Having obtained the compass the two immortals were really pleased. The compass that Lin Mu had given them was an immortal tool too, but it was specialized in finding ocean routes. While it was a low grade one, it would still do the job.
There were usually better quality ones on ships that were as large as this and could even track the movement of beasts around them. But right now they would be fine with anything they got.
"Come on, I'll take you to the ship." The first immortal said while the second one went to the cabin located at the top of the ship.
It was evident that this cabin was the control center of the ship and there seemed to be several more people sitting inside it, all of the focused on the ocean around them.
"What happened to you all?" Lin Mu questioned.
~sigh~
Hearing this the immortal sighed and shook his head.
"It was one misfortune after the other. This was supposed to be a routine shipping trip but we met with a rather violent swam of aquatic beasts." The man spoke.
"Doesn't your ship have strong arrays that are built to resist that? And the immortals on board too… there should be someone at the fifth tribulation stage of the immortal realm right?" Lin Mu asked finding it a bit strange.
"No… we only have the captain who is at the fourth tribulation stage of the immortal realm." The man replied. "As for the arrays, they were indeed strong. Strong enough to withstand attacks of several fifth tribulation stage beasts, but we ended up going against a sixth tribulation stage Riptide Shark."
"A Riptide Shark?" Lin Mu raised a brow.
He had read about it before in the records of the Deep Sapphire city and knew that it was a very fierce Aquatic beast. It was highly territorial and could command a large swarm of beasts too.
One that could reach the sixth Tribulation stage of the immortal realm was most certainly the king of many Riptide sharks.
'This is strange though… even if it is a Riptide Shark, they won't attack them unless their territory was violated.' Lin Mu thought to himself.
"Did you perhaps trespass into its territory?" Lin Mu asked next.
"No, that's the thing. It wasn't us that entered its territory, but rather the Riptide Shark that was bringing the swarm of beasts around. It is highly unusual and I still don't know how it ended up like that." The immortal replied.
"Hmm… perhaps something provoked it?" Lin Mu guessed.
"We thought that too, which is why we had to change our route. But the attack broke our navigational formation as well as the external tools we had." The immortal explained.
"So that's why the ship was progressing slowly?" Lin Mu wondered.
"Yeah, we had to slow down because of the constant beast attacks, only this patch seems to have fewer beasts." The immortal spoke. "We feared that we might end up encountering more beasts and trespass their territories." He added.
"That was probably right." Lin Mu nodded his head.
While talking like this, the two of them arrived on the ship
"Welcome aboard. There are several other passengers on our ship who aren't merchants, so you can just stay with them." The man brought him to the second deck.
Lin Mu took a look around and saw that this area was actually quite decent.
"There's also less damage here." Lin Mu muttered.
"Of course, this is our passenger deck. We have to keep our customers safe as first priority." The man stated.
"I thought you were a merchant group?" Lin Mu doubted.
"We don't just do trading and shipping, we also take people to different continents. After all, not everyone can afford a teleportation array." The man explained.
"I see… though may I ask who are you?" Lin Mu finally questioned.
"My name is Zhu Hading, the vice captain of this ship. I belong to the Long Leaves Merchant Association." The man revealed. "And who are you, if I may ask? It's fine if you don't tell me too." He asked too.
Hearing this Lin Mu was a little surprised.
"You are fine with letting me travel anonymously?" Lin Mu asked with interest.
"Haha! It is quite normal. Several of our customers prefer that their identities are kept secret. Some use aliases while some keep their names secret altogether." Zhu Hading replied much to Lin Mu's satisfaction.
"I see… well then, you can call me Mu Lin." Lin Mu decided to use his age old alias.
He reckoned it was better to keep his name a bit hidden for now. After all, there was no telling what kind of thing he would encounter later. Then there was also the fact that he had turned up in the middle of the ocean.
He didn't want the Haima Tribe to get linked to him and implicate them in some trouble later on. This was simply a precaution that he hoped would work.
"Immortal Mu Lin then, I'll keep it in mind." Zhu Hading said before pointing to the cabins in the front. "I would give you a private room, but there are none available right now. Most of our passengers prefer to spend time in the common hall anyways."
"Yeah, I don't mind. I can just spend time cultivating." Lin Mu didn't really need a private room for now.
"Alright, you can go in then. If you need anything you can tell the attendants." Zhu Hading stated and turned around. "You can mingle with the other passengers, it'll take us a while to reach the Huiqing Continent." He added.
"That's fine." Lin Mu let the man leave and entered the large cabin.
It had several doors on it, with each of them having an isolating formation engraved on it.
'No wonder there is no noise or panic on the ship, the passengers probably didn't even hear it.' Lin Mu thought to himself as he stepped into the cabin.
In there, he saw about fifteen cultivators.
