Huo Wu spoke, promptly stopping Qi Feng's unusual movements.
The moment Qi Feng heard the voice, he felt a strange mental lapse. Then, his body's movements and the soul power within him seemed to be frozen in time, stopping completely in place.
This brief stagnation caused the skill he was brewing to quietly dissipate. His consciousness was incredibly clear, but he couldn't stop any of it.
Subsequently, he discovered that he had been silently controlled in place by Huo Wu.
His peripheral vision caught Huo Wu's figure. He didn't see any soul rings or the light of her spirit.
"How exactly did she do it?"
"Please calm down. With me on this ship, nothing chaotic will happen."
After Huo Wu said this to Qi Feng, she silently released her control over him.
Immediately after, she turned her gaze to Quan Ming and said, "Now that we've attracted attention, let everyone witness it firsthand."
The style of this wristband couldn't be found anywhere on the continent because at the center of the wristband was a circular dial with twelve equally divided numbers inscribed on it.
At its center were three hands of different lengths and thicknesses pointing at different numbers.
This object was very unfamiliar to the people of Douluo Continent, but it was very familiar to people from Earth.
It had a specific name: a watch.
With an intricate mechanical structure and a mainspring inside the movement providing power, the hands steadily and accurately indicated the passage of time.
According to the direction indicated by the three hands, the current time was:
"Ten thirty-one and nine seconds, ten seconds, eleven seconds..."
In the blank area of the dial, a small glass ball was embedded, with a small red and blue needle inside.
Around the sphere were four equally divided markings.
"East, South, West, North."
Seeing this, people from Earth clearly understood that it was a mechanism combining a compass and a watch.
Such a style was not uncommon on Earth, but the next part was something that watches on Earth could not do.
Quan Ming injected the soul power within him into the metal wristband. The moment the wristband absorbed the soul power, it released obvious soul tool fluctuations, as well as even more imperceptible spatial element fluctuations.
With a flash of light, a special bone whistle appeared out of nowhere in Quan Ming's left palm.
A spatial soul tool; this watch could not only indicate time and direction, but it was also a valuable spatial storage soul tool.
Quan Ming grabbed the bone whistle he took out from the storage space and blew it forcefully.
"Bee!"
A sharp whistle sound came from the bone whistle.
After waiting for a moment, a slender and curved scythe-shaped shadow was cast down from the cloudless sky.
When everyone looked up, they saw a pure white bird appear in their sight.
It slowly descended towards the warship in a spiral.
"Please move closer to the outer railings. Passengers with children, please be careful not to be blown away by the wind."
"This, this is..."
Qi Feng put away the Azure Steel Sword, looked up at the large seabird-type soul beast with a wingspan exceeding ten meters, and swallowed hard in astonishment.
On the wide deck cleared by the crowd, a gray and white, divine albatross accurately landed in the open space.
Its standing height was several meters, just enough to make eye contact with Quan Ming standing on the elevated command platform.
Facing a small human that it could swallow in one bite, this large bird, whose cultivation was enough to rival a human Soul Sage, showed a very human-like friendly smile.
Towards this soul beast whose strength far exceeded his own, Quan Ming also showed a joyful smile. He reached out to touch the seabird's slender and hard beak, and said affectionately:
"Thank you for scouting. Later, when it's time to eat, I'll let you eat your favorite sea salt grilled fish."
The soul beast, which was not low in intelligence, understood Quan Ming's meaning and happily raised its head and chirped.
"Chirp!"
Looking at the intimate scene between the soul beast and the human, the Ye family and his party, who thought that there was nothing that could surprise them, once again widened their mouths.
At this time, Huo Wu's figure quietly appeared beside them and explained, "This is a Misty Smoke Albatross with a cultivation of 50,000 years. It is a special sea soul beast with the fire attribute.
Because of its excellent sustained flight ability, concealment ability, and reconnaissance ability, we have it accompany us on our long航行 voyages.
It is here to ensure our safety, it is our family, there's no need to be afraid."
At this time, the Misty Smoke Albatross heard Huo Wu's voice, and its eyes suddenly lit up.
It excitedly stomped its feet on the deck and opened its wide, long wings, welcoming Huo Wu.
Huo Wu noticed the albatross's movements and quickly raised her hand and said, "Stop, are you trying to knock people out!"
Under Huo Wu's verbal restraint, the albatross quickly stopped its large movements and switched to a bowing motion, showing its devotion to Huo Wu.
Unlike the intimacy it showed when treating Quan Ming, the albatross showed the loyalty of a subject to a king.
Huo Wu smiled and stroked the soft feathers covering the albatross's forehead.
At the same time, Xiao Weng inside her was also using her spiritual thoughts to communicate with her own kind.
"It looks like you guys are doing well. Why does it feel like your feathers have become shiny?"
Xiao Weng playfully startled her clansmen.
The albatross straightened up in surprise and shook its head violently.
"Puchi, I'm just scaring you. I'm even happier to see you guys eating so well."
Xiao Weng's spiritual body leaped out of Huo Wu's body, flew to the top of the albatross's head, and laughed heartily.
For the albatross, the sea and sky were their home.
"It's incredible that soul beasts would show submission to human soul masters."
Ye Lingling walked to Huo Wu's side, watching everything that was happening in front of her in amazement.
Huo Wu took her best friend's arm affectionately and said, "I promise you that incredible things will continue to come.
All of this is just the beginning. Are you ready to witness it?"
Ye Lingling held Huo Wu's hand tightly and affirmed, "Of course, that's why I joined this journey."
The mechanical and soul tool ship, carrying soul masters and soul beasts, sailed towards an unseen destination.
At the same time, far away in the depths of the sea, at the center of Blue Silver Island, a boundless expanse of golden rice ears swayed in the wind.
The ripe and full rice ears lowered their heads.
At this time, the harsh sound of steam injection and the operation of machinery broke the harmony of this place.
Several high-efficiency rice harvesters integrating cutting, separating, and bundling functions sped through the large rice fields.
In the noisy machines, the faces of each driver were filled with the joy of harvest.
They carefully drove the huge steam engines to completely harvest the last late rice of the year.
Similar situations were happening all over the island.
