At a quarter past noon, Yuan Nong finally reached Su Wan's island. Gazing at the sea, Yuan Nong saw the solitary tent on the land. On top of the tent, an iron spear was thrust in, and the straw paper was swaying in the wind. "That's right, this is the place!" Yuan Nong immediately sailed towards the shore.
However, as he got closer, Yuan Nong noticed a small boat moored beside Su Wan's island! "Has Su Wan also created a sailboat blueprint? She didn't mention it." Yuan Nong murmured. "Could it be that she wants to give me a surprise?" Up until now, Yuan Nong still hadn't realized that someone had arrived earlier.
As he neared the island and saw no one on it, Yuan Nong shouted towards the tent, "Su Wan, I'm here! I'm Yuan Nong!" Before he could finish speaking, Yuan Nong had already landed on the shore. "You're finally here. I've been waiting for you for a long time!" A man's voice came from inside the tent. Yuan Nong's heart tightened. "Not good!"
"You'd better not move, or I'll kill her!" Zhou Xuanwu walked out of the tent, pushing Su Wan, with the knife still against her neck. Yuan Nong quickly said, "Calm down, I won't move!" Zhou Xuanwu looked at the sailboat, which was bigger than his small boat, and greed flashed in his eyes. The small boat had restricted his development. If he could get this big boat, he might be able to achieve great things and become a legend on the sea!
"Bind yourself first!" Zhou Xuanwu pointed at the fishing net beside them. Yuan Nong nodded and tied his legs as told. "But you have to tie my hands!" Yuan Nong looked at him. "Don't play any tricks!" "Stand still!" Zhou Xuanwu said coldly. Yuan Nong spread his hands, and Zhou Xuanwu escorted Su Wan forward.
At this moment, Su Wan's island tablet suddenly rang. Zhou Xuanwu stopped in his tracks. Yuan Nong secretly sighed. If he could get closer, he would definitely have a chance to subdue this person! He had great confidence in his martial arts skills. "Don't move!" Zhou Xuanwu escorted Su Wan back to the tent, cut open the tent, and revealed the island tablet. After reading the message, Zhou Xuanwu squinted his eyes.
"Su Wan, has Elder Yuan arrived at your island?" Jiang Yuntian asked in the group. Zhou Xuanwu thought for a moment and asked, "Can you locate each other?" Su Wan and Yuan Nong both turned their heads and remained silent. Zhou Xuanwu approached Su Wan's island tablet again and prepared to switch to the map interface.
If they could locate each other, it must be through the map. There were no other instruments on them. Moreover, when everyone first arrived in this world, they were just trying to survive, so there were no high-tech devices. The forces of Emperor's Arrival had also discussed this. No one had obtained high-tech instruments, only some basic supplies or manufacturing blueprints from the farming era.
Zhou Xuanwu clicked on the map button on the island tablet but was surprised to find that he couldn't operate it. After a little thought, he understood the reason: Only the owner of the island tablet could control it. Others could only view it but not operate it. Zhou Xuanwu pressed the knife against Su Wan and walked towards the island tablet. "Switch to the map interface!"
Su Wan didn't move. Yuan Nong said, "Do as he says. There's still hope if we're alive." They had to stall for time and let Xiao Yi and the others know about the abnormal situation. "Look, the old Jianghu man is understanding. Come on!" Zhou Xuanwu said. Su Wan hesitated for a moment and pressed the map interface. Zhou Xuanwu was surprised to find that there were three dots on the map!
The dots representing Xiao Yi and An Ran, as well as the dot representing Su Wan and Yuan Nong, were closely adjacent. If the map wasn't zoomed in, it indeed looked like three dots. "How did you do this?" Zhou Xuanwu asked, pressing the knife closer to Su Wan. "My patience is limited!" Yuan Nong immediately replied, "We obtained a one-time item, a positioning device, and it integrated into our respective island tablets after use!"
Zhou Xuanwu raised his eyebrows, half-believing. "There's such an item?" "Of course. Otherwise, how could we locate each other?" Yuan Nong replied. Zhou Xuanwu stared at the dots on the map and asked, "Among you, who has developed the best?" "It's this one. Look, there's nothing on our island. We've developed it all for one person, and he supplies us with water and food every day." Yuan Nong pointed at a dot casually and said, half-truthfully.
Zhou Xuanwu looked at Su Wan's island and, as Yuan Nong had said, there was almost nothing there. Su Wan and the others had already given all the non-essential supplies to Xiao Yi, so there was naturally nothing left here. Only the sea fish and fresh water by the shore remained, which Xiao Yi had left for Su Wan in a hurry when he left the island in the morning.
