Chapter 1419: Chapter 540: Wooden Bird (2)

"I wonder how many people will die in this turmoil.

"I was born in the Nanhai, and my life is tied to this place.

"Even though I know this matter is difficult, I do not wish for this chaos to arise once more.

"I apologize for my presumptuousness today; I hope Su, the Chief of the Escort, can forgive me."

"Where does Senior think this undercurrent originates?"

Su Mo looked up at Shi Shengtian.

Shi Shengtian trembled slightly and looked sharply at Su Mo.

Their eyes met, and Shi Shengtian felt a heaviness in his heart:

"Does Su, the Chief of the Escort, have something to teach me?"

"What Senior says is true, but I was about to seek your guidance."

Su Mo raised his wine cup, signaling from afar.

Shi Shengtian felt a sense of helplessness; this time, he calls himself a junior again.

Yet, Su Mo was indeed young, and calling himself a junior was beyond reproach.

He could only gently wave his hand:

"Nanhai Alliance Young Leader, Dragon King Hall Master, each of these titles is not lesser than my status as the Nanhai Martial Elder.

"Su, the Chief of the Escort, please do not call yourself a junior; I dare not accept it...

"However... if you ask where this undercurrent comes from,

"I do have my suspicions.

"Recently, there was a ship from Donghuang; does Su, the Chief of the Escort, know about it?"

"I know a little about it."

Su Mo nodded lightly.

"The strange thing lies precisely in this."

Shi Shengtian looked at Su Mo:

"This ship clearly came from Donghuang, yet after thorough investigation, I discovered that the people aboard were actually from Xizhou!"

"Did Senior find this ship?"

Su Mo slightly raised his head.

Shi Shengtian gently shook his head:

"This ship was far from simple as imagined; I followed its traces several times, but always came up empty-handed.

"Each time... I was just a bit away.

"And at the closest encounter, I unexpectedly obtained something unexpected."

After a brief pause, he suddenly took out an object from his bosom.

Everyone looked curiously, and they saw it was a wooden bird.

Shi Cheng blurted out:

"Father, how old am I?"

"...It’s not for you!"

Shi Shengtian glared fiercely at Shi Cheng.

Su Mo smiled, then took the wooden bird in his hand, his eyes shifting slightly, as he gently exhaled.

"Where did this come from?"

"It should have come from that ship."

Shi Shengtian, noticing Su Mo’s unusual expression, couldn’t help but ask:

"What?

"Does Su, the Chief of the Escort, recognize this item?"

"From the ship?"

Su Mo fell silent briefly, then looked at Shi Shengtian again:

"And then?"

"And then?"

Shi Shengtian smiled: "To tell you the truth, gentlemen, you may not believe it, but this wooden bird can actually fly and delivered a message to me.

"It said ’The snare is set, eagerly awaiting you.’"

"Someone on the ship sent you a message!?"

Shi Cheng quickly said, "And then? Did you go?"

"Did you think your father is a fool?"

Shi Shengtian glared at Shi Cheng again:

"It’s clear that this ship has issues; how could I foolishly charge in?

"Later, after thinking about the ship’s location, I felt this wooden bird’s transmission might not be fake.

"So I slowed down a bit.

"Planning to investigate a little more before setting off.

"Unexpectedly, just this slowness caused them to notice.

"Instantly, they all scattered!"

"Scattered?"

Shi Cheng was taken aback: "More than one ship?"

"On that day, at least ten ships appeared before me.

"Each ship sailed extremely fast!

"In that crucial moment, I exhausted all my life’s skills and only caught up to one.

"But unexpectedly, these men had little martial arts skills but were fierce in nature.

"Seeing they couldn’t win, they all committed suicide in front of me.

"They even used Xizhou Fire God Oil to set the ship ablaze.

"And the martial arts used by these men were precisely from Xizhou!

"I went to Xizhou in the past; they could not deceive my eyes."

"It turns out the ship was not running East, South, West, and North across Nanhai due to some extraordinary abilities.

"But because there were many ships."

Yang Xiaoyun was deep in thought for a moment.

During her time in Donghuang, that Store Manager had packed all belongings, hiding them on a large ship, eventually reaching Nanhai.

Based on what was known then,

that Store Manager had been preparing the shipbuilding for years.

Now it seems the shipbuilding wasn’t done by just the Store Manager alone.

She looked at Su Mo, only to realize he had been staring at the wooden bird all along.

She couldn’t help but ask:

"Husband, what is magical about this wooden bird?"

Su Mo smiled, fiddling with the wooden bird twice in his hand, then lifted his hand.

With a creak, the wooden bird, which had been still, suddenly flapped its wings and flew.

"This..."

Shi Shengtian was greatly astonished: "I tried everything, but it wouldn’t fly. How did it come to life in your hand?"

"It’s not that this wooden bird is alive."

Su Mo gently shook his head:

"It’s just the art of mechanisms... This wooden bird is a Mechanical Bird, from the Heavenly Craft Treasure Record.

"It is made with exquisite mechanical craftsmanship.

"Senior does not know how to activate it, so naturally, you couldn’t make it fly."

Shi Shengtian felt as if he was listening to celestial teachings.

The art of mechanisms could accomplish such things, it was truly unbelievable.

Yang Xiaoyun felt a stirring in her heart:

"Could it be?"

Su Mo gently exhaled:

"In today’s world, other than him, I fear no one else could make such a clever Mechanical Bird."

They were referring to none other than the Hidden Sword Hermit from the Hidden Sword Hut.