「November 8th.」
It was six o'clock in the morning on the Start of Winter.
In the southern coastal cities, fishermen lit firecrackers one after another to commemorate the guardian deity in the Sea Temple. In areas where firecrackers were forbidden, people took out incense burners and lit three sticks of incense at home, worshiping with a reverence that filled the air with a festive atmosphere reminiscent of the New Year.
Although the main event wasn't scheduled until six in the evening, Su Daiyi and Old Jiang Ba were already waiting at the foot of Mount Haitang early in the morning.
Unable to resist their enthusiasm, Xu Lai had no choice but to give up his plan to go to Dongli University for work. He followed the pair to the starting point for the sea crossing: the docks of East Sea City.
From here to Sea Temple Island was a distance of exactly one hundred nautical miles.