"How far is that island from here?" Zhou Xuanwu pointed at the island mentioned by Yuan Nong. Yuan Nong seemed to have given up resistance and said bluntly, "About eight hundred li!"
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After gathering some information, Zhou Xuanwu escorted Su Wan towards his small boat and traveled along the rough waters of the Jianghu.
When he reached the reef stele beside the small boat, Zhou Xuanwu found Emperor of the World and reported what he had seen and heard.
"Lord of the Gang, I've discovered an island and made significant gains!" Zhou Xuanwu reported.
"You've been gone for so long. You should have found something. Have you dealt with the people on the island?" Emperor of the World asked indifferently, his gaze as sharp as a sword.
"I have them under my control!" Zhou Xuanwu replied. "They actually have a secret treasure like the positioning stele!"
"What?" The calm expression on Emperor of the World's face disappeared instantly, and he said eagerly, "Quick, trade it and let me see!"
Zhou Xuanwu responded helplessly, "They said it was a one-time item, and it integrated into their reef stele after use!"
Emperor of the World felt a bit disappointed and sighed, "That's possible. After all, this secret treasure is too powerful."
It was surprising that Emperor of the World managed to justify it himself!
"However, we must keep their reef stele. It will definitely be useful in the future!" Emperor of the World ordered.
"Yes!" Zhou Xuanwu replied. "I'll find a way to take both reef steles away later!"
Su Wan, who was beside them, witnessed their conversation and the corners of her mouth curved into a subtle arc. It seemed that they had indeed believed the message conveyed by Yuan Nong.
After learning that there were still two people on the island, Emperor of the World wanted to send his subordinates to support Zhou Xuanwu, but he didn't know where Zhou Xuanwu was at all!
The map on the reef stele didn't have coordinates, so they couldn't determine each other's position and had to give up.
After the conversation ended, Zhou Xuanwu escorted Su Wan onto Yuan Nong's boat. He wanted to figure out how to deal with Yuan Nong and Su Wan's reef stele.
Just now, while reporting to Emperor of the World, Zhou Xuanwu kept an eye on Yuan Nong on the island, and Yuan Nong didn't dare to act rashly.
When he entered the helm room of Yuan Nong's boat, Zhou Xuanwu saw Yuan Nong's reef stele. He stepped forward and also saw the chat group. Without thinking, he reached out to touch the reef stele.
"Please choose to shatter it or take it as an affiliated reef stele."
A prompt suddenly appeared on the reef stele, and Zhou Xuanwu was stunned.
But the next moment, Zhou Xuanwu was overjoyed. "Choose to take it as an affiliated one!"
After Zhou Xuanwu made the selection, all the friends and chat records on Yuan Nong's reef stele disappeared.
Zhou Xuanwu could now control this reef stele!
"Why didn't this prompt appear when I touched Su Wan's reef stele just now?" Zhou Xuanwu was puzzled. "Is it because of the distance or because we were in the same place?"
When Zhou Xuanwu touched Su Wan's reef stele just now, she was right beside him, and the distance was too close.
Now Yuan Nong was on the island, and he was on the boat. When he touched the reef stele, the prompt appeared as they were in different places.
But at this moment, Zhou Xuanwu couldn't verify the reason.
He couldn't let Su Wan get away. He had to keep her under control at all times.
"You, go and roast two sea fish first!" Zhou Xuanwu ordered Yuan Nong.
Yuan Nong immediately did as he was told, but he kept the fire very small, hoping to stall for time.
Zhou Xuanwu always kept Su Wan under control and maintained a distance from Yuan Nong.
Yuan Nong had no chance to act.
Just as Zhou Xuanwu took Yuan Nong's reef stele as an affiliated one, An Yue immediately noticed that Yuan Nong disappeared from the chat group.
He immediately explained the situation in the group and also sent private messages to An Ran and Xiao Yi.
After seeing An Yue's message, Jiang Yuntian frowned and said, "I just sent a message, but neither Su Wan nor Yuan Nong replied. I'm afraid something's wrong. Can you contact Xiao Yi?"
An Yue shook his head and replied, "I sent a message, but he didn't reply."
"I hope Xiao Yi can come back as soon as possible!" Jiang Yuntian said helplessly.
Now he had no solution. Xiao Yi's island was more than eight hundred li away from Su Wan's island.
Even if the wind was favorable, it would take more than thirty hours to drive a medium-sized sailboat there.