, many people on the ship were wearing cyan gowns like him.
“Brother, your cyan shirt looks nice. Where did you buy it?”
A young man in a cyan shirt of the same style as Ding Hao came over and asked him, who was standing at the bow.
“Oh, it’s a gift from a friend from the Northern Region,” Ding Hao replied with a smile. Ding Hao, who had completely concealed his martial artist aura, looked like a young scholar without any energy fluctuation on his body.
“The Northern Region is really a distant and sacred place. You actually have friends from the Northern Region. I must go to Snow Province there once in my lifetime!” The young man’s words were full of envy and awe.
“In your dream, brother. We can’t even afford the authentic Supreme Master Ding’s cyan shirts. How can we have enough money to go to Snow Province?” Behind the young man, a little girl with braids slowly walked over. This little girl looked to be in her teens. She was delicate and her eyes were bright. She looked like a girl in a painting.
It turned out that Ding Hao’s glorious deeds had spread throughout the continent.
Now the entire Southern Wilderness was fascinated by Ding Hao’s cyan gown. Countless people were imitating him, wearing cyan shirts, which had become a trend.
“Alas, you’re right. I won’t get to do that in my life. However, I have you, my younger sister. That benefactor said that you have the talent to be a martial artist. You must perform well when we go to Heaven Sect this time. You must become a disciple of Heaven Sect!” The young man said to his younger sister next to him with great expectation.
“I’ll try my best, brother.”
Ding Hao glanced at the two of them.
The young man did not possess any martial arts aptitude, and his foundation was shallow. However, this little girl did have some talent. With deep spiritual roots and some training, she might be able to achieve great things.
At this time, the little girl was looking at Ding Hao with a strange look. She seemed to have found something inconspicuous in Ding Hao.
Ding Hao smiled, patted her head, and walked into the cabin.
About an hour later, for some reason, the ship shook violently, and the roar of waves came to people’s ears. Then, the ship stopped.
Right after that, there was a commotion on the deck.
“It’s the Ceroman Clan!”
“Why are they coming up here?”
“Could it be that they dare to declare war on the Human Clan?”
“We’re doomed. We’ve been hiding for a long time, but we still can’t escape from this group of demons…”
All of a sudden, there was a burst of noise on the ships.
Ding Hao was alert. When he came out of the cabin, he happened to meet the young brother and sister who had talked to him before.
The young man ran over in a panic, grabbed Ding Hao, and said to him with a serious look, “Brother, hurry up and hide your precious things. The Ceroman Clan is here!”
Ding Hao asked unhurriedly, “The Ceroman Clan is here, but why should we hide?”
“It seems that you don’t belong to this area. You don’t know that the Ceroman Clan has been causing trouble in this area in recent years. They have been robbing passing ships. If we don’t pay them the passing fee they are satisfied with, we will be in big trouble.”
The young man sounded anxious.
The scared little girl beside him, for some reason, suddenly became calm when she saw Ding Hao.
“Oh? Really? Now the world is peaceful, and the Sea Clan and the Human Clan have made an agreement. Won’t the other sects of the Demon Clan and the Human Clan punish the Ceroman Clan?” Ding Hao continued to ask in a very calm voice.
“The Ceroman Race is very smart. They only rob passing ships and never provoke the other demons or sects in the nearby sea region. The other powers naturally turned a blind eye to their actions.” The young man became even more anxious.
“I see!”
Ding Hao just replied softly.
The young man was on the verge of a mental breakdown. “I’m going to hide inside for a bit, anyway. Good luck, brother!”
As he spoke, the young man pulled his younger sister into the cabin.
Ding Hao stood still and looked at the deck.
On the deck, the waves were surging, the horrible power was rolling, and the stinky smell was coming. Surrounded by a group of warriors of the Ceroman Clan, two Ceroman experts stood majestically in the crowd. One had a flat nose, and the other had fish scales on his cheeks. They were experts at the level of the Demon King of the Ceroman Clan.
“Everyone, there’s no need to panic. We have come here today for no other reason but some wealth.” The man with fish-scale skin spoke.
“That’s right. This is our Ceroman Clan’s territory. Since you’ve come here, you naturally have to pay some passing fees. Otherwise, we might take some extreme measures,” the flat-nosed man threatened.
The humans on the deck looked at each other in dismay, but no one replied.
Most of the people on this ship were ordinary people. The real masters of the Human Clan would not take a passenger ship. They had their own magic rides, which was why the Ceroman Clan dared to be so arrogant.
“How dare you! As demons, are you turning a blind eye to the No-war Alliance Treaty?”
A crisp voice came from the crowd, which came from the cabin.
The expressions of the two leaders of the Ceroman Clan changed when they heard the words “No-war Alliance Treaty”. They looked at each other and then showed fierce looks.
Everyone looked at the cabin and saw a young girl in her teens standing at the cabin door. Wasn’t she the sister of the young man?
When Ding Hao saw this, he nodded slightly.
At such a young age, not only did she have talent, but she also had courage and insight. It was very rare.
As for the young man, he was so scared that his face turned blue. He quickly ran out of the cabin, grabbed his sister’s hand, and scolded, “Are you courting death? Come in now!”
“It seems that some of you are not afraid of death. We didn’t want to make a big deal out of it. Since you don’t know what’s good for you, we can only punish you as a warning to others,” the flat-nosed man said slowly with a murderous look in his eyes.
