Vanguards of the War of Resistance! Let's travel back in time together, classmates!

297 The Journey to the East: The Six Heavens and the Murakumo Sword

Leaving behind ten members of the Silver Armor Guard, Mo Yun, to help train the Ryukyu resistance forces, Shangguan Yun had essentially completed the purpose of his trip to Ryukyu. He then bid farewell to Shang Yu and Li Mu.

Before leaving, Shangguan Yun only said one sentence: "Everyone has their own value. If you want your existence to be more valuable, you must work harder. One day, your efforts will be rewarded..."

Then he summoned a thousand paper cranes, and a silver light shot straight north, leaving the master and disciple looking completely bewildered.

Another destination for Shangguan Yun on this trip was Mount Fuji on Honshu, a place he had long admired.

If there's anything in Japan that would make him make a special trip here, besides raiding the ninja's lair, it would definitely be soaking in the hot springs at Mount Fuji.

Traveling north from Ryukyu, the straight-line distance is two thousand kilometers, but if you use origami cranes to travel at full speed, it only takes a little over two hours.

However, Shangguan Yun was clearly not in a hurry. In addition to some of his purposes, he also wanted to learn about the terrain, customs, and sectarian forces of Japan in order to prepare for the later invasion of the Japanese mainland.

Indeed, Shangguan Yun had long admired the geographical location of Japan. It is situated in the East China Sea, with picturesque scenery and beautiful mountains and rivers.

To the east lies the vast and boundless Pacific Ocean, rich in resources and serving as China's eastern bulwark. Throughout history, during China's most powerful periods, many rulers sought to conquer this land, but for various reasons, they failed to achieve their ambitions.

At that time, the expeditionary forces that returned in defeat were sometimes constrained by naval ships, sometimes unaccustomed to the island's climate, and sometimes even suffered from acclimatization problems or unfamiliarity with the terrain. So even the powerful Central Plains dynasties were sometimes no match for the local armed forces when they arrived at the Japanese islands, and were often defeated by a group of natives.

Some didn't even escape back. For example, the Yuan Dynasty's eastern expeditionary army, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers and tens of thousands of warships, was completely destroyed by the typhoon, and the soldiers were captured. This led to a significant improvement in Japan's military capabilities and its surpassing of China's in later years.

Shangguan Yun used to ponder questions such as, based on the origins of culture and the development of civilization, how could a mere island nation like Japan so easily surpass China? Aside from some dynasties in history that voluntarily offered themselves up, there must have been other reasons.

Now that he has been exposed to the secrets of the cultivation world for a long time, he has also come up with some seemingly plausible reasons. However, the traces of these things have long been erased by someone, and there are no related records in history. This is one of the reasons why he must come to Japan in person.

Above the sea of ​​clouds, a thousand paper cranes slowly traced faint white trails as they headed north. Shangguan Yun sat sideways on one of them, admiring the scenery along the way.

There's not much scenery to see; it's just the sea, white clouds, and the sight of fishermen coming and going.

Seagulls took flight in flocks.

Sea creatures soar freely.

At dawn, fishermen sing their evening songs.

Passion knows no bounds.

This scene is so refreshing that it evokes a sense of weariness with conflict and a desire to retreat to the countryside.

Shangguan Yun shook his head, secretly mocking himself, thinking that he probably wouldn't have the chance to experience this kind of life.

Since being bound to the time-travel system, the idyllic life he once knew has become completely out of reach.

His current task is to improve his own strength and develop his own power, gradually unseal the system, take control of the system, and then search for the secrets that people a thousand years later still cannot find.

Sometimes he finds it boring and ridiculous, and sometimes he experiences both pain and joy. Perhaps this is his fate. Whether he can accomplish these things or not, he himself seems unable to believe it. Sigh... let's just take it one step at a time.

Fishermen are a common sight on this sea, and it's understandable that they fight each other over territory.

However, the commotion caused by this group of people is quite significant.

On the southeast side of Kyushu Island, in a vast sea area, two large fishing boats, due to an unknown conflict, actually used guns and cannons. Although they were not particularly powerful weapons, they were enough to make people tremble with fear.

When Shangguan Yun arrived, the two sides were negotiating. In addition to two large fishing boats, there were several medium and small fishing boats surrounding them.

A furious roar erupted from a large fishing boat: "Baka yarou... Xiao Yuan Er Lai, you've been chasing me all this way, what do you want? Do you want to die together with me...?"

"Hehe... Bu Zejun, let's not beat around the bush. As long as you hand over that wooden box, we'll let you go immediately. Otherwise, if you want to die together with us, it won't be so easy... Hmph..."

On another large ship, an old man chuckled sinisterly.

Upon hearing this, Bu Zexinshan gave a bitter smile, looked back at the wrecked ship and the dozens of injured crew members, and then at the object that had caused him such a sorry state.

It was a five-foot square wooden box, made of an unknown type of wood, entirely dark and extremely heavy.

They found it while fishing along an ocean current. At the time, a thick white fog surrounded the wooden box, and the fish dared not approach. Bu Zexinshan ordered his men to retrieve it and prepare to open it for inspection.

Unexpectedly, the people from Xiaoyuan Fishing Association, who were fishing nearby, spotted them. The people from Buze Fishing Association immediately set sail, but they were still entangled by Xiaoyuan Fishing Association's large boat.